Urban design strategy of S N E I N T O N M A R K E T 21 1-2010

Urban Design Studio, Hackney Central London

S pa tial A na lysis & Site Stra te gy
Date -21 -1-2010

Compiled by
Ting He
Zhan Shu
Sha Sha
Mengjie Wang
Sujeet Thakare

Area Analysis and Site Strategy


Location and Linkages
Hackney borough
The City of London
Canary Wharf
Olympic site
Railway station
Main Roads
Hackney Central
Dalston
South Shoreditch



Socio Economic and Spatial Evolution Of ‘Hackney’

•Spatial evolution of the Hackney area also
demonstrates the change of Town Planning approach
and pedestrian to vehicular again pedestrian .

•At present day the urban form seen to be considerably
ripped off by the transportation ie railway line



Demography overview
 Age range (2007)  Ethnicity

 Religions (2001)

Hackney quiet young area
The Resident population of Hackney in 2007 is 209,656
(0.2 million).
Population distribution 102,899 Male (49%) and 106,757
Female (51%) in 2007.

Source –www.hackney.gov.uk



Demography Over view

 Between the 1991 and 2001, census the population of  Population Density (people per hectare) in London Borough of
Hackney increased by 11.9% from 181,248 in 1991 to 202,824 Hackney (2004)
ten years later(2001).
 In the coming twenty years (2009-2029), the population of
Hackney is projected to be increased by 14.6%.

Greater London Authority Population Projections for the London
Borough of Hackney
POPULATION

Year



Micro Level Organized retail sector in Hackney Borough-

•Concentration of the
N organised retail on the north
south axis .

•Tesco is only organised retail
in the eastern part so more
catchment area

•The Mare Street is only
active commercial street in
TESCO Hackney borough

Leads to……..
•More foot and vehicular
traffic concentrated on
ORGAINSED RETAIL
smaller area .
High street RETAIL

Catchment area Traffic Congestion


Activities Concentration Urban Design Studio, Hackney Central London

Socio economic Legend
 Political
Council office
 Cultural
Museum
Library
Educational building

 Entertainment
Sports and leisure facility
 Finance
Bank
 Commerce

Tesco

‘Over ’Dependency of the
surrounding area on Mare Street for
all kind of socio economic activities
Leads to following problems
•Traffic congestions and bottle necks
•Illegal crossing and rat run


Micro Level factors Urban Design Studio, Hackney Central London

Connectivity and
Permeability • Hackneys urban for form restrict
pedestrian movement in north
south

•Railway line (Physical and
Psychological barrier )

•Narrow Mare street

•Close ended road network in the
layout

•Lack of choice of ‘Safe’ routes

•Segregation of the northern southern
part due to overhead railway leads to
over congestion of the mare street
•Further narrowing of the mare street
leads to the more congestion



Movement issues

•Unsatisfactory crossing on Mare
Street
•Weak link between the Tesco
site and the Churchyard



EXISITING BUS
ROUTES



in peak period 4 bus in minute
And off peak is around 1-2 buses

Difficulty in crossing the road is suppose to
connect but the quantum of traffic makes
barrier

Area Analysis and Site Strategy Source -http://www.tfl.gov.uk


Hackney central plan



Edges and Massing

•The street edge of mare street
creates the continuity in the urban
form

•The morning lane , Dalston lane
create weaker edge street edge or
The view of if the mare street lack of visual continuity

View of the morning lane

Dalton lane



Edge and Massing

•The built bulky structures such as
the Bus garage , Burberry factory
and Tesco imparts visual
monotony to urban form

•However in terms Tesco there is
trade-off functionality of the
space to outside visual harmony .

•The building heights vary
considerably to give visual variety



Urban Grain

•The built form of the hackney
central loose urban grain

•Although mare street represents
the relatively tight urban grain.
Narrow street in between the
building .



Public Realm
Built mass ,enclosure ,Feel of the space

•The irregular left out spaces in green area remains
underutilised
•Lack of enclosure
•The space in front of the church is out of scale and doesn’t
form enclosure so fail to generate the activities



Massing ,views ,vistas
St Augustine St. John church
tower

TESCO

•The major land mark of the area helps to navigate residents
as well as visitors

•Visual connection between the important place

•Long views from get a sense of the form and character of
Hackney .



Active frontages

The inactive frontages leads to
low perception of safety in the
church yard area due to lack of
surveillance

Mare street has active frontages
which is quiet evident from the
pedestrian traffic on the Mare
street .

Active frontages
Semi active frontages
Semi active frontages



In Nutshell

•Quiet young area and ethnically diverse area
•Hackney central has large catchment area with non permeable Urban form
•Highly dense area with smaller dwelling unit size
•The ‘ vacuum spaces ‘ garages and service shops along the railway line acts psychological
hindrance for using the space
•Concentration n of the activities at on stretch
•Unclear street edges(inside the layout) no continuity of activities
•Low perception of safety in the areas without active frontages (St. John church yard )
•Non permeable layout restrict movement or less choice of movement.
• Unsatisfactory crossings .
• Non Visibility of the station s
•Bulky built masses Bus garage , Tesco , Burberry Factory made urban form monotones and non
permeable at some places .



Formulation of the Strategy

Hypotheses
•Creating the ‘Parallel Urban activities’ to ease out the pressure on Mare Street considering the larger catchment
area . “Parallel ”here means complimenting activities and not competing

•The designed strategy mainly aims at improving the permeability of urban form also tires to provide safe choice
of routes residents and visitors.

•Interlocking the north south development

•Balance distribution and continuity of functions across the urban form .

• Distribution of the buses over the time and space

•Maximum Possible segregation of the pedestrian and vehicular traffic .

•Active uses on ground floor and mixed use building preferably residential on upper floor to ensure activity 24/7

•Negotiation with the railway bridge.

• To slow down the process of gentrification introduction of the affordable housing options



Site strategy Key intervention
•Interlocking the north
south area together .

•Active void space by
introducing program and
visually appealing

•Continuity of activities

•Hierarchy of open spaces
with programming

•Increasing permeability of
the area with through fare
enclosing the squares and
plaza for giving people
options for using space

•Distribution of the
activities over time and
space
•Creating the safe
pedestrian connectivity
• linking the station and all
the opportunities together



Testing

Evaluate layout in terms of the

•Solid and void relation ship
•Permeability
•Heights
•Grain
•Interaction of the public spaces with built mass and overall Urban fabric

And inter relation of all of above .

Based on testing the strategic decision making was done

•keeping the bus garage or putting it underground
• Interlocking the north south built mass or stitching it with activities
•Exploring the possibilities Variety Of Massing instead of bulky building


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