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2011

G R A D UAT I O N S T U D I O P O R T F O L I O

A MMENDED NO V EMBER 2 012 FOR: N YC DEPA R T MEN T OF CI T Y P L A NNING

ROBERT GREEN (BL Arch)

University of New South Wales Penns y lv ania St ate Uni ver sit y

N INDUSTRY

dustry Live + Work neighbourhood has been as a sustainable mixed-use district. A revitalised ed industrial district close to the Parramatta and truck distribution networks. Rather than a eighborhood, live/work loft housing is proposed r stories above warehouse and industrial proposal is also predicated on an intensication and commercial uses to provide a better job surrounding East Riverfront Precinct.

tion of new ngers of parkland as well as n Track will not only make the area perform gically, but will connect to the regenerated communities along the riverfront and provide abitat for native wildlife.
ROBER T GREEN B ACHELOR OF L A ND S C A P E A RCHI T ECT URE Uni ver sit y of New S outh Wale s 2 0 0 8 -2 011 Penns y lv ania St ate Uni ver sit y 2 010 + 61 [0] 4 2 2 0 2 0 13 0 + 61 [0] 2 9 8 9 9 919 0 green _ r ob @ hotmail .com r ober t @ architec t s of arc adia.com. au

Just Add Water: Reclaiming the inter tidal ecotone

Gr aduation Studio [Indi v idual] Professor: Linda Cor ker y

In the small suburb of Camellia, growth has always been tied to ongoing industrial development, bringing with it polluted stormwater and a neglected shoreline. With the decline of the old industrial waterfront comes the challenge of returning the site to ecological and community function. Urbanisation has resulted in extensive replacement of natural habitats with man-made structures and the traditional vertical seawalls that line this 4km stretch of shoreline have had a detrimental impact on the estuary, as they represent a significant departure from the natural graduated intertidal foreshore habitat. The seawalls along the Upper Parramatta River catchment area are highly varied in design, age, construction material, and condition; with the requirements to repair or replace these seawalls comes the exciting opportunity to create or enhance intertidal habitats. Promoting this living edge, where the land meets the water, presents us with a platform where we stand to encounter the river. It can be a zone of dynamic ecological value and appearance, and it is the experience here that will draw people to Camellia and make it successful. This project aims to activate the rivers edge through new gateway spaces and a subtly articulated path, creating opportunities for education and recreation organised around existing natural resources and local opportunities. As ecological processes develop through a series of phases, human inhabitation brings the site to life. The ephemeral movement of water, be it tidal, flood or stormwater, sets the stage for unique programs to develop and informs visitors about the local hydrology whilst fulfilling their innately human need to experience the wild and intricate forces at play in the environment.

EXISTING
Development of the foreshore will embrace the industrial past of the area and reestablish the ecological interface between the river and changing local infrastructure

IDENTIFY KEY SITES: potential to change the character of currently neglected river areas

YEARS 0 - 2
GATEWAY SPACES: riverside precincts, natural areas and recreational spaces

FORESHORE WALK: Continuous access along the river, a unifying movement corridor, linking these gateway spaces and providing recreational opportunities

YEARS 2 - 5
BUILD AN ECOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: Extension of landscape character providing functional, visual and spatial relationships to foreshore open space

YEARS 5 - 10
REORIENTATE URBANISM TO THE RIVER: Urban form assists use and activation of foreshore open space (active frontages, linkages)

CURATE THE VISION THROUGH TIME: Design and stage improvements so that the landscape can be understood and enjoyed in each phase of its development.

YEARS 10+
ECOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY: A healthy natural river system with resilient and self sustaining habitats that continually evolve

There is a level of flexibility in the design of the open space to cater for public events and changing recreational patterns in the future. The foreshore needs to provide a variety of spaces for enjoying the river. River steps provide seating spaces and access down to the water level. The relationship is intensified as tides change seating relationships and availability at different points of the day. Natural fluctuations are celebrated and interactions with the river encouraged.

CONNECTIONS TO THE URBAN FORM:

1. Create an urban fabric that creates a publicly accessible and vibrant river edge with strong visual connections to the water. Streets and public spaces are designed to encourage and support pedestrians, cyclists and transit users. 2. Encourage active, publiclyengaging ground floor uses along the rivers edge promenade. 3. Grand Ave becomes a parkway/ boulevard that provides for pedestrian amenity, commuter bike lanes, and mass transit.

- Co - Transfer sketch to CAD - Start collecting images montages - Crit with Graham Fletch

SALTMARSH: Saltmarsh species found in the study area include Sarcocornia quinqueflora (Samphire), Sporobolus virginicus (Salt couch), Suaeda australis (Seablite), Samolus repens (creeping brookweed) and Juncus kraussii (Sea rush). More rarely found is the vulnerable saltmarsh species Wilsonia backhousei. birds, insects, mammals, crabs, molluscs and fish use saltmarsh at different phases of the tide. Fish and crabs feed in saltmarsh during king and spring tides and shorebirds often feed at low tide. bats have also been known to forage for insects in saltmarshes.

MAPPING FLOOD EVENTS

Finalise research on: -Aesthetic propertie sustainable design - Habitats and faun - Vegetation communities - Sediments and hy

URBAN FABRIC BUILT FORM

CHANGING EDGE/ RIVERFRONT CONDITIONS

WEEK 10:

bRAcKISH WETLANDS: changes to natural hydrological regimes and other land disturbances, including tidal flushing, increased freshwater inputs, and sedimentation, can promote the spread of freshwater or brackish macrophytes, into areas occupied by saltmarsh.

- Phasing research and di - Draft board layout - Star design report - Start rendering masterp

SWAMP-OAK FLOODPLAIN FOREST: Most of this habitat within the study area has historically been cleared or reclaimed for industrial, residential or open space requirements. Subsequently remnant communities within the study area are highly fragmented and restricted to narrow bands of growth located immediately upland of, and fringing, the intertidal zone (except where topography and/or geology is unsuitable).`
SOFT EDGES

WEEK 11:
cREATING VARIETY AT THE WATERS EDGE: The waters edge will become one of the most important programmatic elements of my intervention. It is also the sense of freedom and expansiveness experienced at te waters edge that will draw the greatest number of visitors.

Interim Review #2

Assess feedback. Readju

WEEK 12-14:

MANGROVES: Mangrove communities in the study area are dominated by Grey mangrove (Avicennia marina), and less commonly River mangrove (Aegiceras corniculatum). Mangroves are the most widespread component of estuarine vegetation within the study area, although mangroves are believed to be more widely distributed and abundant in comparison to pre-European settlement along the Parramatta River (McLoughlin 2000).

CENTRAL SPINE

CONSTANT SPINE

CHANGING EDGE/ RIVERFRONT CONDITIONS

This provides an exciting opportunity to establish a corridor that not only serves as primary pedestrian and cycle PARRAMATTA access, but a place that will act as a stormwater treatment RIVER facility and an ecological amenity as well. Storm water will be channelled to the WSUD infrastructure and the treated before entering the river

- Finalise text for boards - Refine and bind design - Complete graphics - Final board layout - Print boards - Prepare presentation

HARD EDGES

WEEK 15

VEGETATION cOMMuNITIES

URBAN FABRIC BUILT FORM

FLOATING EDGES

Project pan submitted Monday 31 October

BUILDING LINE
CHANGING EDGE/ RIVERFRONT CONDITIONS

URBAN FABRIC BUILT FORM

Turning the abandoned rail line into a linear park will be a successful example of effective urban re-use, sustainable infrastructure and enhanced biodiversity exhibiting the creative possibilities of the site and incorporating many of the recommendations for greater planning throughout Camellia.

This provides an exciting opportunity to establish a corridor that not only serves as primary pedestrian and cycle access, but a place that will act as a stormwater treatment facility and an ecological amenity as well. Storm water will be channelled to the WSUD infrastructure and the treated before entering the river

Camellias seawalls have masked the tectonic nature of its association with the river and any indication of tidal flux or the water life that inhabits the intertidal zones. The virgin condition of the waterfront has been so effectively removed and distorted by human intervention that the user has become disengaged from any visual or physical recognition of the site condition. So with this new inclined interface between the land and tidal fluctuations, we begin to visually reactivate tidal perception.

ADAPTIVE MODEL FOR LINEAR GREEN LINKAGES:

Current condition: Scattered planting due to tree deaths, no formal plan and removal of habitat Phase 1: Defined street planting, Grand Ave becomes a parkway.Gateway spaces and spaces orientated towards the river areplanted Phase 2: Piercing new streets and alleyways to create fingers to the rivers edge. New habitats are created Phase 3: WSUD becomes a visible process. Vegetation adapts, develops and becomes self-sustaining. A new urban forest emerges

With the university predicted to expand across the river into Camellia, we are presented with the chance to reuse old industrial buildings as educational facilities. These industrial structures can provide points of interest along the corridor, however should not compromise biodiversity values or require the clearing of native vegetation. Past tendency for landuses along the river to orient away from, rather than towards the river, have resulted in a back of house feel. It is crucial this building opens up to the river and actively promotes an interraction with it.

Existing grade will be excavated and modified creating a rich mix of hydric and mesic conditions. Supporting the remediation of intertidal saltmarsh and mudflats will attract a diversity of wildlife, from fish and amphibians to birds and mammals. Visitors will be able to enjoy this restored nature through a boardwalk, which provides an ideal viewing platform of the fragile saltmarsh and marsh exhibits, as well as providing educational signage, bird watching and fishing opportunities. This space makes new habitats instantly accessible to the public. The design geometry of the boardwalk is based on projected lines from the urban form, the existing shoreline, linkages to the river and the industrial rail line.

MINIMUM APPROACHING DISTANCE

Each set of tanks sit in a large square depressed plot, calculated to hold the entire contents of the tank in the event of a major leak. Canals are cut into the existing grid network to supply water to the holding depressions. The refinery will reconstitute natural and settled landscapes as well as their interplay, with a new relation of overflows, water levels and flood mitigation.

A filtration ecosystem is seamlessly interwoven into the refinery landscape. The new waterscape will foster remediation of the river water through both phytoremediative plants and infiltration. The wetland and saltmarsh spaces will additionally provide treatment of stormwater runoff and provide spaces to hold flood waters.

For the tanks to function as natural systems and keep a balanced equilibrium between the structure and its natural surroundings hidden areas, nesting spaces and food resources have been provided. By locating and identifying a variety of existing or potential animal and plants species in the area we are able to create a series of openings and internal voids each specifically sized and positioned to allow for a rich and varied range of animals reptiles and amphibians, small mammals, bats and shorebirds.

The tidal waters enter through sluices, suspended sediments deposit behind the gates, and then settle on the site. Over time a new landscape is created, providing diverse habitats and nesting sites for shorebirds and creating a unique waterscape destination.

Mid Ring City

Gr aduation Studio [Group] Professor: James Weir ick

A CONNECTED CITY: THE PARRAMATTA LOOP

The Parramatta Loop A Connected City: The Parramatta Loop

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Perspective - public courtyard within mixed use development.

EXISTING CONDTION EXISTING CONDTION

...between river and infrastructure, and CONNECTING THE CITY TO THE WATERFRONT at an expanded cultural interface between the City and the river

12%

Mixed Use

55%

High Density

200 jobs + 450 residents

2,750 residents

WATERFRONT CITY celebrate Parramatta as a waterfront city

Medium Density

33%

1000 residents

PUBLIC REALM
WATERCOURSE

RYDALMERE

CAMELLIA

CULTURAL MOSAIC
WATERCOURSE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT

1720

4300

Encourage diversity of people and functions.

PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT

PATCHWORK lack of cohesive public space due to infrastructure corridors

Create varied and diverse initiatives for GREEN SPACES staying.

GREEN SPACES

RLINGFORD

EPPING

FORD
Medium Density

27%

960 residents

Presently, Telopea is dominated by Government public housing and a railway station which divides and isolates each side of the suburb. Our proposal seeks to eradicate these issues by, rstly, redirecting the rail line underground and secondly, introducing mixed tenure for all new residential VISUAL CONNECTION development. strengthen visual links
1030 1550

BARRIERS access restricted by privately owner land and industrial zones

100% 1,550 residents

MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY Neighbourhoods

High Density Student Housing

Create a lively and safe public realm PROPOSED ROAD NETWORK which is inclusive for all.

EPPING
10%
Commercial Mixed Use

PROPOSED ROAD NETWORK

Heritage Corridor
Perspective - public courtyard within mixed tenure development.

Views + S

38%

30%

High Density

22%

Medium Density

600 jobs

2,200 jobs + 1,425 residents

900 residents

495 residents

1128

2820

EXISTING CONDTION

MID RING CITY Typology precedent - Greenwich Millenium Village, London.

By implementing the design principles of mixed tenure development, opportunities arise for tenants to break out of the spiral of concentrated disadvantage. Blind architecture, which EXISTING CONDTION blurs the distinction between public and private dwellings, serves to emphasise similarities over differences and develop a safe Epping-Parramatta and friendly neighbourhood community.

between Rydalmere and Camellia, and the river

EAST RIVERFRONT
Eucalyptus tereticornis

BIOREGENERATION

Eucalyptus tereticornis

Eucalyptus punctata

The East Riverfront proposal aims to increase biodiversity immediate area, the towers not only become a symbol in each of the precincts three distinct ecological for Sydneys crown of education, but also aim to address Open Green Space communities: Shale/Sandstone Transition Forest, of illegal boarding houses in the the well publicised issue Sydney surrounding suburbs. Coastal River-at Forest and the Mangrove/Saltmarsh Complex.
STATIONS

Road Network + activated street front. Connections Perspective - typical

Eucalyptus punctata

celebration. Soaring taller than any other building in the

Eucalyptus citriodora

UNIFIED RIVERFRONT public space on the Three student accommodation towers on the Macquarie rivers edge links the city University Campus become the subject of focus and back to the water

It is important that Epping plays a central role in the public transport system of Sydneys West. Epping as a transport hub is surrounded by both work places and housing types which specically require public transport.

Waterco

ECOTONE

Syncarpia glomulifera

Mid Ring City, e role of retail, ial precinct. to cater for the ty, the public and lives are seemlessly rtments are

ACCESS LANE

Buffer plantings of sites extends vegetation areas, as well as, competing with and shading out encroaching weeds. Placing perching poles MIXED on the edge of the Parramatta River encourages birds to USE perch and drop seed for the establishment of keystone 10 5 species.
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FOOTPATH

CARRIAGEWAY

FOOTPATH

PARKING

PARKING

MEDIAN

MEDIAN

of a collected pedestrian network for the long canopy along active riparian community

ACCESS LANE

Through the of Management the revegetation and reintroduction of native ora and fauna in these communities can Turpentine Ironbark Forest A dense planting of Sydney be achieved. Management strategies such as weed control, for recreation and provides students with opportunities mowing restrictions, edge management, and root and retreat. It also provides connections north to the National soil disturbance support a targetedthe Great North attract Park and approach to Walk, encouraging individuals to undertake a lifestyle of active living. native animals that are endangered or at risk. These MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ADDERTON ROAD TELOPEA STATION include native frog species, glossy black cockatoo, osprey, IMPROVED ACCESS sugar gliders, brush-tailed phascogale and the powerful create direct and attractive owl. walking links, integrated parts
Sydney Coastal River-flat Forest Mangrove/Saltmarsh Complex

The WEAK LINKStowers provide an effecient means of catering for weak pedestrian links to and incorporation MacquarieRegeneration Plan of a Bush Universitys high number of international from stations students.

PLAZA + MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT

5 0 10 20 40

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Perspective - Rydalmere mangrove and parkland connection.

Sandown Track

Green Industry

Eucalyptus saligna

Shale Sandstone Transition Forest

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BORONIA PARK

Public Bu

BIOREGENERATION

THE SANDOWN TRACK

The Sandown Track provides an exciting education opportunity,establishing a corridor that not only serves as HIGH primary transportation access, but acts as a stormwater TECHNOLOGY The Sandown Track provides an exciting treatment facility and an ecological amenity as well. In EMPLOYMENT opportunity,establishing a corridor that not only serves as addition to supporting sustainable infrastructure principles, primary also offers amenites and health benets by acting the track transportation access, but acts as a stormwater ENTERTAINMENT treatment facility and an ecological East Riverfront and as a car free connection through the amenity as well. In AND South to supporting sustainable infrastructure principles, addition Parramatta CBD. The track becomes an asset that creates CULTURAL Parramata offers amenites and health benets by acting the track also and supports new services and amenities. High car free connection through the East Riverfront and as a Density Mixed Use CBD. The track becomes an asset that creates Parramatta and supports new services and amenities. Neighbourhood

THE SANDOWN TRACK

The East Riverfront proposal aims to increase biodiversity in each of the precincts three distinct ecological communities: Shale/Sandstone Transition Forest, Sydney Coastal River-at Forest and the Mangrove/Saltmarsh Complex. Through the incorporation of a Bush Regeneration Plan of Management the revegetation and reintroduction of native ora and fauna in these communities can be achieved. Management strategies such as weed control, mowing restrictions, edge management, and root and soil disturbance support a targeted approach to attract native animals that are endangered or at risk. These include native frog species, glossy black cockatoo, osprey, sugar gliders, brush-tailed phascogale and the powerful owl.

GREEN INDUSTRY
The Green Industry Live + Work neighbourhood has been conceived as a sustainable mixed-use district. A revitalised and enhanced industrial district close to the Parramatta The Green Industry Live + Work networks. Rather than a CBD and rail and truck distributionneighbourhood has been conceived as a sustainable mixed-use district. A revitalised single-use neighborhood, live/work loft housing is proposed onand enhanced industrial warehouse andthe Parramatta the upper stories above district close to industrial CBD The proposal is also predicated on an Rather than spaces.and rail and truck distribution networks.intensicationa of single-useand commerciallive/work loft housing is proposed industrial neighborhood, uses to provide a better job on the upper stories above warehouse and industrial base for the surrounding East Riverfront Precinct. spaces. The proposal is also predicated on an intensication of industrial and new ngers uses to provide a as The introduction of commercialof parkland as wellbetter job base for the surrounding East Riverfront Precinct. the Sandown Track will not only make the area perform better ecologically, but will connect to the regenerated The introduction of new ngers of parkland as provide vegetation communities along the riverfront and well as the Sandown Track will not only make the area perform additional habitat for native wildlife. better ecologically, but will connect to the regenerated vegetation communities along the riverfront and provide additional habitat for native wildlife.
Shale Sandstone Transition Forest Sydney Coastal River-flat Forest Mangrove/Saltmarsh Complex

GREEN INDUSTRY

Buffer plantings of canopy along long riparian sites extends vegetation areas, as well as, competing with and Perspective - Sandown Track heading westweeds.Parramatta. shading out encroaching towards Placing perching poles on the Track will be a new kind of sustainable infrastructure The Sandown edge of the Parramatta River encourages birds to perch and drop seed for the establishment of keystone with integrated cycleways, bioswales and stormwater integration, Perspective - Sandown Track heading west towards Parramatta. species. PARRAMATTA CBD dark sky lighting, and substantial planting. PREDOMINANT LAND The Sandown Track will be a new kind of sustainable infrastructure New and comprehensive landscape infrastructure catalyses unprecedented urban Detail Section 1:40 - Sandown Track USES with integrated By creating the cycleways, bioswales and stormwater neighbourhoods areas that will be as distinctive and Sandown Track within the corridor of old,integration, unique as existing dark sky lighting, and substantial planting. areas of the industrial rail lines the greenway can lead the transition toward city. Importantly, the -East Riverfront both leverages and provokes specific viable existing urban revitalisation of this area while maintaining landscape Detail Section 1:40 Sandown Track By uses. landcreating the Sandown Track responses that are local to the cultural history, hydrologygreenwaywithin the of transition toward and ecology corridor of old, its diverse industrial rail lines the can lead the site. urban revitalisation of this area while maintaining viable existing land uses.

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Eucalyptus amplifolia Eucalyptus amplifolia

Eucalyptus tereticornis Eucalyptus tereticornis

Acacia binervia Acacia binervia

Avicennia marina

Casuarina glauca

Casuarina glauca

Casuarina glauca

Avicennia marina

MANGROVE

ECOTONE

SUBIACO SQUARE

FOOTPATH

Avicennia marina

Eucalyptus tereticornis

ECOTONE

GREEN INDUSTRY

SANDOWN TRACK

BENNETT STREET

MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT

ECOTONE
5 0

MANGROVE
10 20

PARRAMATTA RIVER
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ECOTONE

GREEN INDUSTRY

FOOTPATH

SANDOWN TRACK

BENNETT STREET

MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT

ECOTONE
5 0

MANGROVE
10 20

PARRAMATTA RIVER
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TH A NK YOU FOR LOOK ING ROBER T GREEN 1 W HI T B A R W Y, CHERR Y BROOK S Y DNE Y, AUS T R A L I A + 61 (0) 4 2 2 0 2 0 13 0 gr een _ r ob @ hotmail .com