Catching Up: An Overview of Process

This blog Post will be a brief description of the process up to the final product. Over the last month the project that developed defined a method, and created a system of "softscape" interventions.

There was a definition of problems to be addressed, Problems include:

Over Paved Spaces
Lack of Shade Space
Overwhelming Scale of Buildings
Lack of Identity to the site
Lack of Connectivity to/ through site
Lack of functioning/ Useable Public Space

Once the Problems were identified a Series of different interventions were developed based on their ability to intervene and benefit the site.

Test Schemes Included:

Permeate:Break the site by creating many through roads an d address 6 problems

Focus: Divide buildings and create clustered groups

Sight: Rework all roads to create site lines that travel all the way through the site

After developing these ideas in plan, section and perspective, it became clear that they could all be combined to create one optimum master plan.

From there the master plan was developed and one idea that addressed all 6 problems, and the three test schemes.

The Next Step: Describing Intervention in Section

Site Sections: These early sections collage the ides that are to be addressed in the master plan 

These section are describe the methods of softscape intervention that begin to address the 6 problems identified. The were extremely useful in creating  both the materials and landscaping matrix, and the typology matrix.

Creating a Descriptive Master Plan:

First Pass Master Plan

This is the first pass at the master plan, it begins to describe the layout for the new buildings, softscape interventions and the different zones.

The Matrix:

This early Materials and Landscape Matrix Begins to show how the final Matrix will describe the site interventions, and explain the methodology.

Materials and Landcape Matrix: The describes the intervention, the zone and the reasoning behind each move

There will be a matrix for materials and landscaping, and materials and one for typologies. Both will be used to describe method of intervention, purpose of intervention, and zone location on site.