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Leonie Brown Leeds Beckett University 2017-18

CONTENTS Academic 1. Relief from the Plane - Amsterdam , Netherlands 2. Rural Regeneration - Flintham, Nottinghamshire Professional 3. The Threshing Barn - Southwell, Nottinghamshire 4. Contemporary Garden - Lincoln, Lincolnshire 5. Planting Scheme - Skillington, Lincolnshire 6. Day Consultation - Newark, Nottinghamshire 7. Day Consultation - Skegness, Lincolnshire

POSTGRADUATE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

1. RELIEF FROM THE PLANE

PROCESS: ANALYSIS

Illustration of Land Use for Sloterdijk area

Vehicular and Train routes

The project site is bisected by the main road, Transformatorweg. This major thoroughfare through the site creates a division and generates two zones. Pedestrians and bicycles are able to navigate the site, but the key routes follow the main road and provide little interaction with the remainder of the site. Public transport enables pedestrians to reach the site although there is little pedestrian interaction within the site.

Sloterdijk area and marked project zone. Source: Google Earth 2018

Using Arupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cities Alive principles, this design studio project focused on urban Green Infrastructure on a live site in Amsterdam.

Primary Pedestrian and Bicycle Routes Key Bus and metro access points

The site was located in the Westerpaark area of Amsterdam. currently an industrial and commercial area that has been identified as the next high density housing development zone.

Site Character images

My project concentrated on the main road that bisected the site and I wanted to create a solution that would unify the neighbourhood, whilst also providing a recreational area. The aim was to use landscape to promote good social, economical and environmental dynamics. The title was inspired by the flatness of Amsterdam, and my project injecting some slopes and levels to the site.

PROCESS: DESIGN

MASTERPLAN

The residential streets were angled to create drama and limited views of the park. The housing layout has been chosen to be similar to neighbouring Amsterdam areas, with a communal garden courtyard space set within the building.

Shops, Restaurants; active frontages

Commercial Area; green roofs Residential Area

Recreational park, over road

Residential Area

Commercial Area; green roofs

A pedestrian shopping street was proposed linking the two metro stations, with plaza areas to encourage active frontages. Reduced traffic in the residential area is intended to encourage safe walking and cycling. The road is covered by a park. It is designed to provide a mixture of direct routes and meandering routes. Water and different types of landscape are included to add variety to the neighbourhood. To maximise the purpose of the park, parking is built under the slopes, adjacent to the road, with small commercial properties built within. These areas are fronted by a plaza and body of water, to promote social active areas for residents.

LANDSCAPE STRATEGY: GREEN AND BLUE

ENVIRONMENTAL • • • • •

Design open green spaces that can provide multifunctional activities Design Green and Blue infrastructure Increase variety of biodiversity within the site Manage on site water and on-site retention; permeable paving, green roofs, SuDs Address noise pollution and mitigate impact of Transformatorweg

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SOCIAL

Design social gathering spaces and active frontages Design for neighbourhood safety and inclusive community Design neighbourhood for multiuse and a range of uses Provide facilities for a variety of users and communities Enhance walking and cycling networks

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ECONOMIC

Create an area that allows a wide variety of businesses to be supported Provide opportunities for business to function more environmentally-friendly Site businesses within good access to public transport Create incidences where businesses and community can co-operate and benefit one another

Pedestrianised plaza with shops and offices

Green roofs on retail, hospitatility and office buildings Vehicle access

Green roofs on office and light industry buildings

Pedestrian walk with shops and offices

Park with various landscapes; woodland, sports area and naturalised areas

Active frontages with plaza area, built under park, fronted by water

Green roofs on office and light industry buildings

Pedestrian walk with shops and offices

Vehicle access

Green roofs on office and light industry buildings

High rise buildings with private courtyard gardens, limited vehicular traffic (one systems)

Park with various landscapes; meadows, green roofs, shrubberies, woodland Active frontages with plaza area, built under park with large water area adjacent

Green roofs on office and light industry buildings High rise buildings with private courtyard gardens, limited vehicular traffic (one systems)

Pedestrian Plaza with shops and offices

2. RURAL REGENERATION

PROCESS: ANALYSIS

Flintham is a small rural village approximatetly 15 miles north-east of Nottingham, 8 miles south-west of Newark on Trent, 26 miles south-west of Lincoln.

OBSERVATIONS • Develop brownfield site • Connect Inholm Gardens to Old Flintham • Small pockets of infill development within Old Flintham • Barrier of A46 - Coneygrey Spinney has own character - is it necessary to link with main Flintham? • Flintham Hall grounds dominate village CONCLUSION • Create a central public green space with community facilities to link Inholm Gardens and Old Flintham • Counterbalance Flintham Hall’s dominance with village focued parkland style area • Propose infill development of housing more appropriate to an en masse peripheral development • Brownfield development into business enterprise hub

Key characteristerics of the immediate area are large arable fields, populated with small villages. Villages are connected by narrow lanes. In contrast to the quiet villages, busy market towns of Newark on Trent and Grantham are nearby, with the larger cities of Nottingham and Leciester linked by the A46 and routes to Sheffield, Cambridge via the A1. The local area is identified by low-lying landform, with the River Trent being a dominant feature. Minimal woodland exists.

MASTERPLAN VISION Three key aims have been identified to ensure that the village has a sustainable future. AIMS CONNECTING COMMUNITY

DEVELOPING HOUSING

BUSINESS ENTERPRISE HUB

OBJECTIVES A NEW LANDSCAPE

CONNECT THE PLACE MAKING VISITOR COMMUNITY Development should be DESTINATION

A new woodland park A central public area that links to the space that has existing woodland village facilities areas and connects to the wider countyside

BENEFITS

SUSTAINABILITY

Create a village that reflective of and enhance Attract more visitors is resilient to future to Flintham development and climate the village character. change New homes should be developed in small pockets, relfective of historic development

will Increased variety Giving the Making Flintham’s Visitors to of landscape and village a heart character more contribute the economic biodiversity in desirable sustainability of village village facilities

A future vibrant Flintham

MASTERPLAN The concentration of development is on the northern edge of the village. The essence of the development is to create a wooded boundary. This creates an interesting backdrop to the village setting and the opportunty to create new landscape, habitats and biodiversity. The brownfield site has been transformed into a new business enterprise hub. The hub is screened by trees and generous landscaped open areas are available to workers and visitors. Live/work accommodation is located to the east of the business hub, providing visitor attraction and opportunities for rural crafts/industries to be supported in an affordable way. A central green village focused area links the old Flintham and Inholms Gardens. A small number of new houses benefit from views of the green and cricket ground. Opposite the green is a Community-run enterprise, producing biofuel, of which profits or fuel will go back to the village. The woodland boundary extends beyond Woods Lane, to create a screen and walk for new housing. It will create a visual barrier to the re-sited sewage works. A large allotment site with orchard is proposed. This is to give villagers the chance to grow food in the village.

BUSINESS ENTERPRISE HUB New one and half storey coach house style buildings for the Business hub, surrounded by tree planting and hedges Live/work Coach house buildings - workshops with living accommodation above New woodland boundary with walking routes, linking business hub and village centre EXISTING TREES VILLAGE GREEN AND RECREATION AREA Village green area with cricket ground, pavilion/village hall, scout hut, orchard and new housing with views over the green.

NEW TREES

NEW HOUSING

Relocated childrens play area

Community-run Biofuel site

HOUSING AND ALLOTMENTS New tree, shrub planting and walking/recreational areas New allotment area with orchard. New houses to face over allotments

TECHNICAL DETAIL

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Incorporated into the site are swales that will act as bio and water retension areas. The swales have been sited to collect excess run off water from the site; primarily from the cricket ground. The cricket ground and square will be constructed with a system of land drains around the perimeter of the square and the ground. These land drains will feed into the swales (see opposite). This will allow some water to naturally return to the ground or to the stream via drain pipe. 0

HOUSING AND ALLOTMENTS

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The vast majority of the detailed area is soft landscaping, with gentle falls over the site. Most of the rainfall will penetrate into the ground and dissipate naturally.

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GRASS STRATEGY Cricket Ground; Sports turf

Cricket Square: Sports turf

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An opportunity arose to work with a Client who have approved plans with reserved matters to convert a listed threshing barn into a residential property. The main objective of the project was to create a residential garden and entrance space that both the Clients liked and that the Local Authority planners would approve, in order to discharge the Landscape condition.

Pictoral meadow

3. THE THRESHING BARN: A LANDSCAPE PLAN

Swale planting

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New native species hedges

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Woodland shrub and grasses

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Pond planting; Marginal and emergent planting Shared use road

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LOCATION Normanton is a hamlet on the outskirts of Southwell, Nottinghamshire, with easy access to Nottingham, Lincoln and Grantham. X

Set within a rural landscape; mostly arable fields with undulating countryside. Southwell is a busy market town with an impressive Minster.

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Grass Area Mix Sowing Rates Amenity Area - main village green area Naturescape NL4 Grass mix 50g per square m/ 200kg per acre/ 500kg per hectare Common Bent 5% Chewing Fescue 20% Slender Creeping Red Fescue 15% Strong Creeping Red Fescue 25% Perennial Ryegrass 30 Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass 5% Meadow Grass - main grass areas under trees in village green Naturescape N10G Grass Mix 5g per square m/ 20kg per acre/ 50kg per hectare Pictoral Meadows - wildflower area at road entrance to village green Naturescape NV6 wildflower mix 1.5g per square m/ 6Kg per acre/ 15kg per hectare 80% Grass 20% Wildflowers (includes Common Knapweed 7%, Oxeye Daisy 7%, Ladyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bedstraw 7%, Yellow rattle 7%) Cricket Outfield - as per English Cricket Board specifications Hurrells CR2 Cricket Outfield Seed Mix 35g-70g per square metre, oversowing 20- 35g per square metre Cricket Square - as per English Cricket Board specifications Hurrells CR3 Cricket Square Seed Mix 35g-70g per square metre, oversowing 20- 35g per square metre

DESIGN AIMS AND OBJECTIVES AIMS OBJECTIVES BRIEF

VISUAL AMENITY HERITAGE

CONNECTION TO WIDER LANDSCAPE

INSPIRATION; CLIENT AND BUILDING MATERIALS

BIODIVERSITY

STYLE

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE

TREE PLANTING

NATIVE HEDGING

POLLINATOR ATTRACTING ORNAMENTAL PLANTING

SUDS

PROCESS: DESIGN

LANDSCAPE PLAN SUBMITTED TO CLIENT AND PLANNING Existing mixed shrub border - addition of focal point

Original path removed and lawn extended to existing planting border. Existing planting New patio area - laid with grey sawn sandstone. Laid in a soldier bond Existing trees and vegetable growing area to remain unchanged Mixed shrub planting. Focal point (to be decided) included. Steps up to dutch clay pavior path

New planting with focal point. Existing Wisteria to remain

Gentle sloping path laid to golden gravel 15-20mm, with tree planting (see planting plan). Gradient 1:16

A study of potential focal points around the property examining how the views can connect.

Initial outline sketch for driveway concept. Focus on driveway access for a fire appliance.

Woodland style mixed shrub planting with spring bulbs. Focal point (to be decided) included. Steps up to dutch clay pavior path

Pedestrian gate - timber or iron (tbc). Tree planting - see planting plan

New bin store area

Shed, with hard standing area to front (tumble sandstone setts) Within existing planting log piles, insect hotels and bird boxes to be installed.

Timber 5-bar gate

Existing shrubs will need cutting back once widened. Any large gaps will be filled with like planting. Car parking spaces - laid to grey gravel (10-20mm) in a gravel stabilising grid system, edged with tumbled sandstone setts.

Tumbled sandstone setts

New native hedge; 50% Blackthorn, 10% Wild Cherry, 10% Field Maple, 10% Dog rose, 10% Hazel, 10% Hawthorn Focal point

Bollard light

Driveway - to be widened to min. 3.1m. Edged with a kerb and laid to gravel (10-20mm) in a gravel stabilising grid system.

Ground level LED light

An entrance zone laid to tumbled sandstone setts

Project The Threshing Barn Normanton Drawing Title Landscape Plan

Date July 2018 Drawing No. 169_01/LP Scale @ A3 1:200

leonie@leoniebrown.com 07821 760799 Do not scale from drawing. Dimensions are approximate and are to be checked on site.

LANDSCAPE PLAN SUBMITTED TO CLIENT AND PLANNING

LANDSCAPE PLAN: ACCESS

Patio laid with CED Stone Ebony Cloud paving Steps and path laid with CED Stone Dutch Clay Paviors (Groningen)

Entrance area laid with CED Stone Ebony Cloud paving Low level brick water feature surrounded by planting.

SLOPING PATH FROM DRIVEWAY TO PROVIDE ACCESS WITH NO STEPS ACCESS FOR ALL GRADIENT 1:16

Patio laid with CED Stone Ebony Cloud paving Small terrace area laid with CED Stone Ebony Cloud paving with timber pergola. Planted with climbing roses.

Steps and path laid with CED Stone Dutch Clay Paviors (Groningen) Patio laid with CED Stone Ebony Cloud paving

1 STEPPED ACCESS - ACCESS POINT 1 WITH 3 STEPS

Planting border

Path laid with tumbled sandstone setts. Steps faced with timber sleepers and treads with sandstone setts.

ACCESS POINT 2 WITH ONE STEP, BREAK AND THEN TWO STEPS.

Tumbled sandstone setts edging timber sleeper terraces.

Step up to golden gravel (15-20mm) with timber sleeper stepping stones. Planting within the gravel. Sunken water feature, edged with tumble sandstone setts, with stepping stones over (CED Stone Ebony Cloud paving)

PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT

Project The Threshing Barn Normanton Drawing Title Landscape plans

Date July 2018 Scale @ A3 1:200 Drawing No. 169_01/03

VEHICLE MOVEMENT leonie@leoniebrown.com 07821 760799 Do not scale from drawing. Dimensions are approximate and are to be checked on site.

4. CONTEMPORARY GARDEN, LINCOLN

5. PLANTING: SKILLINGTON, LINCS

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

A professional couple wanted a low maintenance, contemporary design, to be set in their garden. The area was intended for entertaining and accommodating the new modern summerhouse.

The border needed renovating and new planting - the aim was to inject colour and all year round interest. A challenge as the border was rubbly and heavy clay. The clients requested a low maintenance border since they were time poor, but keen to learn how to garden. PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

THIS DRAWING IS THE COPYRIGHT OF THE DESIGNER AND MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED EXCEPT BY WRITTEN PERMISSION.

Plant Schedule

ALL DIMENSIONS SHOWN ON THIS DRAWING MUST BE CHECKED ON SITE PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF WORK

6 Winston Dr Newark NG Tel: 01636 555018

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DRAWING TITLE: FINAL MASTERPLAN DRAWING

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PROJECT: CONTEMPORARY REAR GARDEN DESIGN

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18 No. giganteum 1 No. Corylus contortus, under planted with Narcissus

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a 50cm unplanted gap between the border and the hedge to allow access for hedge trimming and maintenance to wall

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Front Garden Flower Bed DRAWING TITLE:

Final Planting Plan PROJECT ADDRESS:

The Stackyark, Park Lane, S

CLIENT : Ronald Pols and Pauline Dev

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SCALE: 1:50 FORMAT: A1

1 No. Amelanchier lamarckii, multistemmed

1 No. Sorbus 'Joseph Rock'

Existing plant in border; Hydrangae sp.

DATE: 26 September 2014

DRAWN BY: Leonie Brown Sheet 1 of 1

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DRAWN BY: Leonie Brown

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6. DAY CONSULTATION: NEWARK

7. DAY CONSULTATION: SKEGNESS

A very shaded and damp corner of the garden, that had the old trampoline sunken into the ground. A new purpose was requested.

A front garden that was laid to lawn. The client wanted some year round interest, but located in Skegness, it needed to be tolerant of the harsh weather conditions.

Contact email:

leonie@leoniebrown.com

phone:

07821 760799

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