J harding cv & portfolio 2015 by Jessica Harding Work Portfolio

JESSICA HARDING Candidate Landscape Architect Email: jess.harding88@gmail.com Mobile UK: 07553 105633 Nationality: British and South African Citizenship Address: 16 Montague Road, London, SW19 1SY

2002 - 2006 Redhill high school Summit Road, Sandton, Johannesburg Achievements 6 Distinctions in matric (2006) Top 10% in matric exams for: Biology, History, Maths, English, Art, French 2007 - 2009 Achievements

University of Cape Town (UCT) Rondebosch, Cape Town Graduated with a Bachelor of Architectural Studies Degree (BAS)

University of Cape Town (UCT) 2012 - 2013 Rondebosch, Cape Town Graduated with a Masters of Landscape Achievements Architecture (MLA) Hugh and Win Walker Scholarship 2013 - Academic merit

Aspects of city design Plants Construction Landscape design Property law Terrain analysis History of landscape architecture Environmental systems

2013 Dissertation Title:RETROFITTING GREEN POINT PARK: Re-envisioning the urban park as the 4th nature Grade 72 %

EDUCATION

Graphic extracted from my thesis representing the vision and concept for the project

University of Witwatersrand (WITS) 2014 Faculty of Commerce, Law & Management Johannesburg Graduated with a post-graduate certificate in the Fundamentals of Project management Grade 85%

Organisational strategy, structure and culture Estimating project times and cost Developing a project plan Risk Management Scheduling Resources Project time compression Managing project teams Project monitoring Project audit and closure

2008 (1 month)

Holley and Associates Engineering firm Sunninghill, Johannesburg Intern: Autocad drafting

Peter Harding Peter.Harding@draglobal. com

2010 -2011 (12 months)

Alan Walt Architects St Georges’ mall, Cape Town Architectural intern: • Design and management of a house renovation • Council submissions • Co-ordination meetings • Site monitoring • Client liaison • Revit modeling and rendering

Alan Walt alanwalt@iafrica.com

Cascade Hotel and Resort Vail, Colorado, USA Food and beverage employee • Guest relations, • Cocktail waitressing, • Bar management and events hostessing

Adam Lewis alewis@destinationhotels .com

2011 (4 months)

Travels: Spent 6 months of 2011 travelling the USA, Central and South America, making spur of the moment decisions and developing an invaluable sense of independence and resourcefulness. 2012 (1 month)

WORK EXPERIENCE

NM Associates, Planning and Urban Design Jody Patterson Cape Town jody@visionplan.co.za Urban design intern: • Housing layout scheme and public facilities precinct for new low-income housing near the Cape Town Airport. • Sketchup modelling • Landscape sketch plan proposal for the West Coast Fossil Park. • Worked on a Planning Report for a housing scheme.

2013 (1 month)

Contract work for Alan Walt Architects Completed council drawings for council submission on the renovations on a block of flats in Bantry Bay, Cape Town

2014-2015 (13 months)

Newtown Landscape Architects Candidate Landscape Architect: • Landscape design, from inception stage through to construction, on a number of personally lead projects (see following page) • Defining project scope in terms of time, budget and activities • Cost estimates and bills of quantities • Quotes • Landscape design reports • Environmental assessment reports • Graphic representation • Co-ordination meetings • Project management • Client liaison • LEED rating experience

Johan Barnard johan@newla.co.za Graham Young graham@newla.co.za

Key Skills

DIGITAL SKILLS Advanced: • Adobe suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator) • Autocad • Sketchup • Microsoft office (Word, Excel, Power-point) Competent: • GIS - ArcGis • Revit • MS project

MANUAL SKILLS • • • •

Hand drawing Illustration and rendering Model building Oil painting

NOTABLE PROJECTS AND SKILLS

PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIORAL ASSETS • Self motivated, initiative, high level of energy. • Extremely efficient at time management • Creative and strategic thinking • Effective and responsive listening • Analytical understanding and problem solving • Enjoy working in a team as well as managing and leadership • Tolerant and flexible to different situations. • Great verbal and written communication

Professional Affiliations Registered member of the South African Institute of Landscape Architects (SACLAP)

Notable Projects: Afriski, Lesotho (Project lead) Afriski is the only skiing resort in Lesotho, located 3050m above sea-level in the Maluti Mountains. Landscape Master Plan for the design of an outdoor park and trail system envisioned with the implementation of two new ski slopes. Blue hills housing estate, Johannesburg (Project lead) We teamed up with Nico Van Der Meulen Architects on a design proposal for a concept house on a plot on the estate. This required the completion of a Landscape sketch plan and strong graphic proposal for the concept house. Bus Rapid Transit system – Johannesburg. The completion posters for the project. Caledonian Park , Pretoria Preliminary sketch plan and graphics that won us the tender for this revolutionary public space project. Coca Cola bottling facility, Mozambique (Project lead) Landscape plan for the outdoor area of the facility. DTI, Pretoria Graphic development and representation of the landscape design of the public spaces at DTI Gibela new manufacturing facility, Johannesburg (Project lead) Design of a LEED platinum rated landscape. Included preliminary landscape layout, LEED point assessment and calculations, preliminary costings, LEED motivation for certain design options, Landscape SDP submission, Tender documentation, Detail design aspects. Sub-consultants to Aecom. House Sithole, Nelspruit (Project lead) Residential house garden design up till preliminary landscape layouts with graphic representation Oosrand Secondary School, Johannesburg (Project lead) Landscape design for the outdoor area, stormwater pond and sports facilities for a government high school in the East Rand, Johannesburg Park Station to Doornfontien phase 1, Johannesburg (Project lead) Implementation of cycle lanes and the upgrade of sidewalks in the area between Park station and Doornfontien in Johannesburg CBD. These NMT routes aim to integrate with the existing BRT system. Park Station to Doornfontien phase 2, Johannesburg (Project lead) The identification and concept design of key public space along the route upgraded during phase one of the project. Upgrade of the entrance into Joubert Park, the upgrade of the trader area on the West of Joubert Park, the creation of a public space on a portion of the sidewalk along Bok Street and the development of a concept plan for Nugget street Skate Park. Ridgeside, Umhlanga Rocks (Project lead) Working drawings for Phase three of this corporate development. Design of the circle landscape for phase 3. Preliminary design of the islands for phase 1 of the project. Rotunda park phase 2, Johannesburg (Project lead) The concept design for De Villier’s street park in the envisioned mixed use development area.

JESSICA HARDING w - WORKS PORTFOLIO

WORK EXPERIENCE: AFRISKI BLUE HILLS BUS RAPID TRANSPORT ROUTES CALEDONIAN PARK DTI GIBELA NEW MANUFACTURING FACILITY HOUSE SITHOLE PARK TO DOORNFONTIEN NMT ROUTES RIDGESIDE

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All work shown was completed at, and is the copyright of, Newtown Landscape Architects

STUDENT WORK: MASTERS OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE THESIS

FOR MORE EXAMPLES OF STUDENT WORK PLEASE VISIT: http://jessharding88.wix.com/jhardingmlarch

Contact: jess.harding88@gmail.com Mobile UK: 07553 105633

AFRISKI - Lesotho

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The client called for the development of a master plan for two new ski slopes, a outdoor pedestrian and bicycle trail with adjoining park areas, as well as the upgrade of a new detention dam system. Besides the main activities of skiing and cycling envisioned to be the focus of the resort, the client asked that we accommodate an area for archery as well. ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES I was allowed to run with the design and graphic representation of the project as well as coordinating ideas and concepts with the client directly. The project is on hold at the moment and is currently still at master plan level.

PRE-DESIGN SITE PHOTOGRAPHS

Afriski is a popular ski resort in Lesotho.

Master plan - Not to scale

AFRISKI - Lesotho

BLUE HILLS - Johannesburg

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Blue hills was a marketing venture my company completed with NVDM architects in Johannesburg. The idea was to design a “concept” house and garden to show to prospective buyers of plots on a massive housing estate in Midrand, Johannesburg. This scheme was then presented to the public at the estate’s show day.

I worked closely with NVDM architects to conceptualise the project. I designed the simple terraced landscape to speak to the form of the conceptual house. Natural vegetation was used in juxtaposition to the clean lines of the terraces. Three conceptual options were developed and I put together a graphic representation of these to present at the show day.

PRE-DESIGN SITE PHOTOGRAPHS

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Concept Plan and Perspectives - Not to scale

BLUE HILLS - Johannesburg

PROJECT DESCRIPTION The BRT (Bus Rapid Transport) routes have become strong structural influences of Johannesburg city design. Our company worked on the landscape design and integration of the stations and infrastructure into the public realm. ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES I designed advertisements, employing graphic renders of the finished project for marketing purposes.

POST-CONSTRUCTION DESIGN ADVERTISEMENT FOR LANDSCAPE SA MAGAZINE

BUS RAPID TRANSPORT (BRT) ROUTES - Johannesburg

johannesburg johannesburg bus bus raPID raPID TransPorT TransPorT PUBLIC PUBLIC ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENT UPGRADE UPGRADE NORTh NORTh ROUTE ROUTE

johannesburg bus raPID TransPorT Post-construction Plan of North station 05

PUBLIC ENVIRONMENT UPGRADE SOUTh ROUTE

Plan of South station 03

PhOTOGRAPhS ALONG ThE ROUTE

Pre-construction

Post-construction

Plan of South station 04

Plan of North station 015

PhOTOGRAPhS ALONG ThE ROUTE

BRT Graphic posters - Not to scale

Post-construction

Planting during construction

PhOTOGRAPhS ALONG ThE ROUTE

CALEDONIAN PARK - Pretoria

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

It can be said that symbolically it will be come the new public heart of our countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capital. ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES Here I assisted in the research elements that went into the original sketch plan design. I later completed the rendering of the sketch plan and the poster representation of the project as a whole. Once a preliminary landscape design was completed I completed the preliminary tree layout for the park

PRE-DESIGN SITE PHOTOGRAPHS

Caledonian park is a ground breaking project and is envisioned as a public park and exhibition arena of international importance in Pretoria, South Africa.

Concept Plan Poster - Not to scale

CALEDONIAN PARK - Pretoria

Concept Plan Poster - Not to scale

CALEDONIAN PARK - Pretoria

PROJECT TITLE

DTI - Pretoria

DTI (Department of Trade and Industry), Pretoria, South Africa is a government institution. The brief required an upgrade of the public spaces within the head offices to allow for a better work environment as well as public appearance. ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES My role with this project was to take the sketch plan ideas and formalise them into visualised perspectives of the spaces in order to present to the client.

PRE-DESIGN SITE PHOTOGRAPHS

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Concept Plans and Perspectives - Not to scale

DTI - Pretoria

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GIBELA NEW MANUFACTURING FACILITY - Johannesburg

PROJECT DESCRIPTION AECOM SA (Pty) Ltd (AECOM) was appointed by GIBELA to carry out the design of the proposed GIBELA New Manufacturing Facility. A 75 ha site in Dunnotar, South Africa AECOM in turn appointed Newtown Landscape Architects (NLA) as their sub-consultant to carry out the landscape architectural design scope of the project under AECOMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S architectural lead. The project aimed to receive a Platinum Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) certification. The LEED guidelines and budget became the main structuring elements for the design

I was fortunate enough to become project lead on this exciting and challenging project. I developed the design from concept stage through to Spatial Development Plan (SDP) tender submission. I was required to attend all co-ordination meetings and workshops, working closely with AECOM engineers, architects and LEED specialists. I further completed a number of value engineering exercises as well as preliminary costings and bills of quantities.

INITIAL LEED AREA CALCULATIONS

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Initial Landscape Concept Plan - Not to scale

GIBELA NEW MANUFACTURING FACILITY - Johannesburg

Initial Landscape Concept Plan - Not to scale

GIBELA NEW MANUFACTURING FACILITY - Johannesburg

Concept SUDs Sections - Not to scale

GIBELA NEW MANUFACTURING FACILITY - Johannesburg

Tender Submission Detail - Not to Scale

GIBELA NEW MANUFACTURING FACILITY - Johannesburg

Tender Submission Detail - Not to Scale

GIBELA NEW MANUFACTURING FACILITY - Johannesburg

HOUSE SITHOLE - Nelspruit

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brief requested a landscape that had formal design elements yet flowed seamless into the natural landscape backdrop. Beds of indigenous planting is used along with more formal hedging and lawn to create an attractive and welcoming design proposal. ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES I became lead on this project, liaising closely with the client to design and graphically represent his vision for his new estate.

PRE-DESIGN SITE PHOTOGRAPHS

House Sithole is a house garden design for Mr. Sithole in Nelspruit, South Africa. It is still at preliminary landscape design stage.

Preliminary Landscape Layout Plan - Not to scale

HOUSE SITHOLE - Nelspruit

Preliminary Design Perspectives - Not to scale

HOUSE SITHOLE - Nelspruit

PROJECT TITLE

Planting key Restored natural vegetation Lawn Mixed planting Bulb garden Aloe garden Hedging Astroturf Vegetable garden

Tree key New tree Large shrub Existing tree

Formal Edge Planting

Boma

Mixed planting

Duck Pond

Rest area

Aloe Garden

DRIVEWAY

Backwash Into Garden Inlet From Pump

Pool Spill Over Catchpit

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Outlet To Pump

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MOTORCOURT

TO EXISTING SEPTIC TANK

Pool Spill Over

Aim Flow.

POOL BELOW

Pool safety to comply with SABS1390 By Specialist

1 2 UP 3 4 5

Size of Pool pump as per specialist. POOL PUMP

Astroturf lawn

LANDING

Aim Flow.

rvit

Astroturf lawn

Weir

POSITION OF SEPTIC TANK TO BE CHECKED ON SITE FOR PLUMBING RETICULATION

Inlet From Pump

rvit

Bulb Garden

Extra Parking

Inlet From Pump

NEW BOUNDARY WALL

A NW

Sun control over to Architects Details

BALCONY ON FIRST FLOOR

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Inlet From Pump

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Play Area

BALCONY ON FIRST FLOOR :40

PIP

Rain water tanks

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NEW FIRST FLOOR

BALC

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NEW 110Ø uPVC SOIL PIPE AT 1:40 FALL

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NEW STAFF QUARTERS

Johannesburg 369 Government Rd Johannesburg North 011 462 6967 011 462 9284

Pretoria 608 Leyds Street Muckleneuk 082 462 1491 012 344 0235

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www.newla.co.za Client

Mr Sithole

Vegetable Garden

Project

House Sithole Garden

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DRAWING TITLE

New Screenwall 2.550m High

NEW GROUND FLOOR

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ROCKY OUTCROP

Landscape Layout Plan

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Drawing Status

For Design Architect

Engineer

Surveyor

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Holding 26

LANDSCAPE PLAN 1:250

Scale

Date

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Checked

1:250

14/09/16

Drawing No

LAN-1873-101 File

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PARK TO DOORNFONTIEN NON-MOTORISED TRANSPORT ROUTES - Johannesburg

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Park Station to Doornfontien phase 1, Johannesburg Implementation of cycle lanes and the upgrade of sidewalks in the area between Park station and Doornfontien in Johannesburg CBD. These NMT routes aim to integrate with the existing BRT system. Park Station to Doornfontien phase 2, Johannesburg The identification and concept design of key public space along the route upgraded during phase one of the project. Upgrade of the entrance into Joubert Park, the upgrade of the trader area on the West of Joubert Park, the creation of a public space on a portion of the sidewalk along Bok Street and the development of a concept plan for Nugget street Skate Park. ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES This project was a joint venture with an urban design company called IYER. I was project lead on both phases for our company, which required the co-ordination of the entire project along with the design and representation of the project together with IYER.

Scope Plan - Not to Scale

PARK TO DOORNFONTIEN NON-MOTORISED TRANSPORT ROUTES - Johannesburg

Typical sidewalk Preliminary Design - Not to scale

PARK TO DOORNFONTIEN NON-MOTORISED TRANSPORT ROUTES - Johannesburg

Joubert Park Cycle Lane intervention - Not to scale

PARK TO DOORNFONTIEN NON-MOTORISED TRANSPORT ROUTES - Johannesburg

Joubert Park Cycle Lane intervention - Not to scale

PARK TO DOORNFONTIEN NON-MOTORISED TRANSPORT ROUTES - Johannesburg

Nugget Street Park Preliminary Landscape Layout - Not to Scale

PARK TO DOORNFONTIEN NON-MOTORISED TRANSPORT ROUTES - Johannesburg

RIDGESIDE - Durban

My company was hired to do the master planning and landscape design for this development, located in Umhlanga Rocks on the north coast of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Ridgeside is a four-phased development that will effectively link the Umhlanga Ridge to the Umhlanga Rocks village. The site consists of 140ha of land nestled within a rough triangle created by Umhlanga Rocks Drive and two major highways, the M4 and the M41. A ribbon of coastal forest runs along one boundary while a valley dissects the development as a whole. The overall development supplements the Umhlanga Ridge Town Centre node and fosters the creation of an integrated, peoplecentred mixed-use environment. ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES I inherited this 6 year on-going project, becoming project lead on the phase 3 and phase 1 developments. This required carrying out responsibilities from preliminary designs and costings through to bills of quantities and construction drawings; liaising with all parties involved throughout.

POST-CONSTRUCTION SITE PHOTOGRAPH

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

RIDGESIDE - Durban RIDGESIDE

MASTERPLAN

Rauvfolia caffra

Perspective showing design of entry gateways

Ex. Bridelia micrantha Concrete benches

Bridelia micrantha

Trees used to line the roads

Pedestrian crossing paving

Street furniture and paving

Master plan Poster and Landscape Details - Not to scale

Dietes grandiflora

Dietes bicolor Cussonia sphaerocephala

Tulbaghia violacea

Carissa macrocarpa

Planting used along Ridgside Drive Plumbago auriculata

Erythrina latissima

Tree used to demarcate entrances

Aristida junciformis

Eragrostis sp. Juncue kraussii

Some types of herbaceaous plants used at intersections

Bulbine abbysinica

Some types of plants used along road edges

Aloe cooperi

Kniphofia uvaria

Aloe striata

Some types of feature plants used at road intersections

Aloe arborescens

RIDGESIDE - Durban PRECINCT 3 PHASE 3

NLA-516-P3 - 502/1

Dietes grandiflora Ground cover mix 1 Stone clad wall

Island mix

New paving

Existing paving

Dump rock

Landscape Details - Not to scale

Stone clad wall

TREES

SHRUBS Existing Trees (Phase1 and 2)

PLANTING Dietes bicolor (Yellow Wild Iris)

Aloe cooperii 6/sqm - Cooper's Aloe

Bridelia micrantha - Coastal Golden Leave

Aloe Barberae - Tree Aloe Erythrina latissima - Broadleaf Coral Tree Cussonia sphaerocephala -Coastal Cabbage Tree Loxostylis alata -Tarwood Tree

Aloe arborescens - Kranz Aloe

Kniphofia uvaria - Red Hot Poker

Aloe thraskii - Dune Aloe

Grass Mix Aristida junciformis Eragrostis sp. Juncue kraussii

Mix 5 -Aloe cooperii -Crocosmia aurea

Rhus nebulosa (Sand Taaibos)

Tecomaria capensis

Mix 6 Plumbago auriculata Barleria obtusa Asparagus asparagoides

Hedge -Plumbago auriculate (Cape Leadwort)

Carissa macrocarpa (Greencarpet)

Island mix Rhus nebulosa Barleria repens Asparagus densiflorus

Ground Cover Mix 1 -Watsonia pillansii (Wotsonia) -Dietes Bicolor (Yellow Wild Iris)

Aristida junciformis (Ngongoni Three-Awn)

Groundcover Mix 2 - Tulbaghia violacea (Wild Garlic) 5/sqm - Crocosmia aurea (Valentine Flower) 4/sqm - Aristea ecklonii (Blue Starts) 4/sqm

Aloe striata -Lesotho Kraal Aloe

Groundcover Mix 3 - Tulbaghia violacea (Wild Garlic) 5/sqm - Aristea ecklonii (Blue Starts) 4/sqm

Strelitzia reginae - Crane Flower

Groundcover Mix 4 - Asparagus densiflorus - Rhus nebulosa

Dietes grandiflora (Large Wild Iris) 3/sqm

Lawn Cynodon - Gulf Green

PAVING (EXISTING) PHASE 1 & 2 (COMPLETED)

FURNITURE

Concept Paving - Burgandy with header course

Bench

Infraset cobble colour "CHARCOAL"

Litter Bin

Infraset cobble colour "GREY"

Street Light

PAVING (NEW)

Security Camera

Sidewalk and access to be implemented by Concept Paving - Burgandy with header course

Infraset cobble colour "CHARCOAL" to match existing

Ex. Sideroxylon inerme

GENERAL NOTES

Newtown Landscape Architects cc Johannesburg 369 Government Rd Johannesburg North 011 462 6967 011 462 9284

ck 1992/034419/23

Pretoria 608 Leyds Street Muckleneuk 082 462 1491 012 344 0235

www.newla.co.za

- All work is to be done in accordance with the National Buildi ng Regulations. - All materials and workmanship are to comply with the relevant S.A.B.S codes - This drawing is not to be scaled. Figured dimensions to be used. All dimensions are in millimeters unless otherwise stated. - This drawing must be read in conjunction with all the relevant drawings and specifications. - All dimensions and levels must be checked on site by the Contractor before putting work in hand. - Any discrepancies on the drawings are to be brought to the Architects attention by the Contractor before putting work in - The contractor must obtain the architects written confirmation of any instructions which involve a variation to the contract before putting the work in hand. - All voids, suspended ceilings and partitions to be rodent proof in accordance with the Government rodent proofing regulations. - All mechanical and electrical work is to be done in accordance with the National Building Regulations. - Contractors and Sub-contractors are to check all site dimensions and levels before commencing work. - Figured dimensions are to be taken in preference to scale dimensions. - The Architects are to be notified of any variations. - The design of this drawing is the copright of the Architects. - Each Contractor shall be responsible for ensuring the structural stability of all components of his work and ascertain that the main structure is capable of supporting all loads applied thereto. - Trees to be placed on site by Landscape Architect

Precinct 3 section Ridgeside drive Planting Layout FOR CONSTRUCTION C

14/06/27

Planting Layout

13/10/03

Planting Layout

13/08/28

Planting Layout

Description

Rev. Date

REVISIONS

Date

JUNE 2014

Drawn by

Drawing no.

NLA-516-P3-502/1

Scale

1:200 Rev. no.