DESIGN WITH THE NATURE STRIP USING THE IDEA OF THE NATURE STRIP TO INFORM THE OVERALL SHAPE OF THE SUBURB FIRST STARTED WITH A CONTINUATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT EXPRESSED IN FIGURE
58 WHERE THE SUBURB COULD BE A MIX OF 63). THESE DE-
PLANTINGS AND OPEN GRASS (FIGURE
VELOPMENTS ONLY FOCUSED ON THE NATURE STRIP IN ITS CURRENT FORM OF APPROXIMATELY TWO METRES WIDE,
FIGURE 65 - THE DIRECTION OF THE NATURE SHOULD INFORM THE DIRECTION OF THE ROAD
WITH THE CURRENT UNDERSTANDING OF IT FOLLOWING THE ROAD PATTERN.
FIGURE 64 STARTS TO RETHINK THE
NATURE STRIP AS A PUBLIC PARK (SPACE) WHICH COULD
USAGE OF EACH SIZED NATURE STRIP WAS CREATED TO
SURROUND THE HOUSES.
HELP DEFINE THE SPACES.
THE RULES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
A NATURE STRIP LESS THAN FIVE METRE WIDE
- MAJORITY
PLANTINGS AS THE SIZE IS TOO SMALL FOR SAFE PLAY TO HAPPEN
TEN METER WIDTH - PLANTING AND SMALL OPEN SPACES ARE ALLOWED AS THIS SPACE IS BECOMING SIDE ENOUGH FOR BALL SPORTS
FIGURE 63 - LETTING “NATURE” TAKE OVER THE NATURE STRIP
TWENTY METER WIDE NATURE STRIP IS PREDOMINANTLY OPEN WITH TREES ONLY FOR SHADE AND PROTECTION AS THIS SPACE IS LARGE ENOUGH FOR CHILDREN TO PLAY ON
WITH THE USE OF DIFFERENT HOUSING TYPES, AS DESCRIBED IN FIGURE 56, EACH HOUSE HAS A BACKYARD WHICH IS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE NATURE STRIP. THIS IDEA PUT ACROSS THE SITE WOULDN’T REFLECT THE CHARACTER OF THE LOCAL AREA; THEREFORE IT IS MOVING AWAY FROM THE OBJECTIVE OF A LOCAL SPACE.
SAFELY (FIGURE
66 +67).
CHANGING THE WIDTH AND SIZE OF THE NATURE STRIP ALLOWS FOR A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT ACTIVES TO OCCUR ON THIS SPACE (FIGURE
65). A RULE SET FOR THE
FIGURE 64 - OPENING THE BOUNDARY OF PRIVATE/PUBLIC
FIGURE 66 - AS THE NATURE WIDENS THE PLATINGS SPREAD
FIGURE 67 - EXAMPLE OF HOW THE NATURE STRIP WOULD “BREATH” IN AND OUT, CONTROLLING THE ROAD AND DENSITY OF PLATINGS ALLOWING FOR A MULTI OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES
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