The closure of Ditton Brook provides the oppurtunity for repurposing under utilised hydrological systems.
Interrupting the flow of Ditton Brook provides the opportunity for managed riparian wetlands downstream from the dam, which enhance habitat creation + provide a link to the River Mersey.
Water is redirected in to a constructed reed bed system. This provides a clean water resource which forms the basis for the repurposing of the brownfield test site to an ecologically and anthropocentrically diverse system.
REDIRECT + REPURPOSE
Retrofit green roof + green wall infrastructures within Ditton Brook catchment area
Establish bio-swale network as an overlay to existing infrastructure within Ditton Brook catchment area
Diversify agricultural productivity; agroforestry, forest garden + biofuel within Ditton Brook catchment area
Re-vegetation through shelterbelts, woodlands, wetlands within Ditton Brook catchment area
Heterogeneous landscapes
WATERSHED PRESERVATION d s cC a p eT V iIs uO a l ANs s e s s F meU nt N C T I O N F U N C T I O N F LUa nN E D G E C O L O N I S E C O M U N I T Y T Y P O L O G Y F O R M F U N C T I O N P R O C E S S S T A B A L I S E C O L O N I S E E X C A V A T E F I L L P I O N E E R RECHARGE
PHYTOREMEDIATION
OCCUPATION
HABITAT
POPULATE
NOMAD
SUBSISTENCE
OCCUPY
ADAPT
LIVELIHOOD
HETEROGENEITY
FLOW +CAPTURE
RESEARCH
MARKET
SHELTER
HABITAT
UTILISE
RECONTOUR
RELEASE
RECREATION
FARM
LANDFORM
RETENTION
SUCCESSION
RESHAPE
IDENTIFY GROUNDWATER NETWORKS
EXPAND CAPACITY
Existing typologies
POTENTIAL
RECYCLE FIDDLERS FERRY
REFORM
RESHAPE
REMAKE
Existing typologies
ECOSYSTEM PROTOTYPE
Existing typologies
Landscape Design + Detail H Y D R O L O G Y / TO P O G R A P H Y / V E G E TAT I O N
Landscape Design
MA Landscape Architecture RURBAN Exhibition Board
IMPRINT
Hydrology is an unimagined element on the location; constrained, isolated, hidden and disposed of. The test site has the opportunity to be reprogrammed through hydrological changes - Ditton Brook release, Hale Bank angling ponds integration, groundwater, waste water and run-off capture to act as an innovator for RURBAN habitation and productivity.
REPROGRAMME R H S Ta t t o n F l o w e r S h o w Design Competition
Palace View Gardens Design Competition
Electronic Publication
PORTFOLIO S A M P L E R MARCUS FISHER