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Dinning place

Shopping Arcade Kid center Residential

Activities

Local Economy Community

Lifestyle

People

Activities

Local Economy Community

Lifestyle

Water bus

Cycling Path

Commercial Buildings and Technology Park University’s campus Green Park And sport venue

The settlement Health map is used to elaborate the need for different land uses to be planned at the selected site and the relationship between each land use in order to create a sustainable community. Human affects the landscape and in term the landscape affect the human. (Michael, Murphy D.) The redevelopment project of Bristol aims to increase job opportunities and residential units in order to improve the living standard of Bristol. There are different target group of people for using the area and with the spatial strategy to increase the accessibility of Bristol in order to allow different groups of people move along the town with ease. Details of different target groups have been stated as below: 1.) Business center: over half for mature business to set up office in order ensure job opportunities to Bristol. Medium to start up business to offer different variety of job opportunities to Bristol. Aim to enhance the employment opportunities and structure. It aims to attract a wide varieties of professionals from different industries such as business and IT professional.

2.) Technology Park: IT is the worldwide trend nowadays and it offers lot of professional and high educational level required job opportunities. It helps to enhance quality of life by high paid job and encourage the purse of high educational need for the new generation. Cyber business also helps to enhance the status of Bristol. According to the local plan from surrounding towns, there is no cyber business center around but it is definitely an important trend. It is good for Bristol to build up the foundation now and for future development for its important town center’s status.

3.) Residential: There are a wide varieties of size of residential units to be offered to cope with the need for different household sizes. To achieve a work-life balance for the community, infrastructures

4.) Educational: Young generation dominates a large population group in Bristol. Reserved land use for university’s campus and accommodation are proposed to cope with the future population growth and increasing places in university. It also educates more high qualification candidates for the business sector in Bristol to strengthen its status as a sustainable community.

5.) Tourist: With the use of natural resources as part of development scheme, the concept of water transport is proposed which allows tourists to experience the day in Bristol by travelling along the canal. . There are successful examples worldwide such as Venice and Stockholm. It is also for local residents to use as another means of transport as it is environmental-friendly with electrical run water bus.

The Bristol Temple Meads Station is a Grade II Listed building which is under good maintenance. It gives the first impression to visitors and hence an enhancement in landscape design of the entrance need to be made by replacing the existing car parking at the Bristol Temple Meads Station to be a hard landscape design with blue space and seating for people to relax.

6.) Low carbon community: Extension of pedestrian and cycling path along the site to encourage the public a green lifestyle and also to reduce carbon footprint by reduce the use of vehicles. The use of water transport means can also release the pressure and demand on vehicle. Street trees is part of the green strategy within the selected site which facilitates the carbon absorption to improve air quality.

3 Amount of the proposed land use for later use:

According to the online source from the Office for National Statistic and the “Shaping Neighbourhoods for Local Health and Global Sustainability”, the average household size in UK is 2.4 people per dwelling. The recommended recreational land use allocated is 2.4 hectare per 1000 population. The “population per hectare” would be used as an approach to measure density in order to give an approximation of overall population to assist in calculation on provision of facilities. The total number of dwellings to be provided at the site is 368 dwellings (2.4 people per household x 368 dwellings =883.2 people) and hence the estimated hectares of land allocated for open green space is 2.11968 hectares. According to the “Guidance for Outdoor Sport and Play Beyond the Six Acre Standard England”, the 2.11968 hectares of land need to include Local Area for

Play (PA), Locally Equipped Area for Play (LEAP) and the Multi-Use Game Area (MUGA) as the total number of dwellings reach 200-500 dwellings. The total hectares of land allocated for open green space is 2.50358428 hectares.

According to the “Impact Assessment Planning Policy Statement: eco-towns 2009”, the “Standard” employment land requirement is 0.0045 Hectare per dwelling. The employment land requirement is 0.0045HA per dwelling x 368 dwellings = 1.656 Hectare of employment land. Assumes a plot land ratio of 1 ha per 150 jobs, based on a mix of use classes as follow: B1- 1ha per 200jobs, B2-1ha per 135jobs, B3-1ha per 99jobs.

Sources: *Bedford Growth Area Study* Entec (2003). As to enhance the economic development and support the local and surrounding’s employment sector, a total of 2.3830292 hectares of employment land are allocated to establish a better ecosystem for economic development with other supporting infrastructures.

3.1 Commercial land use at the central:

P ho to2 3: Area M easu rem ent . S ource: Mag ic map P ho to2 4: Averag e siz e o f office s pace floo r in C entral L ond on. Sou rce: S tat ista

There will be bridge to be connected from the platforms of the Bristol Temple Meads station to the kid museum and the business buildings to allow direct pedestrian access from the station to the site. The selected area contains 21335.5 sq meters for development. Estimated floorspace occupied by each building Kid museum and center: Phase II commercial building: (20%of area reserved for Hotel development above the business trading Floor space: 2511.6sq meter includes 300 sq meter as green space at the entrance public area and emergency exit) expo: Storey Height: 2 Storey Height Floor space: 2860.2772 sq meters Floor space: 2700 sq meters Gross floor area: 5023.2 sq meters Storey Height: 15 Storey Height Storey Height: 13 Storey Height Gross floor area: 42904.158 sq meters Gross Floor Area: 13 stories height of hotel Phase I commercial building: (20%of area reserved for public area and emergency exit) Types of office sizes: 330 sq meters, 70 sq meters, 1400 development Floor space: 2864.16sq meter with 300 square meter as green space at the entrance sq meters Business trading expo:Storey Height: 15 Storey Height Estimated number of office to be offered: 45 units Floorspace: 2700 square meter Gross floor area: 42,962.4 sq meters Storey Height: 2 Floors 3.2 Mixed land use_ Business_ Shopping Arcade_ Sport and Resi Types of office sizes: 500 sq meters, 600 sq meters and 1100 sq meters Recreational area Gross Floor area: 5400 square meter with Estimated number of office to be offered: 45 units Gross Floor Space: 1100.743 sq meters Facilities: Green space 180 sq meter as green corridor inside the business trading expo

3.2 Commercial land use and Recreational land use The development area for this part is 33,341.6 square meters. The main land use at this part is for commercial land use and two blocks of residential buildings at the southern part with sport venue as the interval land use to serve as transitional area of land use.

Commercial office: (20%of area reserved for public area and emergency exit) Floor Space: 80m x 80m = 3200 sq meters Water sport training center and leisure center: Height: 12 stories Floor Space: 1276.8 sq meters Gross Floor Areas: 38,400 sq meters Height: 2 stories Types of office sizes: 500sq meters, 600 sq meters Gross Floor Area: 2553.6 sq meters and 1400 sq meters First Floor: Swimming pools and water sport Estimated number of office to be offered :36 units training facilities Second Floor: Leisure facilities for public use such as badminton courts Shopping arcade: Floor Space: 3794.092sq meters Height: 5 stories Gross Floor Areas: 18,970.46 sq meters

P ho to2 5: Area M easu rem ent. Sou rce: Mag ic m ap Recreational area (LPA and MUGA): Gross Floor Space: 7034.312 sq meters Facilities: Five tennis courts One basketball court Skateboard Park Green zones

3.3 Amount of Residential development of Phase I and Phase II along the Floating harbor: The minimum requirement for DPH for residential development is 200 dph at Central Bristol

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Phase I Residential Development:

Floor Space: 6915.4412 sq meters

Height: 4 stories for 18 Blocks 7 stories for 20 Blocks

Gross Floor Areas: 14,568 sq meters

Types of office sizes: 50sq meters, 72 sq meters and 110 sq meters

Total dwellings to be offered: 212 Dwellings

DPH: 306 Dwellings/ Hectare Phase II Residential Development:: Floor Space: 5811.3864 Height: 4 stories for 8 Blocks 6 stories for 10 Blocks 8 stories for 8 Blocks Gross Floor Areas: 13,104 sq meters Types of office sizes: 50sq meters, 72 sq meters and 110 sq meters Total dwellings to be offered: 156 Dwellings DPH: 268.438526 Dwellings/ Hectare

Recreational area in front of Phase II residential development: Gross Floor Space: 7010.29039 sq meters Facilities: Five tennis courts and green zones with cycling path crossing the Feeder Road

3.4 Amount of the Technology Park and VR center Four buildings at the Technology Park and a VR center: Building one: (20%of area reserved for public area and emergency exit) Floor Space: 25 x 58.03 sq meters = 1450.75 sq meters Height: 10 stories Gross Floor Area: 14500.79 sq meters Types of office size: 500 sq meters, 660.6 sq meters Units of office to be offered: 20 units Building two: (20%of area reserved for public area and emergency exit) Floor Space: 22.5 x 48.53 sq meters = 1091.925sq meters Height: 10 stories Gross Floor Area: 10910.925 sq meters: Types of office size: 373.54 sq meters, 500 sq meters Units of office to be offered: 20 units Building three: (20%of area reserved for public area and emergency exit) Floor Space: 20.01 x 67.16 sq meters = 1343.8716sq meters Height: 10 stories Gross Floor Area: 13430.8716 sq meters Types of office size: ‘1150 sq meters Units of office to be offered: 10 units

Photo28: Area Measurement. Source: Magic map Building four: (20%of area reserved for public area and emergency exit) Floor Space: 31.58 x 29.04 sq meters + 14.17 x 19.5 sq meters = 1193.3982 sq meters Height: 10 stories Gross Floor Area: 11930.3982 sq meters

A varieties of office sizes offered at the Technology park aims at support the start-business and mature high technological sized serve as different function such as research rooms, studios and offices. The VR center introduce the technology of carrying virtual experience for research.

firms to set up digital business companies. Different office Types of office size: 400 sq meters, 554 sq meters Units of office to be offered: 20 units

VR centre: (20%of area reserved for public area and emergency exit) Floor Space: 83.71 x 83.28 sq meters = 3458.6844 sq meters Height: 2 stories Gross Floor Area: 6917.3688 sq meters

The concept diagram shows the layout of the landscape design of the selected site. It is represented by the different types of land use and the elements in sustainable development. It shows that the design and planning try to include all three elements in the sustainable development in each part of the site, Economic, Environmental and Social sustainable development.

Outdoor Musical Venue

Bristol’s Theatre

“A Musical and cultural Quarter” at the Southern boundary of the site is proposed where the Bristol Temple Meads Station is located. A proposed musical theatre located in front of the Bristol Exeter House and a proposed outdoor musical venue next to the station. The station serve as a connecting point of both attractions.

The major development is focus at the central Bristol with the main land use is commercial land use. The design and planning of the development covers all elements in sustainable development in most part at the site to achieve a sustainable development. The residential land use is located along the Floating harbor at a relaxing living environment and there is diverse job opportunities to be offered by the nearby commercial land use. A health center and two public green parks are the nearby infrastructure to create a high quality and sustainable living environment. A water sport training school and the leisure center is proposed to encourage the public to do more physical exercise by the ease of access in order to build up a healthy lifestyle. The Technology Park and VR center are located at the part of the site. It aims to enhance the business status of Bristol to be a “Digital City”. There is a public green park near to the technology park to strengthen the greenery environment. The university is located next to the technology park to encourage the join cooperation strategy to carry out research.

The University and student accommodation are located next to the technology park also achieve a sustainable development. It also represent the heritage conservation by converting the listed building to be part of the student hall.

The blue-colored arrows represents the vehicular flow in. The internal accessibility is improved and it expands to the four dimensional direction to establish a wellconnected transport network to the surrounding area. The orange-colored arrows represents the cycling path to promote a green transport system to encourage the public practice a healthy lifestyle and to raise the awareness to the environmental issue.