Policentric City Ferrymead

2013 ADVANCE DESIGN 2

FUTURE CHRISTCHURCH - CAMIA YOUNG

OwenWeiwei) Xing Billy(Nan) Wu

CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE: RESEARCH
Ferrymead Site Photos Service & Transport Sport Facilities & Fitness Ferrymead Information Profile Ferrymead Present Status Ferrymead CCC Master Plan Historical & recent photos of Ferrymead Transports & distance in Ferrymead area Sports in Ferrymead area Based on Census 2001 & 2012, predict 2022 Demolish buildings & percentage Introduction, Approach, Context & Vision Pg. 1 - 4 Pg. 5 - 8 Pg. 9 - 10 Pg. 11 - 13 Pg. 14 - 16 Pg. 17 - 20

CHAPTER TWO: CONCEPT

Issue Identified Solution Master Plan Concept Ideas Deciding Final Plan Chosen Concept Ratio Land Use Problems in Ferrymead revealed during research phase Dredging description, Impacts, Sucessful examples Existing Master plan of the site to be developed on A few concept for the new Ferrymead Master plan Brainstorm sketches on merging concepts together A final chosen concept to be developed further Building & Land use ratio for the proposed master plan Possible types of Building to be built Pg. 21 Pg. 22 - 23 Pg. 24 Pg. 25 - 31 Pg. 32 - 33 Pg. 34 Pg. 35 Pg. 36

CHAPTER FOUR: RECLAIMED ISLAND - THE DOCKS Project Description City scale research Grid testings City overlay Grid creating Road and Island formation Integrating existing building Zones Finalise design Renders Overall information about my project Reseached on Vancouver & Leiden Testing out different grid layouts Putting the city scale onto Ferrymead Grid s created within the Ferrymead area Road and Islands are formed according to grid Adding the existing and new buildings in the new plan Specify which each islands function Building, Land use ratio &proposed master plan Renders for Dock islands & enclosed renders Pg. 37 Pg. 38 Pg. 39 - 40 Pg. 41 Pg. 42 Pg. 43 Pg. 44 Pg.45 Pg.46 - 47 Pg.48 - 49

CHAPTER THREE: RECLAIMED ISLAND Project description City scale research City overlay Reshaping the island Ferrymead layout Public & private Finalise design Renders

WATER SPORT FACILITIES Overall information about my project Reseached on Cobenhagen & Irvine Putting the city scale onto Ferrymead New form developed for reclaimed islands Arranging roads & block on ferry road Giving programs & function to the blocks Building, Land use ratio &proposed master plan Renders for water sport facilities Pg. 50 Pg. 51 - 52 Pg. 53 - 54 Pg. 55 - 56 Pg. 57 - 59 Pg. 60 - 61 Pg. 62 - 67 Pg. 68 - 69

CHAPTER ONE ____

RESEARCH

CHRISTCHURCH POLITICAL BOUNDARY

PHOTOS OF FERRYMEAD REGION

Railway to Ferrymead

Moncks Bay / Beach Bay Redcliff - The boundary for swimmer on the beach.

Redcliff Hills - Taken from the top of Barnett Park

Woolston Ferrymead Bridge under Construction - Bridge connect Ferrymead and Mount Pleasant, was damaged by the earchquake in 2011.

Redcliffs Mount Plesant

Ferrymead

Healthcote River - A river that goes through Woolston, Ferrymead and Mount Pleasant

Railway

Bay/River

Main Roads

Roads

Photos

PHOTOS OF FERRYMEAD REGION

Woolston

House on Redcliff - Unique looking structure on the foothill of Redcliff.

Redcliffs Mount Plesant

Ferrymead

Mount Pleasant - Photo of the inland sea taken from Mount Plesant distinct. Railway Bay/River Main Roads Roads Photos

Connal Avenue house - Unique housing beside Healthcote river, bulit in 1956 was not damaged in the Christchurch earchquake.

Ferrymead shops - Service centre before the earchquake, most of them were Temporary closed.

Mt Pleasant Yacht Club - Yacht club on the other side of the bridge, inland sea as the background.

HISTORICAL PHOTOS OF FERRYMEAD REGION

Map of Ferry mead of Christchurch [1929]

Before the rail tunnel diverted much traffic from Ferrymead to Heathcote, Ferrymead was a key transport hub for all forms of traffic between Lyttelton and the city as well as a natural crossing point for traffic proceeding to Sumner. The speed of modern travel and advances in bridge engineering make it easy to overlook its former importance but the clue to its past significance can still be detected from its name, which derives from its function as a ferry crossing point.

The first Christchurch railway station on the broad-gauge line that ran to Ferrymead: trains are no. 1 (Pilgrim) & no. 2 locomotives. [ca. 1864]

On 6 May 1863 the first steam locomotive, "Pilgrim" was landed (unassembled) at the Railway Wharf and on 1 December 1863 the line was formally opened. It was the first steam passenger railway to operate in New Zealand. When the line closed in 1877 as a consequence of the opening of the rail tunnel, it once again made rail history, having the distinction of being the first line to close. The line may have been both short and short-lived, but it was an important milestone. It demonstrated the determination, progressivism, and vision shown by a small community which would soon lead to other significant rail developments, including the tunnel and the West Coast line, developments which would contribute greatly to the economic prosperity of Canterbury. The rail embankment is still clearly visible and is now used by the Canterbury Railway Society for its railway at Ferrymead Heritage Park.

This was built around 1862 by Captain Penfold, Captain of the schooner "Excelsior" which traded between New Zealand and Australia until it was wrecked on the Sumner Bar in 1862. Penfold then worked on the construction of the Ferrymead Railway, building the cottage at weekends from sod cut from the river bank and material salvaged from the "Excelsior". The cottage has been largely reconstructed (with cob rather than sod)

The old sod whare on the Sumner Road near the Heathcote Bridge The cantilever bridge over the Heathcote River [1907] An electric tram crosses the cantilever bridge over the Heathcote River on the road to Sumner, Christchurch.

In 1907 a new cantilever bridge was built 20 metres upstream from the swing bridge. Although designed to be opened to allow river traffic through, it was never opened after the initial opening ceremony as it wouldn't close properly. This bridge was replaced by the present road bridge in 1965, which is sited in the same position as the first bridge. In 1862 the Provincial Council authorised construction of a bridge at Ferrymead, to be built in such a way as to allow navigation upstream. The bridge was designed as a wooden bridge in two parts connected by a wrought iron swing bridge manufactured in England by Robert Stephenson & Co. of Newcastle (a firm founded by the son of George Stephenson, builder of the pioneer steam locomotive "the Rocket"). The bridge was opened on 14 April 1864, replacing the ferry service.

Clifton Heights: The original Sumner Road ran under the cliffs. Part of the road is still visible opposite the car park. When the tram was introduced it ran next to the road. Following a major rock fall in 1914, the Tramway Board decided to construct a causeway to avoid the delays and danger caused by rock falls. This opened in 1916. The present road follows the line of the tram causeway. After the causeway, the tram crossed what was then the sandy beach of Clifton Bay by means of a trestle bridge.

The old swing bridge, soon before removal from over the Heathcote River

Ferrymead Hotel and Ferrymead Station in 1863

A Kitson steam tram departs from Cave Rock, Sumner The trestle bridge can be seen clearly.

CHRISTCHURCH - SERVICES

Focusing on the Hagley Ferrymead wards, after the demolish of Ferry road service centre, hardly any food store can be found in the region, and noun big box retail can be found near by. These will be taken into account during my design and planning process, how to reduce the glossary shopping time for local residents in Ferrymead would be one of the concern in the following process. A Mega countdown has begun construction, replacing the one lost.

Maternity & Baby Warehouse Bin Inn / New Market

Countdown

CBD Target / Service Region Food / Daily Stores

Good Fresh

City Seafood Market Big T Asian Market The Warehouse Countdown - Eastgate Warehouse Stationary

Big Box Retials (Warehouse, Bunnings, etc)

Placemaker Warehouse Stationary Bunnings Warehouse

Photo Warehouse The Warehouse PAKn SAVE Moorhouse Liberty Market Countdown - Moorhouse Ave Super Value

New World

The Warehouse

Bulk Food Market

Woolston food centre Mitre 10 Sydeham

Harikrupa Food Market New World - St Martin

FreshChoice Barrington The Warehouse - Barringtion

Redcliff convenience Store Hoon Hay Convenience Store

Sumner Supervalue

DISTANCE TO SERVICE CENTRE

CBD Target / Service Region Food / Daily Stores

Resident 1 to Ferry road site

Car Bike Walk

4.0 km 3.9 km 4.0 km

7 minutes 13 minutes 50 minutes

CBD

Big Box Retials (Warehouse, Bunnings, etc)

Distance & Time spend

24% - 30% Less

Resident 2 to Ferry road site

Car Bike Walk

1.7 km 1.8 km 1.8 km

3 minutes 8 minutes 19 minutes

Distance & Time spend

40% - 43% Less

Resident 1

Pathway to Service

Resident 2

Pathway to Service

To Redcliff Convenience Store Car Bike Walk 3 km 3.2 km 2.9 km 5 minutes 13 minutes 34 minutes

To Linwood Warehouse Car Bike Walk 5.4 km 5.5 km 5.4 km 9 minutes 21 minutes 65 minutes

To Harikrupa Food Market Car Bike Walk 5.3 km 4.9 km 4.5 km 10 minutes 18 minutes 56 minutes

To Linwood Warehouse Car Bike Walk 5.5 km 5.5 km 6.0 km 9 minutes 18 minutes 79 minutes

To Woolston Food Centre Car Bike Walk 5.9 km 4.3 km 4.3 km 10 minutes 20 minutes 51 minutes

To CBD Car Bike Walk 7.6 km 7.8 km 7.6 km 13 minutes 29 minutes 91 minutes

To Woolston Food Centre Car Bike Walk 6.4 km 4.0 km 4.4 km 11 minutes 16 minutes 59 minutes

To CBD Car Bike Walk 7.1 km 7.7 km 7.0 km 14 minutes 28 minutes 89 minutes

FERRYMEAD BUS STOPS / BUS ROUTE

FERRYMEAD TRAFFIC DENSITY

CHRISTCHURCH - SPORT FACILITIES & FITNESS

Focusing on the Hagley Ferrymead wards, it is a highly sport active area, but some of the store are to far away from the sport centre or field, this should be changed during the reconstruction of Ferrymead region.

CBD Target / Service Region

Mint health & Fitness Gym Green Room fitness Studio Canterbury Tennis Inc Youth community club Royal Life Saving Society

Sports centre / Field Fitness / Gym Sport Related

Les Mills World of fitness

R & R Sports Gym No.1 Boxing fitness centre

Kilwell Sports

High Ground Histribution Canterbury Sport Wholesale Enforme Fitness Studio Gym Alpine Ice Sports Centre
Woolston Technical FC

Form Fitness Ltd

The Outlet St MartinsCroquet Club

UpsideDown Scooters Topsport Kayaking Ferrymead Gym Ferrymead Physio Snowworld sport

Mount Pleasant Squash Club

Beckenham Tennis Club Cash Target Shooting Anytime Fitness St Marin Valley Tennis club

Divewerks PPADI Dive Centre Womens Basketball Club Biking recreation Macpac Head Office Soccer Field

Redcliffs Tennis Club Redcliffs Croquet Club

Gurney Gears Sumner Lifeboat Institute Inc. SumnerPhysio Golf Club Sumner Croquet Club

Horse Riding

DISTANCE BETWEEN FACILITIES & FIELDS

CBD Target / Service Region Sports centre / Field Sport Related Kayking & Swimming
Kilwell Sports

Surfing
Dive HQ & Ski world Scotty Brown Golf Factory Outlet Fishing Industry High Ground Histribution

Diving Fishing Golf Biking

Swimjoy Topsport Kayaking Exit Surf shop Sadhana Surfboards Groundswell Jada Products Ltd

The Outlet

Soccer Horse Riding

Divewerks PPADI Dive Centre

Golf field Biking recreation Ocean Blue Gurney Gears Sumner Lifeboat Institute Inc.

Ferrymead Golf

Soccer Field

Horse Riding Golf Club

the Kayking area the Surfing area the Diving area

the closest Kayking retail store the closest Surfing retail store the closest Diving retail store

300 m 800 m 4.5 km

the Fishing area the Golf area the Biking area

the closest Fishing retail store the closest Golf retail store the closest Biking retail store

1.7 km 6.3 km 5.8 km

FERRYMEAD COMMUNITY PROFILE (2001 CENSUS)

The Community Profile provides information about your local community. Population At the 2001 Census of Population and Dwellings: The census usually resident population count for Ferrymead1 was 2,565, a change of 36.1 percent since 1996. In comparison, the Christchurch City's population has changed by 2.3 percent and the population for New Zealand as a whole has changed by 3.3 percent since 1996. Numbers of people counted Ferrymead Males 1,248 Females 1,317 Total 2,565 Christchurch City 152,238 163,989 316,224 New Zealand 1,823,007 1,914,273 3,737,277 The median income of people in Ferrymead is $17,500, compared with $17,600 for Christchurch City and $18,500 for all of New Zealand. Income 100,001 or more 70,001 - 100,000 50,001 - 70,000 40,001 - 50,000 30,001 - 40,000 20,001 - 30,000 10,001 - 20,000 1 - 10,000 Nil Loss Employment At the 2001 Census: - The unemployment rate in Ferrymead was 6.4 percent, compared with Christchurch City percent for 6.8 and 7.5 percent for all of New Zealand. - The most popular occupational group in Ferrymead was Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers (16.5 percent). The most popular occupational group in Christchurch City was Service and Sales Workers (16.8 percent) and for New Zealand as a whole was Service and Sales Workers (14.8 percent). Families At the 2001 Census: There were 690 families in Ferrymead. Family type Couples with child(ren) Couples without children One parent with child(ren) Households At the 2001 Census: - The average household size in Ferrymead was 2.5 people, compared with 2.5 for Christchurch City and 2.7 for all of New Zealand. - 97.8 percent of households in Ferrymead had access to a telephone, compared with 97.4 percent for Christchurch City and 96.3 percent for all of New Zealand. - 31.8 percent of households in Ferrymead had access to the internet, compared with 38.0 percent for Christchurch City and 37.4 percent for all of New Zealand. - 89.9 percent of households in Ferrymead had access to a motor vehicle, compared with 88.9 percent for Christchurch City and 89.9 percent for the whole of New Zealand. - There were 972 households in Ferrymead. - 71.7 percent of dwellings in Ferrymead were owned with or without a mortgage, compared with 68.1 percent for Christchurch City and 67.8 percent for all of New Zealand. Ferrymead 37.4% 41.3% 21.3% Christchurch City 39.9% 40.7% 19.4% New Zealand 42.1% 39.0% 18.9% Ferrymead 0.5% 1.1% 3.4% 6.2% 13.8% 20.2% 26.3% 24.1% 3.8% 0.5% Christchurch City 1.7% 2.2% 5.6% 6.7% 12.0% 17.1% 26.3% 23.6% 4.3% 0.5% New Zealand 2.4% 2.7% 6.4% 7.1% 12.1% 16.5% 24.9% 22.5% 4.7% 0.7%

Change since 1996 Census 681 7,194 118,974 1The area used for this profile is based on Statistics New Zealand's area unit. Age profile At the 2001 Census: 20.7 percent of people in Ferrymead were under the age of 15 years, compared with 19.3 percent in Christchurch City and 22.7 percent for all of New Zealand.13.9 percent of people in Ferrymead were aged 65 years and over compared with 13.7 percent of Christchurch City and 12.1 percent for all of New Zealand. Age distribution (years) Ferrymead 0-14 20.7% 15-64 65.4% 65+ 13.9% Education At the 2001 Census: 22.2 percent of people aged 15 years and over in Ferrymead had a post-school qualification, compared with 32.8 percent for Christchurch City and 32.2 percent for New Zealand as a whole. Highest qualification No qualification School Post-school Ferrymead 36.3% 41.7% 22.2% Christchurch City 26.1% 41.1% 32.8% New Zealand 27.7% 40.1% 32.2% Christchurch City New Zealand 19.3% 22.7% 67.0% 65.3% 13.7% 12.1%

Ethnic groups (total responses) At the 2001 Census: 85.8 percent of people in Ferrymead said they belong to the European ethnic group, compared with 89.5 percent for Christchurch City and 80.1 percent for all of New Zealand. Ethnic groups (total responses) Ferrymead Christchurch City European 85.8% 89.5% Maori 9.4% 7.1% Pacific Peoples 8.5% 2.5% Asian 4.0% 5.7% Other 0.5% 0.7% New Zealand 80.1% 14.7% 6.5% 6.6% 0.7%

Average annual household spending for select groups Ferrymead Food $6,218 Housing $9,228 Housing Operation $4,765 Transportation $5,993 Christchurch City $6,429 $8,975 $5,018 $6,580 New Zealand $7,004 $10,159 $5,472 $7,358

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30

10

20

10

20

Occupation

Ferrymead

Ferrymead

No Qualification Managers Certificate Gained as School Level 1, 2 Secondary Certificate Professionals Technicians & Trades Workers Community & Personal Service Workers Administrative Workers

Qualification
Christchurch City Christchurch City
Level 3, 4 Secondary Certificate Overseas Secondary School Qualification Level 1,2 & 3 Certificate Gained Post School Level 4 Certificate Gained Post School Level 5 Diploma Level 6 Diploma Sales Workers Machinery Operators & Drivers Labourers Bachelor Degree and Level 7 Qualifications Postgraduate and Honours Degree Master Degree Doctor Degree Others

Canterbury Region New Zealand

Others

Canterbury Region New Zealand 15

10

20

40

60

80

Transports
Ferrymead
Worked at ome Did not go to work Today Drove a Private Car, Truck or Van Drove a Company Car, Truck or Van Passenger in a Car, Truck, Vanor Company Bus Public Bus Train Motor Cycle or Power Cyle Bicycle Walked or Jogged Others Not Elsewhere Included

Ferrymead

Ferrymead

Ethnicity

Ferrymead

FERRYMEAD REGIONAL INFORMATION CHART (2012 CENSUS)

Residential

One Usual Resident

Two Usual Residents

Christchurch City

Christchurch City

Three Usual Residents

Four Usual Residents

Five Usual Residents

Canterbury Region

Canterbury Region

Six Usual Residents

Seven Usual Residents

New Zealand

New Zealand

Eight or More usual Residents

0 40 10 20 30 0

Age

0 - 4 Years 5 - 9 Years 10 - 14 Years 15 - 19 Years 20 - 24 Years 25 - 29 Years 30 - 34 Years 35 - 39 Years 40 - 44 Years 45 - 49 Years 50 - 54 Years 55 - 59 Years 60 - 64 Years 65 Years & Over

Christchurch City

Christchurch City Canterbury Region New Zealand

Canterbury Region New Zealand 100

25

50

75

European

Maori

Pacific Peoples

Asian

MELAA

Other

FERRYMEAD TREND PREDICTION FOR 2023

Source : 2001 Census Number of people: Median age: Median personal income: Number of households: 2,560 36.8 $18,900 983

Source : 2006 Census Number of people: Median age: Median personal income: Number of households: 2,967 38 $22,300 1,137

Source : 2013 Census Number of people: Median age: Median personal income: Number of households: 3,460 39.2 $28,500 1,384

Prediction for 2023 Number of people: Median age: Median personal income: Number of households:

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4380

4500 3000 1500

Number of people

45 40 35

44.2

Median age

30

35800
30000 20000 10000

Median personal income

1800 1200 600

1850

Number of households

2001

2006

Feb 2011

2013

2023

FERRYMEAD SITE DATA / PHOTOS

FERRYMEAD BUILDING & LAND USE RATIO

FERRYMEAD DEMOLISH & DAMAGED BUILDING LIST

FERRYMEAD CCC FERRY ROAD MASTER PLAN 2012 - INTRODUCTION

FERRYMEAD CCC FERRY ROAD MASTER PLAN 2012 - APPROACH

FERRYMEAD CCC FERRY ROAD MASTER PLAN 2012 - APPROACH

FERRYMEAD CCC FERRY ROAD MASTER PLAN 2012 - CONTEXT & VISION

CHAPTER TWO ____

CONCEPT

FERRYMEAD REVEALED ISSUES

Economy and business issues Resilience of business communities along Ferry Road -Limited dispersal of recovery information and advice within business communities. -Uncertainty caused by ongoing fluctuations in city-wide population and economic conditions. -Further demolition of commercial buildings is expected. If this results in fewer customers visiting the general area, it could have negative, short to medium-term impacts on other businesses. -Lack of a consistent theme or branding being used by retailers in each commercial centre for marketing and promotional campaigns. Commercial development along Ferry Road -There is insufficient information on how efficiently commercial floor space is being used. -The impact of minimum parking requirements has a negative impact on efficient land use. -New permanent commercial development taking advantage of temporary increases in economic activity in commercial centres risks creating a longer-term oversupply of commercial development if markets start to decline. Movement issues Walking and cycling -Cycle lanes currently exist on Ferry Road, but are narrow in some locations. -During peak traffic volumes, it has been difficult for pedestrians to cross easily and safely. -Some of the existing cycle/walking tracks along the pwaho/Heathcote River have been aff ected by earthquake damage. Connections are limited in number and quality for pedestrians and cyclists. Traffic volumes -Ferry Road intersection is under constant demand and is currently operating at full capacity. This causes delays for bus movements passing through the intersection at peak times. Natural environment issues -Parts of Ferrymead are located within a Flood Management Area. Sea level rise is expected to continue at a more accelerated rate, but how quickly this will happen is not yet clear. Built environment issues -The parking and site layout of some buildings draws pedestrian social activity away from the street -The commercial centre experienced signifi cant levels of damage, including the loss of the Countdown supermarket. -Community feedback also describes the centre as not people-friendly and in need of amenity improvements, there are too many large scale, tilt-slab grey buildings. -Lack of residential homes for people to live in due to the earthquake, a statistic shows in the future 10 years there is a need of around 36,000 residential homes.

DEMOLITION

TRAFFIC

ROAD SAFETY ISSUE

LOSE OF SERVICE CENTRE

DEMAND ON RESIDENTIAL HOMES

INEFFICIENT USE OF LAND

ISSUES IDENTIFIED

SOLUTION TO THE ISSUE

DREDGING DIAGRAMS / IMPACTS / EXAMPLES

EXISTING MASTER PLAN

BRAINSTORM SKETCHES OF NEW PLAN

CONCEPT ONE

From dredging from the northeast sea to fill up the land at the south side of the zone increases the overall area, providing more spaces available to be built on. This concept is based on dividing the site into three zones, the outer circle is for residential, to have a good view to the sea and away from the heavy traffic roads. The inner circle is the Commerical and Industrial zones where companies are at and service centre for nearby citizens to shop. The roads are also slightly changed, because of the heavy traffics in Ferry road. There is safety issues for walkers and cyclists so adding more roads around the area encourages drivers to take different routes when travelling pass Ferry road.

Dividing The Zones Industrial Area Residential Area Commerical Area Green Zone River & Sea Road

New Proposed Roads

Final Conceptual Plan

CONCEPT TWO

An extra space area created by dredging the Healthcote River, and it was firstly made into a green zone, creating connection with the Charlesworth Reserve park at the north. But however, due to the high demand on residential homes in Christchurch, this concept was changed into filling that area with residential homes. But the lost in green land must be recovered in someway. Hence the next step was to fill the empty spaces created between buildings into a green area, result shows that the Ferrymead had became a village like place, homes are set away from the high traffic road. The buildings along the road becomes service centres attracting people that passes through Ferry road. -

Dividing The Zones

Redeveloping The Master Plan

Final Conceptual Plan

CONCEPT ONE & TWO SUMMARY

Node Pattern

Block Separation

Road Developing

Final Conceptual Plan

Density Scale

CONCEPT THREE

Conceptual Sketch

Land available to be built on becomes less and less, but the demand of residential homes becomes higher. Stats shows that there is a need of a total 36,000 homes in the future 10 years, so lack of land becomes a problem. This concept is about using the dredging technique to create new lands within the Ferrymead area. A few islands are created in the Healthcote river serving different needs, the main function would be residential homes. The existing site would be developed into Service Centre and commerical areas iwith slight change to the roads to reduce traffic within Ferry road and to create connection to the island, provides ease for people to get into the shopping areas.

New Density Zone

High Density Area

Median Density Area

Low Density Area

Green Zone

Inland Sea & River

Possible Street

CONCEPT THREE

Forming The Island

Final Conceptual Plan

CONCEPT THREE

Initial Sketch

Road Developing

Movement

Woolston Kayaking, Driving & Swimming

Dredge downwards, vision is blocked, will not see any industrial buildings

Reserved Park

Visible section from water sport zone.

Purposed for Housing

In the middle of the inland sea.

Service Centre

Big retail boxes & shopping centre etc.

Centre for water sports

Equipment, Receiption.etc

Purposed for low density industries

Mix use of housing and office.

Mount Pleasant Ferrymead

BRAINSTORM SKETCHES ON MERGING CONCEPTS

PROCESS FOR FINAL COCEPT

FINAL MASTER PLAN DECIDED

Merging The Three Concepts

Building Blocks

Redeveloped Roads

Creating Islands

We merged the main strength of the three concept ideas to create a final deciding concept. The building block layout which keeps the commerical and industrial buildings near the main road so people will inhabbit it more, the residential buildings are set back which are more quite and gives great view to the sea. The traffic issue and the cyclist saftey issue are solved by adding more roads to the area, drivers have options to take different routes so the traffic will be reduced. Natural hazard and lack of land problems are solved by dredging into new islands. It increase the total area of this space and gives more space to build residential homes for people.

LAND RATIO FOR NEW MASTER PLAN

BUILDING PROPOSAL FOR NEW MASTER PLAN

Kayaking, Diving & Swimming

Dredge downards, vision block from industrial area.

Reserved Park

Visible section from water sport zone

Purposed for Housing

In the middle of inland sea

Purposed for new Service Centre

Big retial boxes & shopping centre, etc.

Purposed for Centre for water sports

Equipment, Reception, etc.

Purposed for median density industries

Industrial offices etc.

Commerial Uses

Industiral & Mulit-purpose Purposed for low density industries

Mix use of housing and office

Residential Uses

Entertainment purpose

CHAPTER THREE ____

THE DOCK ISLAND

Nan ( Billy ) Wu

FULL VIEW RENDER & PROJECT DESCRIPTION

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Through the research of the site - Ferrymead, I found out that this area was once a place where people go shopping and do water sports activities, an area where lots of actions are going on, but since the earthquake occurs, some buildings are damaged, some are demolished. People began to use this space less and less because of the loss of service centre, it becomes a dead space where its use is just for cars driving pass through. There has been a list of issues that must be solved such as: The loss of service Centre needs to be replaced, walking and cycling safety issues, Natural environment issues, lack of residential homes, and also the inefficient use of land. These are the issue I found from the research phase and will be solved so the site will be brought back to live again. The existing sites open spaces are limited to build residential homes, so I use the dredging technique to create new islands for residential houses, industrial zones and place for water sport activities. This way also solves the traffic issues along Ferry Rd by creating new paths for cars and cyclists. Dredging also solves the Natural environment issue because it stops the sea level rise rate. After deciding to Dredge, I started to overlay city plans such as Irvine, Vancouver and Copenhagen into the site Ferrymead and ended up using the Vancouver model of The Gridding it has an efficient use of land, and an logical pattern. The new roads and cyclist paths are formed from the grid I created in the site and changed slightly to suit the site more. Two grid (Building footprint) layouts were designed, a 50x50m grid, the other one is 200x100m, the larger one were chosen because it is more flexible and the tall buildings will not block each others view to the sea. However, one Vancouver style site did is not enough, for new dredged islands, I used the docks design (Holland), islands are like giant docks floating in the sea with residential, industrial or commercial buildings on each of them, the canals between them will allow water flow smoothly into the water activity area. There will be roads connecting each of the docks together.

RESEARCH - VANCOUVER & LEIDEN

Netherlands, the canals as you can see from overhead, they pervade the entire city, running through it like blood vessels. It is the most Significant design of the Country Canals are an easy way to travel around the city. A municipal canal-bus system travels three different routes throughout the city, allowing locals an easy way to get to and from work Prinsengracht and giving visitors the opportunity to travel from one attraction to the other on the water. The canals are also a thriving part of the tourist infrastructure of Amsterdam in that many locals operate tour boat businesses on the canals.

Vancouver, a city known for its urban planning, the city is planned in a grid, where it is extremely ordered and logical. The term Vancouverism is an internationally known that describes a new kind of city living. Vancouverism combines deep respect for nature with enthusiasm for busy, engaging, active streets and dynamic urban life. Vancouverism means tall slim towers for density, widely separated by low-rise buildings, for light, air, and views. It means many parks, walkable streets, and public spaces, combined with an emphasis on sustainable forms of transit.

VANCOUVER GRID TESTING - ONE

Test one of Vancouver gridding This layout I used small grids of 50x50m, and inside each grid there is a building in it, The order of the building size is shown on the grid table above, tall building in the centre, then medium to low. The advantage of this grid layout is that there will be a lot of open space for carpark and green spaces, but there are no flexibility in the building footprint layout.-

VANCOUVER GRID TESTING - TWO

Test Two of Vancouver gridding This layout I used Big grids of 200x100m with sub grids available to be divided, inside each big grid there are tall, medium and low building including open spaces, in which the order is totally flexible which is the advantage of this grid layout. Building are able to be arranged so that each building will get an open view to the islands. The open space is also just enough in this layout compared to the other, which had a lot and some is wasted. So I decided to choose this 200x100m grid to go further.

VANCOUVER OVERLAY

Overlayed the downtown of Vancouver to my existing site, roads and island will be formed according to this overlayed maps.

CREATING GRID

Grids are created through the whole site, the size of the chosen grid layout is 200x100m per grid, roads/paths and building foot print will be created according to the grid.

ROAD & ISLAND FORMATION

Roads and Island (docks) formed according to the gridding. Each grid (200x100m) will contain a mixture of tall, medium and low building, also includes car park area or green space.

INTEGRATING NEW & EXISTING BUILDING

The existing building of the site is added to this new planned site. Also new buildings are added to fill the grid and to the docks (islands)

ZONES

SCALE 1 1000

SITE PLAN

SCALE 1 1000

LAND USE RATIO - BEFORE VS AFTER

RENDERS - DOCK ISLAND

RESIDENTIAL & WATER SPORTS ZONE

RENDER - ENCLOSED VIEW

VIEW ON THE DOCKS

MAIN STREET VIEW - FERRY ROAD

CHAPTER FOUR ____

RECLAIMED ISLAND
Water sport facilities Owen (Weiwei) Xing

Reclaimed Island - Water Sport Centre

Owen (Weiwei) Xing Policentric City : Ferrymead
RECLAIMED ISLAND - WATER SPORT FACILITIES
Plicentric City : Ferrymead Owen (Weiwei) Xing

My proposal is for Reclaimed islands in the Hagley - Ferrymead Ward, This proposal would create strong integration between facilities and water sport site, also resolves the lack of service centre in the district. The project is located to the South-East of Christchurchs CBD, with a high traffic density road passing through the centre. The project proposes for a group of islands to be reclaimed on both sides of Ferrymead by dredging the mud from the bays and rivers. The reclaimed islands are mainly for private purposes, these includes private properties, membership club related to water sports, apartments and offices etc. By dredging the Heathcoat River and the Estuary additional land can be created. This new area can be used for building a new housing typology, one that is integrated into a recreation area. Through the research, we found the area is lacking services, not only is shopping a drive away but all services that support the recreation areas are also a drive out of the area. The area is also characterized by avid sports and recreation, however there is a clear lack of relationship between the sport sites and the stores that support them. In this project we aim to offer a way to bring living, recreation and the supporting services together. This also works well given the area is predicted to increase in population & business in the area. As an inland bay, Ferrymead is the perfect space for water sports like kayaking, surfing and diving, the reclaimed island would improve the conditions for these water sports. Dredge not only remove the century of built up slit, but it can also improve the area for various habitats such as birdlife and sealife. Extra land with properties can help resolve with increased population & business. The design concept is an integration of the two urban typologies: Irvine (Garden city concept) and Cobenhagen (Semi private space). The garden city concept is adjusted to suit the landscape, for example the island to the east has private surrounded by public service which means the water sport related centre is at the perimeter and housing is in the centre. This concept allows the reclaimed islands to form four looped layers, where public transitions to semi public to private to semi private. As for the area around Ferry Road, public space are to the north, closest to the inland sea, the main road is surrounded by semi public spaces, such as supermarkets and service retails. Private and semi private are located to the south, these are the office zone & private properties zone, semi private spaces can only by used by people who works or own the private spaces. In comparison to the Garden City urban design model, Copenhagen is transferring the city scale into individual scale, almost every buildings and structure follows the same pattern, in my design I would include this concept, taking the bigger scale format and duplicate into the design of the buildings.

KEY
Existing Building Proposed Commercial Building Proposed Residential Building

Inland sea / Healthcote River Green Zone - Parks / Fields Unbulit Space Mix of Green & Unbulit Space Semi Private within Building Roads Sand Zone Parking Zone Waling Path & Parking on Bridge

Reclaimed island on both side of Ferrymead road

NEW MASTER PLAN FOR FERRYMEAD

CITY SCALE RESEARCH - IRVINE

The garden city movement is a method of urban planning that was initiated in 1898 by Sir Ebenezer Howard in the United Kingdom. Garden cities were intended to be planned, self-contained communities surrounded by "greenbelts", containing proportionate areas of residences, industry and agriculture.

Simplify

Public Semi Public Private

Flip

Semi Private Private Public Semi Public

Town Centre

IRVINE

Looking at the Irvine arrangement, it follows the pattern of the original, a park or lake in the centre, then spread out to office and industrial, or class room and lecture room for university, the external layer includes the apartment and private properties. After simplifying the garden city concept, I thoughts were flipping the concept to suit my landscape. As the many islands my design reclaimed, private surrounded by public water sport centres would be more appropriate, as for the high performance properties, they would be located in the centre of the islands, as my design goes further, I would also consider, Public -> Private -> Public.

Irvine - Small town near Los Angela Harima science Garden city by PWP Landscapes Design based on Garden city concept

Garden city concept applied on several areas of Irvine

Developed format based on the Garden city concept

Mohammed Bin Rashid Garden city

CITY SCALE RESEARCH - COBENHAGEN

Denmark

Compare to Garden City format, Cobenhagen is transfering the city scale into individual scale, almost every buildings and structure follows the same pattern, in my design I would also like to include this concept, taking the bigger scale format and deplicate into the format of every building. Individual structure Pattern:

Public -

Roads, parks etc

Semi Public - Shops, stores, receiptions Private - Departments, offices etc

COBENHAGEN

CBD

Semi private - Space used only by the people

from the building

Conbenhagen structure pattern

CBD of Cobenhagen

Henning Larsen Architects - Office building for Nordea Bank

Natural history museum by Bjarke Ingels Group

Bird View of the City - Each building structure forms its own semi private sapce in the centre

CPH OVERLAY ON FERRYMEAD

Boundary identified from concept design

Current Ferrymead Plan

CPH Overlay in boundary

Left side of Cobenhagens CBD

Semi - private (mix of green & soild) Private (Building structures) Semi - public (soild) Public (mix of green & soild) Public (Green) Road of CPH CPH Overlay

After the research on Cobenhagen and Irvine ( Garden city), I overlay the format of Cobenhagen onto Ferrymead landscape, it is intersting to see what difference can be made once given Ferrymead a new format. Even though each individual building is worth looking into, but the layout and flow of the street does not quiet fit the lanscape, road and public space must be modified again, in order the take this further, I would test the garden city format as the big scale and each structure would remain the same. Almost every buildings and structure follows the same pattern, pubic space -> semi public -> private -> semi private, in my design I would also like to include this concept, it creates extra layers to the landscape.

Cobenhagen format on Ferrymead

COMBINE TWO RESEARCHS

Semi Private Private Public Semi Public

Scale Change

Flipped garden city concept

Conbenhagen structure pattern

Apply garden city grid onto Ferrymead boundary

Semi - private (Storage or private lookouts) Private (office, apartment & properties) Semi - public (Receiption, service stores) Public (Service & retail industrial) Public (Green)

First stage of testing the possibility of combine the Garden city concept with the Cobenhagen layout, the programs can be arrange into each layer, the ones next to Ferry road are the service and retail industries, followed by the receiptions and stores, and the privates are closer to the river side. Islands create in conceptual stage can not stand by itself, the reason for why the shape of the islands is in such a way is not satisified, therefore before the complete match of these two concept, I needed to modify the shape of the island. The islands in Developed garden city concept format on Ferrymead is a base form of the new islands, will take it further in the next steps.

Flipped garden city concept on Ferrymead

Developed garden city concept format on Ferrymead

RESHAPE THE RECLAIMED ISLAND

Island sketch one

Island sketch two

Starting point

Island sketch three

Finalise sketch - free hand

DEVELOPMENT ON RECLAIMED ISLANDS

Wind direction

Island gaps allows wind to come through for on water sports

Shape formation

Creating a surrounded space for water sport, which forms a circle to correspond to the garden city concept

Exploring the shapes of the reclaiming Island

Conceptual master plan for reclaimed lands for Ferrymead

The changes were made on the forms of the reclaimed islands, in the designing process, I included the concept of Garden city, and transfer it into an unequal grid, the structures in these grids will follow the flow, each individual structure will have their semi private spaces. Also I need to consider the wind flows this, this would effect the quality for wind surfing. Having a reach out from the existing can provide better users experiences for water sport players. Once I have finalise the forms and layouts for these dredged islands, I would apply or extend this same format onto the rest of Ferrymead.

Water sport related Gear / equipment related private properties Service / retails connections

Scale 1:1000 Possible programs on reclaimed islands

Creating grids for the island

SKETCHES FOR FERRYMEAD LAYOUTS

Starting point

Grid sketch one

Grid sketch two

Combined building layout - attempt one

Combined building layout - attempt two

Combined building layout - attempt three

DEVELOP FERRYMEAD LAYOUTS

On this page, I have simplify and extend the island layout onto the both side of Ferry road, there are two outcomes to it. First one created another circle centre in the bottom of Ferry road, which allows the two circle space to contrast, they were the centres of garden city concept. I have made each grid not evenly, due to the programs that they would have late. The centre for second one was Ferry road, spreading from Ferry road, loops covering loops, creating layers for the following purposes, pubilc would be the service, stores and receiptions off Ferry road, followed by the semi publics, light industrial & offices, finally the extermal loop would be for housing & private spaces. Landscape boundary Grid development one Grid development two

Road as Grid

Combining the concept of garden city & Cobenhagen

Loops covering loops

Public -> Semi public -> Private -> Semi private

DEVELOP FERRYMEAD LAYOUTS

After compare the two development, and added the structure layout in, I thought the based on existing layout would be better, minor changed were done the existing buildings, extra parts, fields were added. The centre in the bottom of Ferry road, which allows the two circle space to contrast, they were the centres of garden city concept, as the centre spread out in this order, Public -> Semi public -> Private -> Semi private. I have made each grid not evenly, due to the programs . Take the reclaimed island as an example, the spaces in the centre is semi private spaces for the residency on the island, and the private club on the left hand side. The three islands are the private spaces, private units and properties. The inner loop of the extended island are the semi public. The ones that connects to the main land are the publics, which is opened to every one. Road as Grid Loops covering loops

Structure Layout

Based on the existing layout, influenced by the island extension

New master plan & Structure Layout

Based on the concept of Garden city, each individual refers to Conbenhagen format

PUBLIC & PRIVATE LAYERS

Private

Semi Private Private Semi Public

Public

Semi Private Semi Public

Public

Existing layouts on bothside of Ferry road

Flipped Garden city concept

Conceptual layers applied onto reclaim islands

Taking existing Ferry road as the start point, applied the format thats used on the island onto mainland. First, Grid to create layer. Second, apply extra parts or field to existing structures to fit the grid. Third, Cobenhagen format into the structure style.
Private Semi Public Semi Public Private

Public

New Grid on top of existing

Private
Private

NEGATIVE
Semi Public

POSITIVE

Semi Private

New format overlay the existing

Structure & Road

Conceptual layers applied onto Ferry road

DEVELOP LAYOUTS & PROGRAMS

The changes made on this page were, functions spreading from Ferry road changed, it is no longer the centre. Instead, Public space are at the top, closest to the inland sea, main road is surrounded by semi public spaces, these are the shops and service stations. Private and semi private are based on the bottom half, this are the office zone & prviate properties zone, Semi private spaces can only by used by peoples who works or own the private spaces.
Private

On the diagram below, I have identify the programs that spaces would have, mainly focused on the reclaimed islands, It would be related to on water sport, making it easier for the people from private zone to use the spaces in the centre.
Semi Public

Private Semi Public

Public

Private Private NEGATIVE POSITIVE Semi Private Semi Public

Private properties

Public Semi Public

Conceptual layers applied onto Ferry road

Private

Semi Private Private Semi Public Public

Flipped Garden city concept

Private water sport zone

Public

Sport related store & centre

Semi Public
NEGATIVE POSITIVE

Look outs / entertainment / water related

Semi private spaces parks / Storage/ lookouts

Private Semi Private
Public

Office / Service / retails & light industrial

Semi Public Private

Office / Apartments

Developed Conceptual layers applied onto Ferry road

Layers based Flipped Garden city concept

Semi Private

PROGRAM & FUNCTION

DEVELOP RECLAIMED ISLAND

Testing shapes & arrangment for office, appartment on reclaimed islands

- Land increased - high proportion of green zone - Visible parallel - Semi private space for each buildings - Forming its own loop Appears parellel - building has size difference Finalise layouts

DEVELOP PRIVATE PROPERTY LAYOUT

Improving the island for residential. The propertires scatter in a way that they will not block each others view. They have access to the private water sport field in the centre, and beach only to be used for the residence living on the lands. Having their own fitness and daily shops on island.

Overall island improvement

FINALISE PROJECT

Building Blocks

Final layout for Ferrymead

COMPARE PURPOSED & EXISTING

EXISTING FERRYMEAD PLAN

Showing existing buildings and roads

RECLAIMED ISLANDS FOR COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL

Areas for shops, office and residential

RECLAIMED ISLAND FOR SPORT CENTRE

Areas for water sports and private properties

NEW MASTER PLAN FOR FERRYMEAD

KEY
Existing Building Proposed Commercial Building Proposed Residential Building

Inland sea / Healthcote River Green Zone - Parks / Fields Unbulit Space Mix of Green & Unbulit Space Semi Private within Building Roads Sand Zone Parking Zone Waling Path & Parking on Bridge

NEW MASTER PLAN FOR FERRYMEAD

Result of integrating the two researched city

EXPLODED VIEW OF FERRYMEAD ROAD

Private housing

Water sport centre & stores

Private properties

2%

Entertainment & water front related

Office, service, retails & light industrial

Apartment & work-living studio

Commercial & Residential

29%

Roads

9%

Green zones & Parkings

27%

Unbulit Spaces

33%

TOTAL AREA 743,000 sqm

Reclaimed island for sport centre 340,000 sqm

Showing usage proportion and programs

Reclaimed island for Commercial 142,000 sqm

RENDERS FOR FERRYMEAD PROJECT

RECLAIMED ISLAND - OFFICE, APARTMENT & WORK LIVING

RECLAIMED ISLAND - WATER SPORT CENTRE & PROVIDE PROPERTIES

RENDERS FOR FERRYMEAD PROJECT

RECLAIMED ISLAND - WATER SPORT CENTRE & PROVIDE PROPERTIES

Water sports happening in the spaces provided