Graduate Landscape Architect Portfolio

LAUREN DUTTON

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

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Technical Drawing

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About Me

‘A’ - PLAN VIEW: SECTION OF BOARD WALK LAYING PATTERN WITH EDGING AND BALASTRADES SCALE: 1:50

SECTION ‘B-B’: SECTION THROUGH STEPS SHOWING THE BOARD WALK TRANSECTING THE SHALLOW WETLAND SCALE: 1:50

150MM WIDE FLAT TOP WATERPROOFED PINE BALASTRADE WITH A 20MM GROOVE USE LENGTH SUPPLIED BY Q-DECK

50MM X 50MM STAINLESS STEEL HANDRAIL ATTACHED TO POSTS WITH 50MM FOOTINGS WITH 20MM BOLTS ENSURE A MINIMUN OF 300MM EXTRA AFTER STEPS FINISH 100MM WIDE, 20MM THICK FLAT TOP TIMBER ANTI-SLIP PLUS EDGING ATTACHED TO DECKING BY 40MM STEEL SCREWS

1900MM

PRE-DRILLED GALVANISED STEEL SHOE FITTINGS FIXED TO STEEL POSTS WITH HEAVY DUTY BOLTS ATTACHED POSTS BY SLIDING INTO SHOE FIXTURE AND BOLTING IT IN NB. FOR STEELWORK CONSTRUCTION DETAILS REFER TO RELEVANT ENGINEERS DRAWINGS

250MM C25P PRE-CAST CONCRETE FOOTINGS ATTACHED TO TIMBER STEPS WITH 20MM BOLTS AND 40MM WASHERS

150MM X 32MM CCA TREATED ANTI-SLIP PLUS PINE DECKING ATTACHED TO STRUCTURAL JOIST BY 40MM STEEL SCREWS AND BOLTS CUT TO SPECIFIC LENGTH - REFER TO DRAWING 101

100MM X 100MM STAINLESS STEEL POSTS ATTACHED TO BASE BY L-SHAPED BRACKETS, BOLTS AND WASHERS

1300MM 26.9 M

25MM - 30MM NOSE

NB. FOR DECKING CONSTRUCTION USE ALL NECCESSARY FIXTURES AND FITTINGS SUPPLIED BY MARLEY

Forest School Design Consultation

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C20 AND C7.5 CONCRETE BED POURED ON TOP OF SUBGRADE 160MM RISE

10MM GEOTEXTILE LAYER ATTACHED TO SUBGRADE WITH NAILS AND FILLED WITH SOIL

350MM TREAD 5MM THICK ANTI-SLIP RESIN BOUND GRAVEL INTERGRATED INTO DECKING SEE AD ON DRAWING 101 FOR MORE DETAILS

150MM X 32MM CCA TREATED ANTI-SLIP PLUS PINE DECKING CUT TO SPECIFIC LENGTH - REFER TO DRAWING 101

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150MM X 50MM WATERPROOFED PINE WOOD JOISTS 1200MM

4500MM

7MM STEEL REBAR REINFORCEMENT SET INTO PRE-CAST C25P CONCRETE FOOTINGS

1500MM

‘C’ - ISOMETRIC: ILLUSTRATION OF BOARD WALK INBETWEEN THE TWO PONDS

SECTION ‘D-D’: SECTION THROUGH BOARD WALK TRANSECTING SHALLOW WETLAND SCALE: 1:50

SCALE: 1:25

150MM WIDE FLAT TOP WATERPROOFED PINE BALASTRADE WITH A 20MM GROOVE USE LENGTH SUPPLIED BY Q-DECK HORIZONTAL 5MM STAINLESS STEEL GRADE 316 WIRES AT 25MM INTERVALS THREADED THROUGH EACH POST 150MM X 32MM CCA TREATED ANTI-SLIP PLUS PINE DECKING CUT TO SPECIFIC LENGTH - REFER TO DRAWING 101

Mix of planting to be determined on site.

For more information refer to specification.

Climbers. Planted every 500cm.

1 - Sollya heterophylla, 1 - Trachelospermum jasminoides, 3- Hedera helix ‘White Wonder’

Mix of planting to be determined on site, grading from high to low.

For more information refer to specification.

Shrubs: 3 - Actaea simplex ‘Pritchard’s Giant’, 6 - Allium giganteum, 1 - Buddleja davidii, 1 - Fuchsia magellanica ‘Riccartonii’, 8 - Hosta sum and substance, 10 - Phlox ‘Clouds of Perfume Grasses: 3 - Carex pendula, 6 - Carex siderosticta ‘Shiro’, 1 - Stipa gigantea ‘Gold Fontaene’ Ferns: 5 - Athyrium niponicum var. pictum ‘Ursula’s Red’, 3 - Dryopteris buschiana Herbs: 6 - Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Whitewater Silver’ Sedums: 6 - Hylotelephium ‘Blue Elf’ 4 - Hylotelephium ‘Lime Twister’

20MM BOLTS AND 40MM WASHERS TO ATTACHED SIDE JOISTS TO POSTS

SCALE: VARIOUS PAPER SIZE: A1

250MM X 250MM X 250MM PAD FOUNDATION, ATTACHED TO C25P CONCRETE COLUMN VIA STEEL BASE PLATE

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PRE-DRILLED GALVANISED STEEL SHOE FIXED TO STEEL RSJ GIRDER WITH HEAVY DUTY BOLTS ATTACHED POSTS BY SLIDING INTO SHOE FIXTURE AND BOLTING IT IN

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30MM DENSE RUBBER BEARERS

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C25P PRE-CAST CONCRETE PAD FOUNDATION

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NB. FOR PAD FOUNDATION CONSTRUCTION DETAILS REFER TO STRUCTURAL ENGINEER DRAWINGS

1500MM

750MM

SUBGRADE AND SHALLOW WETLAND ABOVE 750MM

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150MM X 32MM CCA TREATED ANTI-SLIP PLUS PINE DECKING CUT TO SPECIFIC LENGTH - REFER TO DRAWING 101

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305MM X 150MM X 37MM RSJ STEEL GIRDER

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The beauty of a flat roof is that it adds another level Matricaria Recutita to be to a building, a level that can be used for access to seeded or plugs nature and biophilia in an urban setting.

END JOIST AT 1300MM INTERVALS ATTACHED TO SIDE JOISTS WITH STEEL SCREWS

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Proposed Site Development

ANTI-SLIP RESIN BOUND GRAVEL 5MM THICK

350MM

1300MM

Chaumont Garden Design Entry 1 - Populus alba

150MM X 50MM WATERPROOFED PINE WOOD JOISTS. MIDDLE JOIST PERPENDICULAR TO DECKING ATTACHED TO BOTH END JOISTS WITH STEEL HANGERS

NB. FOR STEELWORK CONSTRUCTION DETAILS REFER TO RELEVANT ENGINEERS DRAWINGS

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Mix of planting to be determined on site, grading from high to low.

For more information refer to specification.

Avergae density for herbacious = 10 sqm and for shrubs = 5sqm.

Shrubs: 3 - Actaea simplex ‘Pritchard’s Giant’, 8 - Allium giganteum, 2 - Buddleja davidii, 10 - Brunnera macrophylia ‘Silver Heart’ 4 - Digitalis purpurea ‘Dalmation White’, 2 - Fuchsia magellanica ‘Riccartonii’, 7 - Heuchera ‘Wild Berry’, 10 - Phlox ‘Clouds of Perfume’, 2 - Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Variegatum’ Grasses 4 - Carex pendula, 6 - Carex siderosticta ‘Shiro’, 2 - Stipa gigantea ‘Gold Fontaene’, 6 - Stipa tenuissima Ferns: 8 - Athyrium niponicum var. pictum ‘Ursula’s Red’, 5 - Dryopteris buschiana Herbs 8 - Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Whitewater Silver’ Sedums 10 - Hylotelephium ‘Blue Elf’, 10 - Hylotelephium ‘Firecracker’, 10 - Hylotelephium ‘Lime Twister’, 10 - Hylotelephium ‘Lime Zinger’

100MM X 100MM C20P CONCRETE POSTS ATTACHED TO CONCRETE FOOTING BY STEEL L-SHAPED BRACKETS

50MM WIDE STEEL PFC CROSS BEAM ATTACHED TO RSJ GIRDER AND CONCRETE PAD FOUNDATION

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North Place

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3 Day Biophilia International Immersive Project 16

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400MM 400MM X 150MM C20P CONCRETE FOOTING

NB. FOR BALASTRADE CONSTRUCTION USE ALL NECCESSARY FIXTURES AND FITTINGS SUPPLIED BY Q-DECK

1 - Heuchera ‘Wildberry’

1 - Betula utilis var Jaquemontii ‘Silver Shadow’

Mix of planting to be determined on site, grading from high to low. Avergae density for herbacious = 10 sqm and for shrubs = 5sqm.

For more information refer to specification.

Shrubs: 2 - Actaea simplex ‘Pritchard’s Giant’, 3 - Allium giganteum, 2 - Buddleja davidii, 10 - Brunnera macrophylia ‘Silver Heart’, 8 - Digitalis purpurea, 2 - Fuchsia magellanica ‘Riccartonii’, 6 - Heuchera ‘Wild Berry’, 6 - Hosta sum and substance, 10 - Phlox ‘Clouds of Perfume’, 3 - pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Variegatum’ Grasses: 6 - Carex siderosticta ‘Shiro’, 3 - Stipa gigantea ‘Gold Fontaene’, 5 - Stipa tenuissima Ferns: 7 - Athyrium niponicum var. pictum ‘Ursula’s Red’, 8 - Dryopteris buschiana Herbs: 5- Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Whitewater Silver’ Sedums: 6 - Hylotelephium ‘Firecracker’

60MM X 60MM X 1300MM WATERPROOFED PINE WOOD POSTS AT 1000MM INTERVALS. ATTACHED TO BOARDWALK SUB BASE BY 50MM L SHAPED BRACKETS, HDG BOLT HEADS AND 20MM WASHERS.

100MM WIDE, 20MM THICK FLAT TOP TIMBER ANTI-SLIP PLUS EDGING

Herbs: Mix of planting to be determined on site, grading from high to low. Avergae density 4 - Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Whitewater Silver’ for herbacious = 10 sqm and for shrubs = Sedums: 5sqm.

For more information refer to specification. 5 - Hylotelephium ‘Blue Elf’, 5 - Hylotelephium ‘Lime Zinger’ Shrubs: 3 - Actaea simplex ‘Pritchard’s Giant’, 3 - Buddleja davidii, 10 - Brunnera macrophylia ‘Silver Heart’, 5 - Digitalis purpurea’Dalmation White’, 5 - Digitalis purpurea 2 - Fuchsia magellanica ‘Riccartonii’, 8 - Heuchera ‘Wild Berry’, 9 - Hosta sum and substance, 2 - pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Variegatum’ Grasses: 5 - Carex pendula, 3 - Stipa gigantea ‘Gold Fontaene’, 7 - Stipa tenuissima Ferns: 8 - Athyrium niponicum var. pictum ‘Ursula’s Red’, 7 - Dryopteris buschiana

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Green/ Brownfield Roof Area Glass Window Inaccessible by general public, North Facing, accessible for maintennance. used to connect Used to increase biodiveristy inside to outside Rainwater Harvesting net gain and insect population Supporting Visualisation highlighting Used to store rainwater for use FoodonProduction Mix of planting to beExtra determined site. keys aspects of the proposal Planted every 500cm. in summer months and drough Seculuded, used by public For more information refer to specification. conditions. Collected from and the Co-operative Climbers Mix of planting to be determined on site. green roof above.

4 - Sollya heterophylla, Planted every 500cm.

Glass Balastrades 4 - Trachelospermum jasminoides, Featured Trees For more information refer to specification.

5- Hedera helix ‘White Wonder’ Climbers Allow for extra sun exposure 2 - Sollya heterophylla, and used to ameliorate the 2- Trachelospermum jasminoides, Featured Shrubs area. Topped with metal rail.

2 - Hedera helix ‘White Wonder’ Matricaria Recutita planted around paving

Featured Climbers

LDA Entry

Storage Shed Locked, place to house gardening tools. Used by anyone who has no tools of their own

Scale 1:100 at A3

Food Production Area For use by the public and the Co-operative.

Wooden seating set within production area for inclusitivity

Beige Gravel Paving Permeable, locally sourced, lined with a weed barrier

Raised Planting Beds for ease of use, to increase inclusitivity Ammenity/ biodiverse Lawn Area For recreational and carbon sequestration use. For people who want a picnic area.

BLUR - Visualisation

Public Seating Area Allow for the public to sit within nature and prepare any food produced.

A sustainable, roof farm aimed at increasing educational, recreational, and biophilic facilities for the local community and local business

Sustainable Urban Roof Farm

Green/ Brownfield Roof Area Inaccessible by general public, accessible for maintennance.

Used to increase biodiveristy net gain and insect population

Site: Kingswinford Co-Operative Roof Lauren Dutton

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RHS Long Border Entry 7.01m

Notes: • This drawing is annotated in plants abbreiation, see details in planting

Essay and Report Writing

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Fira landscape internship

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Representing Concepts

Site Analysis

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BA landscape architecture dissertation

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Landscape Architecture Portfolio Lauren Dutton

ABOUT ME As a third year Landscape Architecture student at the University of Gloucestershire, I am always working towards bettering my skills, knowledge and connections so that I can become the best version of myself and to ensure that every project proposal I design, benefits the environment and local community.

Coming from the Black Country (Stourbridge), where I live on the rural urban fringe, it has unconsciously given me a strong interest in blending ‘the green’ into our cities. This interest has increased over the last few months as I have been writing and finishing my dissertation on the sustainable retrofit of urban green infrastructure.

Exploring how you would implement this through both policy and design approaches has boosted my passion for my chosen career.

Place making talk at Design West - March 2022

I will be furthering this passion through a Masters Course at the University of Gloucestershire, where I will learn planning, design and management in more depth.

“Landscape architecture to me is my way of aesthetically rating the locations I have experienced, the more plants the better. Being in nature, whether walking my dog back home or experiencing it through a window in a city, makes me feel content. To put this back into the world via design is one of the main reasons why I wanted to become a Landscape Architect.”

Alongside this, I have interests in becoming a Chartered member of the Landscape Institute and future aspiration of becoming a Project Landscape Architect, engaging with clients and wider industry teams.

Observation sketches of people in Landscape and Nature growing over a building

Furnitecture Concept and Form Development

SKILLS • Hand Rendering • • Knowledge in BIM and the • wider construction industry • • Project Management • • Team Working, leadership and Collaboration • • AutoCAD, Keyscape, • Enscape • • Twin Motion, Sketch Up • • Abode creative cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)

Researching Surveying Conceptual diagramming Written Communication and Public speaking Clientele Engagement Pro-activeness Coppicing, Pollarding, Model making

CONTACT

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PHONE 07909928655

LINKEDIN Lauren Dutton

EMAIL LJDutton01@gmail.com

*Please contact via Email or LinkedIn for CV

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FOREST SCHOOL DESIGN CONSULTATION Cover page for the 18 page ideas plan report highlighting that it is sugestion only.

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A forest school is a highly important aspect consideration. I included the design ideas of teaching and childhood development. from the meeting and expanded on them Through networking, I was asked to help by giving reasoning, analysis, soft and hard prepare a design plan and preliminary material pallets, suggested suppliers of both, response to Netherbrook Primary’s Forest and suggested placements.

School. I viewed and held a consultation As a young adult who hasn’t had a lot of meeting in early January of 2023, where I experience with children and design around surveyed the site and talked through my schools, this bridged the gap and exposed design ideas with the teacher appointed me to concepts that I can apply to other with taking charge of the regeneration. designs, such as the concept of private I then produced an 18 page report in which play and introducing visually closed spaces I presented my research and suggestions, allowing for children to be alone in. whilst including plant brouchers for extra

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CHAUMONT GARDEN DESIGN ENTRY For Chaumont, the brief was to create a garden that focuses on Resilience in regards to the current climate crisis.

Planting mix - workings out

The team and I considered many concepts for our entry. We decided on ‘Harnessing Nature’ as we believe that we as humans must draw influence from and use nature’s systems in order to increase our ability to properly combat climate change and global warming.

In our design we chose to have a one way route through the garden, in which you enter to a white room, that represents humans dictating space. You would then move through to the main part of the garden where nature influences the space. In the center of this section of the garden is a refuge area, where visitors could sit within nature and reflect.

Herbs: Mix of planting to be determined on site, grading from high to low. Avergae density 4 - Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Whitewater Silver’ for herbacious = 10 sqm and for shrubs = Sedums: 5sqm.

For more information refer to specification. 5 - Hylotelephium ‘Blue Elf’, 5 - Hylotelephium ‘Lime Zinger’ Shrubs: 3 - Actaea simplex ‘Pritchard’s Giant’, 3 - Buddleja davidii, 10 - Brunnera macrophylia ‘Silver Heart’, 5 - Digitalis purpurea’Dalmation White’, 5 - Digitalis purpurea 2 - Fuchsia magellanica ‘Riccartonii’, 8 - Heuchera ‘Wild Berry’, 9 - Hosta sum and substance, 2 - pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Variegatum’ Grasses: 5 - Carex pendula, 3 - Stipa gigantea ‘Gold Fontaene’, 7 - Stipa tenuissima Ferns: 8 - Athyrium niponicum var. pictum ‘Ursula’s Red’, 7 - Dryopteris buschiana

Mix of planting to be determined on site.

For more information refer to specification.

Climbers. Planted every 500cm.

1 - Sollya heterophylla, 1 - Trachelospermum jasminoides, 3- Hedera helix ‘White Wonder’

1 - Heuchera ‘Wildberry’ Mix of planting to be determined on site, grading from high to low.

For more information refer to specification.

Shrubs: 3 - Actaea simplex ‘Pritchard’s Giant’, 6 - Allium giganteum, 1 - Buddleja davidii, 1 - Fuchsia magellanica ‘Riccartonii’, 8 - Hosta sum and substance, 10 - Phlox ‘Clouds of Perfume Grasses: 3 - Carex pendula, 6 - Carex siderosticta ‘Shiro’, 1 - Stipa gigantea ‘Gold Fontaene’ Ferns: 5 - Athyrium niponicum var. pictum ‘Ursula’s Red’, 3 - Dryopteris buschiana Herbs: 6 - Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Whitewater Silver’ Sedums: 6 - Hylotelephium ‘Blue Elf’ 4 - Hylotelephium ‘Lime Twister’

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Planting Height- workings out

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For more information refer to specification.

Shrubs: 2 - Actaea simplex ‘Pritchard’s Giant’, 3 - Allium giganteum, 2 - Buddleja davidii, 10 - Brunnera macrophylia ‘Silver Heart’, 8 - Digitalis purpurea, 2 - Fuchsia magellanica ‘Riccartonii’, 6 - Heuchera ‘Wild Berry’, 6 - Hosta sum and substance, 10 - Phlox ‘Clouds of Perfume’, 3 - pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Variegatum’ Grasses: 6 - Carex siderosticta ‘Shiro’, 3 - Stipa gigantea ‘Gold Fontaene’, 5 - Stipa tenuissima Ferns: 7 - Athyrium niponicum var. pictum ‘Ursula’s Red’, 8 - Dryopteris buschiana Herbs: 5- Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Whitewater Silver’ Sedums: 6 - Hylotelephium ‘Firecracker’

Mix of planting to be determined on site, grading from high to low.

For more information refer to specification.

Avergae density for herbacious = 10 sqm and for shrubs = 5sqm.

Shrubs: 3 - Actaea simplex ‘Pritchard’s Giant’, 8 - Allium giganteum, 2 - Buddleja davidii, 10 - Brunnera macrophylia ‘Silver Heart’ 4 - Digitalis purpurea ‘Dalmation White’, 2 - Fuchsia magellanica ‘Riccartonii’, 7 - Heuchera ‘Wild Berry’, 10 - Phlox ‘Clouds of Perfume’, 2 - Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Variegatum’ Grasses 4 - Carex pendula, 6 - Carex siderosticta ‘Shiro’, 2 - Stipa gigantea ‘Gold Fontaene’, 6 - Stipa tenuissima Ferns: 8 - Athyrium niponicum var. pictum ‘Ursula’s Red’, 5 - Dryopteris buschiana Herbs 8 - Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Whitewater Silver’ Sedums 10 - Hylotelephium ‘Blue Elf’, 10 - Hylotelephium ‘Firecracker’, 10 - Hylotelephium ‘Lime Twister’, 10 - Hylotelephium ‘Lime Zinger’

1 - Populus alba

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KEY Matricaria Recutita planted around paving

Featured Climbers

Featured Trees

Featured Shrubs

Mix of planting to be determined on site.

Planted every 500cm.

For more information refer to specification.

Climbers 2 - Sollya heterophylla, 2- Trachelospermum jasminoides, 2 - Hedera helix ‘White Wonder’

Mix of planting to be determined on site.

Planted every 500cm.

For more information refer to specification.

Climbers 4 - Sollya heterophylla, 4 - Trachelospermum jasminoides, 5- Hedera helix ‘White Wonder’

Scale 1:100 at A3

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Accessed through maintennance steps and through building.

to Wordsley, Wall Heath and Stourbridge

LDA BURSARY ENTRY

Existing Fronatge 1960’s build, can be seen as outdated

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Existing Main Entrance to Building Main Road Ramped for inclusive My interpretation of the brief, Forgotten Spaces, is a roof. Back where I am A4101 High Street access Mainfrom, road in toa town called Kingswinford, there is a 1960’s built Co-Operative Supermarket.

Main Roof Area Dudley, with links My design proposal is to create an interactive urban farm, where the public and the company can grow fresh produce and work together Accessed through Wordsley, Usually covered in tar mac and moss to and used Wall hopefully bringing the community closer. maintennance steps a and by maintenance teams only, the mostHeath forgotten through building.

Stourbridge space in all urban environments is the roof.

Incorporating green/brownfield roofs, on the terraces that aren’t accessible, Whether pitched or flat, a roof is seen togave onlyme opportunities to increase biodiversity and insect populations within environment. into loadings and how have one purpose – For Shelter. the urban Existing Fronatge It also allowed me to research Existing Main Entrance to a system like this could 1960’s build, can work. be Building seen as outdated Ramped for inclusive access

Site Photos - August 2022

Sustainable Urban Roof Farm Site: Kingswinford Co-Operative Roof Lauren Dutton

Usually covered in tar mac and moss and used Proposed Site Development

Existing Site Conditions Site Conditions

by maintenance teams only, the most forgotten

The beauty of a flat roof is that it adds another level space in be allused urban environments is the roof. to a building, a level that can for access to nature and biophilia in pitched an urban setting.

Whether or flat, a roof is seen to only

Roof Area Inaccessible and can be used as green/ brownfield roofs

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Glass Window North Facing, used to connect inside to outside

Existing Rear Entrance to Building Ramped for inclusive access

To the east, the Co-Operative building is set on the outskirts of a residential estate

Existing Car Park

Tar Mac surfaced, used by high street shoppers.

Main Road A4101 High Street Main road to Dudley, with links to Wordsley, Wall Heath and Stourbridge

Existing Fronatge 1960’s build, can be seen as outdated

Main Roof Area Accessed through maintennance steps and through building.

Existing Main Entrance to Building Ramped for inclusive access

Usually covered in tar mac and moss and used by maintenance teams only, the most forgotten space in all urban environments is the roof.

Whether pitched or flat, a roof is seen to only have one purpose – For Shelter.

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Rainwater Harvesting Used to store rainwater for use in summer months and drough conditions. Collected from green roof above.

have one purpose – For Shelter.

Green/ Brownfield Roof Area Inaccessible by general public, accessible for maintennance.

Used to increase biodiveristy net gain and insect population

Sustainable Urban Roof Farm Site: Kingswinford Co-Operative Roof Lauren Dutton

Site: Kingswinford Co Lauren Du

Supporting Visualisation highlighting keys aspects of the proposal

Glass Balastrades Allow for extra sun exposure and used to ameliorate the area. Topped with metal rail.

Storage Shed Locked, place to house gardening tools. Used by anyone who has no tools of their own

Existing Red Brick Built Form No render/ cladding.

Singages only on viewed walls

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Extra Food Production Seculuded, used by public and the Co-operative

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Food Production Area For use by the public and the Co-operative.

Wooden seating set within production area for inclusitivity

Beige Gravel Paving Permeable, locally sourced, lined with a weed barrier

Raised Planting Beds for ease of use, to increase inclusitivity Ammenity/ biodiverse Lawn Area For recreational and carbon sequestration use. For people who want a picnic area.

Green/ Brownfield Roof Area Inaccessible by general public, accessible for maintennance.

Used to increase biodiveristy net gain and insect population

Public Seating Area Allow for the public to sit within nature and prepare any food produced.

A sustainable, roof farm aimed at increasing educational, recreational, and biophilic facilities for the local community and local business

Sustainable Urban Roof Farm Site: Kingswinford Co-Operative Roof Lauren Dutton

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RHS - LONG BORDER ENTRY

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Planting PlanShowing the Layout, Quanities - Planting Masterplan and Plant Density 1 X AM

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Height data shown on visualisation Site dimensions = 6.8m x 1.8m (without border) Plants allowed to merge with neighbouring plants and planting sections Overall planting density is 4.6 p/m2

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AG - Ageratum houstonianum ‘Hawaii White’

CE - Cephalocereus seniles

Planting Specification AL - Allium ursinum Detailing quanity, Plant Name andAM Pot Size - Alchemical mollis ‘Ladies Mantle’

In groups of three, we entered RHS’s Long Border competion at Tatton Park in Chester, UK. The brief was to create a border around the word ‘Sensory’.

My group decided on the concept of ‘Blur’ and how people with limited eyesight see the world. In our group, my team member and me are Long and Short sighted and so see the world naturally blurred. This concept stemed from this and from the idea of bringing awareness to how different people percieve the world.

To translate our concept into planting, we chose species that look fluffy and blurred. We also decided to allow the planting to merge into each other and densly plant the border.

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CO - Cortaderia selloana

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Illustration Showing how the planting will look once installed

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PV - Pennisetum villosum ‘White Ladies’

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AS - Asparagus setaceus

CY - Cyperus papyrus

S - Sporobolus airoides

AST - Astilbe ‘Milk and Honey’

D - Dianthus ‘Green Ball / Sweet William’

SB - Stachys byzantina

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REPRESENTING CONCEPTS Through Collaging, concepts can be translated easily for clients and users of the site.

Creating project schemes through ripped magazine collages is one of my favourite ways at representing and translating a design.

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REPRESENTING CONCEPTS

Photoshop collages allow you to find and manipulate your own and internet photos to create more cohesive visualisations.

Being creative, expressive and abstract allowed me to develop a style to these collages.

Communicating ideas through these put together collages, allowed me to truly understand my site and design at a component level.

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SITE ANALYSIS

Site analysis is a skill that has evolved the most throughout my time at University. From printing off the site and overlaying thoughts and analysis on top on tracing paper to creating 2D and 3D renders of initial site experiences.

Case Study Analysis

Year 2 St James’ Square Analysis Evolution

Year 1 St James’ Square Analysis St James’ Square in Cheltenham is essentially a walk through space, where the river is cut off from users and the local community.

The design which followed this analysis, opened this divide and connected the site to the river through sloped accesses and interactive schemes.

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TRANSLATING DESIGN This hedge garden’s design hasn’t changed through its iterations but they way it has been represented has evolved.

It took the evolution of my own skills to translate this design from a quick sketch that was bucket filled to a textured and stylised, hand rendered image to finally, a sketch up based, axonometric.

My choice to add the trees to the central z-shaped hedge to enclose the space more, allowed me to understand shadows better.

Year 1 Drawn Iteration

Quercus Robur 5000mm - 10,000mm (At full maturity)

Recycled Concrete Basin with Phragmites australis 1000mm - 1500mm

Buxus sempervirens hedge 1000mm (At full maturity)

Year 2 Drawn Iteration

Hardwood Timber steps with steel grated risers

Betula pendula 5000mm - 6000mm (At full maturity) Sketch Up Base (of the right render) Using this simple design has helped me to improve and evolve my computer and drawn skills. It has also been a catalyst in making me consider shadows and how light or the dark affect a space’s atmosphere.

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Pleached Carpinus betulus 5000mm - 6000mm (At full maturity)

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PLANTING SEE PLANT SCHEDULE ON PAGE 401 FOR MORE INFORMATION

TECHNICAL DRAWING

300MM WIDE C20P CONCRETE SUBBASE POURED OVER SURPLUS PIPE

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1500MM HIGH PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS PLANTED AT 800MM 1300MM INTERVALS SHOWN AT GROWTH MATURITY SEE PAGE 401 FOR PLANT SPECIFICATION

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Barnwood Park and Arboretum Technical Drawings: NB. FOR PLANTING INFROMATION REFER TO PLANT SCHEDULE ON DRAWING 401

25.2M 24M WATER LEVEL

Soft Construction details

190MM

General arrangement Plan ‘G’ : ISOMETRIC OF SECTION OF TREE PIT WITHIN A BOARD WALK SCALE 1:25

SPECIFICATION KEY

AD Marley Anti-slip Timber Decking Marley® FSC Antislip Plus softwood (Pine) Supplied in 2400-4800mm lengths x150mm x 32mm to be cut to size and fixed using all the neccessary fixtures and fittings. Laid in Construction on landattached to 150mm x 47mm CCA timber joists and bollards.

Construction over water/ hillslope - timber body and 150mmx50mm bollards fitted to 200mm x 200mm c20 concrete pad foundation * see page 501 for full construction details

BB Timber Backed Benches Furnitubes® RSC RailRoad delta inline seating.

Softwood (pine or cedar) seating and backing joined by cast iron frames. 2500mm - 3000mm length x 1000mm 1500mm width and 450mm height.

Fixting on subgrade - either a c20 concrete pad footing or free standing * Furnitube can be adapted to specific requirements

BH WBC Beehive Handspring Design Ltd® or a community project with local schools 1800mm - 2000mm length x 1000mm - 1500mm wigth x 500mm height Fixture on ground c20P concrete base or free standing * Will need to provide materials to schools

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Nosing 100mm - rise 250mm 300mm high - tread 300mm wide *For more information see drawing 501

BU Bug Hotel Handspring design Ltd® or a community project with local schools Softwood 1800mm x 1000mm width x 500mm height Free standing so that bugs can easily access

ES Education Signs Fitzpatrick Woolmer Musketeer® interpretation lecterns 3000mm x 1500mm Slanted visards where information is covered in clear perspex.

G Terram Geocells Terram® soil embankment retention application, easily planted Fixed onto subgrade with nails. should be fitted to water treament swale embankments and pond side embankments. *For more information see drawing 502

LB Litter bins All Urban Ltd LAB23 Eight Wood, steel bin 500mm 900mm diameter x 1000mm height Fixed onto ground by hidden steel anchors joined to a c20 P concrete foundation *can be bespokely made and turned into bins with multiple sections for recycling and food waste

Stainless steel illuminated PS Bollard lights AUTOPA® Limited 90 PLAN VIEW: SECTION OF BOARD WALK LAYING PATTERN ANDSet BALASTRADES 150mm diameter xWITH 500mmEDGING Picinic height AUTOPA GFC 9000i SCALE: 1:50 Benchmark design Ltd stainless steel bollards fitted campus co-ordinated with low engergy LED lamp. seating and tables. 2500mm Fixed on land by hidden - 3000mm length x 1000mm steel ground anchor set in 1500mm width and 760mm c20 P concrete foundation. height for the table and 2500mm - 3000mm length x 500mm - 1000mm width x BS 450mm height for the seats

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‘H-H’ : SECTION OF TREE PIT O SCALE 1:50

and sand layer. Pathways at maximumn of 4000mm wide. *found only on the area surrounding the shallow wetland area

SB SOFTWOOD BOARDWALK SURROUNDING TREE PIT FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE DRAWING 501

Stainless steel balastrades James price blacksmith Ltd® 6000mm length x 300mm wide x 1700mm height. set into c20P concrete foundations 600mm deep. start and end of rail should be 500mm away from start and end of steps. *For more information see drawing 501

12,000MM HIGH X 5000MM WDIE CANPOY BETULA PENDULA SHOWN AT FULL GROWTH SEE DRAWING 401 FOR PLANT SPECIFICATION

600MM HIGH TREE PIT OPEN BOTTOM FOR ROOTS TO GROW INTO SUBGRADE 1000MM LENGTH X 200MM WIDE X 400MM HEIGH PLANKS SOFTWOOD TIMBER WALL

TE Timber Edging Boards Kinley systems Ltd® Verge heavy duty timber edging 400mm wide and should run along the board walk from being set in the ground to flying over it. Supplied in 1800mm x 400mm lengths and joined to decking sub base with nails and brackets. *For more information see drawing 501

1000MM

Timber ramp Marley® FSC Antislip Plus softwood (Pine) Supplied in 2400-4800mm lengths x150mm x 32mm to be cut to size and fixed using all the neccessary fixtures and fittings. Joints should be smooth to avoid risks of falling. Laying pattern should follow the gradient with antislip resin gravel laid horiztonally on the ramp.

Ramp at 1:20 gradient and set into ground with c20 P concrete foundations

TREE ROOT BALL - SHOWN AT GROWTH CAPACITY FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE DRAWING 401 1000MM LONG TREE SUPPORT WIRES LOOSLY PLACED AROUND GROWING TREE ATTACHED TO SUPPORT POSTS

BY IRON NAILS

40MM X 40MM X 1200MM SOFTWOOD SUPPORT POSTS HAMMERED INTO GROUND AND TSRAPPED TO TREE

Hard Construction details

WB Wire and Timber Balastrades Q-Deck® Plus Contemporary ready made decking balustrades (softwood timber- pine wood) Supplied in 1800mm wide sections as standard and come pre-treated with Tanalith E Extra preservative for enhanced water repellant properties. Fixed to decking sub base via L-brackets and iron nails. *For more information see drawing 501

Woodscape Ltd® Bespoke RP 150MM WIDE FLAT TOP WATERPROOFED PINE BALASTRADE WITH A 20MM GROOVE Antislip timber steps 4000mm length x USE- 4500mm LENGTH SUPPLIED

BY Q-DECK 4000mm width and 1000 Resin gravel Porous surfaces height Addagrip Terraco Ltd® Same material as decking scandinavian bronze 6mm provided by Marley (Antislip blend Plus) Set on top of a geotextile

SECTION ‘B-B’: SECTION THROUGH STEPS SHOWING THE BOARD WALK TRANSECTING THE SHALLOW WETLAND SCALE: 1:50

50MM X 50MM STAINLESS STEEL HANDRAIL ATTACHED TO POSTS WITH 50MM FOOTINGS WITH 20MM BOLTS ENSURE A MINIMUN OF 300MM EXTRA AFTER STEPS FINISH

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100MM WIDE, 20MM THICK FLAT TOP TIMBER ANTI-SLIP PLUS EDGING ATTACHED TO DECKING BY 40MM STEEL SCREWS

1900MM

* SEE 501 & 502 FOR RELATING CONSTRCUTION DETAILS * SEE 401 FOR PLANTING PLAN AND SPECIFCATION

250MM C25P PRE-CAST CONCRETE FOOTINGS ATTACHED TO TIMBER STEPS WITH 20MM BOLTS AND 40MM WASHERS

150MM X 32MM CCA TREATED ANTI-SLIP PLUS PINE DECKING

ATTACHED TO STRUCTURAL JOIST BY 40MM STEEL SCREWS AND For this design, I added a floating board walk with accessible BOLTSramps CUT TO SPECIFIC LENGTH - REFER TO DRAWING 101 and steps, so that everyone who visits can experience. I integrated the contours into the design and utilised them to create views within the site.

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EXCAVATED SOIL REPURPOSED WITH TREE NUTRIETS PUT IN

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PRE-DRILLED GALVANISED STEEL SHOE FITTINGS FIXED TO STEEL POSTS WITH HEAVY DUTY BOLTS ATTACHED POSTS BY SLIDING INTO SHOE FIXTURE AND BOLTING IT IN NB. FOR STEELWORK CONSTRUCTION DETAILS REFER TO RELEVANT ENGINEERS DRAWINGS

1300MM 26.9 M

25MM - 30MM NOSE

NB. FOR DECKING CONSTRUCTION USE ALL NECCESSARY FIXTURES AND FITTINGS SUPPLIED BY MARLEY

C20 AND C7.5 CONCRETE BED POURED ON TOP OF SUBGRADE 160MM RISE

From the cut and fill ponds, I added mounds to the surrounding 5MM THICK ANTI-SLIP RESIN BOUND GRAVEL INTERGRATEDThis INTO DECKING embankments to create phytoremediation swales to filter runoff.

SEE AD ON DRAWING 101 FOR MORE DETAILS then allowed me to add into feature bridges to connect the site to the surrounding residential area.

100MM X 100MM STAINLESS STEEL POSTS ATTACHED TO BASE BY L-SHAPED BRACKETS, BOLTS AND WASHERS

10MM GEOTEXTILE LAYER ATTACHED TO SUBGRADE WITH NAILS AND FILLED WITH SOIL

350MM TREAD 25.9 M

150MM X 32MM CCA TREATED ANTI-SLIP PLUS PINE DECKING CUT TO SPECIFIC LENGTH - REFER TO DRAWING 101 150MM X 50MM WATERPROOFED PINE WOOD JOISTS

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‘C’ - ISOMETRIC: ILLUSTRATION OF BOARD WALK INBETWEEN THE TWO PONDS SCALE: 1:25

150MM WIDE FLAT TOP WATERPROOFED PINE BALASTRADE WITH A 20MM GROOVE USE LENGTH SUPPLIED BY Q-DECK

7MM STEEL REBAR REINFORCEMENT SET INTO PRE-CAST C25P CONCRETE Landscape Architecture Portfolio FOOTINGS

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SECTION ‘D-D’: SECTION THROUGH BOARD WALK TRANSECTING SHALLOW WETLAND SCALE: 1:50

TECHNICAL DRAWING

University of Gloucestershire Park Campus Technical Drawings:

Matrix Planting Plan

Earthworks Plan KEY

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Shrubs (40%) - Prunus laurocerasus (20%) - Cornus alba (20%)

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Mix of tree, shrub and fern planting in a 2.5 x 2.5 meter matrix (5m²), spaced at every 2m but each group species is randomly planted

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- Nurse species to be removed 5 years after planting - Mix density = 0.25/sqm - Spaces in matrix left for growth - Symbols show plant group - Specifc plant species to be planted ramdomly on site

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Standard Trees - 44% - Alnus glutinosa (22%) - Juniperus communis (22%)

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TION SEC B-B

- Listed in alphabetical order - Grouped into deciduous and everygreen - Tree stock specification listed by height in meters, root condition, staked or guyed - Shrub and Fern stock specification listed by heigh in meters, root conditon - Nurserys used: Wyvale and Coblands TREES QUANTITY

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SHRUBS

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40-60, bare root,

425mm deep

Habitat Survey

Deciduous

Deciduous 370

Cornus alba

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Acer campestre

150-175, bare root, double staked

1.5m diameter x 750mm deep

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Acer davidii

8-10, bare root, double staked

900mm diameter x 600mm deep

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Alnus glutinosa

150-175, bare root, double staked

1.5m diameter x 750mm deep

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Prunus laurocerasus

60-80, bare root

450mm deep

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Betual pendula

150-175, bare root, double staked

900mm diameter x 600mm deep

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Viburnum davidii

5L container

450mm deep

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Populus tremula

150-175, bare root, double staked

1.5m diameter x 750mm deep

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Quercus robur

175-200, bare root, double staked

1.5m diameter x 750mm deep

100-125, 10L container, spiral guard

900mm diameter x 600mm deep

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CLIENT: JAMIE lIVERSEDGE UNIVERISTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE SCALE: DATE: 1:500 11/12/2022

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Ilex aquiflora

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Juniperus communis

40-60, 3L container, spiral guard

900mm diameter x 600mm deep

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Taxus bacarta

40-60, 3L container, double staked

900mm diameter x 600mm deep

PLANTING PLAN SITE: PARK CAMPUS, UNIVERISTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE The Park, Cheltenham GL50 2RH

QUANTITY

LATIN NAME/ TYPE

NURSERY STOCK SPEC

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LJD LANDSCAPE STUDIOS LAUREN DUTTON

2L container

400mm deep

26 SWINDON ROAD CHELTENHAM GL50 4ER

Deciduous 721

Athyrium filix femina

DRAWING NO’: 113

TELEPHONE: 0242 53294

For the design, we had to add two retention ponds and two mounds to allow for run off. This required a cut and fill procedure and a rework of contours. We also had to fill out a habitat survey and sort out a matrix planting plan for a woodland buffer.

The planting matrix included native woodland and shrub planting to increase biodiveristy and sustainability. This will also suit the context of Park Campus and Cheltenham.

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NORTH PLACE

Barbican Conservatory’s Rain Room exhibition

Photo of Model made by me at 1:500 scale

North Place car park in Cheltenham has been described as a Tabular Rasa, a space that is a clean slate, ready for development.

Our brief detailed a list of components to feature in our design: 24,000 sqm of live work space, an amphitheatre, 800 car parking spaces with 100 for electric cars and bicycle storage.

My idea was to connect the space through a rain channel, where rainwater and grey water would be run through a cycle that allowed for everyone to experience rain without getting wet. This was influenced by the Barbican Conservatory’s Rain Room exhibition and used as a catalyst to draw people in.

Concept masterplan

Early Visualisation of Rain Channel

Visualisation of proposed views in the western side of the site

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Final Masterplan - fully annotated 1:500 at A1

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NORTH PLACE

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3 DAY INTERNATIONAL IMMERSIVE PROJECTS In October and March 2022 and 2023, the university set up a three day charrette project where all years from construction based courses could attend. We learnt about biophilic design approaches, re-wilding and how to integrate it in a sustainable way.

3rd Year Immersive Project: Rewilding For This project, the site was the HoneyBourne Line in Cheltenham and we spilt into three group to tackle either low, moderate or intense rewilding approaches. I was in the ‘Moderate’ group where we had to balance ‘wilding’ with societal use.

2nd Year Immersive Project: Biophilia The site was Boots Corner in Cheltenham and it is set within the central area of the high street. Hundreds of people flow through it everyday but only a few stop to eat, chill and use it as a meeting space.

Yar 2 Design Iterations

Year 3 Design Iterations

3/4/2022

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The final design and images from the day

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ESSAY WRITING Year 1 Essay Title:

Year 2 Essay Title:

What are the Design Influences of the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut?

What Coastal Soft Engineering Strategies could be implemented in the UK that would promote Eco and Socio-economic Sustainability?

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An image to show how the gardens of the Temple of Hatshepsut could have looked.

An image to show how soft engineering strategies could look like.

This drawing is my interpretation of what the temple’s gardens could have looked like in regards to the research I collated and the positioning of the drawing. There would be a lot of ‘sanctuary space’ for prayer and shade for respite.

This quick Photoshop collage is my interpretation of what coastlines could look like in regards to the research I collated and analysis of case studies. The sand dunes evolving into their carrying capacity.

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FIRA LANDSCAPE INTERNSHIP In the summer of 2022, I undertook a two week summer work experience placement with Fira Landscape.

Within the first week, I was tasked to look at the site of St Barnabas’ church in Erdington, Birmingham. The site had started to decline as the graves were tightly packed and as they were built from the early 1800’s to the mid 1900’s, they had started to subside. The client wanted to backfill them and create an accessible site where people can come and use it area. They also wanted the site to still be for memory and link to the past to honour the graves below.

St Barnabas Concept and Visualisations

My design is to the left and on the next page, the concept is how DNA connects us. I chose to translate this into the design by the intertwining, central pathway and by regenerating the graves stones as paving stones.

Another task that I helped with was the updating of RDD for a planting project.

This is where I learned more about the plants and they’re preferred conditions. I had to research into the preferred soil, sun, shade conditions and the flowering season of 14 trees and 35 shrubs.

QR Codes for Enscape 360 viewpoints

Planting RDD

T R E E S

Acer Campestre ‘Streetwise’ Foliage Autumn

Winter

Spring

Amelanchier Lamarckii Flowers Summer

Acer Campestre ‘Streetwise’ Autumn

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Betula Utilis ‘Jacquemontii’ Foliage

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Amelanchier Lamarckii Summer

Autumn

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Cercis Canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’ Flowers

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Betula Utilis ‘Jacquemontii’

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Cercis Canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’ Autumn

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St Barnabas Final Design - fully annotated Scale: 1:500 @ A1

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FIRA LANDSCAPE INTERNSHIP

Enscape 360 viewpoints on previous page

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BA LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE DISSERTATION Extracted from the Introduction to my Dissertation Topic and Aims: The topic explored is Urban Greening and Green Infrastructure (GI) and how Landscape Architects can sustainably retrofit space to include more of these in cities. The dissertation also covers the ecosystem services that benefit the area surrounding the infrastructure investigating the term ‘Urban Greening,’ the benefits and sustainable retrofit. To facilitate this, research was required to explore and analyse the definitions, history, relevant policies, implementation approaches and modern understandings; plus identify recently retrofitted schemes, through a case study, which expresses the research found.

Purpose: With the Climate Crisis worsening, provisions for sustainability and the introduction of new policy/approaches, that understand the value of Urban Green Space (UGS), are increasing. The Government, construction industry especially Landscape Architects, and other bodies all recognise the impact people are having on the planet and understand that the urban environment, constructed mostly in the 1960’s, cannot further support the population. These professionals also understand that GI is essential to the success of cities. With this knowledge the dissertation’s purpose is to investigate Urban Greening; exploring and analysing sustainable retrofit approaches that Landscape Architects can use in towns and cities.

Bound version of my Dissertation: Extracted from my post on LinkedIn. “As preparation for further studies and employment (and for my own interest), I decided to bind my dissertation. It now opens like a book with only the front cover being on a separate page.”

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