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
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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.
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SKETCHBOOK STRATEGY DIAGRAMS
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Brick layer between transition of 2 different materials
Bench- Timber finish over concrete base
Red Brick Paving
Water feature Fountain
Alpendora Grey (EU) Granite, fixed into c25 concrete mix as steps
Recycled building debris block edging
Drainage
Timber Pergola
Granite Paving
(granite pavers- existing concrete paving
Planters on corten steel-clad
The concept and design of ‘Sheffield’s Restoration Park’ revolves around the idea of imagining the area as a ‘Cell’ where the open green space in the middle represents the Nucelus of the Cell and the Sub Cells within the Cell are little pocket spaces that will each contain resotorative characteristics, either being away, or carrying an idea of extent, fascination, compatibility, or even made up of more than 1.
SUDS
DETAILED DESIGN LSC 307/308 Integrated Design Project Nicholas Woolcott-Brown 110225665
Characteristics of Restorative Environments
Mawn grass on platform
Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’
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‘Being Away’- Natural settings are often the prefered destinations for extended restorative opportunities. The seaside, mountains, lakes, forests, meadows are all idyllic places for ‘getting away.’ Although for people in the urban context, ‘getting away’ to nature spots in their nearby environment are minimal. Therefore, providing pocket spaces with a natural sense of feeling within an enclosed space provides that sense of ‘being away.’
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‘Extent’- A sense of being in a large enough place that its boundaries are not evident. Even a small area can provide a feeling of extent. Providing focal points, such as Pavement Fountains which protrude water from the surface, will guide users into particular spaces from various distances. Thus carrying a sense of extent as there are more spaces to visit.
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‘Fascination’- Fascination derives not only from interesting things or places, but also from processes such as thinking, doing, and wondering. Nature is well endowed with objects of fascination in flora, fauna, water, and the endless play of light.
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‘Compatibility’- The natural environment is experienced as particularly high in compatibility. ‘It is as there were a special resonance between the natural setting and human inclinations.’
Formal structured Birch woodland- Betula pendula Formal structured wooland - Tilia cordata with Hyacinthoides non-Scripta overlay in mix clumps Formal structured Birch woodland- Betual nigra
EXTENT and FASCINATION BEING AWAY FASCINATION and COMPATIBILITY
SUPPORTING IMAGES LSC 307/308 Integrated Design Project Nicholas Woolcott-Brown 110225665
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Timber decking- boardwalk
Waterfall/feature
Red Brick Paving
Pavement Fountain
Granite Paving
Recycled building debris
V2 Visualisation 2- Under the canopies entering restorative spaces V1 Visualisation 1- Outdoor seating area looking over site V3 Visualisation 3- Platform area- seating area for relaxation
Alnus glutinosa