JOTARO TOKUNAGA landscape architecture with town + regional planning
graduate portfolio
MLA, BA Hons, university of sheffield. 2008-2013 graduate portfolio
URSULA project Urban Landscape Planning
HarrisonStevens
Parkwood Springs
LDA Design
Urban Design Project
Landscape Institute Future Visions Competition “The Corridor Park”
Granary Wharf, Leeds
Canary Wharf Student Landscape Competition “The Canvas Harbour”
MLA Special Project Part 1: Development of Brief: Sep - Feb 2012 Part 2: Project Delivery:
part 1: masters year 5
Jan - July 2013
Kirkby Design Competition “Community Junction”
part 2: year in practice year 4
timeline 2012 - 2013 2
2011 - 2012
portfolio compiled august 2013 produced in InDesign cs6
3rd year Integrated Project: Part 1 - Masterplanning Part 2 - The Corridor Park & Layering Part 3 - Advanced Planting Design Part 4 - CAD + Construction Detailing
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Residential Crookesmoor Sustainable Housing Scheme Theory + Document Writing E.I.A. - Barnsley Environmental Impact Assessment
Land Contamination - Croda Restoration + Revegetation
European Landscape Convention
Urban Design Sheffield Cultural Industries Quarter Masterplanning Sharrow Area Masterplan
part 3: undergraduate year 1-3
Landscape Studies 2010 Paris 2012 USA 2012 West Europe
part 4: travel JOTARO TOKUNAGA
2008 - 2011
jotokunaga (at) gmail (dot) com cargocollective.com/jotaro
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PART 1: masters
special project part 1: developing the brief leith docks, edinburgh
the site chosen for the special project was the Leith Docklands - an area familiar to me from my year in practice, and a site with multifaceted issues. the site allowed the explore my interest in both urban design solutions at the waterfront and the reappropriation of post-industrial landscapes.
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taking over from the original masterplan prepared by RMJM in 2008, the aim was to design in more detail at a more human scale, with intentions of focusing on placemaking, exploring the themes of weather, oceans and particularly the local geological processes found throughout the Pentland Hills and the volcanic Arthur’s Seat.
1. design philosophy montage; exploring the role of oceanfronts as civic functions and reflections of a culture
the brief is developed as part of the project narrative to establish the conditions + aims, to measure the success of the final project outcome.
Site: Visit, Research: Historic, Geologic, Local Issues, Census Data, Photography, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Post-Industrial, Waterfront, Parkland.
2. surrounding areas, vistas and transport links 3. mapping Edinburgh’s greenspace network 4. fundamental project foundations
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The aim of this special project is to investigate the post-industrial brownfield landscape along the Edinburgh waterfront in Leith, and looks to consider ways to develop a coastal public park infrastructure. Using the existing regeneration masterplan as a base, I’ll be using up-to-date economic and environmental conditions to steer the project towards a more mixed development, with a focus towards wind/wave energy enterprise and job creation. Key Focuses: - guiding function towards a part in Edinburgh’s healthy living, social and cultural network. - placemaking a civic waterfront parkland identity. - post industrial + re-industrial land appropriation.
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special project part 2: project delivery
5 components of the park
leith docks, edinburgh
the final proposals transforms the waste site at the water’s edge, introducing a complex system of park, ecological process and social milieu across 800m meter of site. the industrial relics found over the site are retained and incorporated into a post-industrial civic landscape which prioritises activity and sport, using the size of the site to add a significant portion of greenspace infrastructure where it’s traditionally been lacking. it makes connections to its immediate and citywide surroundings and forms a long term growth and construction phases within a wider network of other waterfront developments and Edinburgh’s overall greenspace and lifestyle strategy heading into the 21st century. accompanying the core masterplan and visualisations are working construction drawings and a planting strategy which focuses on key design features and interventions which define the project, following ideas of the industrial vs natural, existing local character and an ordered rigid plan around which a more abstract and evocative experience plays out.
1. esplanade the active waterfront of the park, with 2 wide walkways 2m height apart. between them. the low path steps down into the water at it’s highest tide.
concept: coastal flux humans are constantly fighting nature for control of the waterfront - what emerges is a gradient between two extremes, between totally managed human edges, or powerful natural processes claiming back the land. coasts are environments of flux, as we’re seduced by the changing weathers and the tides, its dramatic ephemealities. coastal flux is based on stewardship + management of ecological processes whilst enabling a park to experience these as part of the fabric of life.
2. north park: ‘geopark’ re-interpreting an existing structure into the Commons Hub the cultural centre and destination of the park. abandoned, overgrown WWII bunker, Cramond Island
low-intervention coastline management, Portobello Beach
hard demarcations at the waterfront sewage works, Leith
nearby Cramond Island is accessible only by a concrete path which reveals itself in low tide. this hide + reveal is an idea explored with the ‘bio dock’ feature and its island mounds.
4. bioribbon the ecological aspect is most pronounced with a network of sand dunes, and watercourse which tidally inundates, forming salt-water marsh habitats.
skills + keywords concept, implementation, theory, social + land programming strategy, visual expressions, CAD / visualisation / planting design
development sketches
site conditions
geopark design language access - entrance edges - logical paths
existing land use - roads - industry - recreation
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existing land types - industrial relics - tidal inundation - emerging ecologies - industrial
taking the ubiquitous Arthur’s Seat mountain and the local geology into practical consideration, the ‘organised’ forms will emerge based on 4 types of geo-processes to form a dramatic elevated landscape.
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revealing local ecologies / vegetation strategy the derelicting site already shows a range of vegetation types like heathland, small trees + grasses emerging, and these will be further developed with the addition of local Scottish countryside palettes.
- recreation - property development
3. the village footprints for 9 speculative building blocks also included, to help populate and activate the park. based on Edinburgh block sizes, this adapts the original masterplan for retail, residential and small businesses.
5. south park: ‘commons’ based on neighbouring Leith Links, the south park comprises of large lawn fields and tree lined walkways. unlike the Links though, it’s tuned towards sports, with a running track, courts and youth activities.
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flowering heathland + multistem trees
sand dunes + marram grasses
saltwater marshes
native woodland copses: scots pine
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biodock - tidal inundation < To proposed waterfront housing developments
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geopark landforms these small to medium earthworks are based on geological processes, and form gentle ripples across the north park.
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main promenade path recessed grass planters and biodock edge seating
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elevated water crossing with 2 viewing points incorporated further rail tracks into pavement saltwater marsh build-up
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dune crossing point and footpath opening dune ecology sequences
journey to the ocean heightened with widening saltwater dock
continuous evocations of local natural characters; earthworks, heathlands, dunes, tides
multi-purpose sports spaces, open to interpretations and creative, informal uses
10cm raised pathways, based on, and incorporating rail tracks
natural lowland heath and meadows maintained and propagated into the vegetation strategy
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construction + section drawings pipe bench
timber slats: galvanised stainless steel
Transparent plastic caps show soil structure though. Refer to “PANTONE® PLASTICS transparent selector”or equivalent.
load-bearing frame + washer strip: galvanised stainless steel
14-0848 Mimosa / RAL 1003
fixings: 5mm bolts, at 30cm intervals. custom long bolts for fixing yellow side-panels.
Timber slats bolted onto metal frame, then secured on top / side of concrete. Planting and appropriate bedding mulch added.
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bespoke parts to be constructed off-site, with assembly suggested on-site.
combined with ground strips of woodland trees, mulched planting + ballast strips:
1:40 gradient pavers with levelling sand water-bound surface course
C15 concrete
dynamic course
50mm crushed building rubble ballast monochrome shades only.
ballast base course
frost course
concrete haunch C40 concrete frost protection
C20 concrete pavers light blue tone
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stainless steel strip /w ground anchor
canopy
shrub layer groundcover
planting plan location
birch railway walk
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sports courts
main promenade
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sunken planters
dune formations
design process physical dune modelling using the existing pipes.
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materials: fine sand, plasticine, card and hairdryer
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- layer of sand (sourced along local coastline) - original concrete pipes stacked (towards prevailing wind) - shaped earthworks using dug up soils from biodock
physical dune modelling using the existing pipes. materials: straws, plasticine
soil and mulch requirements to further planting design specifications.
seat concept, showing form, dimensions and its immediate vegetated context
pre-cast retaining C20 concrete base units
materials: card, tape, grass and soil
Bridge form is indicative - to be developed with engineers.
3D concept sketchup modelling, producing construction components
low dunes
mature dune pine thicket
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urban design granary wharf, leeds
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this project focused on the theory of placemaking at the human scale, and dealt with the academia and theory of thinkers like Jane Jacobs, Kevin Lynch, Jan Gehl and lecturer Kevin Thwaites. process our original task was to role-play a variety of characters which could inhabit the failed regeneration of Leeds waterfront, and developed for their own personalities, routines and needs presented through the technique of experiential mapping. using this site analysis method, as a small group we then developed concepts of urban design which responds to the problems and opportunities, developing them through sketches, 3D modelling and a physical ‘inhabited’ model concurrently. the final solution used the ‘Dark Arches’ tunnel and used the train station to inform a design language of customisable, flexible and temporary carriage units 2x2x4m large to produce ephemeral spatial sequences. skills + keywords Photography, SketchUp, AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Modelmaking, Collaboration, Placemaking, Transitional Edge, Economic.
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experiential mapping diagrams, overlayed to clearly identify issues and opportunities of social restoration, imagability, vistas, transitions etc.
design process 1. sourcing the original architectural drawings under the arches
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spatial sequence + programming development to demonstrate a flexible edge transition and social space, we developed a range of hypothetical spatial sequences based around 4 selected seasonal events, ranging down to informal, quickfire and improvised use of space. we also went beyond the brief and developed an organisational body called “the friends of Granary Square” and modelled the roles and administrative background the landscape needed to function as we intended. the “carriages” concept was the design of individual units which could be part-rented out on short leases, used for play, vegetation, retail, events and so-forth.
local business + investment
local resident participation
Everyday Use
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1. grid layout: tree lines / water rills 2. floor / pavement layers + frontages 3. spatial organisation clusters 4. seasonal spatial programming, sequencing and routes
Spring Flower Festival / Egg Hunt
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Summer BBQ + Sports Screening
Autumn Bonfire Night
Winter Christmas Markets
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1:100 axonometric drawing a process of developing a detailed SketchUp model, tracing over with pen by hand, then digitally colouring and animating the scene.
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urban landscape planning
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parkwood springs, sheffield
functional and environmental emergence: phasing diagram this project focused on the theory of landscape planning at the city level, and dealt with the academia and theory of urban wildscapes developed by lecturer Anna Jorgensen and the seminal text; ‘design with nature’ by Ian McHarg. the site dealt with a open ‘urban wildscape’ - a steep expanse of natural parkland, working wasteland and post-industrial environment without a coherent or driven planning agenda. process a two-part project, the first was to acquire, map and present census and topological data through arcGIS. this would inform the social basis of the subsequent urban planning. healthy living programming
then, using the designated theme of “transport and healthy living”, we developed phasing diagrams, programming graphs, a masterplan and some visual renderings of re-appropriating this parkland environment into a major local and regional activity centre. i focused particularly on combining transport with healthy living, looking to cities like Munich and Duisburg to explore combinations of the themes. skills + keywords Photography, AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, GIS, Collaboration, Placemaking, Transitional Edge, Economic.
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by Rory Nichol, with my collaboration
by Rory Nichol, with my collaboration
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PART 2: year in practice
year in practice
Landscape Institute
2011 - 2012
FUTURE VISIONS 2011
what was intended as a straight-forward 12 months of working in practice ended up a diverse meander through work and travel.
in November, I received the LI award for the Future Visions: Open Spaces category at the LI awards. The submission expanded on my integrated project and suggested ways in which economic recession can be embraced positively within a community by maximising stalled spaces for better urban living.
during graduation summer, I worked between making placement applications and producing competition entries - three of which had a degree of success. july - sep worked at the multidisciplinary URSULA project, producing designs and models for new urban flood management systems in Sheffield.
part of the award includes a month work placement at LDA Design.
october - march worked with HarrisonStevens in Edinburgh
may - june worked at LDA Design in London, with work including the Olympic Legacy Park june - july travelled with inter-rail through Spain, France, Italy, Czech Republic, Germany and the Netherlands, again with a landscape agenda
Future Vision 2011
Jotaro Tokunaga, BA Landscape Architecture, University of Sheffield Future Open Spaces Make the most of open space in towns, cities and villages
The Urban Corridor Park An adaptive approach to making the most of poorly used streets. The Problem Precedents In Britain, there has recently been a transformation of our cityscapes. ‘Millennium’ branded projects and the rise of shrines to the religion of shopping, retail and leisure were common throughout the country, resulting in a dense homogeny of consumerism. When that dream began to fade in 2008, it took with it many of the shop fronts and industrial environments which supported it. Parts of our towns and cities are now peppered with boarded up shops and lie dormant. As this was happening, there too was a type of cheap city environment which always had lagged behind - the pound shops and discount shoe outlets, which were at risk of segregation and disconnection with the rest of the affluent city. As social mobility decelerates and wealth disparities widen, it’s important that such close city districts are glued together and share a common network of spaces which enrich the city centre as a whole - greater than the sum of its parts. With the coming decades, the urban fabric has an opportunity to reclaim these ‘dead’ streets, and make the most of under used spaces.
Pocket Parks
The concept of a pocket park is not new - taking a small space and squeezing the maximum impact out of it - was realised famously by Robert Zion’s Paley Park in 1967. Its principles were simple:
If these principles were applied in a way which connects spaces, rather than a reclusion, this would give a higher impetus to inhabit our streets, with a slower pace and a better appreciation for the surroundings.
- A retreat from the noisy, dirty streets of Manhattan. - Slower paces, vegetation and a recreational attraction.
Crucially, this is about making the connections through the city, over fragmented spaces connected by unappealing streetscapes.
Problems they cause: Environmental: overgrown, dangerous and detrimental to the overall image of the wider area. Social: unpleasant for visitors, and despairing to residents and their quality of life Economic: hamstrings hopes of new attractions into a downward spiral of closures.
The idea of the corridor park, is to allocate a street, or stretches of a street, which are dedicated to enhancing the site, and the surrounding streets. It is essentially sacrificed, for the benefit of the rest of the area.
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A recent article illustrating the impact of a poor city environment, as affecting pedestrian footfall into a spiral of urban dereliction.
This could take any form, but has the potential to become a haven for: - Stormwater Catchment - Vegetation - Habitat creation - Social and Cultural Milieu - Environmental quality: Shade, Shelter and air quality - Recreation, Relaxation, Food + Drink - Allotments, Community functions or other senses of ownership.
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Brief + Fabric Concept
A conceptual way of examining the idea is through the idea of fabrics: - Connecting the different threads, stitches and patches.
Drainage: Slits + gradient direction are used to feed the waterscape + SUDS.
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Pub (The Washington)
Depressed grass slits are the threads that stitches the site continuity together.
Leisure
The benefit can potentially outweigh the cost of ‘sacrificing’ a flagging street - not just in the immediate recession phase, but for the long-term good.
Raised Beer Garden Overlook and Steel mesh platforms to expose the planting underneath.
As a route and connection, the park become a seamlessly transient space which helps to merge and create a gradient in character shifts from one neighbourhood to another.
Mixtures of transient & lingering spaces. Short, intimate path along the water & planting.
Applying the Solution
Landform (1.5m) created with crushed building material from site.
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Landform ends with rockery planting from crushed demolition rubble.
Small Scale: In small streets the site could become spaces for allotments or habitat creation, and extend the ideas built on by Pocket Parks, with wider benefits. This could be a school or other community regeneration project, along an allocated street.
Vegetation Styles: Soil Planting. Herbaceous with winter shapes and silhouettes.
Large Scale: The potential for the space to become distinctive socio-economic-environmental hubs and as part of the construction of the city is much greater, with a full design and consulation process.
Crushed Rubble / Gravel Planting + Grasses.
The project is driven by the idea of the space and what it can offer to the area. The details of What, Who, and How, should be at the discretion of the site needs and context. Theoretically, as long as the context is suitable, this can be applied to any settlement, as it has the flexibility to become whatever it needs to be.
Site: Fitzwilliam St, Sheffield. The stretch of identified buildings are either derelict, poorly used parking or can be relocated relatively easily. The space between the two streets is used to create a corridor park, which connects the modern / trendy Devonshire Green, with the poorly connected, run-down Moor shopping district.
Dappled shade from Sun and Rain. Block seating on gravel for drained footspace.
Dense vegetated groundcover and canopy entrance experience
Block seating partially masked from road traffic for a calmer environment.
- Creating a cohesive end product which exceed the sum of its parts: a tapestry of connected users, characters and functions.
Balance of character, interest, function and desirability to glue the north and south masterplan areas together. Allotments: - Raised and wall-retained for privacy, but allows open views, meetings and conversations . - Flexible Plot Sizes depending on tenure and demand. - Shed adds to sense of ownership and structure of the allotments.
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- Weaving in colours, textures, functions.
Concept Model: How a Corridor Park would radiate its benefits outwards.
Future Vision 2011 Jotaro Tokunaga Future Open Spaces
The buildings contained in this space should be demolished or adapted to fit the needs of the new corridor park, with the waste material converted to landform or planting beds.
Opportunities: These spaces are in essence open canvasses for placemaking, community engagement, development, green infrastructure, growth, education and temporary uses.
The Solution
The boost it creates, in terms of perception, a lighter streetscape, cosmetics, interest, desirability and quality of life will drive the economic investment in that area, whereas a partially derelict street would do very little to enhance its surroundings. In a residential environment, the boost to the quality of life is significant, and would stretch lengths in curbing antisocial behaviour.
Example Study
To gain the maximum benefit of space, corridor parks works effectively when the area between two streets are claimed for use. In the example site, this is 40m wide.
Stalled Spaces This report, published last year, explores the idea of stalled spaces (the underlying issue of this project submission),
Community Impacts
Student Accommodation (Opal 1)
april - may travelled from coast to coast across north America, with a strong emphasis on landscape studies
Utility Space
Residents
Modern Apartments
Timber crossing creates the sense of entering semiprivate space.
Night lighting essential as an unlocked public space, for social and park safety.
HarrisonStevens edinburgh
my work with HarrisonStevens ranged across around 15 projects with public and private clients, through different scales and types including education, sport, healthcare, homes, public realm and playspaces. as a new start-up office, I was also involved in producing marketing material, client meetings, office management, web content management and reprographics. these project graphics are illustrative only and represent on-going collaborative work at the office which I had a role in.
marketing material
inverness campus, jan 2013
inverness campus, jan 2013
Whitevale Park
Inverness North Park
Holyrood North Campus
Cramond Pitches
focus: play / public / community consultation
focus: campus / private
focus: campus / public realm
focus: play / residential / sport
at Whitevale, my work included the design revisions of a public play-park, dealing with issues of landforms, materials, access and structures.
I was responsible at Inverness North for developing and revising stage D-onwards of CAD plans, particularly of detail elements.
my work on this project involved design and production of an illustrated tender document, containing concepts, diagrams, SketchUp models, render montages and CAD plans.
my roles included developing different options of sport pitches, parking units and lighting schemes for new residential and sports facility.
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canary wharf student design competition canary wharf, london. “the canvas harbour” in 2011, the UK landscape institute and Canary Wharf Group PLC hosted a student design competition for a temporary event space for the 2012 Olympic games.
THE CANVAS HARBOUR.
/ ‘kan-vəs / noun: 1. woven cloth for tents, sails etc. 2. painting surface. a. nautical b. art c. temporary events / hahr-ber / noun: 1. place on the coast/edge to find shelter. 2. to occupy, shelter. a. inland, linear forms +5.4m
my scheme took a pragmatic design approach for a low-cost and quick installation based around a colourful and visually distinct design - based on its user and naval context.
WOOD WHARF TEMPORARY SPACE URN: #182
Image Credits: 1. lclane2.net/londondocks 2. london2012.com 3. earthinpictures.com 4. rogers stirk harbour
Cartier Circle
Map: google maps
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Street Level Base Photo: flickr.com/gazkinz/6041352294
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Timber Surface
Flexible Activity Turf
Preston’s Road
Metal Frame
Planting Design
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Flexible Activity Turf
SketchUp, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
Seating Element / Soil
Open Space Network
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1m elevated floating walkway over block planting. Metal / Timber construction
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Main open circulation space, connected to walkway via sequentially spaced wheelchair accessible rampways. Edge dominated by colourful jagged linear seating feature.
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Active edge with openspace potential for bars / cafe / food
Section Illustration
Physical Context Street Level Visualisation
kirkby design competition
kirkby-in-ashfield. “the community junction”§ these proposals were submitted summer 2012 as part of a competition to redesign the retail town centre of Kirkby. my proposals were shortlisted, leading to a presentation of the ideas to a multidisciplinary team at Nottingham Trent University. skills + keywords SketchUp, CAD, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign community regeneration, civic square
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PART 3: undergraduate
3rd year integrated project devonshire green, sheffield
1st 1. Connectivity & Journey (Corridor Park)
combining Masterplanning, Urban Design, Planting Specification + Construction Detailing based around a single site, this project made projections to Sheffield’s future and attempts to respond as a fully working urban organism.
2. Markets & Community (New Markets/ Moor link)
working from 1:2000 all down to 1:2, the task was to design solutions and futures in central Sheffield relating to concepts of a ‘big society’, economic downturn and social divides in a dense area. process the nature of the projects required a lengthy period of site research and early sketch plans where history and existing issues were clearly identified. once the masterplan skeleton was in place, Planting + Construction elements were introduced. these both insisted on delivering realworld, buildable solutions which introduced a clear visual character and personality, linking directly to the masterplan’s aims.
3. Industry & Business (Industry Skills College & Quarter.)
skills + keywords 1:2000 Sketch Plan, 1:1000 Masterplan, 1:500 Development, 1:200 Detailed, Photography, Sketching, Drafting, Photoshop, Rendering, Illustrator, AutoCAD, InDesign, SketchUp, Modelmaking, Historical Research
Ideas of fabric (referencing local textile businesses and relocation of the markets) played heavily in the concept masterplan.
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Movement + User
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lighting plan Allotments: - Raised and wall-retained for privacy, but allows open views, meetings and conversations . A
- Flexible Plot Sizes depending on tenure and demand. - Shed adds to sense of ownership and structure of the allotments.
Balance of character, interest, function and desirability to glue the north and south masterplan areas together.
Landform ends with rockery planting from crushed demolition rubble.
Retained seating planters reflects the Devonshire Green continuity, creating useful edges for the building.
Landform (1.5m) created with crushed building material from site.
Short, intimate path along the water & planting.
Mixtures of transient & lingering spaces.
Raised Beer Garden Overlook and Steel mesh platforms to expose the planting underneath.
Drainage: Slits + gradient direction are used to feed the waterscape + SUDS. They are covered over the planters.
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construction
Timber Post: Redwood Laminated Construction Pretreated with insect, fungus and weather-resistant preservers. 100x100mm, Lengths: Page 2
Timber Slats: Redwood Glue Laminated Construction Pretreated with insect, fungus + weather-resistant preservers. Size: 30x30x75mm Assembly Stages
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1. Cast in-situ concrete to shape and finish. 2. Install vertical posts into post anchor and bolt through 3. Bolt horizontal post between the two vertical posts. 4. Insert final post from top using Carpenter joint: T-Half (see working drawing)
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Planting Suggestions: Grasses, Herbs and other strong scent specimens.
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Drainage Design Builds in a slightly angled concrete base to prevent water pooling.
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Underground Drainage Gradient to Centre: 1% over 1500mm (25mm) Paving angle dictated by the direction of concrete.
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Precast Concrete Paving Trim Granite Step Edge (Vertical) 30x200x570mm Granite Step Edge (Horizontal) 30x200xVARIOUSmm Colour: Black GRA921 . Flamed. Supplier: Marshalls
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Dark coloured granite is used to contrast with the step colour for better visual clarity, and flamed for a highly textured, gripping surface.
Drainage Channel Yorkstone ‘Moselden’: Diamond Sawn 300mm X RANDOMmm X 50mm 450mm X RANDOMmm x 50mm (Steps) Mortar: Light Natural Sand Joint Mortar Mortar Gap: 10mm Supplier: Marshalls
Shadow: 2PM, June
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Moselden is used to create a light and natural character. The random lengths and swirls of texture contribute to a organic user experience.
Concrete Sett Cobble Paving: ‘Tegula’ - Colour: Traditional 80x80x60mm Mortar: Light Natural Sand Joint Mortar Gap: 1mm Supplier: Marshalls Traditional Tegula is used to create the character of old market squares. The smaller size of the blocks creates a more detailed and human space.
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[Spring] Prunus cerasifera ‘Nigra’
[Spring] May: Alliums
Sun Aspect
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Type
Name
Size for Purchase
Quantity Supplier
Cost
Trees
Prunus cerasifera ‘Nigra’
Girth: 14/16cm Container: 65L Pot Height: 300/350cm 65L Pot Height: n/a. 10L Pot 2L Pot
2
Coles
1
Coles
£98 e (£196 £140
7
Coles
£16 (£
13
Manor Farm
£2.15
2L Pot
16
Manor Farm
£2.15
Taxodium distichum
CAD plan / specifications
1.
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Colour: Crushed Rubble planters use Earthy and Warm palettes, punctuated with occasional variations.
2 No. Achillea 4 No. Carex 2 No. Festuca 2 No. Persicaria 4 No. Sedum telephium 4 No. Verbena
3 No. Festuca 6 No. Panicum 9 No. Persicaria 6 No. Sedum spurium Bulb 60 No. Galanthus Bulb 60 No. Scilla
Mix 3: Achillea ‘Walther Funcke’ Digitalis ferruginea Verbena bonariensis
2 No. Achillea 4 No. Carex 2 No. Festuca 2 No. Persicaria 4 No. Sedum telephium 4 No. Verbena
2 No. Achillea 4 No. Carex 2 No. Festuca 2 No. Persicaria 4 No. Sedum telephium 4 No. Verbena
2 No. Festuca 3 No. Panicum 5 No. Persicaria 3 No. Sedum spurium Bulb 30 No. Galanthus Bulb 30 No. Scilla
2 No. Festuca 4 No. Panicum 6 No. Persicaria 4 No. Sedum spurium Bulb 40 No. Galanthus Bulb 40 No. Scilla
2 No. Achillea 4 No. Carex 2 No. Festuca 2 No. Persicaria 4 No. Sedum telephium 4 No. Verbena
2 No. Festuca 4 No. Panicum 6 No. Persicaria 4 No. Sedum spurium Bulb 40 No. Galanthus Bulb 40 No. Scilla
Mix 2: Achillea ‘Fanal’ Carex comans ‘Bronze’ Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’ Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Firetail’ Sedum telephium ‘Xenox’ Verbena bonariensis
2 No. Achillea 3 No. Achillea 4 No. Carex 5 No. Carex 2 No. Festuca 3 No. Festuca 2 No. Persicaria 2 No. Persicaria 4 No. Sedum telephium 3 No. Sedum telephium 4 No. Verbena 10 No. Verbena
4 No. Festuca 7 No. Panicum 10 No. Persicaria 7 No. Sedum spurium Bulb 70 No. Galanthus Bulb 70 No. Scilla
Hedges
Angelica gigas Darmera peltata Digitalis ferruginea Echinacea purpurea ‘Rubinstern’ Osmunda regalis Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Firetail’ Rheum palmatum ‘Tanguticum’ Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii ‘Goldsturm’ Salvia x sylvestris ‘Mainacht’ Sedum telephium ‘Xenox’ Verbena bonariensis Evergreens Sedum spurium ‘Coccineum’ Aquatics + Butomus umbellatus Watersides Iris pseudacorus Variegata Nymphaea alba Grasses + Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ Shrubs Carex comans ‘Bronze’ Cortaderia selloana ‘Pumila’ Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’ Panicum virgatum ‘Rotstrahlbusch’ Stipa gigantea Allium hollandicum Perennial ‘Purple Sensation’ Bulbs Galanthus nivalis Scilla siberica
Mix 1: Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’ Galanthus nivalis Panicum virgatum ‘Rotstrahlbusch’ Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Firetail’ Scilla siberia Sedum spurium ‘Coccineum’
3 No. Festuca 6 No. Panicum 10 No. Persicaria 6 No. Sedum spurium Bulb 60 No. Galanthus Bulb 60 No. Scilla
1 No. Achillea 1 No. Digitalis 4 No. Stipa gigantea 2 No. Verbena 1 No. Achillea 3 No. Calamagrostis 1 No. Digitalis 2 No. Verbena
Variation A: Stipa gigantea Variation B: Calamagrostis x acutiflora‘ Karl Foerster’ Variation C: Cortaderia selloana ‘Pumila’
1 No. Achillea 1 No. Digitalis 2 No. Stipa gigantea 2 No. Verbena 1 No. Achillea 3 No. Calamagrostis 2 No. Digitalis 2 No. Verbena
4 No. Achillea 11 No. Cortaderia 5 No. Digitalis 8 No. Verbena
5 No. Achillea 5 No. Calamagrostis 5 No. Digitalis 10 No. Verbena
1 No. Achillea 2 No. Calamagrostis 1 No. Digitalis 2 No. Verbena
1 No. Achillea 1 No. Digitalis 3 No. Stipa gigantea 2 No. Verbena
1 No. Achillea 1 No. Digitalis 3 No. Stipa gigantea 2 No. Verbena
Path
Mix 4:
7 No. Rheumn palmatum ‘Tanguticum’ 10 No. Darmera peltata 10 No. Osmunda regalis Bulbs A (Shade): 100 No. Scilla siberica 150 No. Galanthus nivalis Bulbs B (Full Sun): 250 No. Scilla siberica
Seating
Total Water
17 No. Butomus umbellatus 17 No. Iris pseudacorus
Specific Area
Area 1
Layer 3 - Dominant Grasses: Stipa, Calamagrostic, Cortaderia, Verbena, Earthy, Wind Animated.
Leaf surface rain retention adds to sense of ‘the wet’.
Layer 2 - Grasses + Umbels: Carex, Achilleas Strong forms, mid level bushy grasses. Layer 1 - Groundcover: Panicums, Sedum spurium Evergreen groundcover and low level Herbacous Perennials
Taxodium distichum
[Spring] Amenity Grass with Bulb emergence: January: Galanthus March: Scilla
Both Blocks - Mix 5: Allium hollandicum ‘Purple Sensation’ Carex comans ‘Bronze’ Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Firetail’ Sedum spurnium ‘Coccineum’ Stipa gigantea
4 No. Carex 4 No. Persicaria 8 No. Sedum 1 No. Stipa Bulb 60 No. Allium
2.
Variation C: 2 No. Carex 3 No. Digitalis 2 No. Persicaria 3 No. Sedum 3 No. Salvia Bulb 45 No. Allium
Variation B: 2 No. Carex 2 No. Echinacea 2 No. Rudbeckia 2 No. Persicaria 3 No. Sedum Bulb 45 No. Allium
6 No. Carex Variation A: 6 No. Persicaria 4 No. Angelica 12 No. Sedum 2 No. Carex 2 No. Stipa 4 No. Achillea Bulb 90 No. Allium 2 No. Persicaria 4 No. Sedum Bulb 60 No. Allium
Variation C: 7 No. Carex 14 No. Digitalis 7 No. Persicaria 14 No. Sedum 14 No. Salvia 3 No. Stipa Bulb 210 No. Allium
Variation B: 6 No. Carex 13 No. Echinacea 13 No. Rudbeckia 6 No. Persicaria 13 No. Sedum Bulb 195 No. Allium
Coblands
£3.15
2L Pot
15
Coblands
£3.45
2L Pot
10
Coblands
£3.70
2L Pot
84
Manor Farm
£2.40
2L Pot
7
Coblands
£4.95
3L Pot
15
Coblands
£3.15
2L Pot
17
Coblands
£3.45
2L Pot
23
Johnsons
£8 (£1
P9 (9cm Pots)
72
Manor Farm
£1 (£7
2L Pot
72
Johnsons
£7 (£5
n/a Pot
17
Merebrook
£2.75
n/a Pot
17
Merebrook
£2.40
n/a Pot
14
Merebrook
£9 (£1
2L Pot
13
Manor Farm
£2.35
2L Pot
36
Manor Farm
£2.40
3L Pot
11
Coblands
£5.25
2L Pot
27
Manor Farm
£2.20
C2 Pot
30
Coles
3.85 (
2L Pot
22
Manor Farm
£2.40
Bulb (10 Units)
930
Gee Tee
£3 (£2
Bulb (100 Units)
650
Gee Tee
£10 (£
Bulb (100 Units)
850
Gee Tee
£6 (£5
Mulch Size (mm)
Amenity Conifer Bark Mulch
<30
150
<30
50
Amenity Conifer Bark Mulch
<30
100
10-20
50
1
Amenity Conifer Bark Mulch
<30
50
Amenity Conifer Bark Mulch
<30
50
Centre Spacing
Mix ‘Border’
1 2 3 2
Bulb
Galanthus nivalis Scilla siberia
5x Clumps 5x Clumps
20/sqm 20/sqm
2
4
2 2.5 4
2
3
5
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Tel: 01205 260412 info@thebulbshop.co.uk
Centre Spacing
Mix ‘Waterfront’
(spot) Rheumn palmatum ‘Tanguticum’ 0% Darmera peltata 0% Osmunda regalis
Spot (350 Ra 700 700
Bulb A
Scilla siberica Galanthus nivalis
5x Clumps.
1 2 1 1 2 2
Bulb B
Scilla siberica
5x Clumps.
Mix Base ‘Colourful Perennials’
(spot) Stipa gigantea 25% Carex comans ‘Bronze’ 25% Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Firetail’ 50% Sedum spurium ‘Coccineum’
Spot (350 Ra 350 350 350
1 1 2
Variation A
50% Base mix 25% Achillea ‘Walther Funcke’ 25% Angelica gigas
350 350
Variation A
Variation B
50% Base mix 25% Echinacea purpurea ‘Rubinstern’ 25% Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm’
350 350
Variation C
50% Base mix: 25% Digitalis ferruginea 25% Salvia x sylvestris ‘Mainacht’
350 350
Bulb
30/sqm, Allium hollandicum
5x Clumps
5
Average: 8 Plants m/sq
66% Stipa gigantea
Spot (300 Radius)
2
Variation B
66% Calamagrostis x acutiflora‘Karl Foerster’
Spot (300 Radius)
2
Variation C
66% Cortaderia selloana ‘Pumila’
Spot (300 Radius)
2
1. Bulb planting percentages are independent of the planting plan. 2. All bulbs to be planted in loose groups of approx. 5. 3. Sedum spurium + Persicaria should generally be planted towards plot edges for more effective evergreen grou
10
0+
:2
rea
m²
Client
m²
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:1
rea
1. A
1
Tel: 01732 770999 info@best4plants.co.uk
Gee Tee
300 300 150
2. A
0
Tel: 01684 310950 Enquiries@pondplants.c
Coblands
350 350 350 350 350 150
Fitzwilliam St.
0 0.5 1 1.5
Tel: 01423 330234 markr@nurserymen.co.u
Merebrook Pond Plants
11% Achillea ‘Walther Funcke’ 11% Digitalis ferruginea 11% Verbena bonariensis
Site Plan
cm
Tel: 01327 260285 gordon.catlin@manorfarm
Johnsons of Whixley
Average: 3 Plants m/sq
Average: 4 Plants m/sq
m
Manor Farm
12.5% Achillea ‘Fanal’ 25% Carex comans ‘Bronze’ 12.5% Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’ 12.5% Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Firetail’ 25% Sedum telephium ‘Xenox’ 12.5% Verbena bonariensis
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Prunus cerasifera ‘Nigra’
Tel: 0116 2412115 info@colesnurseries.co.u
Mix ‘Centre’
Average: 8 Plants m/sq
Path
Coles
Mix Percentages
Per Sq/m
12.5% Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’ 350mm 25% Panicum virgatum ‘Rotstrahlbusch’ 350 37.5% Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Firetail’ 350 25% Sedum spurium ‘Coccineum’ 350
Mix ‘Middle’
Seating
Depth (mm)
Crushed Building Rubble (Sourced on site demolitions)
Average: 8 Plants m/sq
See Percentage Mixes: Variation A: Achillea ‘Walther Funcke’ Angelica gigas Variation B: Echinacea purpurea ‘Rubinstern’ Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii ‘Goldsturm’ Variation C: Digitalis ferruginea Salvia x sylvestris ‘Mainacht’
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Bark Mulch under Tree Grate
Mix Percentages Variation A: 15 No. Angelica 7 No. Carex 15 No. Achillea 7 No. Persicaria 15 No. Sedum 4 No. Stipa Bulb 225 No. Allium
£8 (£1
£3.15
2L Pot
Carpinus (hedge)
Part B: Waterside
7 No. Carpinus betulus ‘Fastigata’
Johnsons Coblands
Part A: Crushed Building Rubble
Area 2
Taxodium distichum
19 10
Suppliers
Type
Trees + Taxodium Hedge Prunus
Amenity Grass Bulb Mix: 200 No. Galanthus nivalis 200 No. Scilla siberica
3L Pot 2L Pot
£302
Topsoil + Mulch Guide Area
14 No. Nymphaea alba
Texture: Water’s edge, damp soils calls for large, blocky foliage for interest from a distance, particularly from the other side of the waterbody.
Carpinus betulus ‘Fastigata’
Herbaceous Achillea ‘Fanal’ Achillea ‘Walther Funcke’ + Ferns
Notes
is /
Schedules
See LSC 307: Detailed Area Render. Not to Scale.
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James Hitchmou University of She “The Corridor Par Fitzwilliam Street, Sheffield Job Title LSC 303: Advanc Planting Design JT Author 1/1 Sheet 27/05/2011 Date Site
Scale
1:50 @ A1
Residential Housing Landscapes ‘Living Around Water’ Brief To develop a housing scheme from the landscape upwards, to meet a density quota and to take a certain aspect of sustainability and building that into the design. Context + Design Due to the steep topography of the site, I felt it necessary to incorporate a high quality drainage scheme which becomes the focal point of the scheme. Features It also converts the road into a shared surface, prompting a safer and easier living experience, with parking, waste disposals, a local shop, allotments and both open greenspace and woodland. Keywords SUDS Social Inclusively Urban Woodland Waste Management Road Infrastructure Shared Streets
Masterplanning Sharrow, Sheffield
1st
Brief Sheffield’s Sharrow district has its ties to its (very close) city centre severed by a wide ring road. Its distinctive features ( river corridor, tower-block open space networks ) offered a chance to turn low socio-economic values into positive and better connected spaces. The masterplan develops identified opportunities into a workable street fabric through screening and pollution mitigation, as well as amplifying greenspaces and boosting connections with its neighbours using the existing green and blue networks. Keywords Connectivity Public Infrastructure Urban Character Concept 34
Document Writing Land Contamination
additional projects
1st
Brief To produce a conceptual model of how the restoration of a plot of contaminated industrial land can be restored. The siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bitumen processing history was investigated to identify the nature and extent of the pollution. Then, real-world solutions for how to process this information was gathered, to form a strategy for the restoration process. Finally, using classic case studies like Duisburg-Nord and Gas Works park, practical and profitable solutions were developed to transform this canal site into a habitable space. issuu.com/jotokunaga/docs/lsc305
Document Writing Environmental Impact Assessment Brief Produce an EIA for an opencast coal mining operation in rural Yorkshire, England. The document introduces what an EIA is, and draws on local development frameworks (LDFs) to contextualise the character of the subject of Yorkshire. Site maps and photographs were researched and used in the 26 page report, which includes Zones of Visual Influence (ZVIs) s and Visual Envelopes which accounts for all potential impacts, receptors + severities. It concludes with a post-mining mitigation and restoration strategy which converts the land into parkland for the local populace, drawing on similar case studies in the area as an indicator of its viability. issuu.com/jotokunaga/docs/lsc301
Conceptual Design Studio Sheffield Cultural Industries Quarter
1st
Brief This conceptual design studio took an up-coming area of culture and activity, and required a design of the cultural industries quarter which defines the space. Produced in two halves; the first - end of semester exhibition - heavily incorporated art, A/V, 3D models and display pieces, completed in a group of 3. The second, solo half took a segment of the site and detailed the design of an area 20x20m, based on its intended functions and context.
timelapse photography
engineered steel model
concept drawings
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PART 4: travel
paris, 2010 2nd year field studies with the landscape department around classic, contemporary and future landscape architecture cases. highly formative in understanding the French style inspiring & influencing my skills across good/bad design, construction and planting.
ont [1867]
Parc du Buttes-Chaum
La Defence
92]
Parc André Citroën[19
93]
[19 Promenade Plantée
]
Jardins d’Éole [2006
Billancourt [2010-]
La ville de Boulogne-
90]
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es [2010]
Parc Clichy-Batignoll
95]
Jardin de Reuilly [19
Musée du quai Branly
Parc de Bercy [1997]
Parc du La Villette [19
[2006]
Parc du La Villette [19
90]
north america, 2012 6-week coast-to-coast trip. inspired by the book ‘taking measures across the American landscape’ (J. Corner / A. S. Maclean), I wanted to use this opportunity to understand the nature of landscape architecture across the Atlantic. using cars, planes, trains and engaging with the landscape, I saw the range of social-environmental -economic issues affecting the States today.
go IL
Lurie Gardens, Chica
9/11 Memorial, NYC
Central Park, NYC
The Edge, NYC
Grand Canyon, AZ
High Line, NYC
, Brooklyn Bridge Park
de Young, SF
Paley Park, NYC
Levi’s Plaza, SF
NYC
Yosemite, CA
Las Vegas, NV
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west europe, 2012 i spent 4 weeks in the summer inter-railing, using the opportunity to explore and visit the landscape + architecture projects which I’d studied. these ranged from contemporary parklands to the ‘classics’ found around Italian villas. i was particularly interested by 2 ideas - first, the post-industrial projects which dominate Germany. second, the use of sustainable, human transport networks (cycle frameworks, pedestrian design etc.) which would go on to inform my MLA special project sites.
Parc Central de Nou
lona [1979]
Parc Joan Miró, Barce
a [1914]
Parc Guell, Barcelon 40
Streetscape, Nice
97]
Barris, Barcelona [19
rlin
Tempelhof Airport, Be
Florence
lona [1999]
Jardí Botànic, Barce
Villa del Balbianello,
Como [1787]
isburg-Nord [1991]
Landschaftspark Du
nde, Berlin [2000]
Natur-Park Suedgelae
ered Jews of Europe
Memorial to the Murd
[2011] Park am Gleisdreieck
BUGA 05 Playground,
Munich [2005]
Riemer Park, Munich
[2005]
[2004]
Invaliden park, Berlin
[1992]
isburg-Nord [1991]
Landschaftspark Du
Amsterdam
gio [1808]
Villa Melzi Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Eril, Bella
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