URBAN YARD
ABPL30042: URBAN OPEN SPACE QUEEN VICTORIA MARKET 2040 QVM PERCEPTION
Melbourne Heritage Established from 1878, QVM is a major market for melbournians in terms of supply of fresh produce. Its a cultural and historical significant percint in the neighbourhood.
More Than A Market Place Vibrant urban percint providing fresh produce, specialty grocer, dinning, cafe and so on. Also an important open space where community and multicultural events are hold and people meet and gather.
Travel Attraction QVM is also one of the most famous destination of travel interests in the city and attracts about 1.3 million international visitors and 7 million domestic visitors annually, and the number keep growing.
SITE ANALYSIS 15 m in NORTH MEL
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PRECEDENT STUDY
Proximity
Inefficient Space Use
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MELBOURNE
Freyberg Place - by Isthmus
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QVM has the proximity to four city councils within walking distance, which means there are lots of potential customers/ users at the present and in the future.
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QVM is a relatively more trading-oriented open space with set openning hours. When the market is closed, nothing really happens in the space. The carpark of QVM is also used inefficiently.
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Public
Private Transportation
Non-patron Behaviour
QVM is easy to access either by tram or train. There are three tram stations surround QVM, one planned train station near Flagstaff Garden and one of the major transprotation junction Melbourne Central Station.
Despite that QVM is located in the heart of the city north, non-patron interaction with the market is remarkbly low. Most frequently only as a corridor connecting surrroundings.
WHAT HAPPENS IN FUTURE?
The square enables both public and private program, the open plaza in the north are open to community events and the closed edges attracted antisocial behaviour. Holding the city back from its goal of becoming a walkable city with a high quality network of street, lanes and urban spaces.
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NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
Freyberg Square is located in the heart of Auckland city, it is a popular destination for locals and visitors, adults and children, residents and workers to take quiet refuge from the hustle and bustle of the city centre.
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- Activate the dead space to a more social and environmental friendly area. - Re-design carpark area to a civic square to meet the increasing demand for urban space in future. - Enhance non-patron interaction with QVM.
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REVITALIZING CARPARK
Family H o use h ol d More residential projects are planned or under construction, mostly located in the north, west and southeast of the CBD. Population density will increase and apartment size are going to shrink. Urban dwelling gradually loses the feature of frontyard, backyard or even balcony. Losing these spaces limited dweller’s access to sunlight, fresh air and space for domestic recreational or gathering activities.
About 2/3 of the residents living in Melbourne city were born overseas, including immigrants, international students, oversea labours and so on. Most of them come to Melbourne alone and away from their family and friends, which can raise homesickness. Increasing amount of urban dwellers especially temporary residents are experiencing lonliness due to weak connection with others.
YARD FOR URBANISTS - Urban open yard for urban dwellers in compensation to the lost domestic open space. - Various programs stimulating yard in a house context integrate with civic square. - Opportunity for urban dwellers to get contact with nature. - Informal exercise space, improving physical health.
URBAN SPRAWLING & TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
With the population number growing 110,000 a year, Melbourne’s demand for public transport will grow. More developed tranportation network and technology can be imagined from the government.
COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE
With that envisioned, public transport will have higher capacity and travelling routine will become shorter. Large carparks in the city are no longer necessary.
- Encourage connection with aquantaince. - Lower risk of getting mental health issue. - Place to held community events/festivals. - Foster sense of community.
Fig.1 Our Transport Future, Department of Transport, Victoria State Government
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ABPL30042: URBAN OPEN SPACE QUEEN VICTORIA MARKET 2040 SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM
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Community Gathering Area
Junction Connecting Surroundings
Leveled Open Space Adapting Existing Topography
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Transition of Programs From Private (edge) to Public (centre)
Vegetation & Fence Creating Private Public Space
FULL SITE PLAN 1:250
Franklin Stree Cooking Area
Central plaza
Garden
Community Lawn
SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE
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URBAN YARD MODEL PHOTO
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Centre
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ABPL30042: URBAN OPEN SPACE QUEEN VICTORIA MARKET 2040 PROGRAM & SCENARIO
Plaza Central open plaza stimulating frontyard where neighbours greet or talk to each other. Large open space where community events can be held. Trees are used to frame view and divide the plaza to smaller grouped area.
Community Events
Community Festival
Farmer’s Market
Concert
Cooking Area To appreciate food-sharing culture in Asian community, which is the most common dwelling population nearby, cooking area is porposed. Surrounding urban dwellers are provided the chance to escape from indoor cooking and enjoy outdoor cooking with the opportunity to interact with aquantainces. Individual Users
Group Cooking Class
Garden Providing space for restorative activity. Trees and bushes can attract animals associate with, and giving urban dwellers chance to getting contact with nature.
Restoration
Contact With Nature
Formal Seating Additional seating areas added to the market, it is the most common yard program. Provides space for formal gathering or conversation and in QVM context a place to rest or eat after grocery shopping. Proposed at the edge of site with alley shops on the north as transitional threshold .
Afternoon Tea
Social Event
Playground playground for both children and adults. Children can run free and bring their own toys to play here and make new friends. Also providing chance for adults to socialize when watching over their children. Transformable Playground
Socialize Through Children
Lawn Scattered lawn areas over the site to stimulate the most basic form of backyard. Some are smaller and more private with fence, others are bigger and more open to the community/ group. Informal Exercise
Gathering
Outdoor Cinema
Unwind
URBAN YARD RENDERING
Community Yard
Community Centre
Seating Area
Garden
Peeking To The Yard
Private Yard
Equal Access Ramp
Edge Solution
GUANLIN HUANG_1025314 TUTOR: IRIS FONG