Radial Urbanism: 1:50,000 Urban
Radial Urbanism: 1:50,000 Urban
RADIAL URBANISM
CONCEpT
1:50,000
URBAN
1 km
OBSERVED IN RURAL CHRISTCHURCH, RADIAL pATTERNS EMERgE fROM THE CONVERgANCE Of LARgE STRAIgHT ROADS. THESE INTERSECTIONS ACT AS A CATALySTS fOR URBAN DEVELOpMENT.
NW NE SE SW 45+135 degrees
pHASE 1: ADJUSTED
SIMpLIfIED pATTERN OBSERVED pATTERN By STRAIgHTENINg EXISTINg MAIN ROADS AND CREATINg ADDITIONAL NEw MAIN ROADS, CONNECTIVITy BETwEEN THE URBAN CENTRES IN SpREyDON-HEATHCOTE IS INCREASED AND THE INCENTIVE fOR THESE CENTRES TO DEVELOp IS INCREASED.
SCALAR SHIfTS
OFFSET NSEW 1-15+75-89+91-105+165-179 degrees
AppLIED AT 4 DIffERENT SCALES; URBAN, NEIgHBOURHOOD, BLOCK AND BUILDINg, RADIAL pATTERNINg CREATES ULTIMATE CONNECTIVITy BETwEEN ANy LOCATION AND SpECIfIC ALLOCATED CENTRES, THEREfORE ACHIEVINg THE gREATEST DENSITy Of COMMERCE AND LIfE AT THESE CENTRES.
pHASE 2: IDEALISED
OFFSET NW NE SE SW 30-60+120-150 degrees
pROgRAM
MOST PROMINENT 30-60 degrees
THE URBAN CENTRE REQUIRES COMMERCIAL RETAIL, OffICE SpACE fOR SMALL BUSINESSES, RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION AND pUBLIC SpACES. BASED ON THE MODEL Of CHRISTCHURCHS CBD, RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION IS LOCATED ABOVE gROUND-LEVEL COMMERCIAL RETAIL AND MID-LEVEL OffICES TIN LOw-RISE BUILDINgS.
ALL 1-180 degrees
AS THESE CENTRES DEVELOp AND BECOME MORE DENSE, RINg ROADS DIVERT THE MAIN ROADS AROUND THE CENTRES BALANCINg OUT THE NEgATIVE IMpLICATIONS Of TRAffIC.
1:5,000
SITE
NORTH SOUTH EAST WEST 0+90 degress OFFSET NSEW 1-15+75-89+91-105+165-179 degrees
NEIgHBOURHOOD
1:50,000
100 m
SpREyDON-HEATHCOTE IS THE MOST SOCIO-ECONOMICALLy DEpRIVED AREA IN CHRISTCHURCH. IT IS A CONTINUOUS SUBURB, wITH NO DEVELOpED CENTRE. CHRISTCHURCHS CBD IS ONLy A fEw KILOMETRES NORTH Of SpREyDON-HEATHCOTE, wITH MANy Of THE MAIN ROADS ORIENTATED TOwARDS THERE.
NW NE SE SW 45+135 degrees OFFSET NW NE SE SW 30-60+120-150 degrees
BARRINgTON IS LOCATED CENTRALLy wITHIN THE SpREyDONHEATHCOTE AREA AT A MAIN INTERSECTION. THE INTERSECTION Of BARRINgTON, fRANKLEIgH AND MILTON STREET pROVIDES THE BEST OppORTUNITy fOR URBAN DEVELOpMENT. URBAN DEVELOpMENT IS ACHIEVED By AppLyINg A RADIAL pATTERN OFFSET NSEW TO THE ORgANISATION Of ROADS, pEDESTRIAN LANES AND BUILDINg 1-15+75-89+91-105+165-179 degrees CIRCULATION.
1:5,000
CONTOURS (METRES ABOVE SEA LEVEL)
NEIgHBOURHOOD
100 m
1:5,000
RO AD
NEIgHBOURHOOD
100 m
1:5,000
pROCESS
100 m
SP ELD I
NON RESIDENTIAL ZONES
S RT S O
RI Ng
RI
A LL
g
RO AD
M
MAIN ROADS (OUTSIDE SITE)
EM C
PROXIMITY (KILOMETRES FROM SITE CENTRE)
Y AR ET
1 CHRISTCHURCH CARTESIAN gRID: EXISTINg IN THE
CHRISTCHURCH CBD
A ER PL RS
NU
NT
AREAS
EXISTINg: BARRINgTON
COMMERCIAL BUILDINg ARE SCATTERED AND RESIDENTIAL BUILDINgS MAINTAIN A SUBURBAN DENSITy THROUgHOUT THE AREA. THE MAIN ROADS MEETS AT THE MAIN INTERSECTION, AND THE SUBSIDARy ROADS SURROUND THE INTERSECTION.
pHASE 2: IDEALISED
COMMERCIAL BUILDINg ARE gROUpED AT CENTRAL LOCATIONS AND RESIDENTIAL BUILDINgS ARE MOST DENSE TOwARDS THE CENTRE AND ARE LESS DENSE fURTHER fROM THE CENTRE. THE MAIN ROADS ARE DIVERTED ON A RINg ROAD, AND THE SUBSIDARy ROADS DIffUSE INTO THE CENTRE.
RIVERS
NEIgHBOURHOOD
SIZES (KILOMETRES UP AND ACROSS) PROXIMITY (KILOMETRES FROM SITE CENTRE)
pHASE 1: pROpOSED
RI
NG
AD O
1:200
BUILDINg
4m
ROOf LEVEL
malls
no vehicle access
family income
deprivation index
liquefaction
liquefaction
no vehicle access
LEVEL 2: OffICES
deprivation index
liquefaction
malls
no vehicle access
personal income
family income
deprivation index
CROSS-SECTION: SOUTH-EAST
population increase personal income family income deprivation index
CROSS-SECTION: NORTH-EAST
water table
land damage
liquefaction
liquefaction
SOCIO-ECONOMICAL
personal income family income deprivation index population increase no vehicle access malls
LAND DAMAGE
1:250
BLOCK
5m
pHASE 2: BUILDINgS
MAIN ROADS SUBSIDARARy ROADS pEDESTRIAN LANES
EXISTINg BUILDINgS
BLOCKS
M LL A
fROM RADIAL
gRID
RESIDENTIAL
fLOOR THREE
RADIAL SUBDIVISION INTO BUILDINg SITES RADIAL SUBDIVISION Of SECTIONS INTO UNITS
COMMERCIAL
fLOOR ONE
SITE
VOIDS