More Then This Celebrating the Diversity of Landscapes
Adrian Keene S3197125
Major Project B: Concise ADR More Then This Celebrating the Diversity of Landscapes
Adrian Keene S3197125
Contents: Research Intent
Section
Theoretical Thinking
Gahnia Poa Themada
The Ominous Landscape; Australian Film & Painting: A Problem
The Diverse Landscape; Australian Painting: A Reality
Design Iteration 03: Eucalytpus aromaphloia, Dominated Dry Sclerophyll
Key Precedents
Site Analysis: A Key Design Tool Site: Lederderg Track, Crown Land Reserve, Daylesford Site: Geology
Site: Atmospheric Conditions
Site: Perceived Ecologies: Mapping Site: Perceived Ecologies: Collage Design Iteration 01: Pinus radiata Dominated Novel Ecosystem
Diagrammed Thinking & Spatial Sections:
Variable Paths Topographic Paths Gabion Paths Intersecting Paths
Master Plan
Site Section
Design Iteration 02: Themada triandra Dominated Grassland
Grassland Master Plan Planting Design Sections 01
Gahnia Design Refinement Plan
Poa Design Refinement Plan
Themada Design Refinement Plan
Planting Design Collage &
Dry Sclerophyll Master Plan
Plant Colonisation Barrier 01: Double Acacia dealbata Hedge Planting Colonisation Barrier 02: Acacia melanoxylon Hedge
Pathway Iterations: Sections and Key Spatial Conditions
Closed Roads: Planting Succession Overtime
Design Iteration 04: Eucalytpus viminalis & rubida Dominated Wet Sclerophyll
Wet Sclerophyll Master Plan
Gabion Details
Cutaway Path Details
Key Spatial Moment
Bibliography
Research Intent: How can landscape architecture be employed to broaden our perceptions of the Australian landscape, moving beyond a commonly held notion of ominous beauty, to incorporate and then celebrate the diversity of landscapes that exist within the culturally and environmentally unique continent of Australia?
Considering James Corner’s musings in Representation and Landscape, landscapes generate a strong and immersive spatial experience, filling the senses with stimulation and offering us a dynamic interface for engaging with the world. Problematically the Australian landscape has been troubled by a cultural perception as an ominous beauty, cruel and unforgiving, harsh and bleak, reflected in many popular Australian films, such as Picnic at Hanging Rock, Wolf Creek, Snow Town, Jindabyne, Lantana, and in the paintings of Sidney Nolan, and Arthur Boyd. More Then This, seeks to challenge this cultural perception, through a series of design stages. Initially a detailed analytical understanding site (a large section of crown land in Daylesford, Central Victoria), provides the foundations for defining and identifying the diversity that exists within the landscape. 4 iterative design proposals, capitalize on the information gained through the analysis, each generating different designs in response to the unique characteristics of the over arching ecology (as defined by the dominant plant species). Within these initial design responses the ambition is to emphasise different spatial and ecological conditions. Highlighting the difference between each
space and dually, generating new approaches to environmental conservation as apposed to the freeze frame approach of tradition revegetation, as Emma Marris highlights in Rambunctious Garden, the need to reconsider our approach to environmental conservation is paramount to protecting our biodiversity. Within each of these four key ecological responses, accessibility through pathways and strategic design interventions are incorporated, compliment and amplifying the spatial experiences of the initial work, and setting up a carefully choreographed journey that moves users through the site, framing key moments and emphasising the mosaic like diversity of the site. Building on these 4 initial responses, More Then This will compare and test each proposal on site and through drawings, with the intention of producing a design proposal for the entire site. The result will be a detailed and fine-tuned design, emphasising and choreographing a celebration of the diversity that is the Australian Landscapes.
Theoretical Thinking
The Ominous Landscape; Australian Film & Painting: A Problem
Picnic At Hanging Rock (1.23) (1.24)
Jindabyne (1.31)
Snowtown (1.26)
Wolf Creek (1.28) (1.29) (1.30)
‘The Hunter I’, Arthur Boyd, 1944
‘Inland Australia’, Sidney Nolan, 1950
The Diverse Landscape; Australian Painting: A Reality
‘Kozioscko and the Murray Flats at Towong’, Eric Thake, 1932
Fern Gully, In the Dandenong Ranges, Eugene Von Guerard, 1857
‘Girl in Forest- Mount Macedon’, Fredrick McCubbin, 1913
Ricketts Point, Beaumaris’, Charles Conder, 1890
‘Land of the Golden Fleece’, Arthur Streeton 1926
‘Pyrmont Power Station, Darling Harbour’, Rah Fizelle c.1935
Key Precedents; Contemporary Landscape Architecture: A Set of Tools
Existing Habitats
Phase One
Phase Two
Phase Three
Phase Four
Mature Biomatrix
Field Operations: Effortless Detail
Teresa Moller: Planned Moments
SLA: Contextual Contrast
Gilles Clement: Jardin en Movement
Site Analysis: A Key Design Tool
‘Before doing anything, you need to be aware of what is there and what that place wants you to do. I think it’s really the most important thing. It is something that one cannot overlook.’- Teresa Moller (2.12)
Site: Lederderg Track, Crown Land Reserve, Daylesford
CBD
Lake Daylesford
Site
Located, approximately 115 kilometers North-West of Melbourne, Daylesford is best know for it’s mineral springs, and Queer History.
Melbourne
Less well known is it’s unique geological and ecological positioning, siting roughly at the junction between, Wet Sclerophyll Forest sitting on rich volcanic soils, and dry Box-Iron Bark Forests based on skeletal grey clays. Becuase of its diverse community and unique environmental characteristics, a large tract of crown land to the south west of the CBD was selected as the testing ground for new modes of engaging people with their environment and environmental conservation.
Jubilee Lake
Site: Geology Site Geology
Site Boundry
Skeletal Grey Clay Soil Lake Daylesford
Slope Gradients Steep
Transitional Transitional Soils Soils
Rich Volcanic Soil Flat
Lake Jubilee
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Scale: 1:75,000 @ AO
Site: Atmospheric Conditions Ambient Air Tempreture +5 +4 +3 +2 +1
Site Boundry O Degrees Difference -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 Strong Wind Chill Minimal Wind Chill Shade Patterns No Erosion Minimal Erosion Moderate Erosion Heavy Erosion Dry Mixed Forest Damp Mixed Forest Wet Mixed Forest
Skeletal Grey50/50 ClayIndigenous/ Soil Exotic Forest 75/25 Indigenous/ Exotic Forest 25/75 Indigenous/ Exotic Forest No Mow Bracken Thicket Radiata Pine Forest
Paddock Mowed Land Transitional Soils Cleared Land
Transitional Soils
Wet Remnant Sclerophyll Forest Damp Remnant Sclerophyll Forest Moderately Damaged Remnant Sclerophyll Forest Heavily Damaged Remnant Sclerophyll Forest Dry Remnant Sclerophyll Forest
Rich Volcanic Soil
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Scale: 1:75,000 @ AO
Site: Perceived Ecologies Mapping
Pinus Radiata, Dominated Ecologies
Percived Ecologies Novel Ecosystems Low Level Erosion Minimal Erosion Moderate Level Erosion High Level Erosion Braken Thicket No Mow Wet Mixed Woodland
Eucalyptus aromaphloia, Dominated Ecologies
Damp Mixed Woodland Dry Mixed Woodland
Themada triandra, Dominated Ecologies
50/50 Mixed Indigenous/ Exotic Forest 25/75 Mixed Indigenous/ Exotic Forest 75/25 Mixed Indigenous Forest Radiata Pine Forest
Maintained Landscapes Cleared Land Mowed Paddock Indigenous Flora Landscapes Wet Remnant Eucalypt Forest Damp Remnant Eucalypt Forest Dry Remnant Eucalypt Forest Moderately Degraded Eucalypt Forest Heavily Degraded Eucalypt Forest
Lake Jubilee
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Eucalyptus rubida/ viminalis, Dominated Ecologies
Site: Perceived Ecologies Collages
25/75% Indigenous/ Exotic Plant Mix
50/50% Indigenous/ Exotic Plant Mix
75/25% Indigenous/ Exotic Plant Mix
No Erosion
Minimal Erosion
Moderate Erosion
Site: Perceived Ecologies Collages
Dry Mixed Forest
Damp Mixed Forest
Wet Mixed Forest
Heavy Erosion
Bracken Thicket
Radiata Pine Forest
Site: Perceived Ecologies Collages
Dry Remnant Sclerophyll Forest
Damp Remnant Sclerophyll Forest
Wet Remnant Sclerophyll Forest
No-Mow
Mowed Land
Paddock
Site: Perceived Ecologies Collages
Heavily Damaged Remnant Forest
Moderately Damaged Remnant Forest
Cleared Land
Defining Each Ecology* Defining what an ecology is composed of, and where one starts and another begins, is an extremely difficult and laborious task. Requiring vast amounts of data, time and historical information, for an accurate definition to be created. The ecologies defined and outlined here, through collage, plan, and later analytical mappings, are intended to provide an insight into the different spatial arrangements, experienced on the site, and their perceptions by people. Initially, Close to Me, did attempt to quantify the different ecologies in a similar framework to the D.S.E
and their use of EVC’s to define and manage landscapes. However after reading The Rambunctious Garden, by Emma Marris, it became clear, that to don the hat of an ecologist, and attempt to use the experiential and observational information from the site to quantify the ecologies outlined here, was foolish and dangerous. As a project on Landscape Architecture, to try and grabble with ecologies, and the preservation of species is a pointless exercise, considering how ill equipped we are to tackle such issues compared to scientists. Instead Landscape
architects should focus on the experiential and spatial elements of the landscape, figuring out what these are on a physical level, and how we can design with these, to generate a more engaging landscape experience. In doing so surely a landscape in active use is more likely to survive development then a derelict and under utilized landscape, regardless of its conservation value? *For a detailed break down of the phyiscal characteristics and key plant list, refere to the Appendix, section: Break Down of Percieved Ecologies
Design Iteration 01: Pinus radiata Dominated, Novel Ecosystem
Diagrammed Thinking: Variable Paths
Delta-Esque Paths
Distributes People
Minimises Impact of Foot TrafďŹ c Facilitates Informal Interaction
Site Specifc
AmpliďŹ es Existing Qualities
Illustrates Thinking of Site
x2 Variation of Path Widths
Creates Different Spatial Qualites Facilitates Different Means of Engagement
Curved Paths
Reduces Line of Site
Removes the Anthropologic
Hightens the Unkown
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Spatial Section: Variable Paths
2000mm width
500mm width
250mm width
End Node
Scale: 1:75 @ A3 Landscape
Diagrammed Thinking: Vegetative Paths
Defines EVC
Records EVC Boundary
Quantifies Vegetation
33%
10%
Physical Barrier
Inhibits ‘Invasives’
Inhibits Spread of EVC
Allows for Exploration
Creates Tangible Spaces
Illustrates Thinking of Site
Importance of Paths
Minimises Impact of Foot Traffic Maximises Impact of Foot Traffic Concentrates Human Activity
Site Specifc
Spatial Section: Vegetative Paths
Scale: 1:100 @ A3 Landscape
Diagrammed Thinking: Topographic Paths
Dry Heat
Cool Shade
IdentiďŹ es Topographic Variation
Emphasises Gullies
Empahsises Ridges
DeďŹ ning Contours
Multiple Spatial Experiences
Open Spaces
Intimate Spaces
Comparative Spaces
Denies The Anthropologic
Look Outs
Tunnel Vision
Site Specifc
Structures Site
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Spatial Section: Topographic Paths
Scale: 1:100 @ A3 Landscape
Line Work: Diagrammed Thinking: Gabion Paths
Multiple Paths in One
Centralized Path
Dispersive Path
Departure Points
Working With Hydrology
Redistributes Water Flow
Slows Water Velocity
Minimise Erosion
New Oppertunities
Reinforces the Anthropologic
Emphasises Gullies
Site Specifc
Creates a Seperation from Site
Removes Existing Creek Bed
Minimises Impact of Foot TrafďŹ c
Line Work: Spatial Section: Gabion Path
Scale: 1:100 @ A3 Landscape
Diagrammed Thinking: Intersecting Path
Redistribution of Water
Slows Water Velocity
Minimises Erosion
Intersecting Topography
Amplifies Gradients
Indetifies Gradient Change
Cross Section of Vegetation
Allows quantifiable comparisons Covers Some, Not All, Vegetation
New Opertunities for Plants
33%
20% 10%
7% 10%
20%
Domineering
Creates strong Line of site
Reinforces the Anthropologic
Not Site Specific in Approach
Spatial Section: Intersecting Path
Scale: 1:100 @ A3 Landscape
+10 Year EVC Boundary
+20 Year EVC Boundary
+30 Year EVC Boundary
People Movement
Gravel Paths
Gabion Paths
Topographic Lines
Legend:
Existing EVC Boundary Scale: 1:1000
Skeletal Grey Clay Soil
Transitional Soils
Rich Volcanic Soil
Transitional Soils
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Scale: 1:1,000 @ AO Landscape
Master Plan
Section Line
Line Work: Site Section
Scale: 1:100 @ AO Landscape
Design Iteration 02: Themada triandra Dominated Grassland
Legend Ambient Air Tempreture Cooler Then Average
Hotter Then Average
Pimelea linifolia
Planting List Daviesia latifolia Acacia implexa Acacia dealbata Acacia melanoxylon Tetratheca ciliata Hovea linearis Microlena stipoides Austrodanthonia spp. Austrostipa ramosissima Themada triandra Poa sieberiana Lomandra longifolia Dianella revoluta Arthropodium strictum Arthropodium milleorum Chrysocephylum semipapposum Acaena novea-hollandea Stylidum gramminifolium Gahnia spp.
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10m Topographic Lines Existing Pathways Wind Movement 5m Grid (For Sense of Scale) Detail Plan Outline and Section Line Intial Planting Sections
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Themada Detail Plan
Grassland Plan
Grassland Master Plan
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Gahnia Detail Plan
Poa Detail Plan
Planting Design Sections 01
Planting Design Sections 01
Gahnia Detail
Gahnia Planting Design Refinement Plan
Legend Themada triandra Poa labrillarderi Gahnia sieberiana Carex spp. Dianella revoluta Arthropdium strictum Stylidium gramminifolia Aceana novea-hollandea Chrysocephylum semipapposum
Craspedia glauca Dillwynia cinerascens Acacia implexa Coprosma quadrifolia Bursaria spinosa Goodenia ovata Acacia melanoxylon 10m Contour Scale: 1:100
Poa Detail
Poa Planting Design Refinement Plan
Themada Detail
Themada Planting Design Refinement Plan
Gahnia Planting Design Collage
Gahnia Planting Design Section
Poa Planting Design Collage
Poa Planting Design Section
Themada Planting Design Collage
Themada Planting Design Section
Design Iteration 03: Eucalyptus aromaphloia Dominated Dry Sclerophyll
Dry Sclerophyll Analytical Plan
Legend
10m Topographic Lines
Key Pedestrian Movement
Direction of growth by: Ulex europaeus Pinus radiata Spartium junceum Cytisus scoparius Rubus fruticosus aggregate Roads for removal (for erosion control)
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Atmospheric Conditions Hot, Dry, Open
Cool, Damp, Shaded
Car Accessable Roads
Acacia dealbata Hedge Path Iterations
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Key Ecologies
Dry Sclerophyll Forest Grassland Riparian Scrub
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Riparian Focus Revegetation
Revegetation 02 Intuitive Paths
Grassland Focus Revegetation
01 Intersecting Paths
03 Mid-Way Paths
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Scale: 1:1,000
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Dry Sclerophyll Analytical Design Plan
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D2
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Plant Colonisation Barrier 01: Double Acacia dealbata Hedge
Novel Ecosytem: Radiata Pine Dominated Mosaic
Barrier 01
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Dry Sclerophyll: Grassy Woodland
No Man’s Land
owth of Known Invasive Plants: Ulex europaeus Pinus radiata Spartium junceum Cytisus scoparius Rubus fruticosus aggregate
Barrier 02
Plant Colonisation Barrier 02: Acacia melanoxylon Hedge
Dry Sclerophyll: Grassy Woodland
Barrier 01.a Incline
Barrier 01 Acacia melanoxylon Hedge
Novel Ecosystem: Grassland Mosaic
Barrier 01.b Flat
Growth of Known Pest Plants: Oxalis pes-caprae Romulea rosea Rubus fruticosus aggregate Pennisetum clandestinum
Pathway Iterations: Section-Plan and Key Spatial Conditions
Dry Sclerophyll Forest in Spring
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C3
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Pathway Iterations: Section-Plan and Key Spatial Conditions
Entering the Dry Sclerophyll Forest
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Pathway Iterations: Section-Plan and Key Spatial Conditions
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Leaving the Dry Sclerophyll Forest
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20 Years
Closed Roads: Plant Succession Over Time Removed Pathways
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Design Iteration 04: Eucalyptus viminalis & rubida Dominated Wet Sclerophyll
Flat Poor Soil Stability 10m Topograhy Lines Ecology: Riparian Planting: Pomaderris aspera Coprosma quadrifolia Bursaria spinosa Clematis arista Indigofera australis Acacia melanoxylon Acacia dealbata Solanum laciniatum Pimelea axiora Olearia argophylla Bedfordia arborescens Melicytus dentatus Eucalyptus viminalis Eucalyptus rubida Prostanthera lasianthos* Correa lawrenciana* Wet Scelrophyll Pinus radiata Forests
Scale: 1:1000
Planting Details
10m Grid
Path and Road Network Gabion Details
1m Contours for Cut Out Path
Gabions
Movement of People
Pathways: Wind Direction in Train Line Cut Out
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WetSclerophyll Sclerophyll PlanPlan Wet Master
Geology: Topographic Gradient
Legend Steep
Key Spatial Moments (Work In Progress)
01 Cut Away Path
02 Creek and Path Detail
Key Spatial Moments (Work In Progress)
04 Gabion Steps
03 Comparison of Revegetation and Existing Vegetation
Key Spatial Moments (Work In Progress)
05 Afternoon in the Forest
05 Summer at the Lake
Gabion Details (Work In Progress)
Gabion and Lake Detail
Gabion and Creek Detail
Gabion Details (Work In Progress)
Gabion and Path Detail
Gabion and Picnic Area Detail
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Legend: 10m Contours 1m Contours Pathways Sections Scale: 1:750
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Cut In Pathway Exploration
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Legend:
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Sections Scale: 1:750
Cut Away Path Details
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