ABPL30061 LANDSCAPE STUDIO4: DESIGNED ECOLOGIES YUQI CHENG 621617
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The changes to Moonee Ponds Creek are dramatic since 1940s, giving rise to many ecological problems. The loss of vegetation and habitat leads to the disappearance of many species including FROGs. Considering the harsh living condition of frogs in highly urbanised Australia, the project would like to propose a green corridor for such neglected species. To restore the vivid scenes of the past while putting forwards the relationship between biodiversity and human.
Reeds removal
Ponds Loss
Noise
Storm Drains
Habitat Isolation
Incised Edge
Australiasian Shoveler
Large, heavily vegetated swamp
Eastern Great Eggret
Hardhead
Deep,open water Dense wetland
Shallow flowing water
POBBLEBONK FROG WETLAND
SHALLOW DEPRESSION
OVER FLOW AREA
SNAG-LIKE POND
SEMI SHADING
STEPPING
.* Burrowing * Large, 85mm Hopping on road on rainy nights * Wetlands, Rivers, Farms, Dams * Permanent water for laying eggs * Feeds on insects, worms & spiders
GROWLING GRASS FROG
*Vulnerable *Large, 100mm Long grass:camouflage, carnivorous * Wetlands, Ponds * Feeds on insects and small lizards
Common Sandpiper
Muddy edges Rocky shores
FRIABLE SOIL
LARGE ROCK
RIPARIAN VEGE
NATURAL BED
SUBMERGED EMERGENT
IMPERMEABILITY
Stormbird
Swift Parrot
Tree hollows
Flowering eucalypts Woodlands
Community Garden
Hockey Club
Travancore Park
Residential Area
Water Body
Natural Reserve
Office Buildings
Royal Park
Citylink Highway
CONNECT UPPER STREAM ENLARGE COMMUNITY SPACE
MORE VEGETATION Site Boundary
MERGE TOGETHER
Covered Boundary Optional Site
FREQUENT PUBLIC ACCESS
POTENTIAL WETLAND
Section reflecting the relationship between water, frog and people
Wide water surface to slow down flow and dense planting to improve water quality
Small waterfalls for better water purification
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Vegetated mound in the middle of the creek
STAGE
Cave-like structure: Hold water Habitat space Dynamic creek bank
Waving landscape: Transitional stages
CONDUIT
Winding channel: Gentle relationship Clear creek formation
INITIAL LANDFORM TYPOLOGY MODELING
RIVER PROFILE
Mounds and swales: Emerging elements Low-lying area holds water Climbing landscape
Layers and folds: Complex path Store water Fluent variation
STREAM-SIDE POND TEST
INDEPENDENCY INTERACTION
RELATIONSHIP
CORELATION DIVISION
FROG POND
RIPPLE
CREEK & PONDS
Angular folds: Different slops Crevices as habitats
Ripple forms:: Rough creek bottom control speed Upper bank connection Frog habitat
Hidden space: Shade and shelter snakes
LANDFORM SKETCH
Creek
Frog Pond
Bog Zone
Burrowing Ground
Slow down water Transition: Slowly emerging Relationship ideas Green archipelagic: Flow division Habitatand stepping
LITTLE PONDS
MODEL TESTING RIPPLE
Lower bank: Complexity for biodiversity Explorable path gentle slop reaches water
Upper bank: Joinging the community garden and hocky club with mutiple terraces for sitting Enlarge the existing activity space
The modeling tests started with 3D line works and then rhino suface tool to generate landforms. Landforms were then examed and refines to make reasonal surface for different purposes.
BURROWING GROUND for local burrowing frogs
NATURAL SHADING Protects frog from sun SMALL DEPRESSION Facilitates frog movement
RIPPLE PARK echoes the site and improves public access
PLAN
FROG HABITAT is all about frog ponds and water
CONCRETE STAGES reflects on the relationship major formal public space
The plan is created using patches based on ecological purpose within each divided area. Creek channel becomes wider to slow down the speed of water and decrease flooding level. Winding shape of the creek is designed to trap more plants seeds from upper stream and to form dense riparian vegetation. This dynamic river bank also supports informal crossing at some unexpected narrow points when people walk along the creek. The design refines by enlarging and reinforcing water purification areas at north of the site. More complex wetlands network is built by linking multiple ponds and growing dense wetland species. Both upper and lower bank are brought to be more subtle with depression lands. Therefore, when the creek merges the land or rain water is collected, new ponds will be formed as stepping stones and habitats.
WETLAND NETWORK
LITTER TRAP
Wetland
Swamp
WINDING CHANNEL
Burrowing Ground
low water level
WINDING CHANNEL SECTION
High water level
WATER FALL
GREEN ARCHIPELAGO
SNAG-LIKE POND
FROG HABITAT
SMALL STREAM-SIDE POND
low water level
High water level SNAG-LIKE POND SECTION
'Human habitat' is the name driven from frog habitat to emphasize on the embodied idea about relationship between human and other species. Some original concrete on the site are manipulated into circular stages or stepping stones for public activities. Others are replaced with native plants to bloom biodiversity. In this area, human activities are limited to concrete stages spread inside grasses and shrubs, similar to the situation of urban biodiversity but in a reverse way. The idea behind is to reflect on ownership and sharing. Round shape linked to ripple, water pond and floating aquatic leave is used here to eco the frog paradise ambition of the whole site.
HUMAN HABITAT
NEW RIPPLE PARK
Rippling terraced upland ACCESS Wavy path: wraps the whole park
Large gentle mound
Small mound: Overviews frog ponds and the site Small low terrace: Sits down and listen to frog growling Slow slope: Recreational activities