The city as a project by M.J.Akram

The City As A Project: Curating The Urban fabric

University Of Salford

Module Title: Design Studio 3A

Student: @005583280

Module Leader: Dr Athena Moustaka

Due date: 02/12/2022

City As An Accumulation Of Things

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Crossing Manchester

Manchester

House Canal Street Arden University Manchester Central Library Northern railway Station St peters Square Oxford Street

Manchestercar park

Market street Manchester Crown Court Minshull Street Manchester Reform Synagogue

Site surroundings and

Manchester

Royale Chinatown

Heron

Chinatown

Chinatown Manchester

Green spacestrees, plants, Lake/river 1:5000

spaces

site During the day During the night 1250 750 250 Population Density Minshull St St Peter Square Oxford street Manchester Crown Court Chinatown Manchester Site Map

Green

around

Population density in different area of the site

Plants

their Lifecycle P H O T O S Y N T H E S I S

season Spring/Summer season Autumn season Winter season Lifecycle- growth and healing Rain/water nutrients Flowers: Food for pollinators Pollinators aid flora reproduction Bees produce honey Leaves filter air pollutants Social: Boost mood Recreation Aesthetic faster empathy Improves relationship sense of community Supporting grass and shrubs Shelter + habitat for animals Water infiltration Roots: Water filtration Soil creation Stormwater management Groundwater recharge Erosion prevention Shade and temperature control Green roof: Extended habitat Increased insulation Stormwater management Building marketability Carbon sequestration Eco-system provided from a tree

and

Growth and developments of plants Spring/Summer season Autumn season Winter

Green Transit-Different Areas In Europe

Plants and Urbanization- Precedent studies

Green roofs Sustainable Car Parks GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRAFFIC How to incorporate green solutions on roads, railways and highways (urbanscape architecture.com) Copenhagen, Denmark

Climate condition(temp): 20^C

Watered everyday

Natural daylighting

Artefact- Plants and Urbanization- 5 weeks

Climate condition(temp):10^C

Water

No Natural daylighting Closed with lid

Week 1: The procedure. I put blocks of wood into a mason jar, and poured soil into it with a seed placed inside. This was then watered and placed in room temperature, with natural daylight. I will be observing this everyday and doing the same procedure for 5 weeks .

Week 1: The procedure. I put blocks of wood into a mason jar, and poured soil into it with a seed placed inside. This was then closed with a lid without any water. It is placed where there is no natural lighting and the climate condition is cold. I will be overserving and doing the same procedure for 5 weeks.

Week 2: The seed is starting to grow, a few of the plants are developing very quickly, with natural daylight and water for nutrients, also the jar is open for oxygen. Also, it is in room temperature.

Week 2: The inside was started to get humid and there is a root growing inside, a slow development compared to the other artefact. No water, No light and no oxygen as lid is closed. Also, the temperature is cold at 10^C.

Before After

Week 3: soil is moist and the plants are still developing. They are growing a lot quicker, however, the plants are bending slightly.

Week 3: The soil is slightly moist due to humidity inside. The plants are growing, but a slow procedure. The plants are more stable.

Week 4: soil is moist and the plants are still developing. The plants have increased in height, and they are healthy.

Week 5: In the final week, we have discovered that plants need plenty of fresh air and nutrients for it to develop and grow healthily. The plants is visually pleasing and they are pretty quick to grow.

Week 4: The soil is quite moist due to humidity inside. The plants have grown, where some have fully developed. However, some have died but, there is still some plants inside that is still growing and is still being developed.

Week 5: In the final week, surprisingly after livening in harsh conditions the plants grew near to the same speed as the other. However, due to harsh conditions some of the plants died, nevertheless there is still plants growing and some regenerating.

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5

Open for oxygen and to breath No

Constructing/Contextualising

Precedent Studies

Solar Forest- Neville Mars Moss walls/roofs Green bays

Development: Sketches and Models

Iteration One Iteration Two Iteration Three

Final Iteration Ground floor, scale-1:500 First floor, scale-1:500 Site view, scale-1:500 Elevation A-A, scale-1:500 Elevation B-B, scale-1:500 Section A-A, scale-1:500 Section B-B, scale-1:500 Sketches of the final iteration 3D Models 3D Models