Double Ground Master of Architecture Architecture MADA Now 2022

Chelsea Telford

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Throughout my Master's degree I have become passionate about the role of architecture in creating environmental and social resilience. The collaborative studio project, re-imagines our urban environment on the terms of natural systems through the removal and repair of the waterway corridor along the Birrarung. Based on the anticipated decline in private car use, Doncaster Tower Street retrofit, redefines removed programs from Bulleen-Banyule Flats into an existing carpark.

Tower Street Park and Pool

My project ‘Tower Street Park and Pool’ increases ecological and social value through re-imagining water-focused recreation, contributing to a broader sustainable water system. Occupying the rooftop, an intensive rainwater garden aims to create a nuanced balance between ecological systems and human intervention. This project was designed with Rebecca Williams.

Project Overview

The project aims to control and collect water runoff through raised terrain and bio-filtration roof garden. The rooftop supports ecological habitat and human activity. The project also encourages social and recreational amenities through a biofiltration swimming pool, unprogrammed social space that provides an opportunity for activities such as bird watching and picnics, as well as surfaces to facilitate sports such as bocce.

Seasonal Change Over Time

The pool combines informal and formal swimming. This diagram describes the changes in both ecological and social conditions throughout the year highlighting both water and occupation fluctuations.

Pool Connections

The biofiltration pool has a direct sectional relationship with the sporting facilities below through both access and visual connections. To govern the use of the pool, booking can be made online or via the sporting facilities below.

Bio-filtration System

The bio-filtration pool is a chemical-free process utilising plants to filter the water. The pool has a capacity of 326 people per day based on cleaning cycles and the volume of water. To maximise the efficiency of cleaning, it is required that users shower before using facilities.

Occupation and Habitat

Occupation throughout the project is controlled through a raised mesh pathway which expands creating slow moments within the project. This pathway is raised to allow light and water to access to vegetation below. The pathway provides human access to some parts of the site leaving other spaces as non habitable landscape.

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