Josh Howes Landscape Architecture Portfolio
2016-2018
Content Curriculum Vitae 01. Planning for Sustainable Housing 02. Planting Design 03. Construction Design 04. Ecological Design and Management 05. LVIA-Landscape Planning Toolkit 06. Private House and Garden Design- Summer Placement (June-August 2018) 07. Landscape Exploration and Intervention 08. Munich Field Trip
Curriculum Vitae Personal information Address:
16 The Nook, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 1EJ
Email:
jhowes1@sheffield.ac.uk
Phone:
07495581920
June- August 2018- The Landscape Agency- Summer placement (Eleanor Houldcroft/Patrick James- 01904 691 630) May 2017- Chelsea Flower Show- Nigel Dunnett (Greening Grey Britain) July 2014- SDA Architects Leeds June 2012- North Yorkshire County Planning Office June 2012- Premier Design Landscape Surveyors
Education School:
Thirsk School and Sixth Form College (2009-2016)
GCSE’S:
10 GCSE’S (A*-C)
A-Levels:
2x A*
Subjects:
Voluntary related work experience
Computer skills
Competitions
Photoshop Indesign Illustrator AutoCad Sketchup ArcGIS
Trada- February 2019- A multi-disciplinary competition (Landscape Architects, Architects, Civil Engineers and Quantity Surveyors) held over 2 days, attended by chosen students from universities within the UK.
1X A
Art (A*) Philosophy and Ethics (A*) History (A) Extended Project Question (A)
University:
University of Sheffield (2016- Present)
Reading:
Landscape Architecture (Bachelor of Arts)
Employment July 2014- Present- SEP Events- Admissions and events traffic assistant July- September 2016/17/18- Student employment- Gardening work
Aim- To design a sustainable timber student accommodation facility, providing both indoor and outdoor open spaces.
Extra-curricular qualifications and activities Qualifications
Football
2017- Driving Licence 2012- Grade 5 music theory 2005- 2012- Grade 1-5 Trumpet 2012- Bronze Duke of Edinburgh
2016- Present- University of Sheffield Men’s football (First team) 2015- North of England (Under 18’s) 2014- North of England (Under 18’s) 2012-2015- North Yorkshire Football Association
Cricket
Music
2013- North Yorkshire cricket (Under 16’s) 2011-2014- Hambleton and Richmond Area Cricket (Under 18’s)
2012-2014- Thirsk School and Sixth Form College Jazz Band 2011-2014- Thirsk School and Sixth Form College Concert Band
I am currently in my third undergraduate year of studying Landscape Architecture at the University of Sheffield. From a young age, I have always been interested in the outdoor environment, nature and design. The study of Landscape Architecture has given me the opportunity to combine these interests, so that my enthusiasm for these issues is becoming a passion. I was first captivated by this profession when choosing to undertake a landscape based ‘Extended Project Question’ during my first year of A-Levels. The aim of this project was to redevelop a series of old farm buildings along with the surrounding landscape, transforming it into a public nature reserve accessible to the local residents. However, my interests currently lie in the integration of humans and landscape in a predominantly urban realm. With a growing urban population, I see it as our responsibility as Landscape Architects to create urban environments that accommodate both people and nature, allowing both our cities and inhabitants to breathe and flourish. This portfolio displays a selection of work from my undergraduate studies (Year 2- Present). It aims to show the breadth of projects I have worked on as well as the variety of skills I have developed.
01. Planning for Sustainable Housing People Focused- Crossing The Bridge
Hierarchical circulation
A B C
Brief
A community based housing scheme project situated in Kelham Island next to the River Don. This high-density housing project was inspired by the social cohesion associated with the ‘Triangle’ housing project located in Swindon, integrating both public, semi-public and private land.
Public circulation Communal circulation Semi-private circulation
Vegetation and water strategy
Existing vegetation Populus nigra Salix fragilis Grey to green Betula nigra Retention pool Swale Platanus x hispanica Orchard
Housing strategy
DPH: 75 Overall population:
Tryst Terrace West Bridge Place Green Thorpe Existing building
Drawn Axonometric
Vision
My driving ethos, creating an extraordinary ordinary community, will to shape new perspectives on how inner-city living can become community based. Its inbuilt sustainability, whether this be social, economic or environmental will allow this low impact development to accommodate individals’ financial and cultural differences, creating a strong sense of social cohesion.
@1:100
2 Story terraced garden, Garden, Communal space/Recycling area, Foot/bike path
@1:200
2x 5 story flats, Communal play space/continuation of grey to green,SUD/Swale
@1:200 Communal recycling building, Pub, Outside seating area, Vegetated retention pool- Cafe, SUD/Swale
Supporting Illustrations
Cross sections
02. Planting Design
Brief
A Flowing Harmony of Mysticism
Photomontage
Shady mix
As part of an integrated parkland design proposal, we were required to create a planting scheme that surrounded the redevelopment and transformation of the existing fire station.
Vision To provide a place that inspires contemplation, provokes self-surrender and stimulates the imagination through an atmospherically and naturalistic planting scheme.
Grass mix The cross section extends over 3 perennial borders. 1. Sun tolerant perennials 2. Shade tolerant perennials 3. Shade perennial mix
Bulb mix
Visualisations
Thresholds connecting semipublic and public spaces are both permeable and minimal. Once inside the site, one is met by the compact interconnecting perennial drifts that gracefully interconnect with the swaying grassland.
Lead up to the elliptical theatre. Path cutting through dense erect perennial borders. Expansive perennial drifts are replicated throughout the planting scheme.
Planting schedule
Betula nigra- surrounded by grasses, May- September.
Seasonal development Grasses surrounding theatre in June.
Betula pendula, surrounded by grasses, November- March.
Grasses turning increasingly brown late November.
Planting plan
Grasses replaced by bulbs planted in mid-January.
03. Construction Design Theatre Deli- Porter Brook
Brief
A series of construction details accompanied by a plan help to explain how the landscape at Porter Brook outside the Theatre Deli would be built. They aim to show below ground detailing and specification, as well as the inclusion of the following landscape elements; steps, retaining structure, surfacing, drainage and river access/daylighting. All measurement and detailing work in conjunction with the Disability Discrimination Act.
04. Ecological Design and Management Ecological design and management
Vision “Woodthorpe ravine, a green safe haven for all to enjoy� We are striving towards the creation of a communal public space, in which we will enhance the quality of life inside and outside the site, improving not only the environmental quality and natural habitats within, but also the standard of living for the local communities on the outside. It will provide Woodthorpe ravine with a strong sense of identity as well as the park itself representing a recognisable landmark within Sheffield.
Sheltered seating design
Ecological SUD design
Hand drawn ecological plan
Establishments and management of Heathland and Beech Glades Year 1
Year 5
Year 10
05. (G)LVIA-Landscape Planning Toolkit Cobex Ltd- Open cast coal mine
Brief
To imagine that you are an independent landscape consultant who Cobex Ltd have appointed to carry out specialist work to assess the potential Landscape and visual impact of the pro-posed opencast coal mine using guidance form GLVIA. Restoration phase 1
Cobex Ltd action plan
Restoration phase 2 Restoration phase 3 Green corridors Ancient field boundaries
1:1000
Landscape Character
Public footpaths Entrance Extended wood Improved field 5
Restoration
Streams Site boundary 40m dip cuts Overburden storage mound Water treatment 10m tall subsoil mound 3m tall screening mound Field 5 150mm top soil Site entrance Protected trees
Ancient irregular hedgerows Protected trees
Valued landscape
Ground cover Improved grassland Arable and Horticultural Broadleaf woodland Suburban Heather grassland Freshwater
1:5000
West woodland Green belt Monument Green way Site boundary
1:6000
Site boundary
Individual landscape features
National character area 37 National character area 38 Extension of character area 37 Site boundary 5 km buffer 10km buffer
Improved grassland Agriculture land Unimproved grassland Tributaries
Zone of theoretical visibility
Landscape Visual
1.25
2.5
Viewpoints
5 kilometres
1km buffer
Site is visible
2km buffer
Site is not visible
5km buffer
Map of re assessed ZTV Dense wooded area bordering the A61
3m mound and West woodland
High Green housing estate
Buildings within Howbrook
Significance of the effects
0
Site boundary
06. Private house and garden design- Summer placement (June-August 2018) The integration of formal and informal
Vision The creation of a private house and gardens, combining practical design with transitional naturalistic and formal planting.
Inspiring imagery
07. Landscape Exploration and Intervention A reflective remedy
Vision
Reective remedy is very much a transitionary space, with enclosed areas branching off from the main axes of the design, enabling people to experience the solitude and confinement that city life often fails to offer.
Visualisations
08. Munich field trip
Vision
To analyse a handful of urban landscape visited within Munich in order to emphasise the importance of colour theory when creating a successful public space.
A city without colour
Exploring the Triadic colour scheme within Theresienwiese Bahndeckel
Exploring the Thematic colour scheme within Gartnerplatz