Portfolio A COLLECTION OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS
Year 1: Garden Design
Year 2: Residential Design
Year 2: Imagined Cities
Year 2: St. Patricks Square LISA BURGE
Year 1: Garden Design AN INVESTIGATION INTO CONTEXTUAL PROCESSES
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he focus of this Garden Design assignment was to explore the transferral of site analysis and operational information into site design. Thinking about the urban processes in the wider context of this small residential garden was essential to the design process. By investigating the VXUURXQGLQJ FRQWH[W SDWWHUQV RI ZDWHU Ă RZ YHJHWDWLRQ DQG slope were discovered. 7KHVH GLVFRYHULHV DLGHG PH LQ P\ GHVLJQ WKLQNLQJ ZKLFK was centred around vegetation in relation to slope as well DV GLUHFWLQJ WKH ZDWHU Ă RZ , FUHDWHG WZR VWUHDPV WR FROOHFW the water run-off from the road which tended to settle at the base of the site. To address the sites bog issue at its base , LPSOHPHQWHG D VPDOO FROOHFWLRQ SRQG ZHWODQG SODQWV VXUURXQGHG WKH HGJH RI WKLV SRQG WR DLG LQ ZDWHU SXULĂ€FDWLRQ 7KH FOLHQWV QHHGV DOVR QHHGHG WR EH PHW VR L LQFOXGHG D Ă DW open deck for entertaining and fruit trees as well as a vegHWDEOH JDUGHQ ZLWK HDV\ DFFHVV IURP WKH NLWFKHQ
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Year 2: Residential Design MODELLING A HOUSE IN CAD
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sing CAD the purpose of this assignment was to model a familiar property including both hard and soft landscaping. The construction of the house and garage on the property helped to give the site a sense of human scale and a realism. /LJKWLQJ WH[WXUHV DQG VKDGRZV ZHUH UHFRPPHQGHG WR FUHate a convincing model to which people can relate. The overall purpose of the assignment was to develop a presentation which would sell the property through a realistic approach. 7R EHJLQ WKH PRGHOOLQJ SURFHVV WKH H[WHULRU ZDOOV Ă RRUV DQG VXSSRUWLQJ ZDOOV ZHUH LPSOHPHQWHG 7KH EDVLF GRRUV ZLQGRZV DQG D FHLOLQJ ZHUH WKHQ FRQVWUXFWHG IROORZHG E\ PRUH WULFN\ ZLQGRZV VXFK DV ED\ ZLQGRZV 7KH VWDLUZD\ LQVLGH WKH JDUDJH ZDV WKHQ FRQVWUXFWHG IROORZHG E\ WKH URRI RI both the house and the garage.
The mesh of the site includes both a slight hill as well as a slight valley in front of and behind the house respectively. This was created after the main framework of the house was implemented. The landscaping includes both the hard landscape of patio and path areas and the driveway as well as numerous soft landscape features surrounding the house. Once the construction part of the assignment was complete , FRQFHQWUDWHG RQ XVLQJ PRRG OLJKWLQJ WH[WXUHV DQG SHRple to create realistic rendered view points of the property. 6HFWLRQV HOHYDWLRQV D SODQ DQG D 4795 TXLFN WLPH YLUWXDO rendering) were all created to present further information concerning the property.
Year 2: Imagined Cities MODELLING AT THE LARGEST SCALE
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Year 2: St. Patricks Square A PROJECT BASED ON A STONE OPERATION
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