Landscape Portfolio 2022-2024

portfolio.

Rucha Nalawade Master in Landscape Architecture (MLA)

Landscape Portolio 2022-2024

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Selected Work 2022 - 2024

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Break-art!

Park of Change

un-’TAME’-d

Chiroptera in the City.

Techniques and software: Hand-drawn plans, section, sketches.

Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign

Techniques and software: Hand-drawn plans, section, sketches.

Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Sketch-Up V-Ray Twin-Motion

Techniques and software: Hand-drawn plans, section, sketches, Collage.

Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Rhino Sketch-Up V-Ray Twin-Motion

Techniques and software: Hand-drawn plans, section, sketches, Collage.

Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Rhino Sketch-Up V-Ray Twin-Motion

01. Break-art!

MLA Year 1 Project Brief: To create a spill-out space for Manchester Craft and Design Center which can be used by local artists and people alike to collaborate, inspire and explore art in their own way.

PLAN

02. Park of Change MLA Year 1 Project Brief: Reuse Parking space to create landscape catering to specific charity needs using soft landscapes and creating a safe-space according to the needs of the charity.

Charity: Greater Manchester Youth Network.

PLAN

DETAIL PLAN

DETAIL PLAN

RENDERED VIEW Deck over the river.

SECTION A-A’

SECTION A-A’

03. un-’TAME’-d MLA Year 1

Awarded Best Landscape Portfolio in MLA 1 2022 - 2023 Project brief: To create an alterntive social and interactive space for people living in Stockport. The purpose was to create more housing opportunities and a central node with sustainable development.

Local Access Analysis

Proposal

The main idea of the project was to create a central node for the city of Stockport, a hub for new and upcoming industry of Tech and Art. By analysing the site, identifying existing pathways and desired lines, led to a series of design development plans which then led to the proposal of creating commercial, recreational and residential spaces.

Connectivity, Inclusivity, Community and Nature were the main key features of the landscape proposal. Sustainable and climate resilient strategies were the main pillars of the design.

Design Development

Play Area

Wildflower Meadow

Pathway

Play Area

Sensory Garden

Road

Planting

Community Space

Sensory garden

Section A-A: Section through Community Space and Gardens

Key Plan

A

A

Scale Bar Wildflower Meadow

PLAN

Section

Central Space

Road

Viewing Deck

Spillover space

Road

Pathway

Lawn area

Existing Contours

Section B-B: Section through viewing deck (Scale 1:500)

Red Pathway

Calm Space

Viewing Deck

Pathway

C

Key Plan

C Existing Contours

Pathway Slope

Central Area

Section C-C: Section through red pathway (Scale 1:500)

Detail Plan

Pathway

Calm Area

Existing Contours

Scale Bar

B

B

Sensory Garden-Rendered Plan

Red Pathway

Planting Bed

View

Gravel Path

Planting Bed

View

View

Gravel Path

Planting Bed

3D Model

04. Chiroptera in the City MLA Year 2 Atelier SKN: Some Kind Of Nature Project brief: Creating landscapes catering to chosen non-human species, i.e. Bats, in an urban environment to create a climate resilient, sustainable eco-system to create habitats.

STAKEHOLDER Main Stakeholder: bats

Cemetary

Protecting Existing

Strategies

SuDS for floods Habitat Creation Chorlton Water Park

River Corridors

Green and Blue Corridors

Flood Management

Benefactors

Threats Non-Human Green Corridors Wythenshawe park

CHANGED BAT POLICY Existing Policy

Habitats

Foraging

Roosting

Commuting

Flowering Plants Green Walls/ Roof

Bat Boxes

Linear Corridors

Habitat creation

Bat Yearly Cycle

Territory Strategies

Human

Flying Heights Required Policy

This project aims to develop strategies for conserving Chiroptera species (bats) in Manchester amidst urbanization.

It involves assessing the status of bats, identifying key threats posed by urban development, and proposing innovative design approaches to protect bat habitats.

Woodlands

Required Habitats

Wetlands

Grasslands

The project will engage different policies and stakeholders, create outreach material, and would deliver a comprehensive plan to enhance bat habitats with necessary policy change.

The project approach emphasizes habitat enhancement and creation of interconnected areas to support bats, promoting biodiversity and sustainability within the urban ecosystem.

Restructured Policy

Natural

Habitats

Sites

Restoring the Eco-system

Rural

Habitats

Urban

Sites

Natural Pest control

Habitats

Co-exist

Sites

31.0

m

Legend

B

Wet Woodlands Level 2 trees Wet Woodlands Level 3 trees Wet Woodlands Level 1 trees

Woodlands Level 3 trees

m 32.0

Woodlands scrubs A

Woodlands Level 1 trees Woodlands Level 2 trees 36 m 35 m 34 m 33 m 32 m 31 m 30 m

Existing Pathway

36 m 35 m 34 m 33 m 32 m 31 m 30 m

Brook

33.0

m

Wildflower Meadows

Woodlands

Forest floor

Pathways

Grasslands

Pathway

Pond

Suspended deck

Wetlands

Wet Woodlands

Existing Brook Woodlands

Section A-A’ (Scale 1:500)

34.0

m

33 m 32 m 31 m 30 m 29 m 28 m 27 m

35.0 m

Existing Brook Woodlands A

Section B-B’ (Scale 1:500) B

PLAN

0 12.5

25

50

100m

SECTION

33 m 32 m 31 m 30 m 29 m 28 m 27 m

Wet Woodlands

Pond

Pond

Pond

Pond

Woodland

Grasslands

Log Pile

Bat Roost location

Hibernarium

BAT ROOST DESIGN- USING TIMBER OR DEAD WOOD

MODIFIED STAKEHOLDER MAP

BAT ROOST LOCATION

While creating habitats for bats, many features of the design proposal were beneficial to other non-human species such as ponds and wetlands for amphibians, reptiles and birds or wildflower planting beneficial to many invertebrates and plant species alike. The project developed into a complex ecosystem catering to non-humans with accessibility to humans to experience the world of non-humans.

BENEFITS TO NON-HUMANS

thank you.

Rucha Nalawade email: rucha.j.nalawade@stu.mmu.ac.uk