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Kings cross’station_John McAlan+Partners
Developing the project_ Looking for the way of construct the roofing of flow of spaces
I made a diagram of workshops in Riopradillo. The most important idea is based on the main line which is marked by the water flowing and constructed wetlands.
On the right side we can see roofing for people who cooperates with animals, places for animals to stay and also compost (biomass energy) and solar energy,.
On the left side there are workshops for people for autoconstruction. It is also a place for gathering.
On the left side we can also notice places connected with nature and food production: organic gardens, edible forest etc.
I would like to make a roofing above the spaces for people and animals.
I have found the inspiration in fan vaulting of gothic cathedrals and also I really like modern interpretations of this construction.
DEVELOPING THE PROJECT_ FUNCIONAL PROGRAM BASED ON VALLADURA
The group comprises three laboratories — Food Lab, Energy Lab and Green FabLab — which produce the three things we need to be self-sufficient: food, energy and many of the things essential to the good life, combining the age-old ancestral knowledge that connects us to nature with the latest advanced technology.
The laboratories are gearned to investigating the processes involved in the production of energy, food and things locally, using the resources of the immediate environment, and developing technologies and knowledge that can be employed in the construction of a new global human habitat.
FoodLab
We need the energy we get from food. Food production is based on various forms of cultivation including organic gardens, orchards (sad), edible forests and farm animals, all managed by researchers and students.
We close the cycle of food production all the way to human consumption and the subsequent (dalszy) production of energy and new nutrients for the soil, researching technologies for both large- and small-scale food production.
There will be parallel benefits in waste management, effectively closing the circle of nutrient management by way of a transformation process with implications for energy and the economy.
Valldaura aims to be a self-sufficient environment capable of meet its needs by means of renewables. The keystone of the whole system is the Energrid research project, developed by IaaC for Endesa, in collaboration with the i2Cat Foundation, and being implemented for the first time at Valldaura Labs. Energrid is a kind of energy Internet, a system in which the various Valldaura buildings produce and consume, store or share energy according to strict principles of efficiency. Each electrical node (switch or power point) has a microcomputer (developed in the project) that monitors individual consumption and can avoid demand peaks by actively managing consumption. It is intended to introduce this model in the urban environment over the next few years. At Valldaura, energy comes from a biomass plant that uses local resources, as well as solar panels and mini wind-turbine systems.
At Valldaura we are also developing the HydroGrid project in order to ensure efficient water management, based on the principle of having five different tanks to allow the most appropriate kind of water to be used for each purpose. Clean water, roof rainwater, surface runoff from the plazas, greywater and sewage are recycled for maximum water saving.
Valldaura is also developing the Global Traceability of Matter project, in order to extend our awareness of all the materials and transformation processes involved in the production of any object, including residues and re-use.
As part of the production cycle we have created the Green FabLab, a digital fabrication lab that uses natural resources.
One of our lines of research is centred on the development of new materials from natural ingredients such as wood, earth or minerals for building, to make bricks, glass and resins using simple ancestral technologies and modern high-tech processes.
At Valldaura we can carry out the complete cycle of matter transformation, from a sustainably managed tree in the forest which gives us wood that is dried, designed, and cut on machines running on renewable energy to produce furniture and structural elements.
The laboratory has several traditional bòvila brickyard kilns of the type traditionally found on large rural estates in Catalonia; at Valldaura the brickyard was located in what is now the restaurant area.
Different activities
Grey water filters
- Prepare hay (siano) / reed (trzcina) bed / water aeration (napowietrzanie) filters
- Make the outlines (kontur) for the water depositWeaving and Transplants
- Weaving (tkać) brushes (zarośla) into the living fence
- Transplanting spiky (kolczaste) plants!
Brick Reclamation (reutylizacja)
- Selecting worthy bricks.
- Reforming and restoring them.
- Groundwork and mulching (pierzyć)
- Winter planting
In RioPradillo I want to make FLOW OF SUCH SPACES, WORKSHOPS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY.
– greenWORKSHOP- smart nutricient management.
- small scale food production,
- various form of cultivation: organic gardens, orchards (sad), edible forests.
- places of growing their own food.
– yellowWORKSHOP- smart autoconstruction and using natural materials
- places of autoconstruction
- places of gathering and working together
- workshop where people will be able to work with natural materials
– blueWORKSHOP- smart and efficient water management
- constructed wetlands
- self- sufficient environment
- 5 tanks :
- clean water
- roof rainwater
- surface runoff
- grey water
– redWORKSHOP
- places for farm animals (close to the wetlands)
- places for people to cooperate with the animals and nature
- using natural sources of energy (biomass, solar panels).
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DEVELOPING A PROJECT_ FLOW OF SPACES CONSTRUCTED OF WOOD- BEGINING
I want to develop this idea with domes but I have to change some things.
I want to make this domes more open-work (not like a shel). I want to construct this domes of wooden planks (as in the previous note).
I want to connect this wooden planks on the floor of Riopradillo with the domes to make flow of spaces.
Very important for me is a nature circle which will be represented by wetlands. Now I need to change the shape of this constructed wetlands, becuase this one is too closed.
DEVELOPING A PROJECT_Koshirakura
In Riopradillo I want to make two circles of domes structures similar to these ones. I would like to make two circles of movements. One circle will be connected with the movement of the animals and people (workshops, places of gathering the people, places for animals to stay) and the second one with nature (circle of constructed wetlands).
I really like this dome structure. It reminds me my maquet made of bark. This dome is a great example of transport the idea of arranging narrow pieces of planks into 3D model.
I also want to connect this dome structure with the “floor” of Riopradillo. I would like to make a flow of spaces within this terrain.
Material: wood, ‘surplus’ timber – off-cuts from the timber industry and thinned wood from forest maintenance – joined with ropes.
Second layer: Pieces of planks with incomplete rectangular sections, 2 to 5 cm thick
Framework: framework was formed of eight nemagari trunks
Mine framework: ? Rib vault?
Still framework connected with scattered wooden planks.
This structure creates very interesting place to stay underneeth. To work together, to gather, to make something good for the environment, to learn from each other, to produce food, to construct with the natural materials which are eco-friendly, to build, to create new better world…
Other types of interesting domes:
http://www.archdaily.com/489778/sxsw-features-parametric-vault-designed-by-ota-and-ut-students/
http://www.pleatfarm.com/2009/10/14/voussoir-cloud-by-iwamotoscott-architecture/
http://block.arch.ethz.ch/brg/research/project/rib-vaulted-funnel-shell-models
INSPIRATIONS_IMAGES_Andy Goldsworthy
INSPIRATIONS_ IMAGES
WATER PURYFICATION_ Shanghai Houtan Park: Landscape as a Living System
http://www.turenscape.com/english/
Built on a brownfield of a former industrial site, Houtan Park is a regenerative living landscape on Shanghai’s Huangpu riverfront. The park’s constructed wetland, ecological flood control, reclaimed industrial structures and materials, and urban agriculture are integral components of an overall restorative design strategy to treat polluted river water and recover the degraded waterfront in an aesthetically pleasing way.
2 Project Narratives
2.1 Objectives and Challenges
The site is a narrow linear 14-hectare (34.6 acre) band located along the Huangpu River waterfront in Shanghai, China. This brownfield, previously owned by a steel factory and a shipyard, had few industrial structures remaining and the site was largely used as a landfill and lay-down yard for industrial materials.
Objectives：The objective of the park design was to: create a green Expo, accommodate for a large influx of visitors during the exposition from May to October, demonstrate green technologies, transform a unique space to make the Expo an unforgettable event, and transition into a permanent public waterfront park after the Expo.
Challenges：The first challenge was restoring the degraded environment. The site is a brownfield littered with industrial and construction debris both on the surface and buried throughout the site. The water of Huangpu River is highly polluted with a national water quality ranking of Lower Grade V, the lowest grade on a scale of I-V and is considered unsafe for swimming and recreation and devoid of aquatic life. The eminent site design challenge was to transform this degraded landscape into a safe and pleasant public space. The second challenge was to improve flood control. The existing concrete floodwall was designed to protect against a 1,000-year flood event with a top elevation of 6.7 meters (22 feet), but it is rigid and lifeless. The 2.1 meter (6-foot) daily tidal fluctuation creates a muddy and littered shoreline and is currently inaccessible to the public. A conventional retaining wall would continue to limit accessibility and preclude habitat creation along the water’s edge, so an alternative flood control design proposal was necessary. The third challenge was the site itself. The area is long and narrow locked between the Huangpu River and an urban express way with water frontage is over 1.7 kilometers (one mile) in length but averaging only 30-80 meters (100-265 feet) in width.
2.2 Design Strategy
Regenerative design strategies used to transform the site into a living system that offer comprehensive ecological services included: food production, flood, water treatment, and habitat creation combined in an educational and aesthetic form. The site is destined to be an innovative demonstration of the ecological culture for the 2010 Expo.
(1) Constructed Wetland and Regenerative Design
Through the center of the park, a linear constructed wetland, 1.7 kilometers (one mile) long and 5- 30 meters (16.5 – 100 feet) wide was designed to create a reinvigorated waterfront as a living machine to treat contaminated water from the Huangpu River. Cascades and terraces are used to oxygenate the nutrient rich water, remove and retain nutrients and reduce suspended sediments while creating pleasant water features; Different species of wetland plants were selected and designed to absorb different pollutants from the water. Field testing indicates that 2,400 cubic meters (500,000 gallons) per day of water can be treated from Lower Grade V to Grade III. The treated water can be used safely throughout the Expo for non-potable uses, and save half a million US dollars in comparison with conventional water treatment.
The wetland also acts as a flood protection buffer between the 20- and 1000-year flood control levees. The meandering valley along the wetland creates a series of thresholds creating visual interest and refuge within the bustling world exposition with opportunities for recreation, education, and research. The terrace design of the wetland alleviates the elevation difference between the city and the river, safely reconnecting people to the water’s edge. Additionally, the existing concrete floodwall was replaced by a more habitat friendly riprap that allows native species to grow along the riverbank while protecting the shoreline from erosion.
(2) Memory and Prophecy
Overlapped in the matrix of ecologically regenerated landscape are layers of agricultural and industrial past of the site and future of the post-industrial eco-civilization.
Inspired by the fields of Chinese agricultural landscape, terraces were created to break down the 3-5 meter (15-18 foot) elevation change from the water’s edge to the road, and to slow the runoff directed to the stream in the constructed wetland. These terraces are reminiscent of Shanghai’s agricultural heritage prior to industrial development of the neighborhood in the mid 20th century. Crops and wetland plants were selected to create an urban farm allowing people to witness seasonal changes: the golden blossoms in the spring, splendid sunflowers in the summer, fragrance of the ripened rice in the fall, and green clover in the winter. It provides a premier educational opportunity for people to learn about agriculture and farming within the city.
The terraces enrich the landscape along the wetland by creating spaces that encourage visitors to enter the living system through the field’s corridors and experience the agricultural landscape and wetland firsthand. The paths, like capillaries of a sponge, absorb and pull people to circulate through the park.
The industrial spirit of the site is celebrated through the reclamation of industrial structures and materials. Shanghai is the birthplace of China’s modern industry and the iconic structures that remained onsite have been transformed into hanging gardens and overlook platforms.
The reclaimed steel panels hail the site’s former industrial spirit. Situated throughout the wetland valley, the folded steel panels are used to frame views of Shanghai’s skyline and highlight the industrial past. The materials are reconfigured to create artful forms, new paving material for the boardwalk, and shelters.
(3) Path Network
An ecologically recovered landscape, urban agriculture and industrial spirit are the three major layers of the park, woven together through a network of paths where visitors are educated about green infrastructure within a lushly restored recreational area. The pedestrian network is composed of a main loop, a series of perpendicular roads bisecting the wetland and a multitude of footpaths leading through the terraces. This network ensures seamless connections between the park and its surroundings, encourages access within the site that not only effectively accommodates the massive pedestrian flows expected during the Expo, but ensures a pleasant and accessible public park at the human scale afterwards.
Numerous platforms and enclosed ‘containers’ are designed as the nodes on the pedestrian network, including the ‘hanging garden’ transformed from a factory structure and the landscaped dock. These platforms and containers are integrated into the pedestrian network to create larger expanses where small groups can gather. Groves of bamboo and Chinese Redwood trees act as screens along the paths to break up the spaces and the enclosures surrounded by trees are used to exhibit modern art and industrial relics found onsite.
3 Conclusion
Houtan Park demonstrates a living system where ecological infrastructure can provide multiple services for society and nature and new ecological water treatment and flood control methods. The post-industrial design demonstrates a unique productive landscape evoking the memories of past and the future of the ecological civilization, paying homage to a new aesthetics based low maintenance and high performance landscapes.
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