THE CITY LEI FENG URBAN DESIGN PORTFOLIO
2017
FOREWORD
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" t every instant, there is more than the eye can see, more than the ear can hear, a setting or a
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view waiting to ve explored." ----Kevin. Lynch 03 I am grateful for my one year of study as an urban designer and the people who supported and helped me. Through three major projects, including the Northern Quarter, Ancoats and New Islington and Belle Vue neighbourhoods in Manchester, not only did they enable me to get involved in urban design and planning, but also, they helped me to understand deeply the city, care about the city and pursue a better future for city life. These three projects were completed with robust analysis, from a neighbourhood level to being site-specific. With a solid understanding of these sites, design interventions are provided, based on a sound design framework to ensure that a logical approach to development is taken.
1. Northern Quarter Corner Site 2. Ancoats & New Islington 3. Belle Vue
TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S NORTHEN QUARTER CORNER SITE
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This involves a design proposal for a prominent corner in the Northern Quarter, near to the city centre of Manchester City. Originally a massive car park and Grade II-listed building, Brownsfield Mill, this is fully reshaped as a friendly, multi-functional and green neighbourhood.
GREAT ANCOATS & NEW ISLINGTON
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This project delivers site-specific analysis within new redevelopment districts near an arterial road, as well as the city centre. The analysis highlights existing issues, constraints and opportunities associated with each site, leading to the selection of the most appropriate site for intervention. One of those sites is provided with a design proposal for better place-shaping to meet the set-up aims strategic design framework.
BELLE VUE MASTERPLAN
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A 22-hectares site located beside Belle Vue Sport Village, including the newly developed Speedway, is insufficiently utilised, and includes British Car Auctions, a Showcase Cinema, the Diamond Hostel, and other two leisure buildings. In order to respond to the GMSF and Gorton development framework and to solve the existing issues in and out of the site, a comprehensive design proposal offers a friendly and liveable Gorton central community.
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QUARTER CORNER SITE:
10. 42nd Street &
9. Manchester Creative
8. Luxury Apartment Blocks
Cotton Square 11 Victoria Hub
- To be reused
NOMA
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- Non-profit organisations
14-19 yr olds
11. Hallé St Peter's (Listed) - Reused as Music concert
Ring Rd 1. Brownfield Mill (Listed)
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- Moredern style building
- Studio school aims for
Commercial usage - To be built in 2017 summer
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College of Language
Studio
- 41-45m Apartment &
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- Former church of St Peter - Center of Cotton Square
- Former Victorian warehouse
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2. Jackson’s warehouse(Listed)
- Reused as Royal Market
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- Usage: Residential & restuarant
- Former Cotton spinning &
Redhill St. Ancoats/
- Former cotton spinning mill
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New Islington
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13. Central Retail Park
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3. Fourways House (Listed)
- Built between 1980s - 1990s
- Usage: Office
Port St,.
Ring Rd
- Former II Packing warehouse
Piccadilly Garden (City center)
Sports City
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doubling mills
- To be regenerated
4 14. Urban Exchange
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4. Georgian Houses (Listed) - Former small town h ses 5. Newton Buildings (Listed)
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- At heart of piccadilly basin
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- Usage: Hatters Hotel
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- Former Baroque-style hat manufacturers’ premises
- Late built outlet center
Tariff St.
- Usage: Restuarant & Retails
15. Town Centre Car Parks - BCA authorised car parking
Brewer St. Piccadilly Basin
6. Former Newton PO (Listed) - Usage: Museum - Former police office
7. Circle Martial Arts Centre - Modern Martial Centre
NEIGHBOURHOOD ANALYSIS Located within the city centre corner of the Northern Quarter, this site will be a key site connecting the newly developed city centre region, i.e. New Islington and Ancoats and East Gateway.
AIM The major design aim is to improve the connection to the community in a very dense and busy region and to create a dynamic and functional neighbourhood within the Northern Quarter and its new community. DES I G N The Sunken Plaza and Brownsfield Mill are regenerated as a boutique hotel with extended serviced apartments as branded services. Integrated functional areas are accessible for vehicles and pedestrians. A continuous retail frontage with sufficient car parking, e.g. multi-storey car parking, serves visitors, residents and businessmen.
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S T R AT E G I C CONNECTION
CANAL VIEW
H E R I TA G E ASSET
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An extremely dense urban grain to the south west is a result of the former industrial buildings still being present and a narrow street network. Moving further west through the site, low-rise industrial buildings and large areas of surface parking provide a poor-quality streetscape. As part of the Ancoats Urban Village conservation area, a strong focus has been placed upon the retention of heritage assets, particularly apparent in the cobbled street surfacing and orange-red brick buildings prevalent throughout the site.
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Great Ancoats Street constitutes a major barrier to pedestrian permeability through the neighbourhood, whilst generating high levels of noise pollution impacting upon surrounding developments. South of Great Ancoats Street, the streetscape is dictated by a large industrial warehouse lining Store Street and adjacent, smaller industrial units. Also located on the site are various landmark buildings, most notably the Warehouse Aparthotel overlooking the site on the western boundary, and an orange-red brick listed former mill as Ducie Street kinks towards the city centre. Whilst the Ashton Canal corridor is well overlooked along the eastern boundary of the site, it is currently disconnected from the site as a consequence of being raised above Store Street.
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The station is located in the centre of the site, its respective lines dissecting the site from east to west. Surrounding the station is a vast area of non-landscaped green space, along which are pedestrian desire lines running east to west towards Great Ancoats Street. Bordering the site are several landmark buildings. To the west lie two Grade II-listed mills dominating the skyline, whilst the Chips building overlooks the site to the east. The New Islington Wharf area provides a high quality public realm characterised by heritage assets, including two listed locks and the lock-keeper’s cottage.
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MASTERPLAN & PLACEMAKING
Signalised pedstrian crossing junction along the Great Ancoats Street with continuous animated frontage.
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New footbridge developed connecting the raised Ashton Canal with the site, the bridge opening onto a newly developed public park
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ACCESS & MOVEMENT The access in the east of the site is based on the original infrastructure, while the western part, another entrance and new access roads connect the site to the neighbourhood. 0
LAND USE & ROAD HIERARCHY Along with a more accessible entrance, the infrastructure is developed in response to different usages and functions, which contribute to its permeability and connectivity.
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FUNCTION A wide range of functions within this site provide sufficient and various services to the local residents and surrounding c o m m u n i t y, i n c l u d i n g commercial, recreational, leisure, and hostel facilities. 0
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GREENERY & PUBLIC SPACE The major green infrastructure is derived from the surrounding green corridor, but with better urban landscape management, to provide a more pleasant recreational area. 0
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K E Y V I E W & F R O N TA G E Within such large areas, there are numerous landmarks or focal buildings to guide residents and visitors, which enhance the legibility and accessibility of the site.
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BELLE VUE Primary School with 2-3 storey main buildings and plenty of play areas
End focal buildings, are available for apartments, office and retails
Renovated Cinema, Showcase with more modern design
Public Open Space are center of entertainment hub, formed by Sports center, food court, and multiple car parking
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CONTACT
E-mail: lei.feng-5@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk Phone: +44 077 84 2122 51 issuu:https://issuu.com/mayfeng1