Liverpool Ropewalks Site Analysis & Project Brief

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Liverpool Ropewalks Site Analysis

Taonga Nyimbili

Figure 1. Fusion Fleet Street Liverpool Ropewalks Urban Study

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Taonga Nyimbili Site Investigation In Collaboration With: Wing Chung Tam Mark Ferrill Daniel Critcher Lukaso Duzda Yaki Yeung Elinda Garrido

The University of Huddersfield Architecture BA Hons THA 1841 Design Studio 6: Culture Contecxt Place

Editor: Taonga Nyimbili

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Contents

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1 Introduction Location Map Liverpool Introduction Liverpool Ropewalks Site Location

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Site Forces Siteplan Ropewalks Site Forces Lynch Analysis

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Aspect & Prospect Aspect & Prospect Images

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Microclimate & Environment Geology Microclimate

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Seel Street Images Slater Street Site Section Slater Street Images

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Architectural Expression Local Building Types Proportions of Building Types Materials Old Ropewalks Materials New Ropewalks Summary Door Decorations & Details Stairs Sound Aspect

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Conclusion Genuis Loci Bibliography

Legal & Planning

World Heritage Site Planning Listed Buildings Development Schemes Development Schemes Key Land Use Private and Public Spaces

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Services Site Services

7 Circulation Land Use Circulation Vehicular Access & Circulation Pedestrian Access & Circulation Transport

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Physical Surveys Building Heights Massing Topography Seel Street Site Section

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Figure 2. Liverpool on Map By Taonga Nyimbili

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L i v e r p o o l O n The Map Foreword

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Liv e r pool Ropew a l k s Sit e Analysis See l / Slater Str e e t The Site I have chosen for my building proposal is the Liverpool Ropewalks Site Car Park located between Seel Street and Slater street. It is at the heart of the Ropewalks area, close enough to the lively leaisure facilities as well as to the city centre but is also in a quiter area of the town centre area by day. The site has a great balance and great potential for future development.

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Prospect Views of Site

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Figure 46. Pedestrian Circulation By Taonga Nyimbili

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Figure 47. Vehicular Circulation By Taonga Nyimbili

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Figure 48. Transport By Taonga Nyimbili

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Figure 49. Liverpool City Centre Topography

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PHYSICAL SURVEYS

Figure 50. Liverpool Ropewalks Topography

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Figure 51. Liverpool Ropewalks Building Heights Topography By Mark Ferrill

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Figure 52. Liverpool City Centre Topography By Mark Ferrill

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Figure 53. Ropewalks Massing By Taonga Nyimbili

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Figure 54. Ropewalks Topography By Taonga Nyimbili

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Figure 55. Site Section Through Seel Street By Mark Ferrill

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Figure 56,57,58. Seel Street Bars Figure 59,60,61. Seel Street Housing

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Figure 62,63,64. Seel Street Culture

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Figure 65. Site Section Through Slater Street By Mark Ferrill

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Figure 66,67,68. Slater Street Figure 69,70,71. Slater Street Panoramic From Site

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Figure 72,73,74. Slater Street

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Figure 75. Clockworks Wolstenholme Square Liverpool Ropewalks Urban Study

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ARCHITECTURAL EXPRESSION

Figure 76. Arthouse Hotel Off Seel Street

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BUILDING TYPES Liverpool Ropewalks Urban Study

The building type of Ropewalks show on the left side. The colours in the diagram show that the building types in study area are mainly resturants &bars, residential buildings and retails. The different of building types in our area is an interreating part of the character and atmosphere of the area.

The top half building types of Ropewalks are restaurant& bars and retails. The lower part building types of our area are residential building, communal buildings and educational buildings.

Most of retails in this area are beauty salon, clothes shop, tattoo shop. Those vacant lands are develop to car park now.Some residential buildings were adapted to other uses, with ground floors converted to shops as the retail importance of the area grew.

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Figure 77. Building Types By Yaki Yeung

Industrial buildings

Railway Station

Residences

Retails

Restaurants, Bars

Educational buildings

Mix-uses

Commerical buildings

Medical buildings

Communal buildings

Religious buildings

Parking

Vacant lands

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RESTAURANTS, BARS

COMMERICAL

RESIDENCES

RETAILS

COMMUNAL

BUILDING HEIGHT

MIX-USES

MEDICAL

PARKING

INDUSTRIAL

RELIGIOUS

Figure 78. Building Types Data /Montage By Yaki Yeung

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MATERIAL (OLD ROPEWALKS) Liverpool Ropewalks Urban Study

Brick on wall

Brick on ground

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79. Old Ropewalks Materials Photo Montage By Yaki Yeung

MATERIAL (NEW ROPEWALKS)

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Tile

Concrete

Container

Redesign brick

Glass/Glass brick

Refective tile

Figure 80. New Ropewalks Materials Photo Montage By Yaki Yeung

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SUMMARY OF WIDER CONTEXT

The materiality and coulors in the area have considerable variety of different styles in Ropewalks. The material coulor tone of old Ropewalks is dark and most of the materials are bricks. However, the material coulor tone of new Ropewalks is quite Bright , such as Bold Street’s pink wall. The change of Ropewalks materials from bricks wall to concrete, tile or glass bricks. Besides materials, graffiti and paintings which are on pub or coffee shop wall, are the other features of Ropewalks. Some of the regenerated buildings still use the old Ropewalks coulor tone to keep the local culture.

The site analysis of Ropewalks comes to life with the materially and textures of the different facades and surfaces. The study helps us to get a feel for a area in a deeper way, giving greater understanding to the background of Ropewalks

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Figure 81. Ropewalks Graffiti Art Photo Montage By Yaki Yeung

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Figure 82. Doors Photo Montage By Yaki Yeung

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DECORATIONS & DETAILS Liverpool Ropewalks Urban Study

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Figure 83. Decorations & Details Photo Montage By Yaki Yeung

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Figure 84. Stairs Photo Montage By Yaki Yeung

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SITE Liverpool Ropewalks Urban Study

Site Attributes Sits on Seel Street which is known for its lively nightlife.

The site sits beside a student accomodation

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Figure 85. Seel & Slater Street Site Photo Montage By Yaki Yeung

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Due to the site being surrounded by is quiet in the morning. However, noise pollution such as loud music pubs at night however this is only away from the site.

pubs and bars, it there is a bit of locally and noisy heard when further

Ropewalks night(Anightinliverpool, 2017)

Figure 86. Seel & Slater Street Site Photo Montage By Yaki Yeung Figure 87,88,89, Seel Noise Factors By Yaki Yeung

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Figure 90. Soho Bar Fleet Street Liverpool Ropewalks Urban Study

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CONCLUSION

Figure 91. EPIC Apart Hotel Seel Street

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Figure 92. Seel & Slater Street Car Park Liverpool Ropewalks Urban Study

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Ropewalks (The Academy of Urbanism, 2016)

Spirit of Place

Site Character

The site on Ropewalks has a very cultural industrial spririt. With many clubs and bars located on seel street and slater street, the site is at the heartt of a lively district.

The site has a very urban character of the inner city location, with graffiti located in certain areas of the site.

Also the different hues of brickwork with an industrial nature surround the site with what appears to be a Georgian typology of adjacent buildings.

In adition to the cultural identithy of many of the leisure facilities in the proximity of Ropewalks such as the F.A.C.T Cinema and the many shops and boutiques around the site locality, the Ropewalks area has a hipster spirit.

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There is a mixture of styles of buildings in the immediate surrounding area which would allow for a range of materiality choices that would compliment the site architecturally. The average storey height is arround 4 storeys which is fairly low rise and wouldn't be appropriate with a building obscuring views and dominating the immediate skyline or local buildings.

Figure 93,94,95,96. Seel & Slater Street Car Park Charachter

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Figure 97. Seel & Slater Street Car Park Liverpool Ropewalks Urban Study

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