Designing Environments

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SITE: CONCRETE LAWN Doris young kelvin ng dat nguyen fiona tan


contents PANORAMA

1-2

HISTORY

3-4

ACTION

5-6

CLIMATE

7-9

MOVEMENT

10-14

MAP OVERLAY TIMELINE

INTENSITY GRADIENT TEMPORAL DIAGRAM

SHADE/SHADOW TEMPERATURE

SITE BOUNDARIES CIRCULATION


panorama: 9am -3pm 9am 11am 1pm 3pm


panorama: 5pm -9pm 5pm 7pm 9pm


history: map overlay

Figure 1.

1919

Historical map overlaid over 2016 map

Figure 2.


history: timeline

Figure 3.

1850s POST COLONIAL Swamp Bush turned home of the into Aboriginal university people. lake.

Figure 4.

1854

1861

1863

1914

Opening of University.

Lake formed to drain swamp.

National museum housed.

Biology school designed.

1939 Lake turned into lawn.

1960s

1968

Raymond Priestly designed.

Concrete Lawn designed.

1982 Sun Ribbon sculpture added.

2014 MSD designed.


action: intensity gradient BALDWIN

BALDWIN

SPENCER

REDMOND BARRY

UNION HOUSE

BALDWIN

SPENCER

REDMOND BARRY

UNION HOUSE

REDMOND BARRY

UNION HOUSE

MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF DESIGN

UNIVERSTY HALL

MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF DESIGN

UNIVERSTY HALL RAYMOND PRIESTLY

MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF DESIGN

UNIVERSTY HALL RAYMOND PRIESTLY

RAYMOND PRIESTLY

9AM

BALDWIN

11 AM

BALDWIN

SPENCER

REDMOND BARRY

UNION HOUSE

BALDWIN

REDMOND BARRY

REDMOND BARRY

MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF DESIGN

UNIVERSTY HALL

MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF DESIGN

UNIVERSTY HALL RAYMOND PRIESTLY

3PM

SPENCER

UNION HOUSE

MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF DESIGN

RAYMOND PRIESTLY

1 PM

SPENCER

UNION HOUSE

UNIVERSTY HALL

SPENCER

RAYMOND PRIESTLY

5PM

7 PM


action: temporal diagram STUDYING

EATING WALKING TALKING/SOCIALISING

MOBILE PHONE 9am

10am

11am

12pm

1pm

2pm

3pm

4pm

5pm

6pm

7pm

8pm

9pm


climate: shade/shadow WINTER Lower height of the sun in winter means that the shadows cast by the buildings are longer. Shadow lengths from 9am 5pm are shown below.

1pm

9am

5pm


climate: shade/shadow SUMMER Greater height of the sun in summer means that the shadows cast by the buildings are shorter.

9am

1pm

Shadow lengths from 9am 5pm are shown below.

5pm


climate: TEMPERATURE

WINTER

SUMMER

Since there are longer and more prominent shadows present in the winter, there is more shade which contributes to a cooler climate. However, the shadows are much shorter in the summer and therefore will contribute to a warmer climate.


Movement: Site boundaries BALDWIN

SPENCER

REDMOND BARRY

UNION HOUSE

MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF DESIGN

UNIVERSTY HALL RAYMOND PRIESTLY


movement: 9am circulation


movement: 3pm circulation


movement: 9pm circulation


movement: combined circulation


references Figure 1. The University of Melbourne Map, 1919, https://app.lms.unimelb.edu.au/bbcswebdav/pid-5405595-dt-content-rid-20332560_2/courses/ENVS10004_2016_SM2/ENVS10004_2016_SM1_ImportedContent_20160201122055/The%20University %20of%20Melbourne_Map%201919.jpg Figure 2. The University of Melbourne Map, 1919, https://app.lms.unimelb.edu.au/bbcswebdav/pid-5405595-dt-content-rid-20332560_2/courses/ENVS10004_2016_SM2/ENVS10004_2016_SM1_ImportedContent_20160201122055/The%20University %20of%20Melbourne_Map%201919.jpg Figure 3. View of the Univeristy of Melbourne Lake, https://unimelbadventures.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/our-uni-turns-160-years-old/#jp-carousel-4729

Figure 4. Concrete Lawn, https://www.film.vic.gov.au/images/locations/City%20of%20Melbourne/Final/The%20University%20of%20Melbourne/union%20lawn/cms-MelbourneUniversity-UnionLawn_001.jpg


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