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HOTTER SUMMERS, INCREASED FLOODING, SCORCHED WILDLIFE, DRY PADDOCKS
TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE?
URBAN ARCHIPELAGO
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Cyborg Teal infrastructure + Community = Reaching Phase IV
How can integrating a cyborg blue-green infrastructure edge into a new urban public domain, increase stakeholder understanding of resilience in the bays?
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1.1 RESPONDING TO COP26
“COP26 MUST BE A TURNING POINT. WE MUST ACT NOW WITH AMBITION AND SOLIDARITY TO SAFEGUARD OUR FUTURE AND SAVE HUMANITY.”
CURRENT PROJECTIONS WILL SEE TEMPERATURE INCREASE “IN EXCESS” OF 1.5C TO 2C ABOVE PRE-INDUSTRIAL LEVELS.
BETWEEN 2013 AND 2021 SEA LEVELS HAVE DOUBLED COMPARED WITH THE RISE FROM 1993 TO 2002
CURRENT SEA LEVEL RISE PROJECTIONS
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1.2 SITE CONTEXT
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1.3 CONTEXT TO LANDMARKS
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1.1 HEADING
as humans we have re-etched and botched this landscape despite this, there is still hope
we can achieve this through edge a BGI hybrid edge...
1.4 THE NATURAL
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1.1 HEADING
we need to educate people whilst creating climate resilient landscapes
to help heal mother nature
and the toxic sludge of industry
1.5 THE HUMAN
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2.1 SITE ANALYSIS FINDINGS
Potential site opportunities for the sites unique condition, orientation and natural processes of the area are outlined below:
RECONNECT OPEN GREENSPACE
UNLOCK FORESHORE INTERACTION
CREATE A SENSORY LANDSCAPE
IMPROVE CLIMATE RESILIENCE
• Re-establish ecological connections • Hybrid blue-green infrastructure elements BGI
• Reconnect community to the waterfront • Frame the historical site views to emphasize site peninsula
• Create refuge from ultra-urban landscapes • Habitat hybrid elements weaved into wetland corridors
• Foster an educational landscape on climate change and sea level rise • Improve stakeholder understanding of BGI
ACCESSIBILITY
SITE CONDITIONS
SENSORY
BLUE-GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
GREEN SPACES
LOW TIDE
HIGH TIDE
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3.1 FUNDAMENTAL ASSETS
09 Z5217834 | GEORGE SHERWOOD | GRAD STUDIO Wharf detail photograph (Bottom left) sourced from, Isabel Peng, 2021
3.2 FUNDAMENTAL ASSETS
WHARF INTERFACE
HERITAGE EDGE
FLATNESS OF SITE
EMBRACE EDGE CONNECTIONS
CELEBRATE SITE MODIFICATION
JUXTAPOSITION OF PRE + POST INDUSTRY
• Retain deep water docking • Some of the last wharfage in Sydney Harbour • Improves hybrid wetland processes
• Maintain marine architecture • Educational opportunities • Original headland to support urban precinct
• Restore site outlook, follow CPTED for eyes on the street • Opportunity for cyborg headland park to contrast flatness
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3.3 TO MEND OR RESTORE
11 Z5217834 | GEORGE SHERWOOD | GRAD STUDIO Photographs taken by author, G Sherwood, 2021
4.1 KEY DESIGN MOVES
Modify Glebe Island to incorporate resilient blue-green infrastructure corridors on-site
Reconnect and establish habitat areas to disassociate from the ultra-modified industrial landscape
Follow circular design principles + provide educational opportunities for stakeholders to celebrate site elements
Imagery sourced from, "Glebe Island — Pyrmont History Group". Pyrmont History Group, 2021 https://aggregatetechnologies.com/concrete-wharf-demolition/ Logo Graphics sources from the Noun Project, https://thenounproject.com/ 13-10-2021
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to4.2 REnew... PHASING PLAN TIMELINE TO RENEW
KEY PHASE OBJECTIVES
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5.1 DESIGN RECONSIDERATIONS
FAILURE TO CUT DOWN WHARF EDGE ROADBLOCK: DEEP WHARF EDGE CONTAMINATED SOILS
SOLUTION BEVEL INTO GLEBE ISLAND ROADBLOCK: DEEP WHARF EDGE SOIL LEACHING
RESOLUTION BUILD AGAINST WHARF EDGE BENEFITS: RETAINED DEEP WHARF MOORINGS MAXIMISING GLEBE ISLAND FOOTPRINT
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1.1 HEADING
Imagery sourced from, "Glebe Island — Pyrmont History Group". Pyrmont History Group, 2021 https://aggregatetechnologies.com/concrete-wharf-demolition/ All Graphics sources from the Noun Project, https://thenounproject.com/ 13-10-2021
LETS PEEL BACK THE LID...
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6.1 PHASING BREAKDOWN CUTTING THE SLABS
SOIL SAMPLE
SOIL SAMPLE SUNKEN INTERACTION WITH EDGE
CYBORG BGI ELEMENTS
ROOT ANALYSIS SHOWING PROCESS OF REMEDIATION
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6.2 PHASING BREAKDOWN CUTTING THE SLABS
SOIL SAMPLE
SOIL SAMPLE SUNKEN INTERACTION WITH EDGE
CYBORG BGI ELEMENTS
ROOT ANALYSIS SHOWING PROCESS OF REMEDIATION
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6.3 PHASING BREAKDOWN CUTTING THE SLABS
SOIL SAMPLE
SOIL SAMPLE SUNKEN INTERACTION WITH EDGE
CYBORG BGI ELEMENTS
ROOT ANALYSIS SHOWING PROCESS OF REMEDIATION
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2022
befriend - Phase I
7.1 BEFRIEND - PHASE I
PHASE I
PHASE II
PHASE III
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7.2 BEFRIEND - PHASE I
TO CUT
TO CLEANSE
TO REPAIR
BREAKING GROUND
COMMENCING PHYTOREMEDIATION
CREATE WETLANDS TO MITIGATE RUNOFF
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7.3 PHASING PLAN I
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7.4 BEFRIENDING SITE
TO CHIP AWAY...
TO CUT DOWN...
TO REMEDIATE...
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7.5 HEALING SITE
HARVEST PLANTS
ACCUMULATION IN SHOOTS DESTROY PLANT BIOMASS ROOTS EXTRACT TO SHOOTS
PHYTOREMEDIATION TO EXTRACT 85% OF HEAVY METAL CONTAMINANTS
UPTAKE OF POLLUTANTS
PLANTING PALETTE
SUNFLOWER • Arsenic • Cadnium • Nickel • PAH • Zinc
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MARIGOLDS Arsenic Cadnium Nickel
TUSSOCK GRASS • Copper • Cadnium • Zinc
Imagery sourced from, Google Images, 2021
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PIGS FACE Copper Lead Zinc
COMMON RUSH • Alluminium • Arsenic • Lead • Maganese
PHYTOREMEDIATION PROCESS IN ACTION BAECKEA DWARF •
Zinc
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7.6 SITE UNLOCKED
3D PERSPECTIVE ON PHASE I ACTIVE RECREATION Imagery sourced from, Google Images, 2021
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7.7 DESIGN OBJECTIVE DESIGN CIRCULARITY - CYBORG HEADLAND
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7.8 DESIGN OBJECTIVE STAKEHOLDER INTERACTION - CIRCULARITY
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7.9 DESIGN OBJECTIVE ARTIFICIAL TIDAL INUNDATION LEVELS - BGI HYBRID
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2026 END OF PHASE I WORKS
2027 mend - Phase II
8.1 MEND PHASE II
PHASE I
PHASE II
PHASE III
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8.2 MEND PHASE II
TO MITIGATE
TO CONNECT
TO EDUCATE
IMPROVING CLIMATE RESILIENCE
BRING PEOPLE BACK TO THE EDGE
CREATE CYBORG BGI TO TEACH
1.5M RISE KING TIDE HIGH TIDE
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8.4 BGI FUNCTIONS
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INCORPORATING BGI INTO PUBLIC DOMAIN • Bringing BGI into the public domain follows COP26 goals • Improves site resilience to climate change and sea level rise • Creates opportunity for Glebe Island to set the precedence for brownfield renewal
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8.5 MEND PHASE II
UNCUT EDGE OPEN UP AND RECONNECTING SITE RECYCLED SLABS AS BARRIERS Plan Key
CONSTRUCT SEA WALL
Peel Back Wharf Concrete Cap - Phytoremediation
Human Edge Interaction
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Sea Wall Erected
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8.6 MEND PHASE II
ESTABLISH INTERTIDAL EDGE WATERPROOF MEMBRANE ADDED TO MANAGE LEECHING REUSING SITE MATERIALS IN CONSTRUCTION Plan Key
WETLANDS OPENED TO PUBLIC
Regrading Post Phytoremediation - Initial Wetland Planting
Wharf Concrete Cap Edge
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Developing Sea Wall
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8.7 MEND PHASE III
MATURE GROWTH WORLD CLASS FORESHORE WALKWAYS OPENED MARITIME DESIGN CELEBRATED IN MATERIALITY DESIGN FOR ALL - BILLABONG SWIMMING AREA
Maturing Hybrid Wetland Landscape - Established Habitat
Edge of Urban Domain
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Human Interaction with Wetland - Recreation + Educational
Sustainable Sea Wall
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8.8 WETLAND PLANTING
MANGROVES
GREY MANGROVE Avicennia marina Mature Height 3-10m
RIVER MANGROVE Aegiceras corniculatum Mature Height 1-15m
MILKY MANGROVE Excoecaria agalloch Mature Height 1-15m
WHITE MANGROVE Laguncularia racemosa Mature Height 3-10m
SALTMARSH
TIDAL INUNDATION LOCK SYSTEM SAMPHIRE MARSH Tecticornia spp Mature Height 0.3-0.5m
GLASSWORT
SEABLITE
Salicornia europaea Mature Height 0.3-0.5m
Suaeda esteroa Mature Height 0.1-0.9m
GRASSES
COMMON RUSH Juncus usitatus Mature Height 1.2m
SPOROBOLUS Sporobolus africanus Mature Height 0-1m
SEAGRASS
SEAGRASS MEADOWS Posidonia, Zostera and Halophila
WETLAND TO TRAP + FILTER CONTAMINANTS Imagery sourced from, Google Images, 2021
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8.9 RECYCLED SEA WALL AIM TO ESTABLISH AN AQUATIC HABITAT EDGE ALONG DEEP WHARF EDGE TO BRING NUTRIENTS TO SITE
0% TOXICITY WALL SUNKEN
20% ALGAE GROWTH, PROMOTING HABITAT
80% MATURITY HABITAT EDGE
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8.10 MEET THE RESIDENTS
GOLDEN BELL FROG
STRIPED MARSH FROG
ALBATROSS
FLESH FOOTED SHEARWATER
BROWN ANTECHINUS
HASWELL’S SHORE CRAB
WHITE-FRONTED CHAT
EASTERN WATER SKINK WHITE’S SEAHORSE YELLOW BREAM Imagery sourced from, Google Images, 2021
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TO HYBRID 2046 CONNECT HYDROLOGICAL + ECOLOGICAL
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2046 END OF PHASE II WORKS
2047 tend - PHASE III
9.1 TEND PHASE III
PHASE I
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9.2 TEND PHASE III
TO HYBRID INTEGRATE SITE FUNCTIONS
TO STACK RE-ESTABLISH SITE TOPOGRAPHY
TO NAVIGATE CREATE SITE HIERARCHY - CPTED
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9.3 PHASING PLAN III
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9.4 TEND PHASE III
UNLOCKED EDGE POST PHYTOREMEDIATION STORING CONCRETE SLABS FOLLOWING CPTED GUIDELINES
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Barren Concrete Landscape - Open Recreation
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Wetland Edge
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9.5 TEND PHASE III
STACKING UP WORLD CLASS FORESHORE WALKWAYS OPENED DESIGN FOR ALL - BILLABONG SWIMMING AREA IMPLEMENTING RECYCLED ELEMENTS
Loop Pathway
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9.6 TEND PHASE III
MATURE GROWTH TERRACED WATER TREATMENT FUNCTIONING CLEANLINESS TARGETS HIT - BILLABONG SWIMMING AREA STACKED CONCRETE HAS NATURALISED
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Breezeway + Habitat Edges
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TO CYBORG 2072 WEAVING OVERLAPPING INTERFACES
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9.8 FINAL DEVELOPMENT
3D PERSPECTIVE - PHASE III CYBORG LANDSCAPE
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Imagery sourced from, Google Images, 2021
1.1 HEADING
TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE?
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1.1 HEADING
OR OR IS IS IT? IT?
53 Imagery sourced from, Google Images, 2021 Imagery sourced from,(Midnight Oil - Red Sails In The Sunset (Album Review) — Subjective Sounds, 2021)
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