UNSW Landscape Architecture 2020 Final Project

LAND 2413 Landscape Studio 10 GRADUATION STUDIO Assessment 3 Graduating Project Yuyue Liang z5083700

Theoretical Framework

Research Question:

How can we increase social interactions by designing landscape environment for pedestrian in the neighbourhood ?

neighbourhood form

tend to walk more

physical environmental characters walking for transport density neighbouhood walkability

Theoretical framework

e a nc h En

social interaction

neighbourhood social environment

negative

walking for leisure

ability to walk to leisured places easy walking paths useful leisured places within walking distance

establish trust and reception between residents

Fundamental sense of community

a more stable community

social capital

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Site Selection Regional Scale N

1:25000 0

250 500 750 1000 1250m

Sydney Olympic Park Town Centre

Selected Site North Strathfield

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Site Selection Local Scale N

1:2000 0

20

40

60

80

100m

North Strathfield Station Selected Site

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Site Analysis St e n i a r Lor

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Local Context

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LEGENDS: Residential Buildings

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School

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Leftover Area

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Other Railway Corridor Train Station

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Bus Stop ank Wellb

North Strathfield

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Site Boundary Local Heritage Item Neighborhood Center

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Anytime Fitness St mnos

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25 50

75 100 125m

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Site Analysis North Strathfield Station Local Demographics HOUSEHOLD

AGE STRUCTURE

HOUSING

TRANSPORTATION

Units

Source : Australian Bureau of Statistics

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Site Analysis Transportation LEGENDS: Site Boundary Walking Track Railway Corridor Train Station Train Station Entry Mixed Roads: Main Road Secondary Road

N 1:2000 0

20 40

60

80 100m

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Site Analysis Heritage LEGENDS: Site Boundary Ornamental Garden H e r i ta ge Tra i n Platform Heritage Platform Building

North Strathfield Platform Building

Local Heritage Trees Key Existing Trees

The Ornamental Garden Entrance To North Strathfield Railway Station From Queen St

N

North Strathfield Station 1933 Platform

1:2000 0

Lophostemon confertus

Corymbia calophylla

20 40

60

80 100m

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Site Analysis Site Characters Materials

Materials: Northern Site Northern Site Main Characters 1 2 3 Red Brick Concrete Wooden Sandstone Asphalt Strip Wall Bench Wall Road Eastern Entry to Station

Concrete Paving

4

1

2 3 4 Traffic Island

Metal Fence

Glass Wall

Red Brick Metal Asphalt Crossing Handrails Road

Concrete Paving

5

7

6

Car Parking 6

Southern Site

Red Brick Concrete Yellow Brick Wall Wall Wall

Seating Area

5

Stone Trashbin Planting Bed Edge

Wooden PVC Metal Bench Awning Bike Rack Main Architectural Facades

Railway Seating Area Corridor Eastern Entry of Station Main Characters

7 8 9

Metal Fence

Asphalt Road

Concrete Paving

10

Elevator & Stairs

Ornamental Garden

Vegetation Hedge

Southern Site Main Characters 8 9 10

Bike Parking

Bench with Awning

Fences to block the Leftover Spaces LAND 2413 Graduation Studio Assessment 3 Gruaduating Project Yuyue Liang z5083700 8

Site Analysis Site Characters Vegetation

Vegetation Species

Main Vegetation Photos On the Site

Angophora floribunda

Corymbia ficifolia

Auranticarpa rhombifolia

Fraxinus graffithii

Brachychiton acerifolius

Cinnamomum camphora

Corymbia calophylla

Grevillea robusta

Lagerstroemia indica

Lophostemon confertus

Lophostemon confertus along fence line

Auranticarpa rhombifolia On the Western Side of Station

Corymbia calophylla and Auranticarpa rhombifolia On Lophostemon confertus along the Station fence line

Vegetation Colour January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

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OPPORTUNITIES & CONSTRAINTS Constraints Views Views Fences

Noises Main Noisy Street Noises Decibel Level Noises Frequency Level

Limited Pedestrian Access Train Station

Views The existing views from nearby building blocks to the site are blocked by vegetation and fences.

Noises The railway corridor and the two streets bounded the site are the main noise sources, which affect nearby buildings blocks.

Limited Pedestrian Access The only pedestrian access to the train station is on the eastern of the station and accesses from Queens Street. The transportation modes of the site is shared roads that there has some conflicts between pedestrian flow and vehicle movement.

Train Station Entry A re a w i t h H e av y Pedestrian Flow and Conflict with Vehicle Movement Pedestrian Routes Share Roads

N 1:5000 0

50 100 150 200 250m LAND 2413 Graduation Studio Assessment 3 Gruaduating Project Yuyue Liang z5083700 10

OPPORTUNITIES & CONSTRAINTS Constraints Limited Open & Leisured Spaces Retails Green Open Spaces

5mins- Walk Isochrones Bus Stop Pedestrian Route To The Bus Stops

Limited Open & Leisured Spaces The existing leisured and open space of this neighbourhood is extremely limited that only dominants about 3% of this area.

5mins- Walk Isochrones There's no bus stop nearby the train station, and the existing bus stops is out of the 5mins -walk boundary.

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Site Boundary Train Station

1:5000 0

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OPPORTUNITIES & CONSTRAINTS Opportunities

1 Views

2 3 4

1. Views From Northern Residential Area 2&4. Views From Eastern Residential Area 3. Views From Retails Frontage 4. Views From Southern Residential Area

5 Vegetation Sound Buffer Opportunities Preserved Heritage Trees Tree Canopy Plant Strips For Safety Concerns

Transportation Bus Stop

Views - Visual Connections from each intersection crossings of nearby building blocks to the site Vegetation - Sound vegetation buffer along the railway corridor on the western of the site - Shade trees on the northeastern of the site - Retain and preserve the existing local heritage trees on the southeastern of the site - Plant strips to seperate pedestrian flow and vehicles Transportation - More connective pedestrian circulation - Links the train station to the bus stops by cycles - More demands of bike parkings nearby the station for exchanging - Demands for improvements of the two main connected pedestrians' environment

Bike Parking

N

Existing Pedestrian Access to the Site

1:5000

Pedestrian Circulation Access Opportunity Pedestrian Environment Improvement Opportunity Main Cycle Route Links

0

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The site haven't been reasonable used, the only green open space is the small ornamental garden in front of the station, and another functional space in this site is the park & ride. The leftover vacant spaces have great opportunities to be improved to the multi - functional spaces and served to nearby neighbours for daily activities.

OPPORTUNITIES Study Area for the College& Working Space for People when Waiting

N 1:4000 0

40 80 120 160 200m

Seatings for Retails

Gathering Space for Nearby Residents

OPPORTUNITIES & CONSTRAINTS Open Space NORTH STRATHFIELD STATION AREA MAIN DEMOGRAPHICS Couples with Children Couples without Children Age: 25 - 49 Travelled to Work by Walk or Public Transport

Play Space for Nearby School Kids with Their Parents

CONSTRAINTS

N

Leftover and Vacant Space

1:2000

Ornamental Garden Park and Ride

Sea ting

0

20 40

60

80 100m

s fo

rW aiti

ng

Tra in

School Train Station Retails

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WHY THIS SITE NEED TO BE UPGRADED?

TAP3

The NSW Government is committed to facilitating and encouraging use of public transport. For example, improve trains by upgrading stations to be more accessible, and improving interchanges around stations with other modes of transport such as buses, bicycles and cars.

Transportation Transit Systems

To be continued...

T1 North Shore, Northern & Western Line, North Strathfield Train Station

Meet The Demands Of Growing Population The Transport Access Program is an initiative to provide a better experience for public transport customers by delivering accessible, modern, secure and integrated transport infrastructure.

ACCESSIBLE √ Done

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VISIONS, DESIGN PRINCIPLES, OBJECTIVES

Design Principles

1. Neighbourhood Transport Exchange Centre

2. Walkable

Upgrade North Strathfield Station to a neighbourhood transport exchange centre as NSW Transport Access Program third stage required.

Improve the pedestrian environment fo r b o t h t ra n s p o r t e d a n d l e i s u r e d walking of North Strathfield Station’s nearby neighbourhood and construct the neighbourhood to a walkable neighbourhood to encourage the social interactions between neighbours.

3. Multi – functional Space

Reconstruct the leftover space to a linear semi-enclosed park as a streetscape with a series of multiple functional spaces for nearby neighbours.

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Highlight the transportation role of North Strathfield Station in this neighbourhood, and also improve this station as a transportation exchange centre as TAP required.

VISIONS, DESIGN PRINCIPLES, OBJECTIVES

Transportation Mode

Objectives

1. Neighbourhood Transport Exchange Centre Transport Amenity

Existing

Proposed

Car - Oriented Mode

Multimodal

Hourly Capacity 19000 people/h x2

19000 people/h x2

1500 people/h x2

14000 people/h x2

Total 42000 people/h

1500 people/h x2

Enlarge the size of bike paring on the southern of the site and build a new bike parking on the northern of the station. Increase car parking spaces along Queens Street rather than build separated park and ride spaces.

Total 69000 people/h The existing transportation mode of the site is single for car – orientated, transform the car -orientated mode neighbourhood to multi -transportation modes by increasing separated cycles on both sides of the Queens Street, and separate the cycle ways from car parking spaces by plant strips.

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VISIONS, DESIGN PRINCIPLES, OBJECTIVES Objectives

2. Walkable

Movement Put signals or safety signs on the intersection points and plant strips as separation for safety concerns, provide pedestrian circulation for both transported walking and leisured walking.

Build a walkable environment from improving pedestrian environment, circulation connectivity and access of the site.

Connection Provide pedestrian routes for residents from nearby residential blocks accessing to the train stations directly and create entries on the northern and southern of the site. Rather than physical connections, use vegetation buffer or landscaped furniture on the entries as a lead for visual connections and highlight the station as the neighbourhood landmark.

Environment Provide a comfort and wide enough footpath with shade canopy for both easy walk and transported walk.

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VISIONS, DESIGN PRINCIPLES, OBJECTIVES

Heritage Preserve the existing heritage items and highlight their culture values, for example, the heritage train station building and platform, the local heritage trees.

Planting

Plant a vegetation sound buffer along the railway corridor, two plant strips on both sides of streets to separate pedestrians and cycles from vehicles for safety concerns, and local deciduous canopy trees for shading.

Place Create a series of functional programs along with the pedestrian circulations in an opened linear park form.

Objectives

3. Multi – functional Space Transform the vacant and leftover space along the railway corridor of the North Strathfield Train station to multiple functional spaces for nearby residents, working people, college students, school kids and their parents.

Activity Provide the places for a variety of activities, such as meeting and gathering spaces for nearby residents, seating area for waiting the trains and eating or drinking from the retails, play programs for school kids and semi – enclosed outdoor study room for the college students.

Social Provide social spaces along Queens Street for nearby neighbourhood residents to social interactions.

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Design Iterations Design Ideas

Bike Parkings

Car Parking Along the Streets

Proposed Cycle Infrastructure

Pedestrian Environment

Safety Signals on Intersections

Pedestrian Circulation

More Entries to the Station

Nearby Building Blocks to Train Station

Proposed Visual Connections

Street Network Connections

Wide Enough Easy Path

Proposed Tree Canopy

Plant Strips for Seperation

Microclimate

Seating for Waiting & Meeting

Casual Contact

Playground for Nearby Kids

Studying & Working Space

Gathering for Residents

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Design Iterations Plan Processes

Stage 1: Tesing Street Forms

Straight and Wide Leisure Path + Straight Transport Path

Rectangle Angle Leisure Path + Straight Transport Path

Combined Leisured and Transport Path in a Serpentine Form

Curved Leisure Path + Straight Transport Path

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Design Iterations Plan Processes

Stage 2: Testing How Multimodal Transportation Formed

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Design Iterations Plan Processes

Stage 3: Tesing Where And How To Intersect Leisure Path And Transport Path As Entry Points

Highlight Entry Points

Connect Leiure Path And Transport Path Directly, Entries Nearby And Face To Activities Zone

Highlight Entry Points As A Welcomed Activities Zone And Connect Transport Path To LAND 2413 Graduation Studio Assessment 3 Leisure Path Gruaduating Project

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Design Iterations Plan Processes

Stage 4: Tesing How Topography And Vegetation Shaped Sense Of Place

1 2 1

2

1

3 2 1

3

1 2

2

Use vegetation as a buffer and use different levels of terraces to separate semi enclosed and open places.

Eastern Part: Opened And Welcomed To Streets And Neighbourhood Western Part: Enclosed For Activities Need Bounded Or Quiet And Private

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Design Iterations Plan Processes

Stage 5: Tesing Locations Of Activities

The Activities Should Nearby Served User Groups LAND 2413 Graduation Studio Assessment 3 Gruaduating Project Yuyue Liang z5083700 25

Design Iterations Plan Processes

Stage 6: Tesing Size Of Places

The Sizes Of Each Places Are Determined By Each Activity And Function LAND 2413 Graduation Studio Assessment 3 Gruaduating Project Yuyue Liang z5083700 26

MASTERPLAN

1:1000@A3

N 1:1000 0

10 20

30

40 50m

9 7

8

10

6 5 3

4

2 1

Legend: 1

Northern Entry

4

Sunken & Enclosed Meeting Area

7

Outdoor Fitness Zone

2

Sunken & Semi - Enclosed Study Area

5

Opened Waiting Place

8

Sunken Children's Playgrond

3

Opened Meeting Area

6

Small Sunken Lawn For Gathering In Front Of The Station

9

Southern Entry

10 Bike Parking Zone LAND 2413 Graduation Studio Assessment 3 Gruaduating Project Yuyue Liang z5083700 27

DETAILED PLAN

A

The Small Sunken Plaza In Front Of The Station

Path k l a dW e t r o sp

Tran

1:200

Leisu

Bike Racks +17.17m

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ath P k l a red W

Amphitheatre 5m +16.3 75m Ramp +16.1

+16.0m Downstairs

Ramp

0

2

4

6

B Lawn For Holding Activities

Water Screen

8

10m

Bench

Seatings and Tables On The Terraces

8m

+18.

Wooden Terrace

+16.3m

B

Kiosk +18.8m

tion e Sta

To Th

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Section AA

Sunken Plaza In Front Of The Station 1:200@A3

Corymbia calophylla Vegetation Buffer

Angophora Water Screen floribunda Elevator Of The Station

Small Sunken Plaza

Leisured Path

Multimodal Street

Transport Path

+20.35m Retail

+18.80m +16.30m Bench

+17.00m Lawn

+17.35m

+17.17m

+17.35m

Bike Rack

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Section AA

Sunken Plaza In Front Of The Station 1:200@A3

Asplenium australasicum

Cafe Kiosk

Cynodon dactylon

Bean Sofa

Lagerstroemia indica

Water Screen

+18.80m

Bike Rack

Ramp Slope 1:9

Downstairs Riser: 175mm Going: 350mm +18.80m

Grevillea juniperina

Transport Path +17.35m +17.00m

+16.30m Westringia fruticosa

Amphitheatre Slope 1:4

Lawn For Relax

Terrace

Lawn For Pop -Up

Leisure Path Brachychiton acerifolius

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Photomontage

Outdoor Study Space

This outdoor study space is mainly served for the students from the McDonald College, so the study area is located near the northern entry of the site for less walking distances. The study area needs to be quiete that the vegetation sound buffer would be wider than other activities zone. Also, the sunken space make the area semi -enclosed from the leisured path. Shrubs along the edge of each small study zone are planted for a more private sense.

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Photomontage

Outdoor Meeting Place

The outdoor waiting area is dominantly constructed for nearby residents to meet and contact casually. This place is opened to the transport path and separate from the leisured path by a terrace. All the seatings of this area are face to the focal vegetation ponds which formed a pentagon shape.

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Photomontage

Small Sunken Plaza In Front Of The Station

The small sunken plaza is in front of the North Strathfield Station, people can access to here by downstairs from the leisure path. There is a series of small amphitheatres down from the edge of the leisure path. The site is separated into two parts by the main access to the station.

The one is used for gathering and has water screen for people to watch on the lawn. The another one has a cafĂŠ kiosk to sell snacks mainly for working people.

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Photomontage

Outdoor Gym

The outdoor gym is separated from the transport path by the retained heritage tree groups. People can access to the outdoor gym from the transport path under the tree canopy, or upstairs from the leisured path. As the size of this outdoor gym would be small, the fitness equipment would mainly be portable, like wooden racks, jumping box, tyre, cable and battling rope.

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Photomontage

Children's Playground

The children playground is sunken to separate this zone from the leisured path for parents to easier take care of their kids. This playground is mainly served for nearby kids from Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School. This playground use topography and grass to form a set of climbers with trampolines for children engaging into natural elements.

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Model

Plan View

N 1:1000 0

10 20

30

Outdoor Gym

40 50m

Southern Entry

Waiting Area Opened Meeting Space Northern Entry

Study Area

Playground

Sunken Plaza Enclosed Meeting Space

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Model

Perspective View

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Model

Views to Each Activity Zone North Entry

Study Area

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Model

Views to Each Activity Zone Opened Meeting Space

Enclosed Meeting Space

Waiting Area

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Model

Views to Each Activity Zone Sunken Plaza

Outdoor Gym

Playground

South Entry

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Summ

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Site Palette

Fall

Vegetation

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Spring to Summer

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Trees

Shrubs

Groundcover

Grasses

Scientific Name Angophora floribunda Auranticarpa rhombifolia Brachychiton acerifolius Corymbia calophylla Corymbia ficifolia Grevillea robusta Lagerstroemia indica Lophostemon confertus

Common Name Rough-barked apple Diamond-leaf pittosporum Illawarra flame tree Red gum Red flowering gum Silk oak Crepe myrtle Brush box

Asplenium australasicum Fraxinus griffithii

Bird's nest fern Evergreen ash

Grevillea juniperina Westringia fruticosa

Juniper Coastal rosemary

Cynodon dactylon

Bermuda grass

Bloom Colour cream white white red Red, Rose or White red, pink, orange orange red, pink, purple, white white

Bloom Time Nov to Jan Nov to Jan Dec to May Dec to May Dec to May Sep to Nov Dec to May Nov to Jan

Height 30m 25m 20 - 24m 20 - 60m 16m 20 -26m 10m 40m

Uses Shade Street Tree Speciman & Street Tree Hedge Screen Hedge Screen &Hedge Street Tree

light yellow

Evergreen Nov to Jan

0.5 -1.5m 4m

Featured Bound Bound

yellow, pink ,red White

May to Oct Whole Year

0.2 -0.3m 0.4 -0.5m

Speciman Mass Plantings

Evergreen

10 -20 mm

Turf

Quantity 9 10 11 13 15 15 35 8

Site Palette

Vegetation Plan & List

N 1:1000

43

0

10 20

30

40 50m

Trees Angophora floribunda

Corymbia ficifolia

Lophostemon confertus

Auranticarpa rhombifolia

Grevillea robusta

Fraxinus griffithii

Brachychiton acerifolius

Lagerstroemia indica

Corymbia calophylla Shrubs Asplenium australasicum Fraxinus griffithii Groundcovers Grevillea juniperina Westringia fruticosa Grasses

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Cynodon dactylon

Site Palette

Street Furniture &Material

Use Paving

Colour

Materials

Description

Red Grey Dark Grey Yellow Yellow to Orange Grey & Pink Yellow white Red Grey

Brick Concrete Asphalt Sand Wooden Stone Sandstone Stone Plastic Sandstone

Safety Strip Transport Path Street Playground Terraces Plaza Waiting &Meating Area Study Area Outdoor Gym Entrance

Dark Red, Yellow Yellow Blue & Green Grey Grey Orange Street Furniture Silver, Black Black and Silver White, Orange White Silver Yellow

Brick Sandstone Glass Concrete Stone Brick

Residential Buildings Vegetation Pond Elevator Retails Plant Bed Edge Elevator Base

Metal Metal Wooden PVC Iron Wooden

Fences, Handrails, Bike Racks Trashbin Bench Awning Cables for Playgrond Frames For Outdoor Gym

Wall

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