Studio A - Site Analysis
Studio C - Educational Research Centre
Studio B - Enhancing the urban use
Studio A - Site Analysis
Introduction
Site location, Issues and Analysis
-How can we improve people-nature interactions and take advantage of unused urban areas?
-Urban flood mitigation: what are the options?
-The city is planning to replace the industrial area in the north of the Wantij river with a new residential project. In the meantime, the city suffers from a connection problem between the north and south of the Wantij River. What can be done to improve the connection?
Urban ecosystem are a hybrid of natural and man-mad elements whose interaction are affected not only by natural environment, but also by human culture, personal behaviour, politic , economic and social behaviour. (Douglas et al. 2012)
Human are influenced by their environment, environments are influenced by humans. (Hegan,2015)
Dordrecht Natherlands
Floods are one of the major threats to Dordrecht. Cities can be protected from flooding by dikes. However, blocking floods with these dikes is primarily to protect people, but what about other habitats?
We notice that there are less connection between the North side of the river and the West one. Also, with planning of creating more residential area in the north we need more pedestrian connection between the two areas to avoid any segregation in the future. In these picture above we illustrate that city is most interact by the highway and railways. Also, more connectivity inside one community than connecting to other communities which I will look further in my design to create more connection in the future
With the development of urban uses along the Wantij river, people will have more opportunities to connect with nature through the enhancement of urban uses. By creating cycling routes and pedestrian pathways along the river, it is also possible to link tourist sites in the west with natural surroundings in the east.
The park polezone in Westeland Netherlands is a great example of ecological parks. There are a number of key features to this ecological park, including long ecological shorelines, a 1.5 km cycle route winding through the park, 15 plots for new houses, a 2.2 ha spawning pond and a 2.2 ha ecological park where plants can grow
Site Analysis
Site plan initial design
The design concept of the project is to help the city to achieve it gaols and create sustainable community by creating attractive place and well urban use of the area. This way we cold achieve sustainability by creating environmental stimulation to the city to maintain the wild environment and to create social community and to create chance for people to get jobs as well as a part time in the seasonal activities.
Site Analysis
Site plan initial design
Studio B: a green route created to connect the city center with the nature preserve area. Alon the route there are a lot of activities to support the community engament and creat pleasent trios
Studio C: At the end of the route, visitors will engage in different activities in the research educational center
Access to the site can be achieved by biking or walking, which gives the site an advantage.
There are still some issues surrounding the site, such as rerouting the electric towers to give the project more space.
Access to the site from the city can be achieved by pedestrin bridge or trains
With the existing train line and river, the site has various options for access like a ferry stop and the possibility of adding a new train stop.
Since the site is currently a golf yard, the city will purchase it. There is however some work that needs to be done to restore the natural habitat to the site (rewilding)
This project aims to construct with sustainable construction materials with a low environmental impact. Based on the precedent and materials analysis, the project will test 5 different materials to be used to create the final project propsel. These materials will be tested to ensure that they meet the criteria for sustainable construction with a minimal environmental footprint.
The prototype demonstrated how roof slope could be used to create a water harvesting system.
Observing where the water goes is the first step in adjusting the sloop.
After adjusting the slope we can see the result for the picture that the water moved in one direction and we can design the system in that direction.
the project aims to use the rains and the solar energy to run the building or some part of it. This way will help the project to reduce greenhouse emissions and be a sustainable project Rainwater can be used to flush toilets, water plants, and to cisterns. This reduces the amount of water used from the municipal water supply, thus reducing costs and helping the environment. Solar energy can be used to heat water and to power electrical appliances, reducing the need for electricity from the grid. This further reduces costs and emissions.
