1_West Hove Esplanade: Site Context & Project Brief Overview
3.5 km Industrial
West Hove seafront is an underutilised public space with outmoded programmes that are a
1.5 km
Victorian legacy. Inspired by the ephemeral, temporal nature of the coastal landscape, the vision is to transform this
Amenity
1.5km stretch of land into a productive landscape creating a new dialogue between ecology and society. In response to the ‘first nature’ opportunity that the sea provides, the west of the site is returned to tidal lagoon, blending ecological and commercial opportunities. From east to west the programming moves from permanent public realm to temporary event spaces. This is an antidote to the single use corridor of a bygone era, creating a fluid landscape that is a continuum, just like the natural forces that inspire it. Shoreham Power Station
Opportunity / Linkage
Harbour
Hove Lagoon Water sports Play ground Skate park
Mini-golf Tennis courts Basketball Bowls
King Alfred Leisure Centre
West Hove 1929: ‘Single Use Corridor’
The Brief
The Site
Design a 21st century promenade for West Hove. A 24 hour linear park that respond to the progressive nature of Brighton and Hove Create a meaningful connection between the promenade and the industrial to the west, possibly using the eastern edge of the harbour as linkage Rationalise the fragmented amenities that sit to the north of the promenade (leisure centre, minigolf, tennis, bowls, lagoon and skate park), to create a dynamic destination for heath and wellbeing Manipulation of natural process (longshore drift, wave action) to create a exciting, stimulating coastal landscape in West Hove Harnessing the tidal energy to ‘power’ a productive landscape scheme
Ephemeral Natural Genius Loci
Temporal
Indelible Cultural Genius Loci (Ephemeral, Temporal, Indelible)
Natural Forces + Socio-Cultural Demands = Productive Landscape Julian Richardson / MA_LA_Full Time / 000702083-X
2_Concept Development: Land/Sea Permeability
Impermeable Layers
Impermeable
Permeable
Revealed
Programmed
Residential
Road
Public amenity / recreation
Promenade
Beach Tidal action
Public Access Sea
Exploring Tidal Action
Concept Model: Land/Sea Permeability Julian Richardson / MA_LA_Full Time / 000702083-X
3_Concept Story: Tschumi + Natural Forces The Coastal Situation
Push
Pull
Capture
Connect
Programmed
The ‘push/pull’ of the coastal landscape as inspiration
Concept Model: Nodal Points
1 Appreciating Tschumi’s concept of surfaces, lines and
The relationship between sea and the land
points as a way of organising space - how can the spaces between the land and sea be connected (model, left)?
2 Reveal the natural forces of the coast and use as the
foundations for programming the landscape
3 Unlike Tschumi, do not ignore the historical context,
1
2
embrace it and utilise in a palimpestic manner (the Lagoon)
3
4
Concept Summary ‘Reversing’ Tschumi Imagining the coastal conditions as a fluid surface Nodal points in the landscape act as a ‘net’, capturing the ephemeral, temporal and rendering an indelible experience
Appreciating the ephemeral
Frame and capture
Reveal and create foundations (continuum) Interventions ‘capture’ the ephemeral Julian Richardson / MA_LA_Full Time / 000702083-X
4_Strategy: ‘First Nature’ as Productive Landscape First Nature
Rural: Second Nature
Targets
City: Third Nature “involves the specific intention to make a space more beautiful... conjuring a sense of aesthetic pleasure” John Dixon Hunt
Wilderness: 1st Nature
Hove Lagoon, to be returned to tidal lagoon and act as catalyst for productive landscape strategy
WEST HOVE ESPLANADE
Hove Seafront 1898
2 Palimpestic Landscape
1 Urban Connection
3
WEST HOVE ESPLANADE
Single use corridor, outmoded legacy
Tidal Lagoon (Catalyst)
1
New socio-cultural connections (well- being, education, commerce)
2
Anticipating growing community demands (West Hove, Portslade communities)
Connection with Sea (First Nature Foundations)
3
Future connection with potential growth areas (industiral site)
Hove Lagoon 1870 (as Tidal Pond)
Masterplan Concept Diagram for a Productive Landscape Julian Richardson / MA_LA_Full Time / 000702083-X
5_Analysis: Site Survey 1_ Hydrology
4_ Vegetation
Amenity Water
Planting
Harbour
Amenity grass
Mean High Tide
Road and promenade
Mean Low Tide
2_ Networks
5_ Micro-climate
Pedestrian
Westerly winds
Cycle
Longshore drift
Car
Sun path
New programmes
Exposed high ground
Cross-seasonal programmes
Shade condition
Seasonal programmes
High mean tide Low mean tide
3_ Hard Surface
6_ Buildings
Path and promenade
King Alfred
Hard surface
Private homes
Road
C
Shelter / clubhouses
B A
Cafes
Opportunities • Reduce dual carriage way to single carriage way • Use ‘reclaimed’ land to create upper promenade • Manage road run-off (currently no SUDs) • Ceate impactful easterly entrance
• Under utilised amenity space • Create cross-seasonal programs • Take advantage of landform to explore protection from weather • Add trees - currently no trees on site!
A_ Easterly entrance to site
B_ Mini-golf lawns
• Under used Edwardian boating lake • Reprogram and consider interface with wider community • Consider industrial site to the west and potential redevlopment
• Return to tidal pond • Increase ecological diversity • Utilise site as a commercial hub
• Consider interface with the beach
C_ Hove Lagoon
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6_Masterplan Development: Cinematic Views
Concept Model: Organising Space
Concept Drivers Framing 3D space, to amplify the ‘4D’ experience Negative space is heavier than a positive object Interventions are both permanent and temporary, fluid not static
A cinematic promenade of themed (dictated by interventions) and unthemed spaces (dictated by natural forces) Designed as much for urban entertainment as for interaction with nature
Programming First Nature
Concept Diagram: Framing the View Exploiting the cinematic themes of frame and sequence Julian Richardson / MA_LA_Full Time / 000702083-X
7_Masterplan: Response to the Brief (Programming) Ephemeral Terraced pine grove
Indelible
Temporal Bio-tech R&D buildings (with shingle roof gardens)
Bio-tech pier (winter garden & community allotments)
Bio-tech pier (winter garden & community allotments)
Blue water pond (from SUDS) Cycle and running lane
Upper promenade
Existing road reduced to single carriageway
Lower promenade
‘Band stand’outdoor performance stage
Lido
Tennis and basket courts
Eastern plaza
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Algae Farm Foundations
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Market plaza
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Pontoons connected to pier to form temporary event space
Lagoon promenade
Scale 1:2500
Sea as Landscape Framework (1st Nature)
‘Nature is never finished... nature does not proceed in a straight line, it is rather a sprawling development.’ Robert Smithson
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8_Masterplan Phasing Scale 1:2500
Phase 3 Build Start date October 2016 Completion Spring 2018
Phase 1 Build
Phase 2 Build
Start date October 2013
Start date October 2015
Completion Spring 2016
Completion Spring 2017
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2 2
1
Tidal Pond & Bio-tech Winter Garden
3 3
Temporary Events Pier and New Promenade
Lido and Eastern Plaza
Julian Richardson / MA_LA_Full Time / 000702083-X
9_Masterplan and Nodal Points and Event Calender
1st July @ 20:00hrs
1st July @ 13:00hrs
1st July @ 06:00hrs
Macro Level Events: Interventions and Micro-climate
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10_Masterplan Future Proofing - 500 Years: 1st Nature
2013 Masterplan
+ 500 Years: Reconfigured Site
Established algae farm / Bio-tech communities
Sea levels define new site boundary
• Untamed wilderness
• New masterplan embracing tidal action
• Sea levels have risen significantly
• First nature scenario, unmediated, untouched and primal
• Tidal lagoon is returned and Bio-tech pier is introduced to create a social, ecological and commercial focal point
• Algae farming is long established to the east of the Bio-tech pier
• Tidal action uncontrolled by man
• Foundations are layed in the sea in anticipation of ‘claiming’ landscape future opportunities
• New landscapes in the sea are established changing the boundary of the site and blurring the interface between land and sea
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11_Atmosphere: Tidal Lagoon A_Easterly Aspect: Before
A
Under utilised Victorian boating lake with insignificant relationship with the sea/beach
Lagoon promenade
A
Link to harbour
Lagoon promenade
Bio-tech research buildings
Reconnected to Nature
B View points
B Panoramic views
Bio-tech research buildings
B_Westerly Aspect: Before Dilapidated skate park and children’s play ground Negative space with no connection to the wider genius of the site
Returned to Tidal Lagoon
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12_Planting Plan Plant Schedule Quantity
Plant name
Pot size
Height & spread (M)
Specification
Density per Sq M
10
Eryngium maritimum
3L
0.4 h x 0.6 s
Full pot, fully rooted pot, healthy crown
3 per sq. meter
8
Echium vulgare
3L
0.5-1 x 0.1-0.5
Full pot, fully rooted pot, healthy crown
3 per sq. meter
8
Limonium latifolium
2L
0.5-1 x 0.5-1
Full pot, fully rooted pot, healthy crown
4 per sq. meter
20
Crambe maritima
3L
0.6-1 x 0.6
Full pot, fully rooted pot, healthy crown
4 per sq. meter
8
Teucrium scorodonia
2L
0.3 x 0.5
Full pot, fully rooted pot, healthy crown
3 per sq. meter
6
Raphanus raphanistrum ssp. maritimu
2L
1 x .8
Full pot, fully rooted pot, healthy crown
3 per sq. meter
25
Armeria maritima ‘Rubrifolia’
2L
0.2 x 0.3
Full pot, fully rooted pot, healthy crown
5 per sq. meter
25
Armeria maritima ‘Vesuvius’
2L
0.2 x 0.3
Full pot, fully rooted pot, healthy crown
5 per sq. meter
25
Armeria maritima ‘Alba’
2L
0.2 x 0.3
Full pot, fully rooted pot, healthy crown
5 per sq. meter
15
Hebe ‘Country Park’
2L
0.2 x 0.6
Full pot, fully rooted pot, healthy crown
6 per sq. meter
10
Hebe ‘Christensenii’
2L
0.8 x 0.8
Full pot, fully rooted pot, healthy crown
6 per sq. meter
10
Hebe ‘Clear Skies’
2L
0.6 x 0.6
Full pot, fully rooted pot, healthy crown
6 per sq. meter
20
Hakonechloa macra ‘Alboaurea’
2L
0.35 x 0.4
Full pot, fully rooted pot, healthy crown
6 per sq. meter
80
Sedum acre
55cc plugs
0.2 x 0.4
Plug plants
20 per sq. meter
40
Galeopsis angustifolia
55cc plugs
0.3 x 0.5
Plug plants
10 per sq. meter
40
Silene maritima
55cc plugs
0.2 x 0.4
Plug plants
10 per sq. meter
40
Cymbalaria muralis
55cc plugs
0.2 x 0.4
Plug plants
20 per sq. meter
WEST HOVE ESPLANADE ESPLA Julian Richardson
MA_LA full time
Planting Plan: Roof Garden _ Bio-Tech Center Dwg: JR_WH_001
Sheet 1 of 1
000702083-X West Hove Esplanade
Scale 1: 50 @ A1
28 April 2013
13_A Productive Landscape: (Ecology, Well-being & Commerce) Ephemeral Community
Pioneer Community
Intermediate Community
Established Community
Scale 1:2000
Strategic Planting
Atriplex lanciniata (Frosted Orache)
Crambe maritima (Seakale)
Brassica oleracea (wild cabbage)
Beta vulgaris subsp. Salicornia europaea maritima (Sea beet) (marsh samphire)
Sedum acre (biting stone crop)
Pinus radiata (Monterey pine)
Araucaria heteroPinus nigra phylla (Norfolk pine) (European black pine)
Ecology
Egret wading at low tide
Burnet moth on Echium vulgare
House Sparrow as BAP target
Red mason Bee on Echium vulgare
Well-being
Education
Social
Habitat
Commercial
Food
Escapism
High Value Products
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14_Plant Pallette: Shingle plant communites Ephemeral Community
Pioneer community
Intermediate community
Established community
Atriplex lanciniata (Frosted Orache)
Crambe maritima (Seakale)
Beta vulgaris subsp. Rumex crispus maritima (Sea beet) (Culed Dock)
Echium vulgare (vipers bugloss)
Salicornia europaea Solanum dulcamara (woody nightshade) (marsh samphire)
Eryngium maritimum Silene maritima (Sea holly) (sea campion)
Rumex crispus (Culed Dock)
Raphanus raphanis- Rumex crispus trum ssp. maritimus (Culed Dock) (Sea radish)
Calystegia soldane (Sea bindweed)
Rare endangered (Sussex BAP)
Galeopsis angustifolia
Lathyrus japonicus (Sea pea)
Frankenia laevis sea heath
Santolina chamaecyparissus
(Red hemp sea nettle)
(lavender cotton)
Brassica oleracea (wild cabbage)
Rumex crispus (Culed Dock)
Sedum acre (biting stone crop)
Sea Thrift
Brassica oleracea (wild cabbage)
Rumex crispus (Culed Dock)
Limonium spp. (sea lavender)
Limonium spp. (sea lavender)
Spergularia marin
Lesser Sand Spurrey
‘Cliff Edge’ Shingle Roof Garden Concept
Precedent and Vision: The Shingle Beaches of Dungeness
15_Hardworks: Upper Promenade Paving
A
B
A
B
C
C
WEST HOVE ESPLANADE ESPLA Julian Richardson
MA_LA full time
Upper Promenade Paving Scheme Dwg: JR_HW_001
Sheet 1 of 2
000702083-X West Hove Esplanade
Scale 1:200
13 May 2013
16_Hardworks: Details
Section A-A: Resin Bound Paving
Upper Promenade
Section B-B: Decking Construction
WEST HOVE ESPLANADE ESPLA Julian Richardson
Section C-C: Paving Construction
Street Furniture Concepts Inspired by Victorian Pier Construction
MA_LA full time
Construction Sections for Hard Surfaces Dwg: JR_HW_002
Sheet 2 of 2
Scale 1:5
000702083-X West Hove Esplanade 13 May 2013
17_Waterworks: SUDS Attenuation Pond
WEST HOVE ESPLANADE ESPLA Julian Richardson
MA_LA full time
SUDs Attenuation Pond - Plan and Spot Heights Dwg: JR_WW_001
Sheet 1 of 2
Scale 1: 200
000702083-X West Hove Esplanade 13 May 2013
18_Waterworks: SUDS Attenuation Pond
WEST HOVE ESPLANADE ESPLA Julian Richardson
MA_LA full time
SUDs Attenuation Pond - Construction Sections Dwg: JR_WW_002
Sheet 2 of 2
000702083-X West Hove Esplanade
Scale 1: Various
13 May 2013
19_SUDs: Precedents and Vision Target zone
Urban Run-off and accumulation
Urban Run-off and accumulation Road run-off accumulation point
Road Run-off and accumulation
SUDs grey watercollection point Flow accumulation High 842 Low 0
Shingle beds and filtration plants
Productive SUDs Strategy
Arc GIS Hydrological Analysis
The flow accumulation data has informed the location of the SUDs proposal. Road run-off will be redirected to the lowest point on the urban grid/road and reused for irrigation in the Bio Pier
Attenuation pond
Clean water used to irrigate Bio Pier
Grey water
Collection Cleaning
Stimulating Public Space
Irrigation Grey Water Collection
Concept model: Tiered Shingle Filter Beds Arc GIS Hydrological Analysis
Taking inspiration form Hargreaves constructed wetland scheme (left)
Renaissance Park, Chattanooga, Hargreaves
Using shingle beds and plants as filtration system
Productive water
Julian Richardson / MA_LA_Full Time / 000702083-X