Rae cho : Urban Design Portfolio

RAE CHO URBAN DESIGN URBAN PLANNING PROJECT SAMPLES

BSc + MSc : Urban Design University College London 2015 - 2016

HYUNG RAE CHO South Korean Flat 3, 1 Taviton Street, London, UK jhr3895@gmail.com / +82 (0)10 3456 8293

With my great enthusiasm for urban design and planning, I am keen to dedicate myself to create better built environment in order to resolve diverse urban issues. To achieve my goal, I have developed my knowledge in great depth about urban design theories and principles through both bachelor and master course in the Bartlett School of Planning in UCL. As a result, I could achieve gaining ‘distinction grade’ in all urban design projects in the both bachelor and master course.

KEY SKILLS Master Planning

3D Modelling

Academic Research

Site Analysis

3D Rendering

Teamwork Skill

Planning Policy Analysis

Mapping

Organisational Skill

Spatial Analysis (GIS)

Photography

Time-Management Skill

EDUCATION 09 / 2015 - 09 / 2016 London, UK (First-class honours predicted : 72, corresponding to 4.3 / 4.5 in GPA)

University College London The Bartlett school of planning, MSc Urban Design and City Planning • •

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09 / 2012 - 06 / 2015 London, UK (Upper second-class honours : 68, corresponding to 4.1 /4.5 in GPA)

Achieved taking first place in all urban design modules with gaining ‘distinction grade’, such as spatial analysis, master-planning and policy guideline project.

Developed knowledge in great depth about urban design theories and principles, such as sense of place, diversity, vitality, mix of uses, density, building typology, urban morphology through various projects and literature reviews.

Enhanced knowledge in depth about real estate and city planning in relation to urban design through various projects and literature reviews.

Developed further GIS skills (Arc-GIS) through ‘Geographic Information Systems and Science’ module Graduation project theme: Public Lighting and Public Realm Design for Dark Hours: Resolving social inequality of public lighting in residential areas

University College London The Bartlett school of planning, BSc Urban Planning, Design and Management • • •

Achieved gaining ‘distinction grade’ in all urban design modules (Graphic skills, Design theory and Masterplan) through three years Developed spatial analysis skills (Quantum GIS) through ‘Urban Lab: Mapping’ module (‘Distinction grade’) Developed broad knowledge in the diverse fields including urban planning, project management, transport and real estate

WORK EXPERIENCE 06 / 2015 London, UK

Urban Initiatives Studio Freelance for 3D modeling and visualizing (Full-time) • •

05 / 2015 London, UK

Urban Movement Intern (Full-time) • •

10 / 2008 - 04 / 2010 Seoul, Korea

Achieved creating 3D models for Roeshot redevelopment project in Dorset, UK Produced permeability and pedestrian flow maps for Romford redevelopment project in London, UK

The Office of the President in Korea Dispatched, Administrative Department (Full-time) • • • •

06 / 2008 - 05 / 2010 Seoul, Korea

Produced existing and proposal 3D models for the following redevelopment projects: West of Borough project, Greys project in London, and Bellerophon project in Cardiff Developed professional 3D modelling skills and time-management skills through the projects

Assisted the 2010 World Design Capital Seoul Project Took charge of guiding The Blue House office tour and assisting office administration daily Developed negotiating skills through business meetings for The Blue House office tour Developed organisational and communicational skills through diverse tasks within a team

Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Full-time, 202 security group • •

Successfully completed Seoul Police training and worked as administrative clerk Developed organisational and teamwork skills

POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY 09 / 2015 - 09 / 2016 London, UK

UCL Student Academic Representative (StAR) StAR student of Msc Urban Design and City Planning (UDCP) • •

03 / 2013 - 09 / 2013 London, UK

Improved leadership skills through ‘StARs Trainings’ Developed communication skills through discussing issues about course, department and school with diverse stakeholders in SSCC meetings

UCL Korean Society President •

Developed leadership skills through organizing official society events, such as alumni association in Korea

SOFTWARE SKILLS Sketch-up

Photoshop

Word

Lumion Pro

Illustrator

Excel

Auto-Cad

InDesign

Powerpoint

3Ds Max Studio

Arc GIS

Prezi

V-Ray

Quantum GIS

LANGUAGE Korean

English

Chinese (Mandarin)

CONTENTS

Freelance work

Masterplan

Design Guideline

Site Analysis

• Bellerophon Regeneration Project, Cardiff

06.2015

• West of Borough Masterplan, London

06.2015

• Grays Redevelopment Project, London

06.2015

• Haggerston [Graduation Project]

08.2016

• Mount Pleasant [Master]

12.2015

• Charlton Riverside [Bachelor]

03.2015

• Bishopsgate Goodsyard Redevelopment [Master]

04.2016

• Hackbridge Neighbourhood Plan [Master]

03.2016

• Poplar Design Guideline [Master]

03.2016

• The Brunswick Centre [Master]

10.2015

• Shoreditch - GIS Analysis[Master]

12.2016

Bellerophon Regeneration Project, Cardiff

06 / 2015 Urban Initiatives Studio Position : 3D Modelling

West of Borough Masterplan, London

06 / 2015 Urban Initiatives Studio Position : 3D Modelling & Sketch

Grays Redevelopment Project, London Option 1

Option 1

Option 2

Option 3

Option 1

Option 2 & 3

06 / 2015 Urban Initiatives Studio Position : 3D Modelling & Visualisation

HAGGERSTON : URBAN DESIGN & LIGHTING MASTERPLAN Postgraduate dissertation 05 / 2016 - 09 / 2016

Backgrounds Light pollution is regarded as a crucial environmental issue in terms of human health and energy. Indeed, darkness has been recently considered as a luxury good for residential area night time. This issue can be easily found in London as well, for example, affluent areas tend to have more moderated public lighting, while social housing estates rather tend to have many overly bright public lighting on the purpose to increase safety as it supports CCTV. This contrast of public lighting clearly indicates social inequality as residents of social housing can be frequently exposed to light pollution, such as light trespass.

Vision Therefore, this project aims to tackle the issue of social inequality of public lighting between social housing estates and newly developed residential flats. To achieve delivering dimmed lighting in and around social housing estates which can resolve light pollution, this project aims to improve perceived safety by enhancing natural surveillance based on Jane Jacobs’ and Wilson and Kelling’s theories. In this respect, this project suggests an inter-disciplinary approach including public lighting design, urban design as well as social strategy in order to dim public lighting and increase social interaction. To develop the design-based framework, this project will investigate the correlation between public lighting and urban design factors in terms of light pollution and perceived safety through three different case study tests in London. Thereafter, site-specific strategy based on the framework will be implemented to the project area, located in the southern part of Queensbridge Road in Haggerston, London, as this area clearly shows high contrast of public lighting between social housing estates and newly developed residential flats.

Case study reviews

Literature reviews

Design framework

Case study tests

Haggerston Site

Design proposal

Site analysis

Borough of Hackney

Evaluation

Kingsland Road

HAGGERSTON

Regent's Canal

Haggerston Park

BOROUGH OF HACKNEY, LONDON

Light Brightness of Streets

Bright

Light Brightness of Blocks

Green corridor

Too Bright Bright Moderated

Dark

Light Art Installation and Active frontage

Dark

Shared road

Dunston Road

New retail point in Haggerston Baths

Denne Terrace

Haggerston Road

Kent Sreet

Activity nodes and Focal point

Connectivity by Public Lighting

Major Pedestrian Route

Design framework

Lighting Masterplan

Section A

View - A

View - B

Section B

Height 4m

6m

10m

Colour White Warm Warm Blue Red White Light Source

LED

LPS

HPS

Scale 1:2000

Section A : Existing

3m 3m 3m 3m

Section A : Proposed

3m 3m 3m 3m

4m

4m

View A : Proposed

12m

5m

3m

10m

3m

5m

12m

4m

Section B : Existing

3m 3m 3m 3m

Section B : Proposed

3m 3m 3m 3m

5m

View B : Proposed

27m

6.5m

10m

7m

5m

MOUNT PLEASANT : MASTERPLAN Group project : 5 Position : Site analysis, Test scheme, Overal strategy and Masterplan 11 / 2015 - 12 / 2015 Module : Urban Design: Layout, Density and Typology Project Type : Analysis and Masterplan Grade : Distinction [First Place] Backgrounds The Mount Pleasant site in Farringdon, London, owned by the recently privatized Royal Mail Group (RMG), is currently used as sorting office, service areas for operational vehicles, and parking. In the context of the reorganization of its services and facilities and due to its location in a prime real estate area, the RMG aims to release a large part of the site and redevelop it into a residential led, mixed use development.

In this context, the two proposals have already suggested by the RMG and Mount Pleasant Association (MPA). However, this project aims to critically analyse the two previous proposals to indicate potential limitations which the proposals would have on the site, and also to suggest an alternative proposal based on the critical evaluation.

Coram's Fields

Vision This project aims to create a permeable mixed-use neighbourhood that compliments surrounding facilities and creates diverse vibrant spaces. To achieve the vision, this project creates the five objectives: Strong sense of place to attract people from outside and areas to stay; More cohesive community to provide sense of belonging to local and surrounding residents; Better pedestrian connection between Western to Eastern areas, and Northern to Southern areas through improvement of permeability and legibility; More safe and eco-friendly areas to enhance quality of life for local residents; and Stimulation of local economy through retail and office clusters. It is believed that these core objectives will be sufficiently delivered by twenty-three design principles through the strategy diagram and masterplan.

Planning policy analysis

Site analysis

Strategy & Methodology

Critical anlysis of current proposals

Borough of Islington

Masterplan

Pre-tests of three schemes

Mount Pleasant Site

Evaluation

MOUNT PLEASANT

Spa Fields Park

Royal Mail Office

Clerkenwell Rd

BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON, LONDON

CALCULATIONS SITE AREA

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35,300 sqm

GROUND COVERAGE

:

34%

TOTAL GFA

:

86,900 sqm

FAR : 2.4

FLEXIBLE RETAIL / OFFICE AREA

:

17,380 sqm

(20%)

TOTAL RESIDENTIAL AREA

:

48,600 sqm

(56%)

RESIDENTIAL UNITS

:

693

ACTIVITY NODES

OPEN SPACES

WELCOME POINTS

• A hierarchy of activity nodes throughout the site, with key nodes creating a linear link that connects the site and harmonises its identity.

• Three open public open spaces, each with its own character and temporal appeal.

• The enclosure of the open spaces creates a sense of belonging and ownership of the space by the building’s

• Utilising the existing four corners of the site, with an addition of Coley Street entrance, creating welcome points to draw people into the site.

COMMERCIAL ATTRACTION

RETAIL CONNECTIONS

STREET NETWORK

• Harnessing the currently vibrant office uses to attract the workers into using its spaces. This would create a vibrant community and ensure temporal uses.

• Acknowledging the existing retail hubs and integrating retail spines into the site without competing with existing provision, but instead complimenting and extending supply.

• Designing better legibility and connections through the site and linking the site to its surrounding context.

• Restricting permeability in some blocks to create a diversity of spaces.

CHARLTON RIVERSIDE : MASTERPLAN Group project : 3 Position : Site analysis, Masterplan, 3D model, Section and Rendering 02 / 2015 - 03 / 2015 Module : Urban Design: Space and Place Project Type : Analysis and Masterplan Grade : Distinction [First Place]

River Thames

Backgrounds Charlton Riverside, which is an Opportunity Area, is located on the riverside between Woolwich and Greenwich Peninsula within the borough of Greenwich.

The site currently offers an industrial heritage and this area remains in use for industrial purposes including the Charlton Riverside Industrial Area, Angerstein and Murphy’s Wharves. Moving on to the Charlton Village, it becomes more residential.

Nevertheless, it seems this area has huge opportunities to be developed as a core town centre in Woolwich by potential connection between Thames path and surrounding green corridors, prime proximity to Canary wharf, O2 centre and London City Airport. t Vision This project aims to bring about sustainability into Charlton Riverside by the five aspects, Community, Identity, Safety and Energy, Economy and Accessibility. Each aspect is set to achieve the major objectives in terms of the vision, sustainable Charlton Riverside, that are high sense of belonging, Vibrancy driven by social and economic diversity, quality of life of residents, business retention, and urban mobility.

These aspects can be achieved by various design principles, such as diverse hierarchy of road systems, grid network, small building blocks based on perimeter block, active frontages, small corner radii, and etc.

SPD analysis

Site analysis

Design Principles

Vision & Strategy

Evaluation

Masterplan

Delivery

Westcombe Park Stn

Borough of Greenwich

Charlton Riverside Site

London City Airport

Thames Barrier

CHARLTON RIVERSIDE

Charlton Stn The Valley Stadium

BOROUGH OF GREENWICH, LONDON

IDENTITY

SAFETY & ENERGY

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ACCESSIBILITY

ECONOMY

CONCEPT MAP

LAND-USE

HIERARCHY OF OPEN SPACES

ROAD SYSTEM

BISHOPSGATE GOODSYARD : REDEVELOPMENT GUIDELINE Group project : 6 Position : Site and policy analysis, Overall strategy and methodology, Proposal, Evaluation and Delivery 04 / 2016 - 04 / 2016 Module : Collaborative City Planning Strategies Project Type : Policy and Design Guideline Grade : Distinction Backgrounds This planning proposal project has been prepared on behalf of the client, East End Trades Guild as a request for consultation of the amended Bishopsgate Goodsyard Proposal. The proposal site is located in the boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Hackney on the vacant lot adjacent to Shoreditch High Street Overground. This area is surrounded by local independent businesses that consist primarily of a creative businesses agglomeration and generates substantial cultural engagement.

The main issue in this site can be seen that East End Trades Guild believes that the existing proposal fails to meet the needs of the local business community and economy as the developers have neglected to consider the worth of the social and economic value of the Shoreditch creative culture economy.

Vision In this respect, this project aims to provide clear guidelines of policies and designs for future developments on this site. For the guideline, this project critically analyses core issues of the current Bishopsgate Goodsyard proposal in diverse aspects by the comparison analysis between Bishopsgate Goodsyard IPG, Bishopsgate Retail Assessment Proposal, Hackney Planning Sub-Committee Document and GLA Representation Hearing Report. Thereafter, this project comes out with a clear vision, Bishopsgate Goodsyard Plan envisions a concentrated cluster of small local independent businesses as well as creative industries that contribute to a healthy agglomerate economy. To achieve the vision, the issues are addressed by new policies in different levels including regional, local and site level, as well as clear design guidance which is to support the policies and the vision.

Existing proposal analysis

Site and plannig policy analysis

Vision, Key findings and Strategy

Critical Evaluation of Existing Proposal

Delivery

New Policies & Design Interventions

Evaluation

Liverpoot Street Stn

Borough of Hackney and Tower Hammlets

Bishopsgate Goodsyard

BISHOPSGATE GOODSYARD Bethnal Green Stn

Brick Lane

Old Spitalfields Market

BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS BOROUGH OF HACKNEY, LONDON

Policy 5 - Open Space Adjacent to Retail and Accessible for All (DM Policy) 1.

Developments of 500sqm or more of floorspace that are likely to increase the number of works, residents and visitors in the borough will be required to contribute to the delivery of open spaces and provide good amount of spaces which: a) are adjacent to retail units; b) are for active and passive recreation c) are accessible for all and, d) fully comply with Hackney’s Public Realm Strategy SPD

2. Open spaces need to be accessible:

a) number of lifts should follow the standard of the Disibility Discrimination Act (DDA)

b) For better accessibility, lifts need to be installed in all directions and should be close to the major

retail and open space nodes

c) Step-free design is desirable 3. Open space should be designed in a way that allows for events:

a) pop-up stalls could open at night and weekend to complement the existing Sunday markets.

Implementation Map

LEGEND Local Shops Street Art Access For All Market/Cultural Activity Elevator Designated Open Space

Case studies Common Ground, Seoul • “Common Ground is the most creative and innovative retail platform that connects special brand and inspirational experience creatively.”

• It consists of two indoor shopping areas and the open space in-between is designated for the public to relax, perform and play. At the same time it allows live events and branded projects e.g. Let’s Pink Party with Etude House (bottom-left).

Design Guideline Identity and Sense of Place

Natural Serveilance

• Continuous frontages of shops allow visual linkage • Flexible spaces for different uses • Art works and street furniture

• Mature and slow growing trees • Even distribution of lighting Micro-climate

Accessible for all

• Step-free design

• Shaded areas

Current proposal's open space

New proposal's policies and design guidelines applied to the same open space creating a lively place

Summary of Proposed Policies Ground Level

Hierarchy of Policies in Planning System

Policy 1

Policy 2 Policy 5 Policy 6

Policy 3

Policy 4

Implementation & Monitoring

Phasing

HACKBRIDGE & BEDDINGTON CORNER : DESIGN GUIDELINE Group project : 4 Position : Site and policy analysis, Comparison analysis, Policy proposal, Mapping, Evaluation 02 / 2016 - 03 / 2016 Module : Urban Design: Guidance, Incentive & Control Project Type : Analysis and Design Guideline Grade : Distinction [First Place] Backgrounds Hackbridge and Beddington Corner which is located in northern part of Borough of Sutton, London, is surrounded by green spaces on three sides, which the neighbourhood plan sees as a major asset and defining feature. High street and the small group of shops is concentrated around its junction with London Road. The road is fairly wide and fast-moving, with a narrow pavement, creating a negative pedestrian experience. Hackbridge is not well connected to the surrounding neighbourhoods and contains remarkably few basic services. The result is a highly car-dependent neighbourhood, despite its aim to become a sustainable suburb.

In this project, the original Hackbridge Neighbourhood plan is critically evaluated by the comparison analysis between the London Plan, the Sutton Core Planning Strategy, the Hackbridge Neighbourhood plan and own perception through site observation.

Vision Based on the critiques found by the analysis, this project aims to develop Hackbridge as a sustainable suburb through a new Design Framework for Hackbridge. To achieve this vision, this project sets out a series of objectives that are realistic proposals for change and guidelines for new developments. Each objective is supported by a mixture of policies and design interventions. The policies provide a concrete regulatory framework underneath the objectives and the language of them is important. The design interventions create a visual representation of the objective and the policy context and are often left purposely vague to allow architects and landscape architects to make key decisions about design.

Our objectives are designed to be clear and implementable and to create a simple regulatory structure that developers and architects can follow.

Planning policy analysis

Site analysis

New Vision, Principles and Objectives

Implementation

Critical anlysis of the current New Policies & Neighbourhood Plan Design Interventions

Borough of Sutton

Hackbridge Project Site

Delivery & Evaluation

Beddington Corner

HACKBRIDGE

River Wandle

Beddington Park

BOROUGH OF SUTTON, LONDON

Design Interventions

Policies • Development of the Corbet Close site must include expansion of the riverfront green space, creation of a cycling and walking path that connects to Hackbridge Road, and creation of public decked space with seating on the river, as shown in the implementation picture.

• Any future development in the Restmor Way industrial estate must include the expansion of the green space along the riverfront with publicly accessible decked spaces with seating, as shown in the implementation picture;

• Incorporate a green corridor, as depicted in the implementation picture, through the Felnex site to connect the station, to the Wandle River.

1. The green corridor should incorporate permeable paving, street furniture and plantings that make it distinctive from the surrounding routes.

2. The point at which the green corridor meets Hackbridge Road should be distinctive and inviting.

Case study

Hackbridge

Wandle River

Felnex

Ashford Green and Blue Corridors Plan

• This document lays out an extensive strategy for Ashford, Kent in terms of creating a city-wide network of green and blue corridors.

• It is highly specific, showing precisely where these routes will be and how they relate to the existing built form.

• Their use of smaller rivers as blue corridors inspired our plans for the Wandle River.

• Critique: This plan is extensive and lays out all the steps necessary to make it a reality. It appears to be well on the way to being completed.

Positive impact:

Negative impact:

Design Interventions

Policies

• Ensure that any development on the land north of BedZED preserves land for the entrance to the trail.

• Use TfL grants to develop the streets as green streets.

• The green streets should include natural features, including more tress and garden space.

• The green streets should also include sustainability features such as drainage channels.

Case study

Watercress Park

BedZED

Milwaukee Green Streets Plan

• The Milwaukee plan discusses green streets in the context of stormwater management.

• It discusses environmental interventions such as bioswales and decreasing hard surfaces.

• Critique: It discusses these concepts in principle, but, despite being produced by the municipal government, it does not set out an implementation strategy or suggest pilot sites within Milwaukee.

Positive impact:

Negative impact:

IMPLEMENTATION : Felnex estate

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Making the built form more permeable by allowing passage through buildings.

These allow the formation of portals which help frame views and, if treated interestingly with public art and other such interventions, can also serve as an added public space.

B

Using roofspace as parkland helps bring down the heat island effect, improves drainage and provides public or semi-public space. Votovoltaic panels can also be placed to cature sunlight.

C

Linking open spaces in their design and their functions can create one large continuous green space.

D

Mitigating the imact at the interface where the built meets the unbuilt by usage of appropriate setbacks which can also be used as garden space.

LIVE / WORK TYPOLOGIES

Flexible style live / work space can be configured to workspace , dwelling or both

E

Create elevated green spaces along long continuous facades which provide shade on the ground floor and an open space for subsequent levels.

Incorporating bioswales and other sustainable drainage systems in intermediate spaces

Apart from retail, putting potential work spaces on the ground floor can add to the vibrancy of the adjoining spaces and create employment.

Incorporating sustainable shading mechanisms as part of the architecture

Incorporating measures to harness solar enrgy

POPLAR : DESIGN GUIDELINE Group project : 4 Position : Site analysis, Vision, Methodology, Proposal 02 / 2016 - 03 / 2016 Module : Sustainable Futures by Design Project Type : Analysis and Design Guideline Backgrounds There has been insufficient attention paid to cultural heritage in Poplar in recent decades, leading to an erosion of its cultural history. Poplar was heavily influenced by the modernist era, comprising of many brutalist buildings and vehicle-orientated road networks. As a result, there are many physical barriers and illegible pedestrian routes.

Poplar consists of many layers of heritage which are not currently being enhanced or included in policy frameworks.

Vision This project aims to promote social interaction in Poplar by enhancing local character and accessibility of heritages. In this respect, this project creates a walking route which connects up these layers of heritage by enhancing walkability and local character whilst simultaneously incorporating heritage into the green agenda. It aims to upgrade the public realm and improve accessibility to the local architecture, nature and heritage. Connectivity forms a significant element in the design of interventions and policies for cultural heritage in Poplar. In this respet, it is hoped that these proposals will create an appreciation and a layer of protection for the local heritage.

Character & Heritage analysis

Site analysis

Vision & Methodology

Planning policy analysis

Borough of Tower Hamlets

New Policies & Design principles

Proposal

Poplar Project Site

Delivery & Evaluation

Westferry Stn

River Lea

POPLAR

East India Stn

Canary Wharf

River Thames

BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS, LONDON

Shared Road 1. Create pleasant walking routes by improving the street furniture and green infrastructure of this route 2. More greenery and inviting, lively green spaces without barriers.

3. Create a lively and safe public realm that is inclusive for all.

4. Create varied and diverse invitations for dwelling.

5. Uniform the pavement to guide people and create a more visually enjoyable walking environment.

6. Use Poplar trees to symbolize local character along the route and provide subtle route legibility.

7. Integrate a wide range of activity zones.

Improving Canal sidewalk

1. Create a safe canal towpath with inviting street furniture such as smart lighting.

2. Plant more trees along the canal to enhance the green connections with the rest of the heritage route.

3. Build edges with seating along the canal for people to enjoy the water element to the area.

4. Promote positive edge detail for a softer street edge.

5. Encourage individual artistic activities, like graffiti along the wall, for a place with playful invitations.

6. Provide opportunities for activities on the water.

7. Expand the pedestrian route by adding timber deck which juts out over the canal side.

Green Infrastructure

1. View the new piazza as a 'green lung'.

2. Reduce traffic lanes and utilise gained space for public benefit.

3. Create high quality urban public spaces by giving room for both active and passive activities.

4. Provide high quality street furniture to invite people to use this space.

5. Create attractive city square for people to meet and stay.

6. Reduce traffic noise by using plants as green screens.

7. Create active public space year round by using plants with whole year interests.

Subvertising signage 1. To create a 'non-gated' community.

2. Remove redundant fences and obstacles and redefine zones for movment.

3. Improving legibility through street furniture and more inviting edges.

4. Promote positive subvertising signage to encourage the local community to reclaim the open spaces and reconnect with nature.

THE BRUNSWICK CENTRE : SITE ANALYSIS Individual project 10 / 2015 Module : Urban Design: Layout, Density and Typology Project Type : Site analysis Grade : Distinction Key findings Typology

• As the Brunswick Centre is a medium-rise building with elevated architectural

structure towards the inside, residential flats can secure maximized amount of sunlight (Dovey and Pafka, 2014, p.67).

• By securing more amount of sunlight, the building can bring about better environmental performance through saving electricity (Ibid).

• Diverse types of open spaces can increase quality of life of tenants by satisfying different demands for open spaces.

• As the building has great permeability by connecting public open spaces to surrounding pedestrian roads, it can encourage people to walk more by increasing walkability.

• The increased walkability can achieve the community to become more environmental friendly by reduction of using private cars of both tenants and neighbors within the community.

• This also can bring about public health benefits by encouraging people to walk more (Boyko and Cooper, 2011, p.10).

Density

• The feature of mixed land-uses in high density provides wider options to people

to come and stay and this can lead the community to be more cohesive, vibrant and liveable community by increasing social interaction (Boyko and Cooper, 2011, p.13).

• The vibrant community with the increased social interaction can increase public safety (Housing Density Study, 2012, p.77).

• A vibrant cluster of commercial area can also attract further retails and offices within and near the area, and higher demands and supplies for goods and services in the community can ultimately invigorate local economy through increase of productivity and employment opportunities (Boyko and Cooper, 2011, p.13).

• High density of the Brunswick Centre also can achieve reducing pollution through increasing efficiency of using public transport (Ibid).

Borough of Camden

The Brunswick Centre

THE BRUNSWICK CENTRE

Coram's Fields

Russell Square Stn

Russell Square

BOROUGH OF CAMDEN, LONDON

Plot

Footprint

Floor area

Flat units

25,321.63 (m2)

17,544.77 (m2)

60,384.93 (m2)

560 units

Morphology Building height 1 floor (3.5m)

Plot Coverage

Floor Area Ratio

Units per hectare

69 %

2.39

221 (dw/ha)

2 floor (6.5m) 3 floor (9.5m) 4 floor (12.5m) 5 floor (15.5m) 6 floor (18.5m)

Site map with trees

7 floor (21.5m) 8 floor (24.5m)

Street Pedetrian road

Open space Public open space Semi-public open space Private open space

Plot Site plot

Land-use

• In terms of typology aspect, the Brunswick Centre can be regarded as a hybrid super block by considering its scale, height and unique architectural type. This unique block forms three different types of open spaces, and especially, central public open space, located on ground-floor, allows to provide high level of permeability to them by connecting the surrounding wide pedestrian roads. Also, as public open space connects towards Brunswick Square Gardens, this hybrid block provides better accessibility for the green space to people.

Residential

Section A

Retail

Office

NHS

• The Brunswick Centre also has great accessibility through advantages from the different public transports: Borris bike docking stations, bus stops, and Russell Square Tube Station.

CORRELATION TOOL BETWEEN GENTRIFICATION & PROPERTY-LED REGENERATION : GIS ANALYSIS Individual project 12 / 2015 Module : Geographic Information Systems and Science Project Type : Creating new ArcGIS toolkit for site analysis

Backgrounds It is widely argued that gentrification has been a crucial social and urban issue in London. Criticisms aginst gentrification process have widely arisen, as it can bring about significant negative impacts on existing residents as well as the area: physical and psychological displacement of existing people who cannot afford increased rent price, social conflicts between the new and existing groups, increase of crime rate and increase of housing demand in other areas for the displaced people (The Economist, 2013). About major factors for gentrification, it is sometimes argued that significant spotlight of property-led regeneration in London has mainly affected the rapid gentrification process under its physical redevelopment process for local economic stimulation by attracting private investment (The Economist, 2013). In this regard, It is argued that hugely increased trend for property-led regeneration has directly led to gentrification.

Upon the controversy about gentrification and property-led regeneration, it is important to investigate the main causes for gentrification in order to minimise future negative impacts of redevelopment, and also, to monitor gentrification impacts of completed regeneration projects. Thus, this project aims to investigate how much property-led regeneration has affected on gentrification process within a specific areas, Shoreditch. In this respect, this report introduces the correlation tool which can visually analyse the correlation between property-led regeneration and gentrification.

Gentrification GIS Tool The correlation tool is a tool to anlayse correlation between property-led regeneration and gentrification. By the analysis, this tool aims to be used in forecasting and monitoring process of property-led regeneration project about its impacts on gentrification in an area. About major input data, this tool requires point shapefile to show locations of property-led regenerations, and polygon shapefile and table data to indicate degree of gentrifying process. The core function of this tool is to investigate how the number of regeneration projects in an area affefct the intenisty of gentrifying process. In this regard, the major outputs are spatial map showing property-led regeneration and the degree of gentrification, and scatter plot graph to show the correlation between the two. This tool was developed based on ModelBuilder in ArcGIS. Other Applications Basic mechanism of the correlation tool is to analyse correlation between point shapefile and polygon shapefiles. In this regard, this tool can be used to investigate correlation between physical infrastructures and their impact in diverse aspects, including social, environmental and urban perspectives. For example, this tool can be used in analysis of impacts of street lamps on diverse kinds of crime rate in an area. Also, for analysis of impacts of newly built public transport infrastructure on change ratio of local economic stimulation, this tool can be used.

SHOREDITCH [1KM RADIUS FROM OLD STREET STN]

INPUT DATA & PROCESS DIAGRAM

PROCESS

ARCGIS MODEL OF THE CORRELATION TOOL

CORRELATION ANALYSIS