Michaela Prescott Concise ADR by marieluise jonas

AT AND ACROSS // DESIGNING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE URBAN ECOLOGY

Michaela F. Prescott // MASTER OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE CONCISE APPROPRIATE DURABLE RECORD // SEPTEMBER 2011

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Cover // Contents // ABSTRACT // Executive Summary // Research Question // Abstract // PREFACE // Preface // INTRODUCTION // Introduction // TERRITORY AND BOUNDARY // Territory and Boundary // Device 1 // Border Cases Device 9 // Border Device(s) +

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URBAN ECOLOGY // 31 Urban Ecology // 33 SCALE // 37 Scale // 39 THE MAPPING AND THE MODEL // 43 The Mapping and the Model // 45 CASE STUDY // 55 MIAMI 55 Winter Seaplane Terminal 62 Spring/Autumn Seaplane Terminal 64 Summer Seaplane Terminal 66 CASE STUDY // 69 NORTH MELBOURNE 69 North Melbourne as an Urban Ecology // 77

ABSTRACT //

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Figure 1 // Fisk // Map of ancient courses of the Mississippi River, Cape Girardeau, MO - Donaldsonville, LA. Plate 22-10 // 1944

AT AND ACROSS // DESIGNING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE URBAN ECOLOGY

Research Question // How may notions of ‘boundary’ and ‘territory’ be employed in order to re-conceive the urban landscape?

Abstract // This project challenges the conception that urban landscapes have fixed spatial boundaries and seeks to build resilience into systems for urban management and growth. Through mapping components of the ‘urban ecology’ and its context the project proposes a series of measures for augmenting the operative role of the streetscape, reconsidering the role of ‘boundary’ and ‘territory’ within the urban landscape. The idea and manifestation of boundary and territory is a human-made spatial construct, delimiting by perceiving and constructing boundary as an independent crisp edge, disconnected from the larger networks of landscape. Nothing exists within isolation; no singular condition may exist without affecting another. It is this relationship between conditions which I consider to be the articulation of the boundary. Thus, territory and boundary are inseparable but not binary, existing in and of each other; with boundary perceived as a shifting spatial entity or condition performing both at and across a field or territory1.

1 The emphasis on ‘at’ and ‘across’ is influenced by Clare Lyster’s essay ‘Landscapes of exchange: re-articulating site’ in which she articulates ‘at’ as being a singular territorial consideration, a site/ object relationship [similar to that broached by Corner in regards to the plan versus the mapping], to ‘across’, an organisational reading of territory occurring ‘across’ multiple sites of occupation. This reading of the two is integral to the manner in which boundary is considered in this project. Lyster, C. ‘Landscapes of exchange: re-articulating site’, in ed. Waldheim, C. The Landscape Urbanism Reader. Princeton

Within Landscape Architecture the term ‘urban ecology’ has come to refer to the design of urban systems that facilitate environments for biological diversity, specifically flora and fauna. This definition of urban ecology is misleading because biological systems constitute only a small fraction of urban landscape systems. This design research project seeks to redefine the ecology of the urban landscape through a matrix of surface typologies, infrastructures, and programmatic insertions revising the term urban ecology to acknowledge the complexity, scale and landscape effects of urban systems and processes. The project serves as an invitation to a more critical inquiry and holistic design engagement with urban landscapes. The above ideas are investigated through a study of North Melbourne, which through its close proximity to the CBD faces increasing development pressures. With accumulating constraints and limitations on the provision of public space within inner city suburbs we need to get smarter about where and how we (landscape architects and urban designers) provide for and configure public space. The research focuses on concepts of boundary and territory, designing both at and across boundary conditions to investigate the negotiations that result.

Architectural Press: New York, 2006. p.235

PREFACE //

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An understanding of territory, scale and ecology as components of spatial environments are inherent in the work of the Landscape Architect. Over the past two decades, a series of publications have emerged, supporting an interest in such ways of thinking about landscape. Large Parks (2007), following The Landscape Urbanism Reader (2006) and Recovering Landscape (1999) (all part of a series of publications by Princeton Architectural Press), initiated a study of parks and provided the opportunity to review these collectively, as well as foregrounding the concept of ‘large-ness’ in landscape discourse, referencing the complexities of scale and touching on ‘large’ matters

of “ecology, public space, processes, place, site, and the city” (Czerniak, 2007. p.19). Other seminal publications such as Taking Measures Across the American Landscape (1997), Mississippi Floods: Designing a Shifting Landscape and Soak: Mumbai in an Estuary (2001 and 2009) broach the difficulties of dealing with landscapes of embedded political, historical, climactic, and physical transformation. This document explores the concepts of territory, scale and ecology, building on themes explored in my practice to date.

INTRODUCTION //

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Figure 2 // Wade, H., // Plan of the boundary line which divides the colony of New South Wales from that of South Australia, AUS Exhibit 46 // 1848

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Historically, landscape has been viewed through the paradigm of the singular, a given view or perspective cataloguing the landscape into series rather than field. In Chris Sawyer’s essay, ‘Territorial Infrastructure’, Sawyer questions this hypothesis, revealing the reliance on landscape as a useful method for dealing with cases of largeness or extremes of space: “because we can simply ignore what lies in between” (Sawyer 2004, p.267).

In this country, landscape takes a formative role, reducing and capturing in a single glance that which, at an excessive (territorial) scale, is too difficult or uncomfortable to understand. Eduard Bru comments: “the city can now be understood from readings of space and scale learnt from the experience of landscape and territory. Cities, then, open onto the territory” (Bru, cited in Sawyer 2004, p.267).

TERRITORY AND BOUNDARY //

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Sawyer, C. // ‘Territorial Infrastructures’ in The Mesh Book: landscape/ infrastructure p. 267 ed. Raxworthy, J., Blood, J., // Melbourne: RMIT University Press, 2004

Territories encompass both time and space. They are at once historical, economic and political realities, as well as geographical and scientific facts. In this sense they can be read as palimpsests, layers of knowledge both hidden and revealed, that accrete and dissolve over time.

Fig 3. Fig 4. Figure 3 // Christophe Girot’s ‘Invalidenpark’ explores the relationship between a memorial and a public space. Despite Girot’s proposal that the park would become an urban space for public use that did not directly focus on its historical significance” (Girot, 2008), and the subtlety of conveyance of history within the design, the project as a whole operates as a very specific tool to sponsor a national ideal. The park may thus be perceived as a political territory.

Territory and Boundary // In ethology, socio-biology and behavioural ecology the term territory refers to any geographical area that an animal of a particular species defends [against conspecifics and occasionally animals of other species]. As a political/ spatial concept, territory refers to a tract of land; or a geographical area that is brought under the control of a single governing body; an area whose borders are determined by the scope of political power rather than solely by natural features such as rivers and ridges. Implied vs. Physical In his essay titled ‘Territorial Infrastructure’, Sawyer cites Kwinter, suggesting that territories, unlike landscape extend beyond what we can see. “ In fact,” Sawyer says, “territories encompass both time and space. They are at

Figure 4 // West 8’s ‘Borneo Sporenburg’ explores urban living through the creation of distinct private and public territories. Dwellings exist within a living envelope indicated by the design firm. The envelopes foster a maximisation of the individual void, and gaps within the fabric of the development become the interest. The dwelling types are strongly oriented to the private realm through the provision of patios and roof gardens.

Figure 5 // Map of the Entry of the Allies into Germany, at the American War Cemetry in Margraten, the Netherlands // I saw this map for the first time at the age of six. We had travelled to the southern district of Limburg to visit my maternal relatives and stopped by the cemetary in Margraten. Fifteen years later I returned to the cemetary, again fascinated by the memorial’s capture of occupation, movement, time, and scale. Figure 6 // Tiananmen Square, Beijing China.

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Figures 7-9 // West 8â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1996 design for a sizeable strip of land in the Binnenrotte area of Rotterdam, almost half a kilometre long, was to leave it empty. The plain, simply paved and equipped with the acoutrements of markets like electricity outlets, anchoring points, and parking spots, offering a flexible space that can cater for the regularity of the market, as well as large events and seasonal programs like the Summer Skate.

Figure 10 // The expanding territories of the shop fronts and market stalls in Hong Kong. Figure 11 // The morphology of a Siheyuan or Courtyard house in Beijing, filling as it is occupied in greater and greater densities in the over-crowded city.

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The city can now be understood from readings of space and scale learnt from the experience of landscape and territory. Cities, then, open onto the territory.

Bru E. // Coming from the South p. 62 // Barcelona: Actar, 2001

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once historical, economic and political realities, as well as geographical and scientific facts” (Sawyer, 2004. p. 267). Contested It must be understood, however, that with territory in any form comes contestation. For, “working within a territory is, by nature an act of negotiation between parties, a heterogenous exchange that suggests the interplay between multiple rather than singular forces. In fact, to behave territorially is to juxtapose one interpretation against another. Such a position assumes a process of give and take, is procedural (dynamic) rather than a formal (static), and as Kwinter suggests, usually lacks formal unity.” (Sawyer, 2004. p. 271). In late 2007 I travelled to China on an international design studio titled ‘Superurbanism Transformative Shanghai’ under the supervision of Rosalea Monacella, Bridget Keane and Cassandra Lucas. It was not my first visit to China, for I had spent two weeks there in 2004 whilst in secondary school on a cultural and language tour, during which my rather eccentric teacher had antagonised all of our tour guides into talking about the impacts of the political system on living and working there. However, on the latter visit, when partaking of the usual touristic visit to Tiananmen Square we were overwhelmed by the latent control that existed in what was generally perceived to be a public space. I am unsure of what initially led to the situation, but the square that at one moment was charged only with historic

meaning and an immense sense of scale and flatness was suddenly the scene of the forced removal by armed guards of a television reporter. A ring of onlookers surrounded the vehicles and the guards expressly forbad any photographs, going to the extent of making sure any cameras were wiped of photographs of the incident. According to them once the van disappeared, it never happened and they retreated to their security posts.

Figure 12-13 // In September 2010 Czech artists/activists EPOS 257 donned high vis. work wear and installed a fence in Prague’s Palackeho Square. The municipality was at first unaware of the fence’s existence, and then later reluctant to remove it in case it was there for a reason. Finally, 54 days after its installation, the fence was removed. EPOS 257 reflect: “Have we grown accustomed to having our space curbed by just anyone? Is public space a mere myth? In the current society, our living space is defined by legal norms and regulations, the same way as fences demark the choices of our free movement. Only by attempting to cross those boundaries, we learn how limited the space we live in really is- that we are not as free as it may initially seem, We are getting the sense that the individuality of today is destined to an existance amidst restrictions.”

Device 1 // Border Cases

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Figure 14 // ICE, destination Berlin // diagrams of a long-distance train journey from Amsterdam (NL) to Berlin (GE). Border processing occurs during the train journey, with officers entering the train from a small and isolated station in the Dutch countryside, and exiting the train on German soil. The journey between these stations can be drawn out if processing is taking longer than expected. Date: October 2009 InterCity Express train, Germany/Netherlands

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Figure 15 // Over the summer I spent the better part of a week in the State Library of Victoria exploring their maps and historical documents. As I read I roughly tabulated the data, considering the type of border condition, its state - was it constructed/ natural/moveable/fixed - and its supervision

or control, as well as the scale that it occupied or serviced. The table has acted as a resource for thinking about the ways that boundaries operate. In hindsight, I can see how I am thinking about the thematics within this formative phase of my research already.

Figures 16-22 // Toll Gates // images from a series of bus tours around regional China dcumenting toll gates and border processing. Location: Regional China Date: November 2007

Figure 23 // Travelling Southbound Barooga to Cobram over the Murray Images 01-07, driving through NSW. Images 08-09, arriving in Victoria.

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Figure 26 // Southbound journey identifiers Figure 27 // Northbound journey identifiers Figures 24-25// Proposed increased regulation of border. Location: Cobram, Victoria / Barooga, NSW Date: April 2011

Device 9 // Border Device(s) +

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Figure 28 //Study of global border cases completed by Italian research group Multiplicity, Fig 29-30 // Attempted border crossing documentation // Israel-Palestine.

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URBAN ECOLOGY //

Figures 1-5 // Anuradha Mathur and Dilip da Cunha’s work focuses on the cutural and ecological issues of contested landscapes. ‘SOAK: Mumbai in an Estuary’ (2009), along with their earlier projects, works to establish a range of possibilities, points of departure for transformative projects. ‘SOAK’ proposes another reading of the city of Mumbai: “imagining - and imaging - the city of Mumbai not as an island periodically attacked by floods but rather an estuary that will seasonally soak, a place where the sea and the monsoon are perceived not as invaders but as insiders” (Pevzner and Sen, 2010).

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The waves of the sea, the little ripples on the shore, the sweeping curve of the sandy bay between headlands, the outline of the hills, the shape of the clouds, all these are so many riddles of form, so many problems of morphology.

Thompson, D., // On Growth and Form p. 32 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1961

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Urban ecology is commonly conceived as a method of incorporating the ‘green’ ecologies of vegetation, water management, and the related ecosystems of animals, insects, and birds into the urban realm. In a seminal text on the subject, Ecological Urbanism, ecologist Nina-Marie Lister describes the Evergreen Brickworks Site on the Don River in Toronto as moving beyond the “convention of ecology-as-nature preservation and into the realm of cultural and political ecologies, both as metaphor and program for learning and//teaching ecological literacy.”1 Urban Ecology Lister suggests that this site, and the Stoss master plan and competition finalist scheme for Toronto’s Lower Donlands community on the city’s east-central waterfront River+City+Life, represent a significant stage in the evolution of the contemporary metropolis in which ecologies (made up of ….) are designed to nourish “vibrant, healthy and self-organising urban landscapes”. Yet, this understanding of the urban environment as a system still subsists on a separation of the ecology from the urban, which I am suggesting places limitations on the establishment of the urban landscape as a resilient system. The roots of contemporary ideas of ecology and planning understood within the field of Landscape Architecture may be traced to the work of Ian McHarg throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and later that of 1 Lister, N., ‘Insurgent Ecologies: (Re)Claiming Ground in Landscape and Urbanism’ in eds. Mostafavi, M. and Doherty, G., Ecological Urbanism, Lars Muller Publishers: Baden, 2010. p.544

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Richard Forman in the 1980s-1990s. Also published in Ecological Urbanism, is Forman’s essay titled ‘Urban Ecology and the Arrangement of Nature in Urban Regions’. In this, Forman defines ecology as the “study of the interactions of organisms and the environment”, and subsequently urban ecology to be the ”study of the interactions of organisms, built structures, and the natural environment, where people are aggregated

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Figures 6-10 // Brett Milligan’s ‘Goats on Belmont’ project in Portland, Oregon re-territorialises a vacant lot by changing its maintenance regimes from mechanical to biotic through the introduction of a heard of goats. Milligan describes his experiment as “ruminant urbanism, entailing a stirred program of maintenance meets land management meets country fair meets roadside attraction meets opportunistic urban agriculture and local community builder”, listing many of the effects of this project (Milligan, 2010).

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generation and progression. Stoss LU’s project in Milwaukee, Eerie Street Plaza, operates on the generation and progression. consideration of site as an interface between the river and lake Stoss LU’s project in Milwaukee, 2Eerie Street Plaza, operates on the system. The site isinaMilwaukee, “flux field” Eerie , an assemblage confluence of Stoss LU’s project Street Plaza,or operates on the consideration of site as an interface between the river and lake ecological systems. It utilises a flexible field of hybrid ecologies consideration of site as an interface between the river and that lake system. The site is a “flux field”22, an assemblage or confluence of system. The site is a “flux field” , an assemblage or confluence of 2ecological Chrissystems. Reed, StoSS | GuestaLecture: | It LU utilises flexibleHigh fieldPerformance of hybrid Landscapes ecologies that ecological It utilises a flexible field of hybrid ecologies that RMIT 8th Aprilsystems. 2008

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2 Chris StoSS LU | Guest Lecture: High Performance Landscapes | around city or town”2. Within this, organisms areReed, plants/ 2 Chris Reed, StoSSStoSS LU | Guest Lecture: Landscapes | LU | Eerie Street High Plaza, Performance Milwaukee Wisconsin | www.stoss.net RMIT 8th April 2008 RMIT 8th April 2008 animals/microbes; built structures are buildings/ StoSS LU | Eerie Street Plaza, Milwaukee Wisconsin | www.stoss.net StoSS LU | Eerie Street Plaza, Milwaukee Wisconsin | www.stoss.net roads; and the natural environment is soil/water/ air. Forman’s position on urban ecology here, sits more closely to my redefinition of the term, however I believe that it still does not reach far enough. This design research project sits squarely in the field of landscape urbanism, being concerned with more than merely urban form, centering on a more complex problematic; a multiscaled and multilayered urbanism involving cultural, social, political, economic, infrastructural, and ecological (here referring to an expanded consideration of the urban ecology - to be defined later) conditions that are layered, tangled, and mutually dependent. It projects that the urban landscape should be resilient, with the ability to recover from disturbance, to accommodate change, and to function in a state of health.

2 Forman, R. ‘Urban Ecology and the Arrangement of Nature in Urban Regions’ in eds. Mostafavi, M. and Doherty, G., Ecological Urbanism, Lars Muller Publishers: Baden, 2010. p.312

Figures 13-15 // STOSS LU’s ‘Eerie Street Plaza’ in Milwaukee operates on the consideration of site as a “flux field”, an assemblage or confluence of ecological systems (Reed, 2008). It utilises a flexible field of hybrid ecologies that maximise potential uses and allow for appropriation based on desires.

Figures 11-12 // Smout Allen’s project titled ‘The Retreating Village: Architecture for a Restless Landcape’ proposes a sustainable settlement that responds to the changing conditions of the landscape (Smout, Allen, 2007 p. 55). The village, deployed in the shifting territory of sea/ land, responds through mechanised slides and heaves slowly moving to safer land.

SCALE //

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Perhaps, most importantly, Australians need to develop a heightened sensibility towards space, or rather, an excess of it. Our situation is greatly frustrated by an inability to deal with circumstances of great scale and distance that often seek to dilute rather than intensify differences.

Sawyer, C. // ‘Territorial Infrastructures’ in The Mesh Book: landscape/ infrastructure p. 271 ed. Raxworthy, J., Blood, J., // Melbourne: RMIT University Press, 2004

Figure 2 // 19 Routes mainly travelled by refugees and asylum seekers to reach Australia // Data source: The Jakarta Post

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Figure 4 // Diagram of relationships within the trafficking and detention system. Illustrating scale of effects. Figure 1 // Brett Milligan’s award winning submission to the Communications category of the ASLA Student Awards (2006), ‘Navigating Bigness’ was a rigorous depiction of the intersection of social, ecological, industrial and economic flows in, out, and through an industrial landscape. The project innterrogated multiple scales, from site to regional, to global; challenging the conception that industrial landscapes have fixed spatial boundaries by mapping the flows between the mining complex and its context, from regional to global.

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Scale // “Accelerated through the fear from the attacks of 9/11 and all what followed, the so called ‘Western Society’ is constructing the greatest wall ever build[sic] on this planet. On different building sites on all five inhabitable continents, walls, fences and high-tech border surveillance are under construction in order to secure the citizens and their high quality of life within this system. ... Together with the wall in Israel, the US- Mexican border, the Australian Coast Defence and the DMZ in Korea, it makes part of a worldwide system that contains an exclusive society (14% of the world’s population) with an average income of €2,500, -/month versus the ones in front of the wall with an average income of only €150, -/month.” (Td Architects, 2007) In 2006 Td Architects produced this map of global surveillance and boundary-making. The map indicates the major boundary-making acts [of the 20th and

21st Centuries] as a systematic division of the world. Against this ‘inside’ / ‘outside’ duality Td map the Top 50 ‘Quality of Life Cities’ globally. Interestingly, only one of these is located outside the control zone. Jeremy Crampton, of Georgia State University PhD, describes borders as a paradox, being both creative and destructive at the same time. Creative, because the act of marking imbues identity and status, the making of ‘ground’; but destructive in the act exclusion that they perpetrate, the demarcation of ‘in’ and ‘out’. source Inside the control zone 14% of the world’s population subsist on 73% of the worlds income; outside the control zone 86% of the population subsist on 27% of the income. Interestingly, boundaries [in the linear sense of the term] are a primarily human construct: 39

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Figure 17-21 // ‘The Syracuse L’, the entry prepared fot the Syracuse Connective Corridor competition by CLEAR and Field Operations, explores infrastructures and the accidental spaces created by them as public-directed spaces. Syracuse University’s relationship to the city is facilitated, through linking it to other key locations within the project’s social and cultural context. The project’s larger reaching goals of connectivity, enabling of a social catalyst, and also invigoration of the surrounding area allow for it to be considered, at least in some respects, as a ‘large park’. The project’s network of smaller public-directed spaces fulfill this in a more physical manner.

Figure 22 // Bruce Mau and OMA’s ‘Tree City’ is well known as a diagram for growing a park into the city. “‘Tree City’ promised to become a green destination for relaxation and recreation, an infrastructure that increases in value over time, an instigator to suburban densification - in short, a civic amenity” (Czerniak, 2007 p. 235). The concept operates more as a formula than a design: grow the park + manufacture nature + curate culture + 1000 pathways + destination and dispersal + sacrifice and save = low density metropolitan life (Czerniak, 2002 p. 75). This suggests that the park emerges at two scales: on the site scale, beginning with sil preparation to later support forest, meadows, playing fields, gardens and paths; where on the city scale, the landscape and pathways suggest extension into the surrounding urban fabric in time, linking with creek and river systems.

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“One calls the equator an imaginary line, but it would be wrong to call it a line that has merely been thought up. It was not created by thought as the result of a psychological process, but is only apprehended or grasped by thought. If its being apprehended were a matter of its coming into being, then we could not say anything positive about the equator for any time prior to this supposed coming into being.” (Frege, 1884) And this, is quite possibly where the problem lies. Where boundaries are considered linear, and of dualities, a lack of flexibility breeds conflict.

Figure 23-25 // The Hargreaves Associates project for ‘Orange County Great Park’ is based on frameworks or ‘constituencies’ that engage with the site and its unfolding. The constituencies: water, nature, activity, culture, infrastructure and sustainability, although not organisational systems in themselves, follow logic to suggest their generation and progression (Czerniak, 2007 p.245).

THE MAPPING AND THE MODEL //

Fig 1. Fig 2. Follie II // Machine for Marking I Location: Anglesea Foreshore, Victoria Date: 11 March 2011 Materials: bamboo canes, rope, string, tent pegs, washers

The machine was installed on the sand in the way of the incoming tide. Its aim was to investigate the manner in which the force of the waves manipulated an object, and how it marked its territory in the sand. The frame was tensioned from either side with ropes and pegs, and was set up perpendicular to the direction of the incoming waves. A series of six galvanised steel washers were suspended from the frame, ranging in weight and size. I had anticipated that the movement of the water would instigate a tracing of the path

of the washer on the sand below, with the washers as the drawing implement. Initially out of the reach of the waves, the follie was buffeted by the wind. The smallest weighted strand was affected the most, tracing a confined territory in the sand below. The oncoming waves erased the drawn territories, and the washers were pushed and pulled rapidly through the water. Interestingly the models of others in the workshop unintentionally acted as mine had not â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with some recording

lines in the sand as buffeted by the wind, and the water lapping horizontal striations in othersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; mounds of sand. The images from the timelapse illustrate the mark of the follieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s territories and their impermanence, with the pull of the wind dragging the washer through the sand and later eroding it as the water retreated from the sunken weight. Still later the force of the tide pulled the follie to the ground, dragging it away from the shore.

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The Mapping and the Model //

Figures 1-4 // The Estuary at Anglesea undergoes significant change on a daily basis.

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Fig 7. Fig 6. Figures 6-7 // Habits of the parasite. Follie III // Simulation Machine Location: Anglesea Foreshore, Victoria Date: 12 March 2011 Materials: string The device acted on an existing parasitic relationship between a tree and climber, simulating the growth and movement of the parasite. Aiming to reveal and intervene in the relationship between the strands of the plant, I mimicked the nature of the parasite in the attachment of the string. The simulation occurred in two ways, both through appearance and performance. Conscious of the light-weightedness of the parasite being the reason that the plant was able to move so freely [I had observed it swaying gently in the breeze prior to

my intervention], I used a fine guage of string. Its attachment follows the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;rulesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of attachment that the parasite has set up already. The growth of the parasite appeared to follow three stages: massing, dying off, and extension. The device operated in extension, forming a mass as it developed.

Figure 5 // Considering the movement of the simulation in relation to the parasite, tree, and surrounding environment.

Initially curious as to how far I could intervene before the movement of the parasite was impeded I continued to grow the simulation downwards, simultaneously monitoring the growth

Figures 8-9 // Growth of the simulation onto the existing parasite. Figures 10-11 // Taxonomy of relationships and growth patterns.

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through a series of photographs. Though the breeze that day was light, the extension swayed as the parasite did. This was deliberate, the intention was not to transform the movement of the parasite, but rather to engage with it.

1. If appearance and performance are two ways in which the simulation device operates, what others are there? 2. What are the other ideas of territory and boundary the device conveys? 3. Can a mark sometimes be invisible as well as transient?

Strategically I wished to extend and engage with the parasite through the simulation, marking its territory more obviously. The device provided a medium for this, as well as broaching other questions â&#x20AC;&#x201C; such as: Fig 11.

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Follie IV // Machine for Marking II Location: Anglesea Foreshore, Victoria Date: 12 March 2011 Materials: bamboo canes, rope, string, tent pegs, found objects [including seaweed and a feather]

Figure 12-15 // In order from left to right: Seaweed III, Seaweed II, Seaweed I, and the Feather that were suspended from the frame. It is easy to see how different the markings were from one another, based on the materiality, weight and form of the implement for marking.

Figure 16 // Time Lapse // Images documenting the process of registration or marking of Seaweed III.

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Building on what I had learned from follies I, II, and III, follie IV was the second iteration of the Machine for Marking. Installed on the sand it was positioned in relation to the onshore winds. Similarly to follie II, Machine for Marking I, its intention was to investigate the manner in which a coastal condition might be marked, in this case considering how the wind manipulated a suspended object, and how it marked its territory in the sand. The frame was tensioned from either

Figure 17 // The frame was set up perpendicular to the wind direction to best record the surroundings. Four strands were hung so they just touched the sand.

side with ropes and pegs, and was set up perpendicular to the direction of the onshore wind. Suspended from the frame were four found objects including three types of seaweed and a feather. Each was hung so that it brushed the ground when still. The marking from each was very different, with each item based on its size, shape, and textural qualities having a different marking technique.

“ Fig 17-18.

Design is by nature iterative; beginnings and ends are found where we choose to locate them.

Lim, C.J., and Liu, E. / ‘Preface: The Fallacies of Linearity’ in Short Stories: London in two-and-a-half dimensions p. 15 Routledge: New York, 2011

Devices // 1

Border Cases //

Follie I // Articulating Boundary and Territory

Follie II // Machine for Marking I

Follie III // Simulation Machine

Follie IV // Machine for Marking II

Border Conditions // Subverting Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Geopolitical Northern Boundary

Territorial Conditions // Lake Eyre

Border Conditions // Cobram-Barooga

Border Device(s) +

Territorial Conditions // Territories of the Biscayne Bay, Miami

Territorial Conditions // No. 204

Figure 17-18 // A map on my kitchen wall locating the travels of all that have lived here. Figure 49 indicates the rudimentary legend that is continually added to. Sections of the map have faded and worn over time, with some entries fading away and others being re-drawn.

CASE STUDY // MIAMI

Figure 1 // Mapping of a typical cruiseship turning circle in the Biscayne Bay, Miami.

Figure 2 // Mapping of a typical cruiseship turning circle in the Biscayne Bay, Miami.

Figure 3 // Basic Components of Negotiation Figure 4 // Matrix of potential boundary contitions and influences

Figure 5 // Basic components of Matrix

Figure 6 // Investigation of boundary through site

Winter Seaplane Terminal Location: MacArthur Causeway

Spring/Autumn Seaplane Terminal Location: Watson Island

Summer Seaplane Terminal Location: Watson Island

CASE STUDY // NORTH MELBOURNE

North Melbourne, through its close proximity to the CBD is earmarked for densification and urban infill and its streets, which range from 20-60 metres in width, face increasing development pressures. With increasing constraints and limitations on the provision of public space within inner city suburbs we need to get smarter about where and how we (landscape architects and urban designers) provide for and configure public space. To understand North Melbourne as an urban ecology we must acknowledge its complex site conditions including, though not limited to, the social, topographic 70

and spatial. In addition to this, we can consider the territorial implications of governmental responsibilities, such as the City of Melbourne and the Department of Housing and ownership and maintenance overlays â&#x20AC;&#x201C; private, commercial and public. This understanding of an expanded urban ecology is articulated through a matrix of surface typologies (both material and topographic), infrastructures and programmatic insertions, with the term acknowledging the complexity, scale(s), and effects of urban landscape systems and processes.

Figures 01-04 // Setting the context. From left to right: Community Facilities, Existing Public Open Space, Street Widths, Public Open Space Opportunities.

Three key site differences have been identified, referred to as â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Precinctsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. These are identified by their programmatic and social character, being, Errol Street, the Social Housing precinct and the North Melbourne Primary School precinct. The Errol Street precinct is characterized by Errol Street, the main shopping street of North Melbourne. The strip contains a range of different commercial businesses, as well as community centres, residential, and some vacant stores. It has a grain that is not dissimilar to the structure of the CBD (though only 2-3 stories in height), with wide, 71

Fig 05.

main streets alternated with laneways. The widths and locations of these may be read in the road widths diagram. The Social Housing precinct is characterized by a large housing block skirted by Haines, Abbottsford, Molesworth and Curzon Streets. The density within this precinct is higher than that of the other precincts, with most apartment buildings reaching 4 storeys. A small dilapidated shopping strip at the Abbottsford intersection of Haines Street is the main source of supplies outside Errol Street for this area. Other historic two-storey shopfronts have become residential dwellings in recent years, removing diversity from the long, wide streetscapes. The School precinct, containing the North Melbourne 72

Primary School, is lacking in Public Open Space that is both available to the school and the residents. Several large spatial artifacts (which are also referred to as incidental green spaces) exist within the roadways but largely remain unused. The school itself has several facilities, such as a kitchen and a productive garden, that have been funded by provisional and government grants. A series of photographic diagrams seek to deconstruct the layers of operational and management systems that make up the urban ecology of North Melbourne. These are then later used to start building the design matrix. The matrix also considers the scalar impacts of its components through an operational â&#x20AC;&#x201C; what does each

Legend

Figure 06 // Surface: existing topographic study B Fig 06.

component require to function, locational – where is it and what does is systematically relate to?, and durational – what are the chronologies that it operates within or controls?

Section AA, Cross-section along Errol Street Length 1069m, Scale 1:4000 Section BB, Cross-section along Haines Street and Courtney Street Length 744m, Scale 1:4000

Figure 05// Study of drainage and topography in relation to ‘incidental green spaces’ or spatial artifacts that are a character of the site.

The matrix becomes a design tool for employing an understanding of boundary and territory within the site. My design methodologies of drawing and making inform the locations of design iterations, with the current focus site being located at the intersection of Molesworth Street and Curzon Streets. Through the development of a matrix and several methodologies for investigating and understanding territory and the urban ecology, this project seeks to develop a series of strategies for designing the urban landscape.

74 Fig 07.

Fig 08. Figures 07-08 // Setting up an analysis framework for assessing the value of the site, both before and after design. Figure 09 // City of Melbourneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Landscape Plan for the spatial artifact at the corner of Errol, Courtney and Harcourt Streets, North Melbourne.

Precincts Errol Street Precinct Social Housing Precinct School Precinct

Urban Ecologies Site Photos

Figure 11 // Location 01: Corner of Purcell and Curzon Streets 7

Site images illustrating the relationships between site components and ownership and management overlays that are in turn part of urban ecologies (right).

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Figure 10 // Diagram of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;key site differencesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; / Precincts, along with locations of urban ecologies site photos (above).

THE URBAN ECOLOGY

PURCELL STREET ABBOTSFORD STREET

nding Tactile Indicators City of Melbourne

Bluestone kerb and channel City of Melbourne Heritage overlay

Asphalt footpaths City of Melbourne

Entry / Verandah at Property Boundary Private Owner

Street tree, tree-pit and bollard City of Melbourne

On-road car-parking, local-area permit required VicRoads Managed by City of Melbourne

ABBOTSFORD STREET On-road bike lane VicRoads On-road car-parking VicRoads Managed by City of Melbourne

North Melbourne as an Urban Ecology //

Entry / Verandah at Property Boundary Private Owner

PURCELL STREET

On-road car-parking, local-area permit required VicRoads Managed by City of Melbourne

Telecommunications Pit Telstra

Entry at Property Boundary Private Owner

QUEENSBERRY PLACE Bluestone kerb and channel City of Melbourne Heritage overlay

Drainage line City of Melbourne

Safety bollard City of Melbourne

set from Property Boundary Private Owner

City of Melbourne Heritage overlay

City of Melbourne

Managed by City of Melbourne

2 Entry / Verandah at Property Boundary Private Owner

PURCELL STREET

Telecommunications Pit Telstra

On-road car-parking, local-area permit required VicRoads Managed by City of Melbourne Entry / Verandah at Property Boundary Private Owner

Entry at Property Boundary Private Owner

QUEENSBERRY PLACE Bluestone kerb and channel City of Melbourne Heritage overlay

PURCELL STREET

Safety bollard City of Melbourne

Drainage line City of Melbourne

set from Property Boundary Private Owner Telecommunications Pit Telstra

On-road car-parking, local-area permit required VicRoads Managed by City of Melbourne PURCELL STREET Entry / Verandah at Property Boundary Private Owner

Entry at Property Boundary Private Owner

On-road car-parking, local-area permit required VicRoads Managed by City of Melbourne

Entry at Property Boundary Private Owner

QUEENSBERRY PLACE Bluestone kerb and channel City of Melbourne Heritage overlay

Safety bollard City of Melbourne

Drainage line City of Melbourne

Safety bollard City of Melbourne

Drainage line City of Melbourne

set from Property Boundary Private Owner

Telecommunications Pit Telstra

set from Property Boundary Private Owner

3 Electricity pole Electricity provider

QUEENSBERRY PLACE Bluestone laneway City of Melbourne Heritage overlay

Electricity pole Electricity provider

QUEENSBERRY PLACE Bluestone laneway City of Melbourne Heritage overlay

Electricity pole Electricity provider

City of Melbourne Heritage overlay

UN-NAMED LANE 1

City of Melbourne Heritage overlay

No-Standing in laneway Managed by City of Melbourne QUEENSBERRY PLACE Bluestone kerb and channel City of Melbourne Heritage overlay No-Standing in laneway Managed by City of Melbourne

Fence at Property Boundary Private Owner

set from Property Boundary Private Owner

QUEENSBERRY PLACE

Fence at Property Boundary Private Owner

set from Property Boundary Private Owner

QUEENSBERRY PLACE

Fence at Property Boundary Private Owner

set from Property Boundary Private Owner

from down pipe attached to roof Private Owner

Vehicle entry at Property Boundary Private Owner from down pipe attached to roof Private Owner

UN-NAMED LANE 2 Vehicle entry at Property Boundary Private Owner

No-Standing in laneway Managed by City of Melbourne QUEENSBERRY PLACE Bluestone kerb and channel

QUEENSBERRY PLACE

UN-NAMED LANE 1

Pierre and Charlotte, Interiors Private Owner Commercial business Drainage line City of Melbourne

QUEENSBERRY PLACE Bluestone kerb and channel

Vehicle entry at Property Boundary Private Owner

UN-NAMED LANE 1

Pierre and Charlotte, Interiors Private Owner Commercial business Drainage line City of Melbourne

QUEENSBERRY PLACE Bluestone laneway

UN-NAMED LANE 1

Pierre and Charlotte, Interiors Private Owner Commercial business Drainage line City of Melbourne

Waste Management Private Owner Collection by appointment

QUEENSBERRY PLACE Service area Private Owner

Waste Management Private Owner Collection by City of Melbourne sub-contractor on Tuesdays

Mailbox Private Owner

Vehicle entry at Property Boundary Private Owner

Mailbox Private Owner

Vehicle entry at Property Boundary Private Owner

Mailbox Private Owner

Vehicle entry at Property Boundary Private Owner

UN-NAMED LANE 2 Vehicle entry at Property Boundary Private Owner

Waste Management Private Owner Collection by appointment

QUEENSBERRY PLACE Service area Private Owner

UN-NAMED LANE 2 Vehicle entry at Property Boundary Private Owner

Waste Management Private Owner Collection by appointment

Waste Management Private Owner Collection by City of Melbourne sub-contractor on Tuesdays

QUEENSBERRY PLACE Service area Private Owner

Waste Management Private Owner Collection by City of Melbourne sub-contractor on Tuesdays

5 Airconditioning unit Private owner

Commercial signage Private owner

5 Covered walkway Private owner Commercial signage Heritage overlay Private owner

Airconditioninglaneway unit Private owner

Covered walkway Private owner Heritage overlay

laneway Narrow footpath Private owner City of Melbourne

QUEENSBERRY PLACE Bikerack

Homewares Store

Asphalt footpath

Vehicle entry to laneway

City of Melbourne

Private owner/ Commercial

City of Melbourne

Common access

Bikerack

Homewares Store

Asphalt footpath

Vehicle entry to laneway

City of Melbourne

Private owner/ Commercial

City of Melbourne

Common access

Footpath trading Private owner/Commercial Managed by City of Melbourne

Narrow footpath Bluestone kerb and channelCity of Melbourne City of Melbourne Heritage overlay

QUEENSBERRY PLACE

Footpath trading Private owner/Commercial Managed by City of Melbourne

Bluestone kerb and channel City of Melbourne Heritage overlay

ERROL STREET FRIDAY 0830 HRS PURCELL STREET

6 ERROL STREET FRIDAY 0830 HRS

PURCELL STREET

6 Signage Private owner/ Commercial

Varied commercial businesses and vacant storefronts Private owner(s) / Commercial

Signage Private owner/ Commercial

Auction Rooms Cafe Private owner/ Commercial Asphalt footpath City of Melbourne Auction Rooms Cafe Private owner/ Commercial Asphalt footpath City of Melbourne

Varied commercial businesses and vacant storefronts Private owner(s) / Commercial

Footpath trading Private owner/Commercial Managed by City of Melbourne Entry at property boundary Private owner/ Footpath trading Commercial Private owner/Commercial Managed by City of Melbourne Entry at property boundary Private owner/ Commercial

On-road car-parking

ERROL STREET

VicRoads Managed by City of Melbourne

On-road car-parking VicRoads Managed by City of Melbourne

Shop-top dwelling Private owner

Median City of Melbourne Maintained by sub-contractor

Shop-top dwelling Private owner

Median City of Melbourne Maintained by sub-contractor

ERROL STREET

Figure 12 // Location 02: Corner of Purcell Street and Queensberry Place. Figure 13 // Location 03: Intersection of Queensberry Place and un-named lane. Figure 14 // Location 04: Intersection of Queensberry Place and un-named lane. Figure 15 // Location 05: Corner of Queensberry Place and Queensberry Street. Figure 16 // Location 06: Errol Street, between Purcell and Queensberry Streets.

7 7

Street tree City of Melbourne

Medium density housing Department of Housing

Street tree Tramway City of Melbourne Yarra Trams / Metro

Medium density housing Department of Housing

tricity pole tricity provider

QUEENSBERRY PLACE Bluestone laneway City of Melbourne Heritage overlay

UN-NAMED LANE 1

Pierre and Charlotte, Interiors Private Owner Commercial business Drainage line Fenced City perimetre of Melbourne Department of Housing

Fenced perimetre Department of Housing

QUEENSBERRY PLACE

Vehicle entry at Property Boundary Private Owner from down pipe attached to roof Asphalt footpath Private Owner City of Melbourne Turf, semi-private green space Asphalt footpath Department of Housing City of Melbourne

Concrete walkway Department of Housing

Fence at Property Boundary Lime-Flower Private Owner Thai Restaurant Private owner/ Commercial Lime-Flower Thai Restaurant Private owner/ Commercial

set from Property Boundary ABBOTSFORD STREET Private Owner On-road bike lane

Tramway Yarra Trams / Metro

VicRoads ABBOTSFORD STREET On-road bike lane Bluestone kerb and channel VicRoads City of Melbourne Heritage overlay Bluestone kerb and channel

Turf, semi-private green space Department of Housing

City of Melbourne Heritage overlay

HAINES STREET AND ABBOTSFORD STREET THURSDAY HAINES STREET AND 0830 HRS

ABBOTSFORD STREET UN-NAMED LANE 1 THURSDAY 0830 HRS

ABBOTSFORD STREET ABBOTSFORD STREET

Snapper Head Fish and Chips Private owner/ Commercial

ABBOTSFORD STREET ABBOTSFORD STREET

Snapper Head Fish and Chips Private owner/ Commercial

QUEENSBERRY PLACE Bluestone kerb and channel City of Melbourne Heritage overlay

Standing in laneway aged by City of Melbourne

UN-NAMED LANE 2 Vehicle entry at Property Boundary North Melbourne Private Owner Wine and Gourmet Private owner/ Commercial North Melbourne Wine and Gourmet Private owner/ Commercial

Waste Management Laundrette Private Owner Private Collection by owner/ Commercial appointment Laundrette

Telecommunications Pit Private owner/ Commercial Telstra

Telecommunications Pit Telstra

QUEENSBERRY PLACE c lights VicRoads Service area Asphalt footpath Waste Management Mailbox City of Melbourne Private Owner Private Owner Private Owner On-road car-parking Collection by City of Melbourne Convenience Store c lights sub-contractorVicRoads on Tuesdays Private owner/ Asphalt footpath Managed by City VicRoads of Melbourne Commercial City of Melbourne Convenience Store Private owner/ Commercial

On-road car-parking VicRoads Managed by City of Melbourne

Bluestone kerb and Vehicle entrychannel at City of Boundary Melbourne Property Heritage overlay Private Owner Bluestone kerb and channel On-roadCity bikeoflane Melbourne

VicRoads Heritage overlay Medium density housing Private owner On-road bike lane VicRoads Medium density housing

HAINES STREET

Medical Centre

Pedestrian crossing VicRoads

Private owner/ HAINES STREET Commercial - Health Services Pedestrian crossing North Melbourne Pharmacy VicRoads Medical Centre Private owner/ Private owner/ Commercial - Health Services Commercial - Health Services North Melbourne Pharmacy Private owner/ Commercial - Health Services

Private owner

9 9 Airconditioning unit Private owner

ial signage wner

Medium density housing Department of Housing

laneway

walkway wner overlay

Private owner

Narrow footpath City of Melbourne

QUEENSBERRY PLACE HAINES STREETAsphalt footpath Bikerack Homewares Store tree in mulched City Street of Melbourne Privatebed owner/ Bus stop City of Melbourne edged with bluestone Private owner/ Commercial Footpath trading City of Melbourne Commercial Private owner/Commercial HAINES STREET Managed by City of Melbourne Street tree in mulched bed Bus stop On-road car-parking edged with bluestone

On-road bike lane VicRoads

Vehicle entry to laneway Common access

Bluestone kerb and channel City of Melbourne Rubbish bin Heritage overlay City of Melbourne Collection by City of Melbourne sub-contractor

HARDWICK STREET HARDWICK STREET

Medium density housing Advertising Department of Housing laneway Private owner/ Commercial Private owner

Advertising Vehicular accessway laneway Private owner/ Department Commercial Managed by Private owner of Housing and City of Melbourne Vehicular accessway Managed by Department of Housing and City of Melbourne

Commercial

Managed by City of Melbourne

Private owner/ North Melbourne Pharmacy Private owner/Commercial - Health Services Commercial - Health Services

VicRoads On-road bike lane VicRoads Medium density housing Private owner Medium density housing Private owner

Medium density housing Medium density Department of Housing housing Department of Housing

Advertising

HARDWICK STREET

HAINES STREET Street treeHAINES in mulched bed Bus stop STREET edged with Street tree in mulched bedbluestone Bus stop Private owner/ edged with bluestone City of Melbourne Private owner/Commercial

City of Melbourne On-road car-parking

Commercial

laneway Private owner laneway

Private owner Vehicular accessway

Managed by Department of Vehicular accessway Housing andofCity of Melbourne Managed by Department Housing and City of Melbourne

Rubbish bin

On-road bike lane

Rubbish bin City of Melbourne Collection by City of Melbourne City of Melbourne sub-contractor Collection by City of Melbourne

VicRoads On-road bike lane VicRoads

Commercial

HARDWICK STREET

Advertising Private owner/ Private owner/Commercial

VicRoads On-road car-parking Managed by City of Melbourne VicRoads

sub-contractor

Managed by Citydensity of Melbourne Medium housing Medium density Private owner housing Private owner

Medium density

housing Medium density Department of Housing housing Department of Housing

HAINES STREET

Fenced perimetre Department of Housing Fenced perimetre Playground Department of Housing

Playground

Department of Department ofHousing Housing

Storm water drainage Melbourne Water with Storm water drainage Citywith of Melbourne Melbourne Water City of Melbourne

On-road HAINES car-parking STREET VicRoads On-road car-parking Managed by City of Melbourne VicRoads

Asphalt footpath

Concrete walkway

Department of Housing Concrete walkway City of Melbourne Asphalt footpath Managed bysemi-private City of Melbourne Department of Housing Turf, green space Nature strip City of Melbourne Roadway Department of Housing Nature strip City of Melbourne Turf, semi-private green space VicRoads Maintained by sub-contractor Department of Housing City of Melbourne

Roadway VicRoads

Maintained by sub-contractor

Figure 17 // Location 07: Abbotsford Street, between Molesworth Street and Haines Street.

Figure 18 // Location 08: Intersection of Haines Street and Abbotsford Street. Figure 19 // Location 09: Haines Street near Abbotsford Street. Figure 20 // Location 10: Haines Street between Abbotsford Street and Curzon Street. Vehicular accessway Managed by Body Vehicular accessway Corporate Managed by Body Corporate Medium density housing

HAINES STREET STREET On-road HAINES car-parking VicRoads On-road car-parking Managed by City of Melbourne VicRoads Managed by City of Melbourne

Roadway Roadway VicRoads

VicRoads

Asphalt footpath er planting City of Melbourne Asphalt footpath Private owner(s) er plantingManaged by Body Medium density housing Corporate Managed by a Body Corporate Bluestone City of Melbourne Managed by Body Private owner(s) Albion Hotel Corporate kerb and channel Managed by a Body Corporate Bluestone Albion Hotel Private owner/ kerb and channel City of Melbourne Private owner/Commercial Heritage overlay City of Melbourne Commercial Heritage overlay

Storm water drainage Melbourne Water with City of Melbourne

Turf, semi-private green space

Nature strip

Department of Housing

City of Melbourne Maintained by sub-contractor

VicRoads

HAINES STREET

Asphalt footpath

On-road car-parking HAINES STREET VicRoads Managed bycar-parking City of Melbourne On-road

Roadway

Bluestone kerb and channel

VicRoads Roadway

VicRoads Managed by City of Melbourne

CityBluestone of Melbourne kerb and channel Heritage overlay

VicRoads

City of Melbourne Heritage overlay

er planting City of Melbourne Managed by Body Asphalt footpath Corporate er planting Albion Hotel City of Melbourne Managed by Body Private owner/ Corporate Commercial Albion Hotel Private owner/ Commercial

HAINES STREET On-road car-parking VicRoads Managed by City of Melbourne

Roadway

Bluestone kerb and channel

VicRoads

City of Melbourne Heritage overlay

Asphalt footpath

er planting

City of Melbourne

Managed by Body Corporate

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Private owner(s) Managed by a Body Corporate Vehicular accessway Managed by Body Corporate Medium density housing Private owner(s) Managed by a Body Corporate

Albion Hotel Private owner/ Commercial

12 12

12 CURZON STREET CURZON STREET

Albion Hotel Private owner/ Commercial Albion Hotel Private owner/ Commercial CURZON STREET

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Albion Hotel Private owner/ Commercial

Street tree City of Melbourne Street tree

City of Melbourne On-road bike lane Maintained by sub-contractor VicRoads On-road bike lane VicRoads Medium density Nature strip / Incidental housing Department of Housinggreen space Medium density City of Melbourne housing Maintained by sub-contractor Department of Housing On-road bike lane VicRoads

City of Melbourne

Street tree City of Melbourne

Asphalt footpath City of Melbourne Asphalt footpath City of Melbourne On-road car-parking VicRoads Managed bycar-parking City of On-road Melbourne VicRoads Managed by City of Melbourne Asphalt footpath City of Melbourne On-road car-parking VicRoads Managed by City of Melbourne

Medium density housing Department of Housing

MOLESWORTH STREET Bluestone kerb and channel

Roadway MOLESWORTH STREETDwelling at property boundary

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HARKER STREET

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MOLESWORTH STREET

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ABBOTSFORD STREET

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Medium density housing Department of Housin Medium density housing Department of Hou Tramway Yarra Trams / Metro Tramway Yarra Trams / Metro

MOLESWORTH STREET

ABBOTSFORD STREET MOLESWORTH STREET Non-active edge Private Owner Non-active edge Private Owner

Non-active edge Private Owner

Vegetated median strip Entry / Verandah at Property Boundary City of Melbourne MOLESWORTH STREET Private Owner Vegetated median strip Entry / Verandah at On-road car-parking Property BoundaryVehicle access City of Melbourne Private Owner VicRoads Private Owner Concrete kerb Managed bycar-parking City of Vehicle access On-road Melbourne City of Melbourne Private Owner VicRoads Concrete kerb Managed by City of Melbourne City of Melbourne MOLESWORTH STREET Vegetated median strip Entry / Verandah at Property Boundary City of Melbourne Private Owner Vehicle access On-road car-parking Private Owner VicRoads Concrete kerb Managed by City of Melbourne City of Melbourne

Asphalt footpath City of Melbourne Asphalt footpath nding City of Melbourne Tactile Indicators City of Melbourne nding Tactile Indicators City of Melbourne

Asphalt footpath City of Melbourne nding Tactile Indicators City of Melbourne

ABBOTSFORD STREET On-road bike lane VicRoads On-road bike lane On-road car-parking VicRoads VicRoads Managed bycar-parking City of Melbourne On-road VicRoads Managed by CitySTREET of Melbourne ABBOTSFORD On-road bike lane VicRoads On-road car-parking VicRoads Managed by City of Melbourne

Medium density housing Department of Housing Tramway Yarra Trams / Metro

O’SHANNASSY STREET

Medium density Medium density apartments apartments Private owner(s) Private owner(s)

ERROL STREET ERROL STREET Dwelling at Dwelling at property boundary property boundary Street light Street light Median stripMedian strip Private Owner Private Owner Electricity Provider City of Melbourne City of Melbourne Electricity Provider Funded Maintained by subFunded by City of by City of Maintained by subMelbourne through contractor contractor Melbourne through residents’ rates residents’ rates On-road bikeOn-road lane bike lane VicRoads VicRoads

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HARRIS STREET HARRIS STREET

ERROL STREET ERROL STREET O’SHANNASSY STREET O’SHANNASSY STREET

Mature Fig and Mature Fig and Elm trees Elm trees City of Melbourne City of Melbourne cant trees cant trees overlay overlay ERROL STREET

ERROL STREET

COURTNEY STREET

HARCOURT STREET HARCOURT STREET On-road car-parking Verandah On-road car-parking Verandah and entry and entry to property to at property at VicRoads VicRoads Vehicular Property Boundary Vehicular access to access to Property Boundary Managed byManaged City of by City of rear of properties rear of properties Private Owner Melbourne Melbourne Private Owner via laneway via laneway City of Melbourne City of Melbourne

Errol Street axis Errol Street axis City of Melbourne City of Melbourne Heritage overlay Heritage overlay

Bluestone edge Bluestone edge City of Melbourne City of Melbourne Heritage overlay Heritage overlay Reserve

Asphalt footpath Asphalt footpath City of Melbourne City of Melbourne

water drainage Storm waterStorm drainage Melbourne Melbourne Water with Water with City of City of Melbourne Melbourne Reserve

City of Melbourne City of Melbourne Park currently in design Park currently in design development, for development, for constructionconstruction April 2012 April 2012

Concrete kerb Concrete kerb City of Melbourne City of Melbourne

c control c control VicRoads

VicRoads

Figure 21 // Location 11: Haines Street between Abbotsford Street and Curzon Street.

Figure 22 // Location 12: Termination of Molesworth Street at Curzon Street. Figure 23 // Location 13: Intersection of Molesworth Street and Abbotsford Street. Figure 24 // Location 14: Intersection of O’Shannassy Street and Errol Street. Figure 25 // Location 15: North Melbourne NorthIntersection Melbourne Primary School Primary School of Courtney Street, Harcourt North Melbourne North Melbourne Street and Errol Street. Primary Primary School with School with the Department of the Department of Education Education

ERROL STREET ERROL STREET Median / Incidental Vehicle access On-road car-parking Median / Incidental Vehicle access On-road car-parking Apartments green spacegreen space Private ownership Apartments Private ownership VicRoads VicRoads City of Melbourne Managed by City of Private owner(s) City of Melbourne Managed by City of Private owner(s) Maintained by sub-contractor sub-contractor Melbourne Melbourne Maintained by -road -road bike lane / bike lane / throughfarethroughfare VicRoads with VicRoads with City of Melbourne City of Melbourne

c management c management

VicRoads VicRoads and City of and City of Melbourne with Melbourne with North Melbourne North Melbourne Primary School Primary School Concrete kerb Concrete kerb City of Melbourne City of Melbourne Street light Street light Electricity Provider Electricity Provider Funded by City of Melbourne Funded by City of Melbourne through residents’ rates through residents’ rates

ERROL STREET ERROL STREET Pedestrian crossing Pedestrian crossing Maintained Maintained by City of by City of Melbourne Melbourne Manned by North Melbourne Manned by North Melbourne Primary School Primary School

development, for development, for construction April 2012 construction April 2012

North Melbourne North Melbourne Primary School Primary School North Melbourne North Melbourne Primarywith School with Primary School the Department of the Department of Education Education ERROL STREET ERROL STREET / Incidental Median /Median Incidental Vehicle access On-road car-parking On-road car-parking Vehicle access green space green space Apartments Apartments Private ownership Private ownership VicRoadsVicRoads City of Melbourne City of Melbourne Managed by City of Managed by City of Private owner(s) Private owner(s) Maintained by sub-contractor Maintained by sub-contractor Melbourne Melbourne

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City of Melbourne City of Melbourne

ERROL STREET ERROL STREET Pedestrian Pedestrian crossing crossing Maintained Maintained by City ofby City of Melbourne Melbourne Manned North Melbourne Manned by Northby Melbourne Primary School Primary School

Street light Street light ElectricityElectricity Provider Provider Funded City of Melbourne Funded by City ofby Melbourne through residents’ rates through residents’ rates

Street light Street light ElectricityElectricity Provider Provider Funded Funded by City ofby City of Melbourne Melbourne through through rates residents’residents’ rates

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HARKER STREET

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CURZON CURZON STREET STREET at DwellingDwelling at green space IncidentalIncidental green space Property Property BoundaryBoundary City of Melbourne City of Melbourne Private Owner Private Owner VerandahVerandah and entryand entry Maintained by sub-contractor Maintained by sub-contractor to property at to property at Property Property BoundaryBoundary Private Owner Private Owner

MELBOURNE NORTH NORTH MELBOURNE 18 PRIMARY PRIMARY SCHOOLSCHOOL

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School Kitchen School Kitchen Funded by Stephanie Funded by Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Alexander Kitchen Garden State Government program,program, State Government and North Melbourne and North Melbourne Primary School Primary School

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Figure 26 // Location 16: Errol Street near Haines Street. Figure 27 // Location 17: Intersection of Curzon Street and Haines Street. Figure 28 // Location 18: North Melbourne Primary School, Errol Street. Figure 29 // Location 19: North Melbourne Primary School, Errol Street.

Surface / Topographic Component

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Surface / Material Component

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Figure 30-31 // The â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Kit of Partsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; or design matrix has several different components. These include surface and topographic relationships; surface material relationships, and infrastructural and programmatic relationships. Figure 30 considers the types of topographic relationships the strategy considers, and Figure 31 the material relationships.

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Infrastructural Components

Infrastructural Component Types and Measures

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Figure 32-33 // The Infrastructural Components have been considered through their spatial and scalar conditions. For example, a temporary bollard operates as a segment of boundary withhin the site. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s location is non-specific, with it being able to be employed in multiple locations and site conditions for various lengths of time, ranging from 0.5hrs +.

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Programmatic Components

Infrastructural Component Types and Measures

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Figure 34-35 // The Programmatic Components have been considered through their spatial and scalar conditions. For example, a field sport (such as a game of soccer) requires a strict area and set of surface and material treatments to operate. Play can occur for anything upwards of 0.5hrs.

Housing Precinct

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Entire Site

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Figure 36-35 // Territorial Mappings of the site drawn at A1 size on 70gsm vellum in graphite and charcoal. The drawings are layered upon one another, deliberately both building up and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;losingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; information. Figure 36 // Considers the diversification of programmatic territories within the Housing Precinct and the editing of public and private relationships. The darker marking suggest the insertion of public programs or interventions in private envelopes, activating the edges. Grey fields suggest temporary activation of perceived public spaces. Figure 37 // Considering the intensification

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of activity in the realm of the streetscape, through programming and re-configuration. Figure 38 // Considering the reterritorialisation of the kitchen within the North Melbourne Primary School grounds for public use. This would create a series of new relationships within the suburb, as residents created food networks and supplied local cafes with food. This could be a seed project for other events and relationships to establish.

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Haines Street, near Abbottsford Street, North Melbourne

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Figure 39-41 // A collage scenario of street activation through temporal programming, Haines Street Car Boot Sale. Figure 39 // Existing, Haines Street shopping precinct lacks vibrance and activity. Several vacant shopfronts gather clutter and those that remain do little to facilitate an active street edge or provide life.

residence within the site. Such a simple program requires little infrastructural investment, but is an instant activator. It provides a seed for other activities and programs to strike up. A cafe might open in the former fish and chip frontage, and aperhaps the shed to its rear could be used for small studio/industrial use.

Figure 40 // Through the simple act of changing the perception of the surface, a sense of a new or blurred territory emerges. Figure 41 // A monthly roster, some eager participants, and a car boot sale takes

Figure 42.1-42.9 //

Iteration 1 / Dog ModelMap / Cross section 1.0 Calico, sewing cotton, sewn and folded (5th September 2011). Calico size: 1.5a x b (where a is the northsouth length and b is the east-west width) Intention of the model-map was to map the surface relationships within the focus site, exploring how these affect the perception of boundary and territorial conditions. The surface topography matrix components were mapped across the site-fabric as folds,

creases, and stitches. After making the map, I observed that whilst the model was constructed to test the components of the matrix and how they are assembled in relation to one another the calico doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do what I need it to do. At the moment I am not/ may not learn(ing) anything from the model â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it performs in a way that I can predict. There is no stretch (though the bias does begin to warp and interfere with the surface performance). I am curious as to how can I make it perform differently â&#x20AC;&#x201C; so I am actually learning

and designing through the model. The calico softens and gathers flatten over a few days after construction of the model. On the 11th I applied ironing aid/starch to the model, though I did not heat set it. Material texture coarsens.

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Housing Site // Termination of Molesworth Street at Curzon Street

Iteration 2 / Cross Section 1.1 Calico, sewing cotton, sewn and folded (10th September 2011). Calico size: 1.5a x b The intention of the model was to re-map the first site section. So that I could map the second site section over the top, examining the effects of the intersection of the maps. After making the map, I realised how much the original version had softened, and decided to retain this for a site section. This now meant that I would make the second

section also as an example. The thing that interests me about the series of maps, and the material, is the way that the mapping of one condition affects the way that the next condition can be inputted to the surface. As the angled folds and stitches start to collide with the straight they cause puckers and gathers in the field.

Figure 42 // Surface Cross-section Images 01-09, making Figure 43 // The cross-section overlayed over the topographic model. As a result of the manipulations the fabric puckers and crumples.

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Housing Site // Termination of Molesworth Street at Curzon Street

Iteration 3 / Cross Section 2

Figure 44 // Surface Cross-section

Calico, sewing cotton, sewn and folded (11th September 2011). Calico size: a x 1.5b

Images 01-09, making

The making of this model was more complex than Cross Section 1.1 due to the curves in the roadway that I had to input as folded surfaces. These were made more so (and more interesting) by the puckers that the folds of the commission flats enacted on the surface.

Figure 45 // The cross-section overlayed over the topographic model. As a result of the manipulations the fabric gathers and creases, the effects are multiplied by the curves of the fabric

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Figure 46 // Two-way Cross-section Images 01-16, making. Figure 47 // The cross-section overlayed over the topographic model.

Iteration 4 / Cross Section 1 intersecting Cross Section 2 Calico, sewing cotton, sewn and folded (11th September 2011). Calico size: 1.5a x 1.5b As with the previous iterations I began the map in the North-West corner of the site. As I began affecting the surface I realised that the process of mapping the two sections against each other was going to cause the fabric to shrink at different rates in each direction as I proceeded with the folds and creases â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and it would therefore not be able to be projected back onto the surface. As a result, instead

of mapping first one section, and then the other (as I had originally intended) I slowly worked my way South-East across the surface, mapping conditions as I intersected with them. My concern whilst mapping the conditions was that the surface was more predictable/ readable than the surfaces that the singular cross-sections produced. Having completed the surface mapping, I am interrogating how I proceed, and what I can take from it.

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UNDERSTANDING AND DESIGNING // Site as an Urban Ecology

ANALOGUE MODEL // Making Site Materials: calico, sewing cottons Techniques: folding, creasing, gathering

EXISTING SITE // Site Perspective

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UNDERSTANDING AND DESIGNING // Site as an Urban Ecology

Housing Site // Termination of Molesworth Street at Curzon Street

Figure 48 // Detail of two-way Cross-section - Analogue Model Materials: calico, sewing cottons Techniques: folding, creasing, gathering

ANALOGUE MODEL // Making Site Materials: calico, sewing cottons Techniques: folding, creasing, gathering

Figure 49 // Perspective, Existing The existing edge of the social housing block is fenced off and unused. Through the inference of the model, I considered how it might be activated as a meeting and entry space to the block.

EXISTING SITE // Site Perspective

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ANALOGUE MODEL // Making Site

UNDERSTANDING AND DESIGNING // Site as an Urban Ecology Materials: calico, sewing cottons Techniques: folding, creasing, gathering

EXISTING SITE // Site Perspective

EXISTING SITE // Site Perspective EXISTING SITE // Site//Perspective ANALOGUE MODEL Making Site

EXISTING SITE // Site//Perspective ANALOGUE MODEL Making Site

Materials: calico, sewing cottons Techniques: folding, creasing, gathering

EXISTING SITE // Site Perspective

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TERRITORIAL NOTATION // Perspectival Mapping

SPATIAL ARTICULATION // Perspectival Montage

TERRITORIAL NOTATION // Perspectival Mapping

SPATIAL ARTICULATION // Perspectival Montage

TERRITORIAL NOTATION // Perspectival Mapping

SPATIAL ARTICULATION // Perspectival Montage

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SPATIAL ARTICULATION // Perspectival Montage

EXISTING SITE // Site Perspective

Housing Site // Termination of Molesworth Street at Curzon Street

Figure 50 // Perspectival Mapping - Territorial Notation Drawn at A3 size on 70gsm vellum in graphite and charcoal. The drawings is layered over the existing perspective, re-mapping the territorial operations TERRITORIAL // Perspectival Mapping of the site NOTATION through gestural drawings.

TERRITORIAL NOTATION // Perspectival Mapping

Figure 51 // Perspectival Montage Through montage, I have explored a series of topographic folds and infrastructural insertions to activate the entry to the social housing block. The iteration suggestions a singular possibility for the site, touching on the idea of multiple territorial occupations occurring at once.

SPATIAL ARTICULATION // Perspectival Montage

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UNDERSTANDING AND DESIGNING // Site as an Urban Ecology UNDERSTANDING AND DESIGNING // Site as an Urban Ecology

ANALOGUE MODEL // Making Site ANALOGUE MODEL // Making Site

Materials: calico, sewing cottons Materials: calico, sewing cottons Techniques: folding, creasing, gathering Techniques: folding, creasing, gathering

EXISTING SITE // Site Perspective EXISTING SITE // Site Perspective

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Housing Site // Termination of Molesworth Street at Curzon Street

Figure 52 // Detail of two-way Cross-section - Analogue Model Materials: calico, sewing cottons Techniques: folding, creasing, gathering

Figure 53 // Perspective, Existing To the north-western edge of the housing block is a spatial artifact, formed through the closure of the Curzon Street entry to Molesworth Street. The edge abuts private garden space that is contained by the fence of the block. A footpath connects the southern end of the spatial artifact to the north. A broad median strip runs through the centre of Molesworth Street. Through the inference of the model I considered how, through a number of programmatic, infrastructural and topographic manipulations the site might be both edited and activated.

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ANALOGUE MODEL // Making Site

EXISTING SITE // Site Perspective UNDERSTANDING DESIGNING // Site as an Urban Ecology Materials: calico, AND sewing cottons Techniques: folding, creasing, gathering

EXISTING SITE // Site Perspective EXISTING SITE ////Site Perspective ANALOGUE MODEL Making Site Materials: calico, sewing cottons Techniques: folding, creasing, gathering

EXISTING SITE // Site Perspective

Overlay

TERRITORIAL NOTATION // Perspectival Mapping

TERRITORIAL NOTATION // Perspectival Mapping SPATIAL ARTICULATION // Perspectival Montage

TERRITORIAL NOTATION // Perspectival Mapping

SPATIAL ARTICULATION // Perspectival Montage

TERRITORIAL NOTATION // Perspectival Mapping

SPATIAL ARTICULATION // Perspectival Montage

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Housing Site // Termination of Molesworth Street at Curzon Street

Figure 54 // Perspectival Mapping - Territorial Notation Drawn at A3 size on 70gsm vellum in graphite and charcoal. The drawings is layered over the existing perspective, re-mapping the territorial operations of the site through gestural drawings.

Figure 55 // Perspectival Montage Through montage, I have explored the diversification of the edges of the site, providing activation through the insertion of a commercial program (cafe) with footpath trading overlays, as well as the closure of the Curzon Street entry to Molesworth Street to vehicles, allowing for a more pedestrian territorialisation of the space. It is suggested that a recreation overlay be considered, with the node integrating a skateable surface.

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