sketch model

Links

Elements of landscape interlocking with each other and connecting with neighbouring too

Using vertical space

Movement

Being bold

landscape theoriests

Our 3 main theoriests that were leading us in our urban design and planning were: William W. Whyte, Jane Jacobs and Christopher Alexander. As Jane Jacobs says "city is like an ecosystem", it has a lot of elements which should all be integrated and in balance like woman's spirit and Man's spirit (after Christopher Alexander). In every design there should be an influence of masculine and feminine elements and characters of the landscape (like a harmony between the hard landscape and soft landscape). In our design we tried to address 'car people' (Jane Jaobs mentions 2 types of people:"car people" and "foot people") by improving the aesthetics of the landscape on a bigger scale, and to address 'foot people' by creating more pedestrianised space of a better quality with more green space (an importance of trees, William W. Whyte). One of few domains we focused on was improved access to water and creating more activities around the river bank (Ch. Alexander and W.W. Whyte say more about it). As the activities growth start in the ' pockets' (Ch. Alexander) and another factor that W.W.Whyte points our is the fact that food and some cultural events attracts people and people attract more people we knew we needed to create more space designed for that purpose.

draft section for blackfriars and new square

draft section for lock area

conceptual design

....my conceptual sketch design...

genus loci

Genus loci of the South Bank:
Water as a cutting edge
Contrast of the density of people's flow
Space of great creativity but also unused potential
connectivity 'hot spots'
dissonans between 'masculine' and 'feminine' forms of created landscape.

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