Studio C - Urban Design (Fishermans Bend Renewal)

Master of Architecture Studio 10 – City As World Fishermans Bend Renewal Planning Proposal “SANDRIDGE” Port Melbourne From SANDRIDGE to GREENRIDGE Bixiang Zeng 363773 Lin Luo 366038

SITE ANALYSIS + CONCEPT STUDY

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INTRODUCTION

From the statistic, there are over 80,000 people moving in Melbourne every year and the population may be up form 4.1 million to 6.5 million by 2050. With the growing of Melbournian, the expansion of the city is essential. Sub area around CBD like Dockland and Fishermans Bend are all be planned to be the potential city expansion.

Dockland, a place used to be the extension of city is now being recognized as a failure of its urban plan. Fishermans Bend, an industrial based area on the opposite of Dockland across the Yarra River at the southwest of

Melbourne CBD is now being asked for ideas of good renewal planning for CBD expansion. This new part of CBD should not only provide living space for 80,000 residents and opportunities for 40,000 jobs but also rebuilt the place from a industrial disused into a livable place with multi-functions.

In this semester, our group of two will under investigate one of four divided area - SANDIRDGE in Fishermans Bend and design a future plan for this precinct.

SANDRIDGE Precinct (Yellow area) is located in the middle among the four precincts. Wirraway Precinct and Montague Precinct are at the west and east of SANDRIDGE precinct. At the south, there are huge general residential area and Port Phillip Bay is on the south. Lorimer precinct is at the north of SANDRIDGE Precinct while there is a freeway in the middle influence the travel ability between two precincts.

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INTRODUCTION- SANDRIDGE

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SUBDIVISION & STREET LAYOUT Street Central line

SITE ANALYSIS- SANDRIDGE

TOPOGRAPHY & OPENSPACE

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Trees Green space

SITE ANALYSIS- SANDRIDGE

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TRANSPORTATION

Freeway

Bicycle lane

SITE ANALYSIS- SANDRIDGE

Tram line

Accessible ways on site (cars)

NEIGHBOURHOOD FUNCTIONS & PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS

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SITE ANALYSIS- SANDRIDGE

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LAND USE PATTERN

SITE ANALYSIS- SANDRIDGE

Public Business

Warehouse

Retail

Educational Institution

Public Services

Private Business

Cafe

Place Under Development

SHOPS & SERVICES

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SITE ANALYSIS- SANDRIDGE

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IMPORTATNT VIEWS

Ingle Street to Lorimer

Fennel Street Face to Southbank

Port Phillip Cricket Ground

Former Symx Site

SITE ANALYSIS- SANDRIDGE

Delf Architectual Practices

HERITAGES

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ACFS Warehouse

Metropolitan Fire Brigade

Cambridge University Press

Former Symx Site

SITE ANALYSIS- SANDRIDGE

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CITY SCALE PUBLIC SPACE & EVENT SPACE

SITE ANALYSIS- LARGE SCALE

CITY SCALE PARK SPACE

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SITE ANALYSIS- LARGE SCALE

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DESIGN CONTROL

After the Fisherman Bend renewal plan, more than 18,000 residents and over 4,000 jobs will be targeted as a goal. A huge increase in both residential and commercial space will be required. People who share different backgrounds start to interact with each other. The harmony of this newly formed community will be an essential element for the development of the new CBD. With different culture, different life-style and different ideas jump into each other, idea of urban hybridization should be introduced on the renewal plan in order to meet the harmony. In the old urban planning, Le Corbusier’s “Zoning” idea always challenged by social issue of community disconnection.

These planned functional districts let the space's operation monotonies and shape people’s activates rhythm less and no interaction with other people. Urban hybridization as “Rhizome”, which was presented out by Deleuze & Guattari, metaphoric the single functional zoning as the piece of rhizome, they can rise welly, but if grow them together, they will get other pieces’ advantages and grow stronger and better. A living community is complex, elements like commercial benefit, social struggles as well as culture difference are not individual sector. There are invisible chains among them and need to be considered together. Put the views on FishERmans Bend Renewal plan, the target is to achieve a community where residence space and jobs should be provided. Instead of make distinguish boundary of commercial and residential area, the mix use is the better solution which also has entertaining facilities and fundamental infrastructure installed. The hybridization of functions which mix residential, commercial and entertaining space together can also let people keep a better contact with each other.

Moreover, as Jane Jacob’s idea reflected from the death and life of American cities, city should not only serve citizens with primary function but also should let people use same facilities at different time and increase its intense usability.

As the density and capacity of this area is growing up, how to control the growth of both density and capacity is critical. According to FARMX & KM3, by creating a vertical suburbia's, staking up “blocks” could solve some of the problems such as increasing the capacity and density within a new city planning. The fisherman bend renewal plan would be a very good opportunities to test the possibilities of hybridization through the verticality.

To avoid the failure of dockland, putting the infrastructure in the early stage will be ideal. Furthermore, the renewal planning will also need to be in “human scale“. Therefore, how infrastructure interact with residents is very important.

By not looking into the articles, some examples that done

by Zaha Hadid and MVRDV have seem to have similar response on these issue. The Beko Factory done by Zaha Hadid has started the fashion of how building could link different function parts together. In her design, people can go from the skyway, which linked between the residential part (hotel) and public space, to other places. It has been so inspirited that through the sky walk, it not only benefit the residents, but also making people to interact with each other. In some sense, it has accelerate the speed of hybridization within a certain zone. In our site, it would be a fantastic idea to accelerate the hybridization.

Beko Factory Mixed Used Building, Zaha Hadid. Gwanggyo Green Power Centre, MVRDV Future Towers in Pune, India, MVRDV

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Car-free city by Smythe Sewn Hamburg, Germany car-free city

Copenhagen , Denmark car-free city

THEROIES & INSPIRATIONS

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IDEAS

MASTER PLAN PROPOSAL

-Opposite to Dockland with good city view -Tourism -Commercial

-Relaxation -More activities happen -Parkland

Dockland Lorimer SANDRIDGE

COMMERCIAL

Montague Heritages

Westgate Park Wirraway

RECREATION

General Residential Area

Parkland Close to Beach

-Heritage conservation -Residence -More civic area

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Central of all development space Many capitals existing on current site A central place for providing commercial, entertainment and residential area to meet targets.

PUBLIC/GREEN SPACE

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RESIDENTIAL

EDUCATIONAL OTHERS

CONCEPT STUDY

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• MAKING PROFITS • PROVIDING OPPERTUNITIES • ACCESSABLE TO PUBLIC • DYNAMIC BUSINESS FORM • LIGHT INDUSTRIES • SMALL BUSINESS • COMMUNITY INVOLOVMENT • HAPPEN AT DIFFERENT PLACES • DENSITY

• ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY • REDUCE EMISSION & FUEL USAGE • GREEN DESIGN • BUILDING FORM • ACCESS TO FUNCTIONAL SPACES • ENCOURAGEMENT OF CYCLING • SENSE OF COMMUNITY • DENSITY • GREEN CONSTRUCTION

• PUBLIC SPACE • COMMUNITY INVOLVMENT • CONNECTION • BUILDING HEIGHT CONTROL • COMMUNITY CENTRE • BASIC INFURSTRUCTURE • CAR-FREE CITY

ECONOMICAL

ENVIRONMENTAL

SOCIAL

DESIGN CONTROL

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CENTRAL PARK PARK

GARDEN

COURTYARD

IDEA GENERATIONS

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Fire Bridge Station

Fishermans Bend History Collection Museum

ACFS Warehouse Movie Studio and Complex

PRESERVATION

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Cambridge University Press

Globe Headquater

Afterschool Centre

Keep their business and develop them

PRESERVATION

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Delf Architectural Practise

Former Symex Site

Innovative public space Inspiration Centre Invite people do any creative design here

PRESERVATION

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NEW MASTERN PLAN

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FIGURE GROUND

Flemington

Footscray

To Ballarat

North Melbourne

East Melbourne

Southern Cross Flinders Station

Dockland

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Lorimer

Montague Domain

South Yarra

Port Melbourne

Wirraway

Station Pier New Port

To Werribee

Albert Park

To Malvern

To Williamstown

Existing Tram Line

Existing Train Line

Tram Station

Proposed Tram Line

Proposed New Train Line by council (2014)

Existing Train Station

Proposed New Train Line

Proposed New Train Station by council (2014) Proposed New Train Station

CONNECTION WITH CBD & PORT MELBOURNE

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Major Access for transports

Reserved Street

Road Network Hierarchy

Major Axis

Added Street

TRAM LINES

UNDERGROUND TRAIN LINES

CAR WAYS

BICYCLE LANE

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TRANSPORTATION

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GREEN CONNECTIONS

CENTRAL PARK

PARK

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GARDEN

COURTYARD

GREEN & PUBLIC SPACE

Commercial Buildings

Recreation Buildings

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Retail Buildings

Residential Buildings

Public Buildings

Educational Buildings

FUNCTION DISTRIBUTION

COMMERCIAL MAJOR

COMMERCIAL MAJOR

COMMERCIAL MAJOR

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MIX USE

RETAIL MAJOR

RESIDENTIAL GREEN SPACE

RECREATION MAJOR

ENTERTAINMENT COMMERCIAL PUBLIC USE

RESIDENTIAL MAJOR

EDUCATIONAL RETAIL

REGIONAL FUNCTION HYBRIDIZATION

81m 45m

18m

12m

31 87m

102m

39m

SECTIONAL HYBRIDISATION & BUILDING HEIGHTS

81m 45m

30m

24m

29.5m

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FENELL STREET GREEN SPACE PEDESTRAIN BICYCLE LANE & EMERGENCY

TRAM LINE 6m

5.5m 6.5m 5.5m 6m

Major axis: Public transport only (Trams, Bicycles, Emergency vehicles and delivery vehicles)

TYPICAL STREET SECTIONS

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GREEN SPACE

Prince FWY

PEDESTRAIN BICYCLE LANE CARS WAY

Car available lane: Boundary of Sandridge Precinct.

Surrounding buildings have car park but no private car permission into Sandridge.

TYPICAL STREET SECTIONS

6m

4m

6.5m 2m 6.5m

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16m

GREEN SPACE PEDESTRAIN BICYCLE LANE

2m

4m

4m

4m

2m

TYPICAL STREET SECTIONS

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OVERALL VIEW

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SUN RISE

NOON

SUN SET

SUNRISE MID-DAY & SUNSET

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DAY

24-7

NIGHT

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STREET PROVISION

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STREET PROVISION

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SKETCHES

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SKETCHES