Landscape Architecture Portfolio

2023

PORTFOLIO

Landscape Architecture Portfolio of Selected Works

Lauren Kendon p. 021 086 70414

e. lauren.kendon3@gmail.com

ABOUT ME

I am a third-year undergraduate student studying a bachelor of Architecture majoring in Landscape Architecture at Victoria University of Wellington.

I am passionate about the outdoor environment and aim to create sustainable designs that mitigate the effects of climate change while restoring native ecology and creating a positive human experience, improving health and wellbeing.

I am a reliable and hard-working student with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills.

LAUREN KENDON

Contact:

p. 021 086 70414

e. lauren.kendon3@gmail.com

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Architecture majoring in Landscape

3rd Year Undergraduate Student

Victoria University of Wellington (2021 - Present)

NCEA Levels One, Two and Three

Wellington Girls’ College (2016 - 2020)

ACHIEVEMENTS

2022

Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Dean’s List

2021

Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Dean’s List

2020

Victoria University: Wellington Tangiwai Scholarship

2020

Wellington Girls’ College: Outstanding Service to the College

2020

Gold Duke of Edinborough Award

EXPERIENCE

Design Intern

Wellington City Council (Nov 2022 - Feb 2023)

Key Responsibilities

- Collaborating on projects with other team members

- Chairing meetings

- Liaising with clients about their needs

- Actively researching for developments currently being actioned

- Contributing towards masterplanning developments

PROFICIENCIES

- Photoshop

- Illustrator

- InDesign

- AutoCad

- Rhino

- SketchUp

- Vray

MAKOURA STREAM PARK

Masterton, Waiarapa, New Zealand

3rd Year Bachelor Project 2023

pp. 4-13

MAKOURA STREAM PARK 01.

Masterton, Waiarapa, New Zealand

Introduction:

This project aims to restore Makoura Sream in Masterton, while encouraging people to interact and engage with the stream.

This park is provides a play area for families in the area, using natural play features such as wooden post climbing structures and angled rocks. Stepping stone shortcuts through the planted areas allow people to engage and interact with the plants around the site.

The picnic shelter provides a space for people to enjoy lunch next to the stream, while looking at the eels and picking fruit from the trees.

Support the health of the stream by providing riparian planting to filter the water, and overflow wetlands how help mitigate flooding risks.

HAUROPI

Enhance biodiversity through native planting, creating habitat for aquatic species through riparian planting and birds through restoration planting.

KOTAHITANGA

Create an engaging space that supports the identity and unity of the community while increasing their understanding of the stream history and ecology.

TANGATA WHENUA

Incorperate Maori naratives and values, including Kaitiakitanga, Whanaungatanga, and Wairuatanga.

The primary circulation route is accessible for everyone, including wheelchairs and buggies. The other paths are explorative and allow users to explore the site.

The public seating areas create spaces for communal interaction. The semiprivate areas create opportunities for people to sit in a quieter area.

The structures and open grassy areas create spaces for kids to play and explore the site. The benches have been placed to create sight-lines for parents to watch their kids.

These zones of planting create different environments around the site.

All water around the site is directed to the stream. There are gutters around the paths that help direct the water toward the stream.

Zoom Area

PSCR

CASE

ASOB

CORH

GRLU

COCR

SOMI

HEAR

BETA

COCO

MYSA

PERO

ALEX

COAU

Pseudopanax crassifolius

Carpodetus serratus

Asplenium oblongifolium

Thick-leaved coprosma

Griselinia lucida

Coprosma crassifolia

Sophora microphylla

Hebe arborea

Beilschmiedia tawa

Corokia cotoneaster

Myrsine salicina

Pellaea rotundifolia

Alectryon excelsus

Cordyline australis

Carex comans x Carex testacea

Grass

MISSING LINK 02.

Churchill Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand

Introduction:

This project focuses on the Kaiwharawhara Catchment in Wellington. The headwaters start in the Zealandia eco-sanctuary before the stream runs into the ocean at the bottom of Ngaio Gorge. Restoring this catchment is a key focus for many organisations with strategies including the Sanctuary to Sea Strategy by Zealandia.

The site that this project develops is an area currently not officially accessed by the public. It sits between the north end of Otari Wiltons Bush and Trelissick Park. Currently, it is maintained and restorative planting is undertaken by locals using the stream to navigate down the valley. There is a significant opportunity to introduce tracks to the area and restore the bush to a pre-human state, encouraging birds and other species back into the area.

KAIWHARAWHARA CATCHMENT

Crofton Downs Primary School

Trelissick Park

Kaiwharawhara Stream

Kaiwharawhara catchment

Streams

Parcel boundaries

Central Zones

Broadleaved Indigenous Hardwoods

Exotic Forest

Urban Parkland/Open Space

Gorse and/or Broom

Kaiwharawhara Stream

Schools

Streams Bowen Hospital

Sanctuary to Sea Walkway

Tracks

Main Roads

Buildings (Residential)

5m Contours

Crofton Downs Retirement Village

Central Shops

Johnsonville Train Line

Broadleaved Indigenous Hardwoods

Exotic Forest

Wadestown Primary School

Zealandia

Wilton

Otari

Skyline

Wadestown

Khandallah Bowen Hospital

Retirement Village

Otari Bush

Te Ahumairangi

Wellington Central

Karori

CONNECTION FACILITIES ECOLOGY

Create a link between Otari Wiltons Bush and Trelissick Park with a track network including the Sanctuary to Sea Walkway.

Close proximity to schools and Bowen Hospital create opportunities to educate and improve health and well-being

Restore bush with native planting to provide a habitat for birds and other living organisms.

HYDROLOGY HAZARDS

TOPOGRAPHY

Restore kaiwharawhara stream to support aquatic life and mitigate flooding risks due to increasing extreme weather.

Create safe pedestrian crossings over Churchill Drive and the Johnsonville train line., where the stream is piped.

Navigate the steep topography with carefully designed tracks and slope stability strategies.

HYDROLOGY ECOLOGY COMMUNITY MAORI HISTORY

Support the health of the stream while improving human interaction

Restore bush and provide a habitat for native birds and aquatic species

Create a space that brings people to the site to support community connection

Celebrate the history of the landscape through design influenced by Maori stories

Forest Restoration Lookouts Sculptures

Stepping stones Water features Aquatic Habitat Bird Habitat Slope Stability Picnic areas Te Mara Hupara Riparian Planting Play areas Wharawhara: Astelia banksii Planting

Rain Garden Tree top walkway Rongoa Planting

MISSING LINK

This park provides a link between Otari Wiltons Bush and Trelissick Park. It would take around 20 minutes to walk from one end to the other.

KEY FEATURES

1. Otari Wiltons Bush North Carpark

Includes Play area and Community Garden

2. Footbridge over Churchill Drive

3. New Sanctuary to Sea Walkway

Well-graded, accessible for many

4. Te Mara Hupara Clearing Play/ Picnic Area inspired by Maori naratives

5. Walking Tracks

6. Rongoa Healing Track

Treetop walkway around the hospital, accessible for elderly and disabled. Can be used by patients (when possible), visitors, and rest home patients Uses Rongoa Healing planting and Karakia inscriptions

7. Footbridge over train track

8. Stream confluence

Celebrates Kaiwharawhara pipe exit, fish ladder, and historic tunnel entrance

COMMUNITY SPACES ACCESS AND CIRCULATION REST AREAS AND LOOKOUTS

Kaiwharawhara Stream

Bus Routes Railway

Walking Tracks

Sanctuary to Sea Walkway (STS)

Rongoa Trail

Main Roads

Bus Stops

Car parks

Beginning/ End of New STS

Ciculation around the site is directed by 3 key paths. Sanctuary to Sea Track, Walking tracks and a Rongoa Healing Trail around the hospital.

BRIDGES

Kaiwharawhara Stream Main Road Railway Sanctuary to Sea Walkway Road bridge Train bridge

These bridges increase the safety of the Sanctuary to Sea Walkway. The pattern on the side is inspired by the flow of water from the stream below.

Play area + Community Garden

Te Mara Hupara Clearing Stream Confluence + Pipe Exit

These community spaces will provide key areas that facilitate community interaction and engagement with Kaiwharawhara stream.

Kaiwharawhara Stream Water direction

Riparian

Depressional Wetland

Seepage Wetland

Retention Ponds

Rain Gardens

This design manages all the water that falls on the site. Pathways direct the water to retion areas to slow the filtration into the ground.

Lookouts Benches

Lookouts highlight the key view over the catchment. Benches provide rest spots along the track.

Kaiwharawhara Stream

Riparian Planting

Wetland Planting

Slope Stability Planting

Restoration Planting

Rongoa Healing Planting

The planting zones on around the site are all native and aim to restore the bush with key historic species such as Totara and Rimu, and encourage birds back to the area.

REGIONAL IMPACT

KAIWHARAWHARA CATCHMENT

Zealandia

Otari

Trelissick Park

MAHANGA HISTORIC PARK 03.

Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand

Introduction:

This project focuses on developing and restoring the area that is currently the historic fort balance bunkers in Miramar. The site has a rich history, first being Mahanga Pa, then the site of the war bunkers. Thirdly, houses were built on the site before being removed for cultural reasons.

This project aims to reflect this history through a destination park for people to travel to. There are play features inspired by each step of the landscapes features, as well as open grassy areas for open play. The bunkers provide exploration opportunities and the view down to the ocean are worth the walk up the hill.

Walkway loop with different areas of play features inspired by the rich history of the site: Pa site > War Bunkers > Houses

Bunkers: Provide an exiting opportunity for exploration Open grassy area

SECTION A-A’

KEY FEATURES

1. Play area inspired by Maori Pa forms and natural play

2. Play area inspired by footprint of historic house

3. Child friendly play area inspired by bunker forms

4. Open grassy area with views to the ocean

5. Lookout

6. Wetland Planting

7. Open grassy area

8. Pa inspired terraces on bunkers

The cut and fill is balanced to ensure that the soil remains on the site.

Cut

CUT AND FILL DRAINAGE PLANTING MATERIALS

This design ensures that all the water that falls on the site is directed to a series of wetlands.

Rain Garden Stage 1 drainage (damp tolerant plants)

Bio retenion basin

Direction of water

Open linear drain (side)

Sloped linear drain (width)

Closed linear drain (side)

Piped drain

The planting strategy consists of native planting that can survive in a coastal environment.

All of the materials are natural and blend in with the existing features of the site.

Wood Concrete Gravel Wood chip

Lighting

Apodasmia

Carex testacea

Carex unciniata

Cordyline australis

Coprosma repens

Coprosma propinqua

Gahnia setifolia

Libertia ixioides

Myoporum laetum

Phormium cookianum

Piper excelsum

Podocarpus ferrugineus

Pseudopanax arboreus

Five-finger Tree Hebe

Removed contours

1m proposed contours

0.1 proposed contours

Open linear drain (side)

Closed linear drain (side)

Sloped linear drain (width)

Piped drain

Bio retention basin

Gravel

Wood chip path

Concrete

Planting reinforcement

Wooden decking

Note: All spot levels in meters

PHYSICAL MODELING 04.

Introduction:

This project explored the process of physical modeling from abstracted drawings. The drawings were completed at civic square in Wellington.

During this project I thoroughly explored different techniques and methods, developing an understanding of how different materials can represent forms, and how the same material can create different appearances when using different methods.

The final model used techniques I was unaware of, and technology that will be useful for future models including CNC routing and laser cutting.

DRAWINGS

These drawings were the initial inspiration for the model. They are abstract representations of civic square in wellington during wet weather, depicting both tangible and intangible forms. The mediums used were graphite, charcoal and water colour. The contrast between geometric, clean forms and loose, textural forms, created the initial idea for the physcial model.

CONSTRUCTION

Concrete mold made with laser cut MDF wood.

Supports made with wire poles cut to length.

Pavilion structure constructed with laser cut board and wire.

Model assembled with a strong glue to ensure everything was secure.

Pine wood block cut with CNC router programmed with a rhino model.