Sarah Marsh
Landscape Architecture Portfolio
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SARAH MARSH
Landscape Architecture Graduate
EXPERIENCE
July 2023: Part of a small team that designed and built a Long Border for the RHS Tatton show. Awarded a Sliver Gilt medal.
June 2022: Voluntary work in marine and wildlife conservation in Sri Lanka.
Jan – Mar 2020: Travelled around New Zealand, Singapore and Southeast Asia.
July 2018: Charity Trip to Uganda, teaching AutoCAD Inventor to teachers & students at a school to enable them to use these skills to teach others.
June 2014: Charity trip to Romania, working with local people in an orphanage.
I am Landscape Architecture graduate (July 2023) from the University of Gloucestershire. Landscape Architecture allows me to channel my interests in design, architecture, nature and environmental issues. In particular I am interested in the opportunity to use design to make a positive impact on lives and society.
WORK
2019 - Date: Customer Services roles in a number of establishments including Waitrose and various cafés.
July 2022: Land Studio, Landscape Architects, Chester, work experience internship.
Dec 2018: David Coles Architect, work experience internship.
EDUCATION
2020 - 23 University of Gloucestershire: Landscape Architecture BA (Hons), Second Class Honours (1st Division)
2018 -19 University of Brighton: Architecture BA (Hons) Full Time, semester 1
2012 -18 St David’s College (Llandudno): A levels in Design Technology (A), Geography (B), English Literature (C)
INTERESTS
Interests include nature and being outdoors which led me to achieving my Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award in 2022.
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Productive Alney Concept and Sketch Design Humble Suckers Furnitecture and Masterplan Development Humble Suckers Masterplan and Site Section Humble Suckers Visualisations Sunset Place Concept Sunset Place Masterplan Development Sunset Place Site Section and Visualisations Sunset Place Site Section and Design Layers Sunset Place Visualisations Re-Routed Site Analysis and Concept Re-Routed Masterplan and Visualisations The Edge of the Anthropocene Chaumont Garden Competition Staying in Touch with the Garden RHS Long Border Competition Staying in Touch with the Garden Design to Build Barnwood Park Construction Details Woodhatch Place Comprehensive Technical project portfolio Dissertation and Essay Sketches CONTENTS 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 02
PRODUCTIVE ALNEY Concept and Sketch Design
LOCATION:
Alney Island lies on the west of the historic city centre of Gloucester, it is part of the flood plain of the River Severn.
BRIEF:
To undertake a feasibility study which will inform the design process and provide you with an opportunity to recognise the potential the site has and to create a sketch design for an innovative proposal for the future use and transformation of Alney Island.
DESIGN PROCESS:
My vision for Alney Island was to transform it into a productive park which focuses on environmental and community health issues. The focus was urban agriculture to create spaces where people can learn about growing organically. Alney Island strongly identifies with being productive, from hosting agricultural shows to having cattle grazing on the land. My concept took abandoned features on the site and re-purposed them so food can be produced and community engagement can take place.
Extendible Walkways
Protruding onto the river.
The Glass Dome Central landmark of the site.
Bridges
To create better connectivity on the site.
Raised Community
Gardens
Allows for protection against flooding.
Agricultural Hub
Using the structure of the bridge (A417) would turn an otherwise unused space into a food producing hub, with runoff water from the road being cleaned and reused as an irrigation system for the plants.
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HUMBLE SUCKERS
Furnitecture and Masterplan Development
LOCATION:
Castlemeads is situated on Alney Island, recognised as a key site on the edge of the city with the potential to draw the city and the countryside closer together and to enhance the fabric and the vitality of Gloucester.
BRIEF:
You are required to design funitecture that captures the underlying spirit of your design meaning and its significance to Gloucester. Using this foundation develop a design for Castlemeads which provide a highly personalized design response that continues to investigate and capture place and deeper meaning.
DESIGN PROCESS:
My furnitecture design was inspired by lampreys caught on the castle weirs. Lampreys were a great delicacy and a lamprey pie was presented annually by the City of Gloucester to the sovereign until 1836. Since then lampreys have suffered a dramatic decline and are now rare in the UK. The bench design focused around producing food and highlighting the importance of our natural environment and protecting our ecosystems. 1. Focused on a landscape which showcases the production of food. Looking to develop a deeper meaning I researched more about the lamprey’s life, this started to feed into my masterplan more as shown in images 2 and 3.
Masterplan - First Draft
This design focused on a productive park creating a landscape which unravels representing the different stages of the food production cycle.
CONCEPTUAL MASTERPLAN DEVELOPMENT
Masterplan - Second Draft
Design which focusses on the Lampreys life cycle, from larvae to their migration to the sea
LAMPREY FURNITECTURE
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Covered Seating Area.
Informal Open Seating. Growing Domes.
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HUMBLE SUCKERS
Masterplan and Site Section
DESIGN PROCESS:
These images show my finished design for Castlemeads. The main concept of my design is the Lamprey, a blood sucking parasite which may at first glance seem like something from a horror story but these fish evolved almost 200 years before the dinosaurs and have survived three mass extinctions, they are key species in their native waters such as the UK. Today human impact is threatening all species of lamprey in the UK with pollution and habitat loss/degradation being their biggest threats. Spawning sites require good quality water and many sites have been negatively impacted by human interaction. The river and the sea lamprey both travel from the sea to freshwater to spawn but this can be impeded by manmade objects such as weirs. The lamprey is a protected species and the concept of this design focuses on the river’s lampreys (Lamprey fluviatilis) in particular its form and life cycle. The sharp juxtaposition of straight lines contrasts the man-made environment with more wild, natural habitats. It shows that if we consider ecosystems as whole we can live in harmony with nature. Many aspects of our lives are becoming more homogeneous whereas nature is spontaneous, fluid and always evolving. This landscape creation attempts to use the lamprey’s life cycle to showcase everything that nature can provide.
MATERIALITY
INDEX
RAISED BOARDWALK - Made from reclaimed oak from old piers and jetties.
CONCRETE STEPS - Recycled from construction waste.
PERMEABLE PAVING.
CLAY PAVING.
WOODEN BRIDGES - Made from reclaimed oak.
MAZE - Grey concrete made from recycled construction waste.
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NTS + approx 1:500
SCALE
Car park and bike shed. Raised boardwalk.
Zone Four Wildlife pond with aquatic planting.
Zone Three. Food production. Zone Two Play and exploration.
Zone One. Floodable play spaces.
HUMBLE SUCKERS
Visualisations
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1. Zone one represents the river lamprey spawning grounds.
2. Zone two represents when the lamprey undertakes metamorphosis and forms its signature sucker mouth.
3. Zone three represents the lamprey’s freeswimming stage as it migrates down to the sea.
4. Zone four represents the River Lamprey’s life spent in the sea.
5. Zone five represents the river Lamprey’s migration back up the river. These zone represent the Lampreys life cycle and create an Eco park which showcase ways human can work with the environment from growing zones to hydrology strategy’s.
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2. Winter Summer 3. 4. 5.
Winter
SUNSET PLACE Concept
BIOPHILIC FRAMING VIEWS
MANIPULATING SUNLIGHT DAPPLED FOREST DESIRE LINES
LOCATION:
North Place is a car park situated in the northeast quadrant of Cheltenham.
BRIEF:
Design a cultural and creative quarter that provides a transformation and an appropriate contemporary biophilic response.
DESIGN PROCESS:
I started by experimenting with different forms to create connections. North Place is situated between Pittville Park and Montpellier and the vision for the site was to create a green corridor using one main structure. This structure would allow for flow throughout the site while simultaneously creating places where people want to spend time. The design process was carried out with the vision of transporting people by using the layout of the buildings and different levels to create a sheltered site that is constantly changing. One of the main components of the design was to immerse the site in nature, using structures to manipulate the sunlight to create space that felt calm and secluded from the roads that surround it and to connect people to place.
CONCEPT MODEL
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SUNSET PLACE
Masterplan Development
Creative Workspaces
Small businesses, restaurants, cafés, shops etc. with living studios.
INSPIRATION
Raised Walkway
Wooden slatted to allow for dappled light. Ramps up and connects to buildings at 2nd storey.
Market Area Situated outside of the live work studios. Local produce such as fresh fruit and vegetables would be sold here.
Climbing Wall
On the side of the wooden raised walkway as it rises.
Rooftop Allotments
Creating a productive landscape for produce to be sold at the market.
Raised Platform
Trees growing through with knotted rope seating around them.
Walking and Cycle Routes through site Tree lined avenue with rain gardens strip adjacent.
University Eco Hub
All buildings are connected through a raised platform at the 2nd storey.
1:500 @ A1
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2.
SUNSET PLACE
Site Section and Visualisations
Two Storey Underground Car Park
Exits via lifts and stairs into the creative workspace buildings.
Roof Top Gardens
View out to the hills around the site allowing for a birds eye view of the raised walkway.
Wooden Viewing Platform
Attached to walkway with trees growing through.
Sunken Seated Amphitheatre
Made from concrete with strip lighting allowing for evening performances.
VISUALISATIONS
1 . Sunken Amphitheatre.
2. Walkway under raised platform.
3. Trees growing through raised platform with knotted rope seating.
Walkway under raised Platform
Some areas would have planting, others to be left open to allow for the space to be constantly changing.
Wooden Raised Walkway
Curving around the amphitheatre allowing flow through the site.
1:100 @ A1
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SUNSET PLACE
Site Section and Design Layers
Entrance to raised walkway
Wooden slatted walkway ramping up to 5 meters.
Cherry Blossom Trees
Planted on the rooftop gardens to offer a place of relaxation and calm.
Grass mounds
Planted with wild flowers to create a field atmosphere in the summer which sways with the wind.
Raised Planters
Filled with seasonal fruit and vegetables to be sold at the market at the front of the site.
London Plane
Adding to the dappled light throughout the site.
Creative Workspace
Brick buildings filled with shops, cafés, work space studios focusing on a circular economy.
Climbing wall
Along the back of the ramped walkway, adds colour and play into the site.
DESIGN LAYERS
1 . Circulation 2. Buildings 3. Way-finding
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3.
SUNSET PLACE Visualisations
1. Wooden Slatted Pathway
Leading into to the site and seamlessly transitioning to the raised walkway. Grass Mounds . Gives protection from St Margaret’s Rd. Wild flowers would populate them in the summer months.
2 Light coloured Wooden Boards
Wrap around the whole of the walkway with different spacing between each one. The slatted wood creates dappled light that is constantly changing.
3. Raised Walkway at Night
Soft lighting in wooden posts to allow for use at night, with the same lighting under the walkway.
Raised Walkway wrapping around signature public space
This space would have large concrete water features which would also incorporate benches and would light up around the base at night time.
1. 2. 3. 5. 6.
View of Cleve Hill From the Rooftop of Central Innovative Hub A place for quiet reflection and calm.
Tree Lined Avenue with cycle and walking paths Plantanus x acerifolis lining the walkway.
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4.
RE-ROUTED Site Analysis and Concept
SITE ANALYSIS:
The main issue with the site was division; one end was a car park and the rest green space. People would walk next to the river but the path was situated on the other side of the site.
DESIGN PROCESS:
The concept is based on the forms of the trees and water, re-routing the site. When I first visited the site the trees were bare and simple branch structures surrounded the site. The water gave a calmness. I used these two forms to make the space more connected. Lots of open spaces and seating lead back to a central walkway down by the river, making people want to stop and explore small paths throughout the site. The overall concept is to feel rooted but at the same time have the freedom to explore.
CONCEPT MODEL
LOCATION: St James’s Square is a park situated in Regency Cheltenham.
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RE-ROUTED
Masterplan and Visualisations
The Café
Smaller building on the site connecting the park together with the built up East side.
Raised Steps
Would create lots of different spaces for multi-purpose use. Being slightly raised out of the ground they would create smaller pathways in-between and views over the river.
Board-walk
Runs through the whole site. Leads to open circular decking overhanging the river.
Vegetable Plots and Planting
Area would be a mix of trees and raised planters for growing vegetables.
Auditorium
Seated closed-off space for public events.
The Play Area
Mounds of grass to allow people to explore and play.
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THE EDGE OF THE ANTHROPOCENE
Chaumont Garden Competition
BRIEF: Group project to design a resilient garden.
DESIGN PROCESS: Our design focused on a split garden with one side demonstrating the natural world rebuilding without us and the other side showed us alongside the natural world. The aim was to provoke and make people question the future they wish to see.
This side of the garden is visually very different with tall trees and shrubs. The layout allows people to explore and relax, representing a way forward with humans working and being resilient with nature instead of against it.
Tree planting such as Toona sinensis creating varying heights making people feel surrounded and enshrined in the garden.
Undistorted mirrors: people can see themselves clearly with nature alongside them.
Distorted mirrors so people in the garden cannot make out themselves, creating a sense of isolation.
Ring of water surrounding the structure to reflect the planting and create a stillness in the garden.
This side of the garden would provoke a sense of questioning, showing the resilience of the natural world to rebuild with or without us.
Worn down remnants of human existence such as tyres.
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STAYING IN TOUCH WITH GARDEN RHS Long Border Competition
BRIEF: Group project to design a sensory long border for the RHS competition.
DESIGN PROCESS: Our design focused on touch and taste to create a border which could be used by a wide range of people demonstrating that a garden can be multifunctional. The final design reflects our shared ambition to tackle the current social issue of the nature-deficit disorder, in which our garden would immerse children into planting, sensory touch and encourage intergenerational planting at home.
Willow woven structure.
Abacus in-between planting made of willow structure.
Cornus Controversa.
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Woven Willow a portal into the planting.
STAYING IN TOUCH WITH GARDEN Design to Build
CREATING THE DESIGN AT TATTON 2023:
Our design was selected to be a part of the Long Borders at RHS Tatton. In creating our design it allowed us to put our learning into practice from sourcing plants to making willow structures and being clear with our design intention.
DESIGN INTENT:
Younger visitors will be attracted to the playful forms in the border such as the Pittosporum tenuifolium and the colour gradient sweeping along the border from orange to purple. Children will enjoy the tactile edge to the border, set with a variety of textured natural materials. The sense of touch will be further engaged through the abacus trail which weaves between tactile, edible and scented edging plants. This provides an activity for younger users that adults can engage in alongside them, as well as having the time to visually enjoy the central planting. The crucial cycle of childhood connecting to nature, and the later desire to work with and protect it is symbolized by the woven willow circle, a simplistic feature which could be replicated at home, as could the tactile border. This will offer inspiration about how to use the garden together, which is important for family relationships, children’s cognitive development, and the fostering of an early connection to nature. The circle is balanced at the other end of the border by a small tree, symbolizing a child’s growing love of plants, and the deepening of family relationships through time spent together in the garden.
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Isometric Illustration of boardwalk.
Construction Details
LOCATION:
Isometric Illustration of boardwalk.
The brief was to create construction drawings for Barnwood park which showed our understanding of designing with hard materials, soils and plants.
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Handrail on both sides
Backfill of MOT type 1 granular fill.
depth planting bed with geotech fabric. Porous concrete
Geotech fabric behind gabion. 300mm drainage gravel around drainage pipe.
Gabion retaining wall retaining 800mm of flat soil with engineered design.
1. Boardwalk 1:20 @A1
100mm galvanised steel post central to gabion capped to prevent water entry, designed by engineer.
European larch posts (sourced from sustainable forests in southern England) driven into the ground 70x150x150mm.
150x150mm of concrete footing. 1. 2. 3. 4. 150x50mm with 10mm gaps
500x50mm handrail screwed to post.
European larch post 1000x75x75mm.
Section B-B Section through ramp and gabion retaining wall.
Technology 2 Project: AD5604 Barnwood
Sustainable Drawn By: Sarah Marsh s4002402
5mm horizontal cable/wire fencing at 30mm intervals. 1500
2. Gabion Retaining Wall 1:10
Rubber non-slip tread.
Toe board 75x50mm.
@ A1
Cotswold self binding path gravel 100mm. Cotswold self binding path gravel laied on top of 100mm well compacted hardcore. 50mm diameter aluminum handrail mounted to gabion retaining wall.
Isometric Illustration of boardwalk. 150x150mm concrete 1. Support beams European larch 1500x40x40mm. 2. Joists European larch 1000x150x47mm. 3. Galvanised metal reinforcing gaps 1000x150x47mm. 4. Boards European larch 150x50mm with 10mm gaps in-between each board. Gabion retaining wall 1000x45x45mm. Cotswold gabion stone random sizes ranging from 50-200mm and colours. Contained within 3mm galvanised steel weld mesh, stacked on top of each other. Pressure-treated pine post 40x40x1000mm set at 1050mm intervals. 5mm horizontal cable/wire fencing at 30mm intervals. Section B-B Section through ramp and gabion retaining wall. 450mm 450mm Laid on 450mm of GEN1 concrete with a geotextile membrane. 10mm geotextile membrane. 1:20 Gradient 5mm 30mm 1050mm 50x50x600mm stump set into concrete at center of posts. Metre Scale 1:25 1350mm Section A-A Section through gabion retaining wall. 900mm 450mm 450mm 110mm 100mm 450mm 20mm 300mm +26.2 +25.4 Gabion retaining wall retaining 800mm of flat soil with engineered design 100mm galvanised steel post central to gabion capped to prevent water entry, designed by engineer. Geotech fabric behind gabion. 300mm drainage gravel around drainage pipe. Backfill of MOT type 1 granular fill. 450mm depth planting bed with geotech fabric. Porous concrete foundations. 0.5 Metre Scale 1:10 Ø110mm drainage pipe at the rear.
treated softwood with point. Nails going into railway sleeper.
0 Metre Scale 1:20 700mm 150 mm 150 mm European larch
70x150x150mm. 150mm 150x150mm of concrete footing.
European
1500x40x40mm.
posts (sourced from sustainable forests in southern England) driven into the ground
1. Support beams
larch
2. Joists European larch 1000x150x47mm.
Boards European larch 150x50mm with 10mm gaps in-between each board. Handrail on both sides 500x50mm handrail screwed to post. Toe board 75x50mm. European larch post 1000x75x75mm. 5mm horizontal cable/wire fencing at 30mm intervals. 1500 mm Rubber non-slip tread. Section B-B Section through ramp and gabion retaining wall. 800mm Ramp at 1:15 gradient. Ramp landing 1500mm length. 1:15 Gradient 1:20 Gradient Ramp at 1:20 gradient. +25.9 Cotswold self binding path gravel 100mm. Cotswold self binding path gravel laied on top of 100mm well compacted hardcore. 50mm diameter aluminum handrail mounted to gabion retaining wall. 950mm Edge restraint railway sleeper. 50x50x500mm treated softwood with point. Nails going into railway sleeper. 200mm 500mm 100mm 100mm 3 Metre Scale 1:25 110mm 100mm 450mm 20mm 300mm soil central to gabion capped to engineer. fabric gabion. drainage gravel drainage pipe. 1 fill. 450mm depth planting bed with geotech fabric. Ø110mm drainage pipe at the rear. Module Title: Sustainable
Project: AD5604
Sheet Title: Construction Details 2 Date: Size: Scale: Drawing No: A1 Various 25/04/2022 2 Drawn By: Sarah Marsh s4002402
Galvanised metal reinforcing large gaps 1000x150x47mm. 4.
Technology 2
Barnwood
0 2 Metre Scale 1:20 700mm 150 mm 150 mm
150mm
mm
Gabion retaining wall 1000x45x45mm. Cotswold gabion stone random sizes ranging from 50-200mm and colours. Contained within a 3mm galvanised steel weld mesh, stacked on top of each other. Pressure-treated pine post 40x40x1000mm set at 1050mm intervals. 5mm horizontal cable/wire fencing at 30mm intervals.
450mm 450mm Laid on 450mm of GEN1 concrete with a geotextile membrane. 10mm geotextile membrane. +26.2 +25.4 800mm Ramp at 1:15 gradient. Ramp landing 1500mm length. 1:15 Gradient 1:20 Gradient Ramp at 1:20 gradient. +25.9
950mm Edge
railway
50x50x500mm
200mm 500mm 100mm 100mm 1000mm 5mm 30mm 1050mm 50x50x600mm stump set into concrete at center of posts. 0 2 3 Metre Scale 1:25 1350mm Section A-A Section through gabion retaining wall. 900mm 450mm 450mm 110mm 100mm 450mm 20mm 300mm +26.2 +25.4
restraint
sleeper.
foundations. 0.5 Metre Scale
450mm
1:10
Ø110mm drainage pipe at the rear. Sheet Title: Construction Details 2 Date: Size: Scale: Drawing No: A1 Various 25/04/2022 2
BARNWOOD PARK
BRIEF:
3. Ramp and Gabion Retaining Wall 1:25 @A1
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MATERIALS PALLET
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Barnwood park is situated outside of Gloucester. It is a multi-award winning green space, owned by Gloucester City Council.
Comprehensive Technical Project Portfolio WOODHATCH PLACE
Ashwells reclaimed timber deck boards laid with 6mm gaps twice screwed to joists.
Decking 50x150x1600mm screwed to joists.
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2100
600
Liner sandwich protective felt geotextile top and bottom. Liner membrane EPDM.
Wooden post capping 120x120mm.
Beam connected to post using 2x M12 coach bolts (stainless steel).
Handrail post bolted to beam and post using 2x M12 coach bolts.
Sand building layer 50mm min.
Posts 120x120mm.
Post place in C25/C30 in-situ concrete.
Beams 75x170mm secured to posts with 2 x 270mm stainless steel carriage bolts. DOT type 1.
Galvanized wire mesh 1000x1000x2000mm gabion baskets. Hand packed front face with 150-200mm limestone pieces in a dry-stone wall style. Middle filled with crushed stone.
1000 2000 1665 400 1100
Gabion baskets 2000x1000x1000mm galvanized wire mesh hand packed with crushed stone. 150mm DOT subbase.
DET 1 Structure Detail Viewing terrace paving and steps Scale 1:10
RC25/30 step base. 1000
Joist fixed to beams using stainless steel single support brackets.
150x300mm Ashwells reclaimed timber steps. Allow 50mm lapping. 1000
5mm Geotextile compset drain.
LOCATION: Woodhatch place Reigate.
BRIEF:
DET 2
This project is about technical development and resolution culminating with a professional set of drawings. The Assignment focuses on the crafted refinement of material choices, planting palettes, topography, hydrology, structures and their specification.
DET 6 Structure Detail Section through conference center steps and gabion wall Scale 1:10
furniture
These image showcase a small section of my technical portfolio for Woodhatch place Reigate.
Rev 0
Info
Q SECTION OF THE NBS
To be read with Preliminaries/General conditions.
TYPE(S) OF KERB/EDGING/CHANNEL
110 PRECAST CONCRETE KERBS
– To BS EN 1340:2003, hydraulically pressed.
Manufacturer and reference: MARSHALLS LTD. (https://www.marshalls.co.uk)
Type/size: Bullnosed 125X 150X 915mm
Refer to Hardworks drawing
Finish/colour: Silver grey
– Joints: Butt jointed
– Laying Course: 10mm –
Module: Sustainable Technology AD6604
Base: 350X 150mm Gen 1 precast concrete secured by 15mm sand cement haunching
Structure Detail Viewing terrace tree pit Scale 1:20 Tobermore manhattan linear paving planks 10mm Bedding mortar. 10mm Sand joints. RC30/35 concrete base. DOT type 1 subbase. ACO MonoDrain channel. 400x170mm Tobermore Granite aggregate step. Allow 50mm lapping 84.7 85.38 170 400 150 400 400 400 400 600 80 20 300 150 150 275 600x150mm stretcher bond 10mm joints filled with sand. Cutting in 30mm. 10mm bedding mortor. 85.38 200 50 Green Blue urban, 475mm RootSpace pavement support system. 1200 mm tree grille with 600mm central galvanized support frame. 10mm sand joints. Vertical steel tree guard 1800x 600mm Sub-drainage piping. 100mm Free draining, compactable angular crushed stone. 300 475 100 20mm coarse graded aggregate. 6.3 - 2mm grit. Tobermore, Hydropave Tegula 173x173mm & 208x173mm sets laid to a stretcher bond. Q
– Other requirements: Limit haunching size
Project: Construction Details
111 PRECAST CONCRETE CHANNEL
– To BS EN 1340:2003, hydraulically pressed.
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Drawn By: Sarah Marsh
Manufacturer and reference: MARSHALLS LTD. (https://www.marshalls.co.uk)
Type/size: Square channel 150X 125X 915mm
Refer to detail: Harworks drawing
Special shapes: Dished
Scale: 1:10
Finish/colour: Textured / Natural
– Joints: Butt jointed
– Laying Course: 10mm –
Drawing Size: A1
Project No. AD6604
Other requirements: Limit haunching size
Drawing No. 008
Base: 350X 150mm Gen 1 precast concrete secured by 15mm sand cement haunching
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Scale 1:10
4 Structure
1:10
DET 5 Structure Detail Profile of decking
DET
Detail Section through pond and decking Scale
82.6
150 300 150 400 150
DOT type 1 subbase. 83.7
Joists 47x147mm.
370 500 150 + 83.25 + wl 83.00 + 82.00 + 83.5 120
1100 x 120 balustrade post. Attached to the beam using 2 x coach bolts.
Liner subsoil fill protection layer 75mm min.
Liner anchor trench
Paving/Planting/Fencing/Site
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when completing this specification you need to amend the items to match all of the decisions you have made about materials in your drawing submission in RED (delete this note afterwards)
Q10 STONE/CONCRETE/BRICK KERBS/EDGINGS/ CHANNELS
112 KERBSTONE EDGING – To BS EN 1338:2003 hydraulically pressed.
DISSERTATION AND ESSAY
An exploration of the benefits of community gardens as a part of Urban Agricultural Networks.
“By 2050 the world’s population is expected to reach 9.8 billion and nearly 70 percent (6.7 billion people) are projected to live in urban areas” (National Geographic, 2019, p.21). So how can urban areas equip themselves for the present and future environmental, economic, and social challenges facing them? Forming communities will be a key component to dealing with the challenges of the 21st century as when a community is built “a shared vision is created, leaders emerge and complex problems like social exclusion, poverty, hunger and malnutrition seem to connect in new ways” (Anderson, 2014, p.3). Cities should be liveable places, however currently they are becoming increasingly hostile with “56% of Londoners said they felt lonely” (Hertz, 2021, p.58).
There is also growing disconnect between food consumption and production with supermarkets offering an overwhelming choice from across the globe, this is not only a social problem but an environmental one too due to the distance they must travel and the large amounts of CO2 created.
Community gardens allow for people to come together in a shared space, slow down and enjoy locally grown food, this dissertation explores and investigates how they can address the health, wellbeing and environmental issues within cities and become key features in urban areas.
How can design help combat the loneliness epidemic?
What does being lonely mean? Loneliness is not defined by being alone, you can be by yourself and not feel lonely whereas you can be surrounded by people and feel lonely (Sykes, 2021).
In the current environment, Covid is isolating us from simple daily interactions causing people all over the world to feel lonely, disconnected and alienated. “We are in the midst of a global loneliness crisis” (Hertz, 2021,p.4).
Loneliness was defined by Noreena Hertz in her book the Lonely Century “as both an internal state and an existential one” (2021,p.9). Loneliness is not only the desire to feel closer to others but to be heard, to be seen and have agency in all parts of life (Hertz 2021,p.9).
Even without Covid, the world we are living in has become fast-paced and technology-driven allowing us to go through a day without having genuine interactions with people around us. Technology allows us to order food through an app without having to talk to the waiter or in one click order that book you wanted without taking the time to browse your local bookshop. Statistically, loneliness is equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day and lonely people are said to have a 50% higher risk of dying early (Taylor, 2022). So what can be done to help this crisis, could the way we design be part of the solution?
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These images show some of my ink drawings and my photography. I enjoy traveling and it has helped me a lot over the past 3 years studying Landscape Architecture, as it allows me to practice sketching as well as see new landscapes and ideas.
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