03 - analysis of permeability

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UNIVER-CITY @ UNION LAWN ABPL30042_ LANDSCAPE STUDIO_ URBAN OPEN SPACE

MOVEMENT ANALYSIS (PERMEABILITY)_ CAMPUS WIDE

UNION LAWN

PEDESTRIAN CAPACITY

PEDESTRIAN CAPACITY Capacity of People Moving Shoulder-to-Shoulder (Assume average shoulder width of 450mm plus 50mm spacing)

0-10 10-20

UNION LAWN

20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60+

POPULATION INTENSITY SCALE 1:8000

POPULATION INTENSITY Theatre

LECTURE THEATRE PEDESTRIAN

Capacity

200 Berkeley St

206

207 Bouverie St

252

234 Queensberry St

350

757 Swanston St

130

Alan Gilbert

222

Architecture

516

Arts West

866

Babel

237

Baldwin Spencer

160

Botany

135

Chemistry

304

Doug McDonell

348

Elisabeth Murdoch

279

Engineering

336

ERC-132

280

ICT-205

286

Law

365

Land & Environment

120

McCoy

120

Medical

961

Microbiology

264

Old Arts

818

Old Engineering

145

Old Geology

224

Physics

320

Redmond Barry

1010

Richard Berry

404

Sidney Myer Asia Centre

486

The Spot

499

Zoology

134

SCALE 1:5000

UNION LAWN

PEDESTRIAN CAPACITY vs INTENSITY

UNION LAWN

PEDESTRIAN CAPACITY vs INTENSITY

// Increasing the permeability of the site was identified as a major design criteria, in order to determine the underlying issues within the current configuration and assess whether the redesign actually increased permeability it was necessary to analyse the site looking at two major factors - traffic intensity and capacity of corridors. From the figures above it is apparent that the current configuration of the Union Lawn causes major bottlenecks with respect to in-and-outbound traffic from the Redmond Barry and Architecture buildings. The fence and hedge which run along the northern boundary of the space act as a barrier, effectively pushing the majority of the foot traffic to the footpath beyond. This causes large volumes of foot traffic (Redmond Barry has a capacity of 1010 people alone) to be funnelled into quite narrow spaces. It is proposed that with the removal of all the obstructions which frame the Union Lawn, permeability would be greatly improved. SCALE 1:2500

//NIELS UNGER_527241 //TUTOR_SIMONE BLISS


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