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JULIET BOLTON LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
JULIET BOLTON
JULIET BOLTON
Landscape architect focused on creative design solutions that are motivated by social equity, environmental awareness and innovation. A wide range of skills have been developed through a diverse exposure to academics, work environments, volunteering and culture. Seeking an opportunity to further this knowledge and utilize creative skills for problem solving in a challenging, fast-paced environment within the architectural field. EDUCATION • •
MA Landscape Architecture (with Distinction), University of Sheffield [2017-2019] BSC Landscape Architcture, University of Pretoria [2012-2015]
EXPERIENCE • Scape Design Associates, Graduate Landscape Architect, [2019 - Current] • Habitat Landscape Architects , Junior Landscape Architect [2016] SKILLS
LANGUAGES
- Adobe Creative Suite - Rhino English - Fluent - Microsoft Office - ArcGIS Afrikaans - Fluent - AutoCad - SketchUp Dutch - Intermediate
LINKEDIN www.linkedin.com/in/juliet-bolton-465b6311b EMAIL juliet.bolton@gmail.com PORTFOLIO issuu.com/julietbolton
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CON TENT The following portfolio is a small selection of works produced throughout my Undergraduate , Masters and professional practice. For references, please do not hesitate to contact me.
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Planning
Urban Design
Urban Square
Trieste, Italy.
Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Pretoria, South Africa.
30 Hospitality Design Corfu, Greece.
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URBAN PLANNING + DESIGN
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University of Sheffield 2019 - Individual Trieste , Italy.
The project study will focus on the successful development and integration of the past, present and future of Porto Vecchio and the role that landscape planning and design can play in the positive transformation of the site location and its surrounding urban context.
The site project is located in Trieste - a city situated in Northern Italy, bordering with Slovenia. The project will have specific focus on the Old Port of Trieste or “Porto Franco Vecchio� as it is locally know which translates into The Old Free Port. Porto Vecchio is located in the North Western part of the city, between the Adriatic Sea on its western border and the Central Railway Station to the East of the site, the edge of the City Centre forms the Southern border.
To achieve this, a concept and vision was developed. The vision for this project is to transform Porto Vecchio in a way that would allow the isolated site to weave into the existing urban fabric of Trieste. Combining the political and industrial history, the current need for recreational green space and looking to the future in terms of science and research facilities.
The site is currently widely unused but has a rich post-industrial and maritime history which is somewhat showcased in the Museum of the Old Port of Trieste complex which consists of the Hydrodynamic Centre (1890), the Electric Substation (1913) and Warehouse 26,which has recently been restored to host exhibitions, events or conferences.
The vast size of the port would allow for these functions to be woven into the fabric of the site harmoniously. Porto Vecchio as a landscape with sustainable multifunctional port city campus with permanent and temporal aspects.
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PORTO VECCHIO PHASE 1 Porto Vecchio is enclosed by different barriers on each side of the site, the Central Rail Station to the east, the Adriatic to the west, the city centre to the south and continuation of coast to the north. These boundaries enclose the site in a way that creates a seemingly ‘island’ landscape. This notion of ‘island’ landscape is further enhanced by the lack of physical access to the site. Vehicular and pedestrian access is limited and control through check points and fencing surrounding the area. This project will aim to produce a strategy for breaking down the physical and metaphysical barriers surrounding Porto Vecchio in order to reactivate and integrate it back into the urban fabric of the city. RAILWAY
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PROJECT AIMS
DISTRICT IDENTITY
PERMEABILITY
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
HISTORIC CHARACTER
Reconnect the Old Port with the rest of the city by redeveloping and regenerating the port as a campus district with a distinct identity that still functions as a multifunctional asset of the city.
To improve connection edge between the port and its enclosing boundaries to create a permeable, pedestrian friendly urban edge, breaking down the barriers of the current ‘island landscape
To provide much needed green recreational and public spaces in the city through the creation of a wider green space networkwithimproved biodiversity, located in the Porto Vecchio district.
To design and develop in a sustainable way by re-appropriating existing buildings and materials on site, to preserve the historic identity of the area.
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Proposed site districts.
Proposed land use.
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JULIET BOLTON In order to create a resilient and sustainable space the designer must design for both of these physical and metaphysical aspects. The current industrial materials found in Porto Vecchio must thus be transformed and re-used, incorporated into an experiential more natural landscape.
PLANNING STRATEGIES DISTRICT IDENTITY
CONNECTIVITY
PROPOSED LAND USE
PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT MIXED USE : COMMERCIAL / RESIDENTIAL / OFFICE
MAIN PEDESTRIAN AXIS
MIXED TYPOLOGY HOUSING
SECONDARY PEDESTRIAN AXIS
TERTIARY PEDESTRIAN ROUTE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES EXISTING MAIN PEDESTRIAN ROUTES
EDUCATION / RESEARCH FACILITIES PARKING EXISTING BUILDING FUNCTIONS
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GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
COLLECTIVE GREEN SPACE
GREEN CORRIDOR MULTI FUNCTIONAL RECREATIONAL GREEN SPACE
PRIMARY FORMAL AVENUE NATURALISTIC AVENUE
ACTIVE GREEN EDGE
URBAN STREET TREES WOODLAND PARKING NATUARAL COASTLINE POST INDUSTRIAL PARK
COASTAL AVENUE
PASSIVE GREEN SPACE
NATURALISTIC ENVIRONMENT
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EXISTING GREEN POCKET SPACES
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STRATEGIC URBAN MASTERPLAN Legend SHARED SURFACE PAVING
WOODLAND PARKING
PUBLIC SQUARES / PLAZAS
POST INDUSTRIAL PARK
PEDESTRIAN ROUTES INTO CITY
PASSIVE GREEN SPACE
MAIN SEA-SIDE AVENUE
NATURALISTIC ENVIRONMENT
MULTI FUNCTIONAL RECREATIONAL GREEN SPACE
EXISTING GREEN POCKET
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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
CIRCULATION/ GREEN SPACE/FUNCTION
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PORTO VECCHIO PHASE 2
The second phase of the project focused on the design development of the campus district within the Porto Vecchio context. Through the consideration of building use, connectivity and green infrastructure the identity of the old port will be regenerated into a new city campus. This new district identity will act as a catalyst for the development of the port, create a destination within the city. The primary focus of the design was to transform the vast size of the central building into a usable space that related to the human scale. The form of the interior is based on the existing typology of city blocks and so touches on the historic character of place. The aim was to keep the building footprint but transform and frame the buildings to optimize public space at various scales, providing a wider variety of spatial choice for students and other users occupying these spaces. The large interior public square becomes the heart of the campus site with various mixed-use functions on the ground floor living out into the public space and more educational based use on the 2nd and 3rd floor. The key was to focus on public space on a multitude of levels, creating varied vantage points and atmospheres based on user requirements. Two major green interventions are made on both ends of the promenade, increasing green infrastructure and recreational space while creating a more diverse topographical and biodiverse environment. The intervention to the west can be used recreationally or as an outdoor amphitheater while the other provides the same recreational potential but is framed by linear parks that are incorporated into the existing railways. The promenade is left mostly vacant with smaller landscape interventions such as strategic tree placement and seating.
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DESIGN STRATEGIES
MOVEMENT HIERARCHY
PUBLIC SPACE PRIMARY NODES PRIMARY ROUTES SECONDARY NODES SECONDARY ROUTE TERTIARY NODES
TERTIARY ROUTE
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
BUILDING MASS 3 METERS
RECREATION
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LINEAR PARKS
9 METERS SCULPTURAL LANDSCAPE 12 METERS VARIOUS PLANTING
Through these different types of landscape interventions, the overall aim is to create social spaces and rooms of interaction through landscape design and the organization of central nodes, scale and planting to inspire a variety of interactions between users. The design further aims to approach the development of the campus from a diverse range of programme interventions, giving the users the option and choice how they want to occupy the space but providing a framework in which this can unfold.
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1. INDOOR WAREHOUSE BOTANICAL GARDENS 2. EDUCATION & RESEARCH 3. OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATRE 4. SPILL - OUT SQUARE 5. RAILWAY SQUARE 6.THEATRE
7. CULTURAL WAREHOUSE 8. MIXED USE FUNCTION 9. ENTRANCE NODE 10. INTERNAL COURTYARD 11. MAIN INDOOR RECREATIOIN COURTYARD 12. GREEN CORRIDOR
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DESIGN SECTIONS
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The mass of the existing warehouse infrastructure is to be transformed into a more human scale block structure based on the existing city block form, integrating the new development with the present architectural context.
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URBAN DESIGN PROJECT
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University of Sheffield 2018 - Group Project Sheffield , United Kingdom.
- Aspects of a new theoretical framework called Socially Restorative Urbanism and its application in Sheffield;
The Urban Design Project focused on providing opportunities to explore a part of Sheffield undergoing intensive regeneration called Kelham Island. The aim was to develop design solutions that contribute to this ongoing process from a human perspective and question how the processes of regeneration and design can bring about positive change. How can these smaller scale interventions act as a catalyst for generating spaces that facilitate fulling sustainable lives for its urban users?
- The nature of ‘Transitional Edges’ and ‘Micro-environments’as components of socially sustainable urban form and their application in urban design decision making At its core, Socially Restorative Urbanism focuses on the fact that the urban public realm must better reflect the routine lives, habits and experiences of those who use it. When this is achieved, city experience has the capacity to restore vital aspects of human well-being grounded in social interactions and territorial behaviour.
To achieve the above mentioned aims the following aspects were explored: - The relationship between human experience and spatial organization in urban settings - How this can help us design in more socially sustainable ways;
Group Members Juliet Bolton Sarah Brooks Hoang Quốc Mỹ
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CALEDONIA WORKS
As a group our aim was to create a ‘Creative Cluster’ within a slowly emerging creative neighbourhood and through these interventions, create greater sense of belonging and community within the project area. A central design aim for the project was to break down the barrier between the interior and exterior of the collective courtyard. This was done by creating facades that were both physically and visually permeable, improving the overall laterality, introducing new archway connections to adjacent courtyards which would improve the overall permeability. Model making played a vital part in the exploration of space from a human perspective, ensuring that we were developing the courtyard accourding to user needs, spatial porosity, social interaction, locality and improved extent and not merely for the sake of aesthetics.
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Figures from Top left to Bottom right. Figure 1 shows the strategic vision of the overall project site with the aim of tying together the neighbourhood identity. Figure 2 captures the concept vision of Caledonia Court and the variety of functions and activities introduced to ensure a diverse range of users will be able to use the space, and Figure 3 shows the resulting diagrammatic plans from these concepts. 19
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Caledonia Court was explored both on a bigger scale and on a Micro-Environment level, as shown below. The Micro-Environment design focused on small interventions and how these could transform the lives of the users in a positive way that gave the space structure but also allowed for adaptability.
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“So do flux and reflux, the rhythm of change, alternate and persist in everything under the sky.” -Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles 22
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University of Pretoria 2015 - Individual Pretoria , South Africa.
design, in many different aspects including the types and number of users of the space, the daily and seasonal ecological changes, the way people move and the way the space is utilized, has flux at its core.
Landscape Architecture is the intersection of a sites pre-existing form and the future envisioned design. The design can not only focus on a single aspect but must serve the community and form a dynamic connection between people, nature and place.
The dynamics of this site can be observed in the diagram on the left. Proposed programmes are shown in relation to general times of day in terms of morning afternoon and evening.
The design brief called for the design of an urban square in the Central Business District of Pretoria. The site condition consisted mainly of hard-standing so increasing biodiversity became one of the main aims of the project. That, together with the diverse range of users of the site formed the basis of the design concept.
The way to incorporate the concept, the social, ecological and cultural aspects of design was to use water as a central element as it is able to take on many shapes and forms. Different textures and atmospheres are incorporated within the main water feature that runs throughout the site.
The concept of the design proposal is the notion of flux in its many manifestations. To be in a state of flux, is to be in a constant state of change. Dynamics form a pivotal part of our lives, and this
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MASTERPLAN The central water element is the main focus of the site, with consequent programmes forming from this fundamental feature. To further the notion of flux, a variety of functions were incorporated into the design including a covered market space, a wetland landscape and a central plaza and amphitheater. Existing functions were built upon and created aspects like the transportation hub to the east of the site. Together with flux, sustainability and adaptability were the focus of the design development.
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Water harvesting area and flow
Water body and system on site.
Cut and Fill diagram.
SUSTAINABILITY
To ensure all aspects of the site is utilized, water will be harvested, purified and stored. The water is harvested from all paved areas and is captured through swales and with the use of inlets along the paving. This water will be used to irrigate the landscape and provide water to the water system on site. The water system is design to waste as little water as possible, together with being efficient and easy to maintain. Public access to water allows the user to reconnect with the water together with an educational aspect on how to utilize water in the best possible way. To minimise construction cost and waste, cut and fill was kept to a minimum in this design. Many materials on site can be reused and was incorporated into the construction specifications. The old foundations and concrete flooring on site will be broken up and used as aggregate for the new concrete construction. Colourful tiles are also on site and will be incorporated into the zero-depth water feature as mosaic art, which will be done by the community.
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PLANTING DESIGN PRINCIPLES
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DETAIL DESIGN
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‘Future landscapes must thoughtfully incorporate a number of topics. Through design they must incorporate ecological systems, recognizing this as the basis of our physical and spiritual survival. They must honestly and eloquently incorporate and express technology and infrastructure, our cultures’ true connection to nature, and they must address the significance of the vernacular, acknowledging the powerful meanings it carries in the landscape. They must also function as art, both didactic and passive, to tap the profound potential for experiencing the landscape.’ – Ron Lutsko 29
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SITE MASTERPLAN
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HOSPITALITY DESIGN Scape Design Associates 2019/2020 Corfu, Greece
The luxury resort project in Corfu, Greece called for the redevelopment and design of the villas, seafront residences, main leisure nodes such as the pool and beach restaurant as well as redesigning circulation routes of both pedestrians and vehicles. The designs were focused on the combination of high-quality luxury spaces as well as privacy and comfort. I was part of a small focused team that worked on the project in various stages of the project life-cycle from concept design throughout towards construction. My role in the team varied throughout ranging from concept development, design, modelling as well as working in situ in Greece to assist with detail design and problem solving on site. Quick and concise decision making was paramount to achieving the required results for both the construction teams as well as the client.
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SITE EXTENT
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VILLA DESIGN
ANDSCAPE VILLA LANDSCAPE K25
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SEAFRONT RESTAURANT
YALI RESTAURANT STRUCTURE PROPOSAL ILLUSTRATIVE PLAN
STRUCTURE PROPOSAL | FEBRUARY 2020
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MAIN POOL AND LEISURE
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