MARCH SKETCHBOOK Safwan Sheikh
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THAMES RIVERSIDE
urban riverside regeneration project
02 SURAT UPCYCLING MARKET upcycling market as part of a masterplan
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THAMES RIVERSIDE REGENERATION location: thames, isle of dogs, london gross floor area: +2000m2
the theme of this project in central london is promoting density. to respond to this, two questions have been asked: what does london have a lot of? and what is london in need of? the answers: london has water - the thames is one of london's greatest asset; and london is in constant need of housing for the constantly expanding population. as a result, 'thames riverside regeneration' is a social housing development proposed along the banks of the thames. scientist, wallace nichols mentions that: "urban blue spaces are places to gather, think, relax, create and unplug. water gives us a sense of freedom and privacy. we're drawn to blue spaces and people tend to associate it with qualities like calm, openness, depth and wisdom. water is considered the elixir of life. it covers more than 70% of the earth's surface, makes up nearly 70% of our bodies, and constitutes over 70% of our hearts and brains."
TYPOLOGY
RENEWABLE ENERGY
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SURAT UPCYCLING MARKET Location: Chowk, Surat, Gujarat Gross building floor area: 3500m2
this thesis was on environmental and social design culminating into an initial research-driven masterplan along the tapi river consisting of landscaping elements, educational and recreational areas, and also artificially created paddy fields. the masterplan was developed as a prototype for a riverside urban regeneration programme to combat issues like waste and flooding. the masterplan also includes a low-tech open building for upcycling where the waste is crafted and converted into something else and resold at the existing flea market. this social enterprise style system being economically viable can put other environmental issues under control including trash, sewer, and pollution. the concept retains cultural life and spirit of the surti workers by becoming a publicly visible activity which adds to the dynamism surat's activities.
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pollution chimney - that help to ventilate the polluted air as well as collect rainwater local wildlife feature - recreational activities and otter habitats line of trees - resilience strategy and separation of spaces man-made paddy fields on raised topography - absorb water as a resilience strategy to help dissipate potential floods school - educational facility that promotes health, well-being and care for the environment place for festivities with access to the river - access point for spiritual bathers garden - spaces plotted throughout length of masterplan as retreat spaces along the riverside walk. also consist of protected flora under ptfe roof for display. further include: persian gardens, brooks, fountains, flowerbeds, ponds, pools and pavilions water market - amphibious landscape (ltl) - floating markets using empty plastic bottles as floats net to trap plastic from river - attached to floating markets for river clean up bubbles to separate plastic from river - dutch innovation that can make plastic collection more convenient, attached under the nets reedbeds (cj lim) - foliage and flora along the banks of the river to further provide resilience market - main weekly flea market recycling - centre providing crafts and upcycling space which feeds in to the market shops and provisions - to trade goods with ragpickers trash trade-in - collection to waste gathered from around the city recreational activities: -u-turn initiative -maze -cafe -fishing -gatherings
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FIRST ITERATION
SECOND ITERATION
UPCYCLING