{"id":1539,"date":"2014-12-01T13:56:39","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T13:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniofglos.blog\/landscapearchitecture\/?p=1539"},"modified":"2014-12-01T13:56:39","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T13:56:39","slug":"graduate-news-dan-bowles-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/landscapearchitecture\/2014\/12\/01\/graduate-news-dan-bowles-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate News : Dan Bowles"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DanBowles\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Dan Bowles, 23, is an Assistant Landscape Architect at Bellinger Design in Overbury.\u00a0He gained a BA Hons, Landscape Architecture, a Postgraduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture and a Master of Arts (MA) in Landscape Architecture, all from the University of Gloucestershire.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is my first job. What\u2019s nice is that my boss is investing in a lot of things \u2013 I get training, and I\u2019m learning a lot on the job. I\u2019m going to start my Landscape Institute Chartership process with my boss as my mentor, so that\u2019s really good.<\/p>\n

I love my job because it\u2019s so varied, and that\u2019s why I chose landscape in the first place \u2013 for the broad nature of it. There are so many aspects to it. Working in a small practice like I do, you get to see everything that goes on, you get involved in lots of projects, even if it\u2019s just a small input you have. I think landscape is so important. It can have a really positive in people\u2019s lives and communities. You can transform space.<\/p>\n

e work with the clients, consultants and with a range of contractors. When we\u2019re working with clients, they come first. We try to fulfil all of their aims. One of the things we do in my company is a lot of public consultation. In that context it\u2019s very much about meeting the requirements and the desires of the community. Often I will be working within planning restrictions as well, so I have to meet planning requirements. Our overall big picture aims are to make places that improve people\u2019s lives and are really beautiful spaces for the community. It\u2019s about making the most of local spaces.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d say the project I\u2019ve enjoyed the most was a play area that we\u2019re about to build in Leicester. Although I didn\u2019t do the design, I\u2019ve worked from the consultation stage onwards. I went to three schools, and I chatted to kids and found out what play equipment they like. You think what is the play area like for kids, what do they want? It\u2019s a creative process. I followed the project from consultation, through the design process, writing the contract, and now we\u2019re about to go on site and build it.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s quite exciting seeing the whole thing come together, seeing how everything I\u2019ve learnt at university actually happens in the real world. It was an interesting and big learning curve.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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