2025 MASTERPLAN LSC 307/308 Integrated Design Project Nicholas Woolcott-Brown 110225665
MASTERPLAN KEY Pavement Fountain
Upper Platform seating area with Timber Pergola shelter
Colonising Woodland
Climbing rock
Boardwalk over wetland
Perrennial Meadow
Boardwalk over River Sheaf Weir
Urban Green
(see visual below)
Boardwalk over River Don
Natural play intervention
Mawn Grass- regular maintenance
Birch Woodland Formal Structure
-fishing area
DETAILED DESIGN AREA
STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK
Key circulation, access and gateways -also showing the direction of travel hence my design language
Planting Strategy The vegetation strategy for my design is driven through the idea of linking formality to informality through a consistent and continuous design throughout the whole site. This design creates special habitits for local and new wildlife which gradually change from a woodland area along the River Don to the formal structured planting as the user gets closer towards the city centre.
Enclosed Restorative Setting
Being in a restorative setting which is enclosed seems unimaginable, although an area like this encapsulates a feeling of relaxation, which is perfect for those who want to restore their mental fatigue and ‘get-away’ from their busy lives and enjoy the setting they’re in. Paley Park and Green Acre Park are prime succesful examples of a restorative setting.
YEAR 1-2
YEAR 3-6
At this stage of time, reg- Within year 3-6, introduce natuular maintenance is re- ral play interventions in specific quired for grass areas areas according to masterplan. and trees to be planted.
YEAR 7-12 Regular maintenance for open grass areas and trees will have developed to enclose certain spaces as seen.
Restorative Setting within Woodland This particular area captures an idea which focuses on achieving the restorative characteristics. It is an area which is completely different in terms of visual qualities amongst the other spaces, although the sense of being in a natural environment will provide positive attributes to ones fatigue.
Design Language Formal structure emphsaized through vegetation and hardscape on the south part of the area, contrasting with diagonal structure of open green space in the centre due to the direction of travel, lastly merging into the north part of the site where vegetation is emphasized more curvy wrapping around the site, shown on the east side.
Concept Strategy Imagining the area as a Cell, with a nucleus in the middle that is represented as open green space. The cell includes sub cells around the nucleus, expressed in my design as restorative environments/spaces, linked all together by capillaries, represented as paths.