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Year 4: Port-City Interface Design
Year 4: Port-City Interface Design PORTS OF AUCKLAND SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
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reating a sustainable Ports for Auckland was the objective of this studio brief. I chose to design for social sustainability. Design interventions included: 1. Importance of Equality in the city: three new spacial structures create a positive dialogue between the ports and the surrounding city-scape. Views over the ports are emphasized and people interact and relax on the multi- levelled structures.
BLURRING THE PUBLIC VS. PRIVATE EDGE
EY PUBLIC CITY SPACES
RATION OF PORTS AND CITY THROUGH INTERACTIVE MARKET PLACE
PORTS WORKER ACCESS TO PUBLIC SPACE
RED FENCE MOVED BACK
2. Connectivity: Due to safety reasons it is impractical to allow people into the ports themselves but visual connections can be just as relevant. These visual connections (similar structures and view shafts) create awareness of the ports from surrounding neighbourhoods (B and C on the plan) and the Auckland CBD. By widening the Quay Street pedestrian walkway and incorporating vertical structures along the fence-line of the Ports (A), the public have greater connection from Tamaki drive towards the city, and also a greater appreciation of Ports land and operations.
3. Compact/ mixed use: Seen in the mixed use environment of the market place on Quay Street (A, seen above) and the viewing/ recreation/ train-spotting/ car-parking structures in surrounding neighbourhoods (B and C on the plan). 4. Mental/physical health of public: The Market place provides mental health through the integration of ports and city processes, and physical health through the trees and fresh produce. 5. I created an integration rather than separation of different uses and users within each of these structural spaces. I created a smoother transition zone between private Port land and public CBD, with the implementation of the !anchor objects", which allow for port workers and the public to meet and interact on top of a steel, wood and tree structure. From here, people may gaze over towards the other anchor objects in the wider neighbourhood.
Year 4: Port-City Interface Design (Continued) PORTS OF AUCKLAND SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
DIRECT VISUAL LINK TO PORTS, WHICH IS REINFORCED AS POSITIVE IN THE VIEW SHAFTS DESIGNED WITHIN THIS INTERACTIVE, INTERESTING SPACE. A SIMILAR STRUCTURE ALONG THE PORTS EDGE ON QUAY STREET HELPS TO CREATE A MORE POSITIVE IMAGE OF THE PORTS THROUGH VISUAL ASSOCIATION
C ZOOM-IN
C PERSPECTIVE
RAILWAY LOWERED BY 1.5M TO ALLOW FOR MORE SUSTAINABLE DOUBLE-STACKED TRAINS.
MATERIALS: CORTEN AND WOOD. THIS STRUCTURE HAS AN OLD RUSTIC SHIP/ CRANE CHARACTER. THE CRISS-CROSS OF THE CORTEN REFLECTS PORT STRUCTURES WHILST FUNCTIONALLY PROVIDING SEATS FROM THE FRAMEWORK AND PLATFORMS
VARIETY OF USERS MEET ECOLOGICAL LINKS AT CARPARK TO THE WIDER LANDSCAPE
C SECTION
CARPARK BRINGING VARIETY OF USERS
NATIVE COASTAL VEGETATION PLANTED, AIDS IN BANK STABILITY
PLATFORMED STRUCTURE PROVIDING VIEWS OUT OVER THE PORTS AND SOCIAL NICHES OF INTERACTION
RAISED BRIDGE TO MEET RAISED PART OF QUAY STREET, ALLOWING DOUBLE-STACKED TRAINS TO PASS UNDERNEATH
VIEW SHAFTS ACROSS TO PORTS OF AUCKLAND. VISUAL RECOGNITION OF SIMILAR STRUCTURE, CREATING A POSITIVE DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE PORTS AND THE WIDER CONTEXT
LADDERS, STEPS, SLABS OF CORTEN AND WOOD CREATE A MYRIAD OF NICHES FOR SOCIAL INTERACTION
ECOLOGICAL LINKS TO THE WIDER LANDSCAPE THROUGH COASTAL VEGETATION
B ZOOM-IN
CHEAP CARPARKING: BRINGS A VARIETY OF USERS TO THE DESIGN, CREATING INTERESTING INTERACTIONS/ TENSIONS/ CONFLICTS AND A MORE VIBRANT PUBLIC SPACE
MATERIALS: RUSTIC WOODEN BEAMS AND POLES, THICK WOODEN DECKING AND STEEL EMPHASIZING THE HISTORIC RAILROAD CHARACTER OF THIS SITE
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B PERSPECTIVE