SANDRA BALAGUER LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECT
S ANDRA BALAGUER LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECT
4 Mile End Place E1 4BH London-UK +44 7475 884 204
sandrabalaguer.landscape@gmail.com
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ABOUT ME Graduated from the National School of Landscape Architecture of Versailles. Take into consideration the social dimensions, the natural dynamics and the economy as the constituting elements for understanding the landscape. Strong drawing, cartography and model skills required for the project inception. Determined to make sense of the place, taking into consideration the actual issues and anticipating future developments.
SOFTWARES
SKILLS Botanical skills Gardening practice Sketch Technical drawing
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Autocad Sketchup Ad. Photoshop Ad. InDesign
Watercolor
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Ad. Illustrator
Model/Sculpture
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Power point
EDUCATION 2012
National School of Landscape Architecture Versailles, France. Landscape architect DPLG graduation
2008
Design school Nice, France. Architecture and Design diploma (BTS)
2004
Design and technical college Antibes, France Bachelor degree Art and design option
WORK EXPERIENCE Sept 2016-Now/Garden Designer + Gardener. Allium Gardeners compagny in Essex and Sufflok.
Garden designer: master plans, planting plans, irrigation systems, road and miscellaneous networks. Ground surveys (measurements, altimetry and botanical surveys). Customer project presentation. Gardener: Planting, garden maintenance and garden clearance.
May 2014-July 2014/Landscape Architect Assistant Atelier du Serpentaire Agency, Paris 17ème.
School yard project, Paris 15ème: Master plan and Plant selection. Landscape study, Marais Poitevin, France: Inventory of living constructions in a protected area.
Sept 2013-Dec 2014/Freelance Garden Designer + Landscape Architect Competition planning for Levens, Provence:
Landscape particularities study on local lifestyle and new project proposed.
Conception of a private garden, Brittany, France.
Collaboration with Atelier du Serpentaire agency and Sylvie Dumon. Renovation of the current structure and creation of a terrace and new paths.
Creation of a landscape methodology for DREAL Rhône-Alpes, France.
Based on a protected landscapes study, this methodology is designed to help the regional managers to evaluate the impact of the proposed project in the protected natural area.
Conception of a private yard, Paris14ème. August 2012-March 2013 /Artist Assistant Collaboration with Stephanie Buttier (landscape designer/artist) and Mutabilis agency. Winter garden inside the Carpediem tower (Aviva), La Défense in Paris. Creation and manufacture of monumental metallic sculptures.
WORKSHOPS AND INTERNSHIP 2011/Participatory construction Coloco Studio and Gilles Clément Stolac, Bosnia.
Revaluation and preservation of the natural spaces. Creation of new convivial spaces along the river side. Construction of urban furnitures.
2011/Workshop Stehanie Buttier (artist, landscape designer) in Normandy, France.
Manufacture of metallic and wicker sculptures for a botanic garden. Wickerwork learning.
2010/Internship
Atelier du Serpentaire landscape architect studio, Paris 17.
CONTENTS
LANDSCAPE STUDY
URBAN PROJECT
FREJUS: Between Provence and French Riviera/ 6
PANTIN/12
PROTECTED natural areas IN RHÔNE ALPES/ 8
RURAL PROJECT
Creation of a new Life style around the Ourcq Canal (ENSP).
Landscape study, workshop, Versailles school (ENSP).
Landscape Methodology, DREAL Rhône-Alpes area.
The gardens of the Cher river/ 16 Workshop student, supervised by Gilles Clément and Miguel Goergieff (Coloco), Versailles school (ENSP).
GARDEN DESIGN
ARTISTIC PROJECT
SKETCH BOOK
private garden/ 20
The CoCCONS/ 24 Metallic sculptures
Nice landscapes/ 28
Le Clos des fées/ 26 Botanic Garden sculptures
Travel sketch Book/ 30-31
Garden design study in a private garden/ Loughton.
Yard school/ 22
Planting project for a Montessori school/ Cambridge.
Artistic Mission, Stephanie Buttier & Mutabilis Studio/ Paris.
Internship, Stephanie Buttier & Mutabilis Studio/ Normandie.
WORKSHOP «VRTOVI STOCA»/ 27
The garden of Stolac Participatory construction, Gilles Clément & Coloco Studio, Stolac in Bosnia.
Series of sketchs/ Understanding Process Watercolour/ French riviera
London/Leadenhall Market-2015 Finland/Helsinky-2011
LANDSCAPE STUDY/Fréjus, Provence/2009 FREJUS: Between Provence et French Riviera Landscape study, workshop, Versailles school (ENSP) This work consisted of analyzing a site and proposing a landscape analysis. The objective is to reveal the landscape dynamics. Evolution of human activity:
1/Agriculture is declining. 2/ Urban sprawl of the natural areas.
Natural Dynamics:
1 / Reforestation of the massifs which exposes the new houses to the fire risk. 2 / Flooding of the valley of Argens.
Landscape map of «Fréjus»/Pencil technique/ 920mmX980mm
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01.Landscape Analysis
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Maquis haut
Altimetric Map/ 920mmX980mm
Suberaie ou chênaie Mixte
Pinède
Prairie humide
02.Landscape Dynamics
Suberaie ou chênaie Mixte
Marais salés
Maquis haut
Pré salé
Pinède
Maquis bas ou Cistaie
Dune forestière
Plage
Mer
1960
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03.New Strategies Limiting urban sprawl Revaluation of the valley: -New agricultural activity adapted. -Flood management and prevention. The reconstruction of urban centres: Villages of Provence. Preservation of the landscape features and natural areas: -New footpath connections -Creation of infrastructures on remarkable places.
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LANSCAPE STUDY/RHÔNE-ALPES, France/2013 Methodology on the protected natural area. Landscape Methodology, DREAL Rhône-Alpes area DREAL Rhône-Alpes, the local authorities is located in different mountain territories and landscapes: From the Massif Central to the Alps in France.
This methodology is designed to help the regional managers to evaluate the impact of the proposed project in the protected natural area.
To develop this methodology, our work is based on five case studies, characteristic of the problems encountered by the DREAL. They have different scales and are located in different mountain territories and landscapes, from the Massif Central to the Alps.
SIXT-FER-A-CHEVAL / 74
Active erosion site (Landslide, and risk management)
HAUTES CHAUMES DU FOREZ / 42 Reconversion of an old sheep barn
LA VALLÉE DU VéNéON / 38 The future of the highland lodges
PLATEAU DES SUCS / 07
Installation of photovoltaic panels
LE VALLON DE LA JARJATTE / 26 Transformation of farm buildings
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View of the source of the Loire/ Scketch (marker)
The methodology The methodology is built in two steps. First of all the impressions and understanding of the site and the place are developed. The second stage is the tension between the expression of the project and the site.
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INTRODUCTION : L’émotion, à l’origine du paysage Emotion, the origin of the landscape DE LA SENSATION À LA PERCEPTION L’iMPRESSION
LES ÉLÉMENTS PERÇUS L’ESPACE PERÇU DESCRIPTION DES ÉLÉMENTS
LA PERCEPTION PREMIÈRE Photography of the Vénéon’s Valley
LA COMPRÉHENSION DU SITE, DES LIEUX L’IDENTITÉ
AMBIANCE ET SCÉNOGRAPHIE LE CHAMP D’APPRÉHENSION
LA SEMANTIQUE DES LIEUX
LES STRUCTURES
AGENTS PHYSIQUES : Les spatialités ÉCHELLE DU TERRITOIRE ÉCHELLE DU SITE ÉCHELLE DU LIEU
AGENTS PSYCHIQUES : Les imaginaires AGENTS INTELLECTUELS : Les connaissances SYNTHÈSE : LES DYNAMIQUES DU SENSIBLE EN CES LIEUX
LA POSTURE DU SITE Up: View of a hghland loges in Vénéon: Scketch (marker) Down: Postcard showing the practice of mountaineering
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L’EXPRESSION DU PROJET SÉMANTIQUE DU PROJET / SÉMANTIQUE DU LIEU STRUCTURE DU PROJET / STRUCTURE DU LIEU INTERROGER LA SITUATION DANS LE SITE INTERROGER LE PROJET DANS LE LIEU INTERROGER LA POSTURE ARCHITECTURALE INTERROGER LA FACTURE
LA NOUVELLE POSTURE DU SITE
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SIXT-FER-A-CHEVAL / FRANCE
Active erosion site: Landslide, and risk management Landscape Analysis:
The characteristics of this place SIXT-FER-A-CHEVAL the cirque of mountains of Fer-a-cheval
Fer-Ă -Cheval Valley Map/ Axonometrie Map(marker)/850mmx780mm
Landslide
Stony nests 10
Steep Slopes
Planted Forest
Landscape Analysis:
The structures of this place in different scales
Sommets et crêtes Piémonts hauts Piémonts bas Lit majeur Lit mineur
From most to least significantly. Collective Imagination Map in différente Scales
Project Analysis: The approach of the project is to welcome the public in the heart of the Fer-à-Cheval cirque. The facilities present on the site are parking, access, shops and camping. There is a tension between the desire for security to ensure the reception of the public and the semantic capacity of the place subjected to the movement of the landslides.
Landslide Risk area Safety area, Hamlet.
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URBAN PROJECT/Pantin,Paris/2011 Pantin Town: Creation a new Life style around the Ourcq Canal. Workshop student, Versailles school (ENSP)
The proposed Project site is located in the commune of Pantin on the banks of the Ourcq canal. This place is strongly marked by the road, railway and river traffic that make Pantin an exit from the Parisian metropolis. These infrastructures are fragmenting the town which is just a place with people passing throught. The issues are to change the old industrial buildings into residential areas with a public place. The project proposes to return the city of Pantin to the canal which has a strong potential to offer a new life style and bring back qualities of the landscape. A park is create to establish a link with the historical church and the canal and to create a new centre inside Pantin.
PARIS
Stalingrad Place
La Villette’s Park
Pantin Town
Town Hall A New Pantin’s Park
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Tube Station
Historical Church
Canal of Ourcq
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Canal de l’Ourcq
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Eglise de Pantin
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Ourcq Canal
Garden
Residential Building
Ditch
National Road
Park
Store, Coffee shop Restaurant
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1. Stormwater basin with bridge
2. The meeting garden
3. The field
4. The forest clearing and the woody area
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The rainwater recovery system
1/The Roof
5/The Canal or The irrigation system
2/ the Drainage ditch
3/Stormwater basin with bridge
4/The Tank
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RURAL PROJECT/Creuse, France/2011 The gardens of the Cher river
Workshop student, supervised by Gilles ClĂŠment and Miguel Goergieff (Coloco), Versailles school (ENSP) The valley of the Cher constitutes a physical line, in the landscape and has been chosen as an administrative boundary, separating two regions: Auvergne and Limousin, and two departments: the Allier and the Creuse. The analysis reveals the natural environmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s richness and diversity forgotten by the population. This is due to the unplanned reforestation of the hillside and the lack of access. The project proposes to reinvent a structure of limits and spaces such as the structure of a garden in order to reveal the landscape of the valley and to make it a meeting place between the populations, the residents and the farmers: The Garden Valley.
Riverine Woodland Coniferous Wood Beech Forest Coniferous Wood Reedbed Heather Moorland Grassy Meadow Field
(Plateau)
Field
(Bottom of the valley)
Village/Hamlet
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Limits: The structure of the new rural garden.
Denied Landscape Separation
Raise Awareness of this Valley
01. Sharing
In the garden the limit is used to give an understanding of the articulation of spaces. In the same way for the garden valley, the limits will be used to interpret and reveal the existing territory. The «Border Valley» becomes an «Encounter Valley» and participates to reverse of the people’s impression. The boundary as a landmark both spatial and temporal.
02. Collective Practice 03. Local Recognition & Crossing
Belvedere View on the valley
Field Fence
Stone’s Swath in the wood
Pathway along the river
Decking way though the wet meadow
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Maintenance strategY of the big scale Garden
The many parts of the garden will be maintained by a system of agricultural rotation and the implementation of several practices:
-Grazing -Fire wood production -Participative construction of furniture and structures.
N+0y
Open Field Coppicing
N+20y
Afforestation Firewood
Hamlet Grass land
Grassy Meadow
Wild land Fence
Orchard
N+10y
Open fields/ Summer grass land
N+0y
Grass land
Grassy Land
N+5y
Wild land Fence
Wild Land Wood
Herds Host
Old Forest Cher River Wet Meadow
Afforestation Herds Host
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N+10y Garden-Valley view/ Model/920mm x 680mm
THE CROSSING ELEMENTS ALONG THE WAY #1.Footbridge
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#2
#3
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#5 Garden-Valley master plan/ Pencil technique
#2.Stream Ford
#3.Wooden Steps
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GARDEN DESIGN/Private garden/Loughton-May 2017 Master plan
Circulations and Structures
New garden project
Transition area Between the house and the garden
Open field (Grass and dry field area) Cover area (wood)
Hidden Garden
Jacuzzi area
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The Hidden Garden
Plant and material selection
1.Gazebo
1.Gazebo
5 2.Fountain
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3.StabilisĂŠ or thin gravel
2.Fountain
3.StabilisĂŠ or gravel
4.Around the gazebo
5.The area around the central boxes
Euphorbia
Fatsia japonica
Hosta
Agapanthus
Persicaire
Phormium
Choisia
Acanthe
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GARDEN DESIGN/Yard school/Cambridge-March 2017 planting project for a montessori school
Design and plant implementation, Allium Gardeners, Sufflok. Plan and profile
Aromatic Plants (Fine herbs)
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Vegetables
Edible Flowers
Aromatic Plants
Plant and material selection
The Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Yard
Aromatic Plants (Fine herbs) Chives
Mint
Parsley
Hollyhock
Nasturtium
Thymus
Rosemary
Edible Flowers Violet
Aromatic Plants Salvia
Pot compositions 1/ Miscanthus
1/Stipa tenuissima
2/ Iris
2/ Allium
3/ Fern
3/ Heurecha
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ARTISTIC PROJECT/Metallic sculptures/Paris-2013 The CoCCONS
Artistic Mission, Stephanie Buttier & Mutabilis Studio, Client: Aviva Compagny in Paris. Photography about the creation and manufacture of monumental metallic sculptures in the winter garden inside the Carpediem tower.Â
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ARTISTIC PROJECT/2010 «Le Clos des fées», Botanic Garden
Internship, Stephanie Buttier & Mutabilis Studio, Client: Paluel in Normandie. Photography about the creation and manufacture of metallic and wicker sculptures.
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WORKSHOP/2011 «VRTOVI STOCA» (The garden of stolac)
Participatory construction, Gilles Clément & Coloco Studio, Stolac in Bosnia. Photography about the creation of new convivial spaces along the river side. Construction of urban furnitures.
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SKETCH BOOK/2012. Exploration of Nice landscape
Series of sketchs/ Understanding Process
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Exploration of Nice landscape Watercolour/ French riviera
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SKETCH BOOK/ Travel sketch Book
London/Leadenhall Market-2015
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Travel sketch Book Finland/Helsinky-2011
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SKETCH BOOK/ Travel sketch Book Watercolor/Paris-2015
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