Project 4: Shelter And Inhabitation
Site Analysis
Here is a site map showing all the key information required to make a detailed analysis of the site. This consists of path, road, barriers and tree locations.
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Here is a map taken from the Digimap website that incorporates contour line, which I have used to determine the highest areas of the Arboretum. This helped me to pick a location where the views will be best.
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This Site map shows the sun path for summer and winter and the prevailing wind direction. This has influenced the design because when considering views the sun can have a big visual effect and the wind can also make the experience uncomfortable.
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Here is a map of a smaller scale that I have used to explore the key views that can be observed from the different heights of the tower.
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Possible Locations
Chosen Site
On the above map there are two labelled locations; A (north of the bandstand) and B (south west Victorian flower garden). Out of these two possibilities I have chosen to position the viewing tower at location A. The reason for this is because it's 4 metres higher than location B and there are also less view obstructing trees in this position.
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Surrounding Trees14. Picea breweriana (Pinaceae)
Brewer's Weeping Spruce. Rare and very localised in the wild, in mountain areas of north-western USA, introduced 1897. The pendulous habit and flexible branches are designed to minimise snow damage. Slow-growing and becomes more impressively drooping with age. 15. Quercus rubra (Fagaceae) Red Oak. Eastern North America, introduced 1724. Fast-growing, both a timber and ornamental tree, with large leaves. The bark is smooth and grey, like that of Beech. The autumn colour in our climate is often a disappointing coffee-brown rather than a true red 16. Cedrus atlantica Glauca Group (Pinaceae) Blue Atlas Cedar. Atlas Mountains, Algeria, Morocco. The species was introduced around 1840, this bluish, more commonly grown natural variant was first found in a valley in Algeria in 1845. Potentially a very big tree. |
Precedence and Timber research
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Design Model
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