Ewa Quiroga Carvajal by Ewa Baran

Urban Connec+ve E-‐Por0olio

Ewa Quiroga Carvajal Landscape Architecture BA Year 3

Execu+ve summary

The whole idea came from world connec+ve and is associate with my personal background and life that I experienced living In my country. Firstly I wanted to introduce the landscape that is characteris+c country see side that I have very good memories of. At the same +me involving community in all the process. As I was developing my concept the community has become for me in the ﬁrst place so I have developed series of spaces that cloud provide ac+vi+es for local people that could make the space their own. Meaning connec+ng people to their park so they feel that these is the place they belong and where they spent their childhood and more.

Precedents Â images Â

1:500 Master plan KEY North-east side of park is design for sport activities and concerts. There is amphitheatre and outdoor cinema, swimming, booting and mountain bike track, skating in the winter. Through the site also is passing Green chain walk that connect the site with other green spaces in London.

South Mere Lake Cafeteria

South West Park Cafeteria

Parking surrounded by planting for aesthetic providing good and easy access to site for public from different distances

Children’s playground located closely to the cafeteria what makes easier for parents to rest and supervise children at the same time. Close location to the water makes it also perfect for children to interact with sand and water making it grate fun.

South Meare Lake/Sandy beach Parking

Wooded areas with multi stemmed deciduous trees like Koelreuteria paniculata, Amelanchier lamarckii, Acaer palmatum bloodgood multi stem, providing good autumn colour and under tree planting of grasses. In winter trees covered with lights to extend interest and at night providing warm and exciting character.

Little Bosque with one stem deciduous trees of good autumn colour. Added openings lets light inside making it fresh and sunny, Ideal for walk or have a picnic.

Sandy beach with good access for public surrounded by evergreen vegetation like Pinus Sylvestris, Pinus contorta, Pinus mugo, Pinus nigra and under tree planning of plants like Armeria maritima and grasses.

One Stem Deciduous Tree

Multi Stem Deciduous Tree

Urban lake great for swimming and boating in the summer. In winter time the water level drained and changed to ice skating ring to provide a whole year interest and activities.

Pine Tree

Pebbly Beach Two levelled cafeteria with terraces build with unfinished timber to provide unique character and great views of the site.

Cafeteria with floating terrace on the lake with good views of the lake and sandy beach.

Compacted pebles Path

Sensory Garden

Playground

Anphitheater

Shopping Stall

Bridge/Entrance Landing

Existing Suroundings

Shopping stalls selling food and hand made goods arts and crafts by the community. At night whole area lit by lights to provide atmospheric feelings. Open through out the year with seasonal events organised to provide interesting activities whole year round and attract public to the site.

Entrance to the site from the pedestrian bridge with extended landing for viewing the area but also with a place designated for display area of the arts and crafts that are create by community in one of the classes organized by borough.

E C L A

Small pebbly beach with trickle of water surrounded by trees and planting to enhance the area and provide water interaction for children and adults.

Name Modern design amphitheatre made of timber with two stages one facing the beach and the other green mound. Designed to bring together the community by celebrating and enjoying the performances together. Sensory garden with no direct path, people are able to pass freely among the planting or seat and enjoy. Mixed herbaceous planting and shrubs for colour, structure, texture and all year interest.

Ewa Quiroga Carvajal

Project Urban Connective

Title Thamesmead Project Master Plan

Scale 1:500

Green mound sloping toward amphitheatre specially designated as natural area to watch concerts or stage performances. Complemented at night with lighting to create unique atmosphere of the space

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Date

11-05-15 2015-04-27

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Visualiza+ons

Final presenta+on drawings for 1:200 Development stage Master plan1 :200 Scale The sensory garden contains a series of character areas, which uses different soft and hard materials palette to enhance the sensory and experiential qualities of these spaces.

Excellent views from outside the park invites visitors true hedge entrance where they can find a space full of different shapes, materials, and textures. Created to deliver to community a space where they can meat and engage.

Hedge planting screens the park from the neighbouring areas and frames the views from the entrance.

Planting used consist of multi-steam deciduous trees, one steam deciduous trees like Betula pendula and pinus planting. Grasses and meadows has been used to add informal character.

Multi-steam deciduous trees

SE02 Pinus trees

One-steam deciduous trees

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Spot height

Compacted gravel Path

2200 Parents taking their kids to the playground can be safe in the knowledge that they will never run out of ideas, whatever it's playing in the sandpit, running along willow tunnels, pond dipping or rock climbing.

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460 Staggered seating is integrated into design along the main path creating stopping points.

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Beaches are ideal spot to sit and relax in the sun, entertained by many regular activities and exhibitions in the neighbouring amphitheatre.

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800 Name Ewa Quiroga Carvajal The timber amphitheatre has been brilliantly design to blend into the natural landscape and produce its own energy using solar panels. Inside the amphitheatre event space offers all the facilities and refreshments.

Project Urban Connective

Title Master Plan

Scale 1:200

To create a place that is memorable and encourages returns visits for both local residents and visitors from across London.

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Amphitheatre organising events through out the year, with all necessary facilities.

Green mound accessible for mount baking, perfect as a seating area for out door movie screening and other activities.

Mixed pinus planting screening surrounding existing hoses and sheltering the park from prevailing wind.

Rockery and marginal planting surrounding Southmere like lagoon adding additional textures and shape to the landscape of the park.

Southmere Lake lagoon organically shaped flowing in slowly to the park crating a feeling of peacefulness

SECTION 01

Cafeteria on the shore of Southmere Lake build from natural materials to blend in witch the landscape. Delivering all need facilities.

Living willow tunnels structures ideal for children fun, encouraging healthy active play.

Mixed planting of deciduous and evergreen trees with under canopy planting to create a woodland qualities

Pebbly path leading towards the beach. From both sides surrounded by planting framing the views of the lake.

Southmere lake coming gently into the park bordered by rockery, mixed grass planting and pine tree giving impression of Scandinavian like landscape.

Amphitheatre where all events and exhibitions take place for an additional activities through out the seasons.

E C L A Name Ewa Quiroga Carvajal

Project Urban Connective

Title Sections 01, 02

SECTION 02

Scale 1:200

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Date 11-05-15

Sketches and renders

Ligh+ng Concept

E C L A Name Ewa Quiroga Carvajal

Project Urban Connective

Title Lighting Concept

Scale 1:200

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Date

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Site Â Contextual Â studies Â

Site on the winter afternoon. Horses are grazing and beside that there is no other signs of live. In far back worn tower building are overlooking the site and Southmee lake. From left a largely open space that at the moment is under used. Potentially it culd be uses for events and play. Green Chain walk passes through the site even do there is not enough interest in the site to keep people within for a longer period of time.

Closer to Southmere lake we can appreciate trees and shrubs of handsome autumn colors surrounding the water. It is a shame that water is polluted and contains lots of rubbish disposed by people. We can also notice that amenity grass is worn and muddy. Thamesmead feels here sad and only and very cold on that day.

The site is surrounded by Brutalist style three story terrace housing and 2-3 story modernist housing. There are also 12 storey tall tower buildings. The character of the surrounding area is quite cold and gray as the concrete predominate. What I find interesting is the form of the land that is going up and down being at highest point of 6m above see level , it allows good views to the lake and surrounding areas.

Quite busy secondary road used to access existing housing and also the site for any maintenance necessary. We can notice that quite a lot of cars is park on the road. Some scattered trees creating a shade over the site. At time of visit I notice that some trees where freshly removed most probably to plant any new species.

E C L A View to the South of the site. The path leads up the mound where from the top we can observe the whole site and the surrounding housing. What is very surprising that the site have many neighboring housing but people who live there don't uses the site at all or very little. Something needs to be done to make the site important and interesting to people.

View from the entrance to the site just of the pedestrian bridge. Only one main paths leads us through the site going up and down as the levels very in different parts of the site. Tree planting is quiet poor as we can notice there is only a few trees scattered in this area. The site is quite shaded at this time of the day as the sun is hidden by tall concrete buildings.

Name Ewa Quiroga Carvajal

Project Urban Connective

Title Site context sheet

Scale NTS

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Date At the secondary road looking South we can see that the site is fenced with only three access gates for public use. All along to the main road the is a hedge approximately 1m tall. On the right Traces housing which looks very worn and unpleasant. Planting is very poor .

Standing on the top of pedestrian bridge over a busy main road . At these point it is noisy and it feels like time just passes fast. From materiality point of view we can see mostly gray dull concrete that show already damages of time. At far left we can notice that some new development is taking a place that could means improvements to the area.

11-05-15

Design detail at 1:50 scale

Sec+ons 1:50

Visualiza+ons and sketches

Hard works plan1:50

CAD sec+ons 1:50

Plan+ng PaleYe

Plan+ng plan 1:50

Ligh+ng and Drainage plan

Construc+on details

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