Track Renaissance by Zara Jawadi

TRACK RENAISSANCE

[ CONTENTS ] THE PROPOSAL......................................................................................................PAGES 3 - 5 PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS....................................................................................PAGES 6 - 13 SITE ANALYSIS.........................................................................................................PAGE 14 AUCKLAND COUNCIL MAPS...................................................................................PAGES 15 - 19 THE DESIGN DRIVER...............................................................................................PAGE 20 PEOPLE’S PERCEPTION OF UNDESIRABLE SPACES.............................................PAGES 21 - 23 PLACE MAKING ON TRAIN STATIONS.....................................................................PAGES 24 - 30 AUCKLAND TRANSPORT SCENIC RAIL JOURNEYS...............................................PAGES 31 - 32 CONTEXT AND HISTORY OF WESTFIELD TRAIN STATION......................................PAGES 33 - 35 AUCKLAND COUNCIL OBJECTIVES........................................................................PAGE 36 SITE ANALYSIS ( EXISTING)......................................................................................PAGES 37 - 48 FIRST CONCEPT PLAN............................................................................................PAGES 49 - 50 DESIGN EXPLORATION............................................................................................PAGES 51 - 56 AUCKLAND TRANSPORT STATION DESIGN PRINCIPLES.......................................PAGES 57 - 58 CASE STUDIES.........................................................................................................PAGES 59 - 78 LEARNINGS FROM CASE STUDIES.........................................................................PAGES 79 - 80 THE FINAL DESIGN PROPOSAL...............................................................................PAGES 81 - 85 FURTHER DESIGN INVESTIGATION.........................................................................PAGES 86 - 87

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THE PROPOSAL The rail corridors of Auckland city currently fall under the category of ‘degraded landscapes’, in other

its ecology all together.

through the rail corridor.

PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT CORRIDOR

THE CURRENT STATE OF THE SOUTHERN RAIL CORRIDOR

is in obvious need for an enhancement. thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s currently very little attention paid to the planting along the corridor, alot of plants are in in need for more care and more security, while some parts of the corridor has very little or almost no vegetation at all. as shown in the following photos all the land along the corridor has been abandoned, there are many warehouses located along the corridor, which almost always have scraps and leftover building material, and rubbish dumbed usually behind and around the warehouse building and houses are facing away from the corridor ofcourse, therefore the majority of the backyards of those houses are in a very poor condition and have poor fencing and planting. It is an awful image of Auckland that train users get to see which is unfortunate because alternatively, there are parts of the corridor which are better representing the beauty of Auckland city such as the views of the harbour or some of the bushes that are nearby, in order to enhance the experience of the rail journey for people my initiative for researching this issue began.

ANALYSIS OF SITE BEING INVESTIGATED WESTFIELD STATION

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AUCKLAND COUNCIL MAPS The following maps were used as guidlines for me to come up as well as adapt well with the proposed developments for the future.These maps helped me realize where future development wil take place, and if there was any opportunites to create landscapes as well as be able to propose where there is potential for development.

SIGNIFICANT RECREATIONAL / PUBLIC SPACES : Development has resulted in a loss of habitats and a reduction in biodiversity.This led to the need to increase the number if

Auckland has an outstanding network of parks and open spaces that protect natural values and are enjoyed by Aucklanders and visitors alike (see Map 7.2). They include the regional parks, local parks and island reserves managed by the Department of Conservation. The 26 Regional Parks (established from 1965) cover more than 40,000 hectares with

a diversity of landscapes and ecological values.

ENVIRONMENTAL MAP OF AUCKLAND _ This map shows palces with high concentration of throughout Auckland. Also displayed on this map:_

SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPES AND NATURAL FEATURES _

ensure our natural heritage is protected for future generations.

SIGNIFICANT ECOLOGICAL AREAS Protect ecological areas, ecosystems and areas of and development, and ensure ecosystems and indigenous biodiversity on public / private land are protected and restored.

THE DESIGN DRIVER What if the rail journey was a scenic journey, which passed through all of the Auckland suburbs both urban, and rural areas. what if the land along the rail track was transformed to become a significant piece of a linear stretch of land that told a stor y about Auckland, about it’s suburbs and the people of each suburb, their histor y, their beliefies, their accomplishments, their identity. Auckland is one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world. Home to more than 180 ethnic groups, with a prediction that in 30 years time, it’s popluation will double in number.. what attracts people to visit Auckland is it’s climate, it’s stunnig landscapes, and it’s cultural diversity, and what makes people fall in love with it and choose to live in it is the friendliness and the simplicity of it’s people, and the availablitlity of green spaces. With that in mind I belive that the theme that should drive my concepts should be the cultural and natural heritage of Auckland. I want to transform the railroad experience into one that showcased the beauty of the city, it’s rich histor y and heritage, and celebrate the different nationalities that make up the population of Auckland, while at the same time proposing that the concept of Kaitiakitanga (Guardianship and protection of the environment) is emphasised through a landscape architecture approach. Through low impact design, sustainable and resiliant planning I believe that this once abandoned, underdeveloped, degraded land, will become the city’s major sustainable, green, fertile, spine that interweaved through all parts of the city and breathed life into it.

neighborhoods are perfectly attainable. In fact, a transit station or stop can serve much more than a transportation function; it can be a setting for community interaction, a place that fosters a diversity of activities. There are a number of recent local station development projects taking place at present such as Parnell, Manukau, Ellerslie, Papakura, and Mt Albert stations. Those developments, although they have been successful in terms of improving the way the station looks and functions, they remain to be places that people merely pass through and remain empty of activities and opportunities of interaction, and they still lack a sense of identity, a sense of context.

have alot of potential to be transformed into attractive and functional spaces that foster many opportunities of interaction, education, and entertainment for the public. How can stations be designed so that a person would not feel out of place as they wait for their next train, the person the outdoor gym equipment. Transit is a component of the station, but by no means the extent, of your memorable experience in this place.

THINKING BEYOND THE STATION.

I have chosen to work with a particular train station as my main site for the research. This site will serve as a model of the corridor as a whole, and will explore ways in which the experience of public transport could be altered to encourage more people to use public transport and to connect communities to eachother and to nature. For the purpose of this project in particular, I have focused my attention on the design of train stations. How can they be used as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;hot spotsâ&#x20AC;? for interaction and celebration of culture rather than serve only as transport hubs. How can these places be planned for to become places that people could go to instead of just pass through?

PLACE MAKING ON RAIL STATIONS

Place making focuses on developing public spaces into places that have meaning for people, give them pleasure to be in, and that resonate with feeling and memory (Yencken, 1995).

• aims to achieve enhanced civic engagement, social and economic development, cultural understanding, and deepen people’s relationship to the environment via participatory processes and creative outcomes. • is based on the local community’s assets, inspiration, and potential, ultimately creating good public spaces that promote people’s health, happiness, and well being. • strives to enable people to experience the public environment as a place where they belong, where they participate in the public and cultural life of the community. • is based on a community development framework that attempts to achieve multiple outcomes through a range of strategic initiatives. Community development is a process by which people work toward achieving a local collaboratively based vision or project.

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Train stations are a key public space and piece of infrastructure in a community. They are vital to many people to enable them to engage in work and social commitments. For young people and those without cars they can be essential in reducing their social isolation and ability to maintain community links. Unfortunately for many people they are also places mixed with feelings of fear and frustration. This document investigates the possibility of railway stations becoming places that are inclusive, safe, facilitate social inclusion and cohesion and contribute to the development of strong communities.In particular this document 1) investigates the relationship between community cultural development, railways stations and community wellbeing. 2) showcases current cultural activity designed to enhance railway stations in order to increase public transport utilisation. 3) considers the many social, economic and environmental issues that contribute to successful â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;place makingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; railway stations.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Public space can change how you live in a city, how you feel about a city, whether you choose one city over another, and public space is one of the most important reasons why you stay in a city.â&#x20AC;? - amanda burden

THE AUCKLAND TRANSPORT SCENIC RAIL JOURNEY

rail corridor concept, is the fact that my proposal aims to celebrate the heritage of both the natural landscapes and the cultural diversity. While the existing rail journey is dedicated to showcase the natural landscapes of New Zealand, farmlands, bushes, rocky coasts, volcanic mountains, my proposed rail journey showcases the history of each suburb in auckland and educate the public about the identity of each encourage engagement and positive interaction between people.My project also proposes that the corridor is to be densley planted with both exotic and native trees and plants wherever possible in order to enrich the biodiversity of the city, create undisturbed green migration pathways for birds and insects, and increase the value of properties surrounding the rail corridor by increasing the amount of green spaces and planting around them, which will have highly positive health impacts on the people living in those areas. as well as people that use public transport. This project also aims to implement cycle / pedestrian access to and from train stations where possible in order to encourage a healthy lifestyle and promote an alternative travelling future, which encourages people to be using public transport rather than vehicles.

CONTEXT AND HISTORY

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Portage Road, Otahuhu, which marks the narrowest point of the Auckland Isthmus. Mount Richmond Domain is nearby. Back in 1904, when the station was opened, it gave access to a shallow bay on Manukau Harbour, which became a popular picnic spot. The original station building was

deviation (Eastern Line) was completed in 1930.

During the 1920s obsolete locomotives were often dumped in areas where the railway line was subject to erosion or soft ground. The cost of scrap being minimal at the time. Unlike locomotives dumped at other sites, such as Branxholme, Omoto and Oamaru, where the locomotives

WESTFIELD TRAIN STATION CONTEXT AND HISTORY

This facility, built in the 1960s on reclaimed land brought together the freight train marshalling and sorting from several other yards in the

and servicing facilities at Auckland, Otahuhu, Papakura, Helensville and Mercer all close as well as the 1950s-era Parnell Diesel Depot.

City Abbatoir. Modern day sidings serve various transport companies, as well as the Southdown Freight Terminal and Metroport.

This station has one of the lowest patronage of any station on the Auckland network, in part due to the decrepit nature of its facilities and its remote location, far from any main centres. When rail services are disrupted south of Otahuhu station, passengers leave trains at this station to board alternative transport; either later trains, or bus alternatives.

THE AUCKLAND PLAN OBJECTIVES THAT MY CONCEPT MEETS:

promote economic development through heritage led regeneration, leisure, and tourism, and the appropriate use of existing heritage places.

and rural places.

manage these to protect, and enhance their biophysical and sensory qualities, and associated values. Identify places of high natural heritage value, and where appropriate protect, manage, and expand public open space areas so they can be enjoyed by everyone.

and development, and ensure ecosystems and indegenous biodiversity on public and private land are protected and restored.

habitats, and recreational importance from the impacts of development and enhance degraded areas.

EXISTING SITE ANALYSIS VIEWSHAFTS

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are currently available, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very little vegetation and the variety of plants available is very much limited. It is also a main mean of transport for many intermediate and high school students that attend schools nearby, which is one of the main reasons behind the need to develop the station into a more safe and more accessible space for the public.

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FIRST CONCEPT MASTERPLAN

This plan shows the amount of â&#x20AC;&#x153;leftoverâ&#x20AC;? space I c a n w o r k w i t h . E v e r y t h i n g h i g h l i g h t e r w i t h g re e n h a s the potential to be planted and developed. The b ro w n is the pedestrian / cyclist connection which is c u r re n t l y existent.

Highlighting the available space I have to work with helped me realise how much potential there is in the site and how much impact the design with have on the surrounding environment. Because the station currently fits into an densly industrialised section of the subrub, it lacks the element of green, and the community lacks the availablity of a personalised public space.

DESIGN EXPLORATION

AUCKLAND TRANSPORT STATION DESIGN PRINCIPLES.

•A station is the public interface of the rail system, it’s where customers access/ exit the system, and station. •The design of the station will need to be responsive to the functional needs of each station, stations located in retail/ residential urban areas have a high degree of interface with the surrounding land use. as a principle the design should be as sensitive as possible, provide positive enhancement to the existing urban fabric. The main four drivers in the design of stations is a) Safety b) Functionality c) Operationality and d) Maintainability

Stations should include facilities such as information transfer to and from other means of transport.

fundamentally about people, and where people go and where people meet are at the core of what makes a city work,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So even more important than buildings in a city are the public spaces in between them. And today, some of the most transformative changes in cities are happening in these public spaces.â&#x20AC;? - Amanda Burden

INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDIES:

MOVING LANDSCAPES INTERNATIONAL IDEAS COMPETITION ON THE AUTOROUTE 20 GATEWAY CORRIDOR _ MONTREAL

The competition, hosted by the Chair in Landscape and Environmental Design at the University of Montreal (CPEUM), aimed to develop strategic visions for the development of the 17 km corridor need of revitalization.

EDIBLE CORRIDORS _ “GROWING THE HYDRO FIELDS APPROPRIATES HY-

cultivatable public lands”. Their proposal revoved around the reconsideration of the extensive network of publicly these land’s potential to be turned into major “food lines” - turning a land use detractor (powerlines) into a land use amenity (agriculture).

“Within a 125 mile radius of downtown Toronto, there is approximately 8,145 acres of space to grow within Greater Toronto’s Hydro Corridors. This is the equivalent of 51 full 160-acre commercial farms, or 294 28-acre urban farms, or 58,500 0.14-acre community gardens. potential for a reduction in imported produce”.

developments - residential, institutional, commercial, and light industrial. You can imagine the possibility of harvest time cruising down a corridor in a Gleaner combine harvester in a hydro-electric (agro-)avenue.

A student design competition run in the University of Toronto aimed to ask students to submit proposals for productive landscape strategies in urban context.

TORONTO’S HYDRO ELECTRIC NETWORK CARVES GREEN LINES THROUGH THE CITY’S GRID!

The team suggests the origanization of a body called FeedToronto (similar to BuildToronto and InvestToronto) will modulate seeding, harvest and distribution. Though the current land is owned by the hydroelectric company, the team proposes a provocative solution of a split ownership of ground rights (for cultivation) and air rights (for electrical transfer).

KAOHSIUNG PORT STATION PROPOSAL / ISA & NEAR DESIGN_ TO REVITALIZE THE PORT STATION AREA INTO A TRANSITIONAL PARK (TRANS-PARK)

The goal of ISA and NEAR Design for the Kaohsiung Port Station, serving the largest harbor in Taiwan, is to where daily life and events, past and future, landscape and city, land and water coexists. With the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cultural production and tourism in mind, the site will become an icon of Kaohsiung. One of the main goals of this project was to . The contrast between the solid geometric urban blocks and the wide open void emphasizes the linear and expanding condition of the railways. The placing of the organic blocks patches the Shou mountain and the water. With the

and the organic blocks, activity bands (culture band, tourism band,

green and blue band, arts and performances band) are i with the railway and expands towards the harbor and the two piers. The geometric block is designed to clearly mark the urban edge. The organic block buildings, a reinterpretation of the traditional round shaped building with inner courts Tulou, provides The landscape design is focused in the . The railways are preserved 100% and extended towards the harbor and Penglai Cha. Floating landscapes are moveable furniture that utilizes the rail tracks to provide diverse spatial arrangements depending on the need of the users. We also use the railway for tramlines connecting the Zuoying station and the Ferry station for the convenience of the ferry users.

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layered experience coordinated with their own movement

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The park corridor / central network of movement in this project is designed and thus be adaptable over time based on behaviour and performance

SACRAMENTO SOLAR HIGHWAYS_ BIONIC - CALIFORNIA / USA

Bionic was commissioned by These sites present numerous challenges, they are

o design distinct solar arrays for the California highway.

The project invests in the opportunity to add an educational value in addition to the ecological values, awareness about the conditions a certain bird species needs to survive, as well as

D.C. MEGA-PROJECT ATOP UNION STATION RAIL YARDS WILL CONNECT DIVIDED NEIGHBORHOODS.

THE CLIFTON HILL RAIL PROJECT

Design Approach Jeavons designs aim to maximise the aesthetic qualities of every space and have an underlying functionality, sustainability. Over a diverse range of public landscapes with distinct site conditions we address usersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; requirements, the site conditions and issues into our scope of works.

The Clifton Hill Rail Project began as a key transport initiative to duplicate the railway track between Clifton Hill and Westgarth Stations. The result of which was an opportunity to deliver a landscape that stitched together the Merri Creek environs, a new rail bridge, pedestrian and cyclist needs and the local community. The result is a beautifully executed landscape which demonstrates the integral role that a landscape architect has in delivering a multi-dimensional project varying in scale, programs, stakeholders, and contexts. This project demonstrated sensitivity to social, cultural and physical contexts through an extensive consultation process with the community and various authorities. It also demonstrated the role of the landscape architect from the broad strategic scale to the detail resolution. The project focused on improved accessibility and community linkages but goes beyond a cycle routes and footpaths and creates a public space in an area that is generally forgotten. This is further developed through the use and

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treatment of the space under the bridge as a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Park.

COMMUNITIES : A QUIET REVOLUTION IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

Project for Public Spaces, Inc. (PPS), in conjunction with Scenic America, released this research which explores the importance of an emerging corridor approach to transportation planning in which the responsibility for transportation improvments is shared by communities, and protect the priceless natural and cultural resources

PROJECT ADOPT-A-STATION : TRAIN STATIONS AS PLACES FOR COMMUNITY WELL BEING

A number of nations around the world have station engagement programs named Adopt-a-Station, including the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. These vary in scope and results, Adelaide

but in common they have in place a structure to facilitate community engagement in railway stations, in order to improve amenity, aesthetics, identity and local pride.

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RETHINKING LEFTOVER SPACES AS PUBLIC SPACES

An abandoned railway, a historic bridge, an empty building, an old industrial site, what do these infrastructures have in common? These â&#x20AC;&#x153;leftoverâ&#x20AC;? spaces are becoming attractive sites for urban planners and architects interested in creating people-friendly spaces and community amenities.

LEARNINGS FROM CASE STUDIES :

â&#x20AC;˘ The increased population numbers and the change that is taking place as we progress ahead into the future has led planners, urban designers, and landscape architects to think of new ways in which to host and cater for the growing populations of citites, as more and more people move closer to urban parts of the city much of what is currently open space for public use is transformed into residential or industrial land, and in order to commpensate for that land corridor is one of those spaces, and as the case studies above show, this is issue is a global

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In most cases, the main goal is to create space for people, whether they can access those

space along the corridor may be limited, which means access to people would not be ideal, however the space still has the potential to be enhanced in order to become part of the full journey that a passenger takes through the train, and this space suddenly adds visual value to the corridor, therefore improving the experience of public transport for people.

• In other spaces where there is enough space to work with, access to people is given, keeping people’s safety in mind while designing, which sometimes means adding fencing near the train line to prevent people from accessing dangerous parts of the the corridor. • Community invovlment plays a large role in the design of some of the corridors and train stations which has proven to be a successful approach at transforming the rail corridor and parts of the corridor into planting days, as well as involving students and local artists to create ensure people are comfortable with the space that they use. The station becomes part of their neighbourhood rather than a desserted transport hub, where no activities are available for those who use the station regularly to get to and from work, school etc..

• Enriching the biodiversity along rail corridors has also proven to enhance the natural ecosystems along the corridor and create the ideal conditions required for certain native bird or plant species to live in these spaces.

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The train station is the most accessible part of the rail corridor, which is why I have chosen to focus space is limited can also have a range of design interventions implemented within the corridor,

is available, and what links are near other train stations along the southern rail corridor, for those reasons I have chosen to put together a few cross section drawings of sections of the corridor I found interesting and I attempted to envision a design intervention, just to explore other possibilites for designing along the rail corridor.