Interim Presentation

DOCUMENT UPLOAD

Group 5's FINALISED presentation document can now be viewed here. Please note, this supersedes the DRAFT document uploaded by Anders on Friday, 25 February.

Cheers,

Paul, Pernille, and Sunniva

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

Rivierenhof Park

Link to Presentation

Antwerp's historic waterways

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

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.

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...

Muyang

Hi

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I am now on the blog.
Dag

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

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).

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

site photos

Lobroekdok


Albertkanaal

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

Parqe Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes

Parqe do Flamengo/ Parqe Brigadeiro Eudardo Gomes, 1961-65. It came about in order to solve a trafic problem: A highway on a narrow strech of cost between the hills and the sea. Landscapearchitect is Roberto Burle Marx.

"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