Design & access statement hartlepool

Design and Access Statement Hartlepool Balcony North Sands Cliffs Project. Asela

Duran Dacosta . 2015

77136425 MA Landscape Architecture & Design. Leeds Beckett University

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

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FEASIBILITY STUDY Hartlepool 3 The Site 21 DESIGN & ACCESS STATEMENT

PART I Introduction Aims

Masterplan

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PART 2 The Valley

The Grassland

Spion Kon Gardens

The Residential Area

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APPENDIX

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REFERENCES

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Introduction

The purpose of this report is to act as a Design and Access Statement for the development proposal of the North Sand Bach’s Cliffs in the former industrial area of Steetley Magnesite.

This document describes the process and logic for the proposal and its key design elements.

The chosen site is a coastal area which has been neglected for many years since the Steetly Magnesite Work was opened in 1937, affecting its sorrounding natural and urban areas.

Due to the site being located on the periphery of the town and the industrial past, the council and institutions have focused their efforts in other coastal areas for the different new projects and improvements.

The purpose of the project adressed in this document is to regenerate the site, bringing the environmental quality back and make it accesible for everybody.

The project aims to integrate this interesting but forgotten coastal area within the town and create a new exciting place to bring the life back to the North Sands Beach.

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Feasibility Study

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Hartlepool and the Site

Hartlepool is a town on the North Sea Coast of North East England, 7,5 miles north of Middlesbrough and 17 miles south of Sunderland. Historically a part of County Durham and later including and later Cleveland, the town is now a unitary authoroty: the Borough of Hartlpool, which includes suburban villages including Seaton Carew, Greatham and Elwick.

Hartlpool has strong cultural and economic links to the Teesside or Tees Valley area.

Popullation: 92000 inhabitants

Durham County

Newcastle

Hartlepool Manchester

London

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Hartlepool

North Hartlepool

North Sands Beach

The Site

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To w n a n d T i m e

Other dates were significant for Hartlepool’s history; facts that will determine the social and economic evolution of the town and the local identity of its population and in its landscape . In the World Wars, the town played an important role. In the WWI, the area became heavily industrialised with an ironworks and shipyards in the docks. The ships industry made the town a key target for Germany, and on December 1914, West Hartlepool, was hit with a total of 1150 shells.

Hartlepool suffered badly in the Great Depression of 1930s and endured high unemployment until the start of the WW2 with, again, a reinaissance in the industry. German bombers raided the town for second time. After the Worl d War both industries, shiping and steel making went into a severe decline.

I,n 1969, there was a boost of the retail sector, when Middleton Grange Shopping Centre was opened by Princess Anne. Before the shopping center was opened, the old town centre was located around Lynn Street, but most of the shops and the market had moved to the new shopping center by 1974.

(Only the North of the street remains “Lynn Street North”).

In the late twentieth Century, Hartlepool suffered several drastic ups and downs in the unemployment rates, and from 1990 there have been several attempts to improve the economical situation, with investment projects, such as the New Marina, the rehabilitation of derelict land and the redevelopment of Middleton Grange Shopping Center.

The current town of Hartlepool is the result of the amalgamation in 1967 of Old Hartlepool, (Ancient Area) known locally as the Headland, and West Hartlepool. Old Hartlepool is the ancient town and original fishing village, the beginning of the current Hartlepool remains in the Magnesium Limestone headland peninsula called The Heugh at Hartlepool.

In prehistoric times, Hartlepool’s headland is thought to have been an isolated island covered by thick forest. Hartlepool forest is still recorded in existence in the thirteenth century. In fact, the Ancient Saxon name for Hartlepool was “Heret eu” meaning “Stag Island”, which is a reference to either the stag’s head shape of the headland or to the deers that inhabited of the forest. Old Hartlepool, at the beginning of the nineteenth Century, was one of the busiest parts of the eastern coast. An architectural highlight is the abbey church of St. Hilda, mainly Early English, dating from 1185 on the site of an older abbey, which flourished as early as 658 AD. St. Hilda still stands in a prominence place on the Hartlpool Headland, near to the ancient town walls, as a main element in the historic landscape character and identity of the town.

By 1881 Old Hartlpool’s population had grown from 993 to 12,361. But newly born West Hartlepool now had a population of 28,000. By 1900 this was one of four busiest ports in the country and West Hartlepool alone had a population of 63.000 inhabitants. It was not until 1966 that Old Hartlepool and West Hartlepool were merged. Today, the modern town center is in the former West Hartlepool.

Croft Gardens & St. Hilda Church. 1953

In 1823, it was suggested that railways should be built to connect with the local collieries, so Hartlepool could be developed as a coal port. Therefore, Hartlepool Dock and Railway were established.

Hartlepool was connected with the Durham coalfield and Stockton. The restrictions on businnes at Old Hartlpool’s Victoria Dock forced the industrial and economical activity to migrate to the south west of the old town, West Hartlepool Dock company was established. This meant the birth of West Hartlepool, overshadowing old Hartlepool.

The West Hartlepool Harbour and Dock grew and increased their activity which encouraged businessmen to set up in West Hartlepool among them shipbuilders, timber yards and sandmills. Due to all this economical growth, three more Docks were opened, connecting West Hartlepool with Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool.

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Town Moor. 1890

Nuclear Power Station

Elwick

SEASIDE TOWN Hartlepool, as a seaside settlement has grown from the original activity centre on the coast to the interior; and in contrast interior towns and cities, always with the sea as an edge, so has grown in consecutive arches.

Before the heavy industry, the town was also a summer destination for people around the country. There were pools and other installations which create a characteristic landscape tipycal of the British seaside towns of that time, attracting people to enjoy the beach and the sea. At the same time, part of the Coast was ocuppied by industry, making some beaches and cliffs inaccessible.

Town Moor. 1890

Steetley Magnesite

The Site for this project is located on the North Beach of Hartlepool. It is related to the history of the important industrial part of the beach and to Spion Kop cemetery situated on the cliff in the middle of the area.

Spion Kop, was opened in 1856 , some way from Old Hartlepool at that time and established to replace St. Hildas´s churchyard. Spion Kop was the name given by local people to the general area after the Boer War battle of the same name.

Over 26000 people were buried there. The last burial was 1997. Adjoining the north end of the cemetery is a Jewish cemetery. Many of the old tombstones are completly covered with sand.

Nowadays the importance of this cemetery is mainly ecological; formed from a combination of sand dunes and ship ballast it supports species rich dune grassland with habitats unique to Hartlepool and rare within the Tees Valley.

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To w n N e t w o r k s

Urban Form

Roads Network

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Green Infrastructure

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Habitats and Wildlife

This map shows the situation of the site in relation to the existing green spaces and wild life habitats in Hartlepool as well as the green and B-lines corridors of the Tees Valley context. It is possible to appreciate that the area is located in an essential position in relation to the corridors, and surrounded by some existing coastal habitats. Looking at this analysis and also having looked at the bigger scale, I think it would be beneficial to regenerate this land by creating new habitats, this could contribute to an increase in existing wild life of Hartlepool and to reinforce the existing Green Coastal Corridors and the surrounding existing habitats.

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International nature Conservation Zones Nature Conservation Sites Outdoor Recreational Sites The Tees Forest Special Landscape Areas Protected Green spaces & Coastal areas Hartlepool Local Wildlife & Geological Sites B-Lines Strategic Wildlife corridor Leisure Routes and Greenways The Site

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Public Space Character Relation Green and Built

In Hartlepool there are a wide range of green infrastructure, containing several types of green in terms of scale, use, origin and aesthetic. All of them important in different ways.

Looking from a distance, and in a very diagramatic way, it is important to recognize three first different types in the Green whole due to the clear general distinction in its context and landscape.

Thus, the planning highlight the importance of two areas, apart from the green in the urban context, the coastline, much of which is designated as Special Protection Area ( the highest ecological protection), home of a diverse range of species.; and, to the west, vast areas of rural land which bring the benefits associated with open space, farmland and hedgerows.

1_ THE COAST

3_ RURAL HARTLEPOOL 2_ INNER CITY GREEN

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The proportion of green is different in its relation to the built context, changing the perception of enclosure and so the character of the landscape. In a more urban context there will be more elements and the buildings will play an important part in the composition, while in the coastal and rural landscapes the emptiness and horizontal lines will be the backgraound, and buildings or big trees will be isolated elements in the scene. This is an important part that should be focus for any new intervention in green infrastructure, to ensure the richness and meaning in the public and/or natural spaces survive.

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Coastal Landscape;

horizontal green. Relation with the sea. Water and sky as a main landscape horizon. Green space viewed from a new perspective, seen from the sea and from the beach.

Inner Green;

strongly related with buildings. Importance of relations in the vertical section. In relation to urban uses and activities, commercial, sports, hospitality, etc. The more active green.

Rural Landscape;

as part of the coastal landscape, open landscape with strong horizontality. Importance of nature and agricultural features. Sinuous paths, trees in groups or isolated, little fences and farms and mills as architectonical elements.

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Activity Nodes

This diagram shows the main activity nuclei in town and how the busiest points can influence the adjacent areas. The scheme can help us to understand the way in which public spaces are connected and the importance of integrating the new project into the existing network; trying to find out from an overall view how people use the town and what would be the best way to improve the existing routes, or if necessary, add new ones. The Nodes of the diagram correspond with several types of public spaces. The higher grade of activity are usually located around spaces vinculated with commercial and leisure uses. The most popular ones are those with a mix of uses, which happens in the town centres( the old and the current town centre)

The Future Node Low Activity Point Medium Activity Point High Activity Point Maximum Activity Point

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Golf Course Hart Village Site King Greorge V Playing Fields

Rugby Pitch Victoria Dock

An stimation of how people uses the public spaces, choosing the most popular urban and natural parks, sport courses and big public spaces as The Marina.

The grade of afluence of people visiting the area is related to different factors such as the specific use, the quality of the park and location, distance from the residential areas; distance from the town centre and relation with the sea.

I found that the most popular areas are the ones closest to the seaside and the town centre as they are straightly vinculated to commercial and hospitality uses, attracting not just the local people but also external visitors.

Grayfields Recreation Ground

Elwick

The Marina

Ward Jackson Park

Dalton Percy Seaton Carew Rosemere Park

Teesmouth National Nature Reserve Greatham

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Hartlepool Vision

Strengths The aim of improving the public spaces.

The creation of pedestrian streets to improve connections.

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Better accesibility to some areas, making them more sociable and safe.

The regeneration of the traditional port area into a traditional market.

Weaknesses

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The isolated character of the plan.

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The overconcentration of the plan in the “centres� and marginising the existing degradated rest of the areas.

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The areas 1 and 2 are the ones where Hartlepool Council plans to concentrate all future changes and improvements around the town center. Area 1 is the existing Marnina and the most popular and dynamic public space in the town and area 2 is a traditional area related to the fishing activity of the Docks. Also there are other projects not shown in this map, for new residential and business development at the edges of the town.

As shown in the photographs, the town is trying to increase the number of users and visitors through the introduction of new retail, leisure and market areas. At the same time as adapting the existing public spaces for the future increse in the number of inhabitants.

In order to integrate my project with existing plans, I found positive and negative points in which my proposal could be integrated as an area 3 or it could help to change the weakest points of the policy.

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Predominantly commercial and economical approach.

Areas by Uses No integrated approach for the improvement of the green infrastructure.

The architectonic approach and the aesthetic.

The Spectacle

The Contemporary?

Recovery of the Market

The Street as a social space

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Green Infrastructure Policy

Vision of SPD: By 2028 Hartlepool will have a high quality, multifunctional, accesible green infrastructure network which enhances the community’s quality of life and also of wild life.

SUMMARY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PLAN 1. Protect a high quality visual landscape and townscape, and enhance the unique character, heritage, function, intrinsic quality and sense of placce of Hartlepool’s GI network to contribute positively to its distinctiveness.

2. Provide a Network of interconnected GI and spaces rich in habitat and home of wildlife.

Improving the health of residents through proviiding attractive opportunities for recreation and sustainable travel.

3. Minimise the impact of and adapt to the effects of Climate Change. Maximising protection and

creation of Green Infrastructure.

4. Promote the preservation, restoration and re-creation of priority habitats, ecological net-

works and expanding and linking habitats together, including working across Local Authority boundaries where appopiate, to assist in restoring biodiversity and allowing species to respond to climate change.

5. Ensure trees and hedges are protected throughout the borough and integrate planting schemes within the developments and, on large housing schemes, delivery areas of new areas of woodland. The conservation of ancient woodland and veteran trees which are irreplaceable is imperative.

6. Protect and enhance a wide range of high quality opportunities for safe and accesible

formal and informal sport, recreation and leisure facilities to encourage community and visitors to undertake a variety of healthy exercise within attractive settings.

7. Involve users and neighbours of GI in its design, ensuring usabilit and helping to create a sense of ownership and pride.

8. Support economic growth, attract inward investment and support redevelopment of brownfield land by

improving the setting of industrial and commercial areas through the delivery and enhancement of quality, distinctive and attractive GI.

9. Support Local Food Production, rural diversification and tourism to meet the needs of local businesses, landowners and to provide a diverse employment base.

10. Ensure Key Green Hubs, such as parks, play spaces and woodlands, are linked by means of safe and easily accessible green networks and rights of way that together form a high quality GI grid across the whole of the borough.

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Map 8: Tees Valley Green Infrastructure Network TEES VALLEY´S GREEN CORRIDORS AFFECTING HARTLEPOOL AND PLANNING INTENTIONS 2. THE COAST- HARTLEPOOL TO COWBAR - Adopt Integrated Coastal Zone management principles.

- Enhance the railway corridor on the northern approach to Hartlepool.

- Develop a coastal cycle route within Hartlepool.

- Key regeneration and tourism developments.

- Protect and Enhance areas of biodiversity value.

- Address Issues associated with industrial activity and public access.

10. SALTHOLME TO COWPEN BEWLEY, WYNYARD AND HARTLEPOOL - Investigate scope for further planting between Billingham and Hartlepool, and link with Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park.

- Develop strategig acces routes, particularly from residential areas of north Billingham and south Hartlepool and adjacent employment areas.

- Implement the N Gare to Greatham section of the Hartlepool rural cycle way/walkway.

- Incorporate proposals for improving the environment of the Southern Industrial Zone in Hartlepool.

11. SATHOLME TO HARTLEPOOL COAST - Enhance statutory nature conservation sites, and improve adjacent areas to support interest features of the SPA. - Investigate opportunities to enhance the railway corridor on the southern approach to Hartlepool.

12. HARTLEPOOL QUAYS/TOWN CENTRE TO SUMMERHILL, NORTH WEST HARTLEPOOL AND HARTLEPOOL WASTERN FRINGE - Develop High quality green link from Victoria Harbour and Marina through the town centre towards Summerhill Gateway site and the surrounding countryside. . Integrate with green infrastructure elements at Middle Warren.

- Improve acces into adjoining residential areas and develop cycle links into the proposed Hartlepool Rural Cycle route, including the western fringe of Hartlepool.

Tees Valley Green Infrastructure Strategy 2008

Key Component for the project • • COASTAL ZONE AND ROUTE • LINKS WITH BILLINGHAM AND COWPEN BOWLEY WOODLAND PARK • HARTLEPOOL RURAL CYCLE WAY/WALKWAY • IMPROVE INDUSTRIAL ZONE HARTLEPOOL • GREEN LINK VICTORIA HARBOUR AND MARINA TOWN CENTER TO SUMMERHILL GATEWAY •

MIDDLE WARREN

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North Hartlepool Urban Form

The site is located in North Hartlepool. The predominant use of the area is residential, with several schools and facilities in the different neighbourgs.

The most significal part of this area is the Headland; this is the ancient centre of the town and contents several historical buildings as well as element related to the fishing activity.

The site is related to the urban area in terms of connections and views.

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

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PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

Land Uses

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The Site. North Sands Beach

Te e s m o u t h & C l e v e l a n d C o a s t C o n t e x Unique stretch of the North East Coast important for its wildlife: • Vast Intertidal mudflats and marshes extended over thousands of hectareas on both sides of the Tees Estuary.

• • Today Industry is diominant feature in the landscape • • Highly valuable for its plants, animals and birds • • International Important area for wildlife: remaining mudflats, saltmarshes and rockyshore are a Europen Marine Site, because of the importance of migratory birds.

• • Sandunes and related habitats areremarkably rich in wildlife supporting a wealth flora and fauna.

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North Sand Beach and Steetley Magnesite The North Sand Beach is a sandy beach, connecting with the Headland rock pools.

This Beach has in the background fixed dunes in a actual poor condition due to the industrial past.

Headland

Marina

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What is There?

Golf Course in the west of the area, connected in a way by some paths with almost no maintenance.

SPION KOP, the old cemetery of town, classified as a local protected area, ocupying 4,130 Ha. Boundary of with brick walls, enclosed space.

The bigger part of the Site is a Brownfield site, a former industrial area with 23,547 Ha approximatly. Irregular topography. No existing green or any type pf planting. Gravel surface.

VACANT private area, industrial storage in the past, fenced space in a bad condition. No existing vegetation or planting.

Existing Railway, big slope, green wall dividing the urban from the coast environment. Enclosing part of the town.

VACANT private area, industrial storage in the past, clasified part as a natural or seminatural green. But almost no existing vegetation, some grass parts. Poor condition.

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One of the main street ending in a round about. Here the tunnel connects the town with the beach, behind the Railway.

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The Beautiful Landscape

The Existing Entrances

Acces to the area by Cemetery Road. At the beginning of the road there is a heritage building, The Old Thorston, Grade II Listed Building which is currently being refurbished.

The Building Areas

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1 2 . Horizons 1 and 2 are old photographs showing the old industry as a background of the town.

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View from the dune area of the Golf Course Edge.

At the Background we can see the old Steetley.

The site is part of these cliffs and Dunes in the Durham Coast.

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Existing Panoramics

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Design & Access Statement

Introduction

Tees Valley is a beautiful area with a great diversity of landscape, from the seaside to the countryside.

However, at the same time as several interesting natural areas and parks, there are also current heavily industrial areas and landfields that have been abandoned since its industrial use.

I found by chance the former industrial area in Hartlepool, (the Steetly Magnesite site) and read about the past of the area and the town; I thought the area has a great potential in terms of its location in relation to both the natural environment and the town. The main reasons for it beeing a good place for a park were:

The big vacant and desertic space in the existing beautiful North Sand Beach.

The potential of the remaining topography.

The proximity with the town, and its position above the town: create a Balcony

to the sea for Hartlepool.

Its location in relation to the context of the Tees Valley, and in the Coastal Green Corridor.

The Beauty of the Spion Kop Cemetery.

Using this area in a different way could improve the site and its surroundings and help to “convert the ´bad memories´into good ones” for Hartlepool people.

This would help to regenerate the area and contribute to the improvement of Hartlepool social spaces and its economy.

Bring to life a part in the coast of Hartlepool that has been abused for many years and then, neglected. There are today some remains of the industrial past, we find a big barren land occupying most of the site, surrounded, in contrast, by a natural landscape and local vegetation that is trying to gain its ground back.

But this area is not an isolated place. The site is located on a small cliff on the coast within an urban area, currently badly connected with residential areas of the old town, and standing up as a big balcony to the town.

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Problems

Disconnected • • • • •

No integration in the green network A vacant point in the existing coastal Green Corridor Ecologicaly Degraded Almost no existing vegetation or poor quality vegetation Still waste materials remaining that stop the regeneration of the dune’s habitat.

Inaccessible • Difficult accessibility, and dangerous at some points • Unattractive and abandoned place • Reminder of the harmful past • Affecting the North Sand Beach, hindered the access to the beach through the cliffs.

I s o l a t e d f ro m t h e t ow n a c t i v i t y • Wasted space • Isolated from the Town activity • Impacting adversely surrounded areas as poor environmentaly and an unsafe place

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How it was

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Aims

The intention is to create a park that reinforse the existing networks:

Connecting the Green • As we can see in the Green Network of the town, Hartlepool has several types of green, the coastal character, the urban green and the countryside. It is important to bear this in mind and integrate the new park with the different characters.

• Improving the quality of the site • Bringing nature back; integrating the area in the existing Green Corridor (Tees Valley Context) • Connect the park with the other green spaces of the context, • Create and / or reorganise leisure routes through the site • Improve the edges of the site, providing quality spaces for the neighbouring residential areas • Improving views, and providing places to enjoy them.

The local people first • Bring social activities to the site. Create a sustainable and tolerant alternative for the people.

• Alternatives in ways and paths: pedestrian, bikes, etc • Try to attract people to nature, giving safe and healthy space.

• Diverse range of activities for a diverse range of people, where everyone can be part of.

• IDENTITY, integrated in the landscape and in its history, a place for Hartlepool inhabitants.

H e l p i n g t o rev i ve t h e e c o n o my • A place for everybody • Attract people and tourist to enjoy nature, landscape and outdoor activities • Help local businesses in the area and giving value to residential developments, both future and existing.

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How it will be

A future Vibrant Node

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Case Studies Projecto Derequalificaçao das Arribas L o c a t i o n Foz de Arelho, Portugal A u t h o r Nádia Schilling The main reason I have paid attention to this project is because it addresses one of the aims I was looking for when thinking about a solution for my site.

The protagonist of the idea is the existing landscape, and the proposal has been designed to celebrate it. Every route and sitting space has been thought to enjoy the views and the beauty of this part of the Portuguese Coast.

A very respectful way to bring people to nature.

seaside

more than a way

R e s t o r a t i o n o f P a r a j e Tu d e l a - C u l i p

L o c a t i o n Cap de Creus cape, Cadaqués, Catalunya, España A u t h o r Ton Ardèvol & Martí Franch As a similar type of project in Spain, this tries again to make some parts of the coast more attractive and accessible. The difference is in the type of landscape, as this one is a rocky coast and in some points farther away from the sea.

It is interesting how they have used some sculptural elements in strategic locations to be part of the landscape and to frame some specific views.

The use of the materials is an important part for the integration into the environment, almost melting in with the existing details.

I get a lot of inspiration in terms of the feeling I want to get in the proposed park, but with the difference that my project is close to the town so aims to be more social and containing activities and more dynamic spaces.

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Cementerio de igualada L o c a t i o n Igualada, Barcelona, Espanha A u t h o r Enric Miralles + Carme Pinos I find this example very interesting and related to some parts of my proposal. The different perceptions of the place due to the different levels. The way the topography plays an important part in the original concept and how the place has been designed thinking of the diversity of views and routes.

The attention the architect pays to the detail is significant, trying to get a unique place, with particular details in the paving and construction.

Integration here, is an important factor as well and it can be noticed, for example, in the use of materials and in the integration of the building in the hill.

a way and a place Titchell Marsh L o c a t i o n Norfolk, England M a n a g e d b y Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Titchell Marsh is an English Nature Reserve, important for the presence of many rare breeding birds. This project is focused on the conservation of the habitats and wildlife and it was very helpful as an example of organisation of a natural park and how all the paths and the different facilities are integrated and distributed in the park causing the minimum impact to the environment and at the same time as creating interesting and diverse routes for the visitors.

It is also an example of how strengthening and making more accesible natural areas can create an economical impact within the community (a 2002 survey reported that an estimated 137,700 visitors spent ÂŁ1.8 million locally in 1998).

This shows how, in this case, a village can grow with visitors interested in nature and the environemt.

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shapes and meanders

the buildings

the details

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Concept & S t r a t e g y Adapting new shapes to the existing topography Creating elements in different levels to diversify the views and perceptions Importance of the “Facade of the Park� from the sea and from the Beach

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Adapting new shapes to the existing topography Creating elements in different levels to diversify the views and perceptions Importance of the “Facade of the Park� from the sea and from the Beach

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Masterplan

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Throston Engine House Proposed Residential Area Spion Kop Cemetery Cemetery Secret Gardens Ponds Bird Observatory Pier

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View Point Resting Point Green Roof Tunnel Square Research & Educational Centre 13. Bridge and Lattice 14. Lake 15. Low Bridge

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A timber path connecting the different areas and its elements.

Two main access points, by the headland in the East and by the tunnel to the South.

Secondary paths within the different areas The Pier, as a path to the Sea Paving areas making squares, in the residential area and in front of the educational/research building.

Due to the character of the park, I think that all the paths will be suitable for both pedestrians and cyclists.

Except for the main timber path where there will be a side with priority for bicycles.

The Green is organised by different habitats which are explained in more detail in the technical report.

The vegetation has been selected in relation with the local wildlife and with the coastal environment.

In this project, the green is the key point of the project as the different areas and its character are defined by the habitat.

The first condition to locate the tree was the topography and the level of exposure of the site. This is why, as we can see in the map, most of the trees are concentrated in the proposed woodland in the valley, as this is an area protected from the sea winds.

There are other small groups of trees between the proposed walls and the residential buildings. and a line of trees in the avenue at the entrance of the park.

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G e n e r a l Sections

Residential Area

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Va l l ey

Mounded Area to Town

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The section through the Valley Area shows the existing topography with a hole in the cliff due to the former industry. Also it is significant to show the location of the site between the town and the beach.

Shaping the existing topography in this area we can create a new interesting landscape by creating a path and flat spaces at a middle level of the hill.

With the bridges, we get not just physical connections but also visual links with both other parts of the park and the sea.

At the top of the cliff we have a side connected to the town and another side connected to the sea.

As a balcony, Hartlpool inhabitants have to go to the top of the park, as though opening a window, to enjoy the views towards the sea.

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Middle Level Route

Proposed Timber Bridge

Existing Valley

Mounded Area to the Sea

North Sand Beach

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Valley with Proposed Woodland

Mounded Area to the Sea

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North Sands Beach

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G r a s s l a n d The topography and the Railway separate the park from the town. The aim is softening this edge with the improvement in the planting. Spetial atention to the sloping ecological area to the town, as I understand that this is a south “facade� of the parke to the town.

This section throught the Grasslaland, shows the Bird Observatory and the brick boxes in the backgroung.

The proposed elements are integrated in the horizontality of the place, without create any big disruption in the landscape. .

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Dune North Sands Beach

Railway Town

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Bird Observatory

Poket Gardens and Cemetery

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Elevation

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This Elevation shows the Avenue to access the park, which is Cemetery Road.

To integrate the new residential area in the context I have extended the exisitng brick wall which flows with the landscape, connecting the buildings; giving access and visual connections.

The tree planting will be lineal, more formal than in the rest of the park.

The avenue will have benches integrated in the tree and planting line.

Old Cemetery Existing Red Brick Wall

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Residential Area Proposed Red Brick Wall

Buildings behind the wall

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Access and Connections The access to the park is via the two exising ones. The South Access by the tunnel will include a parking area integrated within green areas, and bike racks. The tunnel will be enlarged

and convenience finishes and lighting will be created to make it nice and safe.

The East Access it is linked to the Heritage Building Thorston Engine which is currently being refurbished. The Building has a green area and other open space around that will be used to integrate some parking spaces and bike racks. The building will have a small cafe and an information point about the park and Hartlpool´s heritage.

Access to the Beach: Through the Valley area at the level of the South entrance to the park; descending the Cliff by the timber stairs in the Bird Observatory Area.

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The main path structures within the park and connect the different areas and access. It has mixed use, as pedestrians and cyclists share this path. It will be 5 m wide with a single cycle path of 1.5m.

The secondary paths will have a more natural construction and they will be between 2 or 4 m wide depending on the location.

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The area in the valley contains the woodland. The woodland hidden on the cliff between the town and the beach separating and connecting both sides.

The multifunctional building contains most of the facilities of the Park. Apart from the specific function related to research, educational activities and maintenance of the park it has the facilities for the visitors, such as a cafe, an information point and toilets. As well as vertical communications between area 1 and 2 with stairs and lift.

N1 Small Bridge

Main Bridge

The tunnel will be enlarged if possible, this needs to be confirmed with structural engineers.

Path along the middle of the

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This direct acces will be just pedestrian and for allowed vehicles for maintenance or similar related with the park activity.

As a main access, at the other side of the tunnel there are two areas of parking space integrated in the existing lawn areas shown in the map.

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Grassland Area 2

The Grassland, over the cliff, visualy connects the town and the sea.

Although the area is close to the town it is isolated from its noise.

Area strongly connected to the colour boxes, connected by the timber path.

The Bird Observatory is located at the edge of the cliff, which is part of a group of sculptural elements giving access to the beach and to the pier.

This area is important for the connection to the beach by timber stairs following the topography of the slope.

In the visuals it is possible to understand the importance of the views and the presence of the sea from almost all the points of the park.

The timber path is adapting itself to the topography, creating a small place for sitting stopping within the middle of this route

Walls and small trees and shrubs line separating the park from the railway

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Green Roof Multifunctional Building

View Point Sitting Area

Path connecting with the Avenue and the other access points

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The concept of colourful planting inside the walls is born from the existing Spion Kop Cemetery. As an existing enclosed area inside the Site, The Spion Kop or Old Cemetery is a blue blancket in the spring due to the existence of Pyramidal Orchids.

One of the specific aims of the project was integrate this existing element in the structure of the proposed Park.

The new enclosed gardens create a continuity with the existing cemetery, and an interesting way going through the different boxes.

Inside this part there is a different atmosphere from the rest of the park. Small in space and planting, this in contrast to the open space of the Grassland, this gives shelter from the winds and from the open horizonts.

Water Feature

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The new walls will keep the existing material, using the same red brick as the cemetery.

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Pocket Gardens

Birds Observatory Access to the Beach

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Area 1

Looking at the problem of the need for new houses, I decided to integrate a residential area in the project for two main reasons: For its location in relation to the howsing area of the Headland, this could be an extension of this, and as way to help to regenerate the site and being part of the structure and dynamic of the park.

The concept for this area is integrated and sustainable architecture and construction which as much respect as possible for this environment.

Housing Land Capacity in the Bourough

“In theoretical therms the 2010 SHLAA 8,000 dwelling capacity over the next 15 years equates to approximately a gross annual addition capacity of 533 dwellings per year.

Estimated Annual Household formation Rate: 250 each year approximately.

Goverment’s ambition for Hartlepool, net additional dwelling figure: 365 each year.

Overall Housing Provision for the Next 15 Years:

Gross Total of 5340 new dwelings Taking planned future demolitions: 4800 dwelling to an average of 320 each year.

The Residential Area is organized by two lineal elements:

Spion Kop / Old Cemetery

The Main Timber Path The new brick wall as an extension of the existing wall sorrounding the cemetery.

As shown in the Elevation, this adaptable wall is part of the architecture and part of the facade to Cemetery Road.

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Continuity to the Wall

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Hard Landscape Hard Landscape Paths Access for maintenance machinery Paths Access for Maintenance Machinery Paths that support heavy vehicles Paths that soport heavy vehicles Conflict Acces PointsPoints Conflict Access

Water Features/Ponds Water Features / Ponds Taluds / Sloping Areas _ Special Sloping Areas_Special Enclosure Areas _ Medium , Small Machines Enclosure areas_Medium, small machines Vertical Palnting_Climbing Plants Plants Vertical Planting_Climbing Parking Areas Parking Areas

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