d e pa rt m e n t o f g e o s c i e n c e s a n d n at u r a l r e s o u r c e m a n a g e m e n t university of copenhagen
L a n dscap e Pl anni ng 2013
STEELSC APE PR OCESS DIARY
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Group 4 WEEK ONE
Meetings
“Hot spot” and “Meeting area”
Frederiksværk contains many qualities, between its industrial history and its landscapes - but nowadays, the town is losing its identity. The revalorisation of its historical and natural qualities by connecting them to the city life will give a new identity to Frederiksværk. First and foremost Frederiksværk is known for its steel and military industry, which is an interesting and valuable history to take advantage of in the reconstruction of the town. Many of the hitorical buildings remain and provide a special sense of place, but they are not really connected to the city center. Secondly Frederiksværk contains and is surrounded by diverse landscapes; forest, wetland, canal - unfortunatly hidden in some part from the center. The project are using these potentials and connecting them to revalue the town life.
Potentials A canal of water - originally dug for the industrial production runs through the city from Arresø (Lake) in the east towards Roskilde Fjord (fiord) in the west. The water acts as an element of life all along the city center, in different sizes and shapes it offers several atmospheres and can be seen as a witness of the history. The canal enters the city from a forested hill, which frame the city center and provide intimacy. Unfortuntly, there are few access to this part of nature and the connections to the center do not exist. The canal is running in circle creating an island. This large space contains the old gun powder area - today a museum - and the high school; but besides that no functions and activities are defining this large green open space.
The canal
The Forested hill
A major road barricades the connection between the shopping street and the recreatonal area. This results in a weak connection between life of the shopping street and the green open space. The old foundry area - the Gjethuset area - is now used as a cultural center and industrial museum. It is situated in proximity to the shopping street but the connection could be optimized. The rail way station is situated in the southern part of the city, and was build to support the industry in the harbour area. With its location -
separate from the main streets, features and possible destinations - the station area lies isolated and should be connected to the other parts of Frederiksværk.
The shopping street
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Landscapes - History - City life
Links in the city
Connections between Landscapes - History - City life
Concept
Frederiksværk contains many qualities, but these are weakly connected. Where different urban spaces and landscape elements cross, the meetings are unhomogeneous and can be improved. The project links three main features of Frederiksværk: Landscapes - History - Town life, thanks to connection lines and hot spots (see diagrams). The connection lines will be visual lines and physical axis. The old main street and the shopping street will be emphasized and important visual lines revealed. The canal can be seen as a blue/green line along the city center. The hot spots are crossings between the three elements, and are creating spaces where different parts of the city meets - meeting areas.
By de Gorostarzu Pauline, de Gouy Arthur, Petersen Laura Freyberg, Sorento Mads
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Group 4 WEEK TWO
Meetings Frederiksværk ACTIVITY PARK
HISTORIC SQUARE
school CLEARING
CLEARING
wetland
gunpowder area LEVELLED PATH
parking ACTIVITY PARK
CLEARING CLEARING
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A LEVELLED PATH URBAN SQUARE
LANDSCAPE SQUARE
STREET PARK
church
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Plandrawing of Frederiksværk showing the two main lines; north/south following the canal and east/west from the station to the park, and the areas that we develop; the landscape square by the church, the urban square where the connection from the station crosses the canal and the historic square at the gunpowder area Frederiksværk contains many qualities, between its industrial history and its landscapes - but nowadays, the town is losing its identity. The revalorisation of its historical and natural qualities by connecting them to the city life will give a new identity to Frederiksværk. First and foremost Frederiksværk is known for its steel and military industry, which is an interesting and valuable history to take advantage of in the reconstruction of the town. Many of the hitorical buildings remain and provide a special sense of place, but they are not really connected to the city center. Secondly Frederiksværk contains and is surrounded by diverse landscapes; forest, wetland, canal - unfortunatly hidden in some part from the center. The project are using these potentials and connecting them to revalue the town life.
Potentials
A canal of water - originally dug for the industrial production - runs through the city from Arresø Lake in the east towards Roskilde Fjord in the west. The water acts as an element of life all along the city center, in different sizes and shapes it offers several atmospheres and can be seen as a witness of the history. The canal enters the city from a forested hill, which frame the city center and provide intimacy. Unfortuntly, there are few access to this part of nature and the connections to the center do not exist. The canal is running in circle creating an island. This large space contains the old gun powder area - today a museum - and the high school; but besides that no functions and activities are defining this large green open space. A major road barricades the connection between the shopping street and the recreational area. This re-
sults in a weak connection between life of the shopping street and the green open space. The old foundry area - the Gjethuset area - is now used as a cultural center and industrial museum. It is situated in proximity to the shopping street but the connection could be optimized. The rail way station is situated in the southern part of the city, and was build to support the industry in the harbour area. With its location separate from the main streets, features and possible destinations - the station area lies isolated and should be connected to the other parts of Frederiksværk.
Concept
Frederiksværk contains many qualities, but these are weakly connected. Where different urban spaces and landscape elements cross, the meetings are unhomogeneous and can be improved. The project links three main features of Frederiksværk: Landscapes - History - Town life, thanks to connection lines and meeting areas. Our concept is focusing on two connection lines and three main meeting areas.
Connection lines
We want to connect the different elements of the city by making two main axis. First, an axis in the east/ west direction transforms the canal as a “Promenade” from the Forest, through the former main street to the wetland: “Landscape line”. Secondly, in the north/south direction, a “Street Park” is created, connecting the Train station to the green area - transformed in an Activities
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Park. This street evolves between urban life, canal atmosphere, activities park to end up as a small path at the gunpowder: “Urban line.”
Meeting squares
Three areas are developed along those connection lines. A first square - the “Landscape square” reveals the Forest and the canal. It is connecting the forest, the canal, the shopping street and the Gjethuset. In this area, the promenade starts in a wild green surroundings - wild canal. Around the church, it becomes more urban, the canal opens up with levels on the banks and accesses to the water - open canal. The second area is the crossing between the Promenade and the Street park. This “Urban square” reveals the urban vegetation: the trees coming from the Street Park are here planted in square - 3 x 4 in lines - then meet the trees from the canal banks and are finally expanded to the Activities Park. The last meeting area is revealing the gunpowder site and the history of the canal: “History square”. This is an opening on the canal, a simple bridge allowing to observ the dynamic canal.
Inspirations
The path system in the forest behind the shopping street is inspired by many projects we saw in Barcelona working with the terrain, as for example the Baladona Park. Here we want to work with levels and making paths going through the forest with different viewpoint over the city along the way.
Visualization from the “History square” at the gunpowder area
Parc Torrent d’en Farre - reference for our work at the canal
Parc central Nou Barris - reference for our work at the canal banks
The “Landscape square”, with the evolution of the canal from narrow/wild to open/urban, is inspired by the Park Torrent d’en Farre in Barcelona. The “Urban square”, with the trees from the bank growing through the bridge, is inspired by the wood decks in the Parc Central Nou Barris - Barcelona. The Activities Park is inspired by the sports field in Olot - Parc Atlétic Tossols - where the park has openings with areas for sports activities inside.
Parc Atlétic Tossols - our inspiration for the Activities Park
Historic square
Activity Park Paths in the forest Urban square Lanscape square Street Park
Concept diagram showing the connection lines and the meeting squares
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Baladona - our inspiration for the levelled paths going in the forest
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Activities Park
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Urban square
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Urban square
Street park
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Section showing the street park, the canal and the urban square (see plandrawing for section line) By de Gorostarzu Pauline, de Gouy Arthur, Petersen Laura Freyberg, Sorento Mads
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Group 4 WEEK THREE
Meetings Frederiksværk
Plandrawing of Frederiksværk showing where we work. We have two axes; the Canal Axis and the Street Park, the junction of theese two lines is Strandgade Square. In two other places we work with changing a bigger area; the Church Square and the Gunpowder Allé. Frederiksværk contains many qualities, between its industrial history and its landscapes - but nowadays, the town is losing its identity. The revalorisation of its historical and natural qualities by connecting them to the city life will utilize the potentials and provide Frederiksværk with coherence and future possibilities. First and foremost Frederiksværk is known for its steel and military industry, which is an interesting and valuable history to take advantage of in the reconstruction of the town. Many of the historical buildings remain and provide a special sense of place. Secondly Frederiksværk contains and is surrounded by diverse landscapes; forest, wetland and canal running through the city. Unfortunately both much of the cultural history and the landscape elements are hidden in many parts of the city. The project make the
nature and history more accessible and connect them to various destinations, meeting places and transition lines - and thereby take advantage of the existing possibilities.
Potentials
A canal of water - originally dug for the industrial production - runs through the city from Arresø Lake in the east towards Roskilde Fjord in the west. The water acts as an element of life all along the city, in different sizes and shapes it offers several atmospheres and can be seen as a witness of the history. The canal enters the city from a forested hill, which frame the city center and provide intimacy. Unfortunately, there are few access to this part of nature and the connections to the center do not exist. The canal is running in circle creating an island. This large space contains the old gun powder area - today a museum - and the high school; but
besides that no functions and activities are defining this large green open space. A major road barricades the connection between the shopping street and the recreational area. This results in a weak connection between life of the shopping street and the green open space. The old foundry area - the Gjethuset area - is now used as a cultural center and industrial museum. It is situated in proximity to the shopping street but the connection could be optimized. The rail way station is situated in the southern part of the city, and was build to support the industry in the harbour area. With its location separate from the main streets, features and possible destinations - the station area lies isolated and should be connected to the other parts of Frederiksværk.
Concept
Frederiksværk contains many qualities, but these are weakly connected. Where different urban spaces and landscape elements cross, the meetings are inhomogeneous and can be improved. The project links three main features of Frederiksværk: Landscapes - History - Town life, thanks to connection lines and meeting areas. Our concept is focusing on two connection lines and three main meeting areas.
Connection lines
We want to connect the different elements of the city by making two main axes. First, an axis in the east/ west direction transforms the canal as a “promenade” from the forest, through the former main street to the wetland: Canal Axis. Secondly, in the north/south direction, a “Street Park” is created, connecting the train station to the green area. This street evolves between urban
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life, canal atmosphere, activities park to end up as a small path at the gunpowder: Street Park.
Shopping Street
Meeting squares
Three areas are developed along those connection lines. A first square - the Church Square - reveals the forest and the canal. It is connecting the forest, the canal, the shopping street and the Gjethuset. In this area, the promenade starts in a wild green surroundings - wild canal. Around the church, it becomes more urban, the canal opens up with levels on the banks and accesses to the water - open canal. The second area is the crossing between the Canal Axis and the Street Park. This urban square called Strandgade Square reveals the urban vegetation: the trees coming from the Street Park are here planted in square - 3 x 4 in lines - then meet the trees from the canal banks and are finally expanded to the green area. The last meeting area is revealing the gunpowder site and the history of the canal: Gunpowder Allé. This is an area where we want to make a connection between the shopping street and the square by the mall and the gunpowder area on the other side of the road - this means that something must be done to make it possible to cross the road so pedestrians do not have to use the tunnel as they do now.
Acess Clearing
Path to the forest
Church Entrance to the forest Hard surface Path to the forest Deck
Path continues
Steps
New square
Lawn
Zoom of the plan at the Church Square
The traffic in the city now; cars and trucks pass through the city
Diagram showing the reduced traffic in the city made by regulations and speed bumps
Next step
We have been working on site this week, finding our projects week and strong elements, now we are starting to work on the master plan for the area and this is the work we need to continue next week. At the same time we need to focus on the three areas we have chosen to develop into detail; the Church Square, the Gunpowder Allé and Strandgade Square. We want to show detailed plans for these areas and we want to make models in 1:500 to show the ideas in a threedimensional way.
Zoom of the plan at the Strandgade Square
By de Gorostarzu Pauline, de Gouy Arthur, Petersen Laura Freyberg, Sorento Mads
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Open up Frederiksværk!
Traffic
Landscape
Plan drawing and diagrams. The plan drawing showing the master plan for Frederiksværk, where we work with two axes going from Arresø to the fiord and from the train station to the gunpowder area. These two lines make meeting points by the church, by Strandgade/ Peder Falsters Vej and by the gunpowder area.
City life
Frederiksværk is a city with different potentials in landscape, history and city life, but missing links between varying urban spaces creates a inhomogeneous city. By making a connection from Arresø to Roskilde Fjord and a connection from the train station to the gunpowder area, we make new crossings in the city, connecting the different elements. The crossings gets different expressions and provide unique atmospheres.
Gunpowder Square avenue to the forest
Problem formulation
This project is connecting the different qualities of Frederiksværk; landscape, history and city life, and provides 3 public spaces, with different hierarchy, functions and qualities.
Solution/Concept
The lack of connections, lack of hierarchy in public spaces and the
large road Nørregade/Peder Falsters Vej, which divides Frederiksværk in two, are the main problems this project will solve. The project links three main features of Frederiksværk; landscape, history and city life, thanks to connection lines and meeting areas. The concept is focusing on two connection lines and three main meeting areas to respond to the challenges.
Connection lines
The different elements of the city are connected by two main axes. First, an axis in the east/west direction transforms the canal as a “Canal Axis” from the forest, along the former main street towards the marina, connecting the landscape elements all the way from Arresø to Roskilde Fjord. Secondly, in the north/south direction, a “Street Park” is created, connecting the train station to the gunpowder area. This intervention transforms the
road from wide and car-dominated to a narrow street, where pedestrians have lots of green space and cars drive slowly. To avoid heavy traffic in the street, large trucks are led on detour around the city via Hillerødvej, Hundestedvej and Havnevej. This minimize the passing traffic at Nørregade/Peder Falsters Vej.
Church Square entrance to the forest
Three areas are developed along the two connection lines. The first square - the Church Square - reveals the forest and the canal. It is connecting the forest, the canal, the shopping street and Gjethuset. In this area, the Canal Axis starts in wild green surroundings. Around the church, it becomes more urban, the canal opens up with levels on the banks and access to water.
The second meeting area is revealing the gunpowder site and the history of the canal “Gunpowder Avenue”. Here connection from the shopping street and the square by the mall to the gunpowder area on the other side of the road creates coherence. The square by the mall will have cobblestone that continue and pass the road. On both sides of the gunpowder area, avenues of trees are revealed and defined, while the row of trees are continued past the road to the mall square – connecting the history to the forested hill landscape.
Strandgade junction
The second area is an urban square called Strandgade Square, here urban vegetation is revealed: the trees coming from the Street Park are planted in a square with 1,5 meters, 2,5 meters and 3,5 meters between.
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The canal as it is now next to the church - overgrown with vegetation and very closed
The canal as a part of the Church Square with access to the water and less dense vegetation to open up This makes different rooms and lines for cars and pedestrians. This is the junction where the Street Park and the Canal Axis meet. It gives a lot of potential because a lot of people are passing through it.
Next step
The master plan is developing and needs to continue to do so. We are working with models for the three main areas to make sure that our solutions work spatially as well as on the plan. When the models are finished, the master plan can be even more detailed as well as the sections and visualizations. Zoom of the plan at the Church Square
Zoom of of the th he pl pplan an at the Gunpowder Allé and Nørregade
Zoom of the plan at Strandgade square and Hermannsgade
Crossing the road at Nørregade now means going in the tunnel
H Hermannsgade now - a car dominated road
Crossing Nørregade by feet should be easier - Nørregade becomes shared space instead of a big road with speeding traffic.
The Street Park at Hermannsgade - making the road more pedestrianfriendly By de Gorostarzu Pauline, de Gouy Arthur, Petersen Laura Freyberg, Sorento Mads