Urbanism
Environment
Design
Environment
Design
Masterplanning Masterclass (2019-2020)
Stockport in Greater Manchester is a large regional town facing numerous challenges and distinct potential for regeneration. This year (2019- 2020) the Y5 students have been based in Edgeley, close to Stockport train station.
The masterplanning class was led by URBED in January 2020. Y5 and Y6 students were encouraged to work together and produce a figure ground plan, determining primary, secondary and tertiary roads around the existing site. Secondly students identified the existing building typology, and comprehended open space provision.
Finally, students worked up proposed masterplans in small groups. This included exploring the layout of built form and open space, vehicular and pedestrian movement channels, land uses, building heights, set-backs, plot dimensions, parking allocations, and other rules to govern development.
Following this testing exercise, Atelier LULU students agreed key principles of a finalised masterplan.
The key principles of the proposed masterplan involve increasing connectivity between the north and south of the site and closing a number of ‘broken’ blocks to reinstate the division between public and private spaces. Additional public spaces were provided and a green link introduced, parallel to the reservoir, to link the site to Alexandra Park and encourage more sustainable modes of transport.
The following drawings were produced by Y5 Group 2 students: Sophie Chappel, Eva Cheung, Anna Rezin, Ka Hei Wong, Bismah Zafar.
