RECALL INDUSTRY MEMORY Industry Brownfield Regeneration Project This is research based design project.Regerneration strategies are explored and culture-led strategy is used as the final decision. The main idea of the project is that solves connectivity issue of peripheral brownfield site and utilize local industry history to form unique identify and improve vitality of the site.
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DEMOGRAPHY & FLOOD ANALYSIS
CONTEXT ANALYSIS
Site Age
n mi
23%
Swansea bay 27%
land assessed as having a 1 in 100 or greater annual probability of river flooding (>1%)
0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100
5%
City Center
December
November
October
0
Swansea average rain days
Wales Age 20%
20
0
September
27%
40
5 August
in 9m
26%
40
Train Station
60
10
July
0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100
24%
80
15
June
19%
20
January
n
100
May
4%
Site 9m i
25
April
Swansea Age
120
March
30%
30
Precipitation(mm)
29%
Average rainfall days
0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100
23%
February
4% 14%
25%
land assessed as having between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual probability of river flooding (1% – 0.1%)
Wales average rain days Swansea average rainfall Wales average rainfall
HOW TO CONNECT THE SITE WITHIN THE CITY?
DEVELOPMENT & HISTORY
SITE ANALYSIS
Morfa works founded harfod
Hafod Morfa
Copperworks
1835
1717 Hafod works founded
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1717 Copper industry starts in the lower valley
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VISION
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2
3
4
5
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1960: Mumbles railway is closed due to the decline of Swansea industry.
1980
Morfa
X
11 Copperworks are located along the river tawe 1850
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1
The copperworks are closed.
1924 Two works had emerged
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7
1550:Large coalfields in south Wales (include Swansea) exporting coal to the world
1720-1850: Swansea becomes well-known
1764: Glamorgan Pottery founded .
1960 Lower valley becomes the largest post-industrial brownfield area in Europe
1840: Cardiff exceeds Swansea famous dockland.
CONCEPT
MASTERPLAN FIRE
GREEN
WATER
LIBERTY STADIUM
INDUSTRY
TRANSFORMATION
INDUSTRY MEMORY
WATER FEATURES
GREEN SPACES 2
2
GREEN LINK
LIBERTY STADIUM
RED LINK
PEOPLE FLOW
MASSING
2 2
4
3
1
x
2
2
2
3
6
?
1 Community Green Spaces
2
5
3
2
7
2 Entrance Green Spaces
2 2
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CONNECTIVITY
TRAIN STATION
2 3
8
x
3 Copper Industrial Museum
2
10
2
2
2
4 Main Road
1 1
x
CITY CENTER
x
+
SWANSEA BAY
5 Botanic Garden
1
PENTREHAFOD SCHOOL
11
12
Tree Matrix 6 Square
3
+
13
14
2
7 Visitor Center
2
2
Creative Art 8 Display
15
2
2 2
RED LINKS
2
2
3
9 Sky Observation Bridge
RIVE R
2
2
10 Outdoor Event Spaces
TAWE
11 Copper History Wall
16
12 Industry History Education Square
3
13 Bridge
1
2
Ferry Docking 14 Station
2 1
Benches
History Wall
17
2
15 Waterfront Platform
18
3
HAFOD PRIMARY SCHOOL
16 Outdoor Sitting Area Art & Culture 17 Recreational Green Spaces 18 Bicycle & Pedestrain Promenade
22
1
2
3
3
20
19
2
2
2
2
2
19 Outdoor Cafe
3
20 Green Roof
Bridges
Industry Infrastructure
N
0m
60m 20m
120m 80m
LAYERED ANALYSIS
STREET FURNITURE Landscape Axis Waterfront Linear Park Outside Main Road
Landscape Focal Point
Main Road
Key Spaces
Secondary Road
0m
60m 20m
Landmark Building
Cycling Route
Entrance N
Benches
Pedestrain Route
120m
N
80m
0m
60m
Open Spaces
N
120m
20m
0m
60m 20m
80m
120m
Street Signage
80m
Key Views
LANDUSE ANALYSIS
INTERFACES
Street Lighting
3.1% 3.4% 7.5% 17% 32%
6%
31%
creative business
copper industry museum
retail Main Road
N
0m
60m 20m
120m
N
80m
0m
60m 20m
120m 80m
Museum & Leisure Retail (Food & Market) Hotel Residential (include work-live units) Creative Industry Office & Studio Education & Research Community Service
PHASED DEVELOPMENT PHASED ONE
retail PHASED TWO
PHASED THREEE
Riverfront Retail Street
WORK-LIVE UNIT
RESIDENTIAL
Warehouses Work-Live Units
STREET SECTION
FLOOD CONTROL
2 2
AQUATIC PLANTING
ARTIFICIAL MOUND
NATURAL SLOPE
Reed canary-grass Phalaris arundinacea
3
3
Normal
Normal
SECTION1-1 1
Common reed Phragmites australis
1
100 year
100 year Water Hyacinth Eichhornia Crassipes
SECTION2-2 Lythrumy
STREET SECTION 3-3
500 year(extreme situation)
Main Road & Axis Warehouses & Company
Commercial Cluster Green Roof
Tree Matrix Square
Red Planting Infrastructure Tourists’ Centre
Elevated Walkway Copper Industrial Museum
500 year(extreme situation)
The Chimney (Highest Point)
Botanic Garden
Lythrum salicaria L
Railway Line Pedestrain Path Entrance Wall
Residential & Restaurants
OPEN SPACES
AUTUMN
WINTER
PLANTING STRATEGY Fragnant Plants
Colorful Plants
Wild Cherry: Gean
Autumn Blaze Maple Birch
Apple Tree
Lavender
Wild service tree
Prunus Armeniaca
Outdoor Sitting Area
Elevated Walkway & Industrial Heritage Square
Waterfront Restaurant & Towpath with Platform
Industrial Heritage History Wall
Ourdoor Cafe & Southern Gateway
OFFICE
SUMMER
LEISURE CENTER
SPRING
Main Entrance / Axis (From Stadium)
Fruit Plants
COPPER
LAB
MICROCLIMATE
COMMUNITY CENTRE
noise/wind
SOUTHERN ENTRANCE
REUSE URBAN VOIDS IMPROVE URBAN CONNECTION Recycle & Regenerate City Road Area Type : Group Work for Analysis (Urban Design Project) ; Individual work for Design Date : 2015/03-2015/06 Location: City Road, Cardiff, UK Introduction:The project experiences the entire urban design process. The site near Cardiff University, frequent site analysis and community involvement process help us to explore strength and weakness of city road area. The main aim of the project is to regeneration the site as the distinct local district and improves connection with city center, large context and the site itself.
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Site Location & Amenity
Community Involvement
Roath Park Bute Park Cardiff University
SITE
City Center
Railway
Cardiff Bay
Site is surrounded by Roath Park, Bute Park and City Center and close to Cardiff University. However, this closed relationship is separated by two railways. Besides, City Road, Albany Road and Newport Road are adjacent to the south and north of the site.
Cultural Background & Demography MULTI-CULTURE BACKGROUND
HOUSE PRICE & INCOME
EDUCATION LEVEL
Regeneration Strategy
REUSE URBAN VOIDS I M P R O V E URBAN CONNECTION Recycle & Regenerate City Road Area Type : Group Work for Analysis (Urban Design Project) ; Individual work for Design Date : 2015/03-2015/06 Location: City Road, Cardiff, UK Introduction:The project experiences the entire urban design process. The site near Cardiff University, frequent site analysis and community involvement process help us to explore strength and weakness of city road area. The main aim of the project is to regeneration the site as the distinct local district and improves connection with city center, large context and the site itself.
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Site Location & Context
Community Involvement PROCESS
Roath Park Bute Park Cardiff University
SITE
City Center
Railway
Cardiff Bay
RESULTS OF MAP
PROPOSED STRATEGY SATISFACTION --- SHARED SPACE Existing Situation
Site is surrounded by Roath Park, Bute Park and City Center and close to Cardiff University. However, this closed relationship is separated by two railways. Besides, City Road, Albany Road and Newport Road are adjacent to the south and north of the site.
11% GOOD
Cultural Background & Demography
Proposed Situation
37%
63%
EXCELLENT
42%
AVERAGE
MULTI-CULTURE BACKGROUND
GOOD
10%
AVERAGE
26%
11% POOR
POOR
Most of local people prefer proposed strategy--- shared space. The strategy seems to improve traffic safety and easy for pedestrain to move.
RESULTS OF SURVEY What is the purpose of your visit to City Road?
Does the large traffic volume and junctions on City Road make you feel unsafe?
EDUCATION LEVEL
Do you think the quality of pavement in City Road is good?
17% 31%
26% YES
37% NO
17% 74% NO
63% YES
13%
22%
Regeneration Strategy ECONOMY
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
MOVING & CONNECTION (1) Reuse vacant plots to new functional uses
(1) Regenerate city road as shared spaces
(2) Provide pop-up uses
(2) Develop Strong Physical Connection with Surroundings
(3) Create more activities and events
SOCIAL & CULTURE
(1) Create more food market ,outdoor cinema and other event places (2) Introuduce flexible spaces that facilitate positive and meaning interaction with local people
(1) Create gateway or focal point with public art to improve legibility of the spaces.
(3) Increase Cycle Routes and Facilities
(2)Vertaical planting to decorate building facade and form continous moving imges
(4) Colorful building facade and create vibrant shop frontage
(3) Inclusive with street furniture to improve vibrant
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
(1) Create green links (2) Enhance community garden and green spaces (3) Reuse vacant spaces as green spaces (4) Create pocket garden on city road
Connection Analysis CITY SCALE
NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE
Design Site Analysis
Accessibility r=2000m High Accessibility
(-)back alley full of garbage and feel unsafe
back alley
flat
garage
(+)good view of vacant land on first floor
vacant land 4M
Site N
44
33
5
(-)inactive frontage and factory landuse
dead frontage
5
Railway
warehouse
vacant land 2-2
1.5
10M
(+)adauquate road width for large flow of people and vehicle
1.5
1 1 2 2
Accessibility r=800m
house
building spaces
Site PUBLIC
Low Accessibility
PRIVATE dead frontage
house
shelley garden 4-4
2.5
BUILDING FACADE
N
(-) dead frontage are concentrated at the south of the city road (+) multi-culture food ,shops provide various culture background
semi-private
3-3
design site entrance of building
Railway
private
private
High Accessibility
+) colorful building facade canbe an identity of city road (-) The church provide the focal point of the continous vista of city road
(-)unsafe and uncomfortable path to shelley garden (-)noise from public garden will destory the privacy of residents.No buffer area
10M
semi-private
house
4.5M
2.5
(-)only direct connection from residential to city road
back
car washing 5-5
shelley garden 2.5
7M
2
(-) on-street car parking (+) adaquate road width
Design Site
?
private
public
ROATH PARK
Concept
MasterPlan urban voids
greenery
TOPOGRA
N
GREEN LIVING ROOM
A new vibrant place to provide homely experience to stimulate spontaneous community meetings and conversations
(1) order and sequence of rooms
2 higher
1 green wall define space CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
LOGIC OF
Room for sports&pla
(2) material and pattern of carpet
(extention of commun center)
3 5
Community Ce
CITY CENTER
INDOOR CARPET
INDOORCARPET CARPET GREEN
Differnt material of pavement in public space will provide comfortable feeling as well as own identiy of the spaces.
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7
(3) attractive lighting
4
LAND VA
(1)different types Lighting is important for nightlife in public space.
Kids
9
The repetition of lighting or other elements will define the sequence of spaces as well as add meaning of the spaces
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Young people
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Conceptual Diagram
Old people
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(2)transform in and form green 12
basketball
1 court
13 10 tree matrix square
2 main road 11 water fall
Roath
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14
3 playground12 great lawn 4 entrance 13 gathering space square 5 cultural 14 hedge green wall
6 water
15 community farm garden
7 steps
16 art display alley
fountain
LINE:physical connection moving and flow of people
DOT:eye-catching entrance points connected by green wall to form sequence of spaces
PLANE:extention of indoors different rooms for different function
8 transitional17 farmer market street grass
9 car parking 18 community outdoor coffee/barbecue
17 15 18
0m 1:500
10m 20m
30m
stimula
Green Wall
Detailed Design
A
ENTRANCE SQUARE
MASTERPLAN N
A
1
B
2
TRANSITIONAL PATH
B community center
C
3 D
C
E
4
0m
10m
20m 1:200
D
E
STREET MARKET
MasterPlan
Concept
N
REFLECTION ON PHYSCAL STREET
nter b ce plum
DESIGN CONCEPT ELEMENT
VERTICAL PLANTING COLORFUL FACADE
pos
In order to provide good moving experience,the method is to create continous images when moving through the city road area by using colorful building facade, billboard and planting.
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pan C om
URBAN CINEMA
t Prin
CONTINOUS IMAGES
INFORMATION
COMMUNICATE
2 POCKET GARDEN WATER FEATURE
Create pocket garden on the street to provide wide range of public space for people to gather and communicate with each other.Water feature provides variety in landscape and soundscape.
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3
2
benches& lighting
ng uildi nt b
benches with light
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ke Mar
colorful cube-module 0.8m*0.8m*0.8m
hine Mac
water feature& flower bed
tial
iden
Res
vegetation
4
a Vac
2
ng uildi nt b
a Vac
Street Furniture
t
Car
tree pool
IMAGE2:outdoor green liabrary/water feature with sound
light
4
creek
landmark 5 bus stop tree fountain& art display 6 pocket garden
0m
10m
20m
30m
1
1
c e ry Gro es Stor
3
junction
ng
2
IMAGE1:multi-culture art/street market/ concert festival
i Park
benches &lightings 1
6
d o ri Tan ant taur an Res Indi ant taur
ng uildi nt b
Res
a Vac
IMAGE3:outdoor cafe&restaurand/third place
Perspective
Lightscape
linear floor light dot floor light unique street light
Street Section
2-2
1-1
residential residential
residential
residential canopy car parking drainage
14M
slope protection
vacant
restaurant
outdoor cafe
14M
1:100
Facade The trees at junction become a landmark and focal points to pedestrain as well as drivers,which improve the legibility. West East
vertical planting decoration is an attractive way to connect and form the diffent vistas along city roads colorful elements reflects on the street furniture as well as the facade of building
Overall Strategy On Design Site ECONOMY
safe street/moveable vacant
bring more people vacant
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
MOVING
SOCIAL roath
vacant land/ decline street
good quality public realm stimulate socialize
unique street furniture grass& lawn water feature vegetation
create social-mix &sense of community
good quality of environment
Subway
Bird View
landscape vista open spaces outside connection inside connection&axies
community
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TRANSFORMED
BOXES
Architecture Design For Earthquake
Type : Group Work for Analysis; Individual work for conception analysis,masterplan,final scheming and editing Date : 2013.05-06 3rd year Location: Helan ,NingXia, GanSu Province,China Introduction:The project aims to solve the living problems for local people after earthquake. Through analyze the current solution and method, based on the site situation and promote the flexible conceptual architecture by extensile and modular building units to provide temporary living spaces.
Site Analysis
Current Method & Earthquake Influence
SITE LOCATION
He Lan is located in He Tao earthquake zone.
method
This area consists of mountain land in west and plain in east.
He Lan
He Lan is located in Ning Xia Plain which is regarded as the Abundant Place outside the Great Wall.Yellow River is crossing this land.
CONTEXT
Site
Site
easy, convenient, low cost
bad environment, be influenced by surroundings
medical shelter
well-equipped, small space occupied
high cost, need to load,need smooth traffic
hospital
well-equipped, good environment
long distance, not prompt aid
tent
He Lan is an inland city which is far away from ocean.The climate is relatively dry.
Residential Area
random,no first aid facilities
portable dwellings
Ning Xia Province
Legend
can serve many people
existent shelter
China
Primary School
Hotel
Such as:fire , flood,interruption of communication, the collapse of building,poison gas,etc.
Concept & Challenges CONCEPT
CHALLENGES
Design a building that function and shape can be transformed flexibly.
The current architecture material whether satisfy the command --portable and easy to install.
How to calculate a module to satisfy each function of this building which can transformed flexbily.How to calculate a module to satisfy each function of this building which can transformed flexbily.
High School Boundry How to transfer the building’s function to the other afterthe earthquake.
How to transfer the fixed building to any kinds of space.
Land Use Tranformation
Spaces Tranformation site playground tree belt
Minimum Module
Double Space Module----A
Current Situation
Entrance
The site is basketball playground which lack of entertainment.And the site is plain ,there is no high building surround it.
activity area tutorial section
square:4*6=24㎡
dormitory building planning area
Before the earthquake
Quadurpling Space Module
square:8*6=48㎡ 1
2
4
3 Double Space Module----B
shelter area portable building area rescue area material stacking area material unloading area tree belt emergency toilet emergency route material transorpted route emergency water source within 3 days after earthquake helicopter parking area resettle residents area portable building area rescue area material stacking area material unloading area tree belt emergency toilet emergency route material transorpted route emergency water source over 3 days after earthquake
square:8*12=96㎡
square:4*12=48㎡
Spaces Tranformation Process Concept Diagram
Double Space transforming process
transverse extension
+
OR
OR vertical extension
Quadruple Space transforming process
Whole Transforming Process
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2
3
4
Function Tranformation
Function Tranformation Process
Before the earhquake
convenience store kiosk
Basic Module
kiosk
rest room
rest pavilion storage room
storage room
convenience store
After the earhquake
X-ray laboratory ward emergency room operating room
Quadruping Space Module
emergency room
operating room
ward
classroom
classroom control center
Land Use Tranformation Process
SITE TRANSFORMING AND GROUP LAYOUT
Concept Diagram
Site Surroundings
safe route
teachers dormitory teaching building teaching building office building
playground
students dormitory
stadium
canteen
is the best
basketball court
site When earthquake happened, the escape and rescue route should be smooth.
Site Transforming
1
2
3
4 6
1
5 8
7
Stadium
2
3
1
4
5
4
6
7
2
3 5
Stadium
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Befote the earthquake
After the earthquake
1.storage room
6.rest room
1.ward
6.emergency room
2.preparing room
7.reading room
2.control center
7.ICU
3.kiosk
8.central square
3.generator room
3.offical room
4.ward
4.temporary classroom
5.operating room
5.temporary classroom
4.small supermarket 9.basketball court 5.chatting room
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During the earthquake
PS: central square can used as party ground,outside dancing ball and so on.NO.2 is a combination with a stage and preparing room.
1.temporary classroom 2.teachers’ room
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Basic Module Perspective
Double Space Module Perspective
Double Space Module Perspective
Biological Fire Belt Vegetation
indigenous trees
Querusmongolica Pinus sylvestris (Loud.) May � Betula platyphylla Suk. � Pinus tabulaeformis
Quadrupling Space Module Perspective
diversity of disaster resistance forest
fire resistance trees
Populus alba
Sophora japonica
wind resistance trees
Spiraea japonica
Rosa chinese
Berberisthunbergiicv.atropurpurea Juglans mandshurica Maxim.
Hippophae rhamnoides Linn. Agropyron mongolicum Keng� Ginkgo biloba Corylus chinensis Morus alba Linn Picea koraiensis Nakai Elaeagnus oxcarpa Schlecht. Alhagi sparsifolia Sorbaria kirilowii Populus euphratica Populus tomentosa Salix matsudana Koidz