Resilient City School of Architecture
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Advisor: HWANG, Cheng Chun Patrick Team A Members: AU, Sin Man Sophia ZHOU, Xiao Kitty CHAN, Hok Leung Joe
EXTREMITIES CHARACTERS ECOSYSTEM Responding to the extremes with innovative and comprehensive design
Shaping local character and allowing diversity
Promoting healthy lifestyle and sustainability
N
“A Resilient City is one that has developed capacities to help absorb future shocks and stresses to its social, economic, and technical systems and infrastructures so as to still be able to maintain essentially the same functions, structures, systems, and identity.� - ResilientCity.org.
1 Sq KM
0
200
500m
RESILIENT CITY
N
LIFESTYLE sports center
Healthy community in harmony with nature ecological area
LOCAL IDENTITY
public library community center water park cultural hub
Maintain
market area
TRANSIT HUB
way of life
sewri station tourist center firm
water treatment plant waste to energy plants
factory
Restore biodiversity Grand lake as amenity heritage
financial center convention center
BUSINESS
Strengthen diversified business centers
ECOLOGY
natural education center
art museum yacht club
LEISURE
Lively and energetic waterfront
TOURISM
Regional destination with unique site character
Trans-Harbour Link To Navi Mumbai
Waterfront Promenade
WATERFRONT CONNECTION
‘State of the art’ Mumbai Metro suffers leakage due to rain in first month 2 July 2014 (WED)
FLOODING
EXTREMITIES
Monsoon Season
lasts for 4 months every year.
FLOODING
EXTREMITIES
Flooding Area
FLOODING
EXTREMITIES
Existing Drainage System
FLOODING
EXTREMITIES
MAIN STREAM
PROPOSED RIVERWAY
open space connector ecological area
flooding release
alternative transportation
natural habitat wetland
MONSOON SEASON
PROPOSED RIVERWAY
open space connector ecological area
festival parade
informal market area
natural habitat wetland
DRY SEASON
PROPOSED RIVERWAY
Traffic Congestion Road Safety
INFRASTRUCTURE
EXTREMITIES
Disconnection to Waterfront
INFRASTRUCTURE
EXTREMITIES
N
30 m
22 m
15 m
WALKABLE CITY
ROAD NETWORK
N
30 m
22 m
15 m
TRAFFIC EFFICIENCY
ROAD NETWORK
N
WATERFRONT CONNECTION
Rainwater Rainfall Filtering via filter garden / chanel / pool Supply to water tank/ treatment in unit
Stormwater Stormwater pass through filter garden/channel/pool
Blackwater Black water discharged from unit Water treatment purifing black water Purified water discharged to sea
Greywater Grey water discharge from unit Supply for irrigation
Water filter Water supply to water tank/treatment in unit
Floodingwater Flooding water flow to channel Part of water stored in dam Flooding water providing nutrients to mangrove Flooding proble relieved
CITY LEVEL
WATER SYSTEM
Enhanced water infrastructure Public lavatory Rainwater
Greywater
Flooding water
Stormwater
ARCHITECTURAL LEVEL
WATER SYSTEM
Rainwater
Stormwater
a. Highest Water recorded b. Mean High Water Spring Tides c. Mean High Water Neap Tides d. Highest Low Water e. Mean Sea Level f. Mean Low Water Neap Tides g. Mean Low Water Spring Tides h. Lowest Low Water recorded
+ 5.39 m + 4.42 m + 3.30 m + 2.74 m + 2.51 m + 1.86 m + 0.76 m - 0.46 m
a b c d e f g h
Blackwater
ARCHITECTURAL LEVEL
WATER SYSTEM
Fully occupied by water (Jul to Aug)
+4.5m
Half occupied by water (Jun and Sep) +2.5m Not occupied by water (Oct to May)
+1.5m
Festivals Collective living Strong Neighbourhood
CULTURE
CHARACTERS
Dabbawallas Street markets
DYNAMIC CITY
CHARACTERS
Recycling Industries
WORK-LIVE TOGETHER
CHARACTERS
Strong community
Work-Live together
Dynamic space
Culture and festivals Micro-economies
DYNAMIC CITY
DYNAMIC SPACE
DYNAMIC SPACE
Remaining wastes are sent to waste and energy plants for generating energy. Work - live Recycling industries Job opportunities are provided.
Wastes collected from the city are sent to recycling industries.
waste to energy plants
Active market area
Energy is provided for the city.
wetland purification Pollutions caused by industrial activities are being purified by wetland before discharged to the sea
CREATING MICRO-ECONOMIES
WASTE TO ENERGY
Mangrove and Flamingo
ECOLOGY
ECOSYSTEM
Existing site and coastal area are being polluted by industrial activities.
POLLUTION
ECOSYSTEM
Mangrove and Flamingo
POLLUTION
ECOSYSTEM
Open space per person Mumbai = 1.58 sq m
United Nations World Food and Agriculture standard = 9 sq m
OPEN SPACE
ECOSYSTEM
Most of the existing open spaces are located at the eastern side of our site and some of them are not open to all.
OPEN SPACE
ECOSYSTEM
Living with nature and ecology healthy lifestyle
Play-Live together
INTEGRATED WITH NATURE
Infiltration garden
building | garden | building
River channel
steps | channel | steps
Pools
open space | pool | open space
Ecological zone
buffer | ecological | pool | ecological | buffer area zone zone area
Mangrove area
buffer | ecological | pool | mangrove | sea area zone
HIERARCHY OF ECOLOGICAL AREA
Existing
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
PHASES DEVELOPMENT
Ecological area in city center
Main riverway network as a connector for existing open spaces
Market area Plaza Pools in housing developments
Water theme park Playground Mangrove area
Waterfront promenade
OPEN SPACE CONNECTER
EXTREMITIES CHARACTERS ECOSYSTEM Responding to the extremes with innovative and comprehensive design
Shaping local character and allowing diversity
Promoting healthy lifestyle and sustainability
RESILIENT CITY