south road upgrade: croydon overpass clg workshop no. 2 ...€¦ · clg meeting no. 1: start-up and...

South Road Upgrade: Croydon Overpass

CLG WORKSHOP No. 2Initial Design Precedents

ASPECT Studios Pty Ltd ABN 11 120 219 561

www.aspect.net.au

Program

CROYDON OVERPASS CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMPrepared by ASPECT Studios

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STAGE 1: Site Assessment and Design Principles

Stage Duration 9 Weeks

CLG Meeting No. 1: Start-up and opportunities workshopDevelop initial benchmarking/ precedent studyCLG Meeting No. 2: Benchmarking/ Precedents Review 11.09.13Prepare site assessment and draft urban design principlesCLG Meeting No. 3: Design Principles Workshop 02.10.13Refine design principles and prepare Community Day materialsCLG Meeting No. 4: Review Community Day Materials 22.10.13Community Day (Saturday in the Park) 26.10.13

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Collate feedback from Community DayPrepare preliminary design optionsCLG Meeting No. 5: Review Preliminary Concepts 20.11.13Refine design optionsCLG Meeting No. 6: Review Refined Concepts 11.12.13Prepare Community Day materials ChristmasCommunity Day (4.30 - 6.30 in the Park) 29.01.14

KeyStage durationCLG Meeting Work periodCommunity Day

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Issues

Structure: - Visual obstruction - Graffiti

Open Space: - Noise from activities + traffic

- Traffic from activities

- Connect to Elizabeth / Queen Street

- Holistic design

- Safety + security + good lighting

- Who is going to own + maintain

- Connectivity to cyclists + pedestrians across South Road too

- Improvements to traffic flow

- Loss of trees

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Opportunities

Structure: - Vertical gardens- Art / Mosaics- Less concrete- Open vs. covered- Community building - bricks

- Solar / pv

Other Opportunities:- Greenway Shared Path - Overhead - At grade - Attached to bridge

- Separate from bridge

Open Space Emerging Themes: Green Space: Croydon Linear Park- Community gardens- Greenspace- Restrict parking- BBQ / Playspace / older kids- Dog friendly- Walkways- Shared street between play + station- Sporting facilities

- Outdoor gym

Cultural Space: Croydon Culture Park- Wi-fi areas- Art / Mosaics- Street art- Pop-up shops / Deli / Kiosk- Meeting + social spaces- Recognise cultural heritage

Material preferences- Less concrete- Underground powerlines- Community building (bricks)- Robust design - sustainability + maintainable- Pick up character - wrought iron, bricks, sandstone,bluestone- Salvage history from, acquired houses - reuse materials

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Precedents: Bridge Design (Federation Era 1890-1910)

Alexandra Bridge, Canada (Completed 1900) Pyrmont Bridge, Sydney (Completed 1902)

Perryville Railroad Bridge, USA (Completed 1910)LeGore Bridge, USA (Completed 1900)Battersea Bridge, UK (Completed 1890)

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Precedents: Contemporary Bridge Design

Aflenzbrücke bridge project in the small Austrian village of Lorüns by Marte.Marte Architekten

The Foothills Basket Bridge (America) by Andrew Leicester Reggio Emila Bridge by Santiago Calatrava

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Precedents: Contemporary Bridge Design - Lightweight Structure

Castleford Bridge, UK (Completed 2008) Peace Bridge, Calgary, Canada (Completed 2012)

Muehlheimer Hafen Footbridge,Germany

Cragieburn Bypass, Melbourne (Completed 2005)Infinity Bridge, UK (Completed 2008)

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Precedents: Contemporary Bridge Design - Lightweight Structure

Point Resolution Bridge, New Zealand by Warren and Mahoney

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Precedents: Bridge Wall/ Facade Design Opportunities

Street Art Installation Art

Vertical Gardens Public Art Opportunities

Name: Pont Max Juvenal (Vertical Garden on A Bridge)Designer: Patrick BlancLocation: Aix en Provence, France

Name: Bird Life MuralArtist: RoaLocation: Vienna, Austria

Name: Poured LinesArtist: Ian DavenportLocation: Southwark St, London, UK

Name: Art In Transit (Brick Cladding to Bridge Supports)Artist: Andrew LeicesterLocation: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Name: Floating Baloon GirlArtist: BanksyLocation: West bank, Israel

Project Details:• Vertical garden applied to an existing concrete

bridge

• The garden is composed of a metal frame, a vinyl polymer to waterproof the structure and a layer of felt where the roots grow

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Open Space Precedent: Cultural Park

Architects - NL Architects

Location - Koog aan de Zaan, Zaanstad, Netherlands

Project Details:• Attempt to restore the connection between

both sides of town • Activate the space under the road• Revitalised area from wasteland to focal

point

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Designer: Assemble

Location: Hackney Wick, London

Folly for a Flyover

Project Details:• Temporary cinema constructed under a central

London Motorway overpass• Constructed by volunteers using reclaimed and

donated materials• Draws influence from surrounding heritage

brick buildings, ‘posing as an imaginary piece of the past’.

• Activation and communty use of underutilised space


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Architect: Rogers Marvel Architects PLLC

Location: Brooklyn, New York

St. Ann’s Warehouse, Brooklyn Bridge Park

Project Details:• Revitalised public and community space• Post-industrial adaptive reuse of 1860’s

‘Tobacco Warehouse’

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Precedents: Green Space - Croydon Linear Park

Designer: Hassell Location: Melbourne

Clifton Hill Rail ProjectBourke Street Park Community Garden

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Underpass Park

Designer: Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg Location: Toronto, Canada


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Underpass Park

Designer: Gehl Architects Location: Brighton UK


Designer: Claude Cormier Location: Montreal, Canada

Designer: ASPECT Studios Location: Adelaide, AustraliaDesigner: Rush Wright Location: Bendigo

Designer: Taylor Cullity Lethlean Location: Adelaide, Australia

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Architects - James Ramsey and Dan Barasch

Location - Lower East Side, New York

Project Details:

• Integration of green space with an underground

• First underground park proposal

Open Space Precedent: Linear park - The ExtremeLow Line

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SIMPLE, ELEGANT BRIDGE

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Section + Elevation DiagramCroydon Station

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