| Landscape Architecture
| Landscape Architecture
Michele Lavelle delivered the first of her six sessions on the Masters level Landscape Design Studio module this week. Michele, founder of the landscape architecture practice 4D Landscape Design in Stokes Croft, Bristol, is teaching about the use, design and…
Unfortunately the Sustainable Landscape Series presentation by Professor Gabriel Scally, planned for next Wednesday 4th December, has had to be cancelled. Sincere apologies for this last minute disruption – I am currently trying to reschedule a time for Professor Scally…
As part of the Professional Practice 2 module, the second year Landscape Architecture students visited Atkins Global offices in Aztec West, Bristol. We were given a talk by Nick Rowson (Regional Head of Landscape for South West England) outlining the…
On Day 5 the group traveled by train from Copenhagen in Denmark to Malmo in Sweden, just over the new(ish) Oresund Bridge – now famous from the excellent TV show The Bridge (if you haven’t seen this then have a…
We started Day 4 with a presentation by Dan Mogenson, head of the Urban Planning Department for Copenhagen City Council. He introduced the approach that the planning department is taking to the future development of Copenhagen including their holistic approach…
BALI – the British Association of Landscape Industries – have announced their award winners for 2013. See the website here for the winners, scrolling down for the higher quality designed landscapes. The image above shows the new public realm link between…
The third day was again spent in the centre of Copenhagen, beginning with a talk by SLA landscape architects and followed by a walk around the southern side of Copenhagen centre through part of the Amager island, to Christiania and…
The first presentations took place this week by the students doing Landscape Design Studio, the Masters level design module. This presentation covered various aspects of the project including the initial site/context studies, a development of the brief and feasibility options,…
We spent the second day exploring the centre of Copenhagen – walking along Strogert, the famous pedestrianised urban centre (the focus of Jan Gehl’s research into urban space), exploring some of the key historic landscapes and buildings of the city,…