ABPL30042 Urban Open Space: Final Boards

OJECT TITLE MARKET WATERSQUARE

e past (pre-colonialised Melbourne and Melbourne old Cemetery), and the present (The current Queen Victoria eation of a merge of an urban park and civic square, an intertwine of green and social space. All made to improve The reconciliation of the past (pre-colonialised Melbourne and Melbourne old Cemetery), and the present (The current ctoria Market and the city of Melbourne.

Queen Victoria Market); through the use of water. The creation of a merge of an urban park and civic square, an intertwine

PROJECT TITLE

of green and social space is all made to improve the future of Queen Victoria Market and the city of Melbourne.

GROUPWORK EARLY PROPOSAL:

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Market); through the creation of a merge of an urban park and civic square, an intertwine of green and social space. All made to improve thecurrently futureWASTELAND ofanQueen Victoriaa Market city of Melbourne. rpark is urban desert. desolateand areathe barren from any life. A URBAN

LAND USE TIMELINE

SITE HISTORY

he rich historical background of theand site.unused or neglected urban area /ˈweɪs(t)land/ a bleak

The Queen Victoria Market car park is currently an urban wasteland. A desolate area barren from any life. A space that does not address the rich historical background of the ground that it’s sitting on.

URBAN DESERT

/dɪˈzəːt/ A waterless, desolate area of land with little or no vegetation

WORK AREA

Furthermore, from site analysis, redesigning the car park might tackle problems such as: Queen Victoria Market carpark • TheLack of connection to the site’s past is currently an urban desert. a desolate area barren from any life. A does notforaddress the rich historical background • space Lack that of amenities larger events (such as the night markets) of the site.

• Lack of greeneries and unsealed surface • TheMissing visit”classified aspect, not enough for visitors to do multiple visits space“was ascatering a

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MARKET CROSS AND MARKET SQUARE

PARTI DIAGRAM

life into the wasteland. renewedBringing in favor of urban history The car park is to be re-purposed. This is done through careful consideration and respect of the land that the site is sitting on. Planting will be done in accordance to the natural history of the site, and architectural gestures would be done with acknowledgement of the bodies buried underneath.

PROPOSED

An urban desert renewed in favor of urban history

NOW

QUEEN VICTORIA MARKET

GREEN WASTED SPACE DESERT

INSERT NAME LANDSCAPE GREEN

ARCHITECTURE INSERT NAME 1837 - 1920

CEMETERY

URBAN PROVIDENCE The site would now fulfil the Queen Victoria Market’s growing need for a bigger civic and green space. Furthermore, the square would serve as a catchment zone for storm-water entering the Elizabeth Street, alleviating the major floods on the street.

PRE - 1837

PLAINS GRASSY WOODLAND

OUTDOOR SHED

OUTDOOR THEATRE

SUNKEN SEATING

SUNKEN OUTDOOR THEATRE

Proposed to continue the shed language of the Queen Victoria Market. A decision to create an outdoor shed is to accommodate food stalls that relies on grilled food, since the air circulation of the sheds are relatively poor, causing smoke to accumulate.

This outdoor theatre also has a water feature running through it. Lowering the overall temperature of the area during summer, and making the site brighter in the winter as the shallow water would reflect sunlight.

The sunken seating area would provide the much needed private areas for the users. The amenities are designed to increase the market’s capacity for users to sit during peak events such as the night markets.

The sunken outdoor theatre would enter the carved site, borrowing the view of the CBD’s high-rise structures.

PROPOSED STRUCTURE

WORK AREA

PLAN AT 1:250

PROPOSED NEW FRANKLIN STREET

SUNKEN SEATING

THE BRIDGE Allows the users to meander through the site. Complies with AS1428 equal access regulation.

SUNKEN SEATING

PROMENADE The promenade would allow users to interact with the water during the flooding of the site.

CUTTING THE SITE

ACCESS Cutting into the site is done with respect in accordance to the previous plan of the cemetery. The untouched ground will be planted with native grass and trees.

EXCAVATION

SITE ISOMETRIC AT 1:500

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE Access through the site is made for users to meander through the site; while the linear movement around the site is kept.

CIRCULATION

Extroverted spaces are made to accommodate big public events. On the other hand, pockets of intimate areas are made for the users to informally appropriate.

EXTROVERTED INTROVERTED

BORROWING THE EXISTING The site creates architectural gestures that borrows the informality of the QVM. The informal and casual use of the market will be continued in the proposed site, both for the extroverted open space and the introverted pockets.

SECTIONS AT 1:500

USER PERSPECTIVE

THE SITE AND WATER

REGULAR RAIN 1. Rainwater and Stormwater runoff would enter the site, then a pipe would collect the rainwater.

2. Surge tank would collect the stormwater and filter it using the rain-garden and the vegetation.

3. The treated water would water the vegetation, flush the toilets or enter the sewer pipes.

PRIOR TO INTERVENTION The Queen Victoria Market implements an underground stormwater harvesting tank with 600.000 litre capacity.

POST INTERVENTION The site could retain an addition of 1.000.000 litre of water. The water would then either be recycled as greywater, or discharged gradually to the Elizabeth Street catchment pipe.

CLEAN WATER POOR QUALITY WATER

SITE ISOMETRIC AT 1:500

SIGNIFICANT DOWNPOUR

RESULT 1. Rainwater and Stormwater runoff would enter the site, then a pipe would collect the rainwater.

2. Surge tank would collect the stormwater and filter it using the rain-garden and the vegetation.

3. The treated water would water the vegetation, flush the toilets or enter the sewer pipes.

4. The collected water would enter the surge tank to be treated (to number 2). If the tank overflows, the water would enter the stormwater pipes gradually.

• ALLEVIATES THE FLOODS ON ELIZABETH STREET. • REDUCES STORMWATER POLLUTANT LOAD IN THE YARRA RIVER AND PORT PHILIP BAY. • REDUCES THE MARKET’S DEPENDENCE TO MAIN WATER, ACHIEVING TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE. • INCREASES THE URBAN DWELLER’S AWARENESS AND MISSING CONNECTION TO WATER. • SETTING AN EXAMPLE FOR THE FUTURE, THAT WATER SENSITIVITY IS ACHIEVABLE IN THE CITY

Water System Schematic Diagram (not to scale) WATER SYSTEM SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM Rainwater Storage

UV filter and pump

RAIN GARDEN DIAGRAM

Hotwater System

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Rainwater Recyclable Market Use

(Backup)

Greywater

Surge tank

Rain garden

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Greywater Pump Storage

Unrecyclable Market Use

OVERFLOW

Sewage Pipes

STORAGE TANK

Vegetation

Toilet

Site’s Collected Water

Stormwater Pipes

SURGE TANK

PLANTING AND SPECIES CHOICE Vallisneria australis

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Potamogeton ochreatus

WATER TOLERANCE

Bolboschoenus fluviatilis

Cycnogeton procerum syn. Triglochin procerum

Eleocharis acuta

Juncus flavidus

Eucalyptus camaldulensis

Lomandra longifolia

MATURE HEIGHT

Baumea rubiginosa

Acacia melanoxylon Bossiaea prostrata

USER PERSPECTIVE

Eleocharis sphacelata

Nassella trichotoma

Themeda triandra