Task 2: Hard Materials & Connectivity

1. PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF MATERIALS

The focus was to look at the materiality of my site and look at the built environment, including the main roads, side roads, pavements, soft landscape, waterfront and park.

My photographic survey exploring the variety of surface materials on site.

A section of the floor is tiled creating a mosaic effect.

Hard paving, along the Riverside in front of the new residential developments.

The use of 3 different hard surface materials.

Decking which is in Twinkle Park. It becomes incredibly slippery once wet.

Old cobbles along Borthwick Street.

Large stepping stones in contrast with the smooth decking.

2. GROUND SURFACE MATERIAL SITE PLAN

Site Plan 1:200
Handrawn
Showing 3 different types of surface material, using different types of graphic representation.

2 types of surface material represented differently. Decking on the left, represented as a brown hatched line. Tarmac on the far right represented with a yellow fill and dotted.

1. SERIES OF SITE PLANS

Vehicular Movement & Pedestrian Movement

Boundary Line

Access Routes & Non Access Routes

Public Open Space

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