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Comercial Barrier Christchurch City

ARBORIZATION

PEDESTRIAN

Christchurch City Train Railway Avon River Main Streets related to Site

Train Station Train Railway Actual Grid

URBAN STRUCTURES

UNDEFINED GRID

PROJECT COMPONENTS
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GREEN FIELD

BIKE LANE

SITE PROBLEMS
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SITE PROBLEMS

WHAT CAUSES THE DISCONNECTION


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NEEDLEWORK
ADVANCED DESIGN 2 / A PROPOSAL FOR THE FUTURE

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Christchurch has been battered with the previous earthquakes that struck the city. Within this context our hole class aim was to research and propose new outlines for the future of the city itself. To do so, each student group took over different problematic zones to further develop these schemes. Our group choose Tower Junction and after researching together we developed three different solutions for the problems we focused on.

The main objective of this project is solving the existing disconnection in the site focusing on the railway, presenting the problems it carries nowdays and trying to develop a new way in which the city interacts with this strong element, in hope that this may serve to encourage the construction of a better city.
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Christchurch City

INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR IN THE CHRISTCHURCH URBAN CONTEXT

Comercial Barrier Train Railway

INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR IN THE SITE CONTEXT

Christchurch City Commercial Barrier Disconnect Junction

Commercial Barrier Train Railway

COMMERCIAL BARRIER
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COMERCIAL BARRIER

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SITE PROBLEMS
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GENERAL PLAN
On the general plan you can see all the components of the design strategy. The stitch provides a strong connection between the north and south and integrates the pedestrians within the urban design of the site. On the middle of the project an open sports field is shared by the four units. Each one of them has a community program on the ground floor as it goes: Unit 1: Basketball courts and skate park Unit 2: Art and exposition centers
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DEFINE
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RAILWAY WALL IN THE CHRISTCHURCH URBAN CONTEXT

RAILWAY WALL IN THE SITE CONTEXT

Christchurch City Train Railway

Train Railway

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COMERCIAL BARRIER

PROGRAM LAYERS
DETAIL PLAN
UNIT ONE - GROUND LEVEL
The community program is placed underneath the building in an open space but protected by the columns of it. It is properly distanced from the railway line but not turning its back towards it. Green area surrounds the community programs that functions as an intermediary between the road and rail lines to the though programs. This disposition, as well as giving a open facade to the city, provides the site with non restricting programs, which ensures that the land can be used at any time.

COMBINING

Unit 3: Multipurpose courts and cycling center Unit 4: Open library

SITE PROBLEMS

DETAIL PLAN
UNIT ONE - LEVEL ONE
The small commerce is located here. It is connected to the stitch with an open deck that serves as a prelude to the shops and as the roof for the parking underneath itself: for every meter taken by cars you gain a meter as public space. This level has the function of activating the connection paths and maintaining a dynamic flow on the stitch. The next four levels are residential, they maintain a stable amount of users in the place and provide the missing security on the site.

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GREEN AREAS

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GREEN AREAS IN THE CHRISTCHURCH URBAN CONTEXT

GREEN AREAS IN THE SITE CONTEXT

Christchurch City Train Railway Avon River Canterbury Agricultural Park Canterbury Agricultural Park Hagley Park Hagley Park Travis Wetland N. H. Park Travis Wetland N. H. Park

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SOLUTION

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A urban pack was designed to fill it and provide the site with new different conections: a pedestrians way and a cycling path. Both come along with arborization, the proper urban structure like benches and water fountains, and a green field under the bridge. The bridges structure provides the lighting.

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STITCH - URBAN PACK

NEW GRID

CBD AND TOWER JUNCTION GRID COMPARISON IN THE CHRISTCHURCH URBAN CONTEXT

RESIDENTIAL GRID IN THE SITE CONTEXT

PROJECT VIEWS
BLENDING SPORTS
HIGHLIGHT THE TRAIN

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COMMUNITY

PROJECT SECTION

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