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Urban Runoff: Organised & Adaptive

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Studio Design Studio 1
Year 1

As an important industrial port area in the city of Bristol, Avonmouth faces a contamination problem. On rainy days, urban runoff brings pollutants to the underground and surface water networks. The flat, man-made ground offers few barriers and has low permeability. With a mix of different industries, the buildings and landscape are disordered and polluted. Landscape and ecological systems are absent.

This project articulates a landscape system to address these problems. The relationship between waterflow and landform is simulated to find a best way to control surface water. Rolling ground can divert urban runoff to water parks planned on the site, and the polluted water can be purified by natural and ecological process before flowing to the River Avon or underground water networks. A green and blue system spans the site. Educational programmes for the local community and workers are proposed. Under the condition of keeping existing industries working, this project hopes to build a more harmonious and healthier industrial area.

Precipitation Erosion Process

Precipitation Erosion Process

The erosion process by precipitation shows areas with the most urban runoff and standing water alongside the soil-loss condition on the site.

Urban Runoff: Existing & Proposed

Mapping urban runoff on the ground shows the runoff diverted to water parks by the proposed landform.

Study of Slope, Terrain & Plants

The terrain study analyses the different plants, habitats and human activities at different slopes.

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The Bartlett
Autumn Show 2021
30 October – 13 November
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