Mud Creek Ecological Park Corridor - Urbanizing ecologies for resilient communities

3 ha

FANSHAWE PARK RD E

City of London, ON

Mud Creek Subwatershed

N.T.S.

DISTRICT SID RIVER DR

THAMES RIVER MAIN BRANCH

RIVERSIDE DR

Roads Rail

Theoretical Framework: Landscape & Ecological Urbanism Roads Cherryhill Rail

PLATTS LANE

1912 Village

Cherryhill Village

Subject Site 65.65 ha

0 ha

3,500 * OXFORD ST E residents

1840

Subwatershed Boundary recreational within 800M Annexation Boundary parkland

radius

River Stream

current parkland Waterbody with play equipment (7 ha) is separate by CP railway Vegetation

1898

(*approximate basedPark on 2011 LandCensus data) 1885

Roads Planning District Boundary 5 min Walk (400M)

THE COVES ESA

10 min Walk Walk (800M)

ADAPTABILITY

1826

1890

RESILIENCY

CONNECTIVITY

15 min Walk (1200M) Subject Site (PPD)

Natural Habitats

Subject Site 65.65 ha

Building with Nature in the City

0

200

Subwatershed Boundary

OXFORD ST E

Subject_Site_CTRE

k

GREENWAY PARK

Subject_Site_CTRE

k

E

(*approximate based on 2011 Census data)

LEGEND

GIBBONS PARK

3,500 residents

within 800M radius

Urbanizing ecologies

P)

OXFORDCITY OF LONDON, ON ST W

LEGEND

residents

RAIL WAY (C

recreational parkland

current parkland with play equipment (7 ha) is separate by CP railway

parks &3,500 recreation master plan (2009)

SARNIA RD

15 MIN WALK (1200M) 10 MIN WALK (800M) 5 MIN WALK SUBJECT SITE (400M) CA NA 65.65 ha DIA NN AT OXFORD ST W ION AL RA MUD CREEK ILW AY WEST LONDON (C N) PLANNING

within 800M radius

Village London, ON

0 ha

3,500 * residents

Annexation Boundary River Stream

0

450

900

1,800

400

Metres 1,200

800

Metres 3,600

2,700

[

Site Functional

Analysis

1885

Park Land Roads Planning District Boundary

FOD CUT

5 min Walk (400M) 10 min Walk Walk (800M) CUW 15 min Walk (1200M)

Metres 1,200

CUT

CULTURAL THICKET

CUW

MUD CREEK STREAM

CUT

CUT

FOD FOD

UNEVALUATED VEGETATION PATCHES

CUT

CULTURAL THICKET

REGULATORY FLOOD LINE

>25% Canopy Cover

City of London Official Plan (Schedule B1)

CULTURAL WOODLAND

MOIST LAND & VEGETATION

Observations: Elm, White Beech, Blue Beech, Sycamore, Cottonwood, Poplar

EX. PARK

>75% Canopy Cover

>35% Canopy Cover

Observed Species: Common Buckthorn, Manitoba Maple, Garlic Mustard Observations: Elm, White Beech, Blue Beech, Sycamore, Cottonwood, Poplar

MU

DC

REE

K-

SLOPE UNEVALUATED VEGETATION PATCHES UNSTABLE Observations: Gravel deposits

UPP

ER

REA

REGULATORY FLOOD LINE

BIRD HABITAT

MOIST LAND & VEGETATION

AQUATIC HABITAT

Observed Species: American Robin, Cardinal, Common Sparrow, Woodpecker

City of London Official Plan (Schedule B1)

CH

FOD DC

REE

K-

DEER & COYOTE CORRIDOR

Observations: Wild Turkey grazing (January-February, April-May)

BIRD HABITAT

REA

Observed Species: American Robin, Cardinal, Common Sparrow, Woodpecker RODENTS Observed Species: Rabit, Groundhog, Common Squirrel, Chipmunk

CH

AQUATIC HABITAT

FOD

COMMERCIAL & RECREATIONAL

EX. BUILT-UP AREA

NEED TO CONNECT PEDESTRIAN NETWORK NATURAL STREETSCAPE CHARACTER

WILD TURKEY FIELD

Observations: Wild Turkey grazing (January-February, April-May)

n.t.s 0 25 50

100

150

Observed Species: Rabit, Groundhog, Common Squirrel, Chipmunk

200M

URBAN STREETSCAPE CHARACTER

n.t.s

RODENTS

MUD CREEK

0 25 50

100

150

NOISE & TRAFFIC HAZARD CORRIDOR

200M

Prepared by: Sandra Viviana Murillo Morales (May 2015) Sources: City of London, 2013, 2015 - Projection UTM Zone 17 NAD83

Land Use Perspective

Prepared by: Sandra Viviana Murillo Morales (May 2015) Sources: City of London, 2013, 2015 - Projection UTM Zone 17 NAD83

0 25 50

LEGEND MUD CREEK STREAM

R8-4 PRO

P. B

OS1

EAV

R9-7

ERB

OS1 PROP. BEAVERBROOK AVE.

R8-4(9)

K A VE

R5-3,R6-5, R7, R8-4

ES

CLOSE

S T GDN

ADIA

CIFIC

FOX AVE WAL M

ER G

(CPR

)

LEGEND

800M 10min

REE

K-

ER

E

REA

RRY

MT. PLEASANT CEMENTERY

MT. PLEASANT CEMENTERY

15% (10 ha)

n.t.s CAMBRIDGE 0 25 50

PARKLAND slope ROAD CORRIDOR analysis PROP. ROAD 15M IMPACT BUFFER DEVELOPED LAND

Prepared by: Sandra Viviana Murillo Morales (June 2015) Sources: City of London, 2013, 2015 - Projection UTM Zone 17 NAD83

3% (2 ha)

! !! ! !! !! ! !! !! !! !!

University Heights Park Ex. Community Gardens

Urban Orchard Community Gardens Expansion Lots

Access to Nature Paths

!! ! !! ! !! !!! ! !! !!! ! !!! !! !! ! !

grow Residential swing Gateway seat

0.3 ha

community gardens

Urban Agriculture Complex

URBAN AGRICULTURE NODES

play Active rest Living Core watch

0.5 ha

urban orchard

University Heights Neighbourhood Park Healthy Stroll & Walk Circuits Outdoor Exercise Station

explore Community perform Gateway score

Ex.Outdoor Exercise Station

ALL AGE RECREATIONAL AMENITIES ! !! ! !! !! ! !! !! !! !!

8 ha

parkland

4 ha

recreational ammenities

0.7 km

! !! ! !! !!! ! !! !!! ! !!! !! !! ! !

outdoor exercise circuit

!!

RECREATIONAL CORRIDOR

• Propose a strategy to integrate the neighbourhood with future alternative transit corridor at Oxford Street West

[

0 25 50

ILL

100

150

ROAD AREA OF ECOLOGICAL CONFLICT 3% 2% 3% (2IMPERVIOUS ha) (2 ha) (2 ha) SURFACE

8% (5 ha)

URBAN AGRICULTURE COMPLEX

12% (8 ha)

INFORMAL TRAIL

INFORMAL TRAIL

DEVELOPABLE PARKLAND PROPOSED ROAD CONNECTION

POST-DESIGN land suitability

LAND

CONSTRAINED DEVELOPABLE LAND

15% (10 ha)

CPR UNDERPASS 10MIN WALK (800M) DEVELOPABLE COMMERCIAL RECREATIONAL COMMUNITY DESTINATION

CPR UNDERPASS DEVELOPED LAND Prepared by: Sandra Viviana Murillo Morales (May 2015) Sources: City of London, 2013, 2015 - Projection UTM Zone 17 NAD83

COMMUNITY DESTINATION ROAD CORRIDOR

DEVELOPABLE COMMERCIAL RECREATIONAL

100

150

100

150

1920

RECREATIONAL PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE

200M

1930

CREEK CHANNELIZATION FOR AGRICULTURE

R E S ILIE N T

1940

1950

buckthorn introduction

KINGSMILL’S DAIRY FARMS

L AN DSCAP ES

PROP. ROAD 15M IMPACT BUFFER

hard surface

CIRCULATION CORRIDORS

stroll & bike circuit

ROAD AREA OF ECOLOGICAL CONFLICT IMPERVIOUS SURFACE

200M

1910

1 km

Parkway Scenenic Route

PROP. ROAD 15M IMPACT BUFFER

Prepared by: Sandra Viviana Murillo Morales (August 2015) Sources: City of London, 2013, 2015 - Projection UTM Zone 17 NAD83

0 25 50

Natural Circuit

ROAD CORRIDOR

Prepared by: Sandra Viviana Murillo Morales (August 2015) - Projection UTM Zone 17 NAD83

0 25 50

ne La

DEVELOPED LAND

Sources: City of London, 2013, 2015 RECREATIONAL PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE

n.t.s

t oo df u o Pr

natural& urban stroll & bike circuit

Westfield Dr.

DEVELOPABLE COMMERCIAL RECREATIONAL

PORP. ROAD CROSSING BRIDGE

MUD CREEK

1.5 km

Oxford Street West

ROAD AREA OF ECOLOGICAL CONFLICT PORP. ROAD CROSSING BRIDGE

PEAT SWAMP DEPLETION BEGINS

CONSTRAINED DEVELOPABLE LAND

CONSTRAINED DEVELOPABLE LAND

IMPERVIOUS SURFACE

22% (15 ha)

1900

DEVELOPABLE LAND

DEVELOPABLE LAND

PROP. ROAD 15M IMPACT BUFFER

n.t.s

DEVELOPABLE PARKLAND

DEVELOPABLE PARKLAND

DEVELOPABLE LAND

ROAD CORRIDOR

MUD CREEK

URBAN AGRICULTURE COMPLEX

DEVELOPABLE PARKLAND

DEVELOPED LAND

200M

ECOLOGICAL CORRIDOR

URBAN AGRICULTURE COMPLEX

natural stroll circuit

Wal mer Gar den s

Semi-Natural Circuit

pedestrians bikes dog walkers

MUD CREEK REALIGNMENT

ECOLOGICAL CORRIDOR

0.9 km

Hard Surface Circuit

RECREATIONAL MOBILITY

URBAN AGRICULTURE COMPLEX

parkway

Main Mobility Routes & Neighbourhood Connectivity

Beaverbrook Ave.

PROPOSED ROAD EXTENSION REALIGNMENT

DEVELOPABLE COMMERCIAL RECREATIONAL

Prepared by: Sandra Viviana Murillo Morales (May 2015) Sources: City of London, 2013, 2015 - Projection UTM Zone 17 NAD83

1800’s

DEVELOPED LAND EX. SWINGS SET ROAD CORRIDOR

36% (23 ha)

pedestrians bikes vehicles

ECOLOGICAL CORRIDOR

CONSTRAINED DEVELOPABLE LAND

SIDEWALK SIDEWALK

NEIGHBOURHOOD MOBILITY

STEEP SLOPE OUTSIDE RIVERINE (EHA)

MUD CREEK REALIGNMENT

200M

PLATT PASS REMNANTS

RIVERINE EROSION HAZARD AREA

PROP. ROAD 15M IMPACT BUFFER

PROPOSED ROAD CONNECTION

150

RIVERINE EROSION HAZARD AREA

PARKING AREA

ECOLOGICAL CORRIDOR

CAMBRIDGE ST

ARTIFICIAL PONDS

ARTIFICIAL PONDS

PROPOSED ROAD EXTENSION REALIGNMENT

PUBLIC BUS SERVICE PUBLIC BUS SERVICE

36% (24 ha)

MUD CREEK STREAM

ROAD CORRIDOR

LOCAL ROAD

PL

LEGEND

MUD CREEK STREAM

Beaverbrook

Railway Pedestrian & Bike Underpass

Beaverbrook Parkway Road Extension Main Vehicular Circulation

• Define a neighbourhood land use master plan that responds to the nature of the ecological corridor

Post-Design

LEGEND

1.2 km

Cana dian Paci fic Rail way

Neighbourhood Fabric

Land Use Suitability Analysis

PARKLAND

5MIN WALK (400M) 10MIN WALK (800M)

100

ST

Demonstrate that a resilient neighbourhood design can be accomplished when planning and design are dictated by dedication of parkland and re-creation of healthy natural corridors.

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

2020

CHERRYHILL SWAMP URBAN PLANTINGS STORMWATER FARM CULTURAL LANDSCAPES DRAINAGE AT MUD NATURAL CONTROL & SPREAD CHERRYHILL ROTATIONAL CROPS CREEK COMMUNITY GARDENS FOR RENTED FARM LAND URBAN CHERRYHILL DEVELOPMENT STARTS PROUDFOOT DEVELOPMENT

2030

INNOVATIVE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

LANDSCAPE RESTORATION URBAN AGRICULTURE FUTURE RESIDENTIAL & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT STARTS

ROAD AREA OF ECOLOGICAL CONFLICT IMPERVIOUS SURFACE

PEPPERTREE PARK

urban riparian buffer Scenic Watercourse Crossing - composite wood bridge structure

active living core Restroom Facilities Wildlife Living Structure Railway Hill

FUTURE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT

CAN

D MU

UNDERPASS WILDLIFE CROSSING

ADIA

CIFIC

EEK

CR

N PA

BOULEVARD MEDIAN PLANTER

FUTURE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT

WAL

MER

RAIL WAY

NEIG

GAR

HBO

RAISED STREET CROSSING (TYP.)

OOD

PAR K

S

CON

NEC

Accessible Ramp Multi-Use Pathway Connection

PARK PAR

KING

PARKWAY ACCESS & RAISED STREET CROSSING

ACTIVE LIVING CORE FREE

T NE IGM

PLAY AREA

RE EK RE

REE

DC

K

SEATING STRUCTURE

US E PAT RECR HW EA AY TION

AL

LANE TURNNING FEATURE (TYP.)

WESTFIELD DR. CONNECTION PEDESTRIAN & BIKE PLANTED MEDIAN

PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE (TYP.)

DC

URBAN AGRICULTURE COMPLEX

PROP. FUTURE ROAD CONNECTION TLC LANDSCAPING

SEATING AREA (TYP.)

DAY CARE

FLEETWAY BOWLING

EX. FOREST GLEN GOLF CENTRE

MUD

STORMWATER OUTFALL

POTENTIAL FUTURE COMMUNITY OPEN SPACE AMENITY

Play Landscape

CHERRYHILL MALL

PASSIVE PATHWAY

FUTURE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT

PATHWAY CONNECTION TO TRANSIT VILLAGE

Free Play Area

MUD CREEK EAST CENTRAL MUD

ET

LIGMN

REA CREEK

OAKLAND CEMETERY

BEAVERBROOK AVE.

play landscapes

PATHWAY CONNECTION TO CHERRYHILL VILLAGE

OXFORD ST. WEST Exercise Station

Restroom Facilities & Resting Area Concesion

Lookout Patio

Multi-use Asphalt Pathway

Multi-use Court - Ice Ring

RESTMONT CEMETERY

K

D

OH SHALOM CEMETERY

CREE

BLVR

CANADA POST DEPOT

EX. OUTDOOR EXERCISE STATIONS

Treed Street Median PARKWAY

HILL RRY

COMMUNITY GARDENS & URBAN ORCHARD

Beaverbrook Parkway

CHE

FUTURE GOODLIFE FITNESS

CHERRYHILL VILLAGE

Multi-Use Recreational Pathway

PARKWAY ACCESS & RAISED STREET CROSSING

MU

COMMUNITY CONNECTION

EXISTING CHERRYHILL COMMUNITY GARDENS EK

FUTURE RESIDENTIAL & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

INVASIVE SPECIES EDGE CONTROL (TYP.)

K

DC RE

WOODLAND PRESERVATION

REE

Community Gathering Area

MU

HORSESHOE COURTS & SEATING AREA

PROUDFOOT PARK EAST

FUTURE LCBO - SOBEYS & OFFICE SPACE

STORMWATER & VIEWING PLATFORM OUTFALL

OUTDOOR EXERCISE STATION (TYP.)

PROUDFOOT LANE

Wildflower Gardens

Natural Play Area

NATIVE TREE PLANTINGS (TYP.)

LTI -

LANDSCAPED AMPHITHEATER

AY

URBAN / STREET TREE PLANTINGS (TYP.)

COMMUNITY GATEWAY PARKING STRUCTURE

FUTURE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT

KW

MULTI-AGE SWING STRUCTURE MU

community gateway

R PA

MUD CREEK RESTORATION WETLAND LANDSCAPES (TYP.)

COMMUNITY GARDENS & URBAN ORCHARD

Wetland Educational Boardwalk

FUTURE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT

K

Native Trees & Shaded Areas

OO

DC

PARKING STRUCTURE

RIP ARI 15M AN BUF F TO 30M ER

EX. WADDING POOL

BR

MU

ER

MULTI-USE COURT

WOODEN BRIDGE & PLATFORM

natural play areas

EX. SOCCER PITCH

Mud Creek Slope Control Plantings

MUD CREEK ROAD CROSSING OPEN BOTTOM STRUCTURE (TYP.)

AV

ZIPLINE

RESIDENTIAL GATEWAY

PROUDFOOT PARK WEST

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS PARK

EX. COMMUNITY GARDENS

NATURAL PLAY AREA

FUTURE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT

PINERIDGE PLACE

EX. PLAY AREA

FACILITY

BE

resting facilities

SPLASH PAD RESTING

AL

Multi-Use Court - Ice Ring

TION

RAILWAY PEDESTRIAN & BIKE UNDERPASS

MU

Seating Area

Native Treed Water Landscape Edge

DEN

URH

Feature Gradens

Train Lookout Patio

E C O LO G I C A L PA R K D E S I G N

37% (1.58 ha)

DEVELOPABLE COMMERCIAL RECREATIONAL

STEEP SLOPE OUTSIDE RIVERINE (EHA)

5MIN WALK (400M) DEVELOPABLE

20% ha)

EAGLE HEIGHS (13 PUBLIC SCHOOL

EAGLE HEIGHS PUBLIC SCHOOL

n.t.s

water systems vegetated systems rural infrastructure urban infrastructure

21% (0.87 ha)

CONSTRAINED DEVELOPABLE LAND

DEVELOPED LAND

LOCAL ROAD

RY H

land suitability

BLVD

OAKLAND CEMENTERY

CEMENTERY

HILL

BLVD

OXFORD ST W

Mud Creek East-Central

CHERRYHILL GARDEN PLOTS

CHERRYHILL GARDEN OXFORD ST W PLOTS

Mud Creek Mud Creek OAKLAND East-Central East-South

PROJECTIVE FUTURE

CREEK STREAM

ROAD PRIMARYARTERIAL COLLECTOR ROAD

ER

CHERRYHILL 12% CHERRYHILL PRE-DESIGN MALL MALL (8 ha)

HILL

Mud Creek East-North

FOREST GLEN GOLF CENTRE

Mud Creek East-North

RESTMOUNT CEMETERY

Urban Orchard Community Gardens & Raised Vegetable Planters

Transportation Systems

ROAD AREA OF ECOLOGICAL CONFLICT 37% 22% SLOPE >10% - TOO SEVERE SLOPE IMPERVIOUS (1.55 ha) SURFACE (15 ha) SLOPE HAZARD

200M

PRIMARY COLLECTOR ROAD

CH

CHE

FITNESS GOLF CENTRE

& Office Space

RRY

FUTURE GOOD LIFE FITNESS

FLEETWAY BOWLING

OR SHALOM FUTURE CEMETERY GLEN FORESTGOOD LIFE

7%RRYHIL L (5 ha) PL CHERRYHILL 8% MINTO (5 ha) VILLAGE

CHERRYHILL MINTO VILLAGE

CH

CHE

FLEETWAY Future - Sobeys LCBO BOWLING

(1 ha)

CH

UPP

150

DEVELOPABLE COMMERCIAL RECREATIONAL

ROAD ARTERIALSTUDY AREA (65.65 HA)

PLATT'S LANE

DC

800M 10min 2%

WESTFIELD DR

COLUMBIA AVE

MU

100

DEVELOPED LAND

CONSTRAINED DEVELOPABLE LAND

Regulations

BUILT-UP AREA

PLATT'S LANE

400M 5min

PROP. WESTFIELD DR

0 25 50

MUD CREEK

DEVELOPABLE LAND

SLOPE 4-10% - STEEP FREE PLAY, EROSION CONTROL

DEVELOPABLE LAND

STUDY AREA (65.65 HA)

BRITANNIA AVE

!

FARRAH RD

Mud Creek East-South

PARKLAND MUD

FOSTER AVE

COSTCO KANGAROO'S POUCH DAY CARE

FARRAH RD

RESTMOUNT CEMETERY

ARTIFICIAL PONDS LEGENDLand Use

BRITANNIA AVE

Proudfoot Park West

15% (10 ha)

DEVELOPABLE n.t.s COMMERCIAL RECREATIONAL

DEVELOPABLE PARKLAND

MUD CREEK STREAM

DNS

WESTFIELD DR

CONSTRAINED DEVELOPABLE LAND

DEVELOPABLE PARKLAND

!! SUITABLE FOR PLAY COURTS POST-DESIGN SLOPE 2-4% - FAIRLY FLAT land SUITABLE FOR SPORT FIELDS suitability

12% (8 ha)

DEVELOPABLE PARKLAND

ROAD CORRIDOR

BUILT-UP AREA

PROP. WESTFIELD DR OAK MOLD U D PROPERTIES CRE EK -U PPE RR EAC H KANGAROO'S Proudfoot Park POUCH DAY CARE East

URBAN AGRICULTURE COMPLEX

ECOLOGICAL CORRIDOR

36% SLOPE 0-2% - FLAT (23 ha)

DEVELOPABLE LAND

20% (13 ha)

5% OPPORTUNITY FOR CREEK REALIGNMENT (0.22 ha)

URBAN AGRICULTURE COMPLEX

University Heights Park

400M 5min

36% (24 ha)

cultural cultural

TAMBLYN DR

COLUMBIA AVE

N DR

Proudfoot Park East

Capulet Park

OR SHALOM CEMETERY

Sources: City of London, 2013, 2015 -

STEEP SLOPE OUTSIDE RIVERINE (EHA)

ECOLOGICAL CORRIDOR Land Use Regulations

FOSTER AVE

HORIZO

N DR

COSTCO

Future LCBO - Sobeys & Office Space

RAIL

15% Projection UTM Zone NAD83 (1017ha)

Slope Analysis

8% (5 ha)

ECOLOGICAL CORRIDOR

PRE-DESIGN land suitability

PROPOSED ROAD EXPANSION

PARKINGARTIFICIAL AREA PONDS

!

23ha

ecological corridor

RIVERINE EROSION HAZARD AREA

Prepared by: Sandra Viviana Murillo Morales (July 2015) Sources: City of London, 2013, 2015 - Projection UTM Zone 17 NAD83

200M

TAMBLYN DR

PROP. BEAVERBROOK AVE.

PROUDFOOT LANE

HORIZO

PROUDFOOT LANE

BEAVERBROOK AVE

8% (5 ha)

CONVENIENCE & COMMERCIAL

3% (2 ha)

PROPOSED ROAD EXTENSION ALIGNMENT

7% (5 ha)

City of London Official Plan (Schedule B1)

University WA Heights Park LMER GROVE

N PA

RECREATIONAL

2% (2 ha)

PROPOSED ROAD EXPANSION

SE

COUR

ROLLS

CAN

LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL

3% (2 ha)

2% (1 ha)

REGULATORY FLOOD LINE

W

OVE

MUD CREEK STREAM

CONVENIENCE & COMMERCIAL Prepared by: Sandra Viviana Murillo Morales (July 2015)

CHEPSTOW CLO

D

DNS

150

ASTO RIA PL

BLV

ER G

COMMUNITY FACILITY & RECREATIONAL

OFFICE DEVELOPMENT

O PST CHE E GAT

Chesham 150 200M Heights Park

MEDIUM TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL

STUDY AREA (65.65 HA)

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LANDS

R GR

AS CR TOR IA T

VE

CHESHAM AVE

ASTO RIA PL

GRO

CASTLEGROVE CLOSE

TLE

WAL M

WALM E

Angelo’s Bakery PROP. BEAVERBROOK AVE.

OLD OAK PROPERTIES

meandering creek riparian landscape

ARTIFICIAL PONDS

BUILT-UP AREA

PARKLAND

100

n.t.s

100

H46

NEVILLE DR

DR

0 25 50

)

Proudfoot Park West

0 25 50

MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL

City of London Official Plan (Schedule B1)

FOX AVE

RD

RIP

CAS

RIPPLETON CRT

Peppertree CAN Park ADIA N PA CIFIC RAIL (CPR

BEAVERBROOK AVE

CH ESH CR CH AEP M STOW T

ES

H CR

BIRC

PAPE R

CITA TION

R9-7

n.t.s

Mobility

RIPPLETON PL

T

OS4

TON

RT GD

SCOU

ROLL

H46

PLE

RIP

NS

PLE

TON

Chesham Heights Park

AS

D

7

W

O PST CHE E GAT

D75,H13

ARTIFICIAL PONDS

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LANDS 12% COMMUNITY FACILITY & RECREATIONAL (8 ha) REGULATORY FLOOD LINE RECREATIONAL

NEVILLE DR

OS4

MUD CREEK STREAM

PARKLAND MEDIUM TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL

PROP. WESTFIELD DR

R9-7

MUD CREEK

CHESHAM AVE

BLV

CC3 SS2

MUD CREEK

CR

CR

OR CASTCLE RTGROV EIA CRT

VE

GRO

CF1 CR(1)

OF2(5) CASTLEGROVE CLOSE

TLE

CASTLE GROVE CRT

CC3 SS2

RIPPLETO N CRT

Peppertree Park

CF1 CR(1) R5-3,R6-5, R7, R8-4 NF1

CH E CR SHAM T

RD

H CR BIRC PAPE R CAS

RIPPLETO N PL

! ! ! ! ! !!! ! ! ! ! !!

Urban Mobility

LEGEND

CLUSTER TOWNHOUSING TO SENIORS BUILDING

MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL

D75,H13

H22

LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL

OFFICE DEVELOPMENT CLUSTER TOWNHOUSING TO SENIORS BUILDING

R5-3,R6-5, R7, R8-4 NF1

R9-3(8)

D75,H13

OF2(5)

PROP. WESTFIELD DR

FORD CRES

ROO

OS1

H22

D75,H13

COOMBS AVE

ERB

R9-3(8)

FORD CRES

EAV

.

DR

R5-3,R6-5, R7, R8-4

OS1

H40

CITA TION

K A VE.

COOMBS AVE

P. B

R8-4(9)

ROO

H40

STUDY AREA (65.65 HA)

LEGEND

DESIGN INTENT

R1-6

Goals

PROP. BEAVERBROOK AVE.

R9-7

Cherryhill Stormwater Outfall Points Lookout Platforms

ARTIFICIAL PONDS BUILT-UP AREA

PRO

! ! !!!

Ex. Urban Landscape

• Increase neighbourhood amenities access to promote healthy living communities

R1-6

R8-4

Angelo’s Bakery

Land Use Suitability Analysis

200M

Pre-Design

OS1

R5-6(2),R5-3, R9-7 H40

150

OS1

R5-6(2),R5-3, R9-7 H40

R8-3

100

!!!!

Neighbourhood Amenities

n.t.s

R8-3

!!!!

Beaverbrook Parkway

• Integrate future and exiting community gardens areas to promote urban agriculture in the community

NEED TO CONNECT DEVELOPABLE AREA DEVELOPABLE LAND AREA

HYDROLOGIC STRUCTURE

Riparian Restoration Landscapes

Golf Course Manicured Gardens

! ! ! ! ! !! !! ! ! ! !

Urban Agriculture

NEED TO CONNECT NATURAL FEATURE

Observed Species: American frog, Mallards, Geese, Unknown Fish Prepared by: Sandra Viviana Murillo Morales (May 2015) DEER & COYOTE CORRIDOR Sources: City of London, 2013, 2015 - Projection UTM Zone 17 NAD83 Observations: White tailed deer, deer feces, deer tree damage, coyote howl

ecological conflict

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OPPORTUNITY FOR DEVELOPEMNT EXPANSION

WILD TURKEY FIELD

Observations: Gravel deposits

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OPPORTUNITY FOR CREEK REALIGNMENT

Observations: White tailed deer, deer feces, deer tree damage, coyote howl

UNSTABLE SLOPE UPP

CONSTRAINED DEVELOPABLE LAND AREA COMMERCIAL & RECREATIONAL NODE

Observed Species: Common Buckthorn, Manitoba Maple, Garlic Mustard

MU

DEVELOPABLE LAND AREA

DEVELOPABLE LAND AREA

Observed Species: American frog, Mallards, Geese, Unknown Fish

INVASIVE SPECIES

FOD

POTENTIAL PARKLAND AREA

DEVELOPABLE LAND AREA

EX. BUILT-UP AREA

City of London Official Plan (Schedule B1)

EXISTING BUILT UP AREA

DEVELOPABLE LAND AREA

PARK LAND

INVASIVE SPECIES

OTHER VEGETATION

PROP. ROAD 15M IMPACT BUFFER

PARK LAND

DEVELOPABLE LAND AREA

City of London Official Plan (Schedule B1)

BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURE

1.5ha

Riparian Restoration Landscapes Bio-retention Gardens

• Provide citywide recreational amenities to fulfill recreational needs of existing and future families, young adults and senior citizens while promoting reconnection to nature

PROPOSED ROAD STRUCTURE EXTENSION

DECIDUOUS FOREST

Urban Trees

Trees for Food

Creek Realignment Meandering Course

Recreation

STEEP SLOPE OUTSIDE RIVERINE (EHA)

>35% Canopy Cover

FOD

CUT

[

CULTURAL WOODLAND

OTHER VEGETATION

CUW

DEVELOPABLE LAND AREA

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Healthy Living

RIVERINE EROSION HAZARD AREA

DEVELOPABLE LAND AREA

>25% Canopy Cover

road crossigns

INTERCONNECTED NATURE

POTENTIAL ECOLOGICAL CORRIDOR

>75% Canopy Cover

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MUD CREEK Upper Reach

• Provide proper access from the existing and future neighbourhood to natural open space areas

MUD CREEK 30M PROTECTION BUFFER

ARTIFICIAL PONDS

CUT

CUT

Metres 3,600

DECIDUOUS FOREST

LEGEND

FOD

FOD

Subject Site (PPD)

FOD

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Treed Parkway

Urban Trees

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Nature Connectivity

ARTIFICIAL PONDS

ARTIFICIAL PONDS

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• Manage stormwater runoff within the development site to reduce impacts on the overall subwatershed

EX. PARK

MUD CREEK STREAM

CUW

Trees for Food Woodland Remnants Invasives Control

• Create an ecological corridor that connects existing and proposed parkland to enhance Mud Creek habitat

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Stormwater Management

MUD CREEK STREAM

LEGEND

Wildlife Corridor

Healthy Ecological Corridor

LEGEND

Waterbody Vegetation

Goals

per 1,000 Cherryhill residents City of

parkland

Goals

CIFIC

Cherryhill Village

CITY OF LONDON, ON

recreational

1961

WONDERLAND RD N

N PA

1993

3 ha

M E D WAY PLANNING DISTRICT

DESIGN STRATEGY

MEDWAY HERITAGE FOREST ESA

West London Planning District Mud Creek Subwatershed - London, ON

Natural Systems

parks & recreation master plan (2009)

MUD CREEK SUBWATERSHED LIMIT

ADIA

within 800M radius

Parks for Healthy Living

WES TER RD N

CAN

1989

1912

800

FANSHAWE PARK RD W

M E D WAY PLANNING DISTRICT

SARNIA RD

per 1,000 residents

parkland

WO ND E RD RLA S ND

REVEALING LANDSCAPE TRACES

Designed by: FANSHAWE PARK RD W Sandra Viviana Murillo Morales, B.Arch*, MES

65.65 (162 acres) future developable land located in West London planning district and Mud Creek subwatershed in London, ON. Future urbanization might change drainage patterns on existing creek, and eventually, Thames River watershed.

August, 2015

urbanizing ecologies for resilient communities recreational

PLATT'S LANE

00

Mud Creek Ecological Park Corridor

London, ON - Canada

School of Design - Bachelor of Applied Arts Integrated Land Planning Technologies

One-way Vehicular Traffic 3M Recreational Bike Lane 1.5M Pedestrian Pathway

MT. PLEASANT CEMETERY 4.5M

scale: 1:2500

2M

EAGLE HEIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOL

0

50

100M

4M

2.5M

1.5M

2M

0

50

Bio-retention Greenscape

100M