Waterfront Access

Ok, whilst not my topic I discovered these images and wondered what your views are about playing with different levels and forms for bank-shore access?  The big 'waves' would look great near the graffiti area ...

Toronto Waterfront Wavedeck

by http://www.west8.nl.

Warning!  The following images are hideous



.... but offer ideas about extending down / onto the river - direction? materials? fixed? floating?

And going off on a slight tangent ...

Not what we discussed but how fabulous is this artificial island, originally conceived as a flood defence?

Donauinsel, Vienna.  Landscape design by Wilfried Kirchner & Maja Kirchner

Precedents: Planted Banks

Planted, terraced riverbank courtesy of West 8, could be used for creating softer transitions between land and river along creeks and inlets.

Ile Saint-Denis quartier écologique.

Precedents: Planting Design

Thinking about how to reintroduce aquatic vegetation along the South Bank, without it being perceived as 'scruffy' or looking like a token gesture, I came across these images of the Jardin Botaniqué de Bordeaux designed by Catherine Mosbach.

Although these forms may be too geometrically bold, the idea of plant filled lagoons of varying size (and shape?) seemed quite interesting.

Precidents - Green Corridors or Urban Greenways

We all know and love the New York High Line... here is a link to its official website:

http://www.thehighline.org/

Also from James Corner and Perkins + Will is the Atlanta BeltLine:

http://www.perkinswill.com/work/atlanta-beltline.html

photo: Perkins + Will



Scioto-Olentangy Greenway Corridor
Also a proposal for a riverside scheme in Scioto River watershed. ...  is a 97-mile-long (156 km) tributary of the Scioto River in Ohio.
http://www.downtowncolumbus.com/plan/greenway-corridor

Meeting Tomorrow Morning (Fri)

Hello All

I am able to meet tomorrow at 9 if anyone else can?

Sue I think you said you can....... anyone else???

Matt

Friday the 27/01/2012 meeting

This is the initial design idea we had on the first meeting and we all agreed to work on.
For next Friday sketch design proposal map is to be developed in rough and to perhaps look at all precedents we have collected.
Elena is going to try and put the above sketch in clear in Photoshop, so we can all share and add staff on and develop further on friday the 04/02.12 ???