Student Portfolio: MSc. Urban Design and City Planning 2018/2019 The Bartlett School of Planning,

Rung-arun Tiyanukulmongkhon

Portfolio 2018/2019 MSc. Urban Design & City Planning The Bartlett School of Planning University College of London (UCL)

Content : Urban Design : Layout, Density & Typology Holloway Prison 1 Urban Design : Place Making, Poplar 6 Collaborative City Planning Strategies : Green Lanes High Street 12 Urban Design : Design Guidance, Incentive and Control Woolwich Framwork 16 Urban Design : Sustainable Futures by Design Wandle Valley 18 Dissertation in Planning Street Vendors in Thai Streets 26

the full version report available at : https://issuu.com/rung-aruntiyanukulmongkhon/ docs/bpln0056_task2

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Urban Design : Layout, Density & Typology

A plan for the future of Holloway After closing permanently in 2016, the site of the former largest women’s prison in Europe, HMP Holloway, is up for redevelopment. The site, situated in the desirable London Borough of Islington, is well-connected via local bus routes, and sits within a short walking distance of Caledonian Road underground station. The 4.05 hectare site presents a unique opportunity to create a thriving new urban district on the former prison site, and bring much needed new homes to the community.

Our challenge is to create a comprehensive vision and master plan for the former Holloway Prison site, in line with the London Plan’s ambition to deliver up to 66,000 new homes and promote ‘good growth through good design. We seek to maximise housing density on the site without compromising living standards, whilst simultaneously respecting and enhancing the area’s typological character. In doing so, we seek to maximise the site’s existing strengths, listen to requirements set out by the council and local community, and incorporate considerations from women formerly incarcerated at HMP Holloway.

The 570 to 720 dwellings requirement is over-achieved in the final scheme, with 723 total dwellings. This supply of new homes will help address the acute shortage of homes identified in the London Housing Strategy.

Higher densities could have been achieved by incorporating taller buildings or incorporating fewer low-density terrace homes. However, doing so would have run counter to our stated goals of an inclusive neighbourhood designed with well-being in mind.

https://issuu.com/ rung-aruntiyanukulmongkhon/docs/groupb2

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Urban Design : Place Making

Waking Poplar Up

will bring people and the environment closer than ever before. Our proposal will create job opportunities, residential estates; enhance street network and public transportation. At the same time, bring back lost nature in the area by introducing the new habitat path and a new landmark: The Ecological Centre. Furthermore, improving the connectivity between Poplar and Canary Wharf through redevelopment of Aspenway by making the liner park on top of the highway which hidden under ground instead, thus unifying the both sides in the distant future.

Building typology development There are 2 phases to re-develope; 1. to create new route 2. to create perimeter block According a new route strategy in order to improve a connectivity between two existing main roads, ,East India Dock Road and Poplar High Street easily to walk by grid system and shorter distance.

The new street charactor brings an eco-friendly pathway for pedestrian and it can be a green corridor to encorage people tend to walk or bicycle more.

Perimeter blocks contribute more quality of being permeable flowing though buildings due to perimeter block create grid system between each block.

Public and Private realms The distinction between public and private area in each perimeter block because it can provide an enclosure by building and its cortyard inside.

This can improve sense of ownership and security and also defining public and private space clearly can make residents feel more comfortable and use more own outdoor space

Context of the research High streets are places to enhance social value by provide opportunities for local business; promotes social cordiality and cultural exchange; they also encourage londoners to walk or take public transport. Unfortunately, according to Department for Business Innovation and Skill (2011), High streets are slowly losing their place within London and are quickly superseded by the unit of the town centres, foreshadowing the slow downfall of high streets.

What threats does high street face?

High street retailers are under threat as consumers are shopping more online and the cost of running a physical store on a high street is being compromised by rising business rates and legal minimum wages. According to National Statistics mentioned by Butler (2018) in the Guardian, 80,000 jobs have been lost from Britain’s high streets within the first half of 2018 and its believed to rise to 85,000.

Furthermore, Rachel Lund head of insights at the British Retail Consortium stated in the Guardian, they are witnessing increase competition and higher costs on high streets, accompanied by decline in footfall as consumers shop online (Butler., 2018; High streets for all 2017).

https://issuu.com/rung-aruntiyanukulmongkhon/docs/ group_12_final_report

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Collaborative City Planning Strategies Assessment Criteria

Retail in the Green Lanes high street is considered as a non-residential use and an actor which provide products, goods, food and services for everyday needs of local residents and also visitors. There is intense competition among the local shops, except for some categories such as petrol stations (monopolised by Esso), and hence less flexible in terms of price. About 95% of all retail options are local shops and the 5% are chain brand such as Sainsbury’s, Waitrose.

This Green Lanes section has a unique use pattern different from typical high streets, as the retail frontage here is not continuous, but rather clusterized, and consists of four different retail clusters, each with its distinct character and uses. These specific features of an overall ‘Green Lanes high street as affordable retail options could be indicated in a following break-down; Cluster 1 - as affordable product & service options.

Cluster 2 - as affordable high-end products and free parking lots Cluster 3 and 4 - as affordable quality local retail options for everyday life.

Land uses map showing different type of non-residential uses

https://issuu.com/rung-aruntiyanukulmongkhon/docs/woolwich_ group_5_-_final_report_02_

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Urban Design : Design Guidance, Incentive and Control

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Urban Design : Sustainable Futures by Design

https://issuu.com/ rung-aruntiyanukulmongkhon/docs/ tiyanukulmongkhon_ bpln0034_sustaina

WANDLE VALLY The aim of the course is to provide the student with a holistic approach to all the aspects of sustainability: social, cultural, economic and environmental. It seeks to make the student reflect on possible sustainable future cities by addressing issues that are currently at the forefront of the debate on urban design and city planning: how to make cities more inclusive, collaborative, consume less resources, interact with nature and, at the same time, strengthen its design and maintain and reuse its heritage.

The module combines design and theoretical reflection through a series of lectures, workshops and a design proposal. The key topics of sustainability that the lectures and workshops address are: • City and nature: interaction between humans, non-humans, city and nature. Land use, food, waste, urban metabolism, urban fauna and flora.

• Urban character and heritage: what makes a place, townscape, urban conservation.

• Collaborative urbanism: participation, co-production, co-design, civic economy.

• Inclusive cities: social justice, culture, gender, age, democracy and welfare delivery.

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Dissertation in Planning : The value and role of street vendors in the Thai high street, in promoting social cohesion and socio-economic prosperity

Street vending can be a survival strategy for women and the urban poor and contributes to social cohesion in Thai society. Research on the relations between street vendor and buyers in four specific site areas where are selected case studies in this dissertation has tended to focus on perspectives from vending stakeholders, which are the seller, buyer, general public and authorities, through the ‘Returning footpaths to pedestrian’ policy, 2014, in order to investigate the impact of the existence and disappearance of street vendors in Bangkok. full version of dissertation report https://issuu.com/rung-aruntiyanukulmongkhon/docs/cover_dissertation_photo_2-merged

Quantitative data analysis methods are used to interpret and explain street vending patterns affecting its location and buyers’ behaviour in different areas.

Then, to conclude, the study investigates the role of Thai high-street vendors in aspects of contributing to social cohesion and economic prosperity, on which research is limited. The results show that street vendors encourage an inclusive city where streets act as public spaces for all, including vehicles, non-motorised traffic, pedestrians and socio-economic activities (vending). Furthermore, street vending involves building social integration and co-relationships between diverse people in the community as the same fabric, and also supports the place being more vital and safe due to the opening time effects. Therefore, policy interventions need to study the street vendor role in regard to social aspects in order to retain and improve the better vending on the street in Thailand; these policies may then be applicable to global street vending.