A stunning, time consuming, garden created in Japan out of origami cranes. Read more below. I was thinking the other day about the glorious grounds of the Greenwich campus and whether we should trasform it with a temporary landscape installation as part of this years first ever Chelsea Fringe Festival. Surely all us GD’s and LA’s could come up with something, or several things, taking advantage of the World Heritage site and promoting our industry, a cause, the university; all of the above? Surely we could put our heads together and do something? fashion156: FASHION156 - Artist – Anouk VogelAnouk Vogel is a Swiss artist who studied landscape architecture in Manchester and opened her own practice in Amsterdam in 2007.   Vogel created this stunning garden in Japan, as part of a project called ‘folding for Peace.’ Read more here.

A stunning, time consuming, garden created in Japan out of origami cranes. Read more below.

I was thinking the other day about the glorious grounds of the Greenwich campus and whether we should trasform it with a temporary landscape installation as part of this years first ever Chelsea Fringe Festival. Surely all us GD’s and LA’s could come up with something, or several things, taking advantage of the World Heritage site and promoting our industry, a cause, the university; all of the above?

Surely we could put our heads together and do something?

fashion156:

FASHION156 - Artist – Anouk Vogel

Anouk Vogel is a Swiss artist who studied landscape architecture in Manchester and opened her own practice in Amsterdam in 2007.   Vogel created this stunning garden in Japan, as part of a project called ‘folding for Peace.’ Read more here.

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serafinoutsights: Geneva, CH, by Agenace Ter via landezine.com

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Geneva, CH, by Agenace Ter

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So somehow some spammers accessed my tumblr account and posted some shizzle about free starbucks coffee cards or something, and also sent it to my twitter. Apologies for that. Passwords have been changed and posts deleted. I’d urge you not to follow any links they contained as they are probably hazardous to the health of your computer. :)

So somehow some spammers accessed my tumblr account and posted some shizzle about free starbucks coffee cards or something, and also sent it to my twitter. Apologies for that. Passwords have been changed and posts deleted. I’d urge you not to follow any links they contained as they are probably hazardous to the health of your computer.

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This popped up in my tumblr feed today. No link, no caption and no information; but a great picture as I immediately wanted to know more. It’s simple beauty grabbed me, the way the wooden steps gently curved up and over a building, contrasting with the lush green grasses, and then these sweeping white walls curving round, but round what? Over what? Where is it? Is it a park? Can I go there? Thanks to Google’s handy new feature of dropping an image into their search bar, I managed to locate it. It is in fact the new winery at Chateau Cheval Blanc in Bordeaux (god I love a good Bordeaux), designed by French architect Christian de Portzamparc. The building is beautiful, and not just because it’s full of wine, but the roof garden is simply stunning. The finish, material choices and planting are just superb, and the way the way the garden connects with the surrounding landscape; pure perfection. You really do need to look at the rest of these images. Sublime. I’m in love. It’s not often that I see an architect doing landscape architecture so well, I cannot fault and had to find out more and share. Additional info & images: Europaconcorsi and Studio Erick Saillet

This popped up in my tumblr feed today. No link, no caption and no information; but a great picture as I immediately wanted to know more. It’s simple beauty grabbed me, the way the wooden steps gently curved up and over a building, contrasting with the lush green grasses, and then these sweeping white walls curving round, but round what? Over what? Where is it? Is it a park? Can I go there?

Thanks to Google’s handy new feature of dropping an image into their search bar, I managed to locate it. It is in fact the new winery at Chateau Cheval Blanc in Bordeaux (god I love a good Bordeaux), designed by French architect Christian de Portzamparc. The building is beautiful, and not just because it’s full of wine, but the roof garden is simply stunning. The finish, material choices and planting are just superb, and the way the way the garden connects with the surrounding landscape; pure perfection. You really do need to look at the rest of these images. Sublime. I’m in love. It’s not often that I see an architect doing landscape architecture so well, I cannot fault and had to find out more and share.

Additional info & images: Europaconcorsi and Studio Erick Saillet

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Wood Wharf Design Competition

The official announcements are up! Myself and my course-mate Danny Mitchell were the winners of the Wood Wharf design competition launched by Canary Wharf, the Landscape Institute and Townshend Landscape Architects.

Canary Wharf announcement

Landscape Institute announcement

I still can’t believe we won and I don’t think it’s entirely sunk in yet! So, so pleased, and it’s such a fantastic way to end 2011. And then Danny and myself get to start 2012 with our internships at Townshend, working on the project to get it built and installed at Canary Wharf for next summer!!

The competition was to design a temporary, 6-month landscape, to be installed on an undeveloped wharf within the Canary Wharf estate. The 7ha site had quite a challenging brief, demanding an adaptable, flexible solution that could cater for a wide range of events that will be held in large De Boer marquees and temporary buildings throughout the summer of 2012, coinciding with the Olympics in London next year.

With the worlds eyes on London next year, we developed a scheme that playfully celebrates Britain, it’s summer, and all that makes up Britain’s diverse multi-cultural landscape.

Description, visuals and entry board below.

ENJOY THE RAIN!

A sculptural canopy of umbrellas at the main entrance from the pontoon bridge, suspended on stell cables fixed to 4m high poles.

ENJOY THE GAMES!

Large event screens divide the bazaar and the gardens, with access points and seating areas under shade sails. The tower and screens would be clearly visible from both within the site and the buildings of Canary Wharf, providing a draw to Wood Wharf and orienting those within the site.

ENJOY THE FLOWERS!

Corten steel planters provide structure for the soft landscaping elements. Dividing spaces inspired by an abstraction of the Union Jack flag, creating a network of paths and connections throughout the site.

ENJOY THE WIND!

Rising out of the wildflower meadow is a field of brightly coloured windsocks which are animated by the wind, creating a playful landscape that all ages will enjoy exploring. The raised boardwalk offers additional circulation to the promenade at the waters edge.

ENJOY THE SUN!

At the far eastern edge, a large expanse of deck provides the perfect place to unwind with friends and enjoy views of Canary Wharf and the Dome.

If you require any further details, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

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The world’s first vertical forest is being built in Milan, Italy.

Did you know that Milan is one of the most polluted cities in Italy? Apparently urban sprawl and increased emissions are major causes for slumping air quality in the international fashion capital. So Italian architect Stefano Boeri has formulated an unusual plan to give the city back what it’s lacking: namely, some greenery.

Bosco Verticale is Italian for “Vertical Forest.” The project took inspiration from traditional Italian towers covered in ivy. Boeri has simply multiplied the amount of foliage to a dramatic degree, envisioning residential buildings that resemble tall boxy trees. Each apartment unit has a balcony attached, with a lush garden enveloping the structure. The two towers will provide roots for 900 trees, as well as plenty of shrubbery and other floral vegetation. Their footprint, when flattened, is equal to 10,000 square meters of forest. Bosco Verticale provides a plan to make reforestation possible within the confines of a developed city.

Source: Creator Project

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Couldn’t agree more.

God damn this would have been a brilliant idea for the Wood Wharf competition, wish I’d thought of it. The perfect solution to a temporary, flexible landscape brief. And done so well. It’s always the simplest of ideas…. http://www.habitathorticulture.com/gallery/?album=1&gallery=9 urbangreens: Anastasia Sonkina submitted: Mobile Living Partitions to Divide San Francisco’s Largest Patio Space: San Francisco based company Habitat Horticulture installed 3 living wall partitions for The Metreon City View patio space owned by Westfield’s shopping malls looking over Yerba Buena Gardens. Comprised of succulents and sedums, the 3 freestanding mobile living wall partitions are used to break a 300 ft patio space that is used for cooperate events.  They can be manipulated around to create a lush and intimate “living room” or aligned horizontally to close off the unused or private space. The living wall partitions create functional gardens in a tight urban space, providing greenery for city dwellers and for the downtown area of San Francisco. 

God damn this would have been a brilliant idea for the Wood Wharf competition, wish I’d thought of it. The perfect solution to a temporary, flexible landscape brief. And done so well. It’s always the simplest of ideas….

http://www.habitathorticulture.com/gallery/?album=1&gallery=9

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Anastasia Sonkina submitted:

Mobile Living Partitions to Divide San Francisco’s Largest Patio Space:

San Francisco based company Habitat Horticulture installed 3 living wall partitions for The Metreon City View patio space owned by Westfield’s shopping malls looking over Yerba Buena Gardens. Comprised of succulents and sedums, the 3 freestanding mobile living wall partitions are used to break a 300 ft patio space that is used for cooperate events.  They can be manipulated around to create a lush and intimate “living room” or aligned horizontally to close off the unused or private space.

The living wall partitions create functional gardens in a tight urban space, providing greenery for city dwellers and for the downtown area of San Francisco. 

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Sketch design for studio - Sustainable Urban Drainage (SuDS)

This was my second sketch design for our Theme Project unit. Again, another 1 minute silent presentation, this time using the theme of SuDS and integrating this into a London site.

I chose a local site to me, the Sainsbury’s (and Comet / B&Q) car park at Bugsbys Way. I thought this particularly relevant as this is meant to be one of Sainsbury’s ‘eco’ stores - but the landscaping around it, particularly the huge expanse of car parking is far from ‘eco’  - unless its taken in the sense of economical with money. It’s also relevant as Sainsbury’s has put in for recent planning application to move into a new ‘eco’ store 200 metres or so towards Charlton, and i wonder how ‘eco’ this new store may be? Sainsbury’s have a real opportunity to take a more holistic approach to designing and building their new ‘eco’ store, learning from all past mistakes, and creating a truly sustainable supermarket. Although really it would be greener to recycle the old store, and to be truly sustainable they should probably be growing all the food on site instead of creating more impervious car parks.

But anyway, this wasn’t supposed to be a rant, and I am by no means the greenest person around, but I try, and this video is designed to highlight ways in which supermarkets could try harder.

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