Michael Tao_Urban Design Framework

URBAN DESIGN PLAN ELGIN SQUARE REDEVELOPMENT

INTRODUCTION & CONTENTS ABPL90132 Land Use and Urban Design Lecturer: Dr. Alan March Tutor: Kate Pleban Student: Xingyu TAO (373823)

This documents sets out an Urban Design Framework for Carlton Elgin Square. It outlines a vision for the future of the area and establishes a comprehensive strategy for realisation of this vision.

It provides a set of proposals for the redevelopment of this area. Including: site characteristics studying; a series of detailed site analysis such as context, themes; several alternatives with evaluation and the final proposed plan.

CONTENT

SITE SITE SITE

Introduction 1. The Site

1.1 Site Briefing 1.2 Vision & Goals

1.3 Overview of Process

2. Characteristics

2.1 Geografphic 2.2 Climate

2.3 Demographic

3. Analysis

3.1 Context

3.2 Themes

a. Built Form b. Access c. Activites

d. Spaces

3.3 SWOT

4. Objectives

4.1 Issues

4.2 Objectives

5. Alternatives

5.1 Alternatives

5.2 Evaluation

C C II T TY Y

6. The Plan

6.1 Plan A

6.2 Plan B

1.THE SITE

2.CHARACTERS

3.ANALYSIS

4.OBJECTIVES

5.ALTERNATIVES

THE PLAN A

THE PLAN B

1. THE SITE Site Introduction

Statement of Vision & Goals

Site Location:

Vision

The site lies to the north of the city, on the edge line of Carlton and Fitzory. It is on the northwest corner of Elgin and Nicholson Streets.

the Elgin Square Urban Planning and Design is guided by the following vision:

To create a new suburb centre which has a high quality of space and makes a positive improvement to the local public realm through focusing on the current issues of the site and its surrounding, accommodating the requirements of residents, businesses and visitors, amplifying the unique feature and identity of Carlton, and considering the ability for the future development.

Goals

Background Information:

It used to be a medium density residencial square where some people spent their best times for a long time. But now, it is set to be redeveloped

> High Quality

: Endevour the high spatial quality as well as the environmental quality.

> Mixed-use

: To provide multi-function precinct, such as residential, commercial and public services.

> Medium Density

: Medium density residential which is more suitable for the suburban area.

> Connectivity

: Well connected with surrondings and other realm of the city.

> Vitality

: To be an event space or an activity generators.

> Accessibitiliy

: To create a space which is easy to access for anyone at anytime.

> Sustainability

: To create a low carbon footprint and energy comsuption living style.

Overview of Design Process

A new precinct of 112 public housing apartments and over 110 privately owned apartments were planned. The Old units were demolished in 2011, and the new apartments will be constructed from 2012 to 2013.

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SURVEY ANALYSIS

SET UP VISION & GOALS

DEVELOPING OBJECTIVES

GENERATING ALTERNATIVES

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IMPLEMENTATION

PROJECT MONITORING

EVALUATION

1 THE SITE

CHARACTERS

ANALYSIS

OBJECTIVES

ALTERNATIVES

THE PLAN A

THE PLAN B

2. CHACACTERISTICS

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Demographic Key Characteristics of Carlton residents:

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Swanston St

Nicholson St

Palmerston St

Key characteristics Carlton Melbourne LGA Data Source Population 14,089 89,759 Population 2008 Young people aged 12-25 years 47% 36% ABS 2006 census Older people aged 60+ years 8% 9% ABS 2006 census Residents born overseas 52% 42% ABS 2006 census Most common LOTE* Mandarin Mandarin ABS 2006 census Weekly income < $250 40% 26% ABS 2006 census Weekly income > $1000 14% 23% ABS 2006 census University students 34% 21% ABS 2006 census Bachelor degree or higher 29% 33% ABS 2006 census

Johnston St

Victoria St

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Lygon St

Cardigan St

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The site is located in the carlton eastern eadge, next to Fitzory. It has 2 meters height different from east to west within the site.

Melbourne University and Carlton Garden are about 12 meters higher than the site in aultitude.

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Key Findings

Climate

Students

>Over one third of the population is engaged in some type of tertiary education;

> The area has the municipality’s largest concentration of student apartments; Cultural diversity and communications

> Its population is culturally diverse with 52 per cent of residents born overseas, notably from Asia, which may justify providing library services appropriate to Chinese language

speaking students from China and Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong;

> The main non-English languages spoken at home by Carlton residents are Mandarin, Cantonese, Somali (new community language)and Arabic (including Lebanese); Incomes

> Residents earn amongst the lowest individual weekly incomes in the Municipality;

> Carlton’s families and households also earn among the lowest family/household incomes in the Municipality (students and public housing tenants); Housing Carlton is predominantly a residential area (over a quarter of its area is private housing), with 15 per cent of the municipality’s housing stock, of which:

> the majority of accommodation is residential apartments (50 per cent) and a further 30 per cent is student apartments;

> Rental is the predominant tenure in Carlton (over the Municipal average) and it has the municipality’s smallest proportion of dwellings ‘fully owned or being purchased’, a fact which is likely due to the size of its youth/student population;

> Households with mortgages have relatively high median housing costs but renters paid relatively low (second lowest in the Municipality) median rents; Economy

> Employment in Carlton declined 6 per cent in 2006-08 (the Royal Women’s Hospital moved to Parkville);

>Carlton accommodates a significant share (12 per cent) of the Municipality’s Cafes Bars and Bistros.

Future outlook

>The outlook for residential and student apartments in Carlton is good.

Wind direction in Melbourne is from south to north.

The annual rainfall of melbourne in 2010, is 780.2 mm.

The average temperature of melbourne is about 21 centigrade.

source from: Melbourne City Research: Carlton Small Area Economic and Demographic Profile, 2009, www.melbourne.vic.gov.au

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CHARACTERS

ANALYSIS

OBJECTIVES

ALTERNATIVES

THE PLAN A

THE PLAN B

3. ANALYSIS CONTEXT

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Residential Business Zone

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Education Zone Elgin St

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Public Use Entertainment

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Mixed-use Zone

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Green Space

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CHARACTERS

ANALYSIS

OBJECTIVES

ALTERNATIVES

THE PLAN A

THE PLAN B

3. ANALYSIS FOUR THEMES ANALa. BUILT FORM

b. ACCESS

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Residential Housing built form

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Palmerston St

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Elgin St

Canning St

Rathdown

Pedestrian Path

Johnston St

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Faraday St

Drummon

Street Scale

Existing Landmark

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Business Area

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Canning St

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CHARACTERS

ANALYSIS

OBJECTIVES

ALTERNATIVES

THE PLAN A

THE PLAN B

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c. ACTIVITIES

Westgarth St

d. SPACES

Kay St

Commonewalth Bank on Johnston st

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Canning St

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Johnston St No Light for pedestrian

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Gym and Retail on Johnston St

Roadside green space

> Existing Public Open Space: the Green color shows the exisiting public opensapc.Obviously, the site and its surround is lack of open space for the local residents;

> RESIDENTIAL: The white area indecates the low-density housing and apartment. > COMMERCIAL ACTIVIES: GrattaThe n St Pink color shows the main business area and the Red Line illustrates the active frontages, including retail, restaurant, cafe and bank, supermarket. > Education: The Yellow area is the district of university of melboure, and the yellow arrow shows the studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; movement from the site to unimelb.

> Recreation: most recreation and service were on Johnston St; the Melbourne Museum and IMAX theatre in Carlton Garden. > Safety: Most street do not have sufficient lights for pedestrian.

> Work: The blue arrow shows the movement of workers, towards city.

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CHARACTERS

ANALYSIS

OBJECTIVES

ALTERNATIVES

THE PLAN A

THE PLAN B

3. ANALYSIS SWOT Strengths > Close to the city > 15 minutes walking to university of Melbourne > Convenient public transport access – bus, tram > Large buildable site area. > Quite and comfortable environment > Close to the Carlton Garden heritage and entertainment precinct

Weaknesses > Poor legibility > No obvious gateway to the site > Low rate of trees planting > No large parking space > Little landscaping area > Lack of communicating and meeting open space > Lake of activities nodes > Inadequate lighting fixture, especially for pedestrian > Insufficient public facilities, such as toilet > No centralized shopping space

Opportunities > No heritage building on the site, that provide more possibilities for designer. > 2 meter height difference could create diverse special sense. > Providing a high quality open space and improving landscaping for local resident. > The site has great city view on the south. Building over level 2 will afford good views of city. > The large land area allow to design a central mixed-use area for local residents, including shopping, restaurant, entertainment. > Convenient accessibility allowed the site to attract more people > As the growth of population, especially the student and low income people, the site could provide different range of rental apartments.

Constraints > The two existing high-rise apartment buildings in the east, had a great effect and strong controlling on the site > East – west sloping, approximately 2 meter height difference > There is no train access > The site must respect the surrounding context and building form. > Because the site was surrounded by low rise dwellings, overshadow must be carefully considered > The site must respond to city council’s developing plan

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CHARACTERS

ANALYSIS

OBJECTIVES

ALTERNATIVES

THE PLAN A

THE PLAN B

4. OBJECTIVES OBJECTIVES Objective 1 Establish a mixed-use area to Objective 5 Explore interesting spatial exaccommodate the different needs periences

ing Carlton’s history and culture.

As the statistics showed, the increasing requirements Make use of the height difference and spatial variation to

Objective 10 Sustainability

from residents, students, workers and visitors, it needs create a interesting experiences for the users.

As the increasing concern about our environment, we should

more mixed-use building in Carlton. And the site’s location

create a space with low energy consumption and carbon

and good traffic connection provide more opportunities to achieve that.

Objective 6 Respect to the surrounding urban context

foot print. Sustainable technology should be implemented here, such as solar panel, wind power, water harvesting,

Many of Carlton’s streetscapes are highly valued and should and other passive design.

Objective 2 Promote the site vibrant

be enhanced and retained. In this project, it should consider

In this realm, there is no central area provide a space for and the width of streets.

MAPPING OF DESIGN OBJECTIVE TO THEMES:

shopping, entertaining, and other activities with a good ac-

The following diagram shows how the design objectives

As the analysis showed, the site was lack of activity space. the relationship between building façade heights, the form

Objective 7 Make use of the great view of city

cessibility.

map OBJECTIVE 1 OBJECTIVE 2

Objective 3 Improve the environmental Objective 8 Improve the site comfort, safequality & attract more people ty, security, and accessibility.

OBJECTIVE 3

Poor landscaped and a little green space was one of the Humanity design is considering the different comfort ele-

OBJECTIVE 4

site’s weakness. So the design should provide more open ments such as visual, thermal and sonic; enhancing safety

OBJECTIVE 5

space and green space for the users.

and security through improving lighting system; and considering the accessibility for disability.

Objective 4 Provide parking space

THEME 1 Mix-Used Building THEME 2 A public square

OBJECTIVE 6

THEME 3 context

OBJECTIVE 7

THEME 4 design for people

OBJECTIVE 8

THEME 5 Sustainable Technology

Currently, there is no big Parking space for the residents as

Objective 9 Pursue the artistic and education meaning

well as the visitors.

The site should have some artistic value to promote lo-

OBJECTIVE 9

cal residents’ and visitors’ quality of life. Moreover, the site

OBJECTIVE 10

Respect the site and

should have some educational meanings, through introduc-

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CHARACTERS

ANALYSIS

OBJECTIVES

ALTERNATIVES

THE PLAN A

THE PLAN B

5. ALTERNATIVES

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Trees& Green Open Space

Elgin st

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Residential

Palmerston St

Nicholson St

Canning St

Nicholson St

Canning St

Elgin st

ALTERNATIVES 4

Palmerston St

Palmerston St

Nicholson St

Canning St

Palmerston St

ALTERNATIVES 3

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Active Frontage (Retail & restaurant)

Commercial

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ALTERNATIVES 2

Canning St

ALTERNATIVES 1

OFFICE

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PATH

ALTERNATIVES - High Density Residential

ALTERNATIVE 2 - High Density Mixed use

ALTERNATIVE 3 - Medium Density Residential

ALTERNATIVE 4 - Medium Density Mixed Use

> High density apartment building on the westside (arround 18 floors).

> High Density apartment building on the north side (arround 18 floors).

> Four Medium Density apartment Buildings (6 floors)

> Medium density apartment building s along Palmerston St & Canning St.

>Commercial and Retail zone on the bottom floors.

> 2 lever commercial and Retail zone along the Canning St & Elgin St.

> 2 lever commercial and retail along the Canning St

> Creating a Path to enhance the permeability and connection.

> Low-rise Office building on Elgin St (4-6 floors).

> Ground floor Retail and Commercial along Elgin, Canning Palmerston St and inner Square.

> a new path to connect Elgin st and Canning St

> Road side Trees.

> Road side Trees

> Planting more roadside trees.

> Low-rise Office building on Elgin St. > A central Underground Public Square.

> Inner Green Open space.

> Green Open spaces between buildings.

> building setback

> Underground Commercial Zone.

> Green Open Space in the northeast corner.

> Green Open Space between Buildings & Square.

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CHARACTERS

ANALYSIS

OBJECTIVES

ALTERNATIVES

THE PLAN A

THE PLAN B

5. ALTERNATIVES EVALUATION Objectives

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Objective 1 Establish a mixed-use area to accommodate the different needs

increase green space

and accessibility.

TOTAL SCORE

9 THE SITE

CHARACTERS

ANALYSIS

OBJECTIVES

ALTERNATIVES

THE PLAN A

THE PLAN B

6. THE PLAN A THE PLAN A

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Nicholson St

Canning St

Palmerston St

Elgin st

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CHARACTERS

ANALYSIS

OBJECTIVES

ALTERNATIVES

THE PLAN A

THE PLAN B

6. THE PLAN A DEISGN THEMES THEME 1 Mix-Used Building

Two Medium density Mixed-use buidling will be set at the northwest corner and the southeast corner.

The function might consist of residential, commercial, retial, entertainment, carpark & restaurant.

The reason why choose the medium density is in order to control the height of the building. Medium Rise buidling are more suitable for the suburban.

THEME 2 A Public Square

The central public square could provide sufficient open space for users who want to do some sport, meet friends, have rest, ect.

In order to maintain more ground space, the main commcial zone will be set urder ground, as well as the car park.

The square also create a strong connection and deriction between Elgin St and Nicholson St. The partly undergound square, create interesting spatial fealings for the users.

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CHARACTERS

ANALYSIS

OBJECTIVES

ALTERNATIVES

THE PLAN A

THE PLAN B

6. THE PLAN A THEME 3 Respect the Site and Context

Choosing medium density building, is in order to respect local suburban scale.

The building will be setback to maintain the street scale.

The buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s height will be controlled to reduce the overshadow to the surrounding dwellings.

Make use of the vista advantage to improve the living quality.

THEME 4 Design for People

A thoughtful design for people includes: Site Comfort: thermal comfort, physical comfort, sonic comfort, mental comfort.

Safety & Security: provide sufficient lighting during the night, install cctv to reduce crime.

Accessibility: Make sure the disabled people could reach any place in the site, without any abstacle.

THEME 5 Sustainable Technology

Applying sustainable technologies and managing methodes to reduce the energy comumption and every usersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; environmental footprint.

12 THE SITE

CHARACTERS

ANALYSIS

OBJECTIVES

ALTERNATIVES

THE PLAN A

THE PLAN B

7. THE PLAN B THEME 1 MIXED-USE BUILDING Residential OFFICE Entertainment and Restaurant Underground Shopping Mall N

Underground Car Park

Example of Building Shape and Night View

Example of Ground Floor Open Spece

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http://www.bpn.com.au/Uploads/PressReleases/bpn/Images-20110920/110920_darling.jpg

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CHARACTERS

ANALYSIS

OBJECTIVES

ALTERNATIVES

THE PLAN A

THE PLAN B

7. THE PLAN B THEME 2 A PUBLIC SQUARE Central Axis Underground Route

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CHARACTERS

ANALYSIS

OBJECTIVES

ALTERNATIVES

THE PLAN A

THE PLAN B

7. THE PLAN B THEME 3 RESPECT THE SITE AND CONTEXT Street Scale

The section showed on the right, is intend to illustrate the relation between the new building and the exsisting buildings. The scale of the street, and building setback.

12m

18m

20m

13m

Sightline Analysis

City View

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PM

The two Pics on the right demonstrate the shadow of the building from morning to afternoon.

The new building will not create negative overshadow to its surrounding housing.

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CHARACTERS

ANALYSIS

OBJECTIVES

ALTERNATIVES

THE PLAN A

THE PLAN B

7. THE PLAN B THEME 4 DESIGN FOR PEOPLE

Ground floor corridor

Outdoor Cafe

Disable Elevator Square top Lighting

Underground Sqare

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CHARACTERS

ANALYSIS

OBJECTIVES

ALTERNATIVES

THE PLAN A

THE PLAN B

7. THE PLAN B THEME 5 SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY Solar Penel on the roof

Green Roof

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Wind Turbines on the roof

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Water Harvesting

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CHARACTERS

ANALYSIS

OBJECTIVES

ALTERNATIVES

THE PLAN A

THE PLAN B