Different Osney, Osney Mead, Oxford
Neighbourhood that combines density, diversity, and rural feel Different Osney is a game-changer for the urban design field in Oxford, creating a residential area that accommodates both density and diversity in an urban place with a rural feel. By combining the best spatial qualities found in urban and rural areas, we can deliver resilient cities in contemporary world.
Figure 1. View of the playspace
Masterplan Stage The neighbourhood for innovative living
Analysis Challanges and Opportunities Modifications to masterplan
The group masterplan for Osney Mead is aligned with Oxford City Council requirenments.
Increase density
For the individual project, the shown area has undergone significant modifications to meet the revised vision for the site.
Diverse dwellings and uses
Increase density would aid facility provision across the entire site
The city needs to attract people from diverse backgrounds. Increased density must maintain variety
Irregular open spaces
While it is expensive to make irregular shapes in buildings, it is easy and inexpensive to play with the geometry of in-between
Figure 2. Group masterplan for revision
Figure 3. Axonometric overview of scheme
spaces
Diverse designs for compact living 4
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Figure 4. Roof plan 1:500 10
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Playspace
Private
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Car parking podium
Corner cafe (ground floor)
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Entrance to Art centre [stairs]
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Corner cafe edge zone for seating
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Shared courtyard
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Existing KIng’s Centre and Community Church
DA 1.1
Uses
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Non-residential Residential
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Retail (ground floor)
public
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Non-residential Services s.
Figure 5. Ground Floor Plan 1:200 0
Stairs
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Provide multi-functional typologies to accommodate diverse groups
Use a plot-based urbanism approach to create fine-grain plot subdivision
DA 1.2
Townhouse for live-work Robust typology, family living, working space on ground floor, narrow frontage
The already small blocks are subdivided into small plots. Each plot series was developed by a different developer with a different architect, meaning that there is a variety of housing types within the same block.
Raised garden and parking underneath
Green roof
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Different Osney uses plot-based urbanism methodology to create a diverse residential area, using morphological analysis to determine dimensions that built local character of surrounding context.
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Figure 7.Map of plots across site Figure 6. Morphology analysis of fine-grainarea in West Oxford
Flats with shared facilities Dense, robust typology, additional floots can be added, shared facilities for economic efficiency, young adults
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Townhouse Robust typology, traditional, family living, can be extended, narrow frontage
Access to gardens Front doors for ground-level flat
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Provide suitable typologies for edges DA 1.3
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Figure 8. Example of typologies across site Figure 9. Location of typologies
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Create building design and material guidelines that encourage diversity, yet cohesion DA 1.4
Corner spaces are key places, points for orientation, meeting nodes, and sites for non-residential uses. Corner spaces are also attractive due to the quality of light coming from two sides and multi-directional views.
Inspired by Oxford, Different Osney has a variety of frontage materials to use, such as variations of brick, stone and wood.
Figure 10. Eye-level perspective of corner cafe on ground floor and art centre on 1st floor
Figure 11. Material and colour pallete
Pleasant microclimate
Attractive and useful spaces DA 2.1 Create
protected and enclosed open spaces to eliminate wind The blocks create diverse open spaces that are protected from wind through movement, narrowing in places to keep out the wind and widening to make sun traps of the public space.
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Figure 12. Eye-level perspective of enclosed space
DA 2.2 Combine
bay windows with balconies to create multiple options for spending time on the building edge 4
Figure 14. Ground floor plan 1:200 Playspace Figure 13. View to the row of townhouses
DA 2.3 Use
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medium-rise buildings for maximising solar gain
Shadow analysis
June 12pm
June 9am DA 3.1 Create
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June 3pm
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Stone for landscaping
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Seating furniture
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Natur pond
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Underground bin storage
DA 3.2 Include
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front gardens for all housing
rich sensory experiences for different spaces Kinaesthetics
Sound
green, flowers
people, birds, grasses
2m 6m Figure 13. View to the row of townhouses
Timirlans Abidovs
Smell
Touch
flowers, herbs, food
leaves, soil, water
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MA in Urban Design, Oxford Brookes University
Front gardens bring private and public life very close, and promote encounters that can create community. They allow residents to leave stuff outside. These 2m front gardens cannot be converted to car parking.
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