Kate Blackburne Landscape Architecture Portfolio 2016

KATE BLACKBURNE

Master of LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Lincoln University 2014 Bachelor of Applied Science DESIGN FOR TECHNOLOGY Otago University 2011

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO 2016

KATE BLACKBURNE Master of Landscape Architecture Lincoln University 2014 Bachelor of Applied Science DESIGN FOR TECHNOLOGY Otago University 2011

ABOUT ME A motivated and ambitious landscape architect and designer looking to gain experience in a collaborative studio environment.

Having completed my MLA with First Class Honours in 2014, I spent 2 years working as part of Lincoln University’s School of Landscape Architecture Designlab - a research collaborative actively engages with stakeholders and issues of value across society and industry. In this role I have developed a passion for design-led research, experimentation, and design communication. At the beginning of 2015 I became the Designlab Coordinator, and gained valuable experience in project management.

I also gave lectures, tutored and lead studio projects across a range of technical and studio courses in the school.

My particular research interests include cultural perception and landscapes of tension, programmatic landscape design and conservation landscapes.

EMAIL PHONE LINKEDIN ADDRESS

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kate.blackburne@gmail.com +44 7400 056083 https://nz.linkedin.com/in/kate-blackburne-2a8abb96 176 Southfield Road London W45LD

TECHNICAL AND DESIGN SKILLS

EDUCATION • NGA TAWA DIOCESAN SCHOOL 2004 - 2008 NCEA Level 3 with merit • UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO 2009 - 2011 Bachelor of Applied Science in Design for Technology ( A Grade average across design courses ) • LINCOLN UNIVERSITY 2012 - 2014 Master of Landscape Architecture with First Class Honours

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY PARTICULAR STRENGTHS IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE • Academic writing MLA completed by thesis, and awarded Lincoln University postgraduate writing scholarship (Thesis progress report feedback: Kate’s research is of a high academic quality, and the writing we have seen is very well written and academically rigorous.) Abstracts accepted to national and international conferences. Academic articles in progress • Report style writing Including for clients on a range of design projects, project briefs and media • Design development A strong interest in the power of design process and design tools, particularly scenario development and critique • Theoretical analysis and application Ability to break down and apply complex ideas to a site or situation • Planning through the scales Structure planning, master planning, intermediate and detail planning, planting plans and construction detailing (Major design feedback: A highly professional portfolio showing a wide range of thinking, well developed right through the scales.)

• Sustainability Knowledge of frameworks and design applications

DEC 2014

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MAY 2016

Designlab Coordinator ( Lincoln University)

MAY 2014

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DEC 2014

Design Researcher ( Lincoln University)

AUG 2013

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MAY 2014

Communication Design & Marketing ( Lincoln University)

NOV 2013

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DEC 2013

Landscape Architecture Research Assistant ( A. Spicer, Christchurch)

2012

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2013

Hospitality: Bar Manager ( Highway Inn, Christchurch)

OCT 2012

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MAR 2013

Communication Design ( Otago University)

2013

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2016

Tutor ( Lincoln University)

FEB 2011

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JAN 2012

Hospitality: Promotions and Retail ( The Collective, Christchurch)

NOV 2010

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FEB 2011

Hospitality: Front of House ( Alamir Bakery, Wellington)

2008

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2016

Gardening, Orchard, Agricultural and Plant Nursery work ( R. Watters, Hirst Orchards, Te Horo Ornamentals, Tironui)

CAREER OBJECTIVE I have a 2-year work Visa for the UK through until June 2018, and am looking to use this time to gain some international experience in a Landscape Architecture Studio where I can further develop my skills and work in a collaborative environment.

• Project management and client relations • Presentation and articulation of ideas through written, oral and graphic communication methods

OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE • Teaching Experience lecturing in computer application courses (Vectorworks, inDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator), generating studio project briefs, studio tutoring (structure planning, sustainable planning and design, landscape analysis, communication and innovative design) and advanced theory tutoring • Communication design A passion for communication and graphic design. Rebranding of department including conception, design and production of annual marketing publication (link and samples in portfolio) • Project management Experience co-ordinating multidisciplinary input for complex design projects, across both university departments and externally, mentoring scholarship and international students in design research projects and over-seeing design projects from pitch through to publication

PERSONAL I’m a 25 year old New Zealander from a small town north of Wellington, where my family farm deer. I have also lived for 3 years in Dunedin, and 4 years in Christchurch, and feel at home in both urban environments and the remote wilderness. My passions include travel, music (particularly guitar), conservation, film, friends and family.

This year I am starting a new adventure in Europe and looking for somewhere new to fall in love with, gain some unique work experience and meet some interesting people. Thanks for taking the time to read my CV.

REFEREES MICK ABBOTT

JACKY BOWRING

Employer, Research Supervisor

Employer, Research Supervisor

Head of School, Associate Professor School of Landscape Architecture, Lincoln University (03) 4230469 mick.abbott@lincoln.ac.nz

Professor School of Landscape Architecture, Lincoln University (03) 4230466 jacky.bowring@lincoln.ac.nz

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KATE BLACKBURNE PORTFOLIO 2016

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TE WHENUA HOU: DISTRIBUTED FOREST Designlab with Lincoln University Department of Ecology

AGRICULTURE & ECOLOGY

2014 - 2016

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EDEN PROJECT NEW ZEALAND Designlab

ECO-TOURISM

2015

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ARARIRA WETLAND PLANTING STRATEGY Designlab

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY

2015

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TE RŪNANGA O NGĀI TAHU SOCIAL HOUSING Designlab

URBAN ECOLOGY & SOCIAL HOUSING

2015

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LANDSCAPE AS TENSION Masters Thesis

MLA THESIS / RESEARCH BY DESIGN

2014 - 2015

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DIAMOND HARBOUR VILLAGE PLAN Course work example 1

VILLAGE CENTRE PLANNING

March - April 2013

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ADDINGTON STRUCTURE PLAN

STRUCTURE PLANNING & APPLICATION OF THEORY

Course work example 2 December - January 2012/13

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DESIGN-LED RESEARCH : DESIGNLAB

TE WHENUA HOU: NGAI TAHU FARMING DISTRIBUTED FOREST PROJECT TYPE Agriculture & Ecology CLIENT Ngai Tahu Farming LOCATION Waimakariri, Christchurch, New Zealand DURATION 2014 - 2016 (ongoing) TEAM Lincoln University Designlab with Department of Ecology INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTION Project coordinator and design lead, concept development through to implementation, including consultation, planting plans, rendering, species monitoring and shaping design research outputs.

This intervention takes the functional patterns found in a native forest and distributes them systematically across 7500 ha of industrial farmland. Initially scoped as a simple gateway design for a complex of 20 dairy farms, this project evolved into a gateway expressed at a regional level, working in both aesthetic and functional modes.

The project focuses particularly on the practice of planting and how the planter needs to find affinity with what and how they are placing plants into the landscape. Fractals and fractal patches replicate through scales (Dramsted et al,1996), and this mechanism drove the form and content of the scheme at the plant placement scale, extending right out to a fractal ordering of the over 7500Ha development.

Currently being implemented, these plantings are in marked contrast to the monocultural exotic shelter belts that dominate the plains.

The form of the shelter belts at the regional and also farm scale, the species selection, and the planting sequences all resonate strongly with underlying MÄ ori cultural forms, and suggest a new signature to this area that communicates culture, farming practices, and landscape health.

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Te Whenua Hou : 350H

A 350HA DISTRIBUTED NATIVE FOREST PROJECT ACROSS NGAI TAHU FARMING’S NORTH CANTERBURY DAIRY DEVELOPMENT

Ha distributed native forest project

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KATE BLACKBURNE PORTFOLIO 2016 Design

DESIGN-LED RESEARCH : DESIGNLAB NZ NZ Native Native Forest Forest

CANTERBURY PLAINS NATIVE FOREST

Canopy Shelter Canopy Shelter Canopy Shelter

Shrub Shelter Shrub Shelter Shrub Shelter

Buffer Shelter Buffer Shelter Buffer Shelter

Redistributed as...

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The scope of the planting/intervention builds an ecological architecture that negates the ecological desert of the Canterbury Plains and once again allows native birds, such as Tui, and Kereru, to cross from the Southern Alps to Banks Peninsula.

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Tui & Bellbird flight span (up to 10km) Kereru flight span (up to 25km)

Milking Milkingsheds Sheds Milking sheds

PLANTING STRATEGY Using the underlying principle of fractals we developed a planting strategy which could speak to a range of temporal and spatial scales, from regional through to plant placement.

From this a systematic planting strategy was developed to cover all intervention types: Shelter belts, roadside, around housing and amenity areas.

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104 Astelia chathamica 12 Cordyline australis 39 Cornus alba 'sibirica' 91 Corokia cotonester 210 Festuca Novae-zealandiae 236 Hebe strictissima 393 Lavendula stoechas 205 Ozothamnus fulvida 2 Parrotia persica 148 Podocarpus nivalis 1 Prunus x blireana 18 Pseudopanax crassifolius

Total plants = 1787 (3 feature trees)

Common Name

Silver Spear Cabbage tree Red-Stemmed Dogwood Korokio Hard Tussock Banks Peninsula Hebe French Lavender Golden Cottonwood Persian Ironwood Mountain Totara Flowering Plum Lancewood

Spacing @ 1.5m

NOTE: 1. Selected plants should be small, hardy species (not taller than 0.8m). None should be root bound. They should all have good root systems to withstand conditions.

2. Use of combiguards is required (*) for protection from hares etc 3. Note total number of plants is less than overall plan allocated. This is due to using plants that give better cover than the current selection on Farm 1. The plants have been chosen to grow well on the chosen sites, and is also anticipated that some of the under-allocation can be used in year 1 should any plants require replacing.

4. Do not mound the central turning island (this affects water retention) 5. Use above ground irrigation for all planting areas, to ensure active watering and direct feedback that the watering is occurring.

6. Native plants which have been ecosourced would be highly preferable 7. Please contact mick.abbott@lincoln. ac.nz / 0204 001 6921 when planting dates are confirmed. The design team are to physically position on site the cabbage trees, lancewoods and the specimen trees.

Notes

PLANTING AT MILKING ToSHED be placed ON on site FARM #4 @ 1.2m @ 1.2m @ 0.8m @ 1.2m @ 0.8m @ 1m @ 1m

Can be substituted for Hebe odora

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DESIGN-LED RESEARCH : DESIGNLAB

EDEN PROJECT NEW ZEALAND: ECOTOURISM IN THE RED ZONE PROJECT TYPE Eco-tourism CLIENT Water For Life Trust with Eden Project UK LOCATION Christchurch City Red Zone DURATION Phase 1 2015 TEAM Lincoln University Designlab: Mick Abbott, Jacky Bowring, Kate Blackburne, Charlotte Murphy, Xuejing Li INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTION Project coordinator and designer, concept development stage, consultation, project branding, rendering masterplanning and project communication.

A new iteration of the iconic Eden Project in Cornwall, UK, Eden New Zealand explores the role of water in sustaining life on this planet in an eco-tourism development proposed for the earthquake-damaged land near the Avon River in Christchurch.

The proposal looked at how ‘brand New Zealand’ might be incorporated into the Christchurch rebuild in an environmental, social community and tourism sense. Using landscape as the fundamental driver, we led an intensive process of collaborative conceptual development in order to explore, and articulate the aspirations of the project as an ecological system. A working proposal was revealed to the public in July 2015, and looks to the natural and cultural processes of the red zoned land in Christchurch as forces by which further ecological, infrastructural, productive, recreational and economic value may be generated.

Members of the Designlab Team meet with Sir Tim Smit (Founder) and David Harland (CEO) from the Eden Project Cornwall to discuss design concepts and a next steps during launch week, July 2015.

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AN ECO-TOURISM DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED FOR EARTHQUAKEDAMAGED LAND ON THE AVON-ŌTĀKAARO RIVER IN CHRISTCHURCH

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DESIGN-LED RESEARCH : DESIGNLAB

LAND USE The masterplan centres around water management, particularly flood mitigation and sea level rise. Supporting this is a network of mixed public and private ring access, with proposed community-driven sectors such as local production situated along the river’s edge. Vegetation builds upon existing and historic patterns and takes over the site from the east. The vulnerability of the land drives the dispersal of activity across the site, with the most intensive development on the highest and most stable points. The site is draped with a major tensile architecture structure (pictured), which is ‘pinned down’ to its fragile setting, rather than propped up or drilled in.

TENSILE ARCHITECTURE : SOUNDSHELL

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WATER WAY LOCKS WHARF WHARF

EDEN EDENPRESCHOOL PRESCHOO ECO PARK ECOINNOVATION INNOVATION PARK

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WETLAND ECOLOGIES RESTORED

ALLOTMENT GARDENS/BHU/EDEN KITCHEN GARDENS ZONE DESERT BIOME TROPICAL RAINFOREST BIOME

EXISTING WILLOWS KEPT, DECIDUOUS SO WINTER GROWING SUPPORTED

RESTORED HISTORIC FOOT BRIDGE WETLAND, THAT ACTS AS AS A STORM VALVE IN RAIN EVENTS FERNERY/GRAPE VINES/KIWI FRUIT OUTDOOR MUSIC VENUE

UC/LU WATERWAYS CENTRE

SOUNDSHELL INDOOR VENUE GLOBAL CLIMATE

CAFES/EDEN KITCHEN SPRINGS

WATERFALL & VIEWING PLATFORM

RAIN ROOM

NATIVE ALPINE SHRUBLAND MOSS ROOM

RAINBOW ROOM

POUNAMU ROOM

ARTISAN WALK

FIORDLAND BIOME MY LIFE IN WATER WALKWAY ICE ROOM KARST WORLD NURSERIES

OWHIRI / ENTRANCE PLAZA

NATIVE RAINFOREST INNOVATION CORE ABORETUM OF NATIVE PLANTS OF AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND (MAP OF COUNTRY) MAHINGA KAI ZONE CONFERENCE

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ENTRANCE/CAFE/SHOP EDEN SERVICES BUILDING & CORE CLASSROOM

DROP OFF ZONE WETLAND, THAT ACTS AS AS A STORM VALVE IN RAIN EVENTS

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DESIGN-LED RESEARCH : DESIGNLAB

ARARIRA WETLAND PLANTING STRATEGY

REBUILDING PLACE ATTACHMENT THROUGH RESTORATION PLANTING PROJECT TYPE Community Ecology CLIENT Living Water: Department of Conservation & Fonterra with the Waihora Ellesmere Trust LOCATION Te Waihora / Lake Ellesmere DURATION April - December 2015 TEAM Lincoln University Designlab: Mick Abbott, Jacky Bowring, Kate Blackburne, Charlotte Murphy INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTION Project coordinator and designer, concept development stages for site design, project branding, rendering, masterplanning and project implementation.

This project dealt with one of New Zealand’s most pressing environmental challenges: juggling exceptionally productive landscapes with environmental sustainability.

The LII catchment in Christchurch is unique in that it is the only Living Water ‘focus’ catchment to contain a significant urban development.

Lincoln is a satellite town of Christchurch with a rapidly increasing population and a strong sustainability agenda. However, with 53% of residents commuting to the city each day, the catchment population tends to look more toward Christchurch than their coastline. Te Waihora is seen less as a destination and more as the end of the pipe at the back door.

As such the central opportunity identified in this project was the generation of social and place-based value. In doing so, the proposal focuses on the role in which plants (and particularly the act of planting) create a connection between the person planting and the place.

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Extensive planting in a systematic, curved/circular patterning has been undertaken. This pattern is bold, and goes against many conventions of conservation land revegetation planting. It emphasises native species for their value beyond ecological – and toward symbolic and social. The planting pattern affords meaning for the variety of people who have a connection to Ararira wetland. In plan view, it may be seen as a meandering river or a tuna/ eel. In experience and on the ground – it is easily navigable, allowing people to return to spots they’ve previously visited or planted. The spatial quality moving across the site is variable from intimate to expansive, and as the plants grow to maturity this will become even more dynamic. The pattern challenges the faux-natural revegetation aesthetic of a native environment as it ‘was’ or ‘should be’, to being one that expresses that same sense of human involvement that can be found in productive, pasture landscapes.

COMMUNITY PLANT OUT: SEPTEMBER 2015

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DESIGN-LED RESEARCH : DESIGNLAB

TE RŪNANGA O NGĀI TAHU SOCIAL HOUSING AN INNER CITY FOOD GARDEN FOR NATIVE BIRDS PROJECT TYPE Urban Ecology & Social Housing CLIENT Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu LOCATION Addington, Christchurch DURATION May - October 2015 TEAM Lincoln University Designlab: Mick Abbott, Kate Blackburne INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTION Project coordinator and designer, concept development stages, technical drawings and rendering.

This project considered the benefits beyond basic housing which might be enabled in social housing developments, in the context of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu’s three household development in Addington.

Designlab were particularly engaged with the definition of New Zealand native forest in the 21st Century. Does it have to be a remnant (such as Deans Bush in Riccarton), or can it be purposed and distributed? Can it only be seen as an end-of-pipe past-time to which we may never return, or should it be considered as part of a working system, a legacy project for future generations, a further productive component of the resource-driven landscape?

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Latin Name Anemanthele lessoniana Apodasmia similis Astelia fragrans Carex buchananii Carex comans 'Bronze' Carex comans 'Green' Carex dipsacea Carex flagellifera Carex secta Carex testacea Carex virgata Corokia 'Bronze King' Corokia buddlejoides Corokia 'Geenty's Green' Coprosma 'Roys Red' Grapefrut 'Golden Special' Haloragis erecta Hebe decumbens Hebe gracillima Hebe odora Hebe strictissima Kunzea ericoides Plagianthus divaricatus Podocarpus totara Prunus Plum 'Santa Rosa' Apricot 'Moorpark' Apple 'Initial' Pseudopanax crassifolius Pseudowintera colorata Sophora microphylla Sophora molloyii Sophora prostrata

Common Name Bamboo Tussock Oioi Bush Flax Grass/Sedge Carex 'Bronze' Carex 'Green' Carex dipsacea Carex flagellifera Green sedge Carex testacea Carex virgata Bronze Corokia Korokio Green Corokia Coprosma 'Roys Red' Grapefruit Tree 'Purpurea' Toatoa Hebe decumbens Hebe Boxwood Hebe Banks Peninsula Koromiko Kanuka Swamp Ribbonwood Totara Peach Redhaven Plum Tree Apricot Tree Apple Tree Lancewood Horopito / Pepper Tree South Island Kowhai 'Dragon's Gold' Kowhai Dwarf Kowhai

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The site is perfectly situated as a catalyst ‘urban’ regeneration project - to continue Ngai Tahu’s work to bring native trees back to the Canterbury plains. Our proposal considers the home garden as a long-term ecological investment.

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MLA THESIS

RESEARCH ABSTRACT PROJECT TYPE Masters thesis, design-led research CLIENT Banks Peninsula Conservation Trust

binary, and as such pays attention to relationships with, and within landscape

LOCATION Banks Peninsula, Canterbury

as well as its definitive state. Wylie considers this focus on landscape

DURATION 2014 - 2015

tension to be revealing of its most animating elements, where the resulting

Landscape As Tension: The analytical and generative potential of a focus on tension in the landscape

understanding of landscape value is distilled rather than all encompassing. In this paper we consider an alternate approach to landscape comprehension, to focus on the inherent sociocultural tension of place, rather than its

Human relationships with landscape are fiercely complex. They can be

perceivable value. Drawing on Wylie’s proposition of ‘landscape is tension’,

personal or collective, subjective or objective, and fundamentally resistant

I have considered a framing of landscape in terms of its complication,

to being analytically represented. Landscape architecture practice is deeply

rather than irrespective of it. The aim of this reframing is not for a closer

concerned with the breakdown and understanding of these relationships.

definition of place, clarity or categorisation, but for a deeper, comparative

The development of models and frameworks for categorisation of landscape

understanding of relations born out of difference.

value as it is to people (Meyer, 1997), has left us with a necessary, systematic understanding of landscape, required for comprehension of specific characteristics and qualities as they are to people (Selman, 2006). However, such models are often argued to limit our understanding, and blind us from recognising complex relationships (Meyer, 1997; Selman, 2006; Stephenson, 2008). These approaches force the acceptance of an inadequate framing of place, where we systematically break down dynamic and entwined relationships for binary representation. In particular, these frameworks struggle to represent the non-spatial dimension of landscape – such as inhabitant perception and sociocultural value (Stephenson, 2008).

In this research I have considered the potential of landscape comprehension in terms of its sociocultural tension within the particular setting of New Zealand’s Banks Peninsula. The primary sociocultural relationship within this rural/recreational landscape is that between ‘farmers’ and ‘walkers’ – collective positions grounded within an iconic New Zealand cultural paradigm. Using relational models, I comparatively mapped and layered perceived tensions of this landscape from the inhabitant, visitor and expert perspectives. These systematic approaches provide a lens to the intricacies of place, without reverting to the usual compartmentalised overview. While conventional models of landscape value provide a necessary comparable

The idea that “landscape is tension” underpins John Wylie’s survey of

understanding, a landscape tension orientated approach focuses attention

Landscape (2007), where landscape is “…precisely and inherently a set of

on relationships, layers and points of interaction, and begs question rather

tensions” (p. 2). This understanding landscape is comparative rather than

than providing clarity.

MAJOR DESIGN COMPONENT The complex design project is a site specific and fully resolved exploration of

The design response was based on the following principles drawn from the

the key findings from the literature review and context analysis phase. This

research:

design process was highly reflective and integrative, and allowed exploration of relationships from a planning scale, right through to construction details and planting elements.

This process of designing landscape tension has been undertaken in response to a site on the Spine of the Lizard walkway, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand - a walking track segment at which sociocultural value is most diverse, and as such tension is most prolific.

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• That tension and diversity of values in the landscape is something to be celebrated rather than ‘repaired’ or ‘resolved’ (Chapter 5); • That thresholds, edges and meetings are points of excitement and intrigue (Chapter 6); • Design interventions in this environment work on two levels: functionality and experience. The strongest consider both (Chapter 7).

Existing Vegetation

Proposed Vegetation

Patches of indigenous and remnant vegetation descending from summits, dispersed amongst farm land, with some nearby exotic forestry. Important habitats.

The shared zone takes advantage of areas of low productive farmland - rock outcrops, steep slopes, existing vegetation, to create a soft-edged corridor.

Existing Land use Public conservation land segregated by farm land sections. Existing walkway boundary acts as ownership boundary. Agricultural land uses become less integral along summit ridge.

Existing thresholds Site is made up of a range of blunt edges and boundaries, obvious in plan view and in topographic maps but less so in actual experience. Fences form a race-like path across existing public access.

Existing circulation Occurs typically along boundary lines or ridge lines - in ‘left over’ spaces. Often is repeated at boundary lines - eg. summit ridge has 2 farm tracks and one walking track running parallel within 60m of one another at some points.

Proposed Land use

Deer farming

Sheep & beef Sheep

Forestry

Shared buffer zone

Public conservation lands

Existing edges: physical

Existing circulation: Paper roads

Existing edges: political

Existing circulation: Private

MASTERPLAN: MT. FITZGERALD TO MT. SINCLAIR SUMMIT

The shared zone occupies the existing boundaries of land use - creating a ‘shared use’ band across the summit ridge.

Proposed thresholds

Proposed edges: The existing fence lines fence line

Existing edges: fence line

Existing circulation: Public

bounding the public access across the ridge line are pushed back to the existing track, to incorporate the left over margin within this zone that currently exists.

Proposed circulation: Private links

Proposed circulation

Proposed Rather than having multiple circulation: Public sole-use routes, connecting these as a network and creating shared use paths for a spectrum of private and public uses. The existing track becomes the spine of the shared zone, and closes during revegetation.

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MLA THESIS

THE BANKS PENINSULA MOSAIC: PROJECT PHASING PHASE ONE - YEAR ONE

Strict, short-cycle sheep grazing in support of tussock establishment

PHASE TWO - YEAR THREE

Brush transport and laying by walkers in shelterbelt and threshold zones

Shared zone nurse crop planting supported by mountain bikers and farmers for direct seeding

PHASE THREE - YEAR EIGHT

Nursery plants transported by walkers spot-spray markers - left by farmers, fo planting Biocontrol agents

PROGRAMME

Threshold design elements constructed, revegetation indicators placed New track construction as required for connections across shared-zone frame

Fence line realignment Shared shelter construction Terrace and stair construction at saddle

INFRASTRUCTURE

Establishment of upper-podocarp, and sub-alpine shrub reveg. nurseries in designated sheltered zones Planting across sub-alpine tussock zones

VEGETATION

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Threshold revegetation indicators placed Nurse crops planted in threshold zones

Nurse crops planted in shelter belt zones Shared zone nurse crop groupings planted

Nurse crops thinned at shelter belt zones, planted with native, fast-growing shelter species

YEAR 50: CENTRAL ZONE ACCESS RE-ESTABLISHED FOR DYNAMIC, SHARED EXPERIENCES PHASE FOUR - YEAR FIFTEEN

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ECOSYSTEM SERVICES VALUES Pest regulation/Biocontrol (R)

Aesthetic values (C)

On-site nursery growing out nursery at existing sheltered location. Site-sourced timber frame.

Social relations (C)

Sense of place (C) Educational values (C)

Knowledge systems (C)

Social relations (C)

Recreation and eco-tourism (C) Sense of place (C) Ornamental resources (P)

Mutual shelter; shell of a 20 ft. shipping container with radiata pine detailing

Recreation and eco-tourism (C) Aesthetic values (C)

Shared-zone access restricted disturbance minimised for maximum benefit

Spot-spraying/clearing and planting nursery species continues in sprawling fashion from threshold zones

Shelter (P) Pollination (R) Food (P) Climate regulation steps (R) Economic benefit Pest regulation/Biocontrol (R)

Integrated crossing: built into and diverging from existing track. Revegetation marker location

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MLA THESIS DETAIL PLAN At the details scale the scheme is about subtleties, celebration and programmatic experiences.

Focussing closer on a key threshold, farmers and recreationalists gain shared benefits through proposed infrastructural, programmatic and re-vegetation interventions.

KEY PRINCIPLES • A programmed experience for revegetation, enabling celebration at the threshold zones • Use of forms and materials that represent the coming together of diverse parties

CONCEPT: SUPER STRUCTURE CONNECTION

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The superstructure concept explores means of access with minimal ground surface disturbance; rather than cutting into the erodible soils of the steep summit slopes, the structure

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sits above the landscape, allowing for continued farm grazing beneath.

The forms of the structure from the bottom to the top evolve from agriculturally inspired (sheep rib shaped ladder cage), through to the intricate details of the Banks Peninsulas endemic fauna (Banks Peninsula Tree Weta leg shaped ladder cage, and antennae inspired boardwalk frame).

Antennae inspired boardwalk frame

Fencing batton style boardwalk

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On-site nursery growing out nursery at existing sheltered location. Site-sourced timber frame.

Post revegetation programme: biocontrol agent release site Educational values (C) Knowledge systems (C) Pest regulation/Biocontrol (R)

Sheep ribs inspired ladder cage

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FRONT ELEVATION (1 of 3)

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Nurse crops surrounding gathered BP stone base

Proposed upper podocarp forest class revegetation, planted gradually outward from threshold zones (detailed on P6)

Combiguards and transferred key species Educational values (C)

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Integrated crossing: built into and diverging from existing track.

Revegetation marker location (detailed on P5) Sense of place (C)

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Proposed sub-alpine scrubland class revegetation, planted gradually outward from threshold zones (detailed on P6) Pollination (R) Climate regulation steps (R)

Nurse crops, 0-5m, densely planted during phase one. Griselinia, Kunzea, Leptospermum Plagianthus, Pittosporum, Hoheria (detailed on P6)

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Mutual shelter; shell of a 20 ft. shipping container with radiata pine detailing (concept pg. 5) Shelter (P) Proposed minimal track connection through existing vegetation.

Light shingle and bark substrate to inhibit weed growth.

Social relations (C) Recreation and eco-tourism (C)

Integrated crossing: built into and diverging from existing track.

Revegetation marker location (detailed on P5)

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Sense of place (C)

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MLA THESIS CONSTRUCTION DETAIL EXAMPLE 190

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350 x 200 x 200 17.5MPa Concrete pile footing 700 x 125 x 125 H5 treated Pinus radiata pile 535 x 100 x 75 H4 treated Pinus radiata bearer, cut on-site to suit shown angle. Fixed to adjacent piles using M12 x 150 HDG bolts

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650 x 50 x 40 H4 treated fencing battens, cut on-site to suit shown angle.

Fixed to joists using 90 x 3.55mm HDG nails at 30mm centres. (See plan 1.5/1.6) 1260 x 100 x 50 H4 treated Pinus radiata joist, fixed to piles using centred M12 x 100 HDG bolts

1345 x 100 x 50 H4 treated Pinus radiata joist, fixed to piles using centred M12 x 100 bolts fixed to piles using centred M12 x 100 bolts, and to adjacent joist using B50 angle bracket with M12 x 40mm HDG bolts (See detail 1.4) 1240 x 300 x 5 H5 treated Pinus radiata face, fixed to joist and bearer faces with (2) 90 x 3.55mm HDG nails at 30mm centres and to adjacent joist using B50 angle bracket with M12 x 40mm HDG bolts

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805 x 100 x 50 H4 treated Pinus radiata joist, fixed to piles using centred M12 x 100 bolts, and to adjacent joist using B50 angle bracket with M12 x 40mm HDG bolts (See detail 1.4) 805 x 100 x 50 H4 treated Pinus radiata bearer, fixed to piles using centred M12 x 100 HDG bolts

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2000 x 175 H5 treated Pinus radiata No.1 corner post, possible inset for threshold revegetation marker

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PLANTING PLAN EXAMPLE: SHELTERBELT TANGENT REVEGETATION CLASS SHELTERBELT PLANTING PLAN (1:150 @ A1) Intertwined bands of ‘backbone’ shelter species, with scattered supplementary local natives. Planting Plan: An exemplar native Banks Peninsula summit-ridge shelterbelt as planted by contractors, demonstrating patterns and species arrangement to adjacent land holders.

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Common name

Scheduled size

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Aristotelia fruticosa

Mountain wineberry

PB12

Co ri

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Coprosma rigida

Coprosma

PB12

Co ro

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Coprosma robusta

Karamu

PB12

Gr l

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Griselinia littoralis

Kapuka

PB18

He s

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Hebe strictissima

Banks Peninsula hebe

PB3

Ho a

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Hoheria angustifolia

Narrow-leaved lacebark

PB40

Ho g

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Hoheria glabrata

Mountain ribbonwood

PB40

Ku e

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Kunzea ericoides

Kanuka

PB40

Ol p

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Olearia paniculata

Akiraho

PB40

Pi t

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Pittosporum tenuifolium

Kohuhu

PB40

Po c

3

Podocarpus cunninghamii

Mountain totara

PB40

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1- Ar f

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2- Gr l

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BIODIVERSITY PLAN Upper podocarp class with soft boundaries

Shelter belt planting projecting from soft-edge track boundary

Rock outcrop class

Shelter belt planting projecting from soft-edge track boundary

Upper podocarp class with soft boundaries

Lycaena phlaeas Copper butterfly Feeds on complexa Oligosoma lineoocellatum)

Banks Peninsula Tree Weta

Canterbury ground beetle

Skink

Habitat

Habitat

Feeds on complexa

SUB-ALPINE TUSSOCK CLASS Planted at initial phase of project Grazed by sheep on short cycle by adjacent landholders, in support of tussock establishment SUB-ALPINE SHRUBLAND CLASS Phased and progressive planting beginning at key thresholds, and progressing to shared zone limits Key species planted at nurseries, and carried to be planted by walkers at cleared nurse-crop zones (clearances spraymarked by farmers in species colour code)

UPPER PODOCARP FOREST CLASS Phased and progressive planting beginning at key thresholds, and progressing to shared zone limits Key species planted at nurseries, and carried to be planted by walkers at cleared nurse-crop zones (clearances spraymarked by farmers in species colour code)

Canterbury knobbled weevil

Hover flies and parasitic wasps

Feeds on Kanuka

Lives on Aciphylla

Natural enemies to agricultural pests

Aciphylla aurea Aciphylla sub flabellata

Nurse Crop species

Planted by walkers at relevant threshold zones (as marked by farmers)

Key on-site nursery species Podocarpus cunninghamii, Libocedrus bidwillii, Hoheria angustifolia, Hoheria glabrata, Melicytus ramiflorus, Fuschia excorticata

ROCK OUTCROP CLASS Open and exposed hardy species, supporting diverse Banks Peninsula fauna

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Hadramphus tuberculatus

Jeweled Gecko

Chionochloa rigida Dracophyllum uniflorum Kelleria dieffenbachii

Key on-site nursery species Hebe strictissma, Hebe lavaudiana, Aristotelia fruticosa, Gaultheria antipoda

Olearia cymbifolia Olearia illicifolia

Nursery sites retire as experimental biocontrol agent release sites (Exapion ulicis, Tetranychus lintearius, Sericothrips staphylinus: Gorse/Broom, leafroller caterpillar: Boneseed, Phytomyza vitalbae: Old mans beard Criteria: Shared zone; Landowner co-operation Site unlikely to be sold

Griselinia littoralis Kunzea ericoides Leptospermum scoparium Plagianthus regius Pittosporum tenuifolium Hoheria angustifolia

Discaria Toumatou Muelenbeckia complexa

Phase One - Year One

Bellbird, Brown creeper, Kereru, Tomtit, Shining cuckoo, Rifleman

Naultinus gemmeus

Key Sources of pollen

Megadromus guerinii (Carabdiae)

Anticipated bird species

Hemideina ricta

Phase Two - Year Three

Not intensively managed Good access Warm and sheltered

Planted by walkers at relevant threshold zones (as marked by farmers)

Healthy plants

Schefflera digitata Coprosma rigida

Not prone to disturbance Source: ECan/Landcare publications

Aciphylla aurea Aciphylla sub flabellata

Phase Three - Year Eight

Phase Four - Year Fifteen

From Year Twenty Five

DESIGNING FOR CHANGE IN PERCEPTION THROUGH TIME

YR 10

EXISTING

YR 50

These diagrams show the evolving state of ownership perception; described by Stephenson (2010) as mine (of significance to the perceiver themselves), yours (of significance to the landscapes inhabitants), theirs (external parties with an interest but not necessarily a connection with the landscape) and ours (both the collective significance of a landscapes user parties, and the elements of significance that are shared between groups).

These storyboards are configured from a walker’s perspective at five key threshold zones across the site. The four perceptions

(MINE, YOURS, THEIRS, OURS) are represented as colours, and at three stages of the project phasing; present, 10 years and 50 years.

CONSERVATION LAND WALKWAY - ON SITE GROW-OUT NURSERY - BIOCONTROL AGENT RELEASE SITE YR 10

EXISTING

YR 50

The diagrams show the beholder becoming more connected with both the environment and the farmer, through a mutual connection to the landscape (in yellow). By designing explicitly from the experiential perspective perhaps we can programme some perception of place more so than we might from plan view.

LAND USE/OWNERSHIP AXIS - CELEBRATED THRESHOLD - SECOND GROWTH NATIVE BUSH YR 10

EXISTING

YR 50

OWNERSHIP BOUNDARY - CELEBRATED THRESHOLD - REVEGETATED, CELEBRATED THRESHOLD

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COMPLEX DESIGN

DIAMOND HARBOUR VILLAGE PLAN PROJECT TYPE Village Centre Planning CLIENT Diamond Harbour Village Community Group LOCATION Diamond Harbour, Canterbury DURATION March - April 2013 SKILLS UTILISED Masterplanning, complex levels and storm water management design, site planning, community-scale design.

The character of Diamond Harbour is defined by the lifestyle of the residents.

This lifestyle is a reflection of its setting; its proximity to Christchurch City, Lyttelton Harbour and the surrounding ocean, its commanding topography and the resulting ecosystems. It is with the community in mind that this design proposal has been rendered - a focus on both sustainability and resiliency, surrounding concepts of both community collaboration and connectivity.

A study connecting these two precedents was undertaken by the ‘World Business Council for Sustainable Development’, and looks at a concept coined ‘sustainable mobility’. The over-arching goal of this was for humans to move ‘more freely, gain access, communicate, trade and establish relationships without sacrificing other essential human or ecological values, today or in the future’. This goal has formed a foundation from which the objectives of this project have been developed; the output here, being a sustainable and connected system of resiliency, which is diverse, efficient and cohesive.

The system takes advantage of a preestablished diverse demographic, with a range of cultures and sub-cultures. The system should nurture diversity in terms of its enterprise scheme, with diverse yet collaborative business strategies. It should promote diversity in terms of ecosystems, with a variety of flora attracting a range of native fauna.

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STODDART POINT CONCEPT PLAN 1:2000 @ A1

HARBOUR-WIDE STRATEGIC PLAN: DESIGN FOR A SUSTAINABLE AND CONNECTED LIVELIHOOD Connections for Communities:

• Walkable connections • Public transport connections • Character and identity connections Connections for Ecology:

• Connections of indigenous cover • Connections and networks for local, indigenous fauna

STAGED REGENERATIVE NATIVE PLANTING AND HABITAT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

MITIGATION STRATEGY: Monitor and cater for natural vegetation developments throughout. Eliminate weeds and control spreading, Provide habitat for a range of native and exotic fauna species.

STAGE 1 YR 1

STAGE 2 YR 2

STAGE 3 (post canopy closure)

CABBAGE TREE

KAHIKATEA

TITOKI

LEMONWOOD

LANCEWOOD

HINAU

MANUKA

TOTARA

PIDGEONWOOD

RIBBONWOOD

KOWHAI

MIRO

BLACK MATIPO

MARBLE LEAF

FUSCHIA

LACEBARK

BROADLEAF

POATANIWHA

COPROSMA

ROUGH TREE FERN

CLIMBING RATA

KAKAHA

PIRI PIRI

TOE TOE

HOUNDS TONGUE FERN WHITEYWOOD

FOREST SEDGE

SHIELD FERN

PONGA PIU PIU

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MIXED-USE PLAZA DECK (A)

BOUTIQUE SHOPPING LANE (B)

TOWN CENTRE ENTRY (C)

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KATE BLACKBURNE PORTFOLIO 2016

STRUCTURE PLANNING

ADDINGTON STRUCTURE PLAN PROJECT TYPE Structure Planning and Landscape Urbanism theory application CLIENT Christchurch City Council

Addington Structure Plan

LOCATION Addington, Christchurch

The final structure plan layout for Addington comes as the result of a

DURATION December - January 2013/14

number of drivers, and entwines a number of landscape layers pulling them

SKILLS UTILISED Structure Planning, application of theory, design critique

to the surface of the land for this design. It considers landscape systems, and the incorporation of infrastructure into public and hybridised spaces as

This project interrogates Landscape Urbanism theory, and its practical

a focus, whilst remaining as minimalistic in and disturbance-free to existing

applications. Landscape Urbanism theory drove the design process, and

Addington as possible. It is proposed that these development processes will

then was used to critique design outcomes in the Christchurch setting.

take place over approximately 40 years.

The central-Christchurch suburb of Addington grew from a culture defined

STUDY AREA

by the working class, with labourers and technicians forming the majority of

REVIVED RAIL SYSTEM

the population. The ability to work and have a high quality inner-city lifestyle,

REGIONAL ARTERIAL ROAD

within the same area has developed Addington’s strong sense of community

LOCAL ARTERIAL ROAD

which is still evident today.

LOCAL SECONDARY ROAD CYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN LINKS

This historic culture and sense of community are the central focuses of this structure plan project for Addington; which looks to revitalise the suburb

B1 TOWN CENTRE

with a rich realm of landscape layers. It is proposed that these layers will be

CU3 EDUCATION FACILITIES

bought to the surface in turn, through the implementation and phasing of this development project over a 40 year period.

Project Aim (drawn from Landscape Urbanism theory) To facilitate a constantly fluid exchange between the exposed process layers of the landscape, both historic and perceived, including ecology,

REGIONAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES TP (TRANSPOWER LTD NZ) C2 (CEMETERY) HIGH DENISTY HOUSING (50p.Ha) MEDIUM DENSITY HOUSING (30p.Ha) MEDIUM-LOW DENSITY HOUSING (25p.Ha) LOW DENSITY HOUSING (20p.Ha)

infrastructural systems, social and cultural layers.

This exchange will work for the remediation and revitalisation of Addington’s former glory, providing the suburb with resiliency through an upcoming period of indeterminacy and unpredictably.

HYBRIDISED SECTORS: HS 1 (ENTERTAINMENT, AMENITY, STORMWATER) HS 2 (AMENITY, FOOD PRODUCTION, ECOLOGY, RECREATION, GREEN RAIL) HS 3 (INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS, STORMWATER, ECOLOGY) HS 4 ( BUSINESS RETAIL PARK, STORMWATER, ECOLOGY) HS 5 (COMMUNITY FACILITIES, RETAIL, RESIDENTIAL, ECOLOGY) STREAM PARK SWALE LINK WATER RACE LINK O1 PUBLIC GREEN SPACE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE ‘STITCHING’ SH75 ‘GREENWAY’ DEVELOPMENT

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KATE BLACKBURNE PORTFOLIO 2016

KATE BLACKBURNE Contact details: EMAIL PHONE LINKEDIN ADDRESS

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kate.blackburne@gmail.com +44 7400 056083 https://nz.linkedin.com/in/kate-blackburne-2a8abb96 176 Southfield Road London W45LD