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SITE ANALYSIS
Case Study Analysis
Site analysis is a skill that has evolved the most throughout my time at University. From printing off the site and overlaying thoughts and analysis on top on tracing paper to creating 2D and 3D renders of initial site experiences.
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St James’ Square in Cheltenham is essentially a walk through space, where the river is cut off from users and the local community. The design which followed this analysis, opened this divide and connected the site to the river through sloped accesses and interactive schemes.
This hedge garden’s design hasn’t changed through its iterations but they way it has been represented has evolved. It took the evolution of my own skills to translate this design from a quick sketch that was bucket filled to a textured and stylised, hand rendered image to finally, a sketch up based, axonometric.
My choice to add the trees to the central z-shaped hedge to enclose the space more, allowed me to understand shadows better.
Recycled Concrete Basin with Phragmites australis 1000mm - 1500mm
