urban design strategy of s n e i n t o n m a r k e t 21 1-2010

Urban Design Studio, Hackney Central London

Area Analysis and Site Strategy

Compiled by

Ting He

Zhan Shu

Sha Sha

Mengjie Wang

Sujeet Thakare

Date -21 -1-2010

S p a t i a l A n a l y s i s & S i t e S t r a t e g y



Hackney borough

The City of London

Canary Wharf

Olympic site

Railway station

Main Roads

Hackney Central

Dalston

South Shoreditch

Location and Linkages



Socio Economic and Spatial Evolution Of ‘Hackney’

•Spatial evolution of the Hackney area also demonstrates the change of Town Planning approach and pedestrian to vehicular again pedestrian . •At present day the urban form seen to be considerably ripped off by the transportation ie railway line



Hackney quiet young area

The Resident population of Hackney in 2007 is 209,656 (0.2 million).

Population distribution 102,899 Male (49%) and 106,757 Female (51%) in 2007.

Age range (2007)

Religions (2001)

Ethnicity

Source –www.hackney.gov.uk

Demography overview



Demography Over view

Year

Greater London Authority Population Projections for the London Borough of Hackney

Population Density (people per hectare) in London Borough of Hackney (2004)

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PU

LATI

ON

Between the 1991 and 2001, census the population of Hackney increased by 11.9% from 181,248 in 1991 to 202,824 ten years later(2001).

In the coming twenty years (2009-2029), the population of Hackney is projected to be increased by 14.6%.



TESCO

ORGAINSED RETAIL

High street RETAIL

Catchment area

•Concentration of the organised retail on the north south axis .

•Tesco is only organised retail in the eastern part so more catchment area

•The Mare Street is only active commercial street in Hackney borough

Leads to…….. •More foot and vehicular traffic concentrated on smaller area .

Traffic Congestion

Organized retail sector in Hackney Borough- Micro Level

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Socio economic

Council office

Museum

Library

Sports and leisure facility

Bank

Educational building

Political

Cultural

Entertainment

Finance

Commerce

Tesco

‘Over ’Dependency of the surrounding area on Mare Street for all kind of socio economic activities Leads to following problems •Traffic congestions and bottle necks •Illegal crossing and rat run

Legend

Activities Concentration



•Segregation of the northern southern part due to overhead railway leads to over congestion of the mare street

•Further narrowing of the mare street leads to the more congestion

Micro Level factors

• Hackneys urban for form restrict pedestrian movement in north south

•Railway line (Physical and Psychological barrier )

•Narrow Mare street

•Close ended road network in the layout

•Lack of choice of ‘Safe’ routes

Connectivity and Permeability

Permeability which urban forms permit (or restrict) movement of people or vehicles in different directions.



•Unsatisfactory crossing on Mare Street •Weak link between the Tesco site and the Churchyard

Movement issues



EXISITING BUS ROUTES


Area Analysis and Site Strategy Source -http://www.tfl.gov.uk

in peak period 4 bus in minute And off peak is around 1-2 buses Difficulty in crossing the road is suppose to connect but the quantum of traffic makes barrier



Hackney central plan



Edges and Massing

•The street edge of mare street creates the continuity in the urban form

•The morning lane , Dalston lane create weaker edge street edge or lack of visual continuity

The view of if the mare street

View of the morning lane

Dalton lane



Edge and Massing

•The built bulky structures such as the Bus garage , Burberry factory and Tesco imparts visual monotony to urban form

•However in terms Tesco there is trade-off functionality of the space to outside visual harmony .

•The building heights vary considerably to give visual variety



Urban Grain

•The built form of the hackney central loose urban grain •Although mare street represents the relatively tight urban grain. Narrow street in between the building .



Built mass ,enclosure ,Feel of the space

Public Realm

•The irregular left out spaces in green area remains underutilised •Lack of enclosure •The space in front of the church is out of scale and doesn’t form enclosure so fail to generate the activities



Massing ,views ,vistas

TESCO

St. John church St Augustine tower

•The major land mark of the area helps to navigate residents as well as visitors

•Visual connection between the important place

•Long views from get a sense of the form and character of Hackney .



Active frontages

Active frontages Semi active frontages Semi active frontages

The inactive frontages leads to low perception of safety in the church yard area due to lack of surveillance Mare street has active frontages which is quiet evident from the pedestrian traffic on the Mare street .



In Nutshell

•Quiet young area and ethnically diverse area

•Hackney central has large catchment area with non permeable Urban form

•Highly dense area with smaller dwelling unit size

•The ‘ vacuum spaces ‘ garages and service shops along the railway line acts psychological

hindrance for using the space

•Concentration n of the activities at on stretch

•Unclear street edges(inside the layout) no continuity of activities

•Low perception of safety in the areas without active frontages (St. John church yard )

•Non permeable layout restrict movement or less choice of movement.

• Unsatisfactory crossings .

• Non Visibility of the station s

•Bulky built masses Bus garage , Tesco , Burberry Factory made urban form monotones and non

permeable at some places .



Formulation of the Strategy

•Creating the ‘Parallel Urban activities’ to ease out the pressure on Mare Street considering the larger catchment area . “Parallel ”here means complimenting activities and not competing

•The designed strategy mainly aims at improving the permeability of urban form also tires to provide safe choice of routes residents and visitors.

•Interlocking the north south development

•Balance distribution and continuity of functions across the urban form .

• Distribution of the buses over the time and space

•Maximum Possible segregation of the pedestrian and vehicular traffic .

•Active uses on ground floor and mixed use building preferably residential on upper floor to ensure activity 24/7

•Negotiation with the railway bridge.

• To slow down the process of gentrification introduction of the affordable housing options

Hypotheses



Key intervention •Interlocking the north south area together .

•Active void space by introducing program and visually appealing

•Continuity of activities •Hierarchy of open spaces with programming

•Increasing permeability of the area with through fare enclosing the squares and plaza for giving people options for using space

•Distribution of the activities over time and space •Creating the safe pedestrian connectivity • linking the station and all the opportunities together

Site strategy



Testing

Evaluate layout in terms of the

•Solid and void relation ship •Permeability •Heights •Grain •Interaction of the public spaces with built mass and overall Urban fabric

And inter relation of all of above .

Based on testing the strategic decision making was done •keeping the bus garage or putting it underground • Interlocking the north south built mass or stitching it with activities •Exploring the possibilities Variety Of Massing instead of bulky building

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