Part 3. Circulation
Part 4 water system
Part 5 Landscape
Rainfall data of the site
Existed vegetation : shrubs and small trees on the valley slope, like gum trees and Acacia As shown on the drawing above, green dot lines show the movement of visitors. People can enter from the Cove Rd or an existed pathway on Westcliff court, firstly they will arrive the park area for parking their cars and bicycles. then they can go down to the main building via a stairway which connected the second parking layer and layer one of the building.
Average rainfall per year in Adelaide is about 520mm.
While visitors and members can go to the service center, layer 1,2,3, after they arrive the outdoor garden. this position is very convenient to get into each layer.
each person need at least 100 liters water total population : 60 the community need 6000 liters daily water
The reason why the service center located here, it is easy to get help, especially their first time to come here. However, the center services storage rooms and medical services. the center is near parking site, which is helpful to move heavy daily supplies and other materials.
Decide tank size The community requires about 6 tanks with two sizes - 3 tanks with 6000 liters capacity near park site - 3 tanks with 4000 liters underground
The green movement forms a circle circulation, and this strategies give people more time and more outdoor space for walking and exercise. The brown dot lines indicate cars' movement, the design of parking area is considered to take advantage of existed pathway of Westcliff court to provide the second driveway to access the lower layer of parking area. People can also drive from Cove Rd to turn left into the upper parking layer, then people can also wallk down by another stairway. Maximum capacity ( cars numbers ) : 40 Total area: 520sqm
Weed : there might be some olives and other weed grass
Calculate rainwater harvesting capacity - Each square metre of roof area collects 1 litre of water for every 1millimetre of rainfall received - How much water the community need
water tank on plan view and section view
Proposed matrials for those tanks are concrete exterior wall.
Landscape on the community Along the boundary of whole building, a row of hedge plants as fences. Botanic name : red-head – Acmena smithii outdoor garden : Janpanese maple, Tufted Hair Grass and succulents. Greenroof : Sea thrift, Lawn
