Residential Sustainable Urban Drainage (SUDS)
Technique/ Systems
The project was the master’s degree's dissertation which is a study of sustainable urban drainage implementation in residential area. The work included the study of the principles, techniques and case studies’ SUD implementation, then evaluate the design outcome in order to transfer them to UK setting. The transferability was indicated by climate type and precipitation rate Furthermore, the design was highly based on the site existing topography which were then utilized to conduct the drainage system and shape the character design of the space.
In order to test the implementation on the design's open space, the unit number and open space size should be realistic, therefore the project estimated unit size and number of the unit including area for car park that agreed to the sustainable ratio of 1:5 cars/house. These areas were calculated into the design which resulted in the public space design
Gross density 39 du/ha Net density 98 du/ha Total residential units 1372 Units Units size estimation 6mx10m Carpark 1875 cars Openspace for residents 2.6 ha The designed ratio follows Urban Task Force and Shaping Neighbourhood guideline
Master Dissertation : 2012 Master Dissertation : 2012
Lisvane, Cardiff, UK
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