CITY PARKGROUP: JayPark

LEADER: Jack Chung

MEMBERS: Lettitia Lois Choe Hoong Yan Jie Kimberley Fay Theresa Thia

LECTURERS: Ms Shazreene Ms Iffa

DEFINITION OF CITY PARK

- medium to small sized - located within service centre

- Can accommodate 12000 to 50000 people

Local park that is :

LOCAL CASE

STUDY

SHAH ALAM LAKE

GARDEN

HISTORY

- Built in year 1985

- Designed by Fumiaki Takano from Takano Landscape Cleaning Japan

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CONTEXTUAL STUDY

McDonalds

Residential Area

PKNS Complex

Wisma MBSA

Plaza Alam Sentral

Construction Site

CHARACTERISTICS

43 hectaresPerimeter

CHESS AREA

ISLAND

- Habitat for several types of birds

- Fenced- There are several types of plants

LANDSCAPE

FEATURES

PLAYGROUND

GALLERY

Exhibits artwork from local artists

JOGGING TRACK

RESTAURANT

- Restoran Taman Tasik Indah

- Serves seafood

BRIDGE

Links some islands to

lands

GAZEBO

ACTIVITIES

DAILY ACTIVITIE

S

PLAY WITH BUBBLES

PLAY AT THE PLAYGROUND

JOG

PLAY MUSIC

DRAW AND PAINT

PLAY CHESS

CYCLING

OCCASIONAL

ACTIVITIES

VISIT GALLERY

WATER ACTIVITIES

- Mini Ferry- Kayak- Duck Boat

COMMUNITY SERVICE

- Sweeping dead leaves

- Picking up rubbish

INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY

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BIRRARUNG MARR,

MELBOURNE

- Result of reorganization of infrastructure and land near Federation Square

- Construction began in year 2000

- Ended in year 2002, Australia Day

- Joint venture by City of Melbourne and State Government of Victoria

HISTORY

CONTEXTUAL STUDIES

Federation Square

Residential area

Yarra River

Rod Laver Arena

Alexandra Gardens Margaret Court Arena

Melbourne Cricket Ground

CHARACTERISTICS- 8.3 hectares- Wide open spaces

OPEN TERRACESLower Terrac

e

Middle Terrac

e

Upper Terrac

e

SPEAKER’S CORNER

Symbolize importance of free speech

THEATRE LIKE SPACE

- Located at river’s edge- Place where events

and festivals are held

BIRARRUNG WILAM INSTALLATION SPACE

- Interprets stories through public artworks

- Celebrates diversity of Victoria’s culture

Winding Pathway Semicircle of metal shields

LANDSCAPE FEATURES

FEDERATION BELLS

- 39 upturned bells- Created for celebrations for

centenary of Australia’s federation

ANGEL SCULPTURE

- 10 metre high- 4000 tiles- 16 main

images

WILLIAM BARAK PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE

- 525m long- Links Federation Square to

Melbourne Cricket Ground- Lanscape connection

between Birrarung Marr and Yarra Park

ARTPLAYCreative art studio for

young kids and their families

ACTIVITIES

DAILY ACTIVITI

ES

LOOK AT SCENIC VIEWS

PLAY AT THE PLAYGROUND

JOG

PICNIC

OCCASIONAL

ACTIVITIES

GO TO CARNIVALS AND FESTIVALS

WATCH PERFORMANCES- Strange

Fruit- Circus of

Oz

MAKE CRAFT

PARTICIPATE IN WORKSHOPS

LOOK AT SCULPTURES

Referencewww.thatsmelbourne.com.au

www.onlymelbourne.com.au

www.au.timeout.com

http://www.cv.vic.gov.au

http://handbellbrothers.com

dynamicarchitecture.com.au

Interview with MBSA

Civilising the City: A History of Melbourne’s Public Parks by Georgina Whitehead

Taylor's Graduate Capabilities [TGC]DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGEThrough the completion of this assignment, I have been able to put theories I have learnt in class into practise. Knowledge gained during lectures of classes were put to use during the analyzing of information.

LIFELONG LEARNINGI have picked-up some lifelong skills through this assignment, mainly interpreting the elements in contructed landscape as well as how they are all linked with softscape.

COMMUNICATION SKILLSCommunicating through words and illustrations has been a crucial part to this assignment, in order to convey my study effectively.

INTERPERSONAL SKILLSThrough the sharing of ideas with my coursemates during the development of ideas for my boards, interpersonal skills were developed.

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SELF REFLECTIONJACK CHUNG

This first project was really illuminating to me as I learned a lot about the topic that was given by our lecturer which is City or Local Park. There are two cases studies that were carried out, providing an informative approach to me.Illustrations were done based on photos of the respective places. I really enjoyed when I was doing the project with my group mates. I learned how to distribute the workload and communicate with one another. LETTITIA LOISFrom this constructed landscape project given by our lecturer, I learned that there are different kinds of park. It was a great experience visiting the local park in Shah Alam. I actually experienced kayaking for the first time with my group mate.Furthermore, I also learned that cooperation and communication in a group work is very important.

THERESA THIAI really enjoyed this project. It enlightened me on the many aspects of a city park. The biggest thing I discovered was the difference between a city park and urban park. I loved my group mates as they were all very cooperative.

KIMBERLEY FAYParticipating in this project I get to experience the nature in Taman Tasik Shah Alam with my group mates and also got to bond with them more. I learned more about the definition of a city park. Furthermore, I also learned to be more cooperative with my group mates and enjoyed being with them.

YAN JIEIn this assignment, I have learnt about what is a city park. Before doing this assignment, I have no idea what is a city park. So, I would like to thank Ms Shazreene and Ms Iffa for giving me this assignment to know more about city park. So now I have know more about Shah Alam Lake Garden and Birrarung Marr, Melbourne. I would also like to thank my team leader for leading us doing this assignment. This assignment have also help me knowing new friends from other states.CHOE HOONGThrough this project I have explored and did research on many local parks and found out that there are actually quite a few good parks which I never knew before this. It made me understand the interaction between nature and landscape architecture which produce a positive outcome if managed properly when they are put in place together perfectly. Ecology should be preserved well as to maintain a comfortable environment for us all to stay in