discovering place

design studio EARTH

stephanie antonopoulos587847

contextual analysis

major site plan

agendausers

history

source: Parks Victoria (1999)

source: Herring Island (2000)

1870-80 RIVER CUT THROUGH RICHMOND AND FORMED AN ISLAND 1934 THE RIVER FLOODED 1930-76 LEEVI BANKS FORMED AND SILT PLACED OVER ‘COMO ISLAND’ 1985 HERRING ISLAND COMMITEE OF MANAGEMENT - 5 YEAR DEVALOPMENT 1993 COMMITEE RECOMENTS MELBOURNE WATER TAKE OVER 1994 HERRING ISLAND = PUBLIC PARK 1997 SITE OF MELBOURNE’S FESTIVAL ‘ENVIRONMNETAL SCUPTURE‘ PARK

DUE TO THE DIVERSITY OF THE SITE, NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS MAKE USE OF THE SITE SUCH AS: families

artistseducational groups (schools, students)

environmental lovers couples elderly

summer festival atrracts the masses

people intrested in art, festivals etc...

contextual analysis

contours and sections WILL BE LOOKING AT

movement

wind

sound

vegitation

sun

shade

light

wind

feelings

on both the major site and site eight

contextual analysis

major site aspects

source: Herring Island (2000)MOVEMENT, WIND, SOUND AND VEGITATION

panorama

source: Herring Island (2000)

photography on site

contextual analysis

site eight plan

contextual analysis

site eight major aspects

FEELINGS, SOUND AND WIND

contextual analysis

site eight major aspects

SUN, SHADE, LIGHT AND MOVEMENT