LINEAR PARK DESIGN

• Zoning of linear parks based on- o Major junctions o Old and new town centers o Walkability distances

• The park will run along the secondary roads.

• The tertiary roads will form an inner route beside the park.

• Safe and continuous access for pedestrians/cyclists.

Impact Of Design Proposalon Design Criteria

FIT- The linear parks and elevated park will glue the different morphologies of both residential and industrial areaswhile also creating buffer zones to absorb noise pollution.

SENSE- The elevated park will createa distinct identity of the site.

• The activities and eventswill help in minimizing the social segregation and will establish a recreational hub which the site lacks.

ACCESS- The proposal will link the prominent open spacesto make them easily accessible for the diverse crowd. .

-The design proposal is flexible and compatible with existing design proposals of Ballymount which includes increasing housing density.

-The proposal will attractmore tourists, residents and employees to the area.

DESIGN PROPOSALBYCITY EDGE (NAAS ROAD/BALLYMOUNT PARK WEST)

Green Nexus Hub

- Adds on a green link space betweenPhoenix and Tymon Park.

-Aims to createa centralnode for activities on the site.

- Aims to link old and new public spaces and adjacent neighborhoods Through an elevated park.

- Give an identity to the place to attractinvestors for further development in future.

- Aims to create a safe pedestrian andcycling environment on Naas Rd and M50 while retaining the existing heavy traffic.

- "By making a virtue of an industrial relic a new experience of the city emerges, which at the same time works as a green lung."

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"Elevated parks can bring new nature into cities without occupying ground floor space."

- "Officials in Mexico City, likely inspired by the High Line, plan to build an elevated park from scratch (Jacobs, 2012)."

-Taking the High Line: Elevated Parks, Evolving Neighborhoods, and the Ever Changing Relationship between Urban and Nature

Conceptualsketch of the elevated park At the junction of open spacesat Naas Road.