Urban Architecture Assignment PDF
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Urban Architecture 2Thesis statementThis thesis involves comparing the Brisbane Suburbs of Nundah and Chermside to identify the similarities, unique characteristics and finally establish which architectural elements provide an identity to each of the Suburbs investigated. And at the same time to determine how various contexts affects an architectural element or how the various architectural elements affect their contexts. IntroductionNundah is an inner suburb in the city of Brisbane, Australia and it is located about 8km north east of Brisbane Central Business District, in the local government of the Brisbane City.Nundah is a mixed-density inhabited suburb, with some commercial retail and light industry focused on Sandgate Road. It is next to the suburbs ofNorthgate,Wavell Heights, and Clay field, and is controlled by a huge ridge that runs from the northwest to the southeast. The "Nundah Village," Nundah State School and shopping district, is on this ridge, though the George Bridges Tunnel crosses it along Sandgate Road. The figure below shows the location of Nundah suburb[CITATION Hos13 \p 162 \l 2057 ].Fig 1: location of Nundah suburb source: www.livesatelliteview.com
Urban Architecture 3 Chermside is one of the major suburbs of Brisbane City, Australia, and the suburb is located in approximately 9 kilometres north of the CBD, and it is considered to be one of the fastest developing suburbs in Brisbane. Chermside is recognised as a small central business district of Brisbane. It is home to the mainWestfieldshopping centre in Australia, which boasts many international and exclusive brands and restaurants. Chermside is a central terminus along Queensland Transport's futureNorthern Busway, and home toWestfield Chermside, the main Westfieldshopping centre in Australia, with three-story Myerand a screen cinema complex. Together withIndoor dopily, in the west, in the southeast,Cardinale andUpper Mount Gravatt. The figure below shows the location of Chermside suburb[CITATION Ric162 \p 76 \l 2057 ].Fig 2: location of Chermside suburb source: www.livesatelliteview.comThe architectural element selectedThe architectural element which was selected was the parks which were present in both the Nundah andChermside suburbs[CITATION Jam11 \p 382 \l 2057 ]. There are many parks that
Urban Architecture 4are located in Nundah such as Boyd Park, Nundah Memorial Park, and Kalinga Park as they are illustrated in the map below.Fig 3: the locations of parks in Nundah source: www.livesatelliteview.comBoyd ParkNundah Memorial Park Kalinga Park Impacts of the parks to Nundah SuburbsDue to the location of various parks in Nundah, there are they have greatly impacted positively to the Nundah suburbs they are many benefits that have been benefits that have been associated with the parks as illustrated below.The Nundah parks have also contributed to environmental benefits. The network of the of parks in Nundah has contributed to the conservation of the natural resources such as
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