Book_3_Design_Study

Table of Contents Queensferry _Introduction _Scheme Oyster Island _Introduction _Scheme Leith Docks _Introduction _Scheme Cramond Island _Introduction _Scheme Floating Town Sketches Masterplan Proposals _Structure _Tidal Study Model

Design Study | South Queensferry

Design Study | South Queensferry

South Queensferry

Edinburgh Airport Edinburgh Park

Design Study | South Queensferry

Road Networks and Green Belt

Highway

Heavy road Green Belt

North Queensferry

Dalmeny

Craigiehall

Design Study | South Queensferry

Queensferry Section

Design Study | South Queensferry

New Bridge Proposal

Design Study | South Queensferry

New Bridge Proposal

Weaknesses Size (too small) Greenbelt Opportunities Water Spread to the west New bridge planned Threats Traffic town (new bridge HGVs) Building on green fields

Design Study | South Queensferry

Strengths Good access Waterfront amenity Close to Edinburgh Park

Design Study | South Queensferry Scheme Proposal In search of a trail, tracing boundaries of farmland plots, WOW (Walk of the Water) aspires to connect two bodies of water along the Lothian shores. Strictly adhering to the predetermined landscape to create new towns oblivious to context. From the coastal town of Queensferry where the Forth bridges grace its very existence, new, low lying architecture lies along the corridor that snakes through brown fields and braves zooming main roads. The trail eventually meets river Almond, an angling paradise where quaint riverside buildings dominate the townscape. It is along this line a new town is formed.

Design Study | South Queensferry Scheme Proposal The idea is to create a community farm which links the people with the farm where their food is produced.

Community farm came from the patchwork arrangement of the farmer’s fields where the landscape becomes the roads and built forms grow in clusters. The tram would provide public transport to the farm. The farm will grow organic crops and educates the community about healthy food. Besides, the farm will respect the environment and wildlife to promote sustainable farming. The farm can become a place to work, to learn and to have fun.

Design Study | Oyster Island

The Oyster Island is based on the ideas of an inhabited island which uses buoyancy to keep afloat. Similar to ideas of Buckminster Fuller and Archigram, the Oyster Island has always seemed to be an unattainable dream of science fiction. Recently, however, there has been a re-emergence of interest in the subject, particularly in the Netherlands where they have had to contend with limited land availability and rising water levels.

Koen Olthuis from Waterstudion in Netherlands made a proposal in August 2009 for the ‘Citadel’ – the world’s first floating apartment complex.

Design Study | Oyster Island

Oyster Island

Design Study | Oyster Island Scheme Proposal Moored in the Firth of Forth “Oyster City” exploits the base heat of millions of oysters farmed below the water line. Their body heat is used to heat the city’s hot water whilst giant offshore wind turbines provide structure and electricity which is sold back to the mainland.

Design Study | Oyster Island Scheme Proposal The island is a reaction to the general tendency to design islands in oval, pod-like forms. Each branch of the branches represents a different function, be it transport, housing, recreation, business or industry. In this way, it is an exploration of an extreme form of zonal designing. The island’s unique shape and location is intended to refer to it as connected to, but separate from Edinburgh, like an asterisk is to a word, it is an addendum.

Design Study | Oyster Island Scheme Proposal The fascination of island communities never fails to appeal. Exotic islands it may not be, but cities on archipelagos have truly revolutionised the way we perceive what we would potentially build in the future. This city builds on the existing islands in the Forth which are complemented by floating artificial cities. The old image of power plants will be replaced by that of wind turbines and wave power stations. Transport between islands relies on underground lines running below the Forth to relieve the sea of a network of connecting bridges which would hinder the course of civilian wave-powered boats and luxury yachts. It is on these islands a new town is formed.

Design Study | Oyster Island Scheme Proposal Recycled oil rigs are an ideal way to create a “floating town” in the Firth of Forth. As part of Scotland’s major oil economy, it provides a use for the platforms after they have reached an expiration date in the life of drilling in the North Sea. The town could be powered with renewable sources from wind turbines, which are more efficient offshore in this area, and geothermal technology could be modified to take advantage of the consistent temperature of the deep water to aid in heating and cooling the buildings on the rig.

Design Study | Leith Docks

Archaeological evidence shows that there was human settlement by the banks of the Water of Leith in prehistoric days.

Leith, however, enters recorded history in 1128 when King David I granted certain lands in North Leith together with his harbour (at Coalhill) to the Holyrood Abbey Between 1833 and 1920 Leith was an independent burgh 1329 - King Robert the Bruce gave to Edinburgh his harbour at Leith and access to it. This is the start of the process under which Edinburgh took control of Leith 1486 - The first bridge across the Water of Leith was built by Abbot Ballantyne of the Abbey of Holyrood.

1559 - Leith became a walled town with fortifications based on the latest Italian designs. These would have looked rather similar to the ramparts that can still be seen at Berwick upon Tweed.

1616 – Whaling begins from Leith to Newfoundland 1649 - Work began on a line of defences stretching from Edinburgh to Leith. This later became Leith Walk 1799 - Plans were drawn up and approved for the construction of Leith’s first wet docks 1833 - Leith gets its first public transport service in the form of horse buses 1842 – Whaling ceased in Leith

Design Study | Leith Docks

Leith History

1908 - Christian Salvesen & Co of Leith began whaling operations in the Antarctic. By 1911 their fleet was the largest whaling fleet in the world 1983 - The shipyard of Henry Robb Ltd closed. This brought an end to over 600 years of shipbuilding in Leith 2006 - Leith Local History Society raised once again the question of a “Museum for Leith” which had been promised in the 1920’s after the amalgamation with Edinburgh built had never materialised

Design Study | Leith Docks

1905 - An electric tram system opened in Leith.

Through journeys to Edinburgh were not possible however because Edinburgh had opted to install a cable tramway system. Passengers had to change at Pilrig

Edinburgh – a growing population Greater demand developments

for

high

density

Brownfield

Edinburgh market very mature – historically fewer peaks and troughs Closing value gap between city centre/west end

Design Study | Leith Docks

Property Day Presentation 2006

Residential units – 2,414 apartments 152 houses 434 affordable housing Commercial – 447,000sqft Retail – 73,000sqft Public building space – 115,000sqft 61% of units under construction sold

Leith Docks Development Residential – 15,657 units Commercial – 1,270,000sqft Retail – 900,000sqft Cultural– 151,000sqft

Design Study | Leith Docks

Western Harbour Development

Design Study | Leith Docks Scheme Proposal The scheme supposes that by 2060, the cost of steel has far surpassed that of oil by weight. Due to the act that all of the earth’s iron ore has been drastically depleted, a new industry has built around Leith Docks. Oil rigs and tankers, long since decommissioned due to the implosion of the oil industry in 2045 and the shift to all renewable sources of energy and vehicle propulsion come to Leith from all over the world to be dismantled and recycled to form new building materials. The new industry has put the cooperative which runs Leith Docks in a position of enormous power and has essentially dismantled the class system which for decades crippled Britain’s vinternational advancement. The waste heat from the smelting process powers Leith Dock’s District Heating System which in turn provides free heat and power to the public.

Design Study | Leith Docks Scheme Proposal New Leith utilises the major resource of the docks as amenity and industry. The docks are converted into a marina and partly landscaped to provide a large park adjacent to the dense urban core. East and West of the core is low rise housing dominated by landscaping and greenery. One way streets allow pedestrians to enjoy priority over the car. Trams provide public transport and links directly to Edinburgh. Central to the scheme is a civic building and square which restores Leith Council as local government. The aim is to foster a sense of identity and belonging rooted in the marine environment.

Design Study | Leith Docks Scheme Proposal

Design Study | Leith Docks Scheme Proposal

Design Study | Leith Docks Scheme Proposal

Design Study | Cramond Island

Design Study | Cramond Island

Site Location

Design Study | Cramond Island

Tidal Analyis

Design Study | Cramond Island

Sun Path Diagram

Design Study | Cramond Island

Land Ownership

Design Study | Cramond Island

Land Use

Design Study | Cramond Island

Geography

Design Study | Cramond Island

Transport & Route

Design Study | Cramond Island Scheme Proposal

Design Study | Cramond Island Scheme Proposal Edinburgh has long been known as the “Athens of the North”. With Rising sea levels and temperatures consistently rising year on year the “Venice of the North” has been born. In the Firth of Forth, close to Cramond Island, this man-made island has evolved. Built to accommodate the rising sea levels the new town is created around a network of canals. With little pollution from cars in the area; the inhabitant’s conscious of the effects of global warming cycle or take boats around the town. A mixed population of students studying, living alongside the elderly who have retired to the serenity of the sea as well as professionals and small families who commute to the mainland for work, the area is diverse in elements. With the actual Venice sinking - New Venice has been born.

Design Study | Cramond Island Scheme Proposal This concept proposes the examination of potential development to the North of Cramond island. Cramond Island itself would remain untouched, maintaining its unique character and acting as a memorable arrival point for people from the mainland. The construction of a new island allows for flexibility in a number of issues including density, scale, topography, land use and expansion. The proposed development would consist of an independent new town, raising awareness of the beauty of the coastline and attracting visitors out of Edinburgh’s city centre.

Design Study | Cramond Island Scheme Proposal

Design Study | Cramond Island Scheme Proposal

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Design Study | Tidal Study

Design Study | Tidal Study

Design Study | Tidal Study

Design Study | Tidal Study

Design Study | Tidal Study

Design Study | Tidal Study