Landscape Architecture Portfolio [Kelci Vittachi, June 2019]

KELCI VITTACHI Landscape Architecture Portfolio

MLA.

Selected Projects 2016-2019

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ABOUT ME

CV

AWARDS

WORK EXPERIENCE / EDUCATION CAUKIN Studio Project Participant, Design and Build in Zambia.

08/2019-09/2019

HELLO

CONTACT e: kelciv@gmail.com t: (+44) (0) 7999 282269 Citizenship: Hong Kong, British

I am a recent MLA graduate from the University of Sheffield. I was fortunate to have grown up in an English family in Hong Kong - a third culture kid. I have an ‘East meets West’ approach and have enjoyed being on the peripheries of two dynamic cultures. In a city where the streets go straight up, rising vertically into the sky; this form is a function of the landscape. So many people live in such a small area of land, that we have no choice but to make our streets rise skywards. But where there is land, a fantastic opportunity arises through innovative solutions and sensitive landscape design.

I feel I have the privilege and responsibility to address contemporary issues of our changing world by designing spaces that will flourish in the future. My particular interest being to create more liveable cities, greater biodiversity and ultimately a resilience to climate change.

I believe that landscape designed spaces are among the very few truly inescapable; ingrained in peoples daily activities, people must experience the public parts of a city or environment. I realize the power of design must exist in an accountable relationship with the real world —it has to be authentic, aesthetically pleasing and dynamically responsible. The fundamentals and integration on social , ecological and economic factors are key to the longevity of a place.

I am committed to creating places that respond sensitively to communities and acknowledge cultural and physical context. The journey towards creating spaces that are innovative, sustainable and prosperous is one that could not be more necessary during this time. Bringing design into the real world and realizing the level to which it would influence and impact peoples lifestyles is a compelling career path that both challenges and excites me.

Awarded by the Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Sheffield for demonstrating exceptional creativity in the Final Design Project.

2019 Urban Wilderness: Innovative Planting Design Award / Winner

MLA Landscape Architecture University of Sheffield, United Kingdom Result: First Class

‘Seed Vault’ Final Undergraduate Project awarded by Urban Wilderness Landscape Architects with a project focus on developing a new woodland

2018-2019

model as a seed cultivation resource for the future.

2017

Planit-IE Limited.

Year in Professional Practice, Public Realm Projects, UK.

Sheffield Undergraduate Research Scheme (SURE) / Winner & Short-listed

Roles and Responsibilities: Concept and strategic design, consultations, design, planting and construction details.

SURE is a competitive research scheme which offers funded scholarships to undergraduate students to complete an independent research project.

A Bird’s-eye View: New Burial Provision in England and Wales in the 21st

2017-2018

Century.

BA (Hons) Landscape Architecture with Planning University of Sheffield, United Kingdom.

Result: First Class 2014-2017

AS AN ASPIRING LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT...

The Experimental Landscape Design Award / Winner ‘Vertical Village’

Foundation Diploma in Art and Design (Graphic Communication) London College of Communication, University of the Arts London Result: Distinction 2013-2014

I presented my research at the Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management Learning Convention and Exhibition in Oxford.

Winner: Best SURE Dissemination: ArcGIS Online Website (Non-poster) Short-listed: SURE Student Researcher of the Year, Best SURE Dissemination (Non-poster) 2016 Whole School Event: FPCR Derby Design Charette / Winner (Group) 200 students competed in a three-day design charrette and presented design proposals, working in groups of 4-6 students from different years.

2016

KEY SKILLS Communication Through my experience as a Student Mentor and Inclusions

International Baccalaureate (8 subjects) West Island School, Hong Kong S.A.R.

Officer for our departmental society, I had opportunities to develop my listening and negotiation skills as well as the transferral of information between students and staff.

2007-2013

Teamwork

TECHNICAL Software

Other

Windows & Mac

Photoshop

Drone

platforms

InDesign

360° camera

Hand drawing

Illustrator

Video making

Painting

AutoCAD

Photography

Model making

I enjoy a variety of team sports, in particular rugby and

running and completed the Tough Mudder last spring. My committee position as fitness and social sport captain and a first team player for the Women’s Rugby Union Club has been invaluable. In addition, I like collaborating with creative minds and solving problems as a unit.

Customer

Service

My

time

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student

ambassador

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course

Sketch-up

representative required me to be a professional spokesperson of the

ArcGIS

University. I led open day tours and supported the department during

Vectorworks

events. The skills I have developed are reliability, commitment and the ability to engage effectively with a diverse range of audiences.

REFERENCES Available upon request.

Organisation academic

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and that I work well under pressure in order to meet deadlines.

Self-motivation

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societies is gratifying, working on community service projects such as Habitat for Humanity, UNICEF campaigns and CAUKIN Studios.

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S E L E CT E D P R OJ E CTS

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE.

ACADEMIC. Vertical Village, Kowloon Hong Kong S.A.R. Design / Management 2018-2019

With thanks for my supervisors Sally O’Halloran and Amy Langron.

R E S E A R C H / P R OJ E CTS .

Women’s Refuge Centre, Manchester U.K. Social Impact / Design and Build 2018

PATHWAY TO PRACTICE. DEVELOPING PROFESSIONAL SKILLS FOR LANDSCAPE PRACTICE.

AWARD: The Experimental Landscape Design Award

How will a Landscape Communication Architecture degree prepare me for my Ensure that your ideas are heard by developing career?

VISUAL

A degree from the Department of Landscape Architecture will ensure that you are prepared for your career - whether in Landscape Architecture or another sector. Our methods of assessment are designed to develop resilient students with vital core skills.

The 5 C’s: Core Skills for Landscape Architects TRANSFERABLE SKILLS Communication Collaboration Critical Thinking

WRITTEN

VERBAL

Collaboration TEAMWORK

COMMON GOAL

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

visual, written and verbal communication skills to a professional standard.

Become a valuable team member by learning how to work collaboratively - both with other Landscape Architects and across disciplines.

Learning to use a range of media from computer software

Modules aim to stimulate team working situations likely

to hand-drawing will help you to convey your design

to be encountered in professional practice. In the studio,

ideas. During your time at University you will develop

you will learn to collaborate and share responsibilities

essential writing skills, learning to tailor your proposals

to succeed in your group projects. Multi-disciplinary

to a variety of audiences. Talking through project

projects provide an opportunity to develop these skills

ideas with peers in the studio, as well as frequently

further, while gaining a deeper understanding of the

presenting proposals to external practitioners and staff

perspectives and priorities of others from different

will strengthen your ability to communicate effectively.

disciplines, such as architecture and engineering.

LANDSCAPE SPECIFIC SKILLS Multi-disciplinary sustainable development design charrette.

Core Knowledge Continuous Development

SSPLIT Research Project, Department of Landscape Architecture, Sheffield U.K. Learning-to-Learn / On-going Resource / Research Project (Post-graduate) 2018-2019

With thanks to my supervisor, I had the opportunity to present this research to staff at the Department of Landscape Learning and Teaching Away Day, University of Sheffield (July 2019.)

Tutorial session: Presenting to small group.

Climate Change Park, Sheffield U.K.

Bliss Skate Park, St. Helens U.K.

Management Report 2018

Concept Design / Collaboration 2018

Outreach Ambassador Workshops 2019

Seed Vault, Nottingham U.K.

Our Town Hall, Albert Square Manchester U.K.

A Bird’s-eye View: New Burial Provision in England and Wales in the 21st Century

Concept / Planting / Construction 2017

‘Things You Can’t Do in School’ Workshops, Sheffield U.K.

Strategic Design / Masterplan 2018

Research Project (Undergraduate) 2016

With thanks to my academic supervisor, I had the privilege of presenting this research at the Institute WINNER: Best SURE Dissemination (Non-poster) SHORTLIST: SURE Student Researcher of the Year, Best SURE Dissemination (Non-poster)

AWARD: Urban Wilderness: Innovative Planting Design

Urban Theatre, Sheffield U.K. Urban Regeneration 2017

Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre, Manchester, U.K. Technical Design - Handover 2018

of Cemetery and Crematorium Management Learning Convention and Exhibition in Oxford, November 2016.

‘Unity and Diversity’, Reykjavík Iceland Field Study Research Project 2016

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AWARD: Urban Wilderness: Innovative Planting Design

AWARD: The Experimental Landscape Design Award

Vertical Village, Kowloon Hong Kong S.A.R.

Design / Management 2018-2019

ACADEMIC

Climate Change Park, Sheffield U.K. Management Report 2018

Seed Vault, Nottingham U.K. Concept / Planting / Construction 2017

Urban Theatre, Sheffield U.K. Urban Regeneration 2017

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Anderson Estate , Hillside Homes Visualisation

VERTICAL VILLAGE Location

Anderson Road Quarry, Kownloon. Hong Kong S.A.R.

Site Area

86 Hectares, 40 Hectare Quarry Platform

Project Type

Design / Management

Year

2018-2019 (MLA Final Project)

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THE EXPERIMENTAL LANDSCAPE DESIGN AWARD 2019

P R OJ E CT OV E RV I E W As one of the most densely populated cities in the world, Hong Kong is an urban contradiction. It is simultaneously one of the most and least green cities in the world.

Comprising 40% of land designated as Country Parks, Hong Kong hosts a remarkably rich biodiversity in close proximity to city life. However, the issues lie in the lack of value and integration of these natural assets in one of the most liveable cities in Southeast Asia.

G/F Amenities

Inspired by the traditional vernacular homes in Yaodong Loess Plateau, Northern China that were built into the earth, this hillside homes community becomes part of the landform; a sensitive solution for high-density housing in a city that struggles for space. This socially-driven housing model is measured by community cohesion and growing social capital to improve liveability.

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Concept Diagram: Breaking down slab-stack living by

integrating communal green space on terraces.

Slab Stack Terraced

S I T E A N A LY S I S

STRATEGIC PHASING

NEW T ERRITORIES

0 YRS

KOW LOON IS L AND

Surface Stabilisation through habitat creation.

S IT E

H ONG KON G V ICTORI A H ARBOUR 鑽石山 金塔墳場

80 - 84 70 - 74

東華 殯儀館

鑽石山 火葬場

HONG KONG IS L AND

60 - 64

Vulnerable Ecosystems 39 species of flowers, birds, butterflies etc. were recorded on-site.

Vista of Hong Kong Island

50 - 54 30 - 34 20 - 24 8 to 14

L A MM A I SL A N D Kowloon Peak +603m elevation

Tin Wing House, Shun Tin Estate

0-4 Study Area: Anderson Road Quarry +200m elevation

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Tai Sheung Tok Hill +375m elevation

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Anderson Road Quarry Jordan Valley PARK COMMUNITY GARDEN

Water Management Tank Cascade System

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Engagement for Social Democracy.

CHOI WING RD. PARK Jordan Valley Reservoir

Civic Core

KWUN TONG RESERVOIR PLAYGROUND

Household Size

sau ming road park

MASTERPLAN AREA

sau NgA rD. Playground

HIU LING ST. Playground

Green Network Fragmentation Pocket parks are dispersed between housing estates with little to no green links.

NON-DOMESTIC HOUSING

TEMPORARY HOUSING

PRIVATE PERMANENT HOUSING

TYPE OF HOUSING IN KWUN TONG (2016)

Location Map of Hong Kong and Site Image Context

SUBSIDISED HOME OWNERSHIP HOUSING

SITE CONTEXT The Anderson Road Quarry is located to the Northeast of East Kowloon within the Kwun Tong District of Sau Mau Ping. From 1964, the hilltop was developed as a large quarry and is highly visible from much of Kowloon and Hong Kong. Rehabilitated from 2008-2016, the site sits between governmental residential housing and a conservation area.

Baby Boomers

Generation X

Aged 52-71

Aged 37-51

Generation Y

Generation Z

Aged 22-36

Aged 21 and below

District Open Space Sports Centre

10+ YRS

Type of Housing

Establish the Anderson Estate with vernacular landscape and architecture.

PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING

Housing Typologies Kwun Tong is the district with the second highest population and one of the largest industrial areas in Hong Kong.

High-Density, Low-Rise Hillside Homes High-Density, MidRise Development

Generational Demographic 7

M U LT I G E N E R A T I O N A L

El de r l y and Fami l i e s

LIVING El de r l y and Young Profe ssi onal s

El de r l y, Fami l i e s and Young Profe ssi onal s

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All Under One Roof Recommended building use and target demographic, building uses assigned according to physical mobility and pairing of different generational groups for community cohesion.

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In t ern a l Lift Ser v ice a n d Un d ergro u n d Va cu u m Wa s t e Sy s t em

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1. Gardens Overlooking the City

2. Shared Community Plaza

3. Easy Access to All Gardens and Terraces

The defining feature of the scheme is a central green terrace overlooking the city. The distinctive section which slopes down towards the bustling city allows for views, light and air to penetrate the hillside homes.

On each of the tiered platforms there is a community plaza.

Residents and the public pass through these spaces making it the active heart of the scheme.

Articulating the central slope are long ramps making tiers accessible to all users. These ramps link the public realm and woodland, making a continuous picturesque walk up through the hillside homes development.

4. Mixed Tenure, Multi-generational Community Improve liveability and quality of life, for residents and locals by providing district open space, community centred homes and sports facilities.

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The vernacular landscape and architecture become a single unit, using bamboo as a sustainable material for the hillside home components.

Built into the quarry face, these homes are self-regulating in temperature with inground bin systems, glass-panes and lighttubes and ventilation systems which allows for views, light and air.

1. Multi-generational Pastimes: Communal Facilities 2. Terrace Walkway: Shared Thoroughfare 3. Anderson Estate Residents Association: Community Gardening Group

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SCALE 1:500

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MASTERPLAN

Plantation (Existing)

District Park

Public Estate (Existing)

Feature Boardwalk

Hillside Homes

Recreation Facilities

Terrace Ramp

Sports Centre

Civic Core

Terrace Walkway

Proposed High-rise

Community-led Facilities

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MANAGEMENT VISION ANDERSON ESTATE is managed by a Placekeeping Partnership that will ensure the longevity of the natural assets and Conservation Area. The management takes on a strong educational and welfare approach, focusing on intergenerational communities through naturebased educational programmes and pastimes.

MAN AGEMENT ZONES

Introducing this democratic management system and community focus hopes to set a precedent for future housing developments in Hong Kong.

P L AC E - K E E P I N G PA RT N E RS H I P GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE

Freeholder / Developer Hong Kong Housing Authority Public Permanent Housing: Rental Housing, Subsidised Sale Flats

Property Management

PLACE-KEEPING PARTNERSHIP

M ae’s J ou r n ey

LEISURE AND CULTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

I N T E R G E N E R AT I O N A L A C T I V I T I E S A N D P A S T I M E S

KWUN TONG DISTRICT COUNCIL HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY

Leisure and Cultural Services Department Government Agency

Freeholder / Developer Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.

Civil Engineering and Development Department Government Agency

Kwun Tong District Council

Estates Management

Facilities Operations Management

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Housing and Support Workers

PRIVATE SECTOR

MAIN PARTNERSHIP

PUBLIC SECTOR

PRIMARY LINE OF CONTACT

THIRD SECTOR

SECONDARY LINE OF CONTACT

SECONDARY ROLES

We e k 1 Get t in g t o k n ow her n eigh b o urs

M o n th 1 Celeb ra t in g Bir t hd a y s

M id- Ye a r A ll A g es Ga mes N ig ht

Ye a r 1 Mor n in g Ta i Chi

Ye a r 2 Ba b y s it t in g N eig hb ours Child ren

Anderson Estate Residents Association

Tenant mix Social Housing Block (s) Public Rental Housing Owned by HK Housing Authority -Green Form Subsidised Home Ownership Pilot Scheme (GSH)

Health, Safety and Housing Management

Day 1 Ob s er vin g t he Commun it y Ga rd en in g

Private Permanent Housing

Operational Manager Strategic and Business Development Manager

CIVIL ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

Commercial Units Subsidised Home Ownership Owned by HK Housing Authority -Home Ownership Scheme -Starter Homes Pilot Scheme

Private Block (s) Owned by Private Housing Estate Developers

PLANTATION ENRICHMENT LOWLAND SECONDARY FOREST EDGE

1 Rehabilitated Plantation

In 2008, the rehabilitation strategy initiated by the Hong Kong Government focused on restoring the scarred landscape to a more natural formation. It was planted with species that prevented landslides and soil erosion, which resulted in a exotic-dominated plantation (70%).

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Though exotic species (Acacia confusa, Lophostemon confertus) have had a good performance at establishing growth in and controlling soil erosion, it lacks growing space and habitat diversity.

2 Selective Thinning and Felling

In order to allow light to reach the forest floor and increase biodiversity, 50% of ill-sited trees will be thinned and felled to allow light to reach the forest floor. Invasive species such as, Eupatorium catarium and Panicum maximum will be managed within the forest edge.

This work is to be carried out by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department of the Hong Kong Government.

3 Plantation Enrichment

To rehabilitate the understorey community, volunteers will introduce native species to speed up natural succession and increase biodiversity. The resident’s association in partnership with Kadorie Farm Nursery and the Botanical Gardens will host a series of Community Tree planting Days.

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The Civil Engineering and Development Department will monitor for invasive species (Eupatorium catarium, and Panicum maximum) and unsuccessful trees. The Place-keeping partnership will install features such as benches and wayfinding.

This enriched plantation forest will be accessible by the public to walk through on guided paths with links up to the hillside trails.

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Vision

Cafe & toilet facilities with solar panel rooftop integrated system Usable energy gym Playground

Sports pitch, open green space Solar Wind Hybrid Light Systems

Electricity Box

Energy Steps

Sports pitch, open green space

Woodland walk, bird watching River with water energy-generating turbine

Natural Pond Experimental Planting Electricity Box

(5) PONDEROSA

(4) POWER PARK

1. Extend the Green Campus Objectives: Testing Ground for Climate Change Resilient Planting

Develop Sheffield University’s Sustainability Credentials

Testing Ground for Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing

PONDEROSA

(8)

Conceptual Montage of the Ponderosa Power Park

(6)

C L I M AT E C H A N G E PA R K Location

The Ponderosa, Sheffield South Yorkshire, U.K.

Site Area

10 Hectares

Project Type

Management Plan

Year

2018 (Group and Individual Work)

Existing Issue: The current University of Sheffield Campus map excludes the Ponderosa site as part of its facilities.

02.

(7)

Proposal: Uni green, has the Ponderosa on its doorstep.

Proximity creates an opportunity to extend the universities sustainability credentials, have an outdoor testing ground.

Sheffield Universities Green Agenda to make the university sustainable and environmentally friendly. Capitalise on this and

(9) PONDEROSA

POWER PARK

2. New Typology of Park Objectives: Incorporate Technology in Public Spaces

P R OJ E CT OV E RV I E W Public Parks can often reflect the socio-cultural environment of a place.

It is essential to address the impacts of climate change and implement a range of mitigation and adaptation measures accordingly within the Park management system and see parks as having more multi-functional roles in cities. The green space management of the Ponderosa site is to be directed through a climate change perspective. The Ponderosa will be transformed into a 22nd century, pioneering climate change and recreation urban green space that is based on low energy, low-carbon principles. In turn, the Ponderosa will be a vehicle for delivering a wide range of landuse methods that promote climate mitigation, adaptation and education.

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Support Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing

Meet the needs of the 21st Century: Renewable Energy

Health Sustainable

Education

Solar

Human energy

Well-being

Innovation

Wind

Water

Vision

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Active

Case Study: The Green Heart in Hull,TGO Flow Pilot Partners Hull City Council and TGO have exercise equipment that generates electricity while users work out.. The energy generated by users lights up the gym in the evening, extending the hours of use and saving on electricity costs.

Energy

New Green Space Typology:

Renewable Energy & Recreation Park

Limited open, green space in urban environments and increasing amount of people moving to cities puts pressure on land to serve more than one function. We propose to introduce renewable energy systems into public parks to assist with the over-consumption of raw materials for energy. Renewable technology systems have the potential to provide education experiences, promote sustainable solutions POWER PARK and encourage people to spend more time outdoors.

PONDEROSA

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BY 2030

3.0 Vision

2.1 SITE SPECIFIC

2.2 CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES

While the main character of Ponderosa Recreation Ground is naturalistic, there is evidence to suggest that there is a conflict between nature and social activities.

Competing with neighbouring parks with successful recreation activities, the Ponderosa could be seen as overshadowed.

The unmanaged woodland are seen as uninviting and dangerous due to limited signage and lighting.

With temperatures steadily increasing due to climate change, this is likely to lead to increased problems in air pollution resulting in increased levels of discomfort for people living and working in cities and the potential need for parks to take a more multifunctional role in cities.

One of the Park’s most unique features is its stepped topography, which offers expansive views to the hills. It is surprising that there is no existing water management strategy in place to protect neighbouring residents from extreme weather conditions such as flash flooding and high winds.

The North-east of the site is mainly amenity grassland covering approximately 8.5 hectares of land, primarily used for recreation purposes. The maintenance of this is “surprisingly high, forcing many local authorities to seek cheaper management protocols” (Forest Research, 2018). This method of management could be deemed as unsustainable; releasing carbon into the atmosphere through vehicles, and not capitalising on the sites ecological potential.

To create a 22nd century, pioneering climate change and recreation urban greenspace that is based on low energy, low carbon principles.

The greenspace management of the Ponderosa is to be directed through a climate change perspective. In turn, the Ponderosa will be a ‘vehicle’ for delivering a wide range of land-use methods that promote climate mitigation, adaptation and education. Natural processes are at the forefront of the park’s energy provision and recreational activities with the aim to develop greenspaces that can withstand extreme weather conditions.

The long term aim is for the Ponderosa to be a resource that serves Sheffield’s future needs (Friends of Crookesmoor Parks, 2018) . The Ponderosa will be used as a ‘landscape laboratory’ to test plant species combinations that are resilient to the future weather conditions, based on the IPCC’s climate change projections. In addition, a series of renewable engineering solutions will help boost Sheffield City Region’s reputation as a hub for advanced manufacturing.

Considerations for future management: • • •

A significant level of the city’s energy will be supplied from locally generated low carbon and renewable technologies1.

3.1 VISION STATEMENT

It is essential to address these potential impacts and implement a range of mitigation and adaptation measures accordingly.

Any place quality improvements which do not embrace the aims of climate change adaptation risks being compromised by future extreme weather events.

With surrounding land use pressures and park users wanting different things what could satisfy everyone?

What could the Ponderosa offer that is new and exciting that will have a positive impact on the planet?

How will the Ponderosa as an urban green space respond to the social and economic climate of the 21st century and beyond?

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2.0 Key Issues

4.0 Aims

Renewable technology methods are noted as the first priority in the Green City Strategy written by the Sheffield City Council (2018)

4.1 AIM 1

4.2 AIM 2

To create a new typology of Park - A Climate Change and Recreation Urban Greenspace.

This will be done through the incorporation of technology and engineering interventions in public spaces, to meet the needs of the 21st century.

To extend the University of Sheffield’s Green Campus and develop its sustainability credentials. This can be achieved by using the Ponderosa as a testing ground for climate change resilient planting and sports/recreation activities.

5.0 Objectives

Illustrative only

EXISTING

5.1 OBJECTIVE 1 - MITIGATION

5.3 OBJECTIVE 3 - ENGAGEMENT AND ADAPTATION

5.2 OBJECTIVE 2 - ADAPTATION

Establish within the first 1-4 years

Establish within the next 4-10 years

Mitigation of climate change impacts has the potential to offer a variety of environmental and socio-economic benefits by reducing carbon emissions and relying on natural processes to manage natural areas.

Human energy Renewable energy

The principle of creating a park that is resilient to extreme weather due to climate change is essential in providing a green-space that will be usable and look attractive in 50 years time.

With a finite amount of fossil fuels and increasing temperatures, these is a need for renewable energy and for people to exercise more for health and wellbeing.

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IN 2016/17

Dense Woodland Canopy: Makes people feel unsafe, not wheelchair/pushchair friendly.

Great Views: Hidden by the dense woodland, especially along Crookes Valley Road.

Advanced engineering

Illustrative only

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To recognise the ‘benefits’ of climate change and introduce recreation and sport facilities fit for a future climate.

Figure 5. Experimental livestock grazing, alternative cutting regime.

Figure 6. Re-instate the stream to reveal natural systems.

Figure 7. Widlflower meadow for structural diversity and colour.

Figure 8. Electric powered machinery to reduce carbon.

Figure 10. Cafe with Solar Panels to promote renewable energy.

Figure 9. Encourage staff to walk to reduce the use of vehicles.

6.0.1 Table for Objective 1

6.0.4

6.0.5

6.0.6

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Figure 11. Wind/Solar Energy Powered Light to promote renewable energy.

Figure 12. Play area near the stream to encourage natural play.

Figure 13. Educate students through creating renewable energy engineering prototypes.

Figure 14. Green Energy Gym that turn workouts into Watts (Tgogc.com, 2018).

6.1.0 Table for Objective 2 Recommendation

Experimental livestock grazing: Introduce farm animals such as goats and chickens in an animal petting corner beside the cafe. Grazing of the grass will be monitored and evaluated.

If the results are positive, increase the area of grassland and number of animals.

Case Study: Grazing to manage grassland habitats - Jeskyns Community Woodland (Figure 5) Install bicycle racks at key entrances to attract more cyclists and promote sustainable modes of transport.

Priority (High-Low)

Done by Heeley City Farm

Low

Low

Sheffield City Council

For

Where

(See Appendix B)

By When

Children, Families Animal Petting (Educational Corner, beside resource) the Cafe

June 2018

Cyclists, families, students

Immediate effect

Main entrances (Appendix 1)

Funding

Objective

No.

Heeley City Farm 1

Sheffield City Council

6.1.1

1&2 6.1.2

6.0.3

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Objective 2: Adaptation

To be an example municipal park for low carbon technologies and methods for Park management.

6.0.2

Figure 4. Current condition, looking North-east of Sheffield. 7 brutalist tower blocks looking over the Ponderosa.

NHS National Statistics, 2018

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Objective 1: Mitigation

6.0.1

Partner with a leading research-led Department of Landscape Architecture to create a ‘landscape lab’ to choose and plant appropriate vegetation that is resilient to extreme weather conditions, more likely to survive, and increase the supply of food supplies for animals. This presents opportunities to: • Educate the public, • Create community based approaches to landscape management, and • Transform perspectives on what planting for the future might be.

6.1 Recommendations

6.0 Recommendations

No.

To review plant species selection based on climate change projections and use this as an educational tool.

There were 617 thousand admissions in NHS hospitals where obesity was a factor.

This is an increase of 18% on 2015/161.

Natural processes

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Site Entrance: Lack of signage and sense of arrival. Easily overlooked.

EXISTING

Establish within the next 10-20+ years

To be an example municipal park for To recognise the ‘benefits’ of climate low carbon technologies and methods change and introduce recreation and for Park management. sport facilities fit for a future climate.

Figure 3. Current condition, looking North-east of Sheffield.

PROPOSED

PROPOSED

Water management to protect residents from increased severity of rainfall: Work with the existing topography to create a natural drainage retention basin system within the Park to protect adjacent residential developments from potential flooding. (Figure 6) Reduce grassland maintenance and create meadow planting areas: Designed by the Department of Landscape Architecture, this high capital investment, will reduce the frequency of mowing regimes and advance towards greener maintenance methods.

This presents a highly cost-effective, and less intensive alternative and increases the biodiversity value of the park that will” stimulate species and structural diversity” (Forest Research, 2018) (Figure 7) Review the selection of maintenance equipment to reduce the carbon emissions of maintenance machinery: such as using an electric grass trimmer and electric lawn mower (Figure 8).

Reduce the carbon emissions of maintenance vehicles by encouraging park staff to use sustainable modes of transport such as walking, cycling or wheelbarrows (Figure 9). For events, encourage local venders/artists/organisations in order to keep carbon footprints to a minimum and to support local businesses.

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Sheffield City Council

Department of Landscape Students

Sheffield City Council

Local residents Intercept water prone to potential in the middle of flooding the park to allow overflow

October 2019

Sheffield City Council

Landscape Southern slopes Architecture and next to students existing boulder. education, Young children for natural play

November 2019* *Avoid cutting for one season to see what species are naturally present (Forest Research, 2018)

Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Sheffield

Park visitors, Edges around wheelchair users, main paths pushchair owners

Immediate effect

Sheffield City Council

Sheffield City Park Council management External staff organisations/ event participants

Whole site

Immediate effect

1 6.1.3

1&3 6.1.4

Maintenance staff, volunteers and student researchers.

1 6.1.5

Recommendation Create a focal point with a new Cafe and toilet facilities. Building structures are to be sustainably designed and fitted with low carbon energy sources such as solar panels and ground source heat pumps. Rainwater is to be harvested from the roof and used for toilet flushing, watering plants etc. (Figure 10).

Install prototypes of renewable energy powered light posts such as solar wind hybrid lighting or motion sensor lighting systems designed by university students/engineers for educational purposes. Additional lighting will increase the Ponderosas sense of safety and night usage (Figure 11).

Introduce water management and Hydro Power Technology: 1. Re-instate the stream and install a hydro-electric powered turbine to generate green energy.

2. Plant the river corridor and provide a new riparian habitat typology for wildlife which also cleans the water through the vegetation.

3. Introduce a natural play feature for children to interact with the water (Figure 12).

Utilise biomass to generate heat and/or electricity: Living plant material will be supplied from trees and shrubs that have strategically been cut down to provide vistas through the Park and allow more light to get to the woodland floor. This will reduce overall gas and petroleum usage.

To get people more physically active, install exercise equipment that generates electricity through human power such as Energy StepsTM. Upgrade the existing outdoor gym facilities to more advanced technology that converts workouts into Watts (Figure 14)

Priority (High-Low)

High

High

Done by

For

Where

(See Appendix B)

By When

Funding

Objective

Sheffield City Council, Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures

1&2

Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures University of Sheffield

1&2

Sheffield City Council, Engineers Without Borders, University of Sheffield

1, 2 & 3

Sheffield City Council, Sheffield Renewables Volunteers

Families, university students, Sheffield Renewables

Next to the existing playground

June 2019

And monitored by the Universities Engineering students

Engineer Researchers, used and tested by the public

Along main paths

September 2019

UoS Engineers Without Borders

UoS Engineers Without Borders educational development, children, insects and wildlife.

Top area, to the south within the woodland.

June 2020

Dormant season, Winter 2019

Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures

September 2019

Move More Campaign, Zest Centre

High

Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures

Engineers Without Borders, University of Sheffield (Figure 13)

Main entrances

Low

High

The Great Outdoor Gym Company

Neighbouring residents, local school children

Energy steps at the main entrances

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1&2

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INNOVATIVE PLANTING DESIGN AWARD 2017

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S E E D V A U LT Location

Island Site, Nottingham, U.K.

Site Area

0.17 Hectares

Project Type

Post-Industrial Regeneration

Stages of Work

Concept Design to Construction

Year

2017 (BA Final Project)

+26.45

03.

RESTRICTED AMERICAN BEECH WOODLAND

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VIRGIN ACTIVE

P R OJ E CT OV E RV I E W The aim of the ‘Island Site Seed Vault’ is to a changing world by designing a productive

embrace the challenges of resource for the future.

The imminence of climate change provides the trigger for the design of the Island Site ‘Seed Vault’. In partnership with Kew Gardens Millennium Seed Bank, the current impoverished landscape will be transformed into an aboricultural and recreational park. The design takes an exciting explorative approach with the vision of developing a new woodland model as a seed cultivation resource for the future.

The goal is for users to accept this new model as a current ideal rather than a solution to a future problem. Warmer climate conditions are likely to encourage an outdoor lifestyle.

Designed experiences through immersive exotic landscapes will familiarise users with foreign planting, aware that they are walking within a ‘safety net’ against species extinction in the wild.

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SCALE 1: 500 @A2 Masterplan of the Recreation and Arboricultural Park

VEGETATION TYPOLOGIES

STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK

Social Function Spatial functions are shaped to provide for both recreation and the cultivation and management of nature.

They both work to shape exciting landscapes for people that grow and respond to their environment.

Plant species are selected on two founding principles: 1. Their potential to adapt to warmer and drier future climatic conditions, 2. Their genetic variance to produce a longterm seed cultivation resource.

Their seeds will be collected and stored in the Seed Vault to preserve genetic diversity.

Summer

Mono-culture and Multilayered Vegetation Monoculture Woodlands: Encourages ecological succession, transitional areas with Colwick Woods.

Vegetation Typologies Strategic Framework Mediterranean Shrubland grove Southern European Oak Grove

Multi-layered Groves: Human scale experience, aesthetic value.

Oriental Asian Woodland Oriental Asian Grove American Beech Woodland

Spring

Native woodland edge

Circulation Primary Route: Parallel, along City Link Road and the post-industrial promenade extending across the site boundary.

Geometric Paths: Guided paved paths between monoculture woodland plots, restricted movement.

Meandering Paths: Mixture of paved and natural surfaces through the multi-layered groves, free movement.

American Beech Woodland

Mediterranean Shrubland Grove

Oriental Asian Grove

Southern European Oak Grove

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DETAILED DESIGN

Seed Vault A collection of diverse wild plant species in the attempt to insure against the loss of other seeds during a global crises. Its mission is to provide a safety net against accidental loss of diversity in a traditional gene bank.

Post-Industrial Promenade

Protective Tiers Entering the Vault

Seed Collection Community Centre Community-based framework for the conversation of agricultural biodiversity to become part of the global system.

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1:200@A2

Landscape elements have been designed to create a series of open and enclosed spaces. Spaces are constructed using materials reminiscent of the sites postindustrial character. Open spaces encourage people to seek refuge in the Seed Vault, strengthening the sites identity of protection and preservation.

S PA C E S

(1:500 @ A2) Raised entrance

Research offices entrance

Community Centre

Forecourt

Ornamental Asian grove trail

Post-industrial Promenade

Seed Vault

American beech woodland edge enclosure

USE INTENSITY V E G E TAT I O N

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3

Concept Diagram of the Urban Theatre Sequence

URBAN THEATRE Location

04.

Castlegate, Sheffield. U.K.

Site Area Route Project Type

Urban Regeneration

Year

2017

5

P R OJ E CT OV E RV I E W Through the study theoretical frameworks, shows how movement

of complex planning and design Gordon Cullen’s ‘Serial Vision (1961) can be read as a pictorial sequence.

Inspired by Jane Jacob’s concept of a ‘sidewalk ballet’ (1961), the design approach of this project is to create an ‘Urban Theatre’ experience through a redesigned sequence of spaces. The intention is to encourage people (the cast) to interact and compose daily acts (Scenes) along this route. Individual characters and ensembles all have idiosyncratic roles which inexplicably support each other to construct an orderly whole.

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“The ballet of a good city sidewalk never repeats itself from place to place, and in any once place it always replete with new improvisations.�

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-Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities.

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Women’s Refuge Centre, Manchester U.K.

Social Impact / Design and Build 2018

Bliss Skate Park, St. Helens U.K. Concept Design / Collaboration 2018

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Our Town Hall, Albert Square Manchester U.K. Strategic Design / Masterplan 2018

Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre, Manchester, U.K. Technical Design - Handover 2018

05-08.

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Before and after visualisations

WOMEN’S REFUGE GARDEN Location

Manchester

Site Area

0.17 Hectares

Project Type

Design and Build

Year

2018, Planit-IE Ltd.

05.

Collaboration between PlanitIE Ltd, Laing O’Rouke and the Volunteering and Community Engagement Team, University of Manchester and the Women’s Refuge Centre.

P R OJ E CT OV E RV I E W During my year in practice, I was fortune to have had the opportunity to redesign the arrival courtyard for the Women’s Refuge Centre – a safe space for vulnerable women in need of physical and psychological healing. The feedback after construction was overwhelming. It was extremely fulfilling to hear my design has had a “very tangible impact on the community” - this was one of my most memorable ad valuable experiences during my year in practice.

Roles and Responsibilities: Design concept package consisting of site analysis, vision proposal and planting and hard material palettes. Construction package with the order of works and planting plans and timber hard-work details.

On-site Build: Site managing the 1-day build, overseeing and assisting volunteer engineers and contractors as well as students and residents from the centre.

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Thank you letters from the residents.

Foundations for the timber

Beautiful plant stock arrived!

University student volunteers planting low-maintenance, sensory planting scheme.

Celebrating at the Women’s Refuge Centre Garden Party

Final result after 10 hours of non-stop constructing and planting.

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Concept diagram by Studio Morrison

PLANIT-IE bLISS PARk: CONCEPT DESIGN

PLANIT-IE bLISS PARk: CONCEPT DESIGN

Materiality - Elements

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Visualisation of the approach to the skate park.

Materiality Study: Create dynamic sounds for skaters, and direct pedestrian movement.

PLANIT-IE bLISS PARk: CONCEPT DESIGN

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B L I SS PA R K

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Concept Masterplan

06.

Location

Charlton Way, St Helens, U.K.

Site Area

0.23 Hectares

Project Type

Concept Design

Year

2018, Planit-IE Ltd.

P R OJ E CT OV E RV I E W Skateboarders - a landscape architects friend or foe? While some complain about the wearing down, skid-marks and chipping of expensive stone, skateboarders activate edges and animate spaces creating a display of entertainment and tricks. In collaboration with Studio Morrison and Canvas, skate park designers, Planit-IE were commissioned to design the public realm, encouraging skateboarders and pedestrians to use the same space through the careful use of materials and strategic landscape design.

Surface materiality was explored to create a gradient from linear to mosaic tiles to direct movement as well as be hard-wearing. In addition, different paving units were used to create rhythmic to sporadic sounds as people skate over certain areas.

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Concept Masterplan (Sarah Brookes) PAGE 4

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VISUAL TOOLKIT

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'Battle of Styles' OVERVIEW The Gothic Revival movement emerged in 19th-century England. Its roots were intertwined with deeply philosophical movements associated with Catholicism and a re-awakening of High Church or AngloCatholic belief concerned by the growth of religious nonconformism.

Waterhouse's hand can be seen everywhere in the building, He designed the furniture, the dinner service and so on. As a whole, considering the scale and complexity of the project, Manchester Town Hall is a remarkable piece of work, the greatest Gothic building in the country, yet one that has not only gas pipes running through the banisters but sophisticated water, heating and sewage systems, and telegraphic links between the main offices. It is a reflection if the cities finest hour, so it tells of an architect at the very height of his power.

Victorian Stone Carving Motifs

Botanical Ornamentation

Commerce Motifs

What began was an antiquarian interest in medieval buildings developed into a colourful, cosmopolitan and daring style, which cut short out prolonged obsession with the Ancient World and heralded in a more flexible and functional form of architecture.

Charactised by the use of pointed arch and colourful decorative forms across medieval Europe.

The window tracery of the decorated period of medieval church architecture with its geometric shapes and flowing forms superseded the more meagre lancets of the previous decade.

Most distinctive of all was the introduction of bands of differently coloured walling materials. Ruckin had observed this polychromatic stonework in Italy whilst Jean Luc Petit had emphasised the importance of horizontal lines when studying medieval churches.

Intricate Geometric Floor Mosaic

[Text extracted from Victorian Web.com]

Geometric Ceiling Design

Gothic grandeur and detailing

An eclectic mix of styles that is visually representative of its time in history.

VISUAL TOOLKIT

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2.2 Flooring Mosaics PATTERNS The floors are in multi-coloured mosaic with plain margins. The tiled dados are varied in colour and pattern to give individuality to the different floors and areas as are the painted ceiling patterns, which in places show great vigour of design.

MOSAIC MIXES

Two main mixes feature in town hall. One has a more regular, linear formation made with square tiles, while the other has a more random formation made with irregular-shaped files. Both have simialr colour palettes.

Visualisation of the concept design for Albert Square, retaining the statues in their current location.

‘ O U R T O W N H A L L’ Location

Albert Square, Manchester U.K.

Site Area

0.99 Hectares

Project Type

Public Realm, Concept Design, Desk Research

Year

2018, Planit-IE Ltd.

07.

KINGSLEY BORDER

VISUAL TOOLKIT

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Albert Square Conservation Area LOCATION PLAN FEATURES

P R OJ E CT OV E RV I E W I was fortunate to have the opportunity to work on the ‘Our Town Hall’ project; the re-design of Manchester’s Albert Square. The outline plans would see the square enlarged by around 20% to significantly enhance its role as an events space. The key design moves involve limiting traffic access to Princess Street side and extending the square’s pedestrianised areas. The design of the reconfigured square will also enhance its safety, security and accessibility through the strategic design of counter-terrorism measures within the landscape.

Roles and Responsibilities: Concept design team meetings, presentation board layouts, Design and Access statements and creation of a ‘Visual Toolkit’, research into the different architectural styles and motifs of the Town Hall that could be used as inspiration for the Albert Square design.

The main characteristic of the Albert Square conservation area is its civic grandeur, but it also contains many commercial properties and small-scale buildings.

Originally designated to include the immediate surroundings of Albert Square and the Town Hall, its extension as far as Deansgate in 1985 has added properties of a lesser architectural significance.

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Desk Study: Visual Tool-kit Understanding the decorative styles of the interior of Manchester Town Hall to incorporate them into Albert Square.

St Andrews Chambers, 1974.

This Grade II listed building is a magnificent Victorian Gothic style landmark office building overlooking Albert Square within the heart of the city centre. The Albert Square facade has coupled round-headed entrance arches which have shafts with carved capitals, and a carved roundel with figures in a cinquefoil, all under a pointed arch with mail-head enrichments.

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It is important to note that all building surrounding Albert Square are privately owned, apart from Town Hall which is a public, civic building. Using the most design inspiration from the Town Hall, as the public are able to see the direct influences from the public square through to the hall.

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[Text extracted from manchester.goc.uk Albert Square Convervation Area]

Heron House, 1982.

3

Commercial Union House

These 1980s office blocks was designed by Leach Rhodes Walker. 3 of the building sides are colonnade a shelter outdoor restaurant seating at ground level.

Commercial Union House is close to completing a 5 million pound transformation to offer high-quality workspace adjacent to Albert Square by Bruntwood developers.

A planning application has been submitted for its redevelopment, presenting a grade A office.

The recent office blocks opposite the Town Hall were designed to be of sufficient architectural quality to contribute to and 'contain' the square, and to complement the Town Hall without competing with it.

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4

The Liverpool and London Globe Insurance Building, 1903

Built out of Portland stone, this hard wearing limestone is an impressive, flat-iron style building.

It is decorated in the Classical style with carved semi columns called pilasters, topped with Corinthian capitals, on the top three floors of the building. Notable features include carved balustrades and wrought iron balconies. Two of Liverpool's mythical symbols, the Liver Bird sits on the roof.

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Johnsons Building, 1877.

A series of nicely carved and decorated arches, built in the Victorian Gothic style that Manchester favoured. The entrances to the offices are surrounded by more carved stone and details set into the brick walls. The roof line is punctuated with brick built, Gothic turrets and chimneys, picked out in the stone and have stone finials against the sky.

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Northern Assurance Building, 1902.

This Grade II listed building was designed by Manchester-based architect Waddington and Sons, design inspired by the French Renaissance style. This Flemish style building with Dutch gables in is made from magnificent York stone and Cornish granite facade sits under a Westmorland slate roof and lead cupola.

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Ginkgo biloba, non-fruiting male cultivar Maidenhair Tree 400-500cm 25-30cm girth WRB 4x 2 Slip Road Embankment Acer campestre Field Maple 400-500cm 16-18cm girth WRB 3x 3 Native Deciduous Trees on Slip Road Embankment Mix of 3 Species in groups of; Acer campestre Field Maple 400-500cm 16-18cm girth WRB 3x 3 Native Evergreen Screen Planting 5 no, 3no, 3no, 5no, 5no, 3no, 3no, 5no on Slip Road Embankment to achieve a natural look Mix of 3 Species in groups of; Ia Ilex aquifolium Holly 80-100cm RB, Bushy 1/per 600mm 115 Native Evergreen Screen Planting 5 no, 3no, 3no, 5no, 5no, 3no, 3no, 5no Cb Carpinus betulus Hornbeam 80-100cm Bareroot, Branched 3/per 600mm 90 on Slip Road Embankment to achieve a natural look Ia Ilex aquifolium Holly 80-100cm RB, Bushy 1/per 600mm 115 Shrub Planting on Slip Road Embankment Cb Carpinus betulus Hornbeam 80-100cm Bareroot, Branched 3/per 600mm 90 HhA Hedera helix 'Arborescens' Tree Ivy, non climbing variety 60-80cm RB 5 Cm Cornus mas Cornelian Cherry 120-150cm RB 4 Shrub Planting on Slip Road Embankment Vi Viburnum lantana Wayfarer 120-150cm RB 3 HhA Hedera helix 'Arborescens' Tree Ivy, non climbing variety 60-80cm RB 5 Hv Hamamelis virginiana Virghinia Witchhazel 80-100cm 4 Cm Cornus mas Cornelian Cherry 120-150cm RB 4 Vi Viburnum lantana 120-150cm RB Mix 3: Groundcover Planting, along slip road Wayfarer Percentage Planit-IE 3 Hv Hamamelis virginiana Virghinia Witchhazel 80-100cm RB embankment Mix (%) Numbers: 4 Total Area: 375m2 Ls Luzula sylvatica 99m2 full pot 3l pot 9 per m2 30 1012 Mix 3: Groundcover Planting, along slip road 82.5m2 Percentage 25 Planit-IE 846 Vmi Vinca minor full pot 3l pot 9 per m2 Total Area: 375m2 embankment Mix (%) Vma Vinca major 33m2 full pot 5l pot 4 per m2 8.00 Numbers: 156 MIX PLANTING BEDS 1 & 2 99m2 Ls Luzula sylvatica full pot 3l pot 9 per m2 30 1012 Gm 2: SUN Geranium macrorrhyzum 50m2 15 504 Vmi Vinca minor 82.5m2 full pot 3l pot 9 per m2 25 846 Ge Geranium endressii 66m2 20 675 along foot/cycle path Vma Vinca major 33m2 full pot 5l pot 4 per m2 8.00 156 Vmi Vinca minor 12.2m2 3l pot 9 per m2 108 Gm Geranium macrorrhyzum 50m2 full pot 3l pot 9 per m2 15 504 Ge Geranium endressii 66m2 full pot 3l pot 9 per m2 Percentage 20 Planit-IE 675 Vmi Vinca minor 12.2m2 full pot 3l pot 9 per m2 108 Planting Schedule Mix (%) Numbers: Grasses and herbaceous planting Total Area: 488m2 Mix 1: Shade Mix, along Service Road Total Area: 192m2 Planting Schedule: GEIC Revision: 05 Issue Date: 27-04-2018 Percentage 2.50 Planit-IE 49 Ts Tiarella 'Spring Symphomy' 12.5 full pot 5l pot 4 per m2 Rootball (RB) Mix (%) Numbers:60 Grasses and herbaceous planting Total Area: 488m2 Ha Ref. Hedera arborescens 7.5 full pot 5l pot 4 per m2 transDensity3.00 Wrie rootball (WRB) Mix 1: Shade Mix, along Service Road Total Area: 192m2 Ls Code Luzula sylvatica Liriope 48.8 full pot 5l pot 2.5 per m2 122 Species Common name Height Girth planted no/m210.00 Number Container grown ( C ) Ts Tiarella 'Spring Symphomy' 12.5 full pot 5l pot 4 per m2 2.50 49 Gm Geranium macrorrhyzum 19.5 3l pot 9 per m2 4.00 180 Ha Hedera arborescens 7.5 full pot 5l pot 4 per m2 3.00 60 Ad Astilbe x arendsii 'Irrlicht' Deutchland 12.2 3l pot 8 per m2 2.50 98 Ornamental Deciduous Trees Ls Luzula sylvatica Liriope 48.8 full pot 5l pot 2.5 per m2 10.00 122 HsT Heucherella 'Sweet Tea' 24.5 4 per m2 5.00 98 Ls Liquidambar styraciflua Amber Tree 400-500cm 25-30cm girth WRB 4x 5 Gm Geranium macrorrhyzum 19.5 full pot 3l pot 9 per m2 4.00 180 Pm Pernettya Mucronata 'Rosea' 24.5 5l pot 4 per m2 5.00 98 BaF Betula albosinensis 'Fascination' Northern Chinese Red Birch 400-500cm mutli-stem WRB 5x 7 Ad Astilbe x arendsii 'Irrlicht' Deutchland 12.2 full pot 3l pot 8 per m2 2.50 98 Pv Primula vialii 24.5 5.00 195 Gb Ginkgo biloba, non-fruiting male cultivar Maidenhair Tree 400-500cm 25-30cm girth WRB 4x 2 HsT Heucherella 'Sweet Tea' 24.5 full pot 5l pot 4 per m2 5.00 98 Hs Hebe pinguifolia 'Sutherlandii' 13.5 2L pot 8 per m2 3 116 Pm Pernettya Mucronata 'Rosea' 24.5 full pot 5l pot 4 per m2 5.00 98 Native Deciduous Trees on Pv Primula vialii 24.5 full pot 3l pot 8 per m2 5.00 195 Mix 2: Sun Mix, along cycle/foot path Total Area: 296m2 Slip Road Embankment Hs Hebe pinguifolia 'Sutherlandii' 13.5 2L pot 8 per m2 3 116 AbU Agapanthus 'Blue Umbrella" 34 full pot 5l pot 4 per m2 7.00 136 Ac Acer campestre Field Maple 400-500cm 16-18cm girth WRB 3x 3 Ca Calamagrostis x acutiflora 24.5 full pot 5l pot 4 per m2 5.00 98 Mix 2: Sun Mix, along cycle/foot path Total Area: 296m2 DcG Deschampisia cespitosa 'Goldschleier' 24.5 full pot 5l pot 4 per m2 5.00 98 Mix of 3 Species in groups of; AbU Agapanthus 'Blue Umbrella" 34 full pot 5l pot 4 per m2 7.00 136 Md Monarda didyma 12.2 3l pot 8 per m2 2.50 98 Native Evergreen Screen Planting 5 no, 3no, 3no, 5no, 5no, 3no, 3no, 5no Ca Calamagrostis x acutiflora 24.5 full pot 5l pot 4 per m2 5.00 98 Sp Salvia pratensis ‘Pink Delight' on Slip Road Embankment to achieve a natural look DcG Deschampisia cespitosa 'Goldschleier' 24.5 full pot 5l pot 4 per m2 5.00 98 Cs Cistus salvifolius 39 3l pot 5 per m2 8.00 195 Ia Ilex aquifolium Holly 80-100cm RB, Bushy 1/per 600mm 115 Md Monarda didyma 12.2 full pot 3l pot 8 per m2 2.50 98 Lm Lavandula 'Melissa Lilac' 29 6.00 240 Cb Carpinus betulus Hornbeam 80-100cm Bareroot, Branched 3/per 600mm 90 Sp Salvia pratensis ‘Pink Delight' 24.5 full pot 5l pot 4 per m2 5.00 98 Hs Hebe pinguifolia 'Sutherlandii' 34 2L pot 8 per m2 7.5 272 Cs Cistus salvifolius 39 full pot 3l pot 5 per m2 8.00 195 Am Alchemilla mollis 12.2 5l pot 4 per m2 2.50 49 Shrub Planting on Slip Road Embankment Lm Lavandula 'Melissa Lilac' 29 full pot 3l pot 8 per m2 6.00 240 Ep Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan' 24.5 5l pot 4 per m2 5.00 98 HhA Hedera helix 'Arborescens' Tree Ivy, non climbing variety 60-80cm RB 5 Hs Hebe pinguifolia 'Sutherlandii' 34 full pot 2L pot 8 per m2 7.5 272 Ha Hedera arborescens 7.5 5l pot 4 per m2 3.00 60 Cm Cornus mas Cornelian Cherry 120-150cm RB 4 Am Alchemilla mollis 12.2 full pot 5l pot 4 per m2 2.50 49 CsK Cornus stolonifera Kelsey sub. Mid W.Fire (Specimen) 40-60cm RB As shown 3.5 12 Vi Viburnum lantana Wayfarer 120-150cm RB 3 Ep Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan' 24.5 full pot 5l pot 4 per m2 5.00 98 Ge Geranium endressii 17 3l pot 9 per m2 3.50 153.00 Hv Hamamelis virginiana Virghinia Witchhazel 80-100cm RB 4 Ha Hedera arborescens 7.5 full pot 5l pot 4 per m2 3.00 60 CsK Cornus stolonifera Kelsey sub. Mid W.Fire 40-60cm RB As shown 3.5 Number 12 Bulb Mix 1: Bulbs within herbaceous planting (Specimen) Total Area: 60m2 Bulb Size Mix 3: Groundcover Planting, along slip road Percentage Planit-IE Ge Geranium endressii 17 full pot 3l pot 9 per m2 3.50 153.00 Allium caerulum bulb 4+ groups of 5 40 per m2 2400 SPREAD THROUGHOUT embankment BED Total Area: 375m2 Mix (%) Numbers: Allium 'Mount Everest' bulb 20+ groups of 5 15 per m2 30 900 Ls Luzula sylvatica 99m2 full pot 3l pot 9 per m2 1012 Bulb Mix 1: Bulbs within herbaceous planting Total Area: 60m2 Bulb Size Camassia leichtlinii subsq. suksdorfii bulb 14+ groups of 5 15 per m2 25 Number 846 900 Vmi Vinca minor 82.5m2 full pot 3l pot 9 per m2 Allium caerulum bulb 4+ groups of 5 40 per m2 2400 Vma Vinca major 33m2 full pot 5l pot 4 per m2 8.00 156 Allium 'Mount Everest' bulb 20+ groups of 5 15 per m2 900 Bulb Mix 2: Bulbs within embankment planting Total Area:74m2 Gm Geranium macrorrhyzum 50m2 full pot 3l pot 9 per m2 15 504 Camassia leichtlinii subsq. suksdorfii bulb 14+ groups of 5 15 per m2 900 Galanthus nivalis Snowdrop 2+ 80 per m2 20 5920 Ge Geranium endressii 66m2 full pot 3l pot 9 per m2 675 Hyacinthoides non-scripta English Bluebell bulb 6 to 8 groups of 5 20 per m2 1480 Vmi Vinca minor 12.2m2 full pot 3l pot 9 per m2 108 Bulb Mix 2: Bulbs within embankment planting Total Area:74m2 Colchicum autumnale Autumn Crocus bulb 13+ groups of 5 15 per m2 1110 Galanthus nivalis Snowdrop bulb 2+ groups of 5 80 per m2 5920 Percentage Planit-IE Refer to 6241_PIE_00_ZZ_SI_AL_1103, Hyacinthoides non-scripta English Bluebell bulb 6 to 8 groups of 5 20 per m2 1480 NOTE: LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT (PLANIT-IE) TO BE Mix (%) Numbers: Grasses and herbaceous planting Total Area: 488m2 Colchicum autumnale Autumn Crocus bulb 13+ groups of 5 15 per m2 1110 SoftworksMix 1: Shade Mix, along Service Road Plan for further detail.

Total Area: 192m2 PRESENT WHEN SETTING OUT PLANTING BEDS. Ts Tiarella 'Spring Symphomy' 12.5 full pot 5l pot 4 per m2 2.50 49 Ha Hedera arborescens 7.5 full pot 5l pot 4 per m2 3.00 60 Ls Luzula sylvatica Liriope 48.8 full pot 5l pot 2.5 per m2 10.00 122 Gm Geranium macrorrhyzum 19.5 full pot 3l pot 9 per m2 4.00 180 Ad Astilbe x arendsii 'Irrlicht' Deutchland 12.2 full pot 3l pot 8 per m2 2.50 98 HsT Heucherella 'Sweet Tea' 24.5 full pot 5l pot 4 per m2 5.00 98 PLANTING NOTES Pm Pernettya Mucronata 'Rosea' 24.5 full pot 5l pot 4 per m2 5.00 98 Workmanship and Pv Primula vialii 24.5 full pot 3l pot Maintenance Generally 8 per m2 5.00 195 Hs Hebe pinguifolia 'Sutherlandii' 13.5during transit up to delivery , shall be in 8 per m2 3 116 All works will be2L pot subject to the following British Standards :1. Plant handling at the nursery, and Ac

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accordance with 'Plant Handling' the booklet published by the Committee for

Exact position of proposed trees subject to site survey / trial digs at construction stage to avoid clashes with utilities.

Allow for 3m length of rootbarrier for each proposed semi-mature tree, actual quantity subject to findings at construction stage.

35 no. Cs 3 no. CsK 28 no. Ca 50 no. Hs 32 no. Ep

1 no.Ba 1 no.Ba

48 no. Lm 12 no. Ha

38 no. Cs 60 no. DcG 2 no. CsK

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34 no. Ep

40 no. AbU 32 no. Cs

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AbU Ca DcG Md Sp Cs Lm Hs Am Ep Ha CsK Ge

Mix 2: Sun Mix, along cycle/foot path Total Area: 296m2 Plant Supply and Establishment (CPSE).

The contractor shall comply with Agapanthus 'Blue Umbrella" 34 full pot Calamagrostis x acutiflora 24.5 clauses 3 & 4 of the above booklet (obtained from the Horticulturefull pot Trades Deschampisia cespitosa 'Goldschleier' 24.5 full pot Association) which refers to the receipt, unloading and temporaryfull pot storage of Monarda didyma 12.2 plants.

Salvia pratensis ‘Pink Delight' 24.5 full pot Cistus salvifolius 39 full pot Lavandula 'Melissa Lilac' 29 full pot 2.Plants shall be first class examples of their species or variety, free from all Hebe pinguifolia 'Sutherlandii' 34 full pot pests and diseases with good fibrous Alchemilla mollis 12.2root systems and materially full pot Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan' 24.5 of BS3936 Parts 1-10 'Specification full pot undamaged.(Refer to relevant sections of Hedera arborescens 7.5 full pot Nursery Stock') Cornus stolonifera Kelsey sub. Mid W.Fire (Specimen) 40-60cm Geranium endressii 17 full pot

3. All planting is to be in general compliance with BS4428: 1989 'Code of Practice

Bulb Mix 1: Bulbs within herbaceous planting Total Area: 60m2 for general landscape operations (excluding hard surfaces)'.

Allium caerulum bulb Allium 'Mount Everest' bulb Camassia leichtlinii subsq. suksdorfii bulb 4. The contractor must ascertain for himself the exact location of any

underground services and maintenance points.

Bulb Mix 2: Bulbs within embankment plantingTotal Area:74m2 Galanthus nivalis Snowdrop bulb Hyacinthoides non-scripta 5. Water as necessary to ensure theEnglish Bluebell establishment and continued bulb thriving of Colchicum autumnale Autumn Crocus bulb

planted and grassed matter.

6. Carry out all work when soil and weather conditions are suitable: i) Do not plant during periods of frost or strong winds. Plant only during the following periods -Container grown plants: At any time if ground water and weather conditions are favourable.

Ensure that adequate watering and weed control is available.

-Bulbs- Autumn.

Construction: BS 4428 : 1989 General Landscape Operations 4 per m2 5l pot 7.00 136 5.00 98 BS 3936 : Part 1 5l pot 1992 Nursery Stock (Specification4 per m2 for trees and shrubs) 98 BS 3936 : Part 4 5l pot 1984 Nursery Stock (Specification4 per m2 for forest trees) 5.00 3l pot 8 per m2 2.50 98 BS 3936 : Part 9 5l pot 1987 Nursery Stock (Specification4 per m2 for bulbs, corms and 5.00 tubers) 98 5 per m2 BS 3936 : Part 103l pot 1990 Nursery Stock (Specification for ground cover8.00 plants) 195 3l pot in Relation to Construction 8 per m2 6.00 240 BS 5837 : 2012 Trees 2L pot 8 per m2 7.5 272 BS 3882 : 1994 Topsoil 5l pot 4 per m2 2.50 49 5l pot 5.00 98 BS 4043 : 1989 Transplanting root based trees 4 per m2 5l pot 4 per m2 stock 3.00 60 BS 5236 : 1975 Cultivating and planting advance nursery RB As shown 3.5 12 Maintenance: 3l pot 9 per m2 3.50 153.00 BS 7370:part1: 1991 Grounds maintenance (part 1. Recommendations for Number establishing andBulb Size managing grounds maintenance organisations and design 4+ groups of 5 40 per m2 2400 considerations 20+ groups of 5 15 per m2 900 BS 7370:part2: 1994 Recommendations for the 900 14+ Grounds maintenance part 2. groups of 5 15 per m2 maintenance of hard areas (excluding sports 2+ surfaces) groups of 5 80 per m2 5920 BS 7370:part3: 1991 Recommendations for 6 to 8 Grounds maintenance part 3. groups of 5 20 per m2 1480 groups of 5 15 per m2 1110 maintenance of13+ amenity and functional turf (other than sports turf) BS 7370:part4: 1993 Grounds maintenance part 4. Recommendations for maintenance of soft landscape (other than amenity turf)

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PROJECT NAME AND LOCATION:

GRAPHENE ENGINEERING INNOVATION CENTRE THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER MANCHESTER, M13 9PL OWNER:

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER OXFORD ROAD, MANCHESTER, M13 9PL TEL: +44 161 306 6000 PROJECT MANAGER / COST MANAGER:

EC HARRIS LLP 34 YORK WAY LONDON, N1 9AB TEL: +44 20 7812 2000 ARCHITECT OF RECORD:

RAFAEL VIÑOLY ARCHITECTS PC 2ND FLOOR, 84 SILK STREET, ANCOATS MANCHESTER, M4 6BJ TEL: +44 161 277 6800 CIVIL / STRUCTURAL ENGINEER:

RAMBOLL UK 3RD FLOOR, KINGS COURT, 2 - 4 EXCHANGE STREET ST MARY'S GATE, MANCHESTER, M2 7HA TEL: +44 161 827 1890 BUILDING SERVICES ENGINEER:

CH2M HILL CITY PARK, 368 ALEXANDRA PARADE GLASGOW, G31 3AU TEL: +44 141 552 2000 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT:

PLANIT-IE 2 BACK GRAFTON STREET, ALTRINCHAM CHESHIRE, WA14 1DY TEL: +44 161 928 9281

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DISCLAIMER: THE ARCHITECT SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LIABILITY, LOSS, COST, DAMAGE OR EXPENSE ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO ANY USE OF THIS DOCUMENT FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN ITS INTENDED PURPOSE ON THIS PROJECT. THIS DOCUMENT IS PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT. THIS DOCUMENT IS TO BE CONSIDERED IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALL RELATED DOCUMENTATION. ANY DISCREPANCIES IDENTIFIED IN THIS DOCUMENT MUST BE REPORTED IMMEDIATELY TO THE ARCHITECT OF RECORD BEFORE PROCEEDING. CONTRACTORS MUST VERIFY ALL DIMENSIONS PRIOR TO PROCEEDING WITH ANY WORK. ONLY FIGURED DIMENSIONS ARE TO BE USED FOR VERIFICATION.

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Pocket Park: Planting Plan to create seasonal structure

GRAPHENE ENGINEERING INNOVATION CENTRE Location

University of Manchester, U.K.

Site Area

0.39 Hectares

Project Type

Technical Design - Handover and Close Out (S4-6)

Year

2018, Planit-IE Ltd.

08.

Site visits: Construction

P R OJ E CT OV E RV I E W The design brief was to design the public realm around the new University of Manchester Building, the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre.

Roles and Responsibilities: I joined this project during the technical design, helping produce planting plans for the central park area as well as the planters that face the service road. Visits to the nursery to see the plant stock and find learn about alternative species was extremely beneficial. Towards the end of the project, the University extended the site boundary to include the poorly designed, existing cycle path that led cyclists into lampposts. I had the opportunity to re-design this cycle passage using steel planters to define routes for cyclists and pedestrians, making it safe for both to use.

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Technical planter details: Edgings and Sections

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How will a Landscape Communication Architecture degree prepare me for my Ensure that your ideas are heard by developing career?

VISUAL

PATHWAY TO PRACTICE. DEVELOPING PROFESSIONAL SKILLS FOR LANDSCAPE PRACTICE.

A degree from the Department of Landscape Architecture will ensure that you are prepared for your career - whether in Landscape Architecture or another sector. Our methods of assessment are designed to develop resilient students with vital core skills.

The 5 C’s: Core Skills for Landscape Architects TRANSFERABLE SKILLS Communication Collaboration Critical Thinking

WRITTEN

VERBAL

Collaboration TEAMWORK

COMMON GOAL

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

visual, written and verbal communication skills to a professional standard.

Become a valuable team member by learning how to work collaboratively - both with other Landscape Architects and across disciplines.

Learning to use a range of media from computer software

Modules aim to stimulate team working situations likely

to hand-drawing will help you to convey your design

to be encountered in professional practice. In the studio,

ideas. During your time at University you will develop

you will learn to collaborate and share responsibilities

essential writing skills, learning to tailor your proposals

to succeed in your group projects. Multi-disciplinary

to a variety of audiences. Talking through project

projects provide an opportunity to develop these skills

ideas with peers in the studio, as well as frequently

further, while gaining a deeper understanding of the

presenting proposals to external practitioners and staff

perspectives and priorities of others from different

will strengthen your ability to communicate effectively.

disciplines, such as architecture and engineering.

LANDSCAPE SPECIFIC SKILLS Multi-disciplinary sustainable development design charrette.

Core Knowledge

WINNER: Best SURE Dissemination (Non-poster) SHORTLIST: SURE Student Researcher of the Year, Best SURE Dissemination (Non-poster)

Continuous Development

Tutorial session: Presenting to small group.

SSPLIT Research Project, Department of Landscape Architecture, Sheffield U.K. Learning-to-Learn / On-going Resource / Research Project (Post-graduate) 2018-2019

OTHER WORKS

‘Things You Can’t Do in School’ Workshops, Sheffield U.K. Outreach Ambassador 2019

A Bird’s-eye View: New Burial Provision in England and Wales in the 21st Century Research Project (Undergraduate) 2016

‘Unity and Diversity’, Reykjavík Iceland Field Study 2016

09-12.

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How will a Landscape Communication Architecture degree prepare me for my Ensure that your ideas are heard by developing career?

VISUAL

A degree from the Department of Landscape Architecture will ensure that you are prepared for your career - whether in Landscape Architecture or another sector. Our methods of assessment are designed to develop resilient students with vital core skills.

The 5 C’s: Core Skills for Landscape Architects TRANSFERABLE SKILLS

Critical Thinking

VERBAL

TEAMWORK

COMMON GOAL

Critical Thinking

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

PROBLEM SOLVING

TUTORIALS

STUDIO ENVIRONMENT

visual, written and verbal communication skills to a professional standard.

Become a valuable team member by learning how to work collaboratively - both with other Landscape Architects and across disciplines.

Develop your critical thinking by learning how to balance your own ideas, as well as those of your tutors and peers.

Learning to use a range of media from computer software

Modules aim to stimulate team working situations likely

Tutorials with staff and external practitioners present

to hand-drawing will help you to convey your design

to be encountered in professional practice. In the studio,

opportunities for you to receive constructive feedback

ideas. During your time at University you will develop

you will learn to collaborate and share responsibilities

on your projects. In addition, you will be working in a

essential writing skills, learning to tailor your proposals

to succeed in your group projects. Multi-disciplinary

dynamic studio where you can listen to and share ideas

to a variety of audiences. Talking through project

projects provide an opportunity to develop these skills

with your peers. Having this balance of feedback will help

ideas with peers in the studio, as well as frequently

further, while gaining a deeper understanding of the

you to develop your own self-reflection skills, allowing

presenting proposals to external practitioners and staff

perspectives and priorities of others from different

you to be selective and apply the relevant ideas to your

will strengthen your ability to communicate effectively.

disciplines, such as architecture and engineering.

work.

LANDSCAPE SPECIFIC SKILLS

Communication Collaboration

WRITTEN

Collaboration

Multi-disciplinary sustainable development design charrette.

Core Knowledge

Pin-up review with tutor and discussion on project development.

Continuous Development

Tutorial session: Presenting to small group.

What People Say

Core Knowledge

Quotes from Professional Practice

VERBAL

BROAD UNDERSTANDING

LANDSCAPE SYSTEMS

SCALES AND APPLICATIONS

“Critique sessions and presenting are really useful. One of the things we do a lot on the job is convincing clients and other professionals of your idea and vision.”

Learn how to develop solutions for the complex challenges facing both urban and rural environments.

-Landscape Architect (CMLI, MA, BA)

A broad understanding of the profession will be taught by introducing you to a wide range of projects

TUTORIALS

“Visiting professionals bring in somebody who has that real-world experience is so valuable and it does help bring that perspective in to what is a research environment” -Landscape

through your time at University, ranging from city-

Architect (CMLI, MA2)

You will learn about the different natural, social and

scale masterplans, construction details to planting knowledge. This will prepare you for working on the variety of projects you will experience in professional practice.

economic systems that influence landscape architecture

SCALES AND APPLICATIONS

“It’s being able to consider the value of every landscape you’re working with. What’s unique about that place, what needs to be retained and adapted.”

through tutorials, lectures, workshops and field trips, all of which will help develop your ability to create

RESILIENCE

ADAPTABILITY

INDEPENDENT LEARNING

Shape your future career by taking the lead in your personal and academic development.

Our teaching aims to inspire, challenge and develop your curiosity, encouraging you to be an independent learner. Through the course, you will develop the ability to be pro-active with project feedback, apply principles from existing landscapes, and adapt your knowledge to a variety of projects.

Encouraging you to approach tasks and assessments within the course from a professional perspective will prepare you with a toolbox of skills you need to be a resilient individual, equipped for professional practice.

imaginative yet realistic designs.

-Landscape Architect (CMLI, MA2)

BROAD UNDERSTANDING

Continuous Development of Skills

PATHWAY TO PRACTICE. DEVELOPING PROFESSIONAL SKILLS FOR LANDSCAPE PRACTICE.

Visual communication software.

“Landscape being this mediating role at the intersection of different disciplines is more apparent than ever.”

Developing sketching skills on a site visit.

-Landscape Architect (CMLI, MA, BA)

Leaflet for the ‘Pathway To Practice’, for current and prospective students.

SS P L I T R E S E A R C H P R OJ E CT Location

Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Sheffield

Project Type

Research Project

Year

2018-2019

09.

Research Team Laurence Pattacini, Hannah Beard, Jonathan Helm, Kelci Vittachi

P R OJ E CT OV E RV I E W Our research focus in the department at present is related to feedback and assessment. As a professionally accredited course, we wanted to explore and gather evidence to inform students on the value of assessment method and strategies in our department in relation to employability. Testimonies gathered in focus groups of Sheffield alumni, will populate a web-based learning/informative resource explaining the unique skill set and experience acquired while at university.

Roles and Responsibilities: All team members were involved in organising data in key themes through analysis of data, and select we relevant quotes. My specific role was to produce the web-based resource and leaflet for dissemination that were presented in a learning and teaching conference in Belfast, and the University of Sheffield.

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Website screenshots of online resource - for internal use only.

In the attempt to create a unified landscape, the expectation of a focal point is not offered when looking out onto the forecourt.

Sheffield Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE): Interactive ArcMaps Dissemination

Harpa Hall Forecourt

Kringlan Carpark Presenting my research at SURE Exhibition, University of Shef-

‘ T H I N G S Y O U C A N ’ T D O I N S C H O O L’

10.

N E W B U R I A L P R O V I S I O N I N T H E 2 1 ST C .

Location

Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Sheffield

Location

Various, U.K.

Project Type

Outreach Workshop Ambassador

Project Type

Research Project

Year

2019

Year

2016

P R OJ E CT OV E RV I E W

P R OJ E CT OV E RV I E W

11.

WINNER: Best SURE Dissemination (Non-poster) SHORTLIST: SURE Student Researcher of the Year, Best SURE Dissemination (Non-poster) SURE is a competitive research scheme which offers funded scholarships to undergraduate students to complete an independent research project.

The Faculty of Social Sciences Outreach Team run a scheme called ‘Things You Can’t Do At School’, aimed at allowing school children to sample new subjects that aren’t covered in their curriculum.

Landscape designers have the responsibility and privilege to respond to contemporary issues. My project focused on the analysis of new trends that have emerged in burial and cremation provision in England and Wales in the 21st century.

A group of us developed and delivered a session on Landscape Architecture to secondary school students. Their task was to design their own city based on 4 principles of sustainability, either using an existing base map of the Wicker Site in Sheffield, or for the younger students, designing their dream city. The results the students came up with were extremely creative and colourful. It was also particularly encouraging to hear some students talking about climate change and the importance of biodiversity in cities.

This research is a step towards trying to clarify what current burial trends are.

It highlights the lack of any central resource to help guide the planning and development of future burial/cremation provision. However, research also suggests that providers are interested in how cemeteries might address other goals, for example: habitat creation or meadow seed collection. The limitations are that these cemeteries could achieve much more in terms of an environmental agenda if there was a more joined-up approach towards their planning and design.

‘UNITY AND DIVERSITY’ Location

Various locations in Reykjavík, Iceland.

Project Type

Field Study

Year

2016

12.

P R OJ E CT OV E RV I E W In 2016, I had the opportunity to travel to Iceland to research and learn about contemporary landscapes. My field study explores the extent to which the sense of unity and diversity is achieved through textural qualities and visual forms in landscapes.

Unity in a landscape can be achieved through pattern, repetition and geometry, while Diversity can be achieved through organic forms, variation and instance. However, if a landscape is too unified, it may be seen as monotonous. And if a landscape is too diverse, it may be seen as chaotic leaving individuals feeling perplexed.

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