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    Tower Junction Board L

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    This document proposes flipping land use in an area of Christchurch, New Zealand from car-focused to pedestrian-focused. It currently consists of disconnected programs separated by a railway and large roads prioritizing cars over pedestrians. The proposal would convert spaces dedicated to parking lots and roads into new buildings and public spaces, connecting the area's four main anchors through an expanded street network. This would create a dense, walkable block centered around a new central plaza, encouraging alternative transportation like biking and reducing dominance of private vehicles.

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    Tower Junction Board L

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    This document proposes flipping land use in an area of Christchurch, New Zealand from car-focused to pedestrian-focused. It currently consists of disconnected programs separated by a railway and large roads prioritizing cars over pedestrians. The proposal would convert spaces dedicated to parking lots and roads into new buildings and public spaces, connecting the area's four main anchors through an expanded street network. This would create a dense, walkable block centered around a new central plaza, encouraging alternative transportation like biking and reducing dominance of private vehicles.

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    The University of Auckland School of Architecture and Planning Advanced Design 2013

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    131025 Tower Junction Board l

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    This document proposes flipping land use in an area of Christchurch, New Zealand from car-focused to pedestrian-focused. It currently consists of disconnected programs separated by a railway and large roads prioritizing cars over pedestrians. The proposal would convert spaces dedicated to parking lots and roads into new buildings and public spaces, connecting the area's four main anchors through an expanded street network. This would create a dense, walkable block centered around a new central plaza, encouraging alternative transportation like biking and reducing dominance of private vehicles.

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    Tower Junction Board L

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    This document proposes flipping land use in an area of Christchurch, New Zealand from car-focused to pedestrian-focused. It currently consists of disconnected programs separated by a railway and large roads prioritizing cars over pedestrians. The proposal would convert spaces dedicated to parking lots and roads into new buildings and public spaces, connecting the area's four main anchors through an expanded street network. This would create a dense, walkable block centered around a new central plaza, encouraging alternative transportation like biking and reducing dominance of private vehicles.

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    RAILWAY
    LINCOLN ROAD
    BIG
    BOX
    RETAIL
    RESIDENTIAL
    HAGLEY PARK
    EVENTS
    RESIDENTIAL
    PERCENTAGE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE OCCUPIED BY:
    Buildings
    Roads
    Car parking
    PERCENTAGE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE OCCUPIED BY:
    Intensifcation: The Flip
    AFTER BEFORE
    PARKING
    LOTS BUILT SPACE
    Green spaces
    26%
    47%
    3%
    24%
    26%
    47%
    3%
    24%
    Buildings
    Roads
    Car parking
    Green spaces
    PERCENTAGE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE OCCUPIED BY:
    Buildings
    Roads
    Car parking
    PERCENTAGE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE OCCUPIED BY:
    Intensifcation: The Flip
    PARKING
    LOTS BUILT SPACE
    Green spaces
    26%
    47%
    3%
    24%
    26%
    47%
    3%
    24%
    Buildings
    Roads
    Car parking
    Green spaces
    PERCENTAGE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE OCCUPIED BY:
    Built area
    Roads
    Green spaces
    PERCENTAGE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE OCCUPIED BY:
    Buildings
    Roads
    Car parking
    PERCENTAGE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE OCCUPIED BY:
    Intensifcation: The Flip
    PARKING
    LOTS BUILT SPACE
    Green spaces
    26%
    47%
    3%
    24%
    26%
    47%
    3%
    24%
    Buildings
    Roads
    Car parking
    Green spaces
    PERCENTAGE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE OCCUPIED BY:
    Built area
    Roads
    Green spaces
    Car parks Car parks
    BEFORE AFTER
    PERCENTAGE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE OCCUPIED BY:
    Buildings
    Roads
    Car parking
    PERCENTAGE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE OCCUPIED BY:
    Intensifcation: The Flip
    PARKING
    LOTS BUILT SPACE
    Green spaces
    26%
    47%
    3%
    24%
    26%
    47%
    3%
    24%
    Buildings
    Roads
    Car parking
    Green spaces
    HAGLEY PARK
    TOWER JUNCTION
    AMI STADIUM
    LINCOLN ROAD
    Tower Junction is an interesting area of Christchurch in that within 1 km it covers a
    wide range of programmes, each being vastly diferent from one another. However,
    all the diferent programmes seem to have their backs toward each other and thus
    become their own foating island. This disconnection is made so by the dominating
    railway which separates the site.
    At another level, the disconnected characteristic of the site is apparent at the level of
    the pedestrian. When walking around the site the pedestrian feels extremely small
    and often fnds it inconvenient to get from one side of Tower Junction to the other.
    This is due to the fact that the presence of the car is so dominant in Christchurch that
    roads such as the ones in Tower Junction are predominantly designed to prioritise
    the convenience of the car, and often disregards the movement of pedestrians.
    In response to the matter of dominance of the private car in the city of Christchurch,
    this project takes on a hypothetical proposal of directly fipping the land use. Space
    dedicated to the car is converted to built form, and the built form
    to car space.This fip thus allows us to investigate what the unbuilt space may be-
    come as built space, and vice versa.
    The proposal uses this shift in focus from the car to people to increase pedestrian
    and bicyclist activity. As cars are intended to be dropped of at the perimeter of the
    site, a rental bike system just introduced to New Zealand, Nextbike, is utilised to ena-
    ble people to travel around the block, and also as a daily means of transport around
    the greater area of Christchurch City as well.
    The proposal takes into mind readings from Jan Gehls Cities for People and consider-
    ation has also been given to William Whytes flm The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
    - The Street Corner in the design of the plaza.
    Using the fip as a starting point, the design intends to connect the four main an-
    chors: Hagley Park, Tower Junction Mega Centre, Lincoln Road, and the AMI Stadium.
    In order to create very direct connections, existing streets within and around
    the block are extended, creating more opportunities of connection and intersec
    tion while also breaking down the potential big blocks of building in the site.
    The main connection takes shape in the form of a double cross, with one arm (two
    parallel roads) connecting Tower Junction to Lincoln Road, and the other connecting
    Hagley Park with the AMI Stadium.
    The remainder of the extended streets are broken down into lesser roads to create a
    hierarchy in circulation around the site, and to increase accessibility. This also breaks
    down further what would be big block buildings.
    As the site is intended to be a pedestrian block, exisiting street sections are remod-
    eled to typical road sections for pedestrians and bicyclists. Streets vary in width to
    accommodate for diferent experiences and transport. The primary network, being
    the widest, is for more cyclists to use, including those using bike trailers to transport
    equipment for events. The secondary street accommodates for both pedestrians
    and cyclists to access more places within the block, whereas the tertiary is mainly for
    pedestrians. These streets mainly provide access to particular buildings
    and bike riders are enouraged to only walk their bike.
    The streets, then, subsequently defne the built mass within the area. The tertiary
    streets are extended from selected ex-building edges to further break down the
    mass of built space.
    A range of programme is then distributed in the area, with the commercial lining the
    majority of the four main roads connecting the anchors.
    A series of open spaces are given their own identities to create variation and thus
    density and intensifcation within the block. Smaller spaces become private court-
    yards or pocket parks.
    Where the two crosses intersect is a Central Plaza which acts as a main open area for
    diferent activities of the community as this is where all four main streets meet. The
    Plaza is capable of accommodating a range of activities from temporary ice-skating
    to farmers markets and even a casual sitting space for people on their lunch break.
    LYDIA AI-UN LIU 1598112
    Aerial view of the plaza from one of the primary streets
    Disconnected islands
    Car space
    Intensifcation via the fip
    Connection of four anchors Ground level: street network and open space
    Level 1
    Level 2
    Level 3
    Connection of four anchors in context
    Street sections Scale 1:5000 Scale 1:100
    PRIMARY STREET: Bike and pedestrian
    15m
    SECONDARY STREET: Bike and pedestrian
    11m
    TERTIARY STREET: Pedestrian only (bike walkers allowed)
    7m
    footpath bike stands and greenery bike lane stands and greenery footpath store front clearing
    footpath and bike parks bike lane stands and greenery footpath store front clearing footpath main pedestrian road footpath
    2m 2m 4m 2m 5m
    2m 3m 2m 4m 2m 3m 2m
    Car drop-o area
    8esldenual programme
    Commerclal programme
    Cpen space
    8oad for cars
    rlmary neLwork (13m)
    Secondary neLwork (11m)
    1eruary neLwork (7m)
    THE CAR[PARK]

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