TRU-Park POSSIBLE SCENARIOS: towards a combined scenario workshop 7 : CO-DESIGNING TRU-PARK 9 June 2016 Melanie Attwell Lucien Le Grange and Associates Architects and Urban Planners TRU-Park Public Process PUBLIC PARTICIPATION VISIONS READING& DESIGNING TRU-Park WORKSHOP 4 stakeholders WCG/CoCT officials WCG/CoCT professional team stakeholders officials 1 Introduction Meetings W3 W5 Constraints & BASELINE W2 MANIFESTO Opportunties Technical Studies assessment matrix 2 Stakeholders Meetings tool to reach common vision W6 walkabouts 3 CO- Design WORKSHOPS W1: Introduction W2: Manifesto W7 CO-DESIGNING TRU-Park W3: Constraints&Opportunities W4: Presentations of current plans by stakeholders and officials W5: Baseline Professional Team W6: Walkabouts W7: Co-designing TRU-Park W8: Scenarios W8 3 SCENARIOS towards a COMMON VISION W9: Preferrred Scenario W9 COMBINED SCENARIO Get buy in, test the combined scenario, and start to activate the TRU-Park What is a scenario? A scenario is NOT THE plan. ”The scenario has been described as a [hi]story of the future, a pondering of possible futures, … …as a coherent play on hypotheses, as the description of one or situations that could develop from the present…” [Vettoretto] Scenario is a tool of co-design. Participatory process stakeholders WCG + CoCT box of ideas officials professional team Inclusive design: scenarios consolidate different ideas from various parties and test them on the ground. scenario scenario scenario stakeholders TRUP Association Inclusive design: scenarios visualise ideas offering a starting point for constructive and inclusive discussions. scenario scenario scenario group A group B group C scenario scenario scenario group A group B group C combined scenario Towards a combined scenario… SCENARIOS Scenario A What if … Urban wetland Scenario B What if … Extended park Scenario C What if … Preserved park 1 MANIFESTO metropolitan 10 urban park 2 alternative 1 restore and systems of preserve ecological technology integrity energy water 3 and and sustainable materials biodiversity environmental approach TRU- 9 Park 4 7 social sustainable partnership urban planning, modes of social transport and transport and economic 8 cultural opportunity 5 integrative features mixed use, space,culture mixed-tenure and memory 7 6 development clear admin, develop management funding institutional opportunities systems what are the non-negotiables? what are the non-negotiables? TRU-Park … • protects the integrity of the ecological systems - green lung. • enables and enhances bio-diversity corridors. • enables urban agriculture. • balances environmental and recreational uses. • enhances the perception and the experience of the landscape. • clean the water of the rivers through a broader water purification strategy. • protect the integrity of the ecological system. • enabling the wetlands. • naturalising the river courses [getting ride of concrete hard edges along the river]. • fauna and flora survey and protection. • enabling recreational use of the rivers. • is a pedestrian and public transport based area [reduced car/no car]. • promotes the use of public transport through an extensive and strategic IRT and NMT network. • provides strategic [NMT] pedestrian and cycle links and bridges [re- introduce the bridge over Black river]. • mitigate the impact of infrastructural and natural barriers across the site. • is an open public amenity accessible to all. • has a wide variety of social infrastructure. • ensures the continued functioning of existing activities. • protects and enhances the heritage landmarks and views. • identifies spaces for ceremonies and rituals. • celebrates the diverse cultural narratives associated with the site. • extends to the sea and to Langa • includes the development of Alexandra Rd as an ‘activity street’. • includes the MGV development strategy. what … if TRU-Park… What if TRU-Park… A B C linear extended system preserved and system with natural fingers extended Scenario A Table Bay Urban wetland Ysterplaat What if TRU-Park… Brooklyn is a continuously wide Kensington riverine park reconnecting the city Paardon Eiland to the coastline, re- Maitland establishing the lost wetland estuary. Salt River Ndabeni Alexandra River Club Maitland SAAO Garden Pinelands Village Observatory Oude Molen Valkenberg Mowbray 35 Devil’s Peak Rondebosch Bokmakierie Scenario A Table Bay Urban wetland Ysterplaat What if the TRU-Park… Brooklyn • Is a continuously wide Kensington open space. • Re-establishes the lost Paardon Eiland wetland estuary. Maitland What if the riverine system… Salt River • Is a sponge filtering, Ndabeni cleaning and storing the Alexandra River Club Maitland SAAO storm water from all the Garden Pinelands Village surroundings. Observatory Oude • Floodplain is re-moulded Molen Valkenberg to strengthen the continuity and integrity of the riverine system. Mowbray Devil’s Peak 36 Rondebosch Bokmakierie Scenario A Table Bay Urban wetland Ysterplaat What if TRU-Park … Brooklyn • Is designed as a Kensington transport hub, offering different mode of Paardon Eiland transport, • reconnecting the metro Maitland and the CBD by strengthening east-west and north-south links. Salt River PTG Ndabeni IRT trunks: Alexandra River Club Maitland SAAO Extension Berkley Rd, Garden Pinelands Village N2, and Marine Drive Observatory Oude Molen Valkenberg IRT feeders: Liesbeek Parkway and PTG Alexandra Rd Mowbray Devil’s Peak PTG: Public Transport 37 Gateway Rondebosch Bokmakierie Scenario A Table Bay Urban wetland Ysterplaat What if the social Brooklyn infrastructure … Kensington • Such as sports, recreation and other Paardon Eiland facilities are located within the wetland Maitland estuary. • Provides passive surveillance. Salt River Ndabeni What if heritage… Alexandra River Club Maitland SAAO • Focusses on the Garden Pinelands Village memorialisation of the Observatory Oude estuary landscape. Molen Valkenberg Mowbray Devil’s Peak 38 Rondebosch Bokmakierie Scenario A Table Bay Urban wetland Ysterplaat What if future Brooklyn development … Kensington • Space is created by re- moulding the floodplain Paardon Eiland along the edges of TRU- Park in a compact and Maitland dense manner. • Provides passive surveillance. Salt River • Enables a visual Ndabeni interaction with the Alexandra River Club Maitland SAAO seasonal landscape. Garden Pinelands Village Observatory Oude Molen Valkenberg Mowbray Devil’s Peak 39 Rondebosch Bokmakierie Scenario B Extended park Table Bay Ysterplaat What if TRU-Park … Brooklyn extends into its urban Kensington surroundings, intertwining the natural Paardon Eiland and urban Maitland environments. The naturalised fingers create a transition zone Salt River to reduce the impact of Ndabeni the surroundings on the Alexandra River Club Maitland SAAO Garden Pinelands riverine system, Village Observatory absorbing movement Oude Molen and water flows. Valkenberg Mowbray 40 Devil’s Peak Rondebosch Bokmakierie Scenario B Extended park Table Bay Ysterplaat What if the TRU-Park … Brooklyn • Extends as a green Kensington system within the surrounding built Paardon Eiland environments. Maitland What if the riverine system … • Is extended by Salt River increasing the porosity Ndabeni of the urban fabric, by Alexandra River Club Maitland SAAO using water percolation Garden Pinelands Village strategies: cleansing, Observatory Oude storing and directly Molen Valkenberg recharging the aquifer. • Floodplain is re-moulded to strengthen the Mowbray continuity of the riverine Devil’s Peak system and establish a 41 marina. Rondebosch Bokmakierie Scenario B Extended park Table Bay Ysterplaat What if TRU-Park … Brooklyn • Is giving priority to non Kensington motorised movement, to and through the park Paardon Eiland along the green fingers, • guaranteeing access to Maitland the park via upgraded PTG train stations and IRT PTG stops. Salt River Ndabeni IRT trunks: Alexandra River Club Maitland SAAO Voortrekker Rd, Marine Garden Pinelands Village Drive, N2 Observatory Oude Molen Valkenberg IRT feeders: Liesbeek Parkway PTG Mowbray PTG: Public Transport Devil’s Peak Gateway 42 Rondebosch Bokmakierie Scenario B Extended park Table Bay Ysterplaat What if the social Brooklyn infrastructure … Kensington • Such as sports, recreation and other Paardon Eiland facilities gravitates along the green fingers. Maitland • Provides passive surveillance. Salt River Ndabeni What if heritage… Alexandra River Club Maitland SAAO • Focusses on TRU-Park as Garden Pinelands Village a place of engagement Observatory Oude as opposed to conflict Molen Valkenberg and separation. Mowbray Devil’s Peak 43 Rondebosch Bokmakierie Scenario B Extended park Table Bay Ysterplaat What if future Brooklyn development … Kensington • Is vertical mixed use development in the TRU- Paardon Eiland Park surrounds, providing space for nature to Maitland extend beyond the current riverine boundaries. Salt River • Space is created by re- Ndabeni moulding the floodplain, Alexandra River Club Maitland SAAO including a marina type Garden Pinelands Village environment in Paardon Observatory Oude Eiland. Molen Valkenberg • provides passive surveillance. • Enables a direct Mowbray interaction with the seasonal landscape. Devil’s Peak Rondebosch Bokmakierie Paardon Eiland Scenario C Preserved park Maitland Salt River River Club Alexandra Ndabeni SAAO Maitland Observatory Garden Village Valkenberg Oude Molen Pinelands Mowbray Rondebosch 45 Bokmakierie Scenarios workshop - 3 working groups A B C What if TRU-Park… What if TRU-Park … What if TRU-Park