Landscape Architecture Portfolio

Landscape Architecture Portfolio Solo projects - concept, design and execution by Jackson Hill

RMIT University, Melbourne Tongji University, Shanghai Currently living in Sydney

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EMERGENT ECOLOGIES Rhinoceros (plans + sections) Rhinoceros (3D) Grasshopper (+ Ladybug) Photoshop InDesign

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HANGING FACADE Rhinoceros (3D) Grasshopper (+ Ladybug) Lumion InDesign

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LIFELINES Rhinoceros (plans + sections) Rhinoceros (point cloud manipulation) Rhinoceros (3D) Photoshop Grasshopper (+ Ladybug) InDesign

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CONCRETE FOLDS Rhinoceros (plans + sections) Rhinoceros (3D) Photoshop Modelling (concrete, wire, fabric) InDesign

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EMERGENT ECOLOGIES

PATH TOWARDS LAKE

EX-LISTENING POST A

Background: This project took place in Melbourne for most of the semester and in Berlin for the final 10 days to allow for real-life site visits and consultation with ecologist Ingo Kowarik, the pioneer of the concept of Fourth Nature. He writes: ‘[Fourth Nature] emerges spontaneously as a novel urban green space on vacant lots or other urban-industrial sites despite severe habitat transformations.

It may be shaped accidentally by human agency but may also develop towards wild urban woodlands.’ It was presented to a jury of 3 native Berlin landscape architects and 1 Australian.

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The hill of Teufelsberg in Berlin is constructed from the rubble of bombed WW2 buildings. It has had a series of developments throughout its history ranging from a now-abandoned Cold War American listening post that comprises most of its current infrastructure, and subsequent abandoned or incomplete projects such as a ski ramp and a transcendental meditation hotel. No humans have placed seeds on this mountain, and all trees have grown through successional ecologies. Despite its vegetation comprising primarily weeds, the resulting aesthetic is still entrancing enough for thousands of people to visit daily.

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Materials: With this background in mind, Emergent Ecologies seeks to reactivate lost parts of the site’s infrastructure using materials found on-site, hinting at its varied history of infrastructure projects.

Planting: All planting incorporates successional ecological planting, allowing its vegetation to grow from pioneer weed species all the way up to invasive trees such as Ailanthus altissima.

Program: Its chief current recreational use is for people to explore its abandoned nooks and crannies. The project enhances this unique activity through the cutting and opening of space in the physical outcomes of the design: designated viewing platforms in response to illegal climbers of the listening post (A), recycled metal platforms to allow exploration of the swamp (B), and the

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ROAD DOWN HILL opening of a restricted part of the post as a successive ecology ‘gallery’ (C).

Aims: 1. creating resilient ecologies by designing environments for successional processes.

PATH TOWARDS STATION 2. maintaining and augmenting human access and recreation within site, both to develop ecologies that can survive with high human activity and to maintain the current chief use of site for recreation.

SITE PHOTOS EXISTING CONDITIONS Left: Crumbling Terraces (A), as seen from roof of nearby abandoned cubbyhouse.

Demonstrates the intended sensation of being amongst the treetops of the proposed Terraces.

Centre: Swamp Platforms (B), as seen from edge of existing concrete wall. Note the thick microferns lying on the surface of the water, rendering it invisible.

Right: Succession Room (C) seen from within. Of note are the two doors visible in frame, the extensive darkness, and the gradient of light.

KEY MATERIALS Left: metal girders found in south of site to be reused in construction of climbing platforms and stairs in the Crumbling Terraces (A), and the platforms in Swamp Platforms (B).

Right: example of discarded metal sheets found around site.

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CRUMBLING TERRACES | A Crumbling Terraces are a new addition built on the cuts of rubble on the north of the site. It recycles metal girders currently unused and in a heap in the south of the site to create 8m+ terraces looking out over the Grunewald forest and north towards the west side of the city of Berlin. Their form is inspired by the metal girders found on the north-east of the main building at Teufelsberg that can be scaled illegally. The experiences of both climbing the ex-listening post and climbing up the remains of treehouses from a previous development inspired the west side of the terraces, where visitors can scale the terraces in a similar way to the building which is now largely unsafe for public use. The view from the tops of both

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the treehouse and the main building also inspired the creation of these terraces. Each one is constructed to the same height but begin at different heights on the steep slope, meaning that people’s heads are level with different parts of the trees on the neighbouring slope, allowing for different experiences of the canopy. The terraces are segmented rather than joined in order to encourage a longer experience of each height of the canopy, before returning to ground level in order to move to the next terrace. Under each terrace is a jumble of plants which will be growing completely spontaneously, as the raw rubble beneath the topsoil will be exposed from the cuts. The ecologies within this site will be less diverse than the ones

elsewhere as their microclimate is less limited than the Succession Room (C) for instance. The terrace floors act as a stop for most of the trees to develop too far, in a less strict way to the Succession Room (C). Decay and entropy is encouraged to maintain its nature as a postindustrial ruin rather than a manicured classical ruin. This manifests in an architectural maintenance schedule: when holes form in the terrace due to the rusting of the grates, they are to be maintained, but fences are intended to be built around them to maintain access by children, the visually impaired, the drunk and for general safety. This will cultivate an aesthetic of nature taking over, but extending it over decades rather than years to allow this decay to become an object of aesthetic attraction for the visitor. The species are mainly later stage successional and grow in nutrient rich soil, such as Chenopodietum stricti, Lactuco-Sisymbrietum altissimi, Artemisietum vulgaris, Sambucas nigra, Acer pseudoplatanus and Acer platanoides.

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SWAMP PLATFORMS (B) The Swamp Platforms are constructed over the now frequently water filled concrete-and-rebar foundations in the south-west.

Similar to the Crumbling Terraces, the experience here is one of exploration enhanced with infrastructure, namely grated panels like the Crumbling Terraces. Rusted barrels from site will be relocated here too and filled with rubble. This area offers a more

contemplative and slow form of exploration, more similar to the succession room than the Crumbling Terraces but even slower as it directs people to dead ends and places to sit. It offers a crucial difference to the Succession Room and the Crumbling Terraces in its biology as the aforementioned sites are havens for exotic, invasive species, while the Swamp Platforms is more for

native species. Herbert Sukopp mentions in “The soil, flora, and vegetation of Berlin’s wastelands” that “Within moist sites, native trees and shrubs prevail which, under natural conditions, belong to the deciduous forests of great species diversity found on soils rich in nutrients”. Such species include Norway Maple (Acer platanoides), Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus), Elder (Sambucus nigra), Aspen (Populus tremula) and Grey and Goat Willows (Salix cinerea and s. caprea). These trees are likely to be the ones that fill the deep concrete planters constructed with drains to prevent flooding in the swamp, while the shallow, non-draining planters are likely to develop grass and shrub species such as the arrow-leaved and Flattened Meadow-Grass (Paa angustifolia and P. compressa), Black Bent (Agrostis gigantea), Hawkweeds (Hieracium piloselia and others), Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), or Bush-Grass (Calamagrostis epigeios).

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SUCCESSION ROOM | C The Succession Room redesigns the currently empty bottom floor of a building only accessible with a tour guide. Its current low light makes it a good environment to experiment with adding sources of light in gradients to create different microclimates. Having a diversity of microclimates has many benefits for designing resilient ecologies. The phenomenological qualities of this design are inspired by the oppressive darkness experienced within this room and the contrasting relief of light pouring in from the two doors.

This site has a recreationally low function and offers a more quick experience by walking through the room and sensing different levels of light and different ecologies emerging as a result of them. The

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compositional focus is a tree growing through the roof in the area of most intense sunlight, and may serve as a stopping point for longer visits for groups or individuals relaxing. Short walls exaggerate moments of shade to allow for a full diversity of ecosystems to emerge, especially fungal ecosystems founded upon logs recycled from the nearby Grunewald forest. Retaining the rest of the roof rather than removing all of it is intentional, as this prevents the final stage of European successional ecologies to develop - thick forest - as their heights are limited, giving smaller plants better chances.

Rather than using traditional ongoing maintenance, the Succession Room utilises the existing architecture as a form of ‘maintenance’,

allowing diverse, non-forest ecologies to emerge. Species include lower-nutrient ones such as Bromo-Corpispermetum, Berteroetum incanae, Festuca trachphylla, Robinia pseudacacia, lycium, Poas such as Tussilaginetum, Chelidonio-Robinietum and Chenopodietum botryos. Over time, and in higher sun and nutrient spots, species such as Chenopodietum stricti and Artemisietum vulgaris will likely appear. The tree in the centre of the room is likely to be a hardy pioneer species such as Ailanthus altissima. The form of the room and the short walls built inside was decided through iterative testing against radiation tests seen overleaf.

First iteration Iterations 2-8 Final iteration

Successional room: iterations of spacial configuration determined by maximum range of sunlight exposure, ensuring high variation in resident ecologies.

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SUCCESSION ROOM PLAN AND SECTION Drainage channel Ledges Full walls Spontaneous tree filling gap in roof (likely Ailanthus altissima) Bromo-Corpispermetum, lycium, Poas such as Tussilaginetum, Ailanthus altissima.

SCALES: 1:75 Berteroetum incanae, Festuca trachphylla + plants from

Robinia pseudacacia, Chelidonio-Robinietum + plants from

Chelidonio-Robinietum, Chenopodietum botryos + plants from

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HANGING FACADE Background: As part of an architecture class at Tongji University, we were tasked with designing a facade for an existing building in the architecture faculty with no parameters besides using Grasshopper.

Concept: The design of the facade was intended to blend the modern concrete building with its more natural surroundings, chiefly comprising Metasequoia glyptostroboides (Dawn redwood) groves (figure 1).

Currently, the building is surrounded by thick groundcovers around the Dawn redwoods (figure 2). The facade mimics the aesthetic of these groundcovers by elevating them in a series of platforms that are meshed to maximise surface area of plants. Its organic, circular shapes reference the curve of a building diagonally opposite it (the red brick building in top right of figure 2, with the project building in the centre), while the size of the shading meshes are determined by the amount of sunlight received. A large amount is shaded due to the building’s high exposure to sun in summer. Finally, the mesh pattern also serves to allow students and tutors to place plant pots inside the squares closest to the windows. This was due to observations of the plant pot culture at Shanghainese universities, with many available window spaces being used for plant pots tended communally (figure 3). Through these features, the facade integrates aesthetically and culturally with its context while providing practical shading for the building.

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LIFELINES Background: This project is sited specifically at Murumbeena station, redeveloping Aspect Studio’s recent Caulfield to Dandenong Level Crossing Removal.

It acknowledges the strengths of the previous design while incorporating criticism of it, namely that could have been more community engagement in the design process, and that the design outcome could have better reflected community needs. The project instead researched community needs and determined that an ecologically focused green space was most desired, and then incorporated urban planning frameworks for both Melbourne and Murumbeena to focus the design.

Note: The documentation drawings are divided into three areas; only 1 is shown for the sake of portfolio.

RESEARCH Biodiversity and community in balance: A number of objectives of the project, as outlined in the Urban Design Framework (UDF) can be explored and delivered through engaging and utilising the existing open space of the site.

Increasing biodiversity, engaging with the community, providing multifunctional spaces and engaging with heritage are just some of the objects outlined in the document. Engaging with biodiversity through creating native edible gardens for local residents and education purposes engages with what the community is seeking. A local community group voiced their eagerness, explaining, ‘we believe this is a great opportunity for wildlife corridors & edible plants… community gardens and open space for imaginative educational play’.

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Health and wellbeing is at 3rd place on the list of residents’ values which translates to the 1st priority of the space used being sporting reserves; in contrast, there is zero dedicated open space for ‘refuge for native plants and animals’. While the parks offer a hybrid purpose of space for animals and space for humans, the nature of parks often exaggerates the hyper-selective effects urban environments have on certain animals such as possums, noisy miners, and foxes. By these standards, a dedicated space for biodiversity to flourish is missing from the area while the demand for one is not.

• many strips of garden bordering roads or trainline (E) and • fauna-orientated design such as possum ladders between trees (F).

Not only can these sites be improved on by more creative use of water or different/ intensified vegetative styles, but there are further opportunities not currently identified.

These opportunities are • vertical gardens, planter boxes and climbing plants on the pylons themselves (G) • wetlands either side and under the bike path that cuts under the line immediately south of the car park (H) • denser planting of the existing trees at (C) • community gardens around the columns seen near (G).

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EXISTING CONDITIONS The site at the Murrumbeena elevated trainline features existing attempts at creating ecological growth such as • swales (A) • mulched areas beneath trainline pylon outlet pipes (B) • trees planted in otherwise wide open grass (C) • intensely planted shrubs and grasses in a feature area (D)

FUNCTIONAL PLAN DESCRIPTION & ILLUSTRATIVE SITE PLAN (A) DISTINCT AREAS This project is composed of four parts, with the primary focus of biodiversity and the secondary focuses of WSUD and community design: 1. Wetlands This was chosen due to the natural slope surrounding the entire site, with a gully likely to have run through the bike path to the south-east of Murrumbeena carpark. It was also chosen as wetlands can be a hotspot for biodiversity, and is an example of WSUD by storing and regulating large amounts of water ephemerally, integrating with existing drainage on-site. Mallanbool Reserve, located in Murrumbeena too, features an “ephemeral water treatment wetland” which “reflects some of the original landscape character of Glen Eira when there were numerous low lying swamps and River Red Gum woodland”. This can be taken as a precedent for site in terms of EVC (River Red Gum/ swamp) as well as topography and hydrology.

It features an ephemeral wetland on a slope and has a strong focus on the priority of native animals. Planting River Red Gums will help restore Glen Eira’s EVC, which is even more important since the construction of the skyrail project. Lorimer reports that of the existing trees near site: “Some of the crowns appear to have deteriorated. The undated state government document titled ‘Caulfield to Dandenong Level Crossing Removal Project Tree Retention Summary Report’ from 2015 or 2016 indicates that at Carnegie, an effort would be made to retain the larger River Red Gums ‘where possible’. At Murrumbeena station, the report indicates that at least one large Rived Red Gum would be removed and for the others, ‘Their viability will be monitored and assessed as construction progresses’. The report indicates that the anticipated tree losses at Murrumbeena station relate to the storage of machinery used for the construction.

The continued biodiversity and heritage values of the stands of River Red Gums at the railway stations will depend on how many trees die as a result of the construction work. Damage to eucalypt roots can take several years or more to kill a River Red Gum, often in times of stress such as prolonged dry weather.”

Despite some trees surviving, it is hard to tell whether these are dead internally. The need to renew the area’s River Red Gum population is heightened as a result, and has been incorporated into the wetland planting palette.

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vegetation. The layout of the diverse tree species to be planted along the site can take inspiration from a ‘strip of indigenous vegetation (or revegetation) along the Sandringham Railway Line in Elsternwick’ which is ‘functioning for some species as a wildlife corridor (as evidenced by Spotted Pardalotes observed moving along the strip, despite the absence of any other suitable habitat in Elsternwick).’ The creation of this kind of habitat is supported by Lorimer: ‘Scrubby indigenous undergrowth... can provide cover and a feeding ground for small insectivorous birds of the undergrowth (e.g. White-browed Scrubwrens) as long as the birds feel safe from humans, pets and other potential predators. Birds do not feel safe if

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These respond to the feedback raised where residents felt that community gardens were lacking. Their secondary aim is to bolster biodiversity through the diverse flowers and shelter that the edible plants will provide.

a) The ephemeral wetlands. The water obtained from nearby pylons and slopes will be drained naturally using existing (D-a) and proposed (D-b) topography. b) The community garden. The water obtained from the existing swale to the south-east of the site (D-c) as well as the nearby pylons will be pumped through the existing pipes in the swale and through proposed underground pipes from the pylons (D-d) and into the community gardens.

3. To directly reuse the water currently not used that goes down the pipes inside the pylons.

2. Drainage The priorities of the drainage scheme are as follows (in order): 1. To provide maximum permeable surface.

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These planters will run up the sides of columns and sit around their bases, aiming to increase biodiversity through the creepers, vine and other plants able to grow there that are harder to grow throughout the site. Their secondary aim is related to WSUD by storing and slowing water that enters the site via the train track runoff above.

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3. To give residents a more immediate forest. Current plants are in early stages and are generally slow growing. This palette incorporates use of Acacias and Solanum laciniatum for the early stages of the planting scheme, which are fast-growing but short lived. This will be succeeded by slower growing native plants such as Melaleuca and Eucalyptus, whose growth is especially slow due to the inability to find readily available mature trees of these species, so these will have to start as tubes and grow off-site until ready.

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FUNCTIONAL PLAN DESCRIPTION & ILLUSTRATIVE SITE PLAN 3. Material 2. Understorey The priorities of the materials are as follows (in order): 1. To align with the drainage priorities and to therefore maximise permeable surfaces. Where possible, surfaces should be entirely permeable (a secondary reason for using a dirt rather than paved path in the biodiversity forest (M-a)), or where hard surfaces are necessary (for wheelchair or other pedestrian access), measures have been taken to make them as permeable as possible.

2. To fit in with the character of the site and suburb. The new paths are therefore brick.

(C) POLICY-DRIVEN DECISIONS 1. Climate change The City of Melbourne outlines some of its key demands of open space in the Climate Change Adaptation Strategy Refresh 2017: “Retaining water in the urban environment, expanding our green spaces, installing temporary shade spaces and increasing our tree canopy all help to cool our municipality. Many of these initiatives also help reduce flash flooding risks.”

These have helped inform our secondary focuses for the project.

1. Water is retained through the increased permeable landscape such as the extensive wetland in the west of the site and the planters on the concrete columns which decrease and slow the amount of water reaching the ground. The wetland also goes under the existing concrete path, further increasing permeable and water retaining surface.

2. Expanding our green space is addressed on a fixed-boundary site by designing vertically up the columns.

3. Tree canopy is increased with the small dedicated forests.

4. Shade space is dealt with by growing trees of different species with different growth rates. Despite acacias’ short life spans, they grow rapidly and help to fill the underwhelming visual gap that currently exists on site, and can be replaced with longer-term trees once the current trees have gained maturity.

In order to reach our goal of increasing biodiversity, Melbourne’s Nature in the City Strategy is a key resource to refer to. They mention that one of the most crucial developers of habitat is increasing understorey plants.

“Understorey plants live below the tree canopy and include small trees, shrubs, vines and grasses. This layer of plants is a key contributor to a healthy ecosystem and provides particularly important habitat for small birds and insects. For example, a recent study of insects in Melbourne found species richness was four times higher in under-storey habitat than in lawn. By increasing the area of resilient and low maintenance native shrubs and grasses, habitat availability will be increased, higher levels of biodiversity supported, and a more interesting landscape for humans created.”

1. Running Postman (Kennedia Prostata), a common creeper species around Melbourne but which has died out due to stiff competition from weeds that fill a similar niche and the absence of fire which assists in its regeneration.

2. Clustered Bush-pea (Pultenaea dentata), a low, damp, heathy shrub.

3. Tiny Duckweed (Wolffia australiana), a minute floating species.

These can appear on almost any waterbody if visited by waterbirds as they spread it. While not rare or endangered per se, their presence is at the whim of water levels, and as a result the addition of a wetland on site will help regulate their populations. It cannot be planted, but its habitat is accommodated by providing wetlands.

This is often a neglected stratum of planting and is neglected on-site.

Currently, there exist only short strappy grasses or shade-tolerant plants for the lowest stratum, and trees which are not mature. The middle size of shrubs and bushes is not existent, giving us an opportunity to fill it.

Not only does this increase biodiversity substantially, it also has an effect on culture and the character of a given area.

“One of the highly visible actions will be to create and establish an iconic combination of understorey plant species to both reflect and define the unique character of Melbourne, similar to the defining role of bluestone pitchers and stainless steel street furniture in parts of the municipality.”

ASPECT had a similar process behind their choice of red and brown bricks for their concrete benches near the Murrumbeena station, choosing it to reflect a significant artist who had lived in the area.

Plants indigenous to Glen Eira would be sufficient to build this character. However, the region also has a few candidates similar to ASPECT’s artist:

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New vegetation in planters

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Proposed bridge spanning ephemeral swale

Proposed rock swale edging Most water redirected to edible garden

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Trees Eu Al BuSp LeLa Me Ba Sy Ci Da Po

Eucalyptus camaldulensis Allocasaurina verticillata Bursaria spinosa Leptospermum laevigatum Melaleuca ericifolia Backhousia citriodora Syzygium anisatum Citrus australasica Davidsonia pruriens Podocarpus elatus

River Red Gum Drooping Sheoak Sweet Bursaria Coast Tea-tree Swamp Paperbark Lemon Myrtle Aniseed Myrtle Native Finger Lime Davidsons Plum Plum Pine

12-50m x 15-20m 4-11m x 3-6m 4-6m x 2-4m 2-8m x 2-4m 2-9m x 3m 3-20m x 1-5m 10-35m x 5-8m 2-7m x 2-5m 5-10m x 2-4m 8-12m x 2-5m

100L 200L 200L 200L 200L 100L 100L 14cm 14cm 16.5cm

18 3 4 5 5 3 5 4 4 3

Medium to large shrubs AcLo Acacia longifolia AcPa Acacia paradoxa LeCo Leptospermum continentale So Solanum laciniatum Oz Ozothamnus turbinatus Ta Tasmannia lanceolata

Coast Wattle Hedge Wattle Prickly Tea-tree Large Kangaroo Apple Coast Everlasting Mountain Pepper

1-3m x 4-8m 2-4m x 2-5m 1-4m x 1-2m 1-3m x 1-3m 2-3m x 1-3m 1.5-5m x 1-2.5m

14cm 14cm 14cm 14cm 14cm (tube) 14cm (tube)

8 5 8 3 4 3

Small Shrubs Ep Epacris impressa In Indigofera australis Go Goodenia ovata Bo Bossiaea cinerea LeMy Leptospermum myrsinoides CoQu Coprosma quadrifida Au Austromyrtus dulcis

Common Heath Austral Indigo Hop Goodenia Showy Bossiaea Heath/ Silky Tea Tree Prickly Currant Bush Midyim Berry

50cm-1.5m x 20-60cm 1-2m x 1-2m 1-2m x 1-3m 1-2m x 1-2m 50cm-2.5m x 1m 2-4m x 1-1.5m 0.5-1m x 0.5-1m

14cm 14cm (tube) 14cm 14cm (tube) 14cm (tube) 14cm (tube) 14cm

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Wildflowers WaCo Wahlenbergia communis WaSt Wahlenbergia stricta Li Linum marginale Ke Kennedia prostrata Ca Carpobrotus rossii

Tufted Bluebell Tall Bluebell Native Flax Running Postman Pigface

15-50cm x 15-40cm 20-30cm x 10-20cm 30-80cm x 30cm Prostrate, 1-2.5m Prostrate, 1-3m

14cm (tube) 14cm (tube) 14cm (tube) 14cm (tube)

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Climbers Ha Bi Cl Co Ru

Hardenbergia violacea Billardiera scandens Clematis microphyllia Comesperma volubile Rubus parvifolius

Purple Coral-pea Common Appleberry Small-leaved Clematis Love Creeper Small-leaf Bramble

Climber Climber Climber Climber Climber

14cm (tube) 14cm (tube) 14cm (tube) 14cm (tube) 14cm (tube)

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Grasses Di Fi Ju Lo Mi ArMi ArSt

Dianella laevis Ficinia nodosa Juncus pallidus Lomandra longifolia Microlena stipoides Arthropodium milleflorum Arthropodium strictum

Pale Flax-lily Knobby Club-sedge Pale Rush Spiny-headed Mat-rush Weeping Grass Pale Vanilla Lily Chocolate Lily

30-80cm x 50cm 50cm-1.5m x 60cm-2m 50cm-2.3m x 30cm-1m 90cm-1.2m x 1-1.2m Sterns to 1m x 30-60cm 0.3-1m x 0.3-0.4m 30-60cm x 20-80cm

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Berry Saltbush Swamp Daisy Yellow Bulbine-lily Common Everlasting Warrigal Greens Rainbow Parsley Native Basil

10-30cm x 1-3m 10-30cm x 20cm 20-60cm x 30cm 10-30cm x 50cm-1m 20-50cm x 40-70cm 0.5-1m x 20-50cm 0.4-0.5m x 0.3-0.4m

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Groundcovers At Atriplex semibaccata Br Brachyscome cardiocarpa BuBu Bulbine bulbosa Ch Chrysocephalum apiculatum Te Tetragonia tetragonioides Oe Oenanthe javanica Pl Plectranthus graveolens *Bold indicates edible plant

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Lifelines Drawing Status: Draft Client Name: Level Crossing Removal Authority

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PLANTING PALETTE EXCERPT: TREES, MEDIUM-LARGE SHRUBS

Eucalyptus camaldulensis

Allocasaurina verticillata

Bursaria spinosa

Leptospermum laevigatum

Melaleuca ericifolia

Backhousia citriodora

River Red Gum

Drooping Sheoak

Sweet Bursaria

Coast Tea-tree

Swamp Paperbark

Lemon Myrtle

Prefers deep, damp, and heavy soils.

Well-drained soils, prefers full sun, suitable as a screen or hedge.

Tolerates dryness, full sun or part shade, suitable as a screen or hedge, valuable habitat tree.

Well-drained soil, full sun or part shade, tolerates dryness once established, suitable as a screen or hedge

Requires moist soils, tolerates dryness once established, excellent hedging tree.

Dry to moist moderate drainage, container growing, sunny to half shade

Attracts birds, frogs, butterflies.

Attracts bees, birds, butterflies, other insects.

Attracts birds, butterflies.

Attracts birds.

Attracts birds.

Attracts birds, butterflies.

Syzygium anisatum

Citrus australasica

Davidsonia pruriens

Podocarpus elatus

Acacia longifolia

Acacia paradoxa

Aniseed Myrtle

Native Finger Lime

Davidsons Plum

Plum Pine

Coast Wattle

Hedge Wattle

Well-drained to moist moderate drainage, container growing, sunny to half shade, windbreak.

Well-drained, sunny to light shade, container growing.

Well drained to moist moderate drainage, sunny to half shade, container growing.

Deep, well-drained soils, sunny to half shade.

Tolerates dry conditions, prefers full sun.

Adapts to all soils, full sun or part shade, may be pruned for hedging.

Attracts bees, butterflies, other insects.

Attracts birds.

Attracts birds, other insects.

Attracts bees, birds, butterflies, other insects.

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Attracts birds.

Attracts birds.

MATERIALS - PYLONS 1. Uses for columns The existing concrete columns support the train tracks and nothing else.

In other projects with similar concrete columns (such as the Underline), they are used as canvases for artists or with wayfinding markers, sometimes combining the two to make aesthetically pleasing directional symbols (figure 1). The project touts its main aims as being to “create a mobility corridor that integrates transit, car, biking and walking” and “provide a 10-mile canvas for artistic expression”; their focus on art for the columns is to be expected.

level of the second highest planter. A similar spot can be seen on the right hand side of the highest planter (figure 3 (B)). By manipulating gaps in solar radiation, even more diverse ecologies can be produced, creating better habitats for fauna and more interesting sights for residents and visitors.

5. Habitat creation Figure 1

Figure 4: south side of column

2. Columns as an opportunity As our primary objective is to improve biodiversity through habitat creation, these columns are better appropriated as biodiversity towers, similar to the intensification of habitat in the Supertrees of Gardens by the Bay, Singapore.

Planting vertically is a lateral solution to the issue of dogs and their proximity to native fauna mentioned in the policy introduction. Such columns will become hotspots for the smaller birds that require dense shrubs to hide from aggressive larger birds such as Rainbow Lorikeets, compounding the effects of the dense forest.

3. Diverse ecologies The opportunity for diverse ecologies specifically to emerge is present in making use of the columns and the different heights attainable by levelled planters and orientations as they wrap around the columns. This allows us to plant a diversity of plants around depending on the level and which side it is facing. For instance, plants facing the harsher and more exposed north-west side will be able to be heat-tolerant native grasses and succulents, while the south-east sides of the columns can be planted with more shade-seeking lush plants. Higher levels will receive higher levels of shade from the trainline overhead for more of the day, and as a result will generally be more shade tolerant too, creating a non-uniform planting palette in both the x and y axes around the column. This is explored further in the sun analysis overleaf.

6. Engineering Without exact load specifications given by a structural engineer, it is impossible to determine the exact volumes of soil and dimensions of planters that can be fixed to the sides of these columns. However, it should still be possible while erring on the side of lightweightedness.

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7. Planter edges The edges of the raised planters will be galvanised steel in order to withstand the constant moisture of the beds. It is the one compromise we are making for the sake of maintenance in an otherwise sustainably resourced design. This should be thick enough to retain an average of 200mm of soil plus shrubs in a 500mm thick bed. The grey of the steel will also blend in with the existing grey concrete slabs, allowing the greens and browns of the planting scheme to contrast more vibrantly.

4. Radiation analysis An interesting finding from this analysis was that the exposed northern side of the column actually has notable shading from the trainline overhead just between the highest and second highest planters (figure 3 (A)). The base of this planter is still exposed (denoted by the orange colouration), however, but this creates an opportunity to plant vines on wires from underneath the highest planter to just above the planting

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Figure 3: north side of column

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8. Lightweight soil If a mix similar to Fytogreen Australia’s rooftop garden system is used, it can be expected to maintain shrubs in soil of a depth of 200mm and

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MATERIALS - PYLONS supporting a weight of 240kg/sqm. This composition is 50% washed sand, 40% Hydrocell flakes and 10% composted organic matter. Due to the sandy nature of the soil, plants that do well in such environments should be considered. This should not be difficult as the current on-site soil is on the sandier side of the spectrum.

9. Planter beds The uniqueness of each column typology will stem mainly from its planter bed ecologies. There are two columns that stand on the hill between two wetlands.

These columns are integrated with the wetlands by having a sloped retaining edge, allowing a much more dramatic draining action especially during a weather event. The planter edges will be made of galvanised steel for the wetland planter beds in order to maintain durability in the face of heavy waterflow. By creating a subtly suggestive path of stepping stones towards the planters, children are encouraged to play near them and are given the opportunity for imaginative play with ‘sunken’/ ‘ruined’ planters. The planters themselves will act as a reasonable barrier between children and fauna.

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This is in contrast with the typical pylon and community garden planter beds constructed out of timber sleepers.

The typical pylon beds are a 500mm offset from the column, retaining their stretched hexagonal form in plan view. This space will feature diverse plants ranging up to tall shrubs that are aimed at attracting birds and insects.

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Meanwhile, the beds around the community garden columns are integrated with the other beds around there, having the same heights to maintain accessibility by mobility-impaired visitors. Their form is a larger, rectangular offset from the columns in order to accommodate trees and taller/ thicker plants that bear edible fruit. Care must be taken with the treatment of these sleepers, as some treatments (such as copper chrome arsenic/ CCA) are toxic and can be dissolved into soil and concentrated in fruit.

Left: Hydrological diagram. Water flows through main inlet pipe (A), then out of each of the side pipes (B) and down through a secondary drain (C) until it is in line with the next terrace (D). The water then is able to drip down the wall (E), allowing moss to grow over time and reclaim the concrete for ‘nature’ while irrigating the lower terraces and drastically increasing water flow capacity. It finally ends up in the lowest planter box (F) where it is able to seep back into groundwater and be redirected to the main drainage system on-site.

Right: Atmospheric diagram

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Existing hydrological systems are not immediately apparent but are likely to include a pipe leading from the train tracks (1) to a reservoir (2) at the base of the column, with double grates on one side of the column (3).

This intervention should be constructed from the top-down to prevent lower parts getting in the way of scaffolding or ladders. Water quality should be monitored through this process as it is likely that concrete from renovation (which is alkaline) can contaminate the water in the existing and proposed pipe systems. The existing lower vertical pipe (4) and drain openings (5)should be removed or filled with concrete to assist in structural support and allow the horizontal pipe (6) to be placed and redirect flow. This new pipe has two openings in equal size to the existing ones to preserve water volume for flow calculations.

Stage 2 looks at adding in the planter boxes (7) from the top down, with the pipes from the highest to second highest levels being added at this stage too (8).

The final stage adds the retained garden bed (9) to the bottom of the column in whichever shape and material it is meant to be, determined by location.

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CONCRETE FOLDS Background: This project required the design of any object to be implemented on a rooftop at RMIT, surrounded on 3 sides by concrete buildings.

Object function: T.C.L’s rooftop garden site is composed of angular wooden forms (figure 1) that align to incoming rays of sun that fall around the surrounding buildings. This is in order to provide consistent sun year round. However, this method results in a binary of light and shadow ; there is nowhere for softer light/ scattered sunlight that is found in a more naturalistic setting such as beneath the canopy of a tree. Concrete Folds is intended to be both used as shelter for the many groups that use the site for studying and relaxation during the week and an object of attention for people looking from windows in adjacent buildings.

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Materials: Concrete fabric with mesh wire as support (figure 2). White concrete was chosen due to its material relevance to the site context; it connects the hardwoodheavy site back to the tall concrete buildings surrounding it (figure 3). Fabric was also chosen due to the exposed nature of the roof; the rippled texture of the fabric gives the sense that the concrete is morphing from the ever-present wind. Viewed from above through a window in an adjacent building, the form would appear to be a floating piece of soft white fabric, providing visual relief from the synthetic turf, hardwood, and brightly coloured metallic furniture.

Precedent: Engineer Heinz Isler’s lightweight concrete shells (figure 4) acted as precedent for the weightless concrete technique, while Anselm Kiefer’s artworks inspired the rawer exposed-rebar aesthetic (figure 5).

Methodology: A feedback loop was established between digital and analog modelling to digitally push the limits of form and allow rapid iteration while testing these forms against the limits of the materials I was working with.

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METHODOLOGY 1. Wire mesh

5. Concrete, fabric, wire mesh

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Jackson Hill

ENVIRONMENTS ASSIGNMENT 3 Drawing Status: Draft

Date: 22-May-18 Sheets: 6 Project #: 3 Sheet Name:

MOULD BOX - PLAN

PLAN SCALE 1:25 @ A4

CUT 1200MM X 90MM X 30MM UNTREATED STUCTURAL PINE

WHITE CONCRETE LAID OVER MESH IN <1CM THICKNESS

WIRE MESH EITHER STAPLED OR POKED THROUGH FABRIC EDGES TO HOLD FABRIC TAUT WHITE FABRIC LAID OVER TARPAULIN

TARPAULIN

CNC ROUTED FOAM MOULD OF NEGATIVE SPACE OF FORM ON WHICH TO BASE CONCRETE

LS05 09

MOULD - EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC OVERVIEW RENDER

ISOMETRIC NOT TO SCALE

CONCRETE FOLDS | 46

Landscape Architecture Portfolio Solo projects - concept, design and execution by Jackson Hill

RMIT University, Melbourne Tongji University, Shanghai Currently living in Sydney