RMIT LA - The Peculiar Nature of Streets by Yajing Yan

Memorable street Yajing Yan 3510918 Principal 1: Past memory relate to history

1

Big Picture: The Focus Areas Implement areas: Material

Issues: Sub concept: Lack of local identity and street memory. Implement attractive street elements to keep past memory.

Reservoir

Vegetation and water

St Joseph The Worker Primary School Mayflower Reservoir

400m

Embracia Reservoir

Maharishi school

Connect Merri creek

Preston Clifton cream brick

400m

Reservoir Views Primary School

Connect Edgar s creek

400m

200m

200m

Stone

Lakeside Secondary College Reservoir primary school

Connect D arebin cree k St Joseph The Worker Primary School

Red brick

2

Principal 2: New memory relate to ecology Issues: Less connection with green space and poor street environment

Implement areas:

Sub concept: Improve street environments and connect with green spaces to add new experience.

Merri Creek

Edgars Creek

Vegetation

Darebin Creek Flora and fauna remnant River Red Gums Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Yellow Box Eucalyptus melliodora as well as native grasslands that provide habitat for the striped legless lizard that has national faunal significance a wide diversity of bird, mammal, reptiles, fish, frogs and insects.

Flora and fauna Kingfishers, Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos, Echidnas, frogs and reports of platypuses in the upper northern regions and now further south in Coburg Edible species include dandelion, dock, fennel, jerusalem artichoke, numerous brassicas, blackberry nightshade, sorrel, catsear, sowthistle, nettle and many others.

Flora and fauna a scattering of large River Red Gums, smaller trees and shrubs in groups with grasses and wildflowers growing underneath. a wide diversity of bird, mammal, reptiles, fish, frogs and insects.

Indigenous trees, shrubs, grasses and ground covers

Tall trees

River Red Gum Grassy Woodland

Small trees Shrubs Low maintenance and water saving Well adapted to local soil and climate Provide habitat and food for local birds, insects and animals Attractive and come in many shapes and forms for landscaping Are less likely to become a weed

3

Uniting AgeWell Preston Allied Health & Therapy Services

Kindergarden

Grassland

200m

Wildflower

400m

Ground cover Stream bed Streamverge

Floodplain

Depression

Preston west primary school

400m

400m

400m

400m

Riparian Slope

Principal 3: New street experience relate to street occupancy

Connect D arebin cree k

Kindergarden

Issues:

Sub concept:

Implement areas:

Poor public life,the amount of people on street and the time people spend on street are little.

Enhance people interaction with streets to generate future memory.

Street activity/Street furniture

400m

Kindergarden

Cheddar Road East Linear Reserve

Surrounding activity areas BT connor reserve Broadhurst Avenue

Edwardes wetland

Preston Lions Soccer Club has four fields. There is a main stadium with grandstand and three local club grounds with pavilion.

Crookston Road

Whitby reserve Mcmahon Road Bushland Playground

Outdoor gym equipment, basketball half court, skate ramps, athletics track Playground Picnics & BBQ’s

Preston Market

Eric Street

Darebin creek reserve

Cramer Street

H.P. Zwar park

Football, cricket, cricket practice nets.

Playground

Preston Market has been successfully running for over 45 years and remains one of Melbourne’s traditional markets.

Preston city oval

Sports ground available, Playground, Picnics & BBQ’s

Northland Shopping Center Preston Library

T.W. Blake Park

Four cricket pitches

Gower Street

ay Murr

Road

Scale 1:15000

Legend

Heritage

Oval

Industrial area

Blocks

Green space

Eduction area

Surburb boundary

Water

Commercial area

Connection to schools

Attractive spots

Train and tram stops Train line

Walking distance

Tram line Bus line

Hotspot Corridor 4 Reservior

Corridor 5 Preston

Hotspot one Nature

Close to nature creek area gives high potential to increase memory by make children and elderly experience indigenous street environments. scale 1: 1500

Edgars Creek Residential area More elderly in reservoir

Bus stop Increase connection

Reserve entry points Increase canopy cover.

Bushland on streets.

Bus stop

Bus stop

Bus stop

Bus stop

Public transport increase the acess ability to reserve.

Bring Indigenous nature to street, Making nature connect to local residents life.

Residential area More elderly in reservoir

Edgars Creek Wetlands Shops Edwardes Lake Park activities such as walking dogs, cycling can be extend to streets.

Detail Plan B’

Principal 1

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1

A’

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Principal 2

Edgars creek

6

4

Permeable paving Heritage material cream brick

1 7

2

Indeginous grassland

3

New planted indigenous tree

4

Raingarden

5

Existing deciduous tree

6

Indigenous grassland ramp

Principal 3 12

9 8 11

5

1

Hotspots phasing Year 1 Maximum increase street canopy cover

Nature close to residents section AA’ scale 1: 150

Year 2 Implement all levels of indigenous vegetation (Trees, Shrubs, Grasses) to street

5200

1400

2500

2500

1400 2500 1500 1200

Nature connect green spaces section BB’ scale 1: 150 Year 3 Consider not only the footpath but also private yards and connect to Edgars creek.

Spread out to whole street

1500

2

B

1

A

10

3

1400

2500

2500

1400 2500 1500

7

Pedestrian crossing

8

Cycle lane

9

Grass buffer

10

Residential driveway

11

Bench

12

Slow down ramp

scale 1: 200

Hotspot two Commercial

Close to commercial areas and green space gives high potential to increase memory by add more spaces for local residents to street interaction. scale 1: 1500

T W Blake Park

Encourage local residents stay and walk on streets.

Furniture Shops Enhance park entrance quality Commercial area bring people, required more sitting areas Street and park lack of connection, no vegetation or grass on footpath

Park entry point

Encourage workers stay and walk on streets.

C’

2

B’

2

A’

2

Detail Plan

Principal 1 1

T W Blake Park

Heritage material red brick

Principal 2

1 2 9

8 3

11

5 7

10 6

4

Parklet seatings

B

C

2

2

2

A

Hotspots phasing

section AA’ scale 1: 150

Year 1 Improve footpath environment

1700

4100

1400

3000

3000

1400 2100

2000

1700 Year 2 Enlarge activity areas by add Parklet (seating areas, raingarden)

Parklet ecology section BB’ scale 1: 150

Year 3 Connect to TW. blake park and surrounding commercial areas

1700

2100

2000 1400

3000

3000

1400

4100

1700

Pedestrian crossing in front of park entry section CC’ scale 1: 150

Spread out to whole street

1700

2100

2000

8800

4100

1700

2

New planted tree

3

Raingarden

4

Existing evengreen tree

Principal 3 5

Cycle lane

6

Driveway

7

Pedestrian crossing

8

Bench

9

Seating areas

10

Bike parking

11

Car parking

scale 1: 200

Hotspot three Community

Close to schools and community areas gives high potential to increase future memory for children and incease street interaction for parents scale 1: 1500

Car park Post Office

Car park

Preston library

Town Hall

Attractive green space connect to street can be added on other community spaces

Attractive green space connect to street can be added on other community spaces

Attractive green space connect to street can be added on other community spaces Heritage materials can be apply on street

Kindergarden

Childcare Center

Attract kids Tram stop

No pedestrian crossing in the middle Should implement vertical walkability

Schools entries

Family dental

Church

Attract students

Attract residents come to street and participate in community.

Heritage materials can be apply on street

Preston High School

B

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C’

3

3

Preston Library

3

Detail Plan

Principal 1

Darebin Childcare and Kindergarten

1

Heritage material red brick

2

Permeable paving red brick with grass

Principal 2

1 5 12

10

2

8

3

4 7 14

13

9

11

Preston High School

3

Parents pick up area

Hotspots phasing

section AA’ scale 1: 150

Year 1 Footpath improvement (attractive heritage material and vegetation)

1800

3400

1200

6000

1200

3400

1800 Year 2 Maximize activity areas by reducing park lanes Proposed car parking in surrounding streets

Parents waiting area section BB’ scale 1: 150

Year 3 Connect to kindergargen and surrounding community buildings Changed road material to slow down speeds and can close road for street festival 1800

3400

8400

3400

1800

Children play area section CC’ scale 1: 150

Spread out to whole street

1800

3400

8400

3400

1800

New planted tree

4

Raingarden

5

Existing tree

Principal 3 7

Cycle lane

8

Parents waiting area

9

Driveway

10

Children street play sandpit

11

Seating areas for high school students

12

Children street grass dune

13

Red brick slow down area

14

Pedestrian crossing

connect with children playground in front of library

scale 1: 200

C

3

B

3

A

3

Emergent Fields: Heritage material Reservoir heritage material clinker brick

clinker red brick

Indigenous plants the perimeter plantings of rows of and other mature specimen plantings

Preston heritage material

cream brick

bluestone

timber weatherboard house

clinker red brick

white brick

face red brick

terracotta tile roof

Indeginous trees

Emergent Fields: Encourage intense spaces and urban ecologies

Eucalyptus leucoxylon Yellow Gum

provide oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide provide shade and reduce the ‘urban heat island’ effect reduce run off from storms promote rainfall through respiration provide habitat for birds and animals beautify the environment increase property values

Past and New Memory

Indigenous trees remind people past memories.

New native trees add more shade for streets.

New exotic trees are deciduous trees add color in autumn.

Most of the selections attract birds and butterflies.

Shade add Beauty

Shade provides cool effect.

Increased the time people willing to spend on street.

Origin: Australian Growth Rate: medium to fast Height: 14m Canopy Widths: 11m Type: Evergreen Shade casts: moderate to low Form: Oval

banksia marginata silver banksia

Acacia melanoxylon Blackwood

Allocasuarina littoralis Black She-oak

Origin: Australian Growth Rate: moderate Height: 12-15m Canopy Widths: 5m Type: Evergreen Shade casts: moderate Form: oval

Fraxinus pennsylvanica Urbanite Ash

Ulmus parvifolia Chinese Elm

Origin: Northern America Growth Rate: moderate Height: 15m Canopy Widths: 8m Type: Deciduous Shade casts: moderate to high Form: Round

Origin: eastern Asia Growth Rate: Fast Height: 13m Canopy Widths: 10m Type: Deciduous Shade casts: moderate to high Form: Branches Ascending

Feature trees

Native trees

Acer buergerianum Trident Maple

Origin: Eastern China and Korea Growth Rate: Slow to moderate Height: 6m Canopy Widths: 6m Type: Deciduous Shade casts: moderate Form: Branches Ascending

Brachychiton populneus Kurrajong Tree

Origin: Australian Growth Rate: Slow to moderate Height: 8-10m Canopy Widths: 10m Type: Evergreen Shade casts: moderate to high Form: Round

Feature trees

Origin: Australian Growth Rate: Fast Height: 8m Canopy Widths: 7m Type: Evergreen Shade casts: moderate Form: Oval

Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle

Origin: Australian Growth Rate: Fast Height: 8-10m Canopy Widths: 12-15m Type: Evergreen Shade casts: moderate Form:Horizontal Branching

Deciduous trees

Acacia implexa Lightwood

Tristaniopsis laurina Kanooka Gum

Origin: Australian Growth Rate: moderate Height: 7m Canopy Widths: 5m Type: Evergreen Shade casts: moderate Form: Oval

Origin: Australian Growth Rate: moderate Height: 11m Canopy Widths: 8m Type: Evergreen Shade casts: moderate to low Form:oval

Origin: Australian Growth Rate: fast Height: 6-8m Canopy Widths: 4-5m Type: Evergreen Shade casts: moderate to low Form: oval

Brachychiton acerifolius Illawarra Flame Tree Origin: Australian Growth Rate: slow Height: 12m Canopy Widths: 6m Type: Deciduous Shade casts: moderate to high Form: Round

Feature trees

Feature trees

Buffer and Beauty

Use layered planting to create visual interest within a landscape.

Protect pedestrian safety by separate pedestrian zone and cycle lane.

Reduce noise from cars.

WSUD

Provide teaching value for people to understand water sensitive urban design.

Provide cooling effect.

Manage stormwater reuse to irrigation.

1m 0.9m 0.8m 0.7m 0.6m 0.5m 0.3m 0.2m 0.1m 1m 0m 0.9m 0.8m 0.7m 0.6m

Bike lane

Fliter media

Submerged zone Transition layer Drainage layer

reused for irrigation

stored in tanks beneath the bridge

�ows are contained and ltered through the stream

0.5m 0.3m

Brachyscome cardiocarpa Visual WSUD Swamp Daisy Daisy (Asteraceae)

1m 0.2m 0.9m 0.1m 0.8m 0m 0.7m

Fliter media

0.6m

Submerged zone Transition layer Drainage layer

0.5m 0.3m

New Memory

Allow children to touch, smell. taste and play with vegetations; Attract butterflies, birds and more wildlifes to create new memory for children.

Nature strip

Children can play in street gardens. smell Lily fragrance, blow flower balls, touch plumes.

A interaction space for both children and adults.

Wahlenbergia communis Visual WSUD Tufted Bluebell Scatter Plant

Poa labillardieri Visual WSUD Common Tussock Grass Spikes and Spire

Quite drought tolerant and are very easily cultivated in any bright sunny position with light well-drained soil

Not quite noticeable but provides a ‘splash’ when present.

Origin: Australia Size: 0.15-0.45m x 0.2-0.25m Flowering: June-Feb Biology:Perennial Wildlife:Butterfly Attracting

Origin: Australia Size: 0.15-0.5m x 0.15m Flowering: Oct-Mar Biology:Perennial Wildlife:Bird Attracting

Craspedia variabilis Common Billy Buttons

Visual Blow WSUD Balls and Buttons

Growing upright to the sky ideal for softening hard surfaces and for colour contrasting with other plants.

Important for pollination

Origin: Australia Size: 0.7-0.9m x 0.5-0.6m Flowering: Oct-Feb Biology:Perennial Wildlife :

Origin: Australia Size: 0.3-1m x 0.2-0.5m Flowering: Oct-April Biology:Perennial Wildlife:Butterfly Attracting

Dichelachne crinita Long Hair Plume Grass

Touch WSUD Plumes Break up solid planting by being more transparent Origin: Australia Size:0.3-1.3m x 0.3m Flowering: Oct-Dec Biology:Perennial Wildlife:

Bike lane

reused for irrigation

stored in tanks beneath the bridge

�ows are contained and ltered through the stream

0.2m 0.1m 1m 0m 0.9m

Bike lane

0.8m 0.7m 0.6m 0.5m 0.3m 0.2m 0.1m 0m

Bike lane

Microlaena stipoides Weeping Grass

Visual Grassland

create a native lawn

Origin: Australia Size: 20cm Flowering: Oct-Feb Biology:Perennial Wildlife :Seeds are eaten by native birds and leaves by caterpillars.

Bulbine bulbosa Bulbine Lily

Smell Visual Scatter Plant Not quite noticeable but provides a ‘splash’ when present. an attractive species with fragrant flowers. food plant. The plump, round corms were traditionally eaten

by Aboriginal people.

Origin: Australia Size: 0.2-0.5m x 0.3m Flowering: Sep-Dec Biology:Perennial Wildlife:

Arthropodium strictum Chocolate Lily

Smell Visual Scatter Plant

Stylidium graminifolium Visual Grass Leaf Trigger Plant Spikes and Spire

Senecio quadridentatus Cotton Fire Weed

Touch Blow Balls and Buttons

Mentha australis River Mint

Taste

Not quite noticeable but provides a ‘splash’ when present.

Grow well under trees. Chocolate fragrance is very obvious.

Growing upright to the sky

Important for pollination It covered in dense white cottony hairs. Children can blow and play with flowerheads.

The leaves have a fresh minty flavor and can be used for teas, and in recipes where exotic mint is used, such as salads, sauces etc.

Origin: Australia Size: 0.2-1m x 0.2-0.8m Flowering: Sep-Dec Biology:Perennial Wildlife:

Origin: Australia Size: 0.2-0.75m x 0.2-0.3m Flowering: Aug-Nov Biology:Perennial Wildlife:Bird Attracting

Origin: Australia Size: 0.4-1m x 0.5-1m Flowering: Oct-Mar Biology:Perennial Wildlife: Butterfly Attracting

Origin: Australia Size: 0.4-0.7m x 0.3-1m Flowering: Sep-Mar Biology:Perennial Wildlife:Butterfly Attracting

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Surface methods: street occupancy minimum to maximum 1

Residential streets footpath

2

Benedito Abbud e Felipe Abbud

Residential streets footpath

3

Parklet

Amir Avenue

People interation space: 41.6%

People interation space: 12.5%

Mixed use streets footpath

People interation space: 43% Pedestrian zone: 1.8m

Pedestrian zone: 1.5m

Pedestrian zone: 1.5m

Activities: Walking, Jogging

Activities: Walking, Jogging, Sitting waiting, Strolling

Seats: No

Seats: Yes

Other infrastructures: Rain garden, on street parkings

Other infrastructures: Rain garden, on street parkings

Street environment: Small trees (less than 9m)

Street environment: Small trees(less than 9m), Medium trees(9m to 15m)

Material: Permeable paving, Concrete, Grass

Material: Permeable paving, Concrete,Timber, Grass

Material: Permeable paving with grass, Concrete, Timber, Rubber

Lighting: 6m height

Lighting: 6m height

Lighting: 6m and 8m height

4

Activities: Walking, Jogging, Sitting waiting, Strolling, Children playing Seats: Yes

5

Mixed use streets footpath

Other infrastructures: Rain garden, Children playground Street environment: Medium trees(9m to 15m), Tall trees(large than15m)

Commercial streets footpath

Rundle Mall in Adelaide

Passeig De St Joan Boulevard

People interation space: 49%

People interation space: 55%

Pedestrian zone: 2.5m

Pedestrian zone: 4m

Activities: Walking, Sitting waiting, Strolling, Sitting eating, Shopping

Activities: Walking, Sitting waiting, Strolling, Sitting eating, Shopping

Seats: Yes

Seats: Yes

Other infrastructures: Rain garden, Outdoor tables and chairs

Other infrastructures: Tree pits, Outdoor tables and chairs

Street environment: Medium trees(9m to 15m)

Street environment: Small trees(less than 9m), Medium trees(9m to 15m)

Material: Permeable paving, Concrete, Timber

Material: Permeable paving, Brick pavement

Lighting: 6m and 8m height

Lighting: 8m height

Activities relate with demographics Proposed Corridor 4

Proposed Corridor 5

Far from activity spaces

Some area far from activity spaces

More Children and elderly

Less children and elderly , more adults Dense history

History more connect to environment

Walking, Jogging, Sitting waiting, Strolling, Children playing Walking, Jogging, Sitting waiting, Strolling, Children playing, Sitting eating, Shopping, Street events

System of Implementation: Phased implementation over time Phasing 1

1 year

Hotspots

Phasing 2

2-3 years

Implementation

Phasing 3

3 -5 years

Development

Phasing 4

5-10 years

Adaptation

Make sure residents can access acitivies with in 10min

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Footpath improvements in five existing hutspot.

Install in area has high potential but have poor street environment.

Spread out stratergy to area lack of activities, lack of green space and lack of memory.

Consider the street types and spread out strategy to whole street.

Implement stratergy to whole street

Corridor 4

Corridor 5

Residential street stratergy

Commercial streets stratergy

Community streets stratergy

Hotspot one Nature

Hotspot two Commercial

Hotspot three Community