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There is no statement stated of the stakeholder and client information in the assignment’s brief.

1.3 Evaluation

From the data collection of the physical content of the selected site, the water features, Floating harbor and River Avon, bring a great potential for its tourism and Residential

developments by the beautiful scenic view. The development along the water features also becomes its own architecture and landscape character.

Entertainment and water transport could be developed along the floating harbor and River Avon. The concept of water transport is also to offset the constraint Brought by the

water feature which is currently act as an accessibility barrier at the site.

Bristol is located between Somerset and Gloucester with the selected site is located within the boundary of the Bristol Temple Meads Station. The high accessibility And

connectivity with the surrounding towns create a potential for its economic and tourism development. The co-operation of spatial strategy of Bristol and its Surrounding towns

becomes its strength in future development with each town has its own character and special status. In the housing scheme proposed by the Bristol’s Local Plan review stated

that affordable housing need to be considered. However, due to the proposed land use at the town center where is more suitable For private housing arena development.

Besides, the water features among the site creates a relaxing environment for residents to live.

In order to enhance the job opportunities, an increase of business office at town is required. With the advantage of location at the Bristol’ Temple Meads, business center will be located near by the station

connected by vehicular and pedestrian path. Employment structure is another concern, with not only the business center but also the cyber business office introduction which enhance the business status of

Bristol and also offers great job opportunities, especially to the university graduates. It in terms improves the local economy and living standard. With increasing demand for industrial land use, the present

industrial land use will be kept for the market needs. However, the current appearance of the industrial site is deteriorating and regeneration project need to be done.

The Bristol’s Temple Meads is a listed building connecting the area around the Temple Gate Road with the Floating Harbor next to it. The convenient location and landscape feature creates a potential for

recreational development. The site has its unique sense of place by its heritage while having great potential for its economic development.

1.4 Design

The vision of the development of the proposed site is designed to be a place to live, work and spending leisure time with high quality of life in sutsainable development.

The Bristol Council announced the Bristol Local Plan covering the period until 2026 and has been reviewed to cover the period until 2036 which aims to increase 33,500 residential units and 17,000 job opportunities. According to the Bristol’s Core strategy, it shows that Bristol’s population is expected to grow by 26% between 2006 and 2026 to 519,800 with mainly young population group. A greater future demand for education and jobs would be considered in the land use design and planning. In order to increase the supply of high educational and high paid jobs, commercial buildings for office use will be proposed and technology park will be implemented to create Bristol as a "Digital city" . With the SUMPS (Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan) which also share the same aim with a larger focus on reducing vehicular flow by15% by 2037 with the introduction of Green Transport Plan. Low carbon transportation means such as water bus would be implemented to reduce carbon footprint, air and water pollution. To cope with the needs and future forecast raised by the Bristol Council, my design concept put the emphasis on sustainable city development and promoting not just the higher living quality but also a healthier lifestyle. Nowadays, the use of green space and green transportation scheme are the popular way to achieve sustainable development and also to promote a green and healthy lifestyle. Extension of pedestrian and cycling path along the floating harbor and River Avon to promote green lifestyle. Soft landscape design with public parks and green spaces are allocated along the site with around of total land use to encourage people to spending leisure time to the green space and promote healthier lifestyle.

-Im prov ed li vi ng q ualit y by a wi de v ariety of in fras truct ure a nd la ndsc ape des ign. -To ac hiev e a s en se i f be ing home, se ns e of s afe ty and harm ony at t own. -To enha nc e s oci al c ohes io n

-To re duc e c arbon footp rint and im prov e air pol luti on -To re duc e c hanc e of flo odin g -To enhan ce the am enity v al ue of

B ristol by green infrastruct ure strategy -To inc rease em ploy m ent opp ortun iti es a nd emp loym ent s truct ure. - P rep are f ound atio n for fu ture ec ono mic dev el opm ent -Wide n t he c hanc es f or ec on om ic dev el opm ent -Touri sm

P ho to5 : V ienn e d iagram of Sustain ab le Deve lopm ent

The framework for the design’s concept:

To achieve Economic Sustainability:

The new landscape character of Bristol will be appeared with a higher business status and the classy business center will be located next to the Bristol Temple Meads Station, the concept from the Canary Wharf, London to attract high class business to set up office at Bristol. A

trading expo venue and exhibition center at the first two floors and hotel development on top are proposed which help to draw the attention from companies to set up office and join the trading show at Bristol. The proposed hotel development would offer accommodation to the

visitors come for business. The current light industrial land use along the Avon street and Silverthorne lane will be proposed to be Bristol’s Technology Park and VR center. Site analysis has been done there is no cyber business center near Bristol; however, technology is

gaining its influence and importance and set up the cyber business does not only increase job opportunities but also the status of the town.

Tourism development by the proposed water transport development which can also be a tourism attraction such as cruise along the canal for sight-seeing. A diverse employment choices are provided with

high educational and high paid jobs to support the university graduates.

Increase low density residential units with good living environment and sense of being home. Low density residential building blocks (6 stories height) along the River Avon and Floating Harbor allow residents to enjoy the beautiful scenery, harmonious environment, having a

relaxing walk along the River Avon walkaway. There is private walkway and green space at each private residential area.

To develop a sustainable lifestyle by a healthy and positive living environment, not just by green space but also the sport venue including tennis court, basketball court and the water sport training school.

Supportive infrastructure will be included, Kid museum and kid center located next to the Bristol Temple Meads, as a supportive measure to the working parents to reduce their pressure to rush from work and take care of the kids. Kids can stay at the museum for rest and

continue learning or join the extra-curriculum activities after school with transfer service organized between kindergarten and primary schools to the kid center.

Reserved land for university’s campus and accommodation at the area opposite to the Silverthorne Lane.

To achieve Environmental Sustainability To reduce carbon footprint and improve air pollution will be implemented by green infrastructure such as planting street trees along the main road. It is also a means of SUDs to increase percolation rate and reduce flooding hazard in order to create a safe and decent living environment.

SUDs is a complementary measures according to NPPF. The implementation of rain garden as one of the SUDs measures along the private and public area to maximize the use of space which does not offer amenity value but also reduce flooding chance and underground water cleansing function.

To reduce the dependency on vehicular transport, Water transport is introduced along the Feeder canal and River Avon which need to be connected at the conjunction area of feeder road. A bridge will be constructed to connect both parts of the site to allow vehicular and pedestrian can go through both parts of the selected site. More stops can be introduced along the river so as to increase internal accessibility. The proposed idea of electrical bus for water transport, water bus or ocean bus, to reduce carbon dioxide emission and water pollution

The use of sustainable material for construction, green building material such as aluminum.

Encourage walking and cycling by extension of walking and cycling path and the introduction of “home zones” which allow only pedestrian and cycling to access around the residential area.

Main components of the Design concept 1.4.1 Mixed land use with Business center Kid center 1.4.2 Business building, shopping arcade and sport area 1.4.3 River side residential Area 1.4.4 Technology Park along the Avon street and Silverthorne Lane for Cyber business office and VR center 1.4.5 Proposed area for University’s campus and university’s accommodation 1.4.6 New landmark in front of the Bristol Temple Meads station and Musical theatre 1.4.7 Outdoor musical venue 1.4.8 Regeneration of car park area 1.4.9 Proposed Water Bus transport means in Bristol

Details for each main components will be elaborated in the following part:

1.4.1 Mixed land use with business center and Kid center

The area available for development is 21335.5 square meters with source quoted from Magic map. The concept of the design is to enhance the status of the site with sustainable development. There is a convenient location with good transport link provided by the Bristol Temple Meads, so this part is mainly for business use. Two blocks of business buildings with 15 stories height and a 2 stories business trading expo and venue to attract business to set up offices at Bristol in order to increases job opportunities. A hotel is proposed to be built on top of the business trading expo as a mixed land use development scheme. Besides, the central location as business centers enable to stand out the character of the site to draw people from surrounding area to come to work and act as CBD of Bristol.

A kid museum and center is located at the northern boundary of the site which aims to reduce the pressure of working parents. The kid center is part of the elements of the sustainable development to enhance the social sustainability while putting effort to improve the economic development. Infrastructure to care about the need of family is important but not just consider the need of individual. For example: The kid museum “Eureka” at Halifax. An extension of educational service by not just kid museum but also kid center providing a large variety of after school playgroups, class for kids at the “kids center”. Parents working nearby can pick the kids up after work. Co-operation between kindergarten and the kid center for transportation service. More facilities will be provided at the kid center including video, audio, books, etc. Parents can spend time with kids after work at the “kid museum” part.

Commercial office

A mixed land use with trading conference centre and hotel development on top Kid centre

The land use density is high at this part as mainly for commercial land use. Photo5: Eureka, a Kid museum at Halifax near the train station. Source: online Photo6: Business area with mainly commercial building Source: online

The Southern part of the selected site is for mixed land use with business center, shopping arcade, sport facilities and a water sport training school which aim to fulfill a high living environment with sustainable development. It shows a gradual change to a lower density development from mainly commercial land use at the northern part to commercial building, shopping arcade and public green park with sport facilities. It does not only show the change in land use density but also a change in building height. The design concept comes from the Canary Wharf, London” with a classy business center and shopping arcade with a gradual change of land use to Residence working nearby can enjoy the nice working environment and can access to purchase the daily needs and sport facilities by walking distance. There is a dining area outside the shopping arcade for people working in the office and residence. For sport facilities, there are four tennis court and one basketball court, a multi-uses games area which are available for the public and can be accessed by surrounding residents by walking distance. The well-established infrastructure and workplace do not only accommodate the need of residence but also ensure the high quality of life.

Shopping mall with stained glass as the material

It shows the visualization of the shopping arcade with the commercial building behind. In front of the shopping arcade is the dining area. Opposite to it is the sport area with tennis court and basketball court. There is a screen (shown by the black color box) which is for advertisement and show such as fashion show shown by the shopping center. Photo7: An institute in Netherland using stained glass the material for construction. Stained glass will be the material for the shopping mall at the selected site. Source: online Photo8: The view from inner through the stained glass material. Source:online

1.4.3 River Side Residential area Phase I and Phase II The concept of the residential blocks along the floating harbor is to create the living environment with a sense of relaxation with a convenient location and high accessibility to the railway station and near the busy business center. The residential plan here is to promote a high living standard and also acts as a supporting land use for the commercial land use for the business center within the selected site. The concept of “home zone” is implemented with green space around and with the pedestrian and cycling path to access along the residential area, there is one entrance to the underground car park with entry and exit to the main road. To access around the residential area, walking and cycling are encouraged. There are private walking path for the residence to use with the green path with tress planting along as the buffer zone to separate the private and public areas for privacy and sense of safety. The total area for phase I residential development is 6915.4412 sq meters with 38 blocks with 212 units provided with 306 DPH. There is a hierarchy of change in building height by 4stories and 7 stories height in a sequence to show the hierarchy and prevent the obstruction of view to the canal.. There are green space between residential blocks as buffer zones and also acts as part of the SUDs strategy.

Photo9: The photo shows the housing development with the design’s style at a hierarchy of change in building height. Source: online

The second part of the residential area is located at the southern boundary of the site along the Avon Street with 24,230.2 square feet for development. The proposed land use on the eastern side is less dense than main business area but also represents a mixed land use character including business center and shopping arcade. The site is connected by the Avon Walkway to the opposite side of the site and to the main business center. This part is served by the Albert road and the Feeder Road which is extended to join the new built vehicular path over the floating harbor and joining the Cattle Market Road. There is a underground car park for residential use with the entrance and exit at the Feeder Road. The development are for phase II residential project is 5811.3864 sq meters with 156 residential units to be provided with 268.438526 DPH. The aim is to provide low density and high-quality residential blocks, there is green spaces as buffer zone between residential buildings with rain garden as part the SUDs under the NPPF. The concept of box houses is used in order to create a vibrant and creative design concept to create an energetic living environment with a change in building’s height from 4-stories, 6 –stories and 8- stories to show the hierarchy and ensure more households to enjoy the view of the floating harbor. The main material is wood and blue-colored mosaic to cope with the surrounding environment, a floating harbor, in order to provide a harmonious living environment. Infrastructures around includes a green park and a water sport training school to offer a place to the public to use in order to enhance living standard and quality of life. It aims to attract the younger generation to move

Photo10: Area Measurement. Source: Magic map

Photo10: Box house design. Sources: Online Green space and trees are planted around the residential area. There is a private river walk for the residents to use to increase privacy. Next to it is a series of street trees planted to improve air quality and amenity value as well as to increase percolation to reduce flooding chance, It also serves as another function which is to distinguish the private and public area.as a buffer zone. There is public river walk and cycling path for public use.

1.4.4 Technology Park along the Avon street and Silverthorne Lane for Cyber business office and The current site is for light industrial land use, however, the site is deteriorating. The selected site contains 22,977.8 sq meters of land for proposed development. There are four building blocks in the technology park with 10 stories height at 1091.25 sq meters, 1450.75sq meters, 1193.3982 sq meters, 1343.6715 sq meters. Total floor space occupied is 5079.0697 sq meters and total floor area is 50,790.697 sq meters. IT business is a popular trend nowadays and technology is important in our life. According to the Bristol’s Local Plan and core strategy developing Bristol as a Digital city is one of the objectives. IT business including big storage, ERP system and software advanced research by bringing innovative business ideas together. A greenery area in a leaf-shaped form is located in the central to create a welcoming entrance and improve the working environment. A VR center and car park are located next to the main building blocks. VR center is popular for use to carrying out research by virtual experience such as virtual reality studio. Next to the technology park and VR center is the University’s campus which encourage research to be carried out by the joint co-operation.

Ph oto 11 : An e xam ple o f a succe ssful t echn olo gy p ar k wit h t he Ho ng Ko ng Scien ce and Tech no lo gy Par k. S ou rce : On lin e The greenery enhances the environment technology park and the leaf-shaped green areas provides a harmonious atmosphere. The VR center has four blocks with the building form in four layers in a triangular shape. The main material as aluminium to emphasis the cyber and technology development. Aluminium is a green building material which is environmental friendly.

1.4.5Proposed area for University’s campus and university’s accommodation According to the Bristol Local Plan, allocated land for the university land use is suggested to support the future demand for the place at the university and it is suggested that the university’s accommodation should not be located next to the residential land use to avoid noise disruption. The selected part contains 13582.3 sq meters for development. One of the Grade II listed building, the “St. Vincent Works and Attached Front Area Railings” is converted to be part of the university’s accommodation with its Gothic architecture style will be conserved. There are two main buildings with four stories as the main campus for studio, laboratories and seminar rooms with lecture halls located at the interval buildings blocks. The area is covered by circular turf area with shrubs and trees planting around. To strengthen the genius loci, the material used will be Bristol stone and the architecture style of the two main campus will be in Gothic style .

VR center Interval buildings as lecture hallsTwo main campus Student Accommodation

Lecture Hall

Technology Park and VR center University‘s campus and student accommodation

Photo13 and Photo14:The two photos show that people having virtual experience and doing research at the VR center. Source: online 1.4.6 New landmark in front of the Bristol Temple Meads station and Musical Theatre

The Bristol Temple Meads station is the Grade I Listed building in Gothic style as an important landmark at Bristol. There is another listed building on the right hand-side of the Bristol Temple Meads Station. Both need to be kept under the Historical building policy in Bristol Borough Council. New development around should not obstruct the view to this historical buildings. Below is the photo cap from the Google map. The grand entrance of the station impressed lot of people. There will be a ramp shown by the arrow to connect the station to another listed building,” Bristol Exeter House”, to strengthen the heritage and sense of place of Bristol. Photo 12 shows the change of landscape design of the entrance and the proposed musical theatre with yellow-colored label . As the car park brings a negative impact on the amenity value of the entrance which would be replaced by a landscape design as a focal point with a mixture of blue space and hard landscape with major material is algate and marble to present the sense of elegant to match with the heritage character of the place. A 2-stories height proposed musical theatre will be located in front of the “Bristol Exeter House” with a dining area at the roof to avoid blocking the view of the “Bristol Exeter House”.

Ph oto 15 : Cur r ent view o f th e B risto l Tem ple M ea ds St atio n. So ur ce: Goo gle ma p Land scape ’s e nhanc eme nt by landsc ape de sign at the e nt rance o f t he Bristo l T em ple M e ads St at io n and t he pro po se d t he at re in fro nt o f t he Grade II L iste d b uild in g, B rist o l Exet e r Ho use So urce: Go o gle map A ramp as a connection of the Bristol Temple Meads with the surrounding listed building, “Bristol Exeter House”

P ho to1 6: T em ple Gate Are a. So urce: Goo gle m ap P ho to1 7: Outd oor mu sical venu e Source: on lin e

Photo18: Ou td oor lig htin g Sou rce: online

It is an abandoned land now where is near to the Bristol Temple Meads Station with commercial buildings around. The proposed idea is to have a recreational area with outdoor musical venue. There is a series of restaurants with green roof and steps to allow people to walk up from the ground to the circular green space to enjoy the view to the floating harbor.

The V-shaped design outdoor musical area with terraced seats to allow people to enjoy the musical show. People can sit there and relax even without musical event.

Outdoor musical venue is popular worldwide, there is an example from US which is located at the wild and natural environment to create and enhance the atmosphere brought to the audience. Alongside the river Avon, water feature can be implemented with lighting to make a difference of the daytime ad nighttime v

1.4.8 Regeneration of Car Park This part of the site is currently a car park area where the streetscape is deteriorating. A regeneration of this car park area is proposed. The are links the Bristol Temple Meads Station and the proposed outdoor Musical venue and is an important area to offer car parking due to its convenient location. A small part of area is allocated as bike parking area.

1.4.9 Proposed water transport to ease pressure on vehicular transport

“Water transport” is proposed in Bristol. Ocean bus is an idea launched in Sweden in 2014 which helps to ease the pressure on vehicular transport. Besides, water transport offers another route different from vehicular and highway design so as to access different parts of the town. With more stops designated along the River Avon and the Floating harbor, inner accessibility along Bristol can be enhanced. A better connection among the town is also a mean to improve social sustainability development. There is inner tidal of mud along the River Avon with depth of the river is -3.78meter (sourced from Edina map) A large boat design may require a deep water level and a more complex construction. However, the concept of water bus and ocean bus requires shallower water level which allows easier construction Photo18: Bristol Conservation Area. Source: Bristol Council .

Venice is another good example of successful water transport. Below shows the photo from Vaporetto, Venice. Water transport in Venice helps to connects different around such as Burano. It does not only serve as Local water transport mean but also attract lot of tourist worldwide. Flooding can bring serious emergency effect on water transport. SUDS is important such as Dam, reservoir should be consider. Green infrastructure along the main road and the rain garden at the public and private residential area also helps to increase percolation rate and reduce surface runoff to the river and floating harbor to reduce flood. Source control is important. Runoff rate should be controlled at upstream.

Photo20: Ocean Bus, Sweden. Source: Online

Photo19: Water transport, Vaporetto, Venice. Source: Online Photo20: Water transport, Burano, Venice. Source: Online Photo21: Ocean bus, Sweden. Source: Online Photo22: Ocean bus, Sweden. Source: Online