Ground Conditions

Ground Typologies

Understanding the relationship between the existing ground and the neighbourhood, the sections below attempt to document the ground conditions and the services below. As a resource for landscape architects and designers it could help with the speculation on how an earthquake could fracture cement, disassemble bricks or hinder sidewalks. The proximity between a household, a low-rise apartment or a tower and a park is shown in scale. If open spaces become post disaster zones, the haptic textures on the ground should be designed to minimise tripping and falling. The materiality of the ground itself should aim to be habitable and soft enough for human rest.

Sections of Materiality

Following the overall plans, we will go into detail regarding the surface qualities of the parks and how those will affect the navigability/usability of parks. Emphasis can also be placed on their use for shelter; comfort, etc.

At Nelson Park we observed the proximity between this apartment tower and the park itself. While we are skeptical of the amount of people that the park could hypothetically hold, the closeness and softness of the ground could be an ideal solution for the residence.
At Memorial West Park, the park itself holds a lot of characteristics and qualities that could be suitable for neighbouring residence. With soft soil surrounded by trees, the suburbia that surrounds it could gather here if the front and rear yards are not suitable for emergency shelter. 
We noticed at the Arbutus Residence neighbourhood quite a distance from the nearest park and wanted to document a potential danger if an earthquake were to strike. Being surrounded by concrete, residences effectively do not have a front and rear yard to set up emergency shelter and the soil where the trees are grown are too small for even a single family to reside.