Flood, Flow, Feel
WSUD with Human well-being
Yuxi Liu z5210740
Context Map
The Bays Precinct
White Bay
Rozelle Bay
Blackwattle Bay
Jones Bay
Balmain
Rozelle
Glebe
Pyrmont
CBD
Hybrid Question
How can green infrastructure reveal the story of water system at White Bay that benefits human well-being while accommodating massive future pedestrian flows?
WSUD features around The Bays Precinct
Promote awareness and knowledge of WSUD
Balmain
Rozelle
Pyrmont
Glebe
Principles
Baywater Activation
• Create recreation for local communities and visitors
• Prevent the influence of sea level rise and water pollution from White Bay
• Restore habitat for native creatures
Stormwater Activation
• Make stormwater visible, improve awareness and knowledge of WSUD
• Establish stormwater recycling system to meet site water needs
• Enhance site vegetation-density and biodiversity
Chufeng Huang, edit
Circulation
Fundamental Assets
White Bay Power Station
Harbour Bridge Viewing
White Bay Cove
Beattie Street
Stormwater Channel
Soil Contamination
Hydrology
White Bay water quality
• Elevated concentrations of metals
• Turbidity also exceeds the guideline values
The Beattie Street stormwater channel
Balmain
White Bay
White Bay Tide Change
How can design connect human to the rhythms of tide change?
Opportunities& Constraints
Constraints:
1. Barriers
2. Limited access
3. Protection of White Bay Power Station
4. Loss vegetation
5. Impermeable surface and contaminated soils
6. Flood risk and toxic bay water 1 2 3 4 5 6
Opportunities:
1. Embed natural and water system
2. Create publicly accessible
3. Adaptive reuse heritage building
4. Establish habitats
5. Use green infrastructure to make site permeable
6. Consider coastal marsh plants to absorb pollutants
1 2 4 5
Precedents
Hassett Park by Jane Irwin Landscape Architecture
Lizard Log Parklands by McGregor Coxall
Design
Design Process-Site Edge Development
Design Process-Stormwater management
Design Process-Community Engagement
Above-ground drainage
Stormwater park
Robert Green Streets 2. Power Station Forecourt Garden 3. Constructed Wetlands 4. Water Treatment Centre 5. Metro Station 6. Urban Gardens 7. Harbour View Lawn 8. Water Play 9. Outdoor Meeting Place 10. Viewing Platforms 11. Boardwalk Promenade
12. Coastal Marshes with Mangroves
13. Plant Buffer 14. Car Park
Culture Centre
Zone Street Network
Water Collection Zone
Water Treatment Zone
Water Supply Zone
Coastal Protection Zone
Vehicle Lane
Pedestrian and Cycleway
Pedestrian
White-necked Heron
Ardea pacifica
Description: Medium to large, robust looking, grey heron with a completely white neck and head.
Range
Habitats: Commonly residing in inland wetlands, shallow fresh waters, river floodplains,salt marshes and roadside ditches.
pacifica Latham, 180 1. Ind. Orn., Suppl. 1, p. 45: New South Wales.. Accessed 24 Nov 2021 <https://www.heronconservation.org/herons-of-the-world/list-of-herons/white-necked-heron/>
Ardea
Principle 1:Baywater Activation
• Create recreation for local communities and visitors
• Prevent the influence of sea level rise and water pollution from White Bay
• Restore habitat for native creatures
Coastal Protection Zone
Coastal marshes-Let Water In
Coastal Protection Zone Coastal marshes-Let Water In
Coastal Protection Zone
Coastal marshes-Let Creatures In
High Tide
Low Tide
Saltwater Marshes Indicator Species
Bar-tailed Godwit
Grey Teal
Darter
Australian Pelican Bleating Tree Frog
Brown Striped Frog
Blue-spot Goby
Common Galaxias
Bird Hide
White-necked Heron
Coastal marshes Plant List
Carex fascicularis
demersum
Freshwater marshes
Spergularia marina
Ficinia nodosa
Baumea juncea
Atriplex australasica Triglochin striata
Enchylaena tomentosa Sarcocornia quinqueflora
Suaeda australis
Avicennia marina
Atriplex semibaccata
Wilsonia backhousei
Ruppia maritima
Baumea articulata
Juncus usitatus
Principle 2: Stormwater Activation
• Make stormwater visible, improve awareness and knowledge of WSUD
• Establish stormwater recycling system to meet the site water needs
• Enhance site vegetation-density and biodiversity
Water Collection Zone
Robert Green Street-Welcome Stormwater
Water Collection Zone
Robert Green Streets-Welcome Stormwater
Beattie Street Stormwater Channel
Sandstone
Concrete
Asphalt
Water Collection Zone
Robert Green Streets-Welcome Stormwater
Beattie Street Stormwater Channel
To Water Treatment Centre
Robert Green Streets Plant List
Cynodon dactylon
Lomandra hystrix
Lomandra fluviatilis
Callistemon salignus
Westringia fruticosa
Callistemon viminalis
Callistemon viminalis
Imperata cylindrica
Model-Natural Swimming Pool
• Chemical free
• Cleaned and enriched the soil
• Create an environment rich in biodiversity for visitors to observe, experience and enjoy.
Regeneration Zone
Swimming Zone
Constructed Wetlands Plant List
Constructed Wetlands
Azolla filiculoides Azolla pinnata Marsilea mutica Ceratophyllum demersum Baumea articulata
Eleocharis dulcis Carex fascicularis
Persicaria lapathifolia Melaleuca decora Casuarina cunninghamiana
Juncus usitatus
Raingardens Plant List
Raingardens
Isolepis nodosa Knotted Club Rush Grass
Lomandra longifolia Basket Grass Grass
Lomandra hystrix Tropic Belle Grass
Banksia robur Swamp Banksia Shrub
Westringia fruticosa Native Rosemary Shrub
Acacia implexa Hickory Wattle Tree
Isolepis nodosa
Lomandra longifolia Lomandra hystrix
Banksia robur Westringia fruticosa
Acacia implexa
Water Treatment Centre
White Bay Stormwater Recycling System
• Meets 95% of the site water needs
• Reduce pollution at White Bay
• Improving irrigation at White Bay
Storage Tanks
Reuse Tanks
Urban Gardens-Celebrate Stormwater
Timber edge
Water mist nozzles
Harbour view lawn
Water Supply Zone
Water Play-Celebrate Stormwater
Pathway
Rubber ground
Water Supply Plant List
Carpobrotus glaucescens
Juncus effusus Poa labillardieri
Brassica juncea Helianthus annuus L.
Casuarina obesa
Allocasuarina verticillata
Eucalyptus camaldulensis
Scaevola aemula Zoysia macrantha