Graduate Design Studio Portfolio 2013

Flinders Food Group Graduate Studio BDES 3020 Liam Marosy-Weide 310207932

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Masterplan

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Revised Masterplan

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Conceptual Development

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Breaking the Grid

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Spatial Typology

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Flinders Food Group

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MASTER PLAN

The initial masterplan of Flinders St station broke the site into thirds based upon existing features.

The first third included the existing Banana Alley vaults. The second occupied the space between the Old Sandridge Rail Bridge and the Southbank footbridge. The final third included the area bordered by the Southbank Footbridge and the Princess Bridge / Swanston Street to the East.

Studies of the immediate cultural context identified the site to be centrally located within Melbournes primary food and entertainment precincts, with Federation Square situated to the East, the cafe’s and restaurants of Flinders Lane to the North and the newly developed cultural hub of Southbanks foreshore to the South.

The masterplan sought the redevlopement of the Flinders St site as a new food and sustainability hub to link the identified precincts. A proposed food library within the existing banana Vaults would educate the public about food.A large urban farm occupying the middle third would activate unused space in an attempt to re-invigorate Melbournites about the origins of the food they eat,whilst also servicing the proposed commercial foreshore.A large public greenspace occupies the Eastern third of the site to create a new meeting point within the cente of the city.

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masterplan sketch development

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zoning axonometric

initial masterplan

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initial masterplan site section

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REVISED MASTERPLAN

The existing masterplans conceptual drivers were successful however they required a more centralised and sympathetic design approach.

The revised masterplan achieves this through a five step process.

The first, identify all sight lines, vistas, main entry and exit points and circulations areas.

The second, identify all entry points to the existing station.

The third, propose new entr y and exit points in and around the site t o i m p r o v e a c c e s s a n d c i r c u l a t i o n b e t w e e n F l i n d e r s S t a n d t h e Ya r r a .

The fourth, connect the proposed point in relation to sight lines and existing features.

The fifth and final step identifies a rigorous, angular framework which sits in direct juxtaposition with the Hoddle grid of Central Melbourne.

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CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT

The conceptual development of the urban farm sought to maximise food growing space without extending vertically and thus devaluing the aesthetic character of the existing Flinders St Station. Inspiration was drawn from Herzog and de Meuron’s Serpentine Gallery Pavillion in utilising spaces which would be imbedded in the site rather than protruding out of it. Suppose Design’s “House in Saijo” demonstrated similar qualities.

The resulting form utlises a series of levels within the site. Each level would differ programmatically from public market places to underground greenhouses which directly service commercial kitchens.

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water colour sketches

water colour sketches 17

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water colour sketches

water colour sketches 19

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sketch site section 21

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kitchen/greenhouse embedded

kitchen/greenhouse underground 23

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BREAKING THE GRID

The urban farm seeks to deconstruct the existing Hoddle Grid of downtown Melbourne to symbolise a break from the traditional conceptions Melbournites have about food. “Breaking� the grid in the revised masterplan, the form was then re-worked 690 times. Each re-working was structured on access points between Flinders St and the Yarra and proposed entry points to train platforms.

Circulation between forms was also considered before choosing four iterations of the broken grid.

These four iterations underwent rigorous zoning to find a delicate balance between private and public growing space and commercial use. Ideas found in the conceptual development phase and results in the zoning phase are collaborated in a 1/100 scale model.

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initial site development 25

FLINDERS FLINDERS STST

634m 634m

1392m 1392m

812m 812m 444m 444m 83.6m 83.6m 782m 782m 83.6m 83.6m

697m 697m

697m 697m YARRA YARRA RIVER RIVER

2374.6m2 = 23 cafe’s 2166m2 (3882m with roof space) 1392m2 (2784m2 with roof space 83.6m2

FLINDERS FLINDERS STST

1394m 1394m 1392m 1392m 317m 317m

317m 317m 222m 222m

83.6m 83.6m

782m 782m

406m 406m

1392m 1392m 222m 222m

83.6m 83.6m 406m 406m

1410m2 = 14 cafe’s YARRA YARRA RIVER RIVER

1798m2 (2886m2 with roof space 1931m2 (3862m2 with roof space

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83.6m2

FLINDERS ST

317m

1392m

222m

83.6m

317m

812m

83.6m 782m

697m 222m

YARRA RIVER

1336m2 = 13 cafe’s 2589.6m2 (4256.6m2 with roof space) FLINDERS ST

919m2 (1838 with roof space) 83.6m2

1392m

317m

406m

83.6m

222m

317m 83.6m 222m 391m

391m 697m

1004m2 = 10 cafe’s 1725.6m (3451.2m2 with roof space 1709m2 (3418m2 with roof space) 83.6m2

model zoning 27

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site zoning sketches 29

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form modelling 31

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S PAT I A L T Y P O L O G Y

The developed formal structure of the urban farm’s site presented unique geometry. Applying a spatial framework to such diverse forms presented their own challanges. Drawing on results from the conceptual development, a leveling system would be employed. The levels would better identify spatial organisation in a vertical format while maximising potential floor space. Greenhouse spaces took precedence and were arranged higher than commercial areas to maximise light. They were further set to overhang the path ways and intersititial spaces to promote inquiry and a feeling of adventure, Maintaing the angular framework of each block - cafe’s, utilities and greenhouses all took on a particular formal language. Seldom did walls meet at squared angles, but rather adjoined in what seemed to be random intersections. It is only from an aerial view that one can realise the formulated grid within which they stand.

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programme sketches 35

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levels | model iteration 37

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levels | model iteration

levels | model iteration 39

The model experiments with varying material qualities which would best accentuate the angular and rigid forms. Materiality is as important as form itself. Wire screens, frosted glass and perforated walls were tested to create a unique interplay of light and form at different times of day. Timber, concrete and Corten were further tested in relation to eachother. Based on this test, the final design incorporates perforated pre-cast concrete panels, Corten blade walls and timber slats.

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materiality study 41

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F L I N D E R S F O O D G RO U P

Melbournes hub for Food and Sustainability

The final design proposal is a well informed, strategic and unique architectural approach to urban farming. To walk up the long main access ramp from Flinders St is to elevate ones self not only physically above the train tracks, but to elevate ones education, knowledge and inquir y about all that is food.

Walking from the ramp you may choose to have a coffee and enjoy a garden salad knowing that if you look up you can see the chef picking your food there and then. Take a walk up and around to the public grow allotments. For a small fee per month, individuals can rent 2x1m grow beds for personal use . Here you can share your knowlegde , trade your produce and immerse yourself in food and sustainability. Continue your walk around and down the hill to the Yarra, or sojourn passed the 3 level private greenhouse , or stop to ponder the fishtank and the complicated and delicate process of aquaponics. Perhaps your commuting to work. Stop by the marketplace and grab some fruit and veg for lunch.

With the family? Get take away and sit on the long gently sloped hill facing Southbank.

Flinders Food Group is a community. It strives to educate , activate and reinvigorate all that is food. To centralise Melbournes cafe and enter tainment culture .

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Flinders Food Group employs a comprehensive sustainability framework that is cyclical in nature. It ensures the complete re-use of all waste created on site. Organic waste from the Greenhouses, public grow allotments and cafe’s undergo anaerobic digestion to create biogas which service the kitchens.The resulting sludge is used as a fertiliser to feed the crops on site.

Rain water is collected and used in the greenhouses while waste water from the cafe’s and amenities undergoes filtration through a grey water system and is re-used within the greenhouses and amenities.

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Rain water collection

Train

Customers

Restaurant Kitchen

Organic waste

Waste preperation

Flinders St Station cafe’s

Crops

Organic compost Biogas

Anaerobic Digestion

Restaurant

Urban Farm organic waste

Amenities

Urban Farm

Waste Water

Grey / Blackwater filtration system

Stabilisation of fermentation Sludge

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site plan 47

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1. access ramp to Flinders St 2. cafe deck 3. cafe’s 4. bathrooms 5. utility waste management facilities 6. aquaponics | fish tank 7. private green house 8. market plaza 48

ground floor plan

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9. public allotments 10. private green house

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sight lines The fragmentation of the sites main floor plan was supported by four main axis. The first provides access to the site and links Flinders St to the proposed entry/exit point of the train platforms.

Two axis were identified as essential to improving circulation between Flinders St and the Yarra River foreshore. Whilst framing views of Southbank. Another axis provides a view of the oldest bridge on the Yarra, Princess Bridge.

primary circulation The primary circulation addresses the identified axis. A ramp takes users to the site from Flinders St. Here they can access the Yarra foreshore via two avenues running North to South. The Eastern avenue connects the site to the Yarra via stairs. The Western avenue services the site via a grassed hill.

secondary circulation The secondary circulation addresses the cafe, marketplace, public grow allotments and private green houses. Three small hills at the North West, South West and centre of site service the public grow allotments and central Greenhouse.

Two ramps accessed via stairs link the site to the three grow floors of the Southern Greenhouse.

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site section 53

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circulation

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private greenhouse landscaped area aquaponics (fish tank)

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urban farm amenities | exploded axonometric

utility cafe’s | market place

commercial | exploded axonometric 57

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aquaponics section 59

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200mm pre-cast concrete walls 250x250mm re-enforced concrete columns 10mm double glazed glass panels fish tank aquaponics nutrient pumps utilities area soil infill

aquaponics plan 61

Flinders Food Group will be a unique source of outof season fruits and vegetables. The large greenhouse spaces allow users to diversify their produce range outside of the normal seasonal restirctions. Summer fruits such as mulberries or watermelon can be grown in the middle of winter, whilst more tropical species such as bananas, sugar cane and cacao can be grown easily despite the climatic conditions of Melbourne. Root vegetables and average greens are still catered for through the outside grow allotments which surround the central greenhouse.

This results in a myriad of produce which is now accessible to the public at all times of the year.

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cow pea

tomato

corn

cabbage

pumpkin

carrots

radish

potatoe

turnip

apricot

eggplant

watermelon

french bean

jute

pepper

produce distribution diagram

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thankyou

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cafe hub and private greenhouse 65

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marketplace hub with perforated concrete moss wall

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final model 1/500 69