Portfolio 2022 by aankhi karmakar

Portfolio|PK

LOWER DON VALLEY, Landscape Planning|2018 Sheffield |U.K.

Lower Don Valley has a very mixed character with the mix of industrial, post-industrial, private suburbs and commercial character zones. But most importantly it is the flagbearer of Sheffield’s rich history of industrialization especially the Steel industry. But lately Lower Don Valley is degenerating, it’s once bustling industries are now mostly at the end of its days.Many of the industries have been demolished and the lands have been converted to brownfields. With the upcoming HS2 at the edge of the lower don valley a major transformation is inevitable. The project requires to envisage a vision and a longterm strategy to rejuvinates the Lower Don Valley The Vision for Lower Don Valley is to create a landscape planning and land use framework which is adaptable, resilient and multidimensional yet deeply culturally rooted.

PARK DESIGN-A Narrative Approach, Landscape Design|2018

Almere |Netherlands. Studio Co-ordinator - Adrian Gueze|West 8

The site , a 40 ha arable land is within the Urban farming campus ,the land dedicated for Floriade 2022 in Almere, the newest city of the Netherlands. Almere is aspiring to build a legacy based on the asset of innovating the garden city concept by incorporating new themes such as sustainability, ecology and food, it successfully applied for hosting the next International Garden Festival; Floriade. Thus the scope was to design a park which acts as an epicenter for the Floriade . The brief was to create a narrative which seamlessly marries the existing context of farming ,food and sustainability with one’s individual reflection and memories on the same.

THE SONG OF THE ROAD The Pioneers, the first community of men in Almere ,is almost synonymous to it’s journey. They came from different countries at the wake of the WW2 to this newly built land from sea. They moulded the barren waste to the arable productive polders as we presently see it, nurturing farmlands and livestock and making it their Home . The produce from this land reached nations worldwide making the polders one of the most highly exporting land globally. But due to the proximity of Almere to Amsterdam, there is the advent of globalization and rapid urbanization. The lurking danger of losing its identity and democracy is strong. This fear within pioneers and people of Almere had been felt when for the first time a populist party with a nationalist agenda had been elected within Almere. Thus this is a time to look within, to take a few steps back and try to picture the future from a distance. To look into what should be and can be retained to keep the legacy going. Is there a more ecological and sustainable way possible to balance out it’s rapid urbanization? The park embodies the journey of Almere through these very phases of the past, present and future of Almere.

concept strategy

Water Strategy

2 PHYTOREMEDIATION THROU . RYE/WHEAT/BARLEY

RYE/WHEAT/BARLEY

FRUIT FARM

INTERACTION /EDUCATION

ENTRY PLAZA

LIVESTOCK

FRUIT FARM

1 NATURAL DRAINAGE OF THE SITE

WILL BE DIRECTED TO THE LAKE

ENTRY PLAZA INTERACTION /EDUCATION FRUIT FARM

CANAL NETWORK

PHYTOREMEDIATION THROU

LIVESTOCK

INTERACTION /EDUCATION

ENTRY PLAZA VEGETABLE

VEGETABLE

masterplan

15 5

The journey within the park starts from an organic wooded environment which is unknown to the polders as it gradually moves into the vastness and nothingness of the moorland of the open sculpture park represnting the earliest form of Almere.Then the landform starts to mould into fruit orchards and agricultural land moving upwards to look at the future more clearly where the bird island and butterfly garden awaits.

16 12

20 13

11 2

8 9

10 8

4 7

3 1

siteplan

UGH THE CANAL SYSTEM AND ISLANDS WHICH WILL COME TO THE LAKE GRASSES FOR PHYTOREMEDIATION

UGH THE CANAL SYSTEM

18 3

GRASSES FOR PHYTOREMEDIATION

floodable promenade

visualization|lake

LAWN

LAKE PROMENADE

AMPHITHEATRE

LAKE

BIRD ISLAND

BUTTERFLY HOSTING HOUSE

DECK FOR BOAT RIDES TO THE ADJOINING FARMS

OPEN SCULPTURE MUESUEM

URBAN FARMIMG AWARENESS CENTRE

visualization|orchard /fruit farming

visualization|bird island

Tower Hamlet Cemetery Park, London |2019

Placed in an almost obscured corner of London Borough with a high deprivation rate is the Tower Hamlet Cemetery Park. However it once lived in its full glory and was originally designed as one of the seven garden cemeteries in London. With the passage of time the identity of the cemetery faced a lot of redefinition. The cemetery was bombed five times during world war 2 with its chapels and many areas getting demolished. Many areas were dug out and bodies were reburied again. In some places the graves go up to 30m of depth with dead bodies piled up together. It also has areas which are concrecrated and till date almost well preserved. The cemetery had a final change of identity when the burial practice closed down in 1966 and due to lack of ownership and subsequent funds the cemetery was converted into a nature reserve in 2000. It has since then metamorphosed into a biodiversity haven. However with time the surrounding and the borough has also changed and once the local residents who’d find solace in the act of private bereavement moved away and in came people from different countries. Over the years this process continued and today the borough has 70 percent immigrants as residents. These residents don’t feel a connection to this place. This haven doesn’t act as a fulfillment to the existing green space crunch the borough has. This project revisits the cemetery design to create mostly low key interventions to build a relationship between these new residents and the natural cemetery as both of the stakeholders have a lot to offer each other. The design primarily builds upon the intrinsic quality of the primitive melancholy the site possessess, this liaison between nature and death takes the user into the journey from darkness to light, from sorrow to expiration, from the fear of loss to the promise of life everlasting.

Existing Character of the site.

DESIGN STRATEGY The design focuses on five major aspects The Accesses/thresholds which connects the cemetery to the outside world along with the plaza for public memorial. Highlighting the thresholds and making the access more seamless. Next are the Edges, making the edges more visually permeable to create awareness towards the place yet physically constrained to maintain safety. Reiterating the Paths through the existing tombstone areas with significantly reducing daylight by planting more trees to create a narrow almost borderline tunnel effect to throw people into these subsequent bouts of lighted zone to create more emphasis on some key areas which acts as important Nodes for eg creating the tree enclosure on the footprint of the damaged chapels. Finally the focus area which will be dedicated to memorialization. Those will house the two dense dark high canopied tall woodland areas situated in the southern side of the site and the wildflower bowl.

SECTIONS

Section AA The entrances are weaved in with the surrounding urban fabric creating table top with same or similar materiality to create a seamless transition.Loose foliage high canopied trees with seasonal interest like cherry and maple will be used to welcome residents inside.

Section EE

The existing paths are reinstated with fast growing lime trees to create a narrower effect. Some areas wooden tunnels are used to make the feeling more strong. The intermediate glades where there were some important monuments or structures ,planting is used in those areas to create a sense of definition.

BEECH WOODLAND

In the focused area lies the woodlands for memorization. Each tree in the woodland will be dedicated to individual mourning with residents able to own and personalize them with certain dimensional and materialistic restrictions on memorialization. The woodland symbolises equality we share in death and also attempts to invest the conduct of daily lives with communal consciousness.

LARCH WOODLAND

The memorial woodland creates a kind of enclosure to the bowl. Th screen to the viaduct. The meadow will have a mixed planting of self like red valerian. The red valerian blooms from early spring to late will have a loose gravel pathway and the topsoil will also have grav impart colour during the winters.The stream of valerian will continue where a wooden bench will be placed.

he dark almost opaque woodland creates a full visual and part auditory f seeding annuals, perennials and grasses creating a year round interest summer imparting a sweet fragrance and attracting lots of butterflies. It vel to restrict the unwanted growth. The grasses will create structure and e upwards to the top of the mound and will fade out within the woodland

Chatsworth RHS flowershow Long border competition | 2019

Peaked Senses is Inspired from the our first experience at the

moors of the Peak District and supports the ‘Moors for the Future Partnership’, an initiative to-wards creating awareness and conserving the moorland. The design showcases how rhythm, pattern and repetition of native moorland species like heather, molinia and buckler fern can create a canvas of soothing color and airy tonality for a resilient and lowmaintenance garden. The design aims at inspiring appreciation for unique native habi-tats like the moors, with the species curated to recreate the moors at the Peak District.

92 Leyton Green Road, London (Office Work)

The Landscape General Arrangement plan for the site has been drawn up to create a high quality setting for the proposed residential development. Pedestrian access to the site is from Leyton Green Road and Matlock Road. All communal pedestrian entrance routes to the proposed buildings to be paved in clay pavers. The same paving continues through the communal ground fl oor zone of the buildings into the Central Courtyard space. The Central Courtyard forms a high quality communal space within the proposed development, providing opportunities for residents to meet, socialise and relax. It also provides informal play opportunities for the Under 5’s. Play spaces mainly aimed at the Under 5’s and 5-11 years age ranges have been situated at the northern corner of the site. This areas provides opportunities for creative, natural play in a setting among both existing retained trees and proposed trees and planting areas. In addition to these communal spaces, each ground fl oor dwelling has a private amenity space. These spaces accommodate a cycle store and external storage structure, covered by a sedum roof. In order to provide a contrast to the communal areas the patios have a concrete slab paving finish.

KEY Existing trees retained

Areas of proposed ornamental planting with trees. To include grasses, herbaceous, shrubs & climbers

Areas of grass

Red/ brindle dutch clay pavers to footways within shared spaces Private patios with slab paving, brick wall & cycle store/ storage cupboard with planted roof

Resin bound gravel

LIVINGSTONE COURT

Light grey pavers to vehicular running surface and disabled parking bays.

Area of grass containing elements of 5 to 11 years play equipment

Boundary Treatments -To provide privacy and softened with planting

Boundary wall to follow profile of existing surfacing/ building to ensure minimal damage is caused to the adjacent Category C trees

Area of grass and planting which contain elements of incidental under 5s play

Existing brick wall to the perimeter of the site retained and made good

Elements of informal under 5s play throughout the shared space; in areas of paving and within the planting

Clay pavers continue through the building in the communal area at ground level.

Materials - Durable and of a limited palette LEYTON GREEN

Communal bin store

ROAD

Gated vehicle access, for disabled residents only

Gated pedestrian, substation and binstore accesses

Davis Landscape Architecture

15 Iliffe Yard, London, SE17 3QA 020 7277 1035 www.davisla.com mail@davisla.com |

Client

Jerram Falkus Job Title

92 Leyton Green Road Two disable residents parking spaces

CK RO

MATLO

Drawing Title

Landscape General Arrangement Plan Scale : 1:200@A1 Date : 29/11/2019

Indicative Shared Space with Play Images

Drawing No. : L0615L01B

Planting Design

The trees selected for this scheme have been chosen for their suitability for the proposed locations, both in terms of eventual size and environmental requirements. A selection of large, medium and small sized native and non native trees have been chosen. They have been selected for their ability to provide year round interest in the form of attractive fl owers, branch form and autumn leaf colour. Root defl ectors along with soil cells to give more volume of soil for tree-root growth to be installed for proposed trees in hard landscape areas or next to buildings/utilities. The planting selected will provide year round interest in the form of fl ower, spring and autumn leaf colour, berries and evergreen foliage during the winter months. A dynamic element is added through the fresh vigorous growth during the spring and early summer months, summer and autumn fl owering and dying back or providing attractive seed heads during the winter months. This also enhances play value through creating opportunities to observe the changing of the seasons. The species selected will tolerate a variety of light conditions, from shade to full sunlight. They have also been selected for their robustness. A few of their number are native species, which will provide benefit to our native fauna.

NOTES:

Key:

1. This drawing is to be read in conjunction with all relevant contract documentation from the design team, with any conflicting information to be brought to the attention of Davis Landscape Ltd in writing before commencing on site.

Planning Boundary. Root protection area of existing trees to be retained. Works in Root protection Area to comply with BS5837 Trees in relation to construction. Refer Arboriculturist report.

2, The contractor is to check and verify all levels and dimensions before construction. Any discrepancies are to be brought to the attention of Davis Landscape Ltd in writing before commencing on site.

600mm topsoil for trees. Q28/335A

3. All dimensions in mm, unless otherwise stated.

500mm topsoil beneath the subbase of surfacing in soil cells. Q28/335B.

4. Do not scale from this drawing.

400mm topsoil for hedge and shrubs adjacent to hard-landscape. Q28/335A.

5. All sub base and concrete specification, fixings, brackets & the like to Engineers' details & specification.

300mm topsoil for hedge and shrubs. Q28/335A.

6. We are not liable for the detailed design of above ground drainage, ground drainage, sub-bases, foundations, retaining structures, fall from height barriers and building waterproofing details.

300mm topsoil for turf. Q28/335A.

7. All proprietary products shall be installed in accordance with manufacturers written instructions.

50mm topsoil for cultivation. Cultivation in root protection areas of existing trees to comply with BS5837. Q28/335A.

8. Submit Shop drawings for Davis Landscape Ltd approval before constructing any bespoke landscape item.

Top soil to make up level difference between existing and proposed levels. Depth varies between 50mm-240mm. Q28/335A.

2 BED C0.02

Cycle stor

Plant room 1 BED C0.01 3 BED E0.03

BLOCK C

3 BED B0.05

3 BED E0.02

BLOCK E

4991

3 BED B0.04

3 BED E0.01

BLOCK B

3 BED B0.03

4991

3 BED D0.02

2655

3 BED B0.02

3 BED D0.01

reen Ro

Leyton G

BLOCK D

elchair

3 BED Whe B0.01

Switchroom

Cycle stor

Sub Stn

Stage 4

BLOCK A Rev

Bin store

Plant room

T2 T1

eelchair

1 BED Wh A0.02

Description

Date

18.03.20 SJ

Extent of soil cells changed to suit drainage and M&E services runs Tender issue

Davis

28.02.20 SJ

Landscape Architecture

15 Iliffe Yard, London, SE17 3QA 020 7277 1035 mail@davisla.com I www.davisla.com Client

Job Title

Leyton Green Road Drawing Title

Soils Plan

ck Ro

Matlo

10 m

Scale :

1:100@A0

Drawn : SJ

Date :

24/01/2020

Checked : SJ

Drawing No. : LGR-DLA-ZZ-LS-DR-L-9404 DLA No. :

L0651L04A

(T2)

NOTES:

Key: Planning Boundary

Existing trees retained. For tree species refer Arboriculturist tree report.

T1-T5

3. All dimensions in mm, unless otherwise stated. 4. Do not scale from this drawing.

Proposed hedge planting. Refer planting schedule for species and density.

S1-S6

Proposed shrubs planting. Refer planting schedule for species and density.

H1-H10

Proposed Herbaceous planting. Refer planting schedule for species and density.

G1-G4

Proposed Grasses planting. Refer planting schedule for species and density.

1 No. T5 Tree

Proposed trees. Refer planting schedule for tree species.

He1-He2

Proposed climbers. Refer planting schedule for species and density. Strained wires for climbers at 225mm centres. Galvanised Hooks fixed to boundary walls.

C1-C4

S3 C2

MX2

All the planting and trees should be sourced from reputable UK suppliers.

1 No. T5 Tree

1 No. T4Tree

Planting Schedule Trees Key

MX2

1 No. T5 Tree

T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 Hedge Key

2 No. T4 Tree

Shrubs Key

1 No. T5 Tree MX2

Standard (semi mature) 3x Standard (extra heavy) 3x Standard (heavy) 3x Standard (semi mature) 4x Standard (extra heavy) 3x

Height cm 40-60 40-60

Cont size bare root 3L

Height cm

Clear stem

Root Cdn

Spacing

500-550 450-500 350-425 min 400 min 450

min 200 min 200 175-200 min 200 min 200

Rootball Rootball Rootball Rootball Rootball

as shown as shown as shown as shown as shown

Habit Breaks bushy -Branched 6

Cont size

Spacing Specification plant in double staggered rows 350 mm apart. 6/lin. m plant in double staggered rows 350 mm apart. 6/lin. m

Spec

No breaks

Spacing

Sev. Shoots

5/m2

4/m2

Name Hedera helix 'Green Ripple'

40-60

Mahonia japonica

30-40

Leader

Philadelphus 'Manteau d'Hermine' Sarcococca humillis

C C

3L 3L

Branched Bushy

4 6

4/m2

30-40 20-30

S5 S6

Viburnum x bodnantense Viburnum opulus

40-60 20-30

C C

3L 3L

Branched Bushy

4 3

4/m2 4/m2

Spec

No breaks

Spacing

Height cm

Rt Cdn

Girth 20-25 18-20 12-14 20-25 18-20

5/m2

Herbaceous Planting Key

MX2

1 No. T2 Tree

MX2

MX1

1 No. T5 Tree

Name

Rt Cdn

Anemone × hybrida 'Honorine Jobert'

Cont size

Spacing

H1 H2

Dryopteris filix-mas

5/m2

1.5 L

5/m2

Euphorbia amygdaloides robbiae

0.5 L

5/m2

Geranium macrorrhizum

5/m2

H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10

Helleborus orientalis Iris foetidissima Iris pseudacorus Phlomis russeliana Rudbecia fulgida 'Goldstrum' Sedum spectabile

0.5 L

5/m2 5/m2

C C

1L 1L

5/m2 5/m2

C C

1L 1L

5/m2 5/m2

Grasses

Form

Acer campestre 'Streetwise' Alnus incana Aurea Amelanchier x grandiflora 'Robin Hill' Betula pendula Sorbus aucuparia 'Streetwise'

Name Carpinus betulus Viburnum tinus 'Eve Price'

He1 He2

1 No. T2 Tree

Age

Name

1 No. T2 Tree

Key

Name

Rt Cdn

G1 G2 G3 G4

Deschampsia flexuosa Luzula sylvatica Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus' Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln'

Cont size

Spacing

C C C

0.5 L 0.5 L 1L

7/m2 7/m2 5/m2

5/m2

Planting mix MX1-H1(25%)+H2(15%)+H5(25%)+H6(15%)+G2(20%) Planting mix MX2-H3(20%)+H4(30%)+H7(20%)+H9(20%)+G2(20%)

1 No. T5 Tree

Climbers

MX1

Key

1 No. T2 Tree

Lift

BLOCK C

H4 S2

Riser

MX1 H3

He2

Several shoots

1/lin. m

Several shoots

60-80 60-80

C C

3L 2L

Several shoots Several shoots

3 3 2

1/lin. m 1/lin. m

1/lin. m

MX1

Cont size

40-60

Cycle Stor

1 No. T2 Tree

Rt Cdn

40-60

Jasminum polyanthum Lonicera periclymenum

Plant Room

He2

MX1

Height cm

Clematis armandii Hedera colchica 'Dentata Variegata'

C3 C4

Name

C1 C2

Smoke Shaf

He2

G1 T4

H10 T4

BLOCK E

He2

T1 BLOCK B

He2

T4 G1

H10

T4 H4

He2

reen Ro Leyton G

BLOCK D

He2

H8 G4

He2

T4 H2

He1 S1

Switch Rm. Lift

He2

Refuse Store

BLOCK A

He2

Substatio

3 No. T1 Trees

Cycle Stor

He2

ad es

6 No. T3 Tre

2 No. T1 Trees

He1

Rev

Description

Date

S4 S4

B A

5 No. replacement trees added 3 No. additional T4 trees added

Davis S6

15.01.21 SJ 25.08.20 SJ

Landscape Architecture

15 Iliffe Yard, London, SE17 3QA 020 7277 1035 mail@davisla.com I www.davisla.com Client

S5 Job Title

He2 S6 He2

Leyton Green Road

He2

Drawing Title

Planting Plan

Matlo

Road

Scale :

1:100@A0

Drawn : SJ

Date :

18/03/2020

Checked : SJ

Drawing No. : L0651L07

Rev. : B

construction drawing and quantifications

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