THOMAS HASTIE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO 2021
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These projects are situated on stolen and unceded lands of the Wurrundjeri people of the Greater Kulin Nation. I would like to pay my respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
4.............................................................................................................................................................................. Riparian Reclamation 14............................................................................................................................................................................Butterfly Corridor 20..........................................................................................................................................................................Amphibian Amphitheatre 30..........................................................................................................................................................................Yarra Street Shared Use Space 38..........................................................................................................................................................................Oasis City
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RIPARIAN RECLAMATION Riparian Reclamation reimagines the lower reaches of the Yarra River, focusing on the stretch of river between Punt Road and Wallan Bridge, a neglected and narrow corridor of the river constrained by the imposition of the Monash Freeway on the northern bank and choked out by residential zoning on the southern bank.
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My design proposition comes in two parts, the first being a planting framework which seeks to gradually replace the stone beaching present along much of the site with a mixture of indigenous plantings, increasing the riparian vegetation cover and improving the habitat for aquatic species. Over three, three-year periods the framework aims to replace 75% of the bluestone This stretch of river is host to a diverse with a mixture of indigenous plantings. array of recreational boating activities Each Planting is given time to establish which are important as they create a before the next section of bluestone is unique connection between people and removed, maintaining the stability if the the river. However, they do not come bank. without their own unique impacts upon the landscape and its systems. In addition to this riparian planting, I would like to propose a new edge Below the surface of the river, the site condition composed of a mesh plays host to a rich and diverse estuarine walkway elevated above the river ecosystem. The site, plays a key role as a fitted with artificial snags sitting below migratory site, breeding site and habitat the rivers surface to re-establish for many estuarine species. However, habitat zones for indigenous fish. The after further research into these species, mesh walkway will allow for sunlight their ecology, and preferred habitats I to permeate down through the learnt that there is much that could be infrastructure supporting the growth done to safeguard the diversity of this of the riparian revegetation framework ecosystem and increase the number of below. aquatic organisms in the river.
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PLANTING FRAMEWORK YEAR 0 25% BLUESONE REMOVAL
PLANTING FRAMEWORK YEAR 3 50% BLUESONE REMOVAL
PLANTING FRAMEWORK YEAR 6 75% BLUESONE REMOVAL
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THE BUTTERFLY CORRIDOR This project was an entry for the LA+ Creature competition. The creature which I selected as the client of my design is the Eltham Copper Butterfly (ECB), Paralucia pyrodiscus lucida. The Butterfly lives in small isolated colonies across Victoria, Australia, where it forms a mutualistic relationship with the Nonctus genus of ants and Bursaria spinosa, a small evergreen shrub. Due to the small size of the remnant butterfly colonies and the settled nature of the insects the risk of genetic stochasticity is incredibly high. The site of my design is the narrow strip of interconnected parks and reserves which link the Eastern Eltham Copper Butterfly Reserve with Pauline Toner Butterfly Reserve in Eltham, a suburb 30km NE of Melbourne’s CBD. These two colonies of butterflies are genetically isolated from each other and by creating an opportunity for interbreeding between the two colonies, the likelihood of their survival will be increased. My proposition is to re-vegetate the corridor with B. spinosa shrubs and use fire as a tool to push the butterflies through the corridor.
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Overview Plan
Eastern ECB Reserve
Section A:A
Movement of Butterflies KEY:
Pauline Toner Butterfly Reserve
Lifecycle Diagram
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Year 1
Eastern ECB Reserve
Year 2
Eastern ECB Reserve
Year 4
Year 5
After the fifth year the butterflies have way through the cor
First burning of ECB Habitat, flushes butterflies from existing habitat and eliminates any invasive species within the reserve.
Year 3
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Year 6
Pauline Toner Butterfly Reserve
In the sixth year of final section of habi
r of the program e been moved half rridor.
f the program the itat is planted.
Year 7
Pauline Toner Butterfly Reserve
Year 8
Pauline Toner Butterfly Reserve
In the second to last year of the program the final corridor burn is undertaken and the butterfly colonies are merged together.
Year 9
Pauline Toner Butterfly Reserve
After nine years of planting and burning the corridor will be formed and the habitat connection completed, the two colonies will be merged into one.
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AMPHIBIAN AMPHITHEATRE
HISTORIC CONDITION: CHAIN OF PONDS
The site of this project was the Moonee Ponds Creek in Pascoe Vale South in suburban Melbourne. This project was inspired by the lifecycle of the Growling Grass Frog an endangered amphibian once common across south-eastern Australia. This project aims to return a sliver of the historic condition of the site to its contemporary setting. During this project I undertook a series of artistic experiments in the mediums of ink printing, weaving and plaster. Drawing inspiration from my plaster model I was able to develop a marshland topography capable of supporting a wide variety of aquatic, emergent and terrestrial vegetation, key components of suitable grass frog habitat.
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CURRENT CONDITION: MOONEE PONDS CREEK
“Between 1940 and the 1980s the Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works, realigned and concreted the creek from Strathmore to Flemington Road, in an attempt to stop periodical flooding. ”
“The creek had shallow ponds of water that formed a chain along the length of the watercourse, isolated in drier times of the year, and flowing in the wetter months after heavy rains.”
“It’s been described as one of the worst planning errors in Melbourne’s history: the decision by government engineers to convert Moonee Ponds Creek into a concrete channel.”
TOTEM FAUNA: Litoria raniformis GROWLING GRASS FROG
Tadpoles hide amongst submerged vegetation.
HABITAT REQUIREMENTS
THREATS
Permanent Slow Moving or Still Water
Fragmentation of Habitat
Floating vegetation protects eggs from predators. Debris like vegetation, logs and rocks to shelter beneath
Waterway Pollution
Emergent, submerged and floating vegetation
Introduced Preadators
Adult frogs hide amongst terestrial vegetation and other debris.
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SITE PLAN
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1 3 4
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SECTIONAL ELEVATION: Constructed Wetland Treatment Train 1:800 @ A3 Permeable Rockwall: slows flow and protects planting.
OPEN WATER: Increases water storage area of creek. Allows for further sedimentation and nutrient uptake to occur before water continues into the creek.
MARSH ZONE: Water slowly meanders through this section and excess nutrients are absorbed by aquatic plants.
Phragmites australis: This reed is a preffered species used for wastewater treatment.
INLET ZONE: Water is slowed down and sedimentis given a chance to settle. Sediment must be removed from pond periodically. Stops marsh zone from becoming too polluted.
PRE-TREATMENT: Large Pieces of litter removed from stormwater at entry point to the creek using gross pullutant trap.
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EXPERIMENTS IN PLASTER TRANSLATING TO RHINO ADJUSTMENTS IN GRASSHOPPER
Vertically Scaled x 1
EMBEDDING IN SITE
Vertically Scaled x 1 Scaled on Sine 0.2
Vertically Scaled x 4 Scaled on Sine 0.4
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MODIFIED SITE TERRAIN 1:800 @ A3 Contour Spacing 500mm
25m
50m
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PLANTING PLAN: Marsh Terrain 1:400 @ A3 Triglochin procerum Myriophyllum crispatum Eleocharis acuta MIX A: Mentha australis & Viminaria juncea MIX B: Austrostipa stipoides, Poa labillardierei & Carex appressa MIX C: Rubus parvifolius & Themeda trianda MIX D: Microlaena stipoides & Dichondria repens MIX E: Oxalis perennans, Acaena novae-zelandiae & Austrodanthonia MIX F Wahlenbergia gracilis & Senecio quadrientatus
Water Ribbons AQUATIC
Deep
Spike Rush Water Millfoil
Shallow
STRUCTURAL ROOTS WATERS EDGE
Selected Plant Species from Historic EVC Lists
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STRUCTURAL ROOTS WET CONDITIONS
DRY CONDITIONS
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NON STRUCTURAL ROOTS
NON STRUCTURAL ROOTS
STRUCTURAL ROOTS NON STRUCTURAL ROOTS
10m
25m
SECTION: Wetland Marsh Scale 1:300
SECTION: Pond #2 Scale 1:300
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YARRA STREET SHARED USE SPACE
In response to the Chapel St Precinct Masterplan Strategy prepared by Hansen Partnership. This project reimagined Yarra St in South Yarra as a shared use space where all street users have equal hierarchy, encouraging active modes of transport and discouraging vehicular movement throughout the space. Our final submission for this project was a documentation package, which featured a series of hardscape and softscape construction details. I have included a selection of these drawings.
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See HS1
See HS2 42.4±0
See HS3
60±0 6±0
3.8±0
43±0
See HS4 42.4±0
3.8±0
See HS2 See HS3
See HS2
See HS3
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6±0
HS0
4Key: 2.4±0
See HS2 43±0
Hardscape Overview 60±0
3.8
6±0
Red Brick Paving
Bluestone Paving
See HS3
SCALE 1:700 @ A3 43±0
42.4±0
Railway Siding
5m 10m
Rail Tracks 43±0
25m See HS4
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See HS3 4
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Train Tracks
Rail Siding SE02
6.2±0
33.2±0
See D02 See GB04, PP04
13.4±0
See GB03, PP03
23±0
16.2±0
6±0
Einstein's Relative Cafe
YARRA LN
Punthill Apartment Hotel
See GB01, PP01
Public Car Park
10 Yarra St
See HS2 See HS3
See HS2
See HS3
0 60±0
6±0
4Key: 2.4±0
Hardscape Plan 2 60±0
Red Brick Paving 3.8
6±0
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HS2
See HS2 43±0
Bluestone Paving
See HS3
SCALE 1:200 @ A3 43±0
42.4±0
Railway Siding
5m
Rail Tracks 43±0
10m
See HS4
See HS3 4
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Eucalyptus meliodora, see PP04 3.6±0
5.2±0
4.4±0
Train Tracks Chainlink Fence
Einstein's Relative Cafe
Concrete Retaining Wall
Eucalyptus meliodora, see PP04 See SD01
3.6±0 3.6±0
5.2±0 Eucalyptus meliodora, see PP04
See GB04
See D02
Juncus kraussi, see PP04
5.2±0
4.4±0
4.4±0
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Einstein's Relative Cafe
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Einstein's Relative Cafe
Concrete Retaining Wall Concrete Retaining Wall
n 100
See SD02
4.4±0
1 in 100
Eucalyptus meliodora, see PP04 5.2±0
See D02
Einstein's Relative Cafe
1 in 100
See SD01
4.4±0
See GB04
See SD02
Juncus kraussi, see PP04
See SD01
1 in 100 1 in 100
See SD02
See D02
Juncus kraussi, see PP04
1 in 100
See SD02
See D02
See GB04
Einstein's Relative Cafe
See GB04
See SD02
See D02
1 in 100 1 in 100
Juncus kraussi, see PP04
Sectional Elevation 2 SE02
Key:
Existing Ground
1 in 100
Garden Bed Soil
SCALE 1:40 @ A3
1m
2m
2-5mm Screenings
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Eume
Overflow Drain Eume
Lolo [53]
PP02
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Jukr [56]
Hegl [5]
Neex [21]
Dire
Neex [21]
Hegl [5]
Jukr [50] Lolo [50]
Planting Plan 02 SCALE 1:100 @ A3
1m
5m 2m
CODE Lolo Hegl Neex Dire Jukr Eume
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COMMON NAME Spiny Mat Rush Native Lily Sword Fern Kidney Weed Salt Marsh Rush Yellow Box
SCIENTIFIC NAME Lomandra longiflora Helmholtzia glaberrima Nephrolepis exaltata Dichondria repens Juncus kraussii Eume Eucalyptus melliodora
DIMENSIONS (mm) Height: 600 Width: 600 Spacing: 600 Height: 600 Width: 600 Spacing: 600 Height: 500 Width: ground cover Spacing: 4 plants/m Height: 500 Width: ground cover Spacing: Grown From Seed Height: 500 Width: 500 Spacing: 500 Height: 20m Width: 10m Spacing:-
Overflow Drain
See GB3 Bluestone Cap, Sawn Finish
Bluestone Cap, Sawn Finish Red Clay Brick, "Austral Chapel Red"
3mm Gap Flush with Mortar
Extent of Red Brick Base
See SD1
640±0
520±0
450±0
550±0
640±0
Eucalyptus meliodora, see PP04 3.6±0
5.2±0 Eucalyptus meliodora, see PP04
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4.4±0
Einstein's Relative Cafe
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Concrete Retaining Wall
Eucalyptus meliodora, see PP04
2500±0
5.2±0 See D02
See SD01
See SD02
4.4±0
See GB04 Juncus kraussi, see PP04
See SD01
Einstein's Relative Cafe
1250±0
Einstein's Relative Cafe
Concrete Retaining Wall
n 100
4.4±0
5.2±0
4.4±0
45±0
3.6±0
See SD02
See D02
See GB04
See SD02
See D02
Juncus kraussi, see PP04
Einstein's Relative Cafe Concrete Slab
1 in 100 1 in 100
1 in 100
See GB04
See SD02
See D02
Compacted Crushed Rock
1 in 100 1 in 100
Juncus kraussi, see PP04
Construction Detail 02: Curved Bluestone Bench D02
1 in 100
Key:
Existing Ground
Garden Bed Soil
SCALE 1:10 @ A3
0.1m
0.5m
0.2m
2-5mm Screenings
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Train Tracks
Chainlink Fence
Concrete Edge
150mm Concrete Edge with 300mm Breakouts Filter Media Substrate as specified by Engineer's Standards
Tree Pit Soil as specified by Engineer's Standards
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1 in 100
Eucalyptus meliodora, see PP04 3.6±0 3.6±0
5.2±0 Eucalyptus meliodora, see PP04
4.4±0
5.2±0
4.4±0
4.4±0
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Einstein's Relative Cafe
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Einstein's Relative Cafe
Einstein's Relative Cafe
Concrete Retaining Wall Concrete Retaining Wall
Eucalyptus meliodora, see PP04 5.2±0
See D02
See SD01
See SD02
1.2±0
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Juncus kraussi, see PP04
See SD01
4.4±0
See GB04
See SD02
See D02
See GB04100mm Ag Pipe
See SD02
See D02
Juncus kraussi, see PP04
Einstein's Relative Cafe
GeoTextile 1 in 100 1 in 100
1 in 100
See GB04
200mm 2-5mm Screenings
See SD02
See D02
100mm Coarse Sand
1 in 100 1 in 100
Juncus kraussi, see PP04
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Garden Bed 02: Section GB02
Key:
Existing Ground
1 in 100
Garden Bed Soil
SCALE 1:20 @ A3 2-5mm Screenings
0.5m
1m
Dian [3]
PP03
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Asau [10]
Lolo [2] Jukr [6]
Planting Plan 03
Neex [19] Dire
SCALE 1:50 @ A3
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Lolo [4]
Jukr [4] Lolo [7]
2.5m
Jukr [4]
Lolo [7]
1m CODE Lolo Asau Neex Dire Jukr Dian
Jukr [3] Jukr [5] Jukr [4]
COMMON NAME Spiny Mat Rush Birds Nest Fern Sword Fern Kidney Weed Salt Marsh Rush Soft Tree Fern
SCIENTIFIC NAME Lomandra longiflora Asplenium australasicum Nephrolepis exaltata Dichondria repens Juncus kraussii Dicksonia antartica
DIMENSIONS (mm) Height: 600 Width: 600 Spacing: 600 [3] Spacing: 1500 Height: 1500 Width: Dian 1500 Height: 500 Width: ground cover Spacing: 4 plants/m Height: 500 Width: ground cover Spacing: Grown From Seed Height: 500 Width: 500 Spacing: 500 Height: 12000 Width: 4000 Spacing:4000
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OASIS CIT Y
PRECIPITATION
URBANISED LANDSCAPE
NATIVE GROUNDCOVER 40% Evapotranspiration
30% Evapotranspiration Melbournes streetscapes play an important role in chanelling and delivering stormwater.
This project investigated both the climatic conditions of current and future Melbourne and proposed a series of interventions based in the inner northern suburbs of Melbourne to assist with the projected flooding and heating events which will be exacerbated by climate change. Focusing on the effects of urbanisation on the natural water cycle I designed three interventions which aimed to capture rainfall and reduce run off, in turn reducing flood risk and assisting to replenish ground water stocks, whilst improving the aesthetic and function of the urban street scape.
55% Runoff
10% Runoff
50% Infiltration
15% Infiltration 10% Runoff
Contempoary stormwater management is designed with the goal of removing stormwater from the urban landscape as efficiently as possible.
The goal of my interventios is to provide opportunites for stormwater to be withheld in the streetscape allowing time for infiltration and evapotranspiration to occur.
Stormwater is discharged directly into melbournes waterways.
Higher rates of runoff upstream increase risk of flooding downstream.
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FLOODING, GREEN SPACE AND URBAN HEATING WITHIN METROPOLITAN MELBOURNE.
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WELLINGTON ST BIO-SWALE
Section
A:A
Otter St
Lt Welling
ton St
Napoleon
St
Vere St
Stanley St
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Section A:A - Dry Conditions SCALE 1:100
Section A:A - Wet Conditions SCALE 1:100
Section A:A - Flood Conditions SCALE 1:100
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THE FITZROY WATERING HOLE Intervention Plan SCALE 1:100
Section B:B - Dry Conditions SCALE 1:75
Acer freemani Ghania filum Lomandra longifoila Bulbine bulbosa Juncus kraussii Crassula helmsi Section B:B
Myoporum petiolatum Hydrocolyte sibthorpioides
Section B:B - Flood Conditions SCALE 1:75
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TREES
PLANTING
ELEVATED DECK
Cooling, shade, seasonal change, habitat, removes CO2
Habitat, remove pollutants, cooling, softens space
Retains existing use of the site.
DRAIN
Ensures local flooding will not occur
DEPRESSION
Creates space for 28m3 of water
TREATED SOIL
Heavy clay soil treated with gypsum to increase infiltration rates
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GEORGE’S MIRE Intervention Plan SCALE 1:50
Section C:C - Dry Conditions SCALE 1:25 Section
Bursaria spinosa
C:C
Acacia pycnantha
Dianella revoluta Poa labilladirei Lachnagrostis filiformis Austrodanthonia pencillata Selliera radicus Schoenus nitens Triglochin striatum
Section C:C - Flood Conditions SCALE 1:25
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INDIGENOUS PLANTING
Cooling effect, removes pollutants from water, provides habitat, increases biodiversity.
FOOTPATH/BENCH
Creates a place for contemplation and alows for movement through the intervention.
WATER FEATURE
Slows delivery of water to garden bed and ensures even distribution.
DEPRESSION
Creates space for 34m3 of water
SOIL TREATMENT
Heavy clay soil treated with gypsum to increase infiltration rates
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