new city center JOﾃグ MARTINS DIAS
Table of contents
First impressions of the site - Ă…rna Topography Topography as visual structure Natural resources + clusters Connection to pathway - group work storaneset - now Strategies What to do next?
Path Arrival path Train path People path Snow path House path Car path Tree path Departure path
FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE SITE - ÅRNA A two day “field recognition” trip, through the mountains and along the river, where the paths deserved my main attention. First impression of terrain and of the site.
How does Årna’s landscape look like, what we can get from the abstraction and visual connection with the real representation of the terrain, in a tottaly new experience, from being there. Plan, isometric and section studies. By changing the orientation of the view, we change our perception.
TOPOGRAPHY
topography as visual structure The purpouse of this work was to analyse the Årna’s terrain. What are their components, but also plants and animals. The fisrt model was a macro approach of the area, assuming the bigger area as a base, and overlapping Hodarland. The second model was an extrusion of all layers on height, to show them seperately. As a group work, was very interesting how the gone with this model idea until the end. It’s even more for me, assuming it as a continuation of the previous topography studies.
TOPOGRAPHY
CLUSTER IDENTIFICATION
TERRITORiAL ANALYSIS
HUMAN INTERVENTION
NATURAL RESOURCES
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
WHAT THE NATURE GIVES TO THE PEOPLE. HOW DO THE PEOPLE EXPLORE IT. THIS WAY THERE IS A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE LANDSCAPE.
USING ALL POSIBLE NATURAL RESOURCES, OUR DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IS ABOUT HOW THE HUMAN CAN USE THESE ELEMENTS AS MEANS TO EXPAND AND DENSIFY A ZONE. THIS PHASE IS ABOUT IDENTIFIYNG ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLUSTERS, THAT WERE BUILT AND WERE USED TO EXPLORE THESE NATURAL RESOURCES.
CLUSTER 3 - FARMS
CLUSTER 1 - FISH HOUSES
CLUSTER 2 - “WATER� FACTORIES
Cluster 2 Sea resources
%XLOGLQJV
5RDGV
6HD
CLUSTER IDENTIFICATION
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
natural resources + clusters I started analysing the map of Ă…rna , in order to allow myself to know the site. I “scannedâ€? the main forms of all the buildings and realised that there are at least 3 different types of clusters: “fish housesâ€?, “water factoriesâ€? , “farmsâ€?. I also noticed that the water (from the fjord) is the natural resource that there is more abudantly, and that nobody or nothing is taking advantage of it. Thus I choosed the “water factoriesâ€? cluster to analyse.
BICYCLE & WALKING PATH MEETING OTHER INFR
Connection to pathway
1
group work
2:Pathway Pathway along the seaside and river to enhance the connection to water for the public. It focuses on connecting architectural thinking to shape the landscape with different kinds of activity to activate the area along the sea.
2
3
4
1: Gouliang, China 2: Kyiv Islands, Ukraine 3: Benidorm, Spain
Public space:
Fjordside pathway
NEW PROGRAMS IN OLD BUILDINGS/NEW CITY CENTER
PATHWAY
In the workshop given by S333, I was working on the fjordscape group. This was based on the development of mini-flash projects. The connections that could be made between the shores, the use of the water, new connections over the air (with cable cars), and a new pathway all over the water line. This pathway is the connection between all the group work, and the area I’m working on, is like a checkpoint on “the route”.
AS
Benidorm Seaside Promenade, Spain
Auckland Harbour Bridge Pathway / Copeland Associates Architects
Train Station, Helsinborg, Metro Architects
Urban Study for Industrial site redevelopment. Strusshamn / Eriksen Skajaa Architects, Norway
// Reuse existing buildings. // Workspaces, Housing, Culture, 24 hour use of the building. // Harbour: use the water as transport. //Move the actual center zone //Use all unused spaces, voids.
// Connect Arna’s and Ytre Arnas’s facilities. // Along the sea, connection with the water. // Shelter from wind and rain-enjoy the sun. // Points of interest along the pathway.
On the bottom, is the final result of the sustainability delivery (work group). This time was about having a sustaibale approach onto the project we were developing. I’m still connected to the idea of the path connection.
BICYCLE & WALKING PATH MEETING OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE
STORANESET-now
RAILROAD NOT WORKING
FACTORIES NOT CONNECTED TO THE WATER
The plan shows the intervention area, and makes reference for what is wrong and right. For wrong we have the non working railroad, and the factories that are no longer making their “job” - not connected to the water, like in the beginning. For right we only have the natural potentials of the site - solar exposition closeness no water and the bathing area that is enjoyed every summer by locals.
BATHING AREA
STORANESET - NOW WAREHOUSE
CHEMICALS FOR OIL INDUSTRY
FUTURE SUPERMARKET
BOAT HOUSES
FUTURE DOCTOR OFFICE
OIL DRILLING PIECES
CARPENTER
BOAT HOUSES ASPHALT MAKING
BAKERY
WAREHOUSE
GROUP TRAINING ON RECYCLE
PRINTER SHOP
The picture above show what is the actual situation of the area. There are a lot of different firms established.Some of the needs of today’s Årna, are planned to move there, such as a new supermarket, or the new doctor offices. Some of the uses are not connected to anything, neither to the water, that should be used as a fuitful resource.
strategies FOR RENT PLOTS; CONNECTION TO THE SEA; GREEN AND SOCIAL AREA; PUBLIC SPACE; ADDITION OF PATHWAY; RE-USE MATERIALS OF ZONE FOR NEW CONSTRUCTIONS.
FOR RENT PLOTS
MARKET TABLES
PATHWAY
Huntington Urban Farm, New Zealand, Tim Stephens
PUBLIC SPACE
INTRODUCING MULTI-PROGRAM BUILDINGS IN EXISTING FACTORIES; NEW BUILDING TYPOLOGIES; USE VOIDS AS PUBLIC SPACE; CREATE PLACES WHERE YOU CAN LIVE, WORK, PRODUCE FOOD AND SELL IT.
HOUSING
ACTIVATE OLD RAILROAD
CULTURE MARKET + FOOD PATHWAY
Urban Study for Industrial site redevelopment. Strusshamn / Eriksen Skajaa Architects, Norway
RE-BUILD THE BATHING AREA IN CONNECTION WITH THE NEW HARBOUR; PUBLIC BATHING AREA; RE-USE WOOD FROM CHOPPED TREES TO BUILD THE HARBOUR.
BATHING AREA
MAR - MARITHIME YOUTH HOUSE (LEFT) , BAD - COPENHAGEN HARBOUR BATH (RIGHT), BJARKE INGELS GROUP. HARBOUR
RE-ACTIVATE THE OLD RAILROAD + PATHWAY
RAILROAD
PATHWAY
PISCINAS DE LEÇA, ALVARO SIZA VIERIA (LEFT), Jack Evans Boat Harbour / ASPECT Studios (right)
strategies - roads organization and city development
ACTUAL SITUATION - ÅRNA
MEDIEVAL DEVELOPMENT - GUIMARÃES, PORTUGAL
Possible SITUATION - ÅRNA
comercial and governamental based DEVELOPMENT - Reykjavik, iceland
strategies - changing of water line and factories organization
strategies - changing of water line
What to do next?
• DISCOVER WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE SITE, NOW. • ANALYSE SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE TERRITORY. • TRY TO GIVE BACK IDENTITY TO THE SITE. • ANALYSE CORRIDORS THAT CAN CONNECT THE FJORD WITH THE TOP OF STEEP MOUNTAINS, GOING THROUGH HOUSES, PUBLIC SPACES, INFRASTRUCTURES... • WHICH IS THE BETTER WAY TO DENSIFY?