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Neepsend Design Portfolio Site J Area Student Number- 180125087 The University of Sheffield Department of Urban Studies and Planning TRP6405 Integrated Project Individual Design Element
Content Page 321 DesignSiteIntroductionAnalysisProposal1. UK Context - Sheffield, Neepsend and Site J 2. 3D SketchUp of Site before Regeneration 3. Urban Grain Growth and Listed Buildings 987 1. Land Use Map 2. Building Heights and Skyline Analysis 3. Townscape Appraisal 4. Circulation through Neepsend 5. Street Analysis and Block Analysis 6. Existing Key issues and Street Enclosure 7. SWOT Analysis 20191816151413 1. Design Vision 2. Application of Design Principles 3. Masterplan of Site J 4. Elevations of Site J 5. Sections of Site J 6. Design Proposal and Urban Interventions 282726252423
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UK Context- Sheffield, Neepsend and Site J
Image 2- 3D model of Neepsend on SketchUp
Located in the midlands region go UK, Sheffield is an economically vibrant and active city in the heart of Southern Yorkshire. Our site is in a central district of Sheffield, known as Neepsend. This area is famous for its industrial workshops. In recent years, Neepsend has started creating a new mixed use identity for itself by introducing new leisure activities, housing a lot of independent and local retail stores and having a varied type of commercial and residential options.
Image 1 - Neepsend’s location within the wider context
The existing buildings on the site are currently extremely dense with an inactive frontage. With most of the windows blocked with wooden slats or blackened out, and row of cars parked on either side of the pedestrian pathways, anybody would feel unsafe and unwelcome. The flow of movement across Site J is also extremely limited and any space between buildings form shady narrow alleyways that are not lit up nor made to look safe. The pathways are also uneven thus hazardous for passerby’s.
3D SketchUp of site before Regeneration Image 3 - Site J- Existing SketchUp model- Ball Street side Image 4 - Site J- Existing SketchUp model- Mowbray Street Side Image 5 - Site J- Existing SketchUp model- River Front side Image 6- Site J- Existing SketchUp model- Plan View Image 7 - Neepsend- Existing SketchUp model- Plan View
Image 11- 2018 Grain Map of Neepsend Image 12- 2018 Grid Map of Neepsend Image 13- 2018 Block Map of Neepsend Image 8 -1956 Grid Map Image 10-1966 Grid Map Image 9-1976 Grid Map Urban Grain growth and Listed Buildings
Listed Buildings in Neepsend1. Ball Street Bridge 2. Brooklyn Works 3. Fairfield Inn 4. Insignia Works 5. Kelham Weir 6. 30 Mowbray Street 7. Rutland Road Bridge Image 14-Listed Buildings in Neepsend Neepsend hasn’t gone through much physical urban grain change since the 1950’s. However, the high density buildings alongside the River Don have broken up into smaller less dense buildings. while making it less dense have increased chances of mobility through the site, several small alleyways have been created without proper urban interventions to make them safe and active. Other than this, the blocks (Block map) also seem rather small thereby posing as an opportunity to make this area more active and vibrant. This area also has a rich history with 7 listed buildings spread out across Neepsend. The Ball Street Bridge and the Kelham Weir are near Site J and will be highlighted in the proposed design scheme, taking full advantage of the Riverfront view that the site has.
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As seen in this map, the land use of Neepsend is quite mixed. The design proposal intends to keep this level of ‘mixeduse’- ness while also creating more urban interventions to increase the sociability in the area. As of now, the area follows a very unorganised mixed use pattern. with the current placement of services, 3/4th of Neepsend becomes empty and quiet after working hours on Weekdays and remain inactive during weekends too. Other than the Kelham Market every fortnight, most of the site remains quite empty.
The current design of the site isn’t too crowded. Each building also has only 2-3 floors with the highest building having only 4 floors. Since the roads in the site aren’t too wide, the shorter buildings don’t make the site feel claustrophobic or overwhelming.
Land Use Map Image 15 -Land Use Gid Map of Neepsend Area
Building Height Map Skyline Analysis Image 17 - Elevations of Neepsend and Analysis of Building Heights Image 16-Heights of buildings around Site J
Route from City Centre Route from Residential Suburbs Listed and Character Buildings
Image 18- Commonly used Route from City Centre- Grid Map Image 19- Commonly used Route from Residential Suburbs- Grid Map Image 20-Location of Listed Buildings in Neepsend- GridMap
Townscape Appraisal
These maps show which route is commonly used by the people. With the likeliness of people passing through Site J from the city centre being higher, a deduction of the type of users using this space can be made using housing data from the council and the type of services located in the city centre. With a more youthful population floating through Site J, the type of services that are located here can help attract more people. This is currently not done in this area. with car, cycle, bus and pedestrian routes passing by Site J this area has the potential to tap into a wide range of users and can retain these crowds with the allocation of the right services and the use of tactical urban design to sustain them here and encourage them to move around Neepsend.
Image 21- Pedestrian Movement on Weekdays- Grid Map Image 22- Pedestrian Movement on Weekends- Grid Map Image 25- Car/Cycle Movement on Weekends- Grid Map
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Image 24- Car/Cycle on Grid23- Bus Routes through Grid
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The permeability of the built environment is very good, with connections to any area possible from nervy corner of Neepsend. However, the porosity of the buildings in Neepsend is very poor with only one entrance and exit for every building. The high density of certain buildings in the western part of Neepsend also make the area look ‘block like’. The vacancy of these buildings also aid in their frontages being inactive, thereby making those parts of Neepsend look very isolated and unsafe.
Porosity and Permeability of the site Image 26- Porosity and Permeability around Neepsend
Street Analysis and Block Analysis Street Facade study Image 27- Streetscape study - Building Facade- Ball Street Image 28- Streetscape study - Building Facade- Ball Street
Negative spaces and Inactive frotages Street Enclosure Car parks around the site, Nodes around the site and Active Frontages Key Issues with the site and points that this proposal will tackleKey Issues1. Lack of Movement around the site 2. Inactive frontage ( Lack of windows + High density buildings) 3. Lack of Mixed use 4. Lack of lighting ( makes it unasafe) 5. Lack of green spaces 6. Does not take advantage of the view ( the River Don) 7. Unorganised parking- Interferes with the pedestrian pathways around the site Image 31- Car Parks, Nodes and active frontages around Neepsend Image 29- Porosity and Permeability around Site J Image 30- Proposed Urban Interventions in Neepsend according to the AAP Image 32- Street Enclosure on Ball Street
3. Good mix of leisure, commercial, industrial and residential services, aiding to the flow of a diverse population through the site.
Image 33- Strengths and Oppurtunities around Neepsend
2. Open spaces that can be landscaped into sociable garden spaces, making the neighbourhood safer.
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2. No organisation in the placement of services Threats-1. Lack of good lighting and street furniture
Opportunities-1.Turn the abandoned areas with anything that makes Neepsend more vibrant.
2. Lack of green space thereby making the area look very cold and unwelcoming when inactive.
SWOT Analysis
2. Character listed buildings that equip the area with a rich history.
Image 34- Weaknesses and Threats around Neepsend
Weaknesses-1. lack of dedicated pedestrian and cycle routes
River don- A natural resource that also provides for a good view.
3 OONGDESIPRPSAL
- Have a mix of services on site to create an active frontage whilst also maintaining the privacy of the residences who live in the apartments on site.
- Placement of streetlights at 50 m intervals to make the area more accessible at night and increasing the safety of the site.
the Design Design Vision
2. Make area more vibrant and create a strong identifying for Neepsend-
- Smaller buildings with pathways that cut through the site to allow more permeability through the site. Make multiple entrances and exits for certain buildings (commercial and Leisure) to make them more porous.
Image 35- Precendence Collage of what proposal will look Image 37-Section of Density Massing 36- Materials used in
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- Using steel and glass alongside the existing brick to create a modern facade and also allows transparency between the exterior and interior spaces. This makes pedestrians feel safer.
Design Principles Kevin Lynch’s 5 principles- Image of a City Jane Jacob’s Walkability Theory Image 38- Pathways Image 39- Edges Image 40- Landmarks Image 41- Districts Image 42- Nodes Image 43- Rounded Street edges Image 44 - Mixed Use area Image 45- Independent and chain stores Image 46- Diverse Population
Image 47- Masterplan - Site J within wider context- 1:1000
Elevations of Site J Image -48 Elevation- Riverfront 1: 500 Image 49- Elevation- From Ball St. 1: 500 PRODUCEDBYANAUTODESKSTUDENTVERSIONPRODUCEDBYANAUTODESKSTUDENTVERSION VERSIONSTUDENTAUTODESKANBYPRODUCED VERSIONSTUDENTAUTODESKPRODUCEDBYANAUTODESKSTUDENTVERSIONPRODUCEDBYANAUTODESKSTUDENTVERSION VERSIONSTUDENTAUTODESKANBYPRODUCED VERSIONSTUDENT A A’ B’ B
Sections of Site J Image 50 - Section AA’- Riverfront 1: 500 Image 51- Section BB’- From Ball St. 1: 500 PRODUCEDBYANAUTODESKSTUDENTPRODUCEDBYANAUTODESKSTUDENTVERSION VERSIONSTUDENTAUTODESKANBYPRODUCED A A’ PRODUCEDBYANAUTODESKSTUDENTPRODUCEDBYANAUTODESKSTUDENTVERSION VERSIONSTUDENTAUTODESKANBYPRODUCED B’ B
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View of New Design Proposal 54- 55
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This is a viable design solution as it focuses on tackling the key issues that were highlighted with the existing site through the analysis. It encourages more people to use the site to its maximum potential. This design is also extremely flexible to change and can evolve with its residents’ needs over time. By creating an area that acts as an identifying marker for an en tire area such as Neepsend, while still aiding to its diverse population, this site proves to be a successful example of regeneration that will lead Neepsend into a new era of modernisation.
Image 56- Main entrance of Site J (one of the multiple entrances) 57- Sociable spaces in the park area Connective pathway through the retail building Image 60- Seating area near the Riverfront Front Facade of Residential Building Image Seating Area outside Residential Build ing
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