SAMANTHA CHONG portfolio of works
SAMANTHA CHONG Third Year Landscape Architecture Student +61425206913 // samanthachong@live.com Melbourne, AUS
E D U C AT I O N
EXPERIENCE
Grad. Dec 2018
The University of Melbourne
Since Sept 2015
Pennsylvania State University, USA
Since Aug 2016
1st Semester 2018
Landscape Architecture Major Urban Planning and Design Minor Study Abroad Program Stuckeman School of Landscape Architecture
Box Hill Senior Secondary
2013 - 2015
88.20 ATAR VCE in Studio Art, Fine Arts, Indonesian SL, Further Maths, Literature
ACHIEVEMENTS
July 2013 - Feb 2014
Scholarship from The University of Melbourne
Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival Top 20 Finalist
Customer Service Award
Kate Hill Doncaster, VIC For exceeding store KPI and upselling product
Melbourne Uni Food Co-Op
Volunteer 40+ hours cooking, cleaning and idea contribution
Relay For Life
Committee Member Cancer Council Victoria Fundraiser
Deli Team Member and Cashier Forest Hill, VIC
John Sugden Swim School
Swimming Teacher Mont Albert North & Glen Waverley, VIC
Hahndorf’s Fine Chocolates
Waitress Doncaster East, VIC
Kate Hill
Customer Service Sales Assistant Westfield Doncaster, VIC
Grill’d
Kitchen & Service Team Member Westfield Doncaster, VIC
McDonald’s
Front of House Team Member Vermont South, VIC
SKILLS COMPUTER
I N V O LV E M E N T
June 2013 - Jan 2014
June 2012 - Feb 2013
Future Runway Fashion Designer
2015
2016
Oct 2013 - Sept 2014
Melbourne Global Scholars Award
Dec 2017
Oct 2014
Oct 2014 - Nov 2015
Woolworths
Photoshop, InDesign, AutoCAD, Rhino, 3DS Max, Maya
MAKING
Laser Cutting, Sketching, Watercolour, Oil Painting, Sewing
CONTENTS This portfolio contains a collection of selected design projects from 2016 - 2018. These were developed during my time at the University of Melbourne as I currently pursue my bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture and urban planning. The projects in these folios have been collated and condensed for this portfolio and therefore are not comprehensive. The chosen projects showcase the scale and diversity of my design education, and highlights my interest in the intersection between urban planning and landscape architecture. Education in urban planning has significantly influenced my landscape architecture practice and vice versa. Explorations of tectonics, space, the landscape and contemporary urban planning concepts have built the foundation of my design philosophy
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SITE TECTONICS Landscape Grading Project
PLANTING DESIGN Garden Design Project
DESIGN STUDIO 1 First Year Work Sample
PLANNING REPORT Urban Planning Report
G R A D UAT E S G A R D E N Landscape Design Project
N E W G E N E R AT I O N
Brownfield Site Redevelopment Project
WORK SAMPLE Lasercutting + Model Making
01 SITE TECTONICS Second Year, Second Semester Landscape Architecture Design Studio Brimbank Park, Victoria, Australia In Collaboration with Danyelle Bailey We placed the Barcelona Pavilion, a key 20th century architecture project, on the landscape located to the north of Melbourne in Brimbank Park. Landscape and ramp design prioritises the needs of mobility-impaired senior citizens and adheres closely to the building plan provided, as stipulated in the project brief. A close study of the architect’s, Mies van deh Rohe’s, design intent and philosophy informed our final design. The ramp was designed according to ADA (Australian Disability Act) standards. We strived to design a solution that respects the original architect, the mobilityimpaired and general visitors. Using 3DS Max for the first time, we were able to conduct an exploration on landform design and the limitations of triangulated irregular meshes.
3DS Max Render
access points
PART 01: MANUAL GRADING An artificial embankment is built over the Maribyrnong River and the Barcelona Pavilion sits over the water. Looking down onto the pavilion, visitors experience a synthesis of built form and the natural environment. The pools of the Barcelona Pavilion reflect the same light as the Maribyrnong River. This concept was influenced by Mies van der Rohe’s original design in which the pavilion was a piece of inhabitable art (Kroll, 2011). By placing the building on an elevated landform within the site’s natural depression, the building now becomes artwork on display.
water bodies
light and transparency
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PA RT 0 2 : E Q UA L A C C E S S WAY S T U DY Bridging landform and built form using the Australian Standard AS1428, Design for Access and Mobility.
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Autocad ramp grading plan DRAFT GRADING PLAN
SCALE 1:500 @ A3
BRIMBANK PARK
DATE: 12.09.2017
PLAN VIEW
PA RT 0 3 : 3 D S M A X M E S H E X P L O R AT I O N
Materiality - ‘Displacement’ Modifier
Form - ‘Ripple’ Modifier
Movement - ‘Flex’ Modifier + Animation Render
PART 04: MODELLING
Manipulated terrain and ramp grading
3DS Max triangulated irregular network landform manipulation
Original site terrain
PART 05: DESIGN SYNTHESIS The concept for this design amalgamates the landscape, built form and human expreience. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s intent to create an interactive and inhabitable sculpture was not only respected but elevated. The landform of the site has been manipulated to represent a staging ground which introduces the Barcelona Pavilion as an art piece. An aritificial landform is built over the river as a podum for the building and is situated within the lowest point of the site, painting a picture of reverence.
3DS Max render
3DS Max render
The ramp design encourages engagement with the existing site landscape on the human scale. The curvilinear and intentionally convoluted path is experiential in form as there is a constant feedback of sensory stimuli. This is experienced on the ground plane as visitors look up at the series of glass panels which wrap rhythimically around the steep landform. Visitors positioned on the elevated observation deck are presented with a perspective where the landform is the canvas, the Barcelona Pavilion is the focal point and clusters of human experience complete the composition.
02 PLANTING DESIGN Second Year, First Semester Plant Identification + Analysis Module Residential Planting Bed Design City of Bundoora, Victoria, Australia Garden bed design project that required the use of herbacious, flowering plants. The simple, rectagular form of the garden bed was used as a jumping-off point to create textural and colour interest through planting design. Emphasis on plant sourcing and feasibility was required by the brief. This design applies written sources of plant design concepts to create an effective design.
Structural Plants
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Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Tuscan Blue’
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1200mm
Kniphofia ‘Winter Cheer’
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600mm
Alchemilla mollis
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450mm
Geranium ‘Ann Folkard’
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900mm
Pervoskia atriplicifolia
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700mm
Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’
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400mm
Zantedeschia aethiopica
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450mm
Allium tuberosum
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400mm
P L A N T I N G S CH ED U LE & Q UAN T IT IES The border is designed in interlocking, informal drifts with a layered effect to allow different groups of mass plantings to blend seamlessly. A split complementary colour scheme of purples, reds and yellows, with hints of white and a backdrop of varying green hued foliage was chosen to create a dramatic showcase. Groundcover plants with a habit of infiltration, pushing slender shoots through, are used to “unify and knit the tapestry of flowers and foliage into a single piece of living fabric” (Lloyd 1984). All plants will be planted as tube stock in order to allow them to acclimatise to the environment and establish themselves well. The intended design scheme should be fully realised 5 to 7 years after initial planting when most of the plants reach maturity.
Evergreen Groundcovers
Seasonal Interest Plants
DATE: 21 May 2017 CLIENT: Residential Garden GARDEN LOCATION: City of Bundoora, Victoria
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Pervoskia atriplicifolia
Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Tuscan Blue’
Kniphofia ‘Winter Cheer’
Allium tuberosum
Geranium ‘Ann Folkard’
Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’
Zantedeschia aethiopica
Alchemilla mollis
BLOOM SCHEDULE
The borders peak flowering starts in October and continues through to May but the winter flowering Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’ was chosen to bring life to the border in its downtime. Specimens are planted in mass in order to produce a full and high-impact effect. Visual interest is created by the contrasting forms and textures of the chosen species. While light reflecting qualities in glossy evergreen leaves and the lime-green Alchemilla mollis juxtapose with the duller foliage of other specimens to ensure the garden is not lifeless.
03 DESIGN STUDIO 1 First Year, Second Semester Architecture Design Studio Site + Built Form Design Project Concrete Lawn, The University of Melbourne An exploration and application of contemporary concepts in building spaces designed for people. Emphasis was placed on exploring materials in 2D and 3D form for idea generation. A comprehensive analysis of the site was undertaken as a group before applying methods of landforming, assemblage and spatio-temporal narrative to the site design. The final design is a response to the consideration of movement and the cirtical analysis of physical environmental systems.
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HIGH PEDESTRIAN COUNT LOW PEDESTRIAN COUNT CYCLIST COUNT
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FORM:
LANDFORMING This model focuses on the concept of extruding the ground plane. Inspired by organic folds and the natural waves created by curvilinear manipulation
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MODEL
Hand Made, Calico Material + PVA Glue
PLAN
Hand Drawn Sketch, 1:1
SECTION
Hand Drawn Sketch, NTS
FORM:
ASSEMBLAGE An exploration of the ‘grafting’ technique, particular emphasis was placed in balancing cohesion and contrast. Cohesion is created in the intersecting flow of lines while contrast is built through the different aesthetic qualities of the material, smooth and rough.
MODEL
Basa Wood, Calico + PVA Glue
PLAN
Hand Drawn Sketch, 1:1 80
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Hand Drawn Sketch, 1:2
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SUPERIMPOSITION
C O N C R E T E LAW N P LAN
9PM M O V E M E N T M A P
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SPATIO-NARRATIVE PLAN Hand Drawn Sketch, 1:2
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PROGRAM:
S PAT I O T E M P O R A L N A R R AT I V E
In this place I find solace. I am also encountered by a vibrancy that challenges my soul. I am alone but I still feel that I am in the company of old friends. I am not only with the company of other human beings but with the free-flowing and generous intimate vibrations from all that surrounds me. Vibrations that help me feel more intimately, engage my creativity, and bounce from being to being spreading and building like a snowball as it rolls. It connects me to everything within and without. A home that I do not own because it cannot be owned but that I undoubtedly belong to.
FINAL DESIGN:
EXPERIENTIAL COLLAGE My final design is focused on creating an experience based on my spatio-temporal narrative through abstract forms. The mind is challenged by the undulating structural forms, the lighting installation and the contrast between nature and the built form
SECTION B-B
Photoshop Collage, NTS
FINAL DESIGN:
SITE PLAN COLLAGE
Abstract lamp posts with blue frosted glass
Colour co-ordinated flower beds
Small meeting spaces to cater for different needs
Stainless steel structure
White concrete moulded structure
Moulded pink frosted glass lighting with in-ground light bulbs
PLAN
Photoshop Collage, NTS
04 PLANNING REPORT Second Year, Second Semester Intro to Urban Planning Module Urban Planning Report Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria This report focuses on the aspect of open space within the selfselected site boundary. This topic was chosen based on field research and site visits. High-levels of on-street traffic movement through the site, both residential and non-residential, presents both challenge and opportunity through the high levels of encounter between people and place. The site is well-serviced in terms of transport options, proximity to career opportunities and food services. Due to location, the site is highly built up and currently has no site unique identity because it is surrounded by local hubs that have a strong identity. Opportunities identified in this report were aimed at cultivating a sense of place and identity on the local scale while increasing safety for the people who use it as a thoroughfare. These objectives, if successful, address the vision to activate open spaces and create dynamic streetlife that the community would enjoy.
landmark point of interest
The site I have chosen poses interesting challenges as it is located between two distinct cultural and social hubs, and has two prominent ‘point of interest’ nodes located close by. In terms of open space functionality, the site is currently just a thoroughfare as it is sandwiched between two destination points. The site’s building functionality is very diverse in terms of use. This may cause issues in the implementation stage as many different stakeholders will have to be involved at all stages of the project.
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Key stakeholders include: • Student, staff and faculty at the university • Students living on-campus • Residents • Small business owners & their customers • The City of Melbourne
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During the site visit, it was evident that the streetscape was lacking in aesthetic value. As a result, sidewalks and streets were barren of any human activity that did not involve walking from car to building. Sidewalk activaton is important because the safety of the street is dependant on the people that loiter- enjoying city streets voluntarily and subconciously policing them (Jacobs, 1961).
Despite the fact that most of the site is heritage listed, distinctive character is limited to the built environment and its facades. The open space is lacking in terms of visual identity. Ample provision of onstreet parking, high ratio of road space and location of the site inhibits pedestrian placemaking. The many vehicular passengers that pass through the site everyday do not get a sense of the site’s identity, which exists but is hidden in the social fabric between regular visitors or in the built functions, as the open space is void of visual cues.
As displayed in the map, the site boundary is more than 95% impervious. The high level of imperviousness poses significant challenges and issues for future risk mitigation as it increases the rate of stormwater runoff and the urban heat island effect. This negatively impacts urban water quality and contributes to declining stream health as it transports polluted stormwater runoff (Beck, McHale & Hess, 2016).
OBJECTIVE #1
C R E AT E F U N C T I O N A L I T Y This underutilised space provides an oppportunity for redevelopment into a linear park that services residents, students from the university and nonlocal pedestrians. It would allow people who normally have parallel social networks to intersect and build community connections. This park would not only provide a valuable service for residents but activity amenities in front of real estate has value-adding potential (Kozlott, 2012). This site was chosen for its suitability as it is already an existing piece of green infrastructure, which makes it easier to add vegetation in a highly built-up environment. Further, litter and trolleys that were left on the strip during the site visit is evidence that this space is currently undervalued and underutilised by the community. The addition of playground equipment for children and excercising equipment for the elderly, shade and seating provisions will provide lowcost, high-value infrastructural amenities for the community.
Images of litter and trolleys that have been left on the strip.
ACTION 1.2
POP-UP PARKLETS This program is based on the ‘Fun Theory’ that states fun is “the easiest way to change people behaviour for the better” (The Fun Theory, n.d.). Short-term, temporary green spaces are a functional way to promote active streets and friendly neighbourhoods (Kim, 2015). Local businesses can also benefit from this program as using parking spaces in front of their stores generates pedestrian interest and creates extra outdoor seating provisions. Further, the dynamic nature of this program encourages awareness of green infrastructure and environmental conciousness.
On-street parking on Farraday Street, western side of site (Nearmap, 2017).
On-street parking on Farraday Street, eastern side of site (Nearmap, 2017).
On-Street Carparking Spaces Suitable for Parklet Program Underground parking provision available as alternative
OBJECTIVE #2
BUILD SITE IDENTITY + PERCEPTIONS OF SAFETY The installation of a unique lighting design on major streets that are currently void and lack character will enhance the visual experience of pedestrians. It combinees functionality and scenographic lighting design as it balances safety and supports an active urban life while creating a distinctive darkhour identity (Illumni, 2013). Architectural civil lighting is a holistic design solution that will prove to be effective in generating site identity without major infrastructural or structural changes. It provides an opportunity to introduce local artists and connect the site with its surrounding context while respecting the major infrastructural features of the site. This includes the tram line along Swanston and Cardigan Street, and the on-street car parking spaces along Farraday Street. Increasing safety outcomes will prove beneficial for students living oncampus due to recurring movement patterns during night-time and presumably after alcohol consumption. Further, students studying late at the university will walk through the carpark at night so bright and colourful lighting will increase perceptions of safety for those students when travelling home.
Before and after conceptual collage of Cardigan Street transformation
OBJECTIVE #3
M I T I G AT E S TO R M WAT E R R U N O F F An alley of rain gardens will be built at the back facade of this residential block as the site currently has high levels of imperviousness but little drainage provisioning which may cause stormwater runoff issues, as discussed above, during heavy rains. Rain gardens, also known as bioretention, are shallow planted areas with specific soil types and native vegetation to collect, absorb and treat stormwater runoff. These gardens are beneficial for the retention of stormwater runoff, decrease in total volume and flow to municipal stormwater systems, overall reduction in nutrient loadings and enhancement of local site biodiversity (Berner, 2014). Rain gardens are effective for flood mitigation, increasing home value and creating habitat as native plants provide habitat and food for birds, butterflies and bees.
Before and after conceptual collage of the back alley rain gardens
I M P L E M E N TAT I O N T I M E L I N E
ACTION 1.2
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Implementing Pop-Up Parklet Day on Sundays
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Commission local street artists to create art for blank facades
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Create linear rain gardens along the back alley of the North-West residential block
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Creating a linear park along the underutilised green strip on Keppel Street
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Implement architectural light installations on main roads
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05 G R A D UAT E S G A R D E N First Semester, Second Year Landscape Architecture Studio Small Scale Site Design Project The Potter Cafe, University of Melbourne, Victoria An exploration of the fundamental approaches and exploration techniques of landscape architecture. Including the documentation, representation and analysis of the site as a cultural and physical space. Situated on ground level, the site is effectively a concrete rooftop garden that houses the Betatron, a radioactive machine used for science experiments. The site has steep gradients, calculated and recorded manually in the contour map. The final design is a result of contemporary design generation techniques including an exploration of form and function through hand-drawn sketching.
Established tree roots at the edge of the site that has disturbed the concrete foundation
S I T E + P L A N T A N A LY S I S
Wooden Slats
South-west facing sketch of site
Juvenile Trees
Sketch of the different plant species’ found in North-side plant bed. Species’ are limited and lacks colour variation but has textural interest
Shrub
Grass Groundcover
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Autocad drawing + Photoshop Render 1:150 @ A3
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Zantedeschia aethiopica
Achillea filependulina
Kniphofia ‘Winter Cheer’
Perovskia atriplicifolia
Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Tuscan Blue’
Santolina chamaecyparissus
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Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’
Geranium ‘Ann Folkard’
DETAILED PERSPECTIVE Rhino + Photoshop, NOT TO SCALE
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SEATING DESIGN A space designed for people
Raised planter beds
Cornered spaces allow for and encourage congregation Moulded white concrete blocks
Raised platform used as a step and seating
loamy, clay soil
300mm seating
100mm step
100mm thick wall
60mm tall planater
150mm
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SITE CONDITIONS An east-facing raised planting bed that is built on the rooftop of the bunker. It is located at ground level and faces the street. It can be seen from ground level by pedestrians, the cafe patrons, the opposite street as well as from the top-down from the balcony of the physics building and the bridge. The soil is 600mm deep and is a high quality, sandy clay loam and well prepared with 20mm of organic matter. Irrigated with a sprinkler system and will be supplied twice weekly in summer. 75mm thick coarse mulch will also be installed after planting. Plant selection needs to be hardy and suitable for human interaction as the site will recieve high traffic flow.
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Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Tuscan Blue’
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1200mm
Kniphofia ‘Winter Cheer’
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600mm
Alchemilla mollis
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450mm
Geranium ‘Ann Folkard’
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900mm
Evergreen Groundcovers
SPECIMEN TREE The two massive elm trees that currently function to screen the site have been removed in order to open up the site to face the street and introduce the site as ‘open’ to the public rather than a privatised university garden. A deciduous specimen tree that is shorter in height at maturity and has a permeable canopy has been chosen and placed at the centre of the site. This provides shade during the summer and allows the sun through during winter. The provision for shade is important for landscapes designed for human engagement as it is a catalyst for vitality - according to Kevin Lynch’s theory.
Climbing Plants
Solanum laxum ‘Album’
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1500mm
Seasonal Interest Plants
Pervoskia atriplicifolia
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Achillea filipendulina
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450mm
Santolina chamaecyparissus
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600mm
Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’
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400mm
Senecio linearifolius
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400mm
Zantedeschia aethiopica
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FEATURE PLANT
An evergreen, herbacious perennial used as a groundcover at the base of the tree. It forms dense basal mounds of velvety soft leaves that will catch and retain moisture beads that sparkle in the sun. In spring, it will flower small limeyellow clusters of delicate flowers.
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Optimising Vertical Space Provision
Tresllis design; based on stencil experiment
SITE or MACHINE: Stencilling experiment
SECTION ELEVATION
Rhino render + Photoshop collage, NOT TO SCALE
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Rhino + Photoshop, NOT TO SCALE
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06 N E W G E N E R AT I O N Maribyrnong Defence Site, Maribyrnong, Victoria Second Year, Second Semester Site Planning + Design Studio Individual Project Site redevelopment design for brownfield site, former Department of Defense site, prioritising programmatic function. Project brief includes tiered residential, commercial and green-space provision requirements. This project centred around concepts of urban density and social engineering through built space design.
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FLOOD ZONE
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HERITAGE BUILDINGS
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Detached housing on a quarter-acre block was and still is the goal of many Australians. The rising cost of housing means that many people cannot afford home ownership or alternatively have to move to the urban boundary that is located far away from comprehensive urban infrastructure provisions. This new plan seeks to provide affordable housing options in urban centres through higher density dwellings and the use of shared infrastructure. AL CAP
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This movement lead to high levels of car dependency. ‘Urban consolidation’ as a solution to the negative impacts of urban sprawl, including high carbon footprints, encourages the switch towards active transport options like walking, cycling and public transport. car dependency that is ecologically, socially and economically unsustainable as it has a high carbon footprint, is a highly isolated form of transport and is a heavy financial burden due to rising fuel prices. This means that people will engage with their surrounding environment which fosters place-making and increases childrens perceptions of safety because they are familiar with their environment.
A big issue with urban sprawl is that the urban form built on principles of car dependency and detached housing does not provide opportunities for spontaneous social engagement and can lead to disconnectedness and isolation. Having facilities, amenities and networks close by fosters community engagement and therefore, the building of social capital. Having mixeduse buildings and the varying of building typologies encourages different demographics to interact and build social networks- differing from the linear movement networks of traditional suburban towns.
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EL EVATED PEDEST RIAN BOARDWAL K T he boar d walk is located on the f ringe of the flood zone and is e le v at ed for that r eason. It also pro v id es an attr active view of the res e rv e and a nor malised r oute for r unner s.
CO MPREHEN SIVE CYCLING R OU TE Mi x ture of (1)2-metre local paths and (2)6-metre wide main paths. Network i s comprehensive and has connecti ons to all amenities and res i denti al dw ellings.
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NON- PRESCRIPTIVE NET W ORK T h e g r e e n - r o u t e s on s i te pro vid e p e d e st r ia n s wit h a compre h e n sive n e t wo r k t h a t al l ows y ou t o wa lk f r o m a n ywh e re to ev erywh e r e wit h o u t wo r ry i ng about p r e sc r ib e d r oads
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HOVENRING CYCLE ROUNDABOUT Eindhoven, Netherlands
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1. Keeps cyclist traffic separated from vehicles at a major intersection 2. Prioritises cyclist safety 3. A key landmark/point-of-interest for the site
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1. Encouraging people to cycle by using the ‘Fun Theory’ that states it is the easiest way to change peoples’ behaviour for the better 2. Colourful designs are engaging and add to a sense of place 3. Glow-in-the-dark lighting makes a safer route for cyclist & is sustainable
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE Pedestrian Bridge Tennis Courts
Central Plaza Elevated Pedestrian Boardwalk
Community Gardens
Apartment Courtyards (Public Access)
BBQ Facilities
Business Plaza
Tennis Courts
Sports Oval
COMMUNITY AMENITIES
Hospital
Retail Precinct
Library
Day Care Community Garden Hub Recycling Hub Collaborative Work Space
Office Building Precinct Pre-School
Community Centre
Tennis Club
HIgh School
Mixed-Use Building Football Club
RESIDENTIAL
Medium Density Townhouses
High Density Apartment Blocks
Low Density Housing Clusters
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HAND DAWN, NTS
S O C I A L C A P I TA L
TYPE [a] LOW density SHARED PRIVATE courtyard 4 dwellings 1 common house
from disconnected to connected
rooftop garden + outdoor dining space living room guest room
entertainment room
indoor dining space
kitchen
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HAND DAWN, NTS
TYPE [b] bicycle share system
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MEDIUM density SMALL PRIVATE garden PERMEABLE courtyard 6-12 dwellings 1 common house
SECTION
NOT TO SCALE
The Common House encourages engagement between neighbours through shared infrastructure
SECTION
N
HAND DAWN, NTS
private access semi-permeable access permeable access
TYPE [c] HIGH density PERMEABLE SHARED courtyard 20++ dwellings 2 common house
FOOD PRECINCT
SECTION
N
GREEN ROUTE
HAND DRAWN, NTS
1-WAY CAR ROAD
BOARDWALK
2-WAY BIKE LANES
1-WAY CAR ROAD
GREEN ROUTE
PLANTING SCREENS
New Tree Plantings Existing Trees Herbaceous Plantings Shrub Plantings
N
DETAILED PLAN HAND DRAWN, NTS
DETAILED PLAN
HAND DRAWN, NTS
N
P R E S E N TAT I O N + C R I T I Q U E P I N U P
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LASERCUT MODEL First Semester, Second Year Urban Design Module Model Making Exercise Placa Major de Palma de Mallorca, SPAIN An introduction to model-making and critical analysis of contemporary public spaces in cities. Including a critique of the perception and reinterpretation of urban form.
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