NATURE INC.INVERTED MAP OF MOVINGTHROUGH INDUSTRIAL LAND

Bergen School of Architecture Master Studio - Malmö DNA

Ragnhild Roald

ÖSTRA HAMNEN

FOSIEINDUSTRIBY

5 min

15 min

30 min

FOSIE

Fosie industriby is one of the largest industrial areas in Malmö. Situated by the outer ringroad, and the railway, the location is central, both in a local and global context. Though the site is also within the 30 min range of biking from the inne city, accesible for workers living within the city, it represents the very limit of the city.

RESIDENTIAL

COMMERCIAL

AGRICILTURE

SUBURB

ROSENGÅRD20 000 people

OXIE

TYPOLOGY

The area is characterized by enclaves, or islands, of uniform programs. Together with the outer ringroad, the Fosie indus-triby acts as a boundary between the city and the surround-ing agricultural area.

SCENARIO

Malmö is growing. With an estimated need of 100 000 new dwellings, fi lling in the narrow streach between Fosie and suburb Oxie is a possibility. When facing the future, could the area be looked upon avsa frontier - a meeting place or point of contact - a common ground, rather than the limiting and excluding boundary it appears to be?

TOTAL AREA4,36 km2

100%

HARD SURFACE2,53 km2 = 58%

3/5

PERMEABLESURFACE2,53 km2 = 42%

2/5

ROOFSpossible reduction

1/5

CITY / PERIPHERY

EURO

PE

SEA

EUROPE

MAIN INFRASTRUCTURE8,3 km surrounding road

CONNECTINGPATHS ca 2 km straight through

INNER RINGROAD

CHURCHMALMÖ FOLKHÖGSKOLA

AGNESFRIDSGUMNASIUM

ÖRESTADS RYTTER-FÖRENING

ALLOTTMENTS

FREDRIKSBERGGÅRD

FREDRIKSBERG JUNCTION

KUNGSHÖGEN

GULLVIKS-SKOLAN

INVERTED MAP

Connecting the green structures, and possible areas to include.

The red sites are points of interest; diverging programs that could work together with, or benefi t from, a new public layer of semi-natural character.

EDGE TYPOLOGY

Edges are established in order to highlight the inherent, but challenged natural qualities at the site. Increasing the pres-ence of nature by densifi cation of typologies. The work on establishing, or fi nding, these edges lead to the development of a zoning map deciding where, and how to densify.

DENSIFICATION ZONES

Densify by building

Densify by planting

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DENSIFICATION ZONES

Today, only 30-40% of the plots are utilized for buildings, althought they monopolize a lot of land, and to great extent decide the use of the whole area. The density is low, on av-erage one-storey industrial buildings. Open areas are mostly used for parking.

In the zonemap, different zones are distributed according to their relation to the diagonal connection, and each other.A combination of densifying by building and densifying by planting, will establish edges along the open area. Enhancing the presence of open fi elds of productive and recovering land in the middle of the industrial area.

Densify by bilding

Increase hightInfi llParking housesShared ground fas-cilities

Densify by planting

New connectionPlant forestInfi ll/onfi ll

Opening up

Claim open areaCleans soilPublic

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existing alley

NEW CONNECTION

A forest is established on the rim of the zones densifying by planting. The forest varies from 50-100 m in width, and spreading in between the buildings. A trail through the for-est is established to make it accessable for all, creating a crossconnection between the existing bike paths running through the area.

Streaching all the way through the area, you could actually take a 3,5 km walk in the forest.A shorter more effi cient path is also established, running inbetween the zones and open fi elds. The path is alligned with alleys of birch trees.

birch alley

existing bike path

forest trail

new path

forest

SECTION 1

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SECTION 2

SECTION

SECTION 3

PLAN

SECTION

PLAN

SECTION

Current situation1-2 fl oor buildingsindustrial halls

+ one fl oor

+ 4-5 fl oor buildings5 m vegetation vegetation

+ 4-5 fl oor buildings15 m vegetation vegetationnarrow streets

timeline

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Optaining CO2 in the process of growth

Seasonal change

establishing the new landscape

cleansing the soilannual changes in the landscape the ground is prepared for unknown interventions

sunflowerrapeseed

poppieslavendar

new experiences

shrubberylow trees

some singular treeslow, compact forest

tall, singular treeslow forest

composting trees release CO2, which is obtained in fungi and microorganisms

THE FOREST

A varied deciduous forest provides a rich ground vegetation. Combining different deciduous trees like ash, elm, hazel, maple, alder, linden and oak for a varied and complex visual experience. Light and warm deciduous foresats provides rich ground vegetation. The different types of threes will provide living conditions for various types of mosses, fungi and in-sects, and small rodents and birds. For instance the leaves of the alder are rich in minerals and contribute to local en-

hancement of the pH and nutrient content in soil. This is es-pecially benefi cial for snails and insects and a rich soil fauna.

Other aspects of the forest is the addition of color and sea-sonal change to the area. The forest will also stop/slow down the wind and prevent erosion from both wind and rain. The sound of the wind in the leaves will add new sound to offset the sound of traffi c.

Alleys will also add rythm and direction to the path running through the open landscape. Enhancing continuity and con-nection with the other paths.

THE ALLEY

Together with the forest, the alleys will add a strong visual element to the area.Fast growing, up to 30 cm a year, and very fund of light, the birch is well suited as a standalone alley tree. In addition, a full grown birch can drink up to 4-500 l of water a day.