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RANIA METTA MARTONO
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CONTENTS
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UTS MINI FOREST
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CENTRAL PARK & SYDNEY PARK ANALYSIS
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WATERLOO PRECINCT
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NEWCASTLE BEACH FILTRATION PROJECT
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CONCRETE EROSION & ITS INTERACTIONS
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RANIA METTA MARTONO
ABOUT ME
raniamartono@gmail.com
+61 426 536 814
linkedin.com/in/raniamartono/
WORK EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
I am a third year Landscape Architecture student at
MAR 2019 - DEC 2022
University of Technology Sydney. I was born and
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (Hons)
PEER MENTOR
raised
University of Technology Sydney
UTS College
in
metropolitan
city
Jakarta,
Indonesia.
JUL 2020 - OCT 2020 • JUN 2018 - JAN 2019
Growing up in an area with lack of green spaces, I learned the major impact of this lost connection we
JUL 2018 - JAN 2019
have with nature. Nature has its ways to heal and care
Diploma of Design and Architecture
for us. Through my studies, I focused on learning the
UTS College
SEP 2019 - DEC 2020 CASHIER CUSTOMER SERVICE Ultimo Kitchen
Traditional Owners of the land's knowledge of nature. In my latest UTS Mini Forest project, I am fortunate
JUN 2018 - JAN 2019 PEER HELPER (MULTIMEDIA CLASS) UTS College
to be able to listen to Gadigal Elder, Aunty RhondaDixon Grovernor and Dr Jason De Santolo. This experience has taught me how important it is to listen to the land and its people, and to act accordingly. Because of this, I am driven to learn and explore the field even further. As an aspiring landscape architect, I am eager to contribute by bringing back the voices
TECHNICAL SKILLS
of our land and its people. Creating spaces that
Rhino 3D
QGIS
respond sensitively to communities, acknowledging
Adobe Photoshop
Hand drawing
should highlight the site, increase biodiversity and
Adobe Illustrator
Model making
AutoCAD
Revit
resilience to climate change. I am excited to start my
Adobe InDesign
Photography
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cultural and physical context. Landscape designs
career path in this discipline, meeting new people and further develop my skillsets.
Master
Learning
MAP OF SYDNEY NATURAL VEGETATION
Year: 2021, 3rd Year Studio Location: UTS, Jones St, Ultimo, NSW
SOUND & WIND DIAGRAM
JONES ST PLAN
Natural Vegetation, Sydney, 1788 Natural vegetation Sydney 1788, Benson, D and Howell, J, Taken for Granted, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
SUN DIAGRAM
Dadirri is the main theme of the design. According to Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann, dadirri means inner deep listening, quiet still awareness and waiting. To be aware of our surroundings and heighten our senses. The mini forest facilitates Dadirri with pathways of dense canopy and understorey allowing users to be immersed in the landscape. Seatings are placed along the site with views of the forest. These facilities allow users to slow down, pause and deep-listen. A multifunctional space is designed in the middle of the site for story-telling and large gatherings.
JONES ST SECTION
13.00
15.00
11.00
17.00
Turpentine-Ironbark 09.00 Forest
Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrubs
Eucalyptus paniculata
Grey Ironbark
30 m
Sept - Feb
good for indigestion
Syncarpia glomulifera
Turpentine
25 m
Sept - Feb
windbreaker, plant in groups
Eucalyptus punctata
Grey Gum
35 m
Sept - Feb
Acacia terminalis
Sunshine Wattle
6m
Jun - Oct
attract bees, insects
Sept - May
attract birds, butterflies & moths
Canopy
Canopy
SUMMER Allocasuarina distyla
Scrub She-Oak
4m
attract seed-eating birds
Eucalyptus gummifera
Red Bloodwood
30 m
Banksia serrata
CROSS SECTION C Old Man Banksia
16 m
Sept - Nov
Eriostemon australasius
Pink Wax Flower
1-2m
Sept - Nov
13.00 11.00
15.00
Understorey
Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrubs
PLANTING PLAN Breynia oblongifolia Breynia 30 m Sept - Feb
3m good for indigestion
Turpentine
Kunzea Ambigua Tick Bush 25 m Sept - Feb
3m Jun - Oct windbreaker, plant in groups
Grey Gum
Trema aspera 35 m
Eucalyptus paniculata
Grey Ironbark
Syncarpia glomulifera
Eucalyptus punctata
Canopy
Canopy
Turpentine-Ironbark Forest
Understorey
09.00 17.00
Located in Sydney CBD and the heart of UTS, this mini forest is a critical space for individuals and communities to reclaim our lost connection with nature. Building an urban mini forest also benefits the city by reducing the urban heat island effect and adding canopy density. The Miyawaki method is used to build this dense forest and allowing it to grow more effeciently in a shorter period of time.
attract bees, birds & butterflies
CROSS SECTION B
Allocasuarina distyla
Scrub She-Oak
Lepidospermum laevigatum 4m
Eucalyptus gummifera
Red Bloodwood
Banksia ericifolia 30 m
Banksia serrata
pungens Snow Wreathattract bees, birds 1 m & butterflies Flower throughout year Old Man Banksia Woollsia 16 m Sept - Nov
Eriostemon 4 maustralasius
Pink Wax Flower 1-2m Sept - Nov Xanthorrhoea resinifera Grass Tree attract seed-eating birds
Coast Tea Tree 4m Aug - Oct attract seed-eating birds
WINTER attract native insects
Heath-leaved Banksia
6m
April - Aug
PLANT SPECIES LIST Turpentine-Ironbark Forest
Syncarpia glomulifera
Syncarpia glomulifera
Turpentine
Breynia oblongifolia
Eucalyptus punctata
Grey Gum
Sunshine Wattle 6m Jun - OctBasket Grass attract bees, insects Sept - Feb goodLomandra for indigestion longifolia 1m
Sept - Nov
Lomandra longifolia
Breynia oblongifolia Breynia 25 m Sept - Feb
Allocasuarina distyla Weaving, baking
Microlaena Weeping Grass 1m 3plant mstipoides Sept - May attract birds, butterflies & moths windbreaker, in groups
Eucalyptus gummifera
Ground cover
Acacia terminalis 30 m
Understorey
Grey Ironbark
Acacia terminalis
Canopy
Eucalyptus paniculata
8m Feb - May attract birdsScrubs Eastern Suburbs Banksia
Native Peach Sept - Feb
GROUND COVER Ground cover
Eucalyptus paniculata
UNDERSTOREY Understorey
Canopy
CANOPY
Scrub She-Oak
Red Bloodwood Lepidospermum 30 m laevigatum
Lomandra longifolia Basket Grass Coast Tea Tree 4m Aug - Oct
LEGEND
Aug - Oct
Weaving, baking
1m
Sept - Nov
Weaving, baking
WIND MOVEMENTS
Microlaena stipoides
Kunzea Ambigua Tick Bush 35 m Sept - Feb
0.6 m
Pteridium3esculentum m m Jun - OctBracken Fern attract native1insects
Banksia serrata
Old Man Banksia Banksia ericifolia 16 m
BIRD MOVEMENTS
Pteridium esculentum Bracken Fern Heath-leaved attract Banksia m & butterflies April - Aug Sept - Nov bees, 6 birds
1m
VEHICLE SOUNDS Kunzea ambigua
Pteridium esculentum
Sunshine Wattle
6m Trema aspera
Jun - Oct attract bees, insects Native Peach 8m
Breynia oblongifolia
Breynia
3m Sept - May attract birds, butterflies & moths Lomandra longifolia Basket Grass 1m Sept - Nov
Kunzea Ambigua
Tick Bush
3m Jun - Oct attract native insects Microlaena stipoides Weeping Grass 1m
Feb - May
Trema aspera
SOUNDS OF TREES Eriostemon australasius
attract birds
Weaving, baking
Pink Wax Flower
1 - 2 m Sept - Nov Woollsia pungens Snow Wreath
1m
Flower throughout year SOUNDS OF USERS IN REST POSITION
SOUNDS OF USERS ON THE MOVE Ground cover
Acacia terminalis
Understorey
Understorey
Eucalyptus punctata
Ground cover
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CANOPY DENSITY MODEL
JONES ST SITE
University of Techonology Sydney acknowledges the Gadigal and Guring-gai people of the Eora Nation upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would like to pay respect and celebrate our Aboriginal Land by bringing back what was once on our land. The UTS Mini Forest aims to restore the site’s natural vegetation. Planting Turpentine-Ironbark Forest on Jonest St site. Restoring the native plants will attract animals and benefit our well-being.
UTS Mini Forest attributes and thanks the contribution of Aunty Rhonda Dixon-Grovernor as a cultural advisor and Dr Jason De Santolo as a research practive advisor. This include enhancing professional capacity to work with and for Indigenous communities using self-determining processes of consultation and Indigenous Storywork.
TURPENTINE IRONBARK FOREST SKETCH STUDY
Lepidospermum laevigatum
Banksia ericifolia
Coast Tea Tree 4 m resinifera Aug - Oct Xanthorrhoea Grass Tree
Lomandra longifolia Basket Grass Heath-leaved Banksia 6m April - Aug
0.6 m
Aug - Oct
Weaving, baking
1m
Sept - Nov
Weaving, baking
CROSS SECTION A
CUT SECTION A
JONES ST SECTION
CONCEPT DIAGRAMS Multi-function space as a place for story-telling, events, workshops and gatherings.seating area
Our deep-listening Dadirri journey starts with a dense canopy cover area welcoming us. Giving contrast with the open, nose and air-polluted city to being immersed in the forest.
DENSE CANOPY
Wooden stepping allow for more flexible seating area
DENSE CANOPY Seatings placed inside the landscape allowing users to feel immersed. Each seating faces the landscape to allow for moments of dadirri
LESS DENSE CANOPY, MORE UNDERSTOREY
Linear footpath allowing clear access. A concrete flooring of 0.6m width between the pathway and landscape allow users to pause or walk in a slower pace
CUT SECTION B ASHFIELD SHALE Walking to a more open area yet filled with dense and colorful undestorey. We are greeted by the warm sunshine. A gathering space in the middle acts as the heart of the forest, bringing in people together.
CUT SECTION C
The journey ends with another dense canopy area with understorey acting as a passage of reflection. A moment to reflect what have we picked up and learned in this experience. Or as a welcome for our friends who just begin their journey.
HAWKESBURH SANDSTONE
CENTRAL PARK PLAN
AXONOMETRIC DIAGRAMS
NS Transect
CENTRAL PARK AVENUE
Year: 2020, 2nd Year Studio Location: Chippendale, NSW
Araucaria cunninghamii
Central Park public domain is an urban green space uniting the city. The domain is an open area, surrounded by tall residential and commercial buildings. Located between O’Connor Street and Central Park Avenue. The park focuses on sustainability, achieving carbon and water neutrality over the life of the project. Every development stages made sure of keeping these sustainability principles.
Trees planted alongside available footpaths Eucalyptus grandis
Connecting pathway with green spaces
Central Park serves as a connecting passage between the two streets; a transition from housing area to the crowded city. Rectangular, linear shapes are the dominant form in the site. This form is a result of utilizing the site’s long axis while dividing the green spaces. Hence, allowing for a clear sense of direction. The park is divided into sections according to its canopy density. Less dense canopy with a more open space are visible near main pathways allowing for clear views for direction. Areas on the corners have denser canopy with larger trees for more shade. With these sections, users are given choices on their shade preferences.
EW Transect Ficus rubiginosa
Various tree species planted along the green areas. Giving different types of shade; more choice for users.
Platanus
O’CONNOR STREET
Pyrus ussuriensis
CENTRAL PARK SECTION
Another interesting feature of the park is the wooden and concrete sitting areas near the pathways, acting as a border of the green spaces. This creates more sitting areas and flexibility. Users could rest for a shorter amount of time without having to walk into the lawns. All the stated features makes Central Park a welcoming area for every communities and individuals.
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SUMMARY
SYDNEY PARK PLAN
AXONOMETRIC DIAGRAMS EW Transect
Year: 2020, 2nd Year Studio Location: Alexandria, NSW
Casuarina glauca
Sydney Park was a former brickworks site, and now known as Sydney’s largest stormwater recycling scheme. Stormwater harvesting is one of the main focus of the park. Diversion and storage of stormwater is done on site. The Park helps achieving Sydney’s 2030 target to reduce sediments from stormwater runoff and 10% of water demand to be met through local water capture and reuse.
Trees planted alongside footpaths
NS Transect
Casuarina equisetifolia
Sydney Park consists of four wetland areas focusing on flood mitigation. Previously, there was a lack of sustainable water supply. Now, this sustainable water supply protects wetlands from poor plant establishments, algae blooms and growth of unwanted aquatic plants.
Eucalyptus grandis
Bioretention beds
Stormwater treatment process in this urban wetland includes installing pollution trap screens removing litter and sediments, a bioretention system collecting water and filtering through plants roots and soil. Lastly, more filtration and cleansing processes are done, allowing the water to be reused. The wetlands also attract native flora and fauna. Native grasses are planted, as a bioretention swale, further filtering stormwater runoff. A Casuarina forest wetland was also planted acting as a dense forest. The park has become a habitat for animal species such as birds, water birds, ducks, dragonflies and more. The park consist of large, open recreational spaces with hills, children playgrounds, wetalnds, sport oval, children bicycle track heritage area featureign the remains of the brickwork and a memorial grove.
Melaleuca quinquenervia
Wildlife in Sydney Park includes Black Swan, Magpie Lark, Superb Fairywren and more.
Acacia floribunda
Island in the middle allows animals to have their own habitat away from human
SYDNEY PARK SECTION
Casuarina Forest Extension
Terrestrial vegetation Gabion rock walls Filter rocks
Casuarina Forest Wetland
P L A N T S P E C I E S I D E N T I F I C AT I O N
S y d n e y P a r k w a s a f o r m s e r b r i c k w o r k s s i t e . I t i s n o w S y d n e y ’s l a r g e s t s t o r m w a t e r r e c y c l i n g s c h e m e . S t o r m w a t e r h a r v e s t i n g i s one of the main focus in the park. Diversion and storage of stormwater is done on site and all play a role in flood mitigation. Sydney Park has 4 wetland areas and did not have a sustainable water supply before. Now this sustainable water supply protects wetlands from poor plant establishments, algae blooms and growth of unwanted aquatic plants. The wetlands also attract native wildlife including birds, water birds, ducks, dragonflies and more. 70 bird species have been recorded until now. O verall,
BOTANY SANDS AQUIFER MAP
WATERLOO PRECINCT PLAN
Year: 2020, 2nd Year Studio Location: Waterloo, NSW “Healing Country, healing communities”
WAT E RLO O P RECIN C T P R O JEC T
REDEVELOPMENT PROCESS
MASTERPLAN
DURATION: 15-20 YEARS
SITE ANALYSIS
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The Waterloo Precinct and Park focuses on the use of canopy to connect and heal communities and individuals by implementing Aboriginal healing practices and knowledge of nature. These canopy also act as a phytoremediator, filtering the groundwater underneath. The understanding that connecting with country and culture goes alongside with connecting with family and communities.
SITE ANALYSIS
WAT E R LO O P RECIN C T P R O JEC T
The precinct is designed with small hills filled with dense plantings RANIA METTA MARTONO 13053487 across the site, allowing users to interact with nature. This also contributes in improving individual’s mental health. Private and public spaces are“Healing availablecountry, across the precinct. Circular bench with plants surroundhealing communities” ing it gives a more enclosed and personal spaces. While still allowing TRAIN STATIONS groups to gather.Precinct The siteand hasPark two focuses adaptable which The Waterloo on public the usespaces of canopy to conserves a performance stage,and large yarning circle and more. Aborignectas and heal communities individuals by implementing inal healing practices and knowledge of nature. These canopy also The site beautiful, big, old trees which are preserved in the project. act ashas a phytoremediator, filtering the groundwater underneath. The New plants planted areconnecting endemic species which suits the sitegoes conditions understanding that with country and culture alongSURROUNDING PARKS and excel in phytoremediating. side with connecting with family and communities.
TRANSECT A
MASTERPLAN
THE EXISTING SITE HAS PUBLIC HOUSING COVERING AREA. PATHWAY PRESENT IN THE MIDDLE
SECTION
REDEVELOPMENT PROCESS DURATION: 15-20 YEARS
SITE ANALYSIS THE EXISTING SITE HAS PUBLIC HOUSING COVERING AREA. PATHWAY PRESENT IN THE MIDDLE
Design of the precinct is to be with consuled Aboriginal consultant The precinct is designed smallbyhills filled with dense companies: plantings Yerrabingin or site, Balarinji to navigate outcomewith of the project.This also contribacross the allowing usersthe to interact nature.
CENTRES utes in improvingINDIGENOUS individual’s mental AUSTRALIAN health. Private and public spaces
Policies from AT1: Greener Places Policy, 5 Million Trees Sydney (by 2030), are available across the precinct. Circular bench with plants surroundSydney’s Urban Forest Strategy.
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ing it gives a more enclosed and personal spaces. While still allowing groups to gather. The site has two adaptable public spaces which serves as a performance stage, large CENTRES yarning circle and more. COMMUNITY
WATE R DIRE CTIO
The site has beautiful, big, old trees which are preserved in the project.
New plants planted are endemic species which suits the site conditions BOTANY SANDS AQUIFER MAP and excel in phytoremediating.
BOTANY SANDS AQUIFER
Design of the precinct is to be consuled by Aboriginal consultant companies: Yerrabingin or Balarinji to navigate the outcome of the project.
EARLY STAGES OF REDEVELOPMENT
WATER DIRECT ION
The Waterloo Precinct is an undergoing development consisting of Indigenous Australian centres and various community centres. The site sits surrounding the Botany Sands Aquifer with contaminated areas. Stormwater flows into Botany bay polluting the area. The Waterloo Precinct’s main focus is to manage this polluted stormwater flow while creating welcoming spaces for Indigenous Asutralian and all communities to gather and connect with nature.
Policies from AT1: Greener Places Policy, 5 Million Trees Sydney (by 2030), Sydney’s Urban Forest Strategy. DEDICATED CYCLEWAYS
BOTANY SANDS AQUIFER MAP EARLY STAGES OF REDEVELOPMENT
WATER DIRECT ION
The project focuses on the use of canopy to reconnect and heal the people by implementing Aboriginal healing practices and knowledge of the landscape. These canopy act as a phytoremediator, filtering the groundwater underneath. The project stresses on the importance of going back to nature and understanding the role of canopy to heal our lands and communities. Redevelopment consists of firstly planting sunflowers as they are the most effective in phytoremediating during their early stages. After the sunflower planting, more endemic species will be introduced as the proposed design. These chosen species adapts well with the site conditions and excel in phytoremediating.
WATER SYSTEMS
5 TRAIN STATIONS
INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN CENTRES
SURROUNDING PARKS
BOTANY SANDS AQUIFER
COMMUNITY CENTRES
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DEDICATED CYCLEWAYS
TRANSECT TRANSECT A A
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EAST/WEST AXIS
TRANSECT A
WATER SYSTEMS TRAIN STATIONS
STORMWATER
INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN CENTRES
SURROUNDING PARKS
BOTANY SANDS AQUIFER
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2
5
COMMUNITY CENTRES
6
EAST/WEST AXIS
TRANSECT B9
TRANSECT A
WATER SYSTEMS CONTAMINATED STORMWATER RUNOFF
2
NEW CONSTRUCTIONS ARE BEING BUILT
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4
8 3
7
9
EVAPOTRANSPIRATION
NEW CONSTRUCTIONS ARE BEING BUILT
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8
EXISTING HIGH VALUE TREES
GROUND WATER ABSORBED BY PLANTS AND SOIL (PHYTOREMEDIATION)
EXISTING MODERATE VALUE TREES
TRANSECT B
WATER DIRECTION THROUGH PIPES
TRANSECT B
CONTAMINATED GROUD WATER
The precinct is designed with small hills filled with dense plantings across the site, allowing for users to interact with nature. Private and public spaces are available across the precinct. Circular benches with plants surrounding it gives an immersed and personal moments of interacting with nature. The same circular form is used for the project’s two adaptable public spaces. They serve as a larger seating area, communal gathering space, performance stage and more.
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DEDICATED CYCLEWAYS
TRANSECT A
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NEW PLANTED TREES
TRANSECT B
EAST/WEST AXIS
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TRANSECT B
STORMWATER 6
TRANSECT B
EAST/WEST AXIS 1
WATERLOO STATION
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WALKWAY FROM STATION TO PARK
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DEDICATED CYCLE PATH (THROUGHT PRECINCT )
REDEVELOPMENT PROCESS 4 GRAVEL FOOTPATH
EVAPOTRANSPIRATION CONTAMINATED STORMWATER RUNOFF
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1-2 M
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CONTAMINATED GROUD WATER
PHOTOMONTAGE OF PARK
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GROUND WATER ABSORBED BY PLANTS AND SOIL (PHYTOREMEDIATION)
PERFORMANCE STAGE/ LARGE SEATING AREA WATERLOO STATION SEATING AREA WITH PLANTS SURROUNDING WALKWAY FROM STATION TO PARK POND WITH MORE SEATING AREA DEDICATED CYCLE PATH (THROUGHT PRECINCT ) DENSE PLANTINGS GRAVEL FOOTPATH BICYCLE PARKING PERFORMANCE STAGE/ LARGE SEATING AREA DRINKING FOUNTAIN SEATING AREA WITH PLANTS SURROUNDING
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POND WITH MORE SEATING AREA
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DENSE PLANTINGS
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BICYCLE PARKING
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DRINKING FOUNTAIN
EXISTING HIGH VALUE TREES
EXISTING MODERATE VALUE TREES
NEW PLANTED TREES
SCALE 1:500
EXISTING HIGH VALUE TREES
EXISTING MODERATE VALUE TREES
NEW PLANTED TREES
SCALE 1:500
EXISTING SITE WITH PUBLIC HOUSINGS
PHOTOMONTAGE OF PARK
R S
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SUNFLOWER PLANTING BEGINS
NEW CONSTRUCTIONS ON SITE
GROUND IS RECONSTRUCTED
REDEVELOPMENT COMPLETED
SCALE 1:500
WATERLOO SECTION & CHOSEN PLANT SPECIES SECTION OFPRECINCT PARK & PLANT COMMUNITIES
Casuarina equisetifolia Horse-tail Oak
Eucalyptus paniculata Grey Ironbark
Poa labilardierei Common Tussock Grass
Grevillea robusta Southern Silky Oak
Helianthus annuus Sunflower
Sorghastrum nutans Indian Grass
Typhaceae Bulrushes
Juncus unsitatus Common rush
Basket grass’ seeds are used by Indigenous Australians to make floour and bread. Its strong leaves for weaving baskets
Lomandra longifolia Basket Grass
Acacia mearnsii Black Wattle
Corymbia citriodora Lemon-scented Gum
Carpobotus rossii Pig Face
PODZOL LAND SYSTEM
1-2 M
ROOTS ABSORB AND FILTER THE CONTAMINATED GROUND WATER
CONTAMINATED GROUND WATER DIRECTION SOUTH-WEST
PHYTOREMEDIATION PROCESS Phytoremediation is a bioremediation process that uses various types of plants to remove, transfer, stabilize or destroy contaminants in soil and groundwater
TOREMEDIATION PROCESS
PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF PARK
Lemon-scented gum is used as an insect repellent by Indigenous Australians. Green shoots are taken and rub on arm.
Evapotranspiration: Degraded contaminants released to air
Contaminants have been degraded, sent to the leaves
Information board educating users
Water enters tree where contaminants are being broken down
WATER TABLE
CONTAMINATED GROUND WATER
Roots absorb water & contaminants from the ground
SITE VISIT PHOTOGRAPHS
Year: 2020, 2nd Year Location: Newcastle Beach, NSW Team Member: Shilpa Aukhez City of Newcastle has a highly constructed drainage system along drainage and creek lines designed for its primarily focus on removing stormwater from urban areas as quickly as possible, efficient in conveying flow. However, it has removed significant areas of natural creek system. Stormwater is considered as a waste to be disposed as previous rainfall events has led to flooding. Another issue includes stormwater outlets in the city’s coasts flow directly into the ocean without any kind of filtration. Overtime, this may lead to water pollution and harm ecologies. The Newcastle Beach Filtration Project aims to address these issues by designing a natural filter system. As a group, I and Shilpa Aukhez focused on Newcastle Beach as our site. The project has four processes: wetland catchment, litter filteration, eel grass planting and the oyster reef. Firstly, stormwater from the streets on the cliff goes through a serpentine wetland catchment area. It then flows down and joins with the water from stormwater outlet. Larger litter such as plastics and papers are picked up in the litter filtration. Water then passes to the eel grass planting and oyster reef further filtering it. As a result, a much cleaner stormwater enters the ocean. Oysters and eel grass are chosen as they benefit one another. Oysters as filter feeders improving the water quality. The eel grass benefit from this filtered water. Well-established eel grass beds also help stabilizing the botttom, providing resilience against waves. Both species play a significant role in protecting and increasing the site’s biodiversity.
EXISTING TERRITORY SCALE MAP
HISTORY COLLAGE by Shilpa Aukhez
1770
Coal mines were shut down causing economy depression. As a result, workers focused on building the city’s drainage system and catchments.
European settlement starts where lands were taken and resources diminished
1890
1967
1700
Indigenous Australians relationship with land, water and fishing. Activites such as fishing, eating and cooking are done in the coast
1810
As more infrastructures being built, settlemet of the area has caused changes in the natural conditions. This results in general acceleration of the off-flow of stormwater.
As colonisation took place, the military rules were established. Incorrigibles were sent to burn oyster shells for lime production PROPOSED DESIGN
AXONOMETRIC DIAGRAM - FILTRATION PROCESS by Shilpa Aukhez
NEWCASTLE BEACH FLTRATION SECTION by Shilpa Aukhez & Rania Martono Stormwater entering the filtration process
Serpentine movement along the wetland catchments
Existing rocks helps the process
Water entering the sea from stormwater outlets
SECTION
Themeda seedhead
Silver gull
Rose-colored barnacle
Kangaroo grass
Crested tern
Black nerite
Eel grass
Sydney rock oysters
Leather kelp
Litter filtration picks up larger litter Filtered water flow into the sea Oyster reef and eel grass filtration
WETLAND CATCHMENTS
STORMWATER OUTLET
LITTER FILTRATION
OYSTER REEF EEL GRASS & MORE MARINE ALGAE
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Smooth toadfish
NEWCASTLE BEACH FILTRATION PROJECT PLAN
STAGES OF PROJECT
Stormwater runs down from the cliff to the coast
Stormwater both from cliff and outlets flow directly into the sea
WETLAND FILTRATION POOLS
EXISTING SITE
EEL GRASS
Natural filtration design implemented filtering the stormwater
OYSTER REEF
LEGEND CHANNEL NETWORK HIGH & LOW TIDES
PROPOSED DESIGN
HUMAN MOVEMENT WATER MOVEMENT
3D MODELLING & RENDER by Shilpa Aukhez & Rania Martono Growth of oyster reef and eel grass allow for more filtration and bring back ecologies
FUTURE OUTCOME
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Year: 2020, 2nd Year Communication Location: Wolli Creek Catchment, NSW
Moss grows on and near the concrete walls and on the bottom surface. Where the water has a more stagnant
A study on surrounding landscapes near our homes is done during quarantine moments. A nearby catchment is my chosen site. This project reimagines what the landscape would become in a hundred years time. A rather hyperbolized lense is used to explore the site’s limits and potentials. An exposed urban watercourse quickly informs the audience its materiality: concrete and water. Materials we are familiar with. The concrete’s change of color tells its past in the form of moisture. Overtime, moss starts to grow in this moist area. In a hundred years time, these elements will still remain. Howver, this simple water and moss no longer give minor impacts but change the concrete completely. Concrete erosion occur from every flow of water and the growth of moss. Temperature and sea level rise play a major role in this process, speeding the process. These changes tests the components of concrete and its chemical reactions with water and moss. Acidic substances lower the concrete’s pH, reducing the concrete’s strength. High realtive humidity levels, increased temperatures and porous concrete create the perfect breeding ground for mold and bacteria. While concrete does not contain sufficient organic materials for moss to feed on, it traps dust, microorganisms and salts, which are its food source. When moss feeds on the particles trapped within concrete, it excretes acids that degrade the builiding material strength even further. This project tells a story of the complexity of concrete, water, moss and its interactions.
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Overtime, rainfall, heat and wind causes concrete to erode and breakup. This results in its stones appearing and moss growth. Eroded concrete traps dust and microorganisms, feeding the moss.
Dry leaves and twigs from the ground above fall into the catchment. They beome stuck on the moss. Stagnant water is also present inside the pipe which leads to its moss growth.
3 Pipes inside concrete walls deliver stormwater from nearby areas. Moss can grow in pipes with less water flow
Concrete wall is no longer flat as a result of erosion caused by water, rainfall, wind and heat. Stones from the eroded wall fall into the bottom surface
AXONOMETRIC VIEW
Moss growing above the water surface, near concrete wall as there is less water movement on the edges. Concrete’s colour changes, the more water is absorbed the darker its colour.
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2 1 More moss and rocks are present underwater. Moss grows rapidly with less water movement and coverage. Rocks are pieces of concrete from the concrete erosion..
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