CONSTRUCTED TO DECONSTRUCTED: MASTER PLAN - PRIMARY CHANNEL PROFILE OF APPROX 3.5 M / SQ: BETWEEN 2 - 3.5 M WIDE BY 1 - 1.75 M. - SECONDARY CHANNEL UP TO 34 M / SQ WITH INUNDATION OF LOWER PATHS.
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100 M NARROWER, WINDING PRIMARY CHANNEL (FOR DAILY FLOWS BELOW 300ML / DAY) WITH HIGHER VELOCITY FLOW. SECONDARY CHANNEL FOR FLOWS ABOVE 300ML / DAY INCLUDES RETENTION PONDS.
50 M
0M
10 M
SMALL ‘CHILL’ SPOT
WATER ENTRANCE POINT
MAJOR GREENSPACE
LITTER TRAP & RETENTION POND
DENSE PLANTING
SEDIMENT POND (1.5 - 2.0 M DEEP)
SPARSE PLANTING/OPEN SPACE
MACROPHYTE ZONE (0.2 - 0.4 M DEEP)
MEDIUM DENSITY PLANTING
WATERCOURSE
SEMI-AQUATIC PLANTING - PRIMARY CHANNEL PROFILE OF APPROX 3.5 M / SQ: BETWEEN 3 - 5 M WIDE BY 1.2 - 0.8 M. AQUATIC PLANTING/CHANNEL
- SECONDARY CHANNEL UP TO 34 M / SQ WITH INUNDATION OF LOWER PATHS.
ROUTE DIAGRAM
100 M DETAIL & BEGINNING OF CONSTRUCTED WETLAND.
DEDICATED BIKE ROUTE DEDICATED PEDESTRIAN ROUTE (ABOVE DO NOT FLOOD AT PEAK FLOW.) SECONDARY ROUTE - ALL USERS POINT OF TRANSITION BETWEEN ROUTES
WHEN WATER FLOW FALLS BELOW 100ML / DAY, PAVED AREA THROUGH AQUATIC PLANTING/CHANNEL FUNCTIONS AS TERTIARY ROUTE.
- PRIMARY CHANNEL PROFILE OF APPROX 3.5 M / SQ: BETWEEN 3 - 5 M WIDE BY 1.2 - 0.8 M. - SECONDARY CHANNEL UP TO 34 M / SQ WITH INUNDATION OF LOWER PATHS.
GRADUALLY WIDENING, FLATTER CHANNEL AS GEOMETRY BECOMES MORE ‘CONSTRUCTED’. LITTER TRAPS, RETENTION & SEDIMENT PONDS, AND MACROPHYTE ZONES FORM A CONSTRUCTED WETLAND TO PARTIALLY CLEAN STORM WATER.
MOMENTS SITE ‘MOMENT’ #1 - DECONSTRUCTED
IRREGULAR, ‘DECONSTRUCTED’ GEOMETRY OF MIXED MATERIALS (ROCK, CONCRETE, STEEL, WOOD).
BIKE ROUTE.
PATH BETWEEN ROUTES AT DIFFERENT LEVELS ALONG SITE.
SEMI-ENCLOSED SPACE FOR CHILLING / VIEWING PLATFORM / CAFE / FLEXIBLE SPACE.
LOWER LEVELS OF SITE ACCESSIBLE AND PLANTED WITH SEMI-AQAUTIC/WATER RESISTANT SPECIES.
IRREGULAR, DEEPER CHANNEL RETAINS FLOWS OF APPROX. 300ML / DAY.
SITE ‘MOMENT’ #2 - TRANSITION
ROUTES AND SPACES AT MULTIPLE LEVELS. GRADUALLY WIDENING CHANNEL.
VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SPACES EMERGING.
SITE ‘MOMENT’ #2 - CONSTRUCTED ANGULAR GEOMETRY WITH STRAIGHTER ROUTES AND SMOOTHER TRANSITIONS.
CONSTRUCTED WETLAND SYSTEM AND WIDER CHANNEL (APPROX. 10 M BY 0.2 M).
LARGER SPACES AS GEOMETRY BECOMES MORE ‘CONSTRUCTED’.
MATERIALS
MEDIUM - LARGE TREES: PATHS, RAMPS, & SEAT-STEPS: SMOOTH, FINE-GRAINED CONCRETE.
- CASUARINA CUNNINGHAMIANA - CORYMBIA MACULATA - CALLISTEMON VIMINALIS
BOARDWALK: - TREATED PINE - BLACK STEEL - STEEL WIRE
SHRUBS - MEDIUM TREES: - CALLISTEMON SUBULATUS, SPLENDENS - CASSINA ARCUATA
WETLAND SPECIES:
- CORREA ALBA, ‘DUSKY BELLS’
- JUNCUS USITATUS, PROCERUS, HOLOSCHOENUS
- ACACIA ACINACEA, FLORIBUNDA, GLAUCOPTERA
- ELEOCHARIS ACUTA, SPHACELATA
SEMI-AQUATIC SPECIES:
- CRASULA HELMSII
- FICINIA NODOSA
- SCHOENOPLECTUS TABERNAEMONTANI
- CYPERUS GUNNII - CAREX APPRESSA, FASCICULARIS, TERETICULARIS
SUBTERRANEAN DETAIL (1:300)
- PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS - LOMANDRA LONGIFOLIA - POA (VARIOUS)
SMOOTH CONCRETE SOIL
RETAINING WALL OF CRUSHED CONCRETE IN WIRE MESH (TAKEN FROM RUBBLE OF EXISTING SITE).
SOUND WALL FOOTING RECYCLED CONCRETE
HYDRIC SOIL.
HYDRIC SOIL CRUSHED CONCRETE RETAINING WALL CONCRETE FROM EXISTING SITE RE-USED TO CREATE RETAINING WALLS AT POINTS ALONG CHANNEL EDGE.
DETAIL
POINTS OF TRANSITION BETWEEN ROUTES TAKE VARIOUS FORMS: STEPS, RAMPS, SIMPLE SLOPED TURFED AREAS.
SPATIAL DIAGRAM - TRANSITION POINT
LITTER TRAPS AND RETENTION PONDS IN CURVED AREAS BENEATH PATHWAYS.
BEGINNING OF SIGNIFICANT GREENSPACE.
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‘CHILL’ SPOT
TRANSITION BETWEEN PATHS LITTER TRAP & RETENTION POND
PLANTING OR TURF
DEEP, COMPLEX CHANNEL GEOMETRY
PRIMARY PATH
WIDENING CHANNEL & CONSTRUCTED WETLAND.
A
SECONDARY PATH
WHEN PRIMARY CHANNEL NOT OVER CAPACITY, LOWER LEVELS ARE ACCESSIBLE AND FUNCTION AS TERITARY PATH.
SECTION A - A (1:200)
A
A
WATER MANAGEMENT DIAGRAM - DEEP CHANNEL TO CONSTRUCTED WETLAND
HIGHEST WATER LEVEL (~4000 ML / DAY)
- PRIMARY CHANNEL PROFILE OF APPROX 4 M / SQ: 3 .7 M WIDE BY 1.1 M DEEP.
PRIMARY CHANNEL AT CAPACITY (~300 ML / DAY) LITTER TRAP & RETENTION POND
- PRIMARY CHANNEL PROFILE OF APPROX 4 M / SQ: 3 .7 M WIDE BY 1.1 M DEEP.
SEDIMENT POND (1.5 - 2.0 M DEEP)
- LITTER TRAP AND RETENTION POND SEPARATED FROM PRIMARY CHANNEL BY 1M RISE (FOR USE ONLY IN HIGH RAINFALL EVENTS).
MACROPHYTE ZONE (0.2 - 0.4 M DEEP) - PRIMARY CHANNEL PROFILE OF APPROX 4.5 M / SQ: 4.5 WIDE BY 1 M DEEP. TERTIARY AND SOME SECONDARY PATHS AND RAMPS SUBMERGED DURING PEAK FLOWS .
- 1 M DROP AND WATERFALL AT THIS POINT. - CHANNEL FLOOR UP TO 8 M BELOW BRIDGE (FOR HIGH WATER LEVELS).
BEGINNING OF CONSTRUCTED WETLAND. CHANNEL ALONG REST OF SITE ALTERNATES BETWEEN SEDIMENT PONDS (NEAR WATER ENTRANCE POINTS) AND MACROPHYTE ZONES, WHICH FORM THE LARGEST PORTION.
- CHANNEL BEGINS WIDENING OUT INTO CONSTRUCTED WETLAND. - PRIMARY CHANNEL DIVIDED INTO SEDIMENT POND (2 - 3 M WIDE BY 1.5 - 2 M DEEP) AND MACROPHYTE ZONE (2 - 4 WIDE BY 0.2 - 0.4 M DEEP).
MACROPHYTE ZONES HEAVILY PLANTED WITH RUSHES AND SEDGES (EG. JUNCUS HOLOSHOENUS, FICINIA NODOSA - SEE MATERIALS). SECONDARY CHANNEL AT CAPACITY PRIMARY CHANNEL AT CAPACITY
- PRIMARY CHANNEL PROFILE APPROX. 4 M SQ.: 8 - 11 M WIDE BY 0.2 - 0.4 DEEP (MACROPHYTE ZONE)