ARCH 9002 - Urban Design Studio - St. Leonards & Crows Nest, NSW

ST LEONARDS | CROWS NEST ASSESSMENT 3 ARCH9002 - URBAN DESIGN STUDIO HIMANSHI - 480473929

SRISHTI - 480517784

PANKHURI - 470519264

TANVI - 480310509

27. 05. 2019

CHARACTER SUMMARY

NAME: EDWARD GREY AGE | GENDER : 22 | M RESIDENT : WITHIN SITE PROFESSION : STUDENT

NAME: TARA KHANNA AGE | GENDER : 31 | F RESIDENT : OUTSIDE SITE PROFESSION : TEACHER

NAME: MIDORI AGE | GENDER : 16 | F RESIDENT : WITHIN SITE PROFESSION : STUDENT

NAME: PHILLIP AGE | GENDER : 35 | M RESIDENT : OUTSIDE SITE PROFESSION : DOCTOR

VISION | OBJECTIVES

OPPORTUNITIES | CONSTRAINTS

STRUCTURE PLAN

PRINCIPLES CHALLENGING THE PROPOSAL OF HUME FOR RESPONSIVE DESIGN

MAKING THE METRO RESPOND TO ITS CONTEXT BY CHANGING THE BUILT FORM

B

PRIORITISING PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT AT WILLOUGHBY STREET

CONNECTING WILLOUGHBY TO ALEXANDER STREET THROUGH ERNEST PLAZA ENHANCING & STRENGTHENING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ST. LEONARDS & CROWS NEST INFORMAL SETTING ACROSS ATCHISON STREET AND EXTENSION OF HEALTH PRECINCT ON PACIFIC FOR FUTURE

UPCOMING HEALTH & EDUCATION PRECINCT

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

NODE 1 PROPOSED INFORMAL SETTING ALONG ATCHISON STREET

ATCHISON + OXLEY ST.

C

SAME TYPOLOGY OF TREES FOR LINE OF SIGHT

FOOTPATH

ATCHISON STREET (C)

DRIVEWAY

CYCLEWAY CONTINUOUS GREEN BELT ALONG FOOTPATH

GREEN BELT

D

PARKING CYCLE TRACK ALONG DRIVEWAY MERGING WITH MEANDERING TRACK

BUILT FORM

OXLEY STREET (D)

HERITAGE

E BUILDING OFFSET TO GIVE IMPORTANCE TO HERITAGE PROPOSED NEW BUILDING WITH METRO EXIT

INTERVENTION MODULAR STREET NETWORK KEEPING THE DRIVEWAY CONSTANT SAME TYPOLOGY OF TREES PLANTED ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THE NETWORK FOR CONTINUOUS LINE OF SIGHT AND SENSE OF PLACE

OXLEY STREET (E)

NODE 2

HUME PARK HUME BEING THE CENTRAL GREEN SPACE ACTING AS THE HEART OF CROWS NEST SPILLOVER FOR THE METRO EXIT

B

TRANSITION BETWEEN WILLOUGHBY AND OXLEY CONNECTING ALL URBAN PLAZAS CHALLENGING THE EXISTING PROPOSAL OF HUME BY REDUCING THE BASEMENT FLOOR PLATE INCORPORATING DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT GREEN ROOF MERGING WITH HUME

A

PROPOSED LIBRARY AND KIDS CENTER

MEANDERING CYCLE TRACK STEPPED SEATING ALONG THE SLOPE FACING

BASKETBALL COURTS IN BASEMENT

CONNECTING CORRIDOR

SECTION AT AA TOPOGRAPHY OF HUME MATCHING THE STREET LEVEL WITH GRADUAL SLOPE

SAME TYPOLOGY OF TREES FOR LINE OF SIGHT

NEW LIBRARY PROPOSAL WITH GLASS FACADE STEPPED SEATING ALONG THE SLOPE FACING HERITAGE

4.5M | HIGHEST LEVEL MATCHING THE ROOF OF LIBRARY & KID CENTER

OUTDOOR BOULDERING FOR KIDS (OUTSIDE KIDS CENTER)

ENTRANCE TO THE KIDS CENTER

SECTION AT BB

NODE 2

HUME PARK OUTDOOR BARBEQUE

KIDS PLAY AREA

KIDS FOUNTAIN AREA

OUTDOOR SEATING

BOULDERING WALL

NODE 3

METRO CHALLENGING THE FORM OF METRO TO RESPECT HERITAGE NEW METRO SUBWAY PROPOSAL ON OTHER SIDE OF PACIFIC ACQUIRING EXISTING CAR WASH PLOT FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED NEW BUILDING AND METRO SUBWAY

CINEMA

RETAIL

URBAN SPILL FOR METRO EXIT HEIGHT OF THE TOWER REDUCED COMPLIMENTING THE ADJACENT BUILDING 15M BUILDING OFFSET FOR HERITAGE IMPORTANCE

ONE FLOOR PARKING CONVERTED FOR PUBLIC

4

CONNECTING CORRIDOR BETWEEN HUME & WILLOUGHBY

5

WILLOUGHBY ROAD

6

ERNEST PLAZA & EXTENSION TO ALEXENDAR ROAD

NODE 4

CONNECTING CORRIDOR TRANSITION SPACE BETWEEN HUME AND WILLOUGHBY, CONNECTING ALL NODES INCORPORATING ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE ART IN CROWS NEST FLEXIBLE EXHIBITION SPACE

ART / INTERACTIVE WALL

EXTERIOR CANOPY

NODE 5

WILLOUGHBY ROAD OUTDOOR SEATING

FLEXIBLE EVENT SPACE

WEEKEND MARKET

PEDESTRIAN PLAZA

MAKING A PART OF WILLOUGHBY PEDESTRIANIZED TO DE-CLUTER THE EXISTING MOVEMENT PATTERN PROVIDING FLEXIBLE SPACES FOR WEEKEND MARKETS / COMMUNITY EVENTS ENHANCING ON URBAN PLAZAS FOR A CONTINUOUS ACTIVATED EDGE BARRIER FREE PUBLIC SPACES FOR SEAMLESS PEDESTRIAN NETWORK

NODE 6 STEPPED PLAZA

OUTDOOR SEATING

POP-UP LIBRARY

POP-UP SEATING

ERNEST PLAZA MEANDERING CYCLE TRACK AS TYING ELEMENT FOR WILLOUGHBY & ALEXENDER ROAD REPLACING THE SURFACE PARKING WITH STEPPED PLAZA UTILISING THE TERRACE FOR PUBLIC GREEN SPACE

UPPER FLOOR PLAN

DESIGN GUIDELINES | PLACE AUDIT 1.

5.

PRIORITISE ACTIVE TRANSPORT TO CONNECT ALL NODES

MULTI NUCLEI APPROACH, ALL AREAS HAVE THEIR OWN UNIQUE CHARACTER

2.

6.

RETAIN THE MEANDERING CYCLE TRACK WHILE CONSIDERING FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

SINGLE TYPOLOGY OF TREES TO MAINTAIN LINE OF SIGHT

3.

7.

Existing precinct assessed as per characters

2 floors TO MAINTAIN TWO FLOORS OF RETAIL STRIP ALONG PACIFIC HIGHWAY

RETAINING THE VIEW OF HERITAGE BUILDING

4.

8.

DEVELOPING AND FOLLOWING A MODULAR STREET TYPOLOGY ACROSS THE SITE

DIRECTING FUTURE TOWARDS ST. LEONARDS

GROWTH Proposed precinct assessed as per characters