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ROBERTO OAT WALLACE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................02
RESEARCH................................................................................................................03
DESIGN CONCEPT....................................................................................................11
PROGRAM................................................................................................................15
DESIGN STRATEGY...................................................................................................17
FINAL DESIGN..........................................................................................................23
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RESEARCH
This research presents in a summarized way Tower Junctions princial characteristics and themain cau-ses that lead to theexisting disconnection involvingwithin thesite.
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RAILWAY HISTORY UNDERUSED
WAREHOUSES NATURE CARS
Amongthe most important features ofthesite highlights thehugecommercial area dominated bywarehouses in it.It is for this extensivearea the placeis best known.The pedestrian has littlespacein Tower Junction becauseeverythinghas been designed for thecar scale.Largeparking esplanadesarelocated on thesides ofthewrehouses creatingthis feelingofbeing in a sea ofcars .
Thesite is extremely underused ,finding several empty lots or lots that areused for theaccumula-tion oftrash or old cars .Theselots aregenerally found around therailway line,which itself is a deadspacein the site. Theonly two pedestrian friendly areas areHagley Park and Lincoln Road ,this last
onecharacterized by small scalecommercial stores ,likerestaurants ,hostals and bars ,but that isslowly beingundermined by thelarge commercial warehouses.
Thearea to which Tower Junction belongs,Addington, is a boomingneighborhood that is slowly beingreconverted towards what could be Parnell for Auckland.Theneighborhood has a high demand, but TowerJunction is beingexcluded from its border areas becauseofits poor urban quality and thepresenceof thelargewarehouses.
MAIN CHARACTERISTICS ADDINGTON NOW
RESEARCH
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CAUSES OF DISCONNECTION
COMMERCIAL BARRIER
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From themany existingproblems inTower Junction,the onethat draw the
most my attention was thedisconnec-tion.It is really simpleto observethatthemost severeproblems occur alongtherailway linebecauseofthebad
interaction it has with its borders,but itis thecombination offour factors whichend upcausingthis disconnection ,as
wewill see.
Thefirst causeof thedisconnection isthepresenceof a commercial barrier
in themiddleofthesite.WhileamongChristchurch,it is Tower Junctions wa-rehouses weretheproblems hits withmorestrenght,it is still only a portion of
a bigcommercial corridor that has deve-loped in thecity over theyears.It cros-ses thecity from east to west dividingit
into two pieces.Thebad interaction oftherailway lineto the city has led to itssurroundinglots to end upbeingusedfor theselargewarehouses .
At Tower Junction thesituation is wor-sebecause this commercial corridor isframed between therailway lineand
Blenheim Road,a 6-laneroad with hightraffic flow ,with few crosswalks thatconnect thenorth with thesouth.
INDUSTRIALCORRIDOR INTHE
CHRISTCHURCH URBANCONTEXT
Christchurch City
Commercial Barrier
Disconnect Junction
INDUSTRIALCORRIDOR INTHE
SITECONTEXT
Commercial Barrier
Train Railway
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RESEARCH
CAUSES OF DISCONNECTION
GREEN ISLES
Thethird causeof thedisconnection isoriginated by a serious mistakewhen
planninga public space.
At thebeginningof theresearch I men-tioned Hagley Park as beingoneof the
few pedestrian friendly places ,but thisdoes not mean it works perfectly.Thepark ,as well as most ofthe parks in the
city ,ends upbeing a green island.Ofcourse,it provides a nice recreationalspacein the city to its users,but theeffect it has ends abruptly at theexact
spot wherethepark ends.
This is becausetheres a missingele-ment,an intermediary between the
park itselfas an island and thecity thatsurrounds it.This element is none otherthan quality urban connections de-
signed for users ofthe park itself.Thisincludes not only thecar,but also andespecially thepedestrians.
Hagley Park is not operatingat 100%becausefor thepedestrian is just tocomplicated to get to it,and in TowerJunction this becomes even morenoti-
ceable.
It should also besaid that not even the
park itselfis designed for thehumanscale. Its oversized and has nothingtoactivateit that attracts peopleto it.
GREENAREAS INTHE
CHRISTCHURCH URBANCONTEXT
Christchurch City
Train Railway
Avon River
Canterbury Agricultural Park
Hagley Park
Travis Wetland N.H. Park
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GREENAREAS INTHE
SITECONTEXT
Vacant Lot
Hagley Park
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DESIGN CONCEPT
Theseed of theproject was theresult ofthe pursuit ofa solution to themain connection problemssurroundingtherailway linein thesite.
Thefinal concept was born from theintention ofsewingthe disconnected parts ofthis open wound inthemiddle ofTower Junction.
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Thesecond stepis sewing it up.
Sincethe railway is such a strongele-ment on thesite it isnt enough to justcreatethis new grid.It needs something
else.
That missingelement is a stronger stitchbetween theaffected areas that can pull
together both sides and tight them up.
SEW UP
DESIGN CONCEPT
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PROGRAM
Prior to start designing,it was necessary to investigatethepossible program to integratein the propo-sal,to have a clearer notion when start projecting.
In order to do so I picked four main programs:green area,small commerce,residential and communityspaces.
To test them I took thehypothetical casein which I could just fill an entirearea in the city with each ofthem to seeif oneof them solved theproblems for itself.
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DESIGN STRATEGY
Takinginto account that slight notion ofthe program (small commerceand residential -UP / green areaand community -GROUND),which will be useful later,I can start with thedesign phase as such by appl-
yingthe initial concept.
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STEP 3:
Thenew grid is extended usingtheremaints
ofthe old oneto connect both sides.Thisnew grid provides new ground level car pa-ths ofsmall sized lanes.
STEP 4:
Startingfrom Hagley Park and endingon the
small residential park thestitch is placed.Thestitch may comeup and down whenever isnecessary in theway of a continuous path
and it will contain an urban pac k to ensurenew connections.
DESIGN STRATEGY
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STEP 7:
Theproject takes its form from thegrid and
thecreated boundaries beingthered thetough programs and theorange theinterme-diatebetween them and thestitch.
STEP 8:
Untouched buildings arerestored to thepre-
vious sites they had.
DESIGN STRATEGY
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FINAL DESIGN
After all this considerations and applyingthedesign strategy thefinal design came to life.Theresult istheattempt to test a way to counter thedisconnection on the railway and Tower Junction by bringing
thepeople to thesite, deliveringthe missingpedestrian and bikingpaths, stitchingboth sides togetherand activatingthesurroundings ofthelane.
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FINAL DESIGN
DETAIL PLANUNIT ONE - GROUND LEVEL
As you can seein this detail plan of unitnumber one, the community program
is placed underneath the building inan open spacebut protected by theco-lumns ofit. It is properly distanced from
therailway linebut not turningits back
towards it. Green area surrounds thecommunity programs that functions asan intermediary between theroad and
rail lines to the though programs. Thisdisposition,as well as giving a open fa-cadeto the city,provides thesite withnon restrictingprograms,which ensures
that theland can beused at any timeoftheday or night.Next to thecommunityprograms theparkinglot needed for the
buildingis placed tryingto minimizeitssizeand efect.
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FINAL DESIGN
PROJECT SECTION
COMMUNITY
BLENDINGIN
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FINAL DESIGN
PROJECT VIEWS
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View from theinsideofoneof theunits
View from thetop ofthe commercelevel