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2017-2018
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2018-2019
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2018-2020
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2020-2021
G R A D U A T E L A N D S C A P E A R C H I T E C T (F U L L T I M E ) L A N D S C A P E D E S IG N D E PA R T M E N T U R B A N P L A N N IN G & D E S IG N IN S T IT U T E O F S H E N Z H E N
Jessie ZHAO IN D E S IG N
PH O TO SH O P
IL LU S T R AT O R
R E V IT
SKE TC H U P
LU M IO N
A R C G IS
AU TO C A D
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P O W E R P O IN T
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G O O G LE EA RTH
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‘IN’NATURE PLAY CLOSE TO HOME
UNSW ALUMNI PARK
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GREEN BRIDGE FOR ALL
REBIRTH OF YANNAN
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‘IN’ NATURE PLAY CLOSE TO HOME
0.0 background
massive screen time causing health issues
In the past years, a big concern has been triggered on children’s health due to massive time spent indoor in front of screens. ‘Nature Deficit Disorder resulting physical and mental issues such as obesity, depression, etc is getting more common among kids especially those living in urban context.
‘Nature play’ has been advocated for years by many experts and specialists regarding children’s development and becomes the key idea behind many recently built playgrounds. Looking at current play environment in Sydney, although a few great playgrounds are available in regional parklands, when it comes to everyday play, what for kids are mostly boring playgrounds with similar play structure.
monotonous play environment
kids playing outdoor more than indoor
73%
Parents’ generation
the big concern
‘nature deficit disorder’
4-7MINS 7+HRS
play outdoor/day
in front of screens/day
13%
Their kids
consequences physical
1/10 play outdoor once a week or less 6
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• Obesity • Myopia • Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
mental
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Depression Declining Academic Performance Limited respect to nature Stress
calling for quality
day-to-day outdoor play spots
So, how ‘nature play’ which is arguably beneficial to children’s multiple development can be a daily experience for urban kids especially those living in high density urban context is worth discovering, which could also delivers a new branch of ‘nature play’ more than adding piece of nature in urban neighbourhoods. 7
0.1 context
high density
higher density in the future
As the regional strategic centre, Rhodes is facing ongoing growth in population and employment and is identified as an important commercial office precinct in the future (NSW Department of Planning and Environment, 2018). The key moves in the future include: • Redeveloping low density residential in Rhodes East -Improving pedestrian links across railway; • Increasing quality of open spaces; so as to make Rhodes (east and west) a great place to live, work and visit.
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City of Canada Bay has higher percentage of high density housing compared to Greater Sydney, and significant increase was found in families with young children in the last few years. However, quality of neighbourhood playgrounds turn out to be disappointing with similar characters and play equipment, which is hard to trigger long-time interests especially for older kids. The focused design area is Rhodes West (also known as ‘Rhodes Peninsula’ facing Homebush Bay.). Rhodes is designated as ‘Strategic Centre’ as per regional strategy, expected with more density and investment in the future. It is also the transport hub linking north side of Parramatta River and connected to Sydney Olympic Park via Homebush Drive and Concord Road. The area has good public transport services with T9 Northern Line. 8
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now RHODES PENINSULA is: The regional centre densely developed, Dominantly used by R4-High density residential (maximum building height reaches 80m), Well served by public transport services Physically segregated with Rhodes East by the railway line
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0.2 future planning
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how to make the most of open spaces for kids and motivate them play out more? 9
0.3 sites 0.048HA
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LAWN
HOSKINS RESERVE
SPOT C
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DOG PARK (lower level)
SPOT B 1.44HA
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Cul-desac spots +
2 parks
Neighbourhood
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(upper level)
Two existing neighbourhood parks with small playgrounds - Hoskins Reserve and Phoenix Park , as well as three spots at cul-de-sacs intersecting with Rhodes foreshore park are selected to be the five major play zones in the play network full of diverse play opportunities catering for kids at different ages. The connection among the 5 play zones are relies on quiiet cul-de-sacs and Rhodes Foreshore Park.
SPOT A
PHOENIX PARK
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0.4 history significant
industrial
‘One of Australia’s most important industrial landscapes’
history and landscape
From 1910 to 1980 rhodes is one of Australia’s most important industrial landscapes’. The site was used for ironworks, paints factory, Allied Feeds, chemical industries,etc. But later due to heavy contamination to local ecosystem and river system, the remediation process was initiated and in 1999, Rhodes peninsula was rezoned from industrial to commercial and residential uses. This industrial story has many dimensions but has a deep root in Rhodes and should be memorized in some way.
from
indigenous
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intercultural
Rhodes has a higher indigenous population than Canada Bay as a whole as per census data. The area was part of the traditional country of the Wangal clan and they have been using Peninsula for thousands of years, which inspires the public art ‘the wangal wall’ in Phoenix park. Now Rhodes is widely known for its multicultural community, having over 78% of residents born overseas, which makes it even more important to find a common ground in culture and ties these communities. 12
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0.5 reinterpretation of nature plan
If the site is not natural originally, does adding a piece ‘nature’ still make sense?
is nature play all about playing with natural elements?
how to make the ‘nature play’ experience unique and specific to rhodes?
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0.6 what is ‘in’nature play?
AN ‘INDUSTRIALISED’ PLAY WONDERLAND BEYOND PLAYGROUNDS
NATURE: ‘the basic or inherent features, character, or qualities of something’. -Oxford Dictionary
INHERENT
Hence, celebrating the industrial past and indigenous culture of Rhodes becomes central idea. ‘IN’nature play which is specific to rhodes becomes a new type of nature play delivering similar play experience essentially. Signature elements like fittings, iron pipes, feed mills, as well as wangal wall are transformed to play elements and theme of play zones. Besides motivating outdoor play, ‘IN’ nature play network will also strengthen the genius loci (character and spirit) of the site.
CHARACTER
Active outdoor adventurous play interacting with elements representing ‘nature’ of the site, with the end goal of motivating more outdoor play for children living in dense urban neighbourhood and meanwhile enhancing genius
0.7 vision of ‘in’nature play network
‘IN’ NATURE PLAY
‘Giant Fitting play’ on upper level and ‘Iron Jungle’ on lower level are two major play settings in Phoenix Park using industrial elements mentioned. After crawling through mini caves under the street, kids will enter a scooter park leading to a loose item play zone ‘Build your world’ and a street drawing area. A net bridge will facilitate kids cross the street and entre Hoskins Reserve with community gardens, mini farms and fruit tree groves.
loci (spirit/charater) of the place.
outdoor
FREE
ACTIVE
learn
‘any activity that gets children active or thinking actively outdoors, with the end goal of building skills and ability to play without the need for parental or adult control’. -Nature Play QLD 2016
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NATURE PLAY:
Cultural symbols - Fishing net
The Wangal Wall
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0.8 major play zones
1.0 design principles
Given the level change, surrounding building uses and vibe, Phoenix Park is designated as a wild and crazy play world with higher activity intensity, contrasting with Hoskins reserve being a quiet and secluded play garden, In between, a range of stop points are integrated based on cul-de-sacs and foreshore park. Spaces for kids-only and the whole family are available throughout the whole network. The former dog park and plaza for other local residents are retained but moved to corner location. Similar in Hoskins Reserve, apart from all these play settings, two open courtyards are available for family and other users.
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CHOOSE YOUR PATH and MAKE THE CALL
find YOUR size and take the challenge
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build your world and up to time
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1.1 strategy 1--self-led route approach 1 |
1.1 strategy 1--self-led route N
multi-dimensional movement
circulation with
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approach 2 |
‘up,down,in,out’
affordances
A major route connecting 5 play zones One cave and one bridge facilitating kids safely crossing the main road Shoreline Drive Diverse ways of movement designed specifically for kids No specific route within each play zone and multiple choices are provided
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Vertical movement is afforded by the pipe itself for sliding down, and by play course between the pipes like climbing and jumping nets, ropes, etc. Besides, ‘Concrete Cave’ allows kids to jump through the openings into their secret spots under the roof which is another world with sand pits, diverse plants or even small animals.
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CHOOSE YOUR PATH + MAKE THE CALL
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CHOOSE YOUR PATH + MAKE THE CALL
The steel pipes are placed in grids stitching different settings and supporting the giant folded-paper look roof (called ‘Concrete Cave’) which allows horizontal movement anywhere.
Indicative sectionA’A
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1.1 strategy 1--self-led route
1.1 strategy 1--self-led route approach 3 |
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interactive wangal wall
The new wangal wall will keep using existing materials (steel panels) and cultural symbols, but will afford diverse activities and allow more interactive opportunities with users. Instead of staying only on upper level like existing, it will be a key element to deal with the elevation change and holding up the entire lower level area.
Scooting Park: Into the pit or rolling along?
The scooting park takes 1/3 area of the cul-de-sac which will not affect existing car circulation, but it will highly prioritise pedestrians’ movement and more importantly free up more spaces for children to play.
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CHOOSE YOUR PATH + MAKE THE CALL
CHOOSE YOUR PATH + MAKE THE CALL
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existing wall
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1.2 strategy 2--specific zones for free play approach 4 | places for
1.2 strategy 2--specific zones for free play N
caretakers
approach 5 | passive surveillance from
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other users
Creating places for caretakers is integral to kids’ longer outdoor time and these places are offered throughout the network for adults to stay and supervising in a distance. In Phoenix Park, outdoor dining area, family lawn, BBQ terrace, etc. are available,. A waterfront pagola will be a great spot to rest while watching kids playing in scooting park. Another viewing platform adjacent to loose item play zone allow parents to supervise while relaxing, chating, and enjoying the fabulous bay view.
viewing platform
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family courtyard lawn
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CHOOSE YOUR PATH + MAKE THE CALL
waterfront pagola
dog park
bbq terrace outdoor dining
CHOOSE YOUR PATH + MAKE THE CALL
Existing circulation pattern for local residents and other users is sustained for more passive surveillance and build up children’s sense of safety during free play.
outdoor dining
square
art exhibition plaza
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family lawn
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iron jungle from major road
Self-led route starts at the entry already, multiple ways of getting into the major play zones are provided by this concrete cave and the circulation of children and their caretakers become divergent at the starting point. major entry
from bbq terrace
scooting park & waterfront pagola
‘build your world’ loose item play & viewing platform
2.1 strategy 1--challenging play opportunities
2.2 strategy 2--play settings for younger kids
approach 1 |
approach 2 |
diverse size
younger closer
of one element
upper level in phoenix park
the main users
to supervision zone
Even design in child-scale doesn’t mean one size for all, element in different sizes are provided for different age, they can play in the comfort zone but risky play is definitely encouraged here. Varied sizes of one element is provided. Taking ‘Fitting Play’ as example, fitting structure ranges from 0.4m to 7m, which basically is from manipulative size to sitting size to climbing size to giant size allowing exciting activities happen inside. (But 3m is the highest point allowed standing as per FREE HEIGHT OF FALL requirement.)
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The age groups are not clearly segregated because playing across ages is actually good for development. But toddlers have the tailored space as per their more sensitive behaviour pattern and for safety purpose as well. As shown in the map the lightest yellow area are for these young children and are closer to adults’ place.
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find your size + take the challenge
find your size + take the challenge
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3.1 strategy 1--manipulative settings
3.1 strategy 1--manipulative settings
approach 1 |
approach 2 |
moveable
open-ended 2.
play structure
To trigger children’s long-time interest, diversity is further enhanced by users and time. Firstly, children can shape their play environment For example the small fitting structure are loose and open ended like lego pieces allowing them to tear apart or build new structure, painting on the structure is also welcomed.
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items and play area
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build your world + up to time
build your world + up to time
And many kinds of loose items recycled from the community and collected from surrounding environment are available for kids to build whatever they imagine.
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seasonal interest by
water feature & vegetation
Settings are also dynamic and change as per different weather conditions and seasons. Scooting park can be an occasional water feature for water play after a downpour. Trees with seasonal change of colour, the vegetable gardens, fruit trees can bring seasonal interest and enable multi-sensory play experience. Vegetable garden is not only for planting vegetables and being the outdoor classroom for nearby childcare centres, it is also a maze perfect for hide and seek. In Fruit tree grove, children can climb trees and pick fruits, tumbling and sliding between the meadow mounds. Learning through play will be realised here.
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Scooting park or creek?
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colourful plants to tell time and location
‘edible’ maze & fruit tree grove
Net bridge for crossing major road
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UNSW ALUMNI PARK
0.0 context
new centre
anzac
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Alumni Park as the second largest open space within UNSW campus is identified as a great opportunity to satisfy the recreational needs of the increasing university’s population. It is also considered an important node at the north-western section of campus after completion of the new Light Rail station.
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UNSW as one of the leading universities in Australia, has long been striving for providing vibrant, diverse and inclusive campus life for students, staff and even wider communities. Inevitably, public realm as a crucial component of campus environment will strongly reflect university’s aspiration and determine the quality of campus life.
0.1 opportunities & challenges
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rooftop of io myers theatre - giant steps connecting to alumni park
new light rail station
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new io myers theature
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close to unsw student village
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direct link to mostly used bus stop
opportunities
regeneration of
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scale comparison with other campus open spaces
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1.0 vision & design principles Connective & accessible
Enhance and prioritise pedestrians’ connection between Alumni Park and key nodes where major crowds will come from.
‘have an outstanding connected places, physical and digital , where students, staff, alumni, members of the local community and our diverse range of partners, can come together to innovate, transform, learn and contribute to society’ UNSW 2025 Strategy
FUTURE ALUMNI PARK WILL BE A
‘ THERAPEUTIC GREEN SPACE ’ TO RELIEVE STRESS AND SUPPORT MENTAL WELL-BEING OF STUDENTS, STAFF AND WIDER COMMUNITIES.
natural & sustainable
Blend in local natural environment seamlessly and enhance the natural identity by adopting diverse local plants. Introduce sustainable materials to elevate the ecological performance within the park.
diverse & inclusive
Create diverse types of places to cater various needs and accommodate varying sizes of groups. N
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1.1 analysis of plan circulation
nodes
student dorms
buildings of faculties
STRATEGY 1 - Establish circulation network prioritising pedestrians by converting major links between nodes to pedestrian-only lane. The roads that have to be shared are equipped with raised flower beds to slow down vehicles and segregate different users.
STRATEGY 2 - Blend the edges of the park in surrounding context, which means whether the edge is active or passive is decided by whether its immediate surroundings are bustling or quiet. Besides, view to major nodes is to be kept and enable people stay oriented all time.
activity zones
ground surface
Sunken lawn with cafe connecting to io myers theatre underground
1.2 materials & vegetation
Lawn for all purposes
Paving materials selected should be environmental friendly, durable and permeable. Except for the major path paved by materials of high level finish like marble to facilitate wheelchair movement, other minor paths are suggested to be paved by rough materials delivering natural sense. Pavement patterns can be diverse to add interest and mitigate large scale.
permeable pavings and
diverse vegetation
Reading garden
Pingpong Plaza bustling
Gathering parklet
quiet
STRATEGY 3 - Create diverse zones for varing size of groups and different needs. The activities will not be higly defined and the zones will just provide more possibilities for activity types. Where the zones sit is also decided mainly by the vibe of the surrounding.
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STRATEGY 4 - Sustain more soft ground surface (covered by plants) than hard surface to serve ecological purpose. Hard surface is mainly used on paths for easy movement of wheelchair. N
A rich pallet of plants with multiple sizes, colours and pleasant smell is introduced to the park, which will bring seasonal interest and attract people all year round. Feature trees are also selected being ‘node’ as well. Plants can configure the space and strengthen the structure of Alumni Park greatly. Garden beds will be raised to allow for more interaction with users, especially people in wheelchair. 41
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view to sunken lawn and cafe from io myers theatre
view to the middle path and grove plaza from college walk view to ‘reading garden’
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GREEN BRIDGES FOR ALL
0.0 prior to individual design
0.1 design strategies
CONNECTING & INTEGRATING
leichardt nth hawthorne
The Greenway is an urban green corridor linking the Parramatta River at Iron Cove to the Cooks River at Canterbury in Sydney’s inner west. This studio consists of two phases. THe whole Greenway is divided into three sections allocated to three groups. Each group is asked to thoroughly analyse the local context and propose objectives for their section. Following that, each student within the group picked a station and come up with design strategies to fulfill the objectives put forth at group level. I was allocated to Group 3 studying the section from Waratah Mills to Dulwich Hills. My individual study area is Arlington Station in the middle. Our group objective and the rationale behind are as follows.
from ‘greenway’ to
‘green ribs’
marion
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taverners hill
arlington
lewisham west
warahta mills
arlington
green spine
green ribs
green veins
Major Greenway shared cycle path
Secondary active transport linking two sides of the railway
Active transport network penetrating to adjacent neighbourhood
precinct
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‘Green Ribs’ that will dulwich grove
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INTEGRATE NATURAL ASSETS IN THE LIGHT RAIL SPINE WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES;
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restore and connect habitats for biodiversity and resilience.
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FACILITATE ACTIVE TRANSPORT; treat stormwater sustainably;
dulwich hill
Connecting the two sides of light rail by pedestrian-friendly links; Connecting open spaces, popular destinations and integrate active transport and green spaces as a holistic recreational network; Connecting the two sides of light rail by pedestrian-friendly links; Connecting open spaces, popular destinations and integrate active transport and green spaces as a holistic recreational network; Connecting local habitats to create integrated ecological network
group 3 masterplan and general strategies
Maximising both day time and night time use of the open spaces around Arlington Station in order to increase passive survelliance and transform the station to a ‘24/7 Station Park’; Diversifying the function of the green spaces to not only satisfy different users’ demands but also serve for stormwater managment purpose
activating & DIVERSIFYING
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1.0 design solutions
arlington station (sunken)
1.1 ecological design details
rain garden design details
people living with
apartments
LIGHT RAIL
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shared road to green bridge station
making barriers to
places the old bridge
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unpleasant wire fences
The key challenge is to improve active transport links between two sides of light rail. The sunken station lack of surveillance and quality open spaces around enhance sense of isolation and unsafety. bio-swales design details
Previous steps are replaced with gentle grass slopes allowing certain activities meanwhile facilitating active transport. Unpleasant wire fences will be replaced by diverse vegetation. The bridge dominantly used by cars will be converted to street parklet prioritising pedestrians, cyclists. Garden beds are placed as traffic calming measure. The old bridge will be widened accomodating resting area on the side overlooking the station.
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Resting parklet extended from original bridge
rain garden near station
cycle path leading to the bridge
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2.0 landscape typologies study & design Transport zone refers to area with major function being transport (road, light rail corridor) and represented by ‘T’ in this diagram. Seeing in counter-clockwise direction, T1 to T4 is a transition from 100% to 25% soft ground surface with 0% to 75% hard surface accordingly. Seeing from centre to periphery, light blue to dark blue ring shows a trend of increasing activity intensity. Sedentary activities include sitting and relaxing, reading, chatting, etc.. Non-sedentary activities inlude walking, running, skating, cycling, walking dogs, gardening, etc.. Vegetation density is shown by dark green circling blue ring.
Later, students were asked to use a certain method categorising landscape typologies may be incorporated in the future design based on existing ones and then create 2-3 new combo typologies with improved performance all-round at selected spots as showcases. As the objectives are mainly about ecological performance (stormwater treatment) and activating the area, my method is based on relationship between surface materials and human activities.
transport zone open space
zone
Open space zone referes to area with major function being recreation and represented by ‘O’ in this diagram. Same as transition from T1-T4, seeing in counterclockwise direction, O1 to O4 is a transition from 100% to 25% soft ground surface. Also, light blue to dark blue ring shows a trend of increasing activity intensity. Sedentary activities include sitting and relaxing, reading, yoga, sunbathing, playing chess, etc.. Non-sedentary activities inlude most of the kids’ playing activities, running, skating, cycling, walking dogs, ball games, etc.. 52
T4s T3n T2n O1s
Diversifying users’ activities by transitional surface materials
green% vs
grey%
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T1n T1s O3n O1n
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2.1 new typology 1 This combo typology applies to light rail station. Currently, the level change between station and surrounding area is dealt with steps and the rest area is not-used and covered with dense plants which blocks view out of station and enhance sense of unsafety. The key objective is activate the space by converting the left-over spaces to places allowing diverse activities especially cycling - the theme of Greenway. As the leading character of this space is the light rail corridor and the existing ground surface cover, the new typology combines T1n,T1s (both with maximum soft surface) and O3n (with half soft and half hard surface).
activating light rail corridor by creating
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To treat stormwater properly and mitigate slope erosion, coir logs are installed. Bio-swales are widely used at lowest area as shown and along streets shown in other combos. To beautify the places, dense vegetation or flower boxes are playing as ‘fence’ to make the whole are more pleasant and beautiful.
coir log installation details
bio-swale structural layers
‘station park’
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Activate the light rail corridor and maximise the spaces where diverse activities can happen Sustainably control stormwater run off and mitigate slope erosion
To improve ecological performance deliever natural vibe, materials are mainly natural and relatively durable materials from local area.
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2.2 new typology 2
This combo typology applies to part of Constitution Road with an existing neighbourhood park on one side. In order to calm traffic and facilitate people’s crossing the road, car lanes are more narrow with more spaces (both sides and middle) shared to pedestrian as shown. The view to the park is opened up and wide wooden steps are available for people enjoying themselves in multiple ways (sit, lie down, etc.). This new typology combines T3n,T2s and O3s given the existing condition.
prioritising pedestrians and cyclists by creating •
step seating details
‘street park’
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· Prioritise pedestrians and cyclists by releasing more space for them (e.g. creating a linear park in the middle to facilitate people’s crossing and calming the traffic) · Diversify the plant species that can facilitate healthy water cycle and visually pleasing
bio-swales structural layers
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2.3 new typology 3 This combo typology applies to part of Constitution Road hovering on the railway (referred as ‘the bridge’). The bridge is the major east-west connection nearby, so prioritising other users (pedestrians, cyclists, and even other creatures) and mitigating conflicts with vehicles is crucial. Apart from placing linear parklet in the middle with trees and furniture to calm traffic and give more space for pedestrians, both sides are extended for a a reasonable width to create more rest area for people as well as the a vegetated belt for small animals crossing the railway. The high wire fences are replaced by flower boxes for safety purpose. Due to the location and the existing ground surface cover, the new typology combines T4n,T4s and O4n with minimum soft surface (25%).
sharing
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‘bridge park’
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Transforming ‘Bridge for vehicles’ to ‘Bridge for all’ to enhance east-west connections and make most use of open places for people’s sake Create green connections among the current fragmented local habitats
car-leading bridge for all users by creating
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REBIRTH OF YANNAN ROAD
0.0 context
1.0 concept
new identity of yannan road
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shennan zhong road
hongli road
from ‘passing by’ to ‘stopping by’
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燕 南
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Symbolising
Yannan Road is a north-south secondary road located at one of the oldest and highest density residential districts of Shenzhen. Due to lack of planning through its development, not many quality open spaces are available, which has raised a lot of complaints from local residents. Beyond, walking experience is terrible with narrow paths to be shared with cyclists and no resting spots at all. The main purpose of this project is to make the most use of the existing public spaces and elevate the spatial quality through design approaches which minor construction works would be involved so as not to disturb residents’ daily life. We firstly identified 5 spots having potential to be converted to parklets along the road. On the basis of the leading design concept, this five spots would deliver different kinds of spaces catering for various needs.
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The design concept comes from the name ‘YANNAN’ which means ‘swallows flying towards south’. Hence, we used ‘swallow’ and its siganature scissor-shaped tail as the symbol of the road and designed logo,font unique to this road, entitling the road with new identity. We also hope the vibes of the five spots will be natural, bright, vibrant just like the character of swallows.
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2.0 three parklets spot 2 | cleaners’ back yard place of
‘CARING & ATTENTION’
cleaning tools storage logo panel facing path
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top view
Spot 2 is currently underused, which can be converted to a pleasant place specifically designed to meet the demand of cleaners with adjustable furniture for them having lunch together or lie down taking a short nap.
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signature light at night
The seats are moveble along the rails installed, and the height of it can be adjusted as seats or table depending on users’ need. Medium sized shrubs are planted at the edge to create semi-secluded space for cleaners’ lying down a bit and have a good rest.
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2.0 parklets spot 4 | SUN-bathing garden
BOTANICAL INTEREST
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before Wall art designed by one of my team member
after Spot 4 is at the immediate plaza out of subway station exit, which enjoys great sunlight most of day time and many people are found resting and chilling here. However, the plants are not well designed,looking messy. Beyond, people can just sit at the edge of planting area which is considered a total waste of spaces. Except for the existing few bulk plants to be kept on site, other messy plants are to be replaced with species in plant palette selected for Yannan Road. The old ‘giant planter’ will be transformed into a sunbathing garden with steps through planting area where people can access and sitting within.
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3.0 parklets spot 5 | SUNKEN PLAZA
VERSATILE STEPS uneven steps
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bank
Spot 5 is right in front of CBC bank with a small restaurant at the corner. Based on site-observation, people are found having a quick meal, sitting at the steps resting or waiting. So the renovation focues more on steps which will deliver multiple uses like sitting, leaning upon, etc. and planting area are inserted where pedestrian safety is compromised due to uneven or jagged steps, to effectively direct walking pattern.
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yannan logo panel
Formal seats will be placed close to the restaurant and is confined by existing planting bed (no plants for now). To mitigate the level difference softly, the planting bed will be sloping down to path, which creates a small habour and a low wall people can just lean on for a short rest.
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short wall for leaning on
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4.0 resting pocket The last two spots are incidental and informal resting spots just for pedestrians’ comfort especially those with less mobility. Spot 4 provides seats along the planter which creates better street view.
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4.0 resting pocket Spot 5 showcases how resting can also be achieved when space is limited. Temporary stopping points where people can lean a bit and charging their phones are inserted based on existing gaps between flower beds.
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my other design works during undergraduate
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oil painting stick
ballpoint pen
models
my other design works during undergraduate
Thank you. water colour
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hand drawings and models