Site Analysis Booklet Drew Yates Ecological Factory Contents
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Site at different scales............. 2-3 Site Local Economy................ 4 Site Analaysis.......................... 5 Urban context........................ 6 Restaurants supermarkets.... 7 Public Spaces pollutants....... 8 Green Spaces......................... 9 London Boroughs & Employment density... 10 Sun analysis............................11 Wind analysis........................ 12 Circulation and Transport Map.. 13 Conclusion............................. 14
The site is located within walking of one of the most densely populated areas in western europe. Mapping the site and the short walk into the city of London shows a lack of green space and a undesirable amount of paving in the wake of greenery. T he city has in itself become a maze of steel and glass. The site gives a real opportunity to design a multifunctional space that can benefit the local community with new farming land and provide a fantastic new research facilty for bio plastic innnovation.W
The Site at different scales
Plan of site 1:500
25 metres
72 metres length 36 metres
12.8 metres
12.8metres 9.5 metres
Dimensions of Site The site is long at 72 metres which we be needed to accommodate the bio plastic machinery, the 25 metre width is restricting but it can become part of the design input, also the neighbouring height is something that needs to be protected as the encroachment of the city in shoreditch the project should be part of shoreditch not the city.
36 metres 72 metres length
Section of site 1:500
Local shops and business are the reason people travel to shoreditch. The local economy is generated from this idea of bar and movement. The circulation of the site is definitely driven from people trying to access the station or the hotel. The independent businesses create peoples circulation the The hotel brings in a constant change of people and the local supermarket tesco attract residents from the area to buy food.. The other food outlets attract food lovers from the city or local business after working hours the high street become a place to have a drink after the working hours.
The Site: Local Shops and Businesses
WEEKLY : Car Park
Bi-Monthly: Food Festival
Main use is a car park
Urban Food Festival Market day
Site Analysis Shoreditch High Street is the old main street of Shoreditch, London. It is part of the A10 road and connects Norton Folgate to the south with Kingsland Road to the north. It constitutes a segment of the Roman Ermine Street, which ran directly north from London to Lincoln and York. The parish church of St Leonard’s, Shoreditch is situated at the north-east end of the road at the crossroads where it meets with Hackney Road. This part of the road is wholly within the London Borough of Hackney; below Boundary Street, the eastern side lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The high street enters the City of London at Norton Folgate. In the past, Shoreditch High Street boasted both a prestigious theatre and a music hall, though these are now long gone, with no trace of their previous existence apparent. The National Standard Theatre at 2/3/4 Shoreditch High Street opened in 1837. By the late 19th century it was one of the largest theatres in London. In 1926 it was converted into a cinema called the New Olympia Picturedrome. The building was demolished in 1940. Sims Reeves, Mrs Marriott[who?] and James Anderson[who?] all performed here; and the theatre also hosted programmes of classical opera and even Shakespeare, featuring such luminaries as Henry Irving. The Shoreditch Empire, also known as the London Music Hall, which opened in 1856, was situated at 95–99 Shoreditch High Street. It lasted longer than most East End halls but finally closed in 1935. Traversing the inner city area which is modern day Shoreditch the road is lined with (sometimes derelict) commercial premises. To the east is the Boundary Estate, formerly the infamous “Jago” of Arthur Morrison’s 1896 novel A Child of the Jago. Continuing the tradition of low-life of particular note, today, is the concentration of striptease pubs along the road, though some recent trendy bars which cater to the affluent residents of nearby Hoxton indicate that “regeneration” may prevail over degeneration.
Urban Context
The Urban context in and around Shoreditch is diverse from the southern end of the borough Hackney Shoreditch high street runs all the way through bishopsgate in London’s financial center. The map above show the distinct contrast of green space within the urban con-
Green Spaces Site Location
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Restaurants - Supermarkets The area has an abundance of restaurants and supermarkets. The waste food that could be collected and used for starch process could be ideal for production of polymer based panels.
Restaurants - SuperSite Location
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Public Circu-
St Edwards
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High Pollution
Public spaces to pollution Focussing in on Shoreditch High Street you have a clear lack of public space. Boundary Gardens and St Edwards Church are the only public space within a 500m radius. The reasearch I conducted also shows the levels of pollution exceed permitted annual limits. This map shows two aspects of
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Green Spaces
Green spaces around the site are limited and with the area being the outskirts of the city there seems to no policy towards developing properties which have ground floor green space. the cost of land is so high it’s hard to see a solution apart from using existing facades.
Green Spaces Site Location
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Green Barrier
Public Circulation
Islington
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Site area
Tower Hamlets
Camden
The City
Westminster
London Boroughs & Employment This map shows the boroughs which connect to the site. When thinking about the lack of green space and high pollution in the site area, i decided to see how this would impact the location community. The encroachment of the city to the city is leaving very little land that can be used for green space. London is a green city at 46 per cent to its size but
Green Spaces Site Location High employ-
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Sun Analysis The Sun analysis shows that the site receives a lot of natural light. The car is open and through summer gets a lot of direct light.
Wind Analysis The facility be a testing ground for material which can be colonised and used to enhance the civic experience. A definition of the concept of bioreceptivity as the ability of a material to be colonised by living organisms is given. Related terms, such as primary, secondary, tertiary, intrinsic, extrinsic and semi-extrinsic bioreceptivity, and bioreceptivity index are also explained. The usefulness, possible uses and methodological issues arising from this concept are discussed.
Bioreceptivity; Building ecology studies; Building material colonization
The site has distinct links to the east of london but also offers circulation around the inner city of london via the overground trains from shoreditch high street station. This also creates people who come towards the station from the city of London.The circulation through the site comes up from bishopsgate past and towards commercial road and local hotels and food outlets offer other attractions to the area.
Transport Map
Conclusion & City Facades The site is located within walking of one of the most densely populated areas in western europe. Mapping the site and the short walk into the city of London shows a lack of green space and a undesirable amount of paving in the wake of greenery. T he city has in itself become a maze of steel and glass. The site gives a real opportunity to design a multifunctional space that can benefit the local community with new farming land and provide a fantastic new research facilty for bio plastic innnovation.W