MASTERPLANNING

Planting Strategies

masTerpLanning & pLanTing sTraTegies

ECOLOGICAL STUDY / ANALYSIS

mudfLaTs sTudy & fauna moVemenT eCoLogiCaL sTraTegy

Showcasing potential avifauna flow from the coast into the site into the land (streetscape)

ECOLOGICAL STUDY / ANALYSIS

mudfLaTs sTudy & fauna moVemenT

Mudflats contribute significantly to the ecology of an area. Mudflats support a high abundance of infauna, or animals that are found within the mud.

Many of the birds are migratory, and they feed on the animals in the mudflats to refuel.

avifauNa

Waders iNfauNa herons

The abundanCe of These animaLs Then supporT The many speCies of birds and oTher fauna in The area.

Apart from their ecological value, mudflats are also able to prevent or reduce coastal erosion.

Macro Green Space Study

proximiTy of green spaCes & aCTiViTies

CIRCULATION, NODES, ACCESS POINTS

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Programmatic Configuration

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CONGREGATION HOTSPOTS / NODES STUDY

a series of informaL spaCes

Migrant workers are being pickup by trucks to be send back to their dorm, far from their workplace

These are spots which represents informal pickup points and congregation spaces

STREETSCAPE STUDY & INTERVENTIONS

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Phase Of Ecological Corrirdor

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Future Predictions

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Mitigating Microclimate In The Industrial Area

Gao Chenchen

With the increasing world population and urbanization, the need for reducing urban temperature and their related health consequences is becoming more critical. The design of pandan road aims to investigate the magnitude and the potential of street space cooling to mitigate the heat caused by urban heat island effect. It is an attempt to reduce the impact of industrialisation on the surrounding environment for the future climate change.

The temperature in the site is relatively higher than its surroundings and the cause of the phenomenon is due to high hardscape percentage and reliance in drainage conventions to allow efficient discharge of surface runoff. The wall between the street and factory area creates a barrier that makes the streetscape fragmentized where there is inadequate space for tree planting to provide more shade to cool the area. In addition to the heat and barrier, the design of connecting public space is also required to be addressed.

Three strategies are used in creating a design solution and a plan for the site, the project aims to mitigate specific development impacts and compensate lost ecological functions.

Firstly, by integrating the fragmentized green space and removing of existing barrier between the street and factory. The design will implement movable landscapes, private planting spaces and private car parking spaces to create a more continuous green space within the urban environment. Secondly, based on the topography and the precipitation, the design of bioswale is applied to slow down the rainwater while providing evaporation from plants to cool the area.

Lastly, the simplex structure of trees in the site is redesigned to provide more shade for the thermal comfort of people while enriching the biodiversity of the site, cooling the place for workers to commute and rest outdoors.

With these interventions, the design fully utilises the potential space in the street and change the existing impermeable area into a more resilient green space.

Microclimate Condition

Site Condition

The climate in the urban canopy layer, below the roofs in the spaces between building can vary significantly within a distance of even a few metres. This means that the starting point will be the small scale level of the street.

Based on the existing topography and soil condition, the design strategy is to utilize stormwater management to cool the area and increase the habitat condition of the area. Through the design of bioretention swale, rain garden for infiltration, lawn for purification and activities through these areas. The design of storm water system based on the process of rain water stream can effectively cool the area because the evaporation of the water and vegetaion can cool down the temperature. Meanwhile, the areas are designed combined with urban trees planted in consideration of the breeze wind.

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pLanTing sTraTegy

Canopy trees

Acacia cincinnata

Pellacalyx axillaris

Peltophorum pterocarpun

Nephelium lappaceum

Calophy putcherrimum

Mid-canopy trees

Planchonella obovata

Acacia auriculiformis

Sea hibiscuis

Understorey trees

Agerstroemia speciosa

Hymenaea courbaril

Syzygium zeylanicum

Undergrowth trees

Plumeria obtusa

Leea indica

Mimosa pudica

Trees are planted to provide more shade for the area, and in consideration of the wind corridor. The wind speed will up because of the open space and topography. The area will have more shade and cool breeze through.