Tuesday, 8 March 2011
Sunday, 27 February 2011
Interim Presentation
DOCUMENT UPLOAD
Cheers,
Paul, Pernille, and Sunniva
Friday, 25 February 2011
Work in progress
The students are divided into 6 groups, each group working on different sites along the single.
Here are some drafts from their work that they are going to present in Antwerp 3rd of March :
Group 1 : Berchem Station - Silje, Zhen and Sigurborg
Group 2 : Lobroekdok - Snædis, Indre, Hanji and Chris
Group 3 : New South - Randi, Maia, Yun and Emmanuel
Group 4 : Rivierenhof - Joanne, Amir and Mats
Group 5 : Mastvest - Sunniva, Paul and Pernille
Group 6 : Harbour - Marthe, Simona and Muyang
Here are some drafts from their work that they are going to present in Antwerp 3rd of March :
Group 1 : Berchem Station - Silje, Zhen and Sigurborg
Group 2 : Lobroekdok - Snædis, Indre, Hanji and Chris
Group 3 : New South - Randi, Maia, Yun and Emmanuel
Group 4 : Rivierenhof - Joanne, Amir and Mats
Group 5 : Mastvest - Sunniva, Paul and Pernille
Group 6 : Harbour - Marthe, Simona and Muyang
Thursday, 24 February 2011
Thursday, 10 February 2011
Monday, 7 February 2011
Furuset Competition Entries
Some Ramblings
No one asked for it (my opinion), but I'll give it anyway.
#006
‘300m Furuset’ uses an integrated transport strategy to underpin its main proposal of consolidating development around transport nodes. This tactic might just pay dividends. Their showstopper image, the bird’s-eye-by-night montage, illustrates the main concept of transport nodes as urban hubs clearly and succinctly, without the need for detailed, text-heavy descriptions.
This scheme has managed to successfully present their land use data, both existing and proposed, in a clear and engaging way by using various forms of graphic representation to illustrate their raw, base data (in abstract plan form, in plan, in aerial photos, in graphs, and in text form – ref. to page 16 & 17 of their pdf).
#007
‘Origo i Furuset’ also uses a simple (but nonetheless, strong) concept as their main structuring device, which shines through in their plans and perspectives. The bird’s eye perspective detail, especially, manages to adequately illustrate the ‘landscape’ and ‘human’ qualities of their open spaces (something that is quite often lacking in bird’s eye renderings).
The simplicity of their north-south/east-west axis is extremely clear (though, this is also something that shines through in the 'Futurum' scheme). The masterplan manages to successfully amalgamate the proposed built forms and circulation networks with the existing built forms. In doing so, they have transformed the role of these existing buildings; they are no longer remnants, but are integral to the new public realm (streetscapes and open spaces) within the proposed scheme. Very interesting!
#012
‘Blodomloppet’ caught my eye for its confident bird’s eye graphic, They have also managed to clearly elucidate the main idea of streets as the ‘blood stream’ (however corny it is!) on page 4 of their submission. I was taken by the image in the top right corner. It clearly illustrates their circulation strategy and its hierarchy within the existing suburban context. There is obviously some local knowledge coming into play here…
The curve linear street structure they have chosen to employ is very specific to suburban Norway, determined mainly by the topographic conditions associated with developing pockets within forests at the edges of existing development footprints (sustainability, what?!). They have managed to reinterpret this picturesque (very ‘romantic’ Norwegian), suburban idea of informal, curved lines and disappearing perspectives into an urban (European) image of strong street edges, sidewalks and on-street parking.
Their simple SketchUp diagrammatic model (‘De nya gatorna’) on page 4 also illustrates this idea well.
Unfortunately, as the competition entries are anonymous, and as the jury is still out, I am unable to attribute professional credit here.
Apart from the 'Futurum' scheme and the three others described above, the other 9 schemes were rather disappointing. But, hey, that's just my opinion. What's yours?
Cheers,
Paul
No one asked for it (my opinion), but I'll give it anyway.
#006
‘300m Furuset’ uses an integrated transport strategy to underpin its main proposal of consolidating development around transport nodes. This tactic might just pay dividends. Their showstopper image, the bird’s-eye-by-night montage, illustrates the main concept of transport nodes as urban hubs clearly and succinctly, without the need for detailed, text-heavy descriptions.
This scheme has managed to successfully present their land use data, both existing and proposed, in a clear and engaging way by using various forms of graphic representation to illustrate their raw, base data (in abstract plan form, in plan, in aerial photos, in graphs, and in text form – ref. to page 16 & 17 of their pdf).#007
‘Origo i Furuset’ also uses a simple (but nonetheless, strong) concept as their main structuring device, which shines through in their plans and perspectives. The bird’s eye perspective detail, especially, manages to adequately illustrate the ‘landscape’ and ‘human’ qualities of their open spaces (something that is quite often lacking in bird’s eye renderings).
The simplicity of their north-south/east-west axis is extremely clear (though, this is also something that shines through in the 'Futurum' scheme). The masterplan manages to successfully amalgamate the proposed built forms and circulation networks with the existing built forms. In doing so, they have transformed the role of these existing buildings; they are no longer remnants, but are integral to the new public realm (streetscapes and open spaces) within the proposed scheme. Very interesting!#012
‘Blodomloppet’ caught my eye for its confident bird’s eye graphic, They have also managed to clearly elucidate the main idea of streets as the ‘blood stream’ (however corny it is!) on page 4 of their submission. I was taken by the image in the top right corner. It clearly illustrates their circulation strategy and its hierarchy within the existing suburban context. There is obviously some local knowledge coming into play here…The curve linear street structure they have chosen to employ is very specific to suburban Norway, determined mainly by the topographic conditions associated with developing pockets within forests at the edges of existing development footprints (sustainability, what?!). They have managed to reinterpret this picturesque (very ‘romantic’ Norwegian), suburban idea of informal, curved lines and disappearing perspectives into an urban (European) image of strong street edges, sidewalks and on-street parking.
Their simple SketchUp diagrammatic model (‘De nya gatorna’) on page 4 also illustrates this idea well.
Unfortunately, as the competition entries are anonymous, and as the jury is still out, I am unable to attribute professional credit here.
Apart from the 'Futurum' scheme and the three others described above, the other 9 schemes were rather disappointing. But, hey, that's just my opinion. What's yours?
Cheers,
Paul
Master Plan for Eilandje(2002)
By the 1980´s, Eilandje had become a rather abandoned and rundown neighborhood. The derelict neighborhood was known for its empty warehouses, low-income housing, some light industry and storage, as well as illegal activities such as prostitution.
Buro 5 Maastricht – Provincial Spatial Structure Plan, was approved in 2002. The plan aimed to connect public authorities with private parties to jointly realize the project and had the general purpose of physical, economic, and social regeneration of a declining urban waterfront neighborhood.
Museum on the River
Project Droogdokken 
Kattendijk Towers
New Haven House
Buro 5 Maastricht – Provincial Spatial Structure Plan, was approved in 2002. The plan aimed to connect public authorities with private parties to jointly realize the project and had the general purpose of physical, economic, and social regeneration of a declining urban waterfront neighborhood.
There are two phases to develop. The first contains three projects: South Eilandje – Oudedokken, West Eilandje – Montevideo, and East Eilandje –Cadixwijk. The second phase contains two potential projects on the north side of the development area: Droogdokkeneiland and Mexico-eiland (Pic 1).
(A-Droogdokkeneiland; B-Mexico-Eiland; C-Montevideo; D-Cadixwijk; E-Oudedokken)
With the preparations for the redevelopment of Cadixwijk, the city today has arrived at the last stages of phase I, which also entailed the Oudedokken (Bonaparte dock and Willem dock) and Montevideo. Phase II comprises of Droogdokkeneiland, Mexico-Eiland.
Museum on the River 
Project Droogdokken 
Kattendijk Towers
New Haven House ...to be continued
Hope that it is useful...
Hope that it is useful...
Muyang
Furuset Sentrum
Competition Entries
As part of the FutureBuilt programme of prototype projects, you can now view the Furuset Sentrum competition entries. The competition entries have been exhibited and the winning scheme will be announced in March, I believe.
The site is located adjacent to the E6 in Groruddalen, where noise and particulate pollution from vehicular traffic is an issue.
Unfortunately, all competition entries are in Norwegian. However, they are worth a look as good and bad graphic precedents, in addition to the design content (or, lack thereof in some cases!).
Interesting things to note are how the schemes deal with the connections between Furuset and Østmarka/Nordmarka, and the role of Alnaelva within each of the schemes.
Comment away - I know I will...
Yours,
Paul Patrick
As part of the FutureBuilt programme of prototype projects, you can now view the Furuset Sentrum competition entries. The competition entries have been exhibited and the winning scheme will be announced in March, I believe.
The site is located adjacent to the E6 in Groruddalen, where noise and particulate pollution from vehicular traffic is an issue.
Unfortunately, all competition entries are in Norwegian. However, they are worth a look as good and bad graphic precedents, in addition to the design content (or, lack thereof in some cases!).
Interesting things to note are how the schemes deal with the connections between Furuset and Østmarka/Nordmarka, and the role of Alnaelva within each of the schemes.
Comment away - I know I will...
Yours,
Paul Patrick
Friday, 4 February 2011
Panoramas in the South
Wiew form Silvertops and New South property.
If you need the panoramas bigger, I will provide.
Maia
Precedent Project - Western Sydney Parklands
Western Sydney (Regional) Parklands
As introduced in Antwerp, here is some background information on the Western Sydney Parklands (WSP).
As introduced in Antwerp, here is some background information on the Western Sydney Parklands (WSP).
Fig. 01: Regional context plan, published in the 'Metropolitan Plan for Sydney 2036'.
Though the scale of the project is a little larger (WSP is approx. 5,500 hectares, as opposed to our 650 hectares in Antwerp), there are some interesting parallels between the Green Singel in Antwerp and this project.
Fig. 02: Parklands Plan, published by here.
Both are born of city planning strategies. The WSP now form part of the New South Wales Government's 'Metropolitan Plan for Sydney 2036'. And, both the Green Singel and the WSP are considered significant and strategic open spaces within their respective metropolitan footprints.
The WSP is administered by the Parklands Trust, which, I would assume is appointed by, but independent of, the New South Wales Government. Obviously, as a trust appointed by the State Government, there is a relative amount of power through which planning and design strategies can be implemented. This is important when you consider the various local government areas within which the Parklands are located.
FYI: there are three tiers of government in Australia; the local, state, and federal. The Parklands are administered by the middle tier.
The Parklands Trust currently defines the role of the parklands as follows:
Fig. 03: Western Sydney Parklands, Draft Plan of Management (overview), published here.
The parklands are dissected by 2 major motorways, the M4 (Sydney's major western arterial) and the M7 (which is both an outer metropolitan ring road, and also a national bypass). The point at which these two motorways intersect is called the Light Horse Interchange. This is the largest traffic interchange in Australia. Despite this, according to the Trust's plans, the interchange is considered an integral part of the parklands.
Fig. 04: Light Horse Interchange, published here.
Comments? Thoughts?
Cheers,
Paul
Thursday, 3 February 2011
AutoCAD base map
I sent a DWG file to all by mail, I hope everybody receive it ... . if not just bring your memory stick to my desk
AMIR
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
Parqe Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes
"Wisitors do not come to the Parqe do Flamengo to escape the city, to dream and lose themselves in nature"1
The contents of the area is a two-speed highway with pedestrian crossings, areas for cultural and recreational activities, including stages, parking, picnicareas, resturants, an aqarium and big sports fields - basketball, volleyball and tennis courts, and a marina with boats.
The park lies on land that is reclaimed, beeing a transition area between the sea, the city and the mountains.
The ground is moulded in different levels - this isolate the park visualy and acoustically form the main road and seperate the different activities from each other. The terrain is also worked inside the park in a way that the park become adventurus, with encloves protected form the wind and the sea. Along the paths there are clumps of thick bushes and shady trees.
Beacause of the great numbers wisiting into the weekends, aproxomately more than 150 000, one of the lanes of the highway is closed on Sundays - the walkers and syklist enter and cirkulate inhindred by trafic. The pedestrian bridges and underpasses have gentle slopes and enough light for people to feel comfortable using them. The plantings intend a balalce of solids and voids, bouth for the park and the highway. Today the park is an area of lational heritage and by thus protected.
More reading and refference:
1. page 68
Montero, Marta Iris. "Roberto Burle Marx - The Lyrical Landscape". University of California press. Berkley. Los Angelses 2001
Maia
Monday, 31 January 2011
Sunday, 30 January 2011
Fieldwork in Antwerp
The students have been spending 4 days in Antwerp attending lectures and biking around the Green Single. The single is a challenging area, and in order to understand the single as a whole, the students are now divided into 6 groups. Each group will be looking at one strategic site along the single. Each group will also be mapping one theme troughout the entire single. The strategic areas are identified as : New South (Nieuw Zuid), Mastvest, Berchem Station, Rivierenhof Park, Albert Kanaal/Lobroekdok/Park Spoor Noord, and finally the docklands in the north. The themes the students are mapping for the entire singel is : location of cobble stones and green, parking, water, identify ruptures and mobility, map out the neighbouring buildings front/back relationship to the single and topography and drawing up 13 sections where the bridges are today.
Monday, 24 January 2011
Welcome to our blog.
The course is a landscape urbanism design studio. It will investigate the possibilities of landscape and infrastructure as a structuring device for requalifying the built environment and potentially for new urbanization. The site of the design research the Groene Single (Green Ring) of Antwerp, the port city of Belgium on the Schelde River. The ring was once the fortification band of the city and is today the infrastructure ring road of the city. It is an important component of a number of projects by the City of Antwerp, including the soft spine of the ‘spatial structure plan’ (by Secchi & Vigano) and a series of plans for its entire reconfiguration as a landscape/ infrastructure element that connects/ collects diverse urban tissues and sites along its trajectory. The decision to finally veto the building of the controversial Oosterweel Bridge (which would have closed the ring) requires the radical rethinking Antwerp’s connectivity to the larger region and simultaneously requires to rethink the site of the Green Singel itself. Studio participants will develop urban visions for the Green Singel and strategic urban design projects for sites along the Green Singel that draw upon the inherent qualities of the space of and around the ring and creatively marries ecological, infrastructural, and development potentials – underlining the present‐day possibilities for landscape urbanism.
Participants will sharpen their critical capacity by assessing the city’s present plans and projects‐in‐the‐pipeline and be exposed to tools, methods and approaches of fieldwork and mapping to support ecological and contextresponsive urbanism. Through the studio, students will learn to deal with the territory, the interplay between different scales, the relation of landscape and infrastructure, engineering, design and time frames, as well as the integration of strategic considerations into their design concepts. A crucial element will be the interplay between urban (elements) and natural (structures). Learning outcomes in formal terms will be both the mastering of graphic representations of plans as the reporting in writing that substantiates the project. The studio will function as a collective laboratory, investigating the complex relationships between landscape, infrastructure, and urbanism. The studio will include kick‐off fieldwork trip to Antwerp, mapping the city ‘from below’ which will complement the more traditional ‘from above’ analysis. There will also be an intensive workshop in Antwerp. Analysis and concept strategies will be developed in groups. Strategic projects will be developed in small groups or individually. The studio will be developed in collaboration with the Department of Urban Planning of the City of Antwerp.
Intermediate presentations to a larger jury (internal and external) will accompany the different phases of the design. The final jury will be composed of staff members and external jury members. The final presentation to this jury and the report are the basis of the evaluation. A course reader will be prepared at the beginning of the course. It will consist of articles on landscape urbanism and as well on Antwerp.
Bruno De Meulder – Kelly Shannon – Els Vervloesem
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