Caroline Druon Landscape architect
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PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AND GARDENS ‘Enchaînement de Rideaux’, public open space refurbishment, Long, Picardie, France Place Catinat renovation, Lille, France Parvis Saint-Maurice renovation, Lille, France Publication : ‘From towers to Compact city : Living a temporary landscape’ ‘Reboundings’, Rue du Molinel renovation, Lille, France Memorial Garden, Sainte-Adresse cemetery, France ‘A la manière de Guévrékian’, garden for the University new cafeteria, Greenwich, UK Chatham Waters, planting design for a stormwater wetland, Chatham, Kent, UK
URBAN PROJECT Quartier du Moulin urban renewal, La Madeleine, France ‘Reaching Rotherhithe’, Bermondsey, London, UK Chatham Waters, Chatham, Kent, UK DIPLOMA PROJECT Zeeburgereiland : From waste ground to landscape design. Which developments for a brownfield island in Amsterdam ?
TEMPORARY INSTALLATIONS ‘Monter / Montrer’, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture et de Paysage de Lille ‘Union’, Tourcoing, France ‘Coulisses’, ENSAP Lille, France
PUBLIC OPEN SPACE ‘Enchaînement de Rideaux’ Long village, Picardie, France, 2012.
The urban structure of the village is unique and follows the topography of the hill. This urban morphology provides wide planted spaces, that need to be preserved. If nowadays the slopes, which are sometimes retained by a wall, can’t be considered as public space, they could easily offer to the inhabitants space to gather. This project aims to create a continuity between two of these atypical streets, reinvesting the neglected field which is surrounded by roads. This continuity is expressed through a work on planting and hard materials.
Section on the new square (former car park)
A large space to link the two streets
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Vegetation and materials palettes
Place Catinat renovation One week project, Lille, France, 2012.
Esquisse for the redevelopment of the Catinat square. To promote new uses, the project proposes the construction of a wooden structure that is based on the micro-topography of the site and plays with the existing trees.
Sections on the micro-topography of the square and the integration of the wooden structure
Masterplan
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PUBLIC OPEN SPACE Parvis Saint-Maurice
Exercise on trees, Lille, France, 2012.
Twenty-nine Himalayan birches are planted to create a curtain facing the church. Birch has been chosen for its slender silhouette and light foliage that maintain high transparency in the courtyard. Planting recommendations: Known for its white bark that peels gradually into pink coppery strips, the planting of Betula utilis var. jacquemontii in a dense line creates effects of color and brightness variations due to the different barks. Planting densely should generate a columnar development. With a height of up to 25 meters, the curtain of birches should have a height equivalent to the two blocks of buildings it connects. From planting to maximal height : ĂŠvolution of the vegetal curtain.
Esquisse and photomontage : the curtain divides the courtyard into two spaces, with different atmospheres.
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‘From towers to Compact city : Living a temporary landscape’ Publication for Public open space analysis, ZAC Arras-Europe, Lille-South, France, 2012.
Early in the twentieth century, the neighborhood of Lille-Sud served as a laboratory for social housing policies. Between 1928 and 1937, many homes were built to accommodate numerous families more decently. During the Reconstruction, the city of Lille has to respond to the housing crisis as quickly as possible. In the late 1950’s, needs are not the same, and urban forms change: they move from individual housing to large blocks of dwellings and towers. This new urban landscape, extremely uniform and standard, will soon be associated to the image of Lille-Sud. The urban renewal project proposed by the coordinating team ANMA (Agence Nicolas Michelin and Associates) in 2004 wants to use diversity as a driver to restructure the district. A project of this magnitude is spread over a long time scale, of 10 or even 20 years, and generates an temporary state punctuated by the progress of various projects. Local residents are most likely to grasp this state «in transition». This article is an investigation on the uses of temporary spaces by the inhabitants.
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PUBLIC OPEN SPACE Reboundings, Rue du Molinel renovation Lille, France, 2012.
The Molinel street can be divided in three different sections. The first is related with the Central station and Saint-Maurice church, the second part offers wide views on the perpendicular streets, the station, and the Boulevard de la Liberté. The third section is largely planted. The aim of this project is to animate these three different spaces with trees, which will act like ‘reboundings’, highlighting interesting views and perspectives. Two tree species will be used : Sophora japonica ‘Regent’, for its high trunk and its irregular crown. They will be planted in the centre of the street, to ensure they grow and reach their maximum height. Cercis siliquastrum, a shrub with an irregular crown too, will be planted to ponctuate and open views on streets or buildings. A bench is built all around their trunk, to encourage the pedestrians to stop and have a look at the street.
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Storyboard
Vegetation and materials palettes
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GARDENS Memorial Garden
Internship, atelier les2cyclopes, Sainte-Adresse, France, 2012.
The city of Sainte-Adresse, next to Le Havre, wishes to design a memorial garden in the cemetery, a place where the ashes can be scattered. The atelier les2cyclopes wants to offer another form of garden, with two types of dispersion to give mourners a choice for the location and the mode of dispersal of the ashes.
Esquisses
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Existing site
Masterplan
Section on the different spaces for the dispersal
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GARDENS ‘A la manière de Guévrékian’
Advanced planting design, University of Greenwich, UK, 2012.
The exercise proposes to design a new garden for the University main entrance. Inspired by the architect Guévrékian’s work, the garden of the Villa Noailles, and the modernist approach, the new design follows a strong grid based on the architecture of the main building, creating visual and physical links and providing to the visitors a multiplicity of paths. The planting design uses lines (as hedges), and planes (as beds of perennials and shrubs). The variation between hedges and beds creates a dynamic garden. The beds of plants which are framed by two hedges are micro-gardens enclosed by ‘walls’, in reference to the Noailles’ tableau-garden.
Watercolour on the path leading to the main entrance
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Model of the Villa Noailles garden, in Hyères (France)
Existing garden
Esquisse
Masterplan
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GARDENS Planting design for a storwater wetland
Landscape Assessment and Design, Chatham, Kent, UK, 2012.
As the core of the SUDS system of Chatham Waters new district, the stormwater wetland provides widely planted areas, showing the diversity of the native species. 80% are local species that we can find in the natural marshy areas of the Medway valley. During Spring and Summer, the bedflowers form sinuous lines of bright colours that guide the eyes to the new marshland. During Autumn and Winter, the evergreen foliage species of herbaceous helps to keep the structure and the atmospheres of the planting design.
Coloured flowerbeds in Spring/Summer and Autumn/Winter
Sketches on the flowerbeds and integration of the buildings
References
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HABITATS
Photomontage of the wetland
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Phragmites australis set in basket to avoid spreading
basket geotextile filter membrane rocks to slow down erosion REALISE PAR UN PRODUIT AUTODESK A BUT EDUCATIF
Section on the planting of the reeds
SECTION ON PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS PLANTING - 1/10e
SECTION ON THE CORTEN STEEL FOOTBRIDGE - 1/20 e Planted randomly 278 Equisetum fluviatile 140 Hippuris vulgaris (singularly, not in groups)
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Chatham Waters Facility
86 Miscanthus sinensis
Planted randomly 41 Iris pseudacorus 12 Carex riparia (singularly, not in groups)
Planted randomly 200 Equisetum fluviatile 88 Hippuris vulgaris (singularly, not in groups)
Planted randomly 273 Equisetum fluviatile 79 Hippuris vulgaris (singularly, not in groups) 12 Lysimachia vulgaris
Planted randomly 26 Iris pseudacorus 4 Carex riparia (singularly, not in groups)
Landscape Architecture Planted randomly 200 Equisetum fluviatile 84 Hippuris vulgaris (singularly, not in groups)
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Waterwork Details
37 Miscanthus sinensis 17 Carex riparia (planted randomly, singularly) 58 Phragmites australis
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Planted randomly 26 Iris pseudacorus 5 Carex riparia (singularly, not in groups)
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d randomly hrum salicaria ophorum angustifolium (in groups of 7) emone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert' ularly, not in groups)
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Planted randomly 42 Iris pseudacorus 15 Carex riparia (singularly, not in groups) Planted randomly 26 Iris pseudacorus 9 Carex riparia (singularly, not in groups)
Planted randomly 16 Lysimachia vulgaris Planted randomly 38 Iris pseudacorus 10 Carex riparia (singularly, not in groups)
65 Phragmites australis
Planted randomly 18 Lysimachia vulgaris 9 Carex riparia (singularly, not in groups)
Planted randomly 58 Iris pseudacorus 10 Carex riparia (singularly, not in groups)
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13/05/2013
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Planted randomly 104 Iris pseudacorus 11 Carex riparia (singularly, not in groups)
Ulex europaeus
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Planted randomly 83 Iris pseudacorus 18 Carex riparia (singularly, not in groups)
Prunus spinosa
Planted randomly 282 Lythrum salicaria 180 Eriophorum angustifolium (in groups of 7)
Ulex europaeus
Planted randomly 29 Lysimachia vulgaris 19 Carex riparia (singularly, not in g
76 Phalaris arundinacea 82 Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert' ( singularly, not in groups)
Atriplex portucaloides
74 Miscanthus sinensis
Pyrus calleryana 'Chanticleer' Pyrus calleryana 'Chanticleer' Swale mix Planted randomly 5% Phalaris arundinacea 15% Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert' 35% Lythrum salicaria 45 Eriophorum angustifolium
Ulex europaeus 126 Phragmites australis Prunus spinosa Atriplex portucaloides
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URBAN PROJECT Quartier du Moulin urban renewal La Madeleine, France, 2011.
The aim of this project is to create a link between different types of buildings, first by densification and the construction of new dwellings along the existing roads, and on the other hand by creating a wide public open space. Three axes will facilitate the redevelopment of the neighborhood. These three axes allow the establishment of a stronger visual link between the traditional individual houses, the centre, and the social housing blocks. The new square is central for the area, which nowadays has no own public space.
Model of the new constructions and planting (in yellow)
Photomontage : redesign of the open space between the traditional houses
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Masterplan
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URBAN PROJECT Reaching Rotherhithe : Bermondsey, London Urban development group project, University of Greenwich, UK, 2012.
Between Rotherhithe and London Bridge, the site has great atrractive features : 1,7 kilometers of riverfront, historic value, good access to public transportation, tranquility... But these elements are underdeveloped because of a lack of hierarchy, a sterilized and underused waterfront, no sense of community... The new masterplan tends to give a new identity to the whole area, based on a framework made of canals. The car-free district offers now 9 kilometers of multi-uses waterfront, running through the site as an ecologic corridor.
Analysis of the existing : planted open spaces, traffic and uses
Group brainstorming
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Entrance of the refurbished Rotherhithe
3D visualisation of the new archipelago (courtesy of Maciek Dwojak)
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URBAN PROJECT
Chatham Waters, Docks of Chatham, Kent
Landscape Assessment and Design, University of Greenwich, UK, 2013
Context 3.5 kilomètres from the centre of Chatham, the site is part of the modern docks of the city, built from 1860. It is nowadays completely closed to the public, but it enjoys stunning views on the valley of the River Medway. Close to the site, Hoo island is an important step for migratory birds and is therefore protected. The brownfield of Chatham Waters is at the crossroads of ecosystems that has to be protected.
A site between docks and the tidal Medway
Developers’ proposal The site is divided in two different developments, which are hardly connected. The green spine is central to the project proposed by the architectural firm 5plus. Directly connected to the bypass of the city of Chatham, it shows only little interest in terms of ecology and uses. Both projects suffer from being dedicated to vehicles, and from a lack of structure and cohesion among the few pedestrian public spaces. The high rise skyline proposed by the developers would be discordant in the landscape of the valley.
The purpose of this Master final project is to propose, after the analysis and critique of the various ongoing projects on site, a masterplan, more conscious of the landscape.
Developers’ scheme : hydrology, planted spaces, traffic and urban typologies
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Verified photomontage of the skyline of the developers’ project
Masterplan of the two developers’ projects
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URBAN PROJECT
Chatham Waters, Docks of Chatham, Kent
Landscape Assessment and Design, University of Greenwich, UK, 2013
Project The new masterplan gives its marshland back to the site, filled in the early twentieth century. A network of planted swales, retention and filtration ponds forms the frame of the new district. This network highlights ‘Bulls Nose’, the former main gate of the docks, as a remainder of the maritime activity of the site. Different types of dwellings are available (cityhouses, intermediate housing, students accommodation) to generate diversity. Green spaces supports biodiversity, and integrates Chatham Waters to the landscape of the Medway valley.
Zoom on the masterplan
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Hydrology, planted spaces, traffic and proposed urban typologies
Verified photomontage on the proposed new skyline
Masterplan
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URBAN PROJECT : DIPLOMA WORK - JUNE 2014
Zeeburgereiland : From wasteground to landscape design. Which developments for a brownfield island ? Amsterdam, Zeeburg, The Netherlands.
Aerial view of the island of Zeeburg and Amsterdam Centre, taken from the rural Waterland (source : Gemeente Amsterdam)
Research with collage : the island as an ecological reserve ?
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URBAN PROJECT : DIPLOMA WORK - JUNE 2014
Zeeburgereiland : From wasteground to landscape design. Which developments for a brownfield island ? Amsterdam, Zeeburg, The Netherlands. Zeeburgereiland is a 110 hectares triangular island in East Amsterdam, whose ground is formed of the sludge of dredged canals. The pressures on land and ecology on this piece of wasteland put it at the centre of contemporary challenges that the municipality has to face. In order to meet the increasing need for housing, it is planned to build a new dense residential area. Therefore the soil is enhanced by a layer of sand in a way to protect the site from the risk of rising waterlevel. The financial crisis questions the stability of the traditional Dutch city planning methods and the program which is planned for the island. Today, the freeze of some of the projects creates a new temporality, favorable to landscape design. In a country where grounds are artificial and where the waterlevel is totally controlled, the project for the island proposes to give more space for natural dynamics related to water and ground, current and future. This project is a personal response, an hypothesis based on supposed scientific data. What might be the landscape of Zeeburgereiland in 2020, 2040 or 2100?
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TEMPORARY INSTALLATIONS ‘Monter-Montrer’
Group project, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture et de Paysage, Lille, 2009.
This exercise aims to create a wooden structure for multi-uses, only made of battens, to highlight neglected spaces around the school of Architecture, and change their image.
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‘Union’
With Julien Gippet, Union site, Tourcoing, France, 2010.
The site is a brownfield which is part of an important regeneration project in Roubaix and Tourcoing, in the Greater Lille. It was a former industrial site, where textile was made and renowned in the whole country. Before the beginning of the construction of the new buildings, we proposed during one day our own interpretation of the site. On a burnt out part of the brownfield, 200 poppies made of felt are installed, forming a red cross. Witness of the past, the felt contrasts with the rough black ground. Call for help ? Plaster ? Hope ?
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TEMPORARY INSTALLATIONS ‘Coulisses’
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture et de Paysage, Lille, 2012.
During one week, trying out and discovering collage. Doing research, finding pictures we like, that make us want to create and tell stories. Learning how to compose with them, how to copy, deform, abstract them to give them more opportunities to tell something. Finding a place where the results will be highlighted and revealed. Playing with light, architecture and people.
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