RESEARCH
AUTHORS
A body of collaborative research undertaken by Siobhan Dyson, Deborah Martin and Keri Monaghan as part of a Masters Thesis in A rchitecture at the Universit y of Dundee.
Š 2016
CONTENTS
I.
Introduction Garden City Movement - Utopia Utopia - Suburbia Eutopia - Good Place (Fantasy to Reality)
II. Themes Attitudes to Topography Enclosure Centre
III. Design Exploration Taxonomy Block Studies
IV. Appendix
Socio-economic alternatives CLT Plot Use study Property Typologies
I INTRODUCTION
Garden Cit y Movement - Utopia
Ebenezer Howard’s Garden City illustrates a proposal
Filarete’s Sforzinda , a Renaissance utopian model for
for a new mode of urban growth. A satellite city where
urban reform, when superimposed on Howard’s diagram
inhabitants could live and work, the Garden City would
shows obvious parallels in terms of geometry and layout.
provide a cleaner environment to the smoke filled cities of the time.
NO PL ACE
U T O P I A R O M A N T I C
SUBURBIA
ABSTR ACT
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R O M A N T I C - R E P R E S E N TAT I O N S
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ABSTR ACT - GEOMETRIC PL AN
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EUTO PIA -
GOOD PL ACE
‘Eutopia is the realizable best that can be made of here and now if we invoke all the resources available physical, mental and moral.’ Patrick Geddes
II THEMES
Attitudes to Topography
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AT T I T U D E S TO B U I LT F O R M I N T H E T E R R A I N
SYNTHESIS
Built Form as Object in the Landscape
Built Form framing views in Landscape
Constructed Landscape
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AT T I T U D E S TO WAT E R A N D TO P O G R A P H Y
CUTTING THROUGH THE CENTRE
1: 10,000 plan of potential routes and waterways
1: 10,000 section showing modification to levels
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CU T T I N G AC R O S S T H E PA R K
1: 10,000 plan of potential routes and waterways
1: 10,000 section showing modification to levels
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CU T T I N G T H R O U G H T H E VA L L E Y
1: 10,000 plan of potential routes and waterways
1: 10,000 section showing modification to levels
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Enclosure
DUNFERMLINE ABBEY
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KRONBURG CASTLE, DENMARK
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PA L M A N O VA , I TA LY
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Centre SCOT TISH SQ UARE STU D IES
Selkirk
Jedburgh Market Square ‘Picnic ’ - 1885
Kelso
Jedburgh Market Square - Today
Jedburgh
S ELKI RK SU PERI M POS ED O N SITE - 1:150 0 0
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KELSO SU PERI M POS ED O N SITE - 1:150 0 0
JED B U RG H SU PERI M POS ED O N SITE - 1:150 0 0
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C E N T R A L L AYO U T S T U D I E S
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C E N T R E F R A M I N G V I S TA S B E YO N D
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III D E S I G N E X P LO R AT I O N
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Taxonomy Studies
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TESTING GEOMETRY OF R ADIAL PL AN
Block Studies
116 Units
79 Units
60 DPH
41 DPH
96 Units
59 Units
50 DPH
31 DPH
91 Units
29 Units
47 DPH
15 DPH
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Hard Edge to Street
Traditional Layout
Soft Edge to Street
Green Relief Spaces
Combination to create robust spaces
More Articulated Green Spaces
Higher Density Example
Smaller private plots make space for communal activity
Local amenities and higher density
Richer more robust spaces and mixed
flats
activity areas
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IV APPENDIX
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Socio-Economic A lternatives COMMUNITY LAND TRUST
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PLOT US E
Private Garden
Allotments
Community Green Space
Community Garden
Community Supported Agriculture
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PRO PERT Y T YPO LO G I ES
Communal Housing
Traditional House and Garden
Live/Work Accommodation
House and Office
House Plus Allotment
House and Small Holding
House and Farm
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