Studio Air Final Presentation Leah Tausan 641095
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Morning Line .
Melbo
urne. Plenty River
Brunswick East
Maribyrnong River
Yarra River
Site analysis.
- Situated in a valley - Three main rivers -Hundreds of little creeks and streams -Many streams have been covered over ‘buried’ -Rivers can be traced by Green Space
Five Mile
A future
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Merri
Creek
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Merri
Creek
User s
Families with children School Groups
‘Younger’ People Couples Tourists
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Joggers Bike riders Dog walkers walkers
Flow D
iagram
User s
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Golf Course
Residential area
Car Park area
CERES
Ancho
r poin Plenty River
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North East Five Mile Creek
Maribyrnong River South West Williams Creek
Yarra River
Site D
ata.
My design focus on connecting the users with the river. Hence I want to use data from the flow of the river I was able to obtain in my design to draw awareness of the natural process on the site. Merri Creek is considered a ‘high risk’ watercourse, the reliability of access to water is low. An interesting piece of information is that the Melbourne Water website states that there should be bans from taking water from this creek, but that there are not. Through the use of the water flow in my design I want to draw attention to this. 21-May-2015 38.0 20-May-2015 23.2 19-May-2015 6.4 18-May-2015 7.5 17-May-2015 10.9 16-May-2015 19.4 15-May-2015 20.2 14-May-2015 26.6 13-May-2015 14.8 12-May-2015 14.1 11-May-2015 26.6 10-May-2015 5.4 9-May-2015 5.4 8-May-2015 7.5 7-May-2015 7.5
Lowest flow of Merri Creek = 3.4 ML/d Medium flow of Merri Creek = 16.2 ML/d Highest Flow for Merri Creek= 26.6 ML/d
Draw curves following Melbourne’s rivers
Loft these curves in two sections Use site water flow data to give curves bridge like shape
Anchor points to Melbourne’s Buried waterways
Apply Hexy Grid
Offset
Create pattern in Weaver Bird
Elevations
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Plan View.
Lowest flow of Merri Creek = 3.4 ML/d Medium flow of Merri Creek = 16.2 ML/d Highest Flow for Merri Creek= 26.6 ML/d