Yu Mei
Architecture with Urban Planning RIBA Part 2 MArch (Hons)
THE GROWING CURVE: Enhancing the communities’ mental and physical health through reconnecting the urban environment to its natural landscape and biodiversity.
About
Compared to modernist and functionalist architecture, biophilic architecture advocates incorporating nature into building spaces to contribute to the health and well-being of occupants.
The project aims to create an active landscape space in Blairgowrie by extending the current tourism route and landscape design in the south riverbank industrial area, creating a sustainable community and a context for interaction that benefits all ages of residents, tourists, and the ecosystem. It will propose a series of built interventions designed to create opportunities to engage with this re-established landscape.
This design proposal introduces a series of incidents along the River Ericht, including a viewing platform, services point, well-being community, and tourist attraction.
Through redesigning the street and housing and creating more pedestrian areas and a public realm, the riverside is occupied by humans rather than vehicles, which allows people to have a place to gather. The outdoor green space enhances communication between residents the connection between people and the natural environment, provides plenty of facilities and places to exercise, and contributes to the biodiversity and the mental and physical health of the community.
Render
Walking experience in the garden.
Site
Design Strategy
Future Vision Collage
Industrail Area Proposal
Service Centre Proposal
Plan
Section A-A
This section demonstrates how the community connects with the existing walking route on the north riverside, and the roof garden blends in with the natural environment through the ramps.
Section B-B
Illustration of the activities inside and outside the building, and people connect with nature through roof gardens and green space.