R HY T H M O F A ST R E E T
YUSUKE NAKASHIMA UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
RESIDENTIAL STREET AFTER COVID
THESIS PROJECT PROPOSAL
LANDSCAPE AECHITECTURE
IN THIS PROJECT
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HOW WE CHANGED
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WHERE WE NEED TO
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S I NC E T H I S PA N D E M IC
TELEWORK BRINGS N E W L I F E ST Y L E TO US
CHANGE
HOW WE CHANGE THE SUBURB
HOW WE CHANGED S I NC E T H I S PA N D E M IC Because of COVID-19, we have been
From the perspective of companies,
forced to work and study online. It
they also receive a lot of benefit. -
brings a lot of benefits. For example,
One single company can save about
we save time for communiting and
$11,000 per half-time telecommuter
it helps us to manage work-life
per year. Also, workers are able to
balance. Also, many people prefer
cut the cost with similiar quality of
teleworking because they can focus
performance (Gartner CFO Survey,
on working without any interruption
2020) Futhermore, It allow company to
from their colleagues(Owl
hire geographically distributed talent
Labs
State of Remote Work, 2017, American
p. 1
Psychological association, 2020).
(American Psychological association, 2020)
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W HY P E O P L E P R E F E R T E L E W O R K I N G
T E L E WO R K W I L L B E P E R M A N E NT
74%
51%
47%
For work / life balance
For commute
Employees can gain flexibility, save
People choose to work remotely
time, and reduce transportation and
to avoid daily commutes, reduce
post covid-19
some child-care costs. (Owl Labs
workplace distractions and fulfill
at least 5% of their work permanently
State of Remote Work, 2017, American
family care responsibilities (Owl Labs
Psychological association, 2020)
State of Remote Work, 2017)
42%
of CEO expect to previously on-site employs remote
(Gartner CFO Survey, 2020)
S U ITA B L E J O BS F O R T E L E WO R K I N G
For focus
Knowledge workers such as computer programmers who can do most of
In a shared office full of potential
Software Engineer
Data Analysist
Researcher
creating software code, reports or spreadsheets—and people whose
interruptions and deep concentration
productivity is easily monitored, such
on work is hard to do (Owl Labs State of Remote Work, 2017, American Psychological association, 2020)
their work on a laptop—tasks like
Translater
Graphic Designer
Call Center Worker
as insurance claims adjusters or call center workers, are the most likely to telecommute. (American Psychological association,
p. 3
2020)
p. 4
B E N E F IT S & P R O B L E MS O F T E L E WO R K I N G
worked in the office. (Working anytime,
who are disconnected to community
anywhere: the effects on the world of
are vulnarable. (Flood 2005; Lauder et al.
work, from ILO–Eurofound) Also, sitting
2004; Relationships Australia 2011). In this thesis project, I would like to
Some studies reveal the benefit of
Working from Home Work? Evidence
too long is tremendously bad to your
teleworking in terms of productivity.
from a Chinese Experiment)Workers
health. If you live a sedentary lifestyle,
propose landscape that help people
Employees who telecommute tend
took shorter breaks and fewer sick days.
you have a higher chance of being
to recieve the benefit and reduce the
to be slightly more satisfied, and their
And the company saved around A$2,784
overweight, developing type 2 diabetes
problems from teleworking.
performance tends to be the same or
per employee on lease costs. (Does
or heart disease, and experiencing
a little higher (American Psychological
Working from Home Work? Evidence
depression and anxiety. (Fitness
association, 2020) A two-year study
from a Chinese Experiment)(American
Australia, 2020)
using randomly assigned groups found
Psychological association, 2020
To these problems, especially social isolation, people living alone and people
a 13% productivity increase. (Does
PROBLEMS OF TELEWORKING & VULNARABLE PEOPLE FOR THE PROBLEMS
C R E AT I O N O F T H E N E W L I F E ST Y L E TO A D O PT T E L E WO R K I N G IS T H E TA R G E T O F T H I S P R O J E C T. However, tleleworking cause many
feel lack of communication and miss
problems to people's physycal and
conversations and celebrations when
mental health. Teleworkers tend
working remotely. Remote workers say
to extend beyond the traditional
their biggest challenge is staying in the
workday, interrupting family time,
loop without others advices.(American
preventing teleworkers from ever
Psychological association, 2020) 42% of
truly disconnecting and losing in work
remote workers had trouble sleeping,
life balance. (American Psychological
waking up repeatedly in the night,
association, 2020) Also, many employees
compared to only 29% who always
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Mess of Work / life balance
lack of communication
People live alone
39% Up
13% Up
Risk of Death
Trouble sleeping
lack of communication
Disconnection from Community
More Trouble Sleeping
Problem on Focus
Financial Problem
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W HY Y O U C A N ' T F O C U S A N D B E M E S S E D U P WHILE WORKING FROM HOME
CHANGE T H E M O ST L O N L I E ST S U B U R B Loss of Pre-performance Routines
Too many attractions
People use to have a small routines to change their
Phone, books, PC and TV. There are too many
mode from relaxing mode to working mode, such
things that attract you home.
ELWOOD
as change their cloth to suit or walk to the company. The loss of these gates to change the mode is make people less concentrated on working from home.
WHERE WE NEED TO CHANGE
Merger of space for working and relaxing
Loss of Time restrictoin
Merging of things for working and relaxing, such as
Time restriction at the company, such as 9 to 5,
using the same PC for watching movie and working, is
give good tention to focus on working and helped
harmful to the W/L balance. It is better to seperate
people to seperate working and relaxing time.
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Elwood is a typical suburb that sits
that damage people's mental and
8km south from Melbourne, CBD area.
b o d y d u ri n g t h e s o c i a l i s o l e t i o n
74% of land are used for residents and
period. People there are facing the
it is a typical suburub in Melbourne.
h a rd t i m e du ri n g t h e l ock down
There area consist of detached houses
situation and even after the pademic,
and apartments, and many young
telework is getting more common,
generation (20-40 years old) live
especially for the people who have
there. The educational level is high,
professional jobs like them.Thus when
and high ratio of residents (39.3%)
we can say Elwood is one of the most
have professional jobs. people have
vulnarable suburb against the impact
a professional 40% of residents live
of COVID-19.
alone. Living alone is the key factor
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400m open spaace catchment
20 x 20 km
The most vulnerable area
3 x 3 km
NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN A HOUSE
400m retail clustar catchment
INDUSTRY OF EMPLOYMENT, TOP RESPONSES
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2
3 Cafe &
Hospital
Restaurant
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Computer System Design and Related Services
Open spaces and clusters of retails
on the analysis, I found the block with
provide chance to ref resh yourself
blue square on map is the vulnarable
, set up the work / life balance, talk
area. I will provide a spatial ideas for
with others and be engaged into
this area.
a community. To select the most vulnarable area for a proposal site, I
Higher Education
Legal Service
analyze the 400m catchment of public open spaces and retail clustars. Based
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K E Y D E S I G N C O NC E PT
Research from university of Essex reveals
neighbors is important to keep well
To install 10 mins walk in green space
that 10 mins walk in green environment
being and have a happy life.
and have three vital f riends in our
improved self-esteem around 50% and
neighborhood, extraction of working
help people to concentrate on working
spaces from home to outside and locate
after they come back from walking.
the small working space in the mid of
Also, Tom Rath says if people have at
the community.
Loss of Pre-perfomance Routine
least three vital friends in your office,
Too many attractions
96% more likely to be satisfied with their lives. If you work home, having close
Merger of Relaxing and Working SPace
ESSENTIAL ACTIONS
Loss of time restriction
Solve
50% Up
96% Up
Self-esteem
Satisfaction with your life
10 mins walk in green environment
EXTRACT WORKING SPACE to seperate working and relaxing time in your life and to focus on working from home
Three vital friends in your neighbor
WALKING = RITUAL to change your mood from relaxing mod to working mode
PROBLEMS
CREATION OF COMMUNALSPACE
to make opportunities to talk with neighbors
Mess of W / l Balance
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lack of communication
Sitting Too long
Trouble Sleeping
10 mins walk in green environment
Three vital friends in your neighbor
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PAT H I S
Sumiyoshi no Nagaya has designed
S PAC E TO
by Tadao Ando in 1979. Sumiyoshi District, Osaka City.
CALM YOU DOWN
P R E C I D E N T S S T U DY
In Japanese tea ceremony garden, path
you will enter the tea ceremony room.
Sumiyoshi no Nagaya, designed by
It is a good example to extract some part
is a space to migrate the ordinary world
Those small rituals calm you down and
Tadao Ando has a small concrete court
of life and connect them with nature.
to spiritual world. Before you enter the
set up a peaceful mind (Zen) to enter
at the middle of the building. Every time
tea ceremony room, you need to walk
the room. This precedent give me an
residents go to toilet, they are exposed
through Japanese garden. While you
idea that vertical elements creates
to sunlight or rain. Tadao forcibly
pass the Japanese garden, you will
paths between them and rhythm of
intrude nature in people's life because
walk on the stepping stones, enjoy the
those elements will create the paths
he thought that people start be apart
scenery, wash your hands with clean
interesting and spiritual.
from nature, and lose humanity and the
water, path through the gate and finally
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nature as animals.
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T H E ST R E E T IS T H E R IV E R O F L I F E O F T H E C IT Y, THE PLACE WHERE WE COME TOGETHER, T H E PA T HWAY T O T H E C E NT E R .
William H. Whyte
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2. CREATION OF RAINGARDENS & STREET ACTIVITY HUBS
Construction of Advanced activity Hub
Creation of Rain Garden & Street activity Hubs
Parking lot removal & Demolishion of a house STREET TYPE STREET TYPE
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STREET TYPE
4
City government will create raing
f ree, however, Some furniture will
garnden and on top of the garden
be installed by private sectors. For
they will install a meshed deck and
example, Delivery company will pay
b a s i c s t re e t a c t i v i ty e q u i p m e n t ,
the land use fee to the government
s u ch a s b e n ch , B B Q equ i pm en t ,
and install drone delivery collecion
exercise furniture and working space.
hub. To use these funiture, residents
T h o s e e q u i p e m e n t a re b a s i c a l l y
need to pay service fee.
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STREET TYPE
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HOW WE CHANGE THE SUBURB
3. CONSTRUCTION OF ADVANCED ACTIVITY HUB
1. PARKING LOT REMOVAL & DEMOLISHION OF A HOUSE 30% private car will be replaced to
Also, the city government will
The city government will construct
discussion room, locker room, with
shared car by 2030, thus we will see
purchase a land that is under-used to
the advaced activity hub at the site
small fee.
less cars on street. The city goverment
redevelop public building and open
where old residential building has
of Portphillip will do investigation
space.
been demolished. The advaced hub
of the use of the parking lots and
will provide more professional service
demolish some that is under-use.
such as unlimited high-speed wif i,
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STREET TYPE
1 < 7m
BLue Stones
soil
soil
Drainage pipe
Bench
Two Benches
Benches with BBQ
Bench with food truck
Asphalt
STREET TYPE
2 8m
BLue Stones
soil
Drainage pipe
soil
Asphalt
Delivery Hub
STREET TYPE
Meditation Spot
Exercise Hub
3 10m
BLue Stones
soil
Drainage pipe
STREET TYPE 1
soil
Asphalt
STREET TYPE 2
STREET TYPE
Working Pod
4
Two Working Pods with middle court
STREET TYPE 3 STREET TYPE 4
> 12m
BLue Stones
soil
Drainage pipe
soil
Size and type of furniture will be
and the smallest streets will have few
selected acording to the widthe and
options, and larger street have more
structure of streets. In the proposal
options.
block, there were four type of street,
Asphalt
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S T R A T E GY & B U S I N E S S S C H E M E
STREET ACTIVITY HUB
The project will run with the
will be done by private sectors. Street
cooporation of private sectors. Main
activity hub will provide basic public
process, such as demolition of parking
service for free. Advaced activity hub
EXAMPLE OF
lots, old house, creation of rain garden,
provide more professional service with
DEFFERENCE OF
instalation of basic activity furniture
partially charging.
SERVICE
construction of advanced actibity hub will be done by the city goverment based on the tax. Installation of the additional furniture in the both hub
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ADVANCED ACTIVITY HUB
FEE
AT WO R K I N G H U B
USAGE TIME PER DAY TOILET ELECTRICAL OUTLET WIFI DISCUSSION SPACE PRINTER AIR CONDITIONING
p. 21
BASIC MODULE OF DECK & MULTI FUNCTION POLES
PLANTS SELECTION
TREE Eucalyptus cosmophylla Melaleuca lanceolata Melaleuca ericifolia Pittosporum angustifolium 2000MM
SHRUB, RUSH Anigozanthos species Blechnum nudum Callistemon viminalis WIFI
Casuarina glauca prostrate ENVIRONMENTAL SENSORING
Ficinia nodosa Juncas amabilis
LIGHTING
400~3200MM
Dianella species
Juncas flavidus Leucaphyta brownii Lomandra species Pratia perdunculata
GROUND COVER Calocephalus lacteus Carpobrotus modestus Chrysocephalum apiculatum Derwentia perfoliata Myoporum parvifolium FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER POLE Φ50MM FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER SHEET 40MM HEIGHT OVERFLOW PIPE DRAINAGE PIPE BLUESTONE EDGE PEDESTRIAN STREET(ASPHALT )
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50MM WOOD CHIPS STEEL MESH 50MM HEIGHT STEEL DECK FRAMING 50MM HEIGHT
Patersonia occidentalis Wahlenbergia communis
ADVANCED ACTIVITY HUB
DISCUSSION HUB COMMUNICATION HUB
EXHIBITION HUB COMMUNICATION HUB
WORKING HUB
EXERCISE HUB MEDITATION HUB
Advaced activities hub provide more
TOP: Exercise Hub
professional service than street activity
SECOND: Working Hub
hub.
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7am Exercise
Road
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9am Coffee at Street cafe
Delivery HUB
Exercise space
Street ca
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10am Working
e
WORKING HUB
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pm Meditation
Meditation space
WORKING HUB
MEDITATION court
p. 28
6pm BBQ
8pm Cinema
ADVANCED ACTIVITY HUB
p. 29
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