Frankie Smith-Morris Landscape Architecture Undergrauate Portfolio
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FRANKIE SMITH-MORRIS A Place Fit for People
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Mobile:
+44 07759847290
Email:
smithmorrisfrankie@gmail.com
Armley Masterplan
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www.linkedin.com/in/ frankiesmithmorris
Armley Park Gateway
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Address:
Woodhouse Lane Streetscape
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338 Burley Road LS4 2NZ Leeds
I am an experienced landscape contractor, with a background working in bespoke garden design at a variety of settings and scales. Through this I have developed an appreciation for honest material expression, and sensitive response to surrounding vernacular. During my time at university, I have developed a keen interest in using landscape as a tool for enhancing user-connection to their surroundings, developing interventions based on a combination of ecological, contextual, and historic analysis. Both my previous employment and university study have allowed me to develop strong team working skills, problem solving and the ability to work efficiently in deadline-driven environments. Throughout a design process I readily use a combination of digital and analogue techniques, from hand drafting and modelling alongside 2D and 3D software to fully explore and interrogate design solutions.
Employment
Skills
Grizedale Arts Competition
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2D and 3D:
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Rhino/ Grasshopper
Knaresborough Re-Render
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Rendering:
Vray, Lumion
Adobe:
Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Lightroom, Acrobat
Other:
Hand sketching/drafting, model making, LVIAs Full UK drivers lisence
Competitions 2019
LDA Student Bursary (Solo entry)
2020
Grizedale Arts “Paddy Field Shed” (Group entry)
References
6 years part/full time landscape gardener: machine operator, skilled labourer, site surveying, specialist maintenance. Clients include Thomas Stewart-Smith, Jo Thompson, Gravetye Manor, Pashley Manor Gardens, and ongoing works of Anthony de Gard Pasley. 2015 - present
English Heritage Gardens (Labourer, machine operator, specialist maintenance)
surveying,
2016 - present
Garden Creations (Labourer, machine operator, surveying, general maintenance)
2016 - present
Freelance landscaping and maintenance (Light design, labourer, machine operator, surveying, general maintenance)
2018 - 2018
Wadhurst Park (Trainee gardener)
2018 - 2018
MDM Props (Carpenter, model-maker, cast-finishing)
Education
Employer
Peter Baldock, English Heritage Gardens 01580 861294 info@englishheritagegardens.co.uk
2018 - present
Leeds Beckett University (Working towards a 1st or 2/1 in Landscape Architecture and Design)
Lecturer
Trudi Entwistle t.entwistle@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
2016 - 2018
Weald of Kent Grammar (3 A-Levels A*- C)
Lecturer
Jess Bryne-Daniel j.bryne-daniel@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
2011 - 2016
Uplands Community College (11 GCSEs A*- B)
(East-facing elevation of Woodhouse Lane, Leeds)
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A Place Fit for People A multilayered project focused on the creation of a new city-centre park and supporting green infrastructure for social housing and cultural facilities in Leeds Innovation District. (Below) East and west facing elevations of Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. (Hand drawn, coloured in Photoshop)
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A Place Fit for People
Green Space Proximities
Initial survey and analysis was key to understanding the wider context of Leeds’ social and environmental conditions. Namely the city’s distribution of green space, social housing and demographic.
50.9% FEMALE
(Top Left) Map of green space distribution and guideline proximities to dwellings. (Google Earth, Photoshop)
49.1% MALE Metropolitan Parks - 3.2km proximity to dwellings
(Bottom Left) Map of affordable housing market zones and projected shortfall in housing supply. (Google Earth, Photoshop)
District Parks - 1.2km proximity to dwellings
(Right) Demographic breakdown of Little London ward in Leeds. (Hand drawn, lllustrator)
Local Parks - 400m proximity to dwellings
Affordable Housing Market Zones
Total projected shortfall, 19,680 Zone 2 - 794 p/y, 12,704 over 16 year plan period. (15% of total housing.) Zone 3 - 168 p/y, 2,688 over 16 year pan period. (7% of total housing.) Zone 4 - 149p/y, 2384 over 16 year plan period. (7% of total housing.)
1000 People 1000 People (16-29) 4
A Place Fit for People 1:500 working model, 1mm card and tracing paper. Used as an early design tool for form finding, viewpoints, and exploring design options in 3D. (Rhino, Grasshopper, Lightroom, Photoshop)
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A Place Fit for People 1:1000 Concept masterplan, showing the connection of green space, tree planting coridoors, pedestrianisation and social housing locations. (Hand drawn, Illustrator)
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A Place Fit for People (Left) 1:500 Concept masterplan. Showing some site conditions and subsequent design responses, and early spatial design. (Hand drawn, Illustrator) (Right ) Conceptual collages defining spatial allocations and early design intentions. (Hand drawn, photoshop, Lightroom)
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A Place Fit for People Concept sketches for a possible folly/pavillion, developed through to 1:100 working model. (Hand drawn, plaster of paris)
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A Place Fit for People 1:500 at A1 masterplan, diagramatic to show spatial allocations and form. (Rhino, AutoCAD, V-ray, Photoshop)
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A Place Fit for People Rendered perspective view of avenue and planting beds. (Rhino, V-ray, Photoshop)
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A Place Fit for People (Left) Rendered perspective view of urban plaza and pavillion. (Rhino, V-ray, Photoshop) (Top right) Illustrative elevation of pavillion. (Rhino, V-ray, Photoshop) (Bottom right) Illustrative sections of main pedestrian avenue. (Rhino, V-ray, Photoshop)
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A Place Fit for People 20000.00 mm
Pedestrian Avenue Cross-Section 1:50
5000.00 mm
0.50
0.00
1
3
15000.00 mm
1600.00 mm
6750.00 mm
7640.00 mm
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Planting Medium
2 Compacted Type 1 Sub-base
2.00 2.00
1.50
This is a technique observed at the Alleghenny Riverfront Park, by Michael van Valkenburgh Associates.
Concrete Beam
1500.00 mm
Inner Ring Road
(Right) 1:100 plan and section elevations. (Rhino, AutoCAD, Illustrator, Photoshop) 1.50
795.00 mm
Steel pin (750.00 mm x 50.00 mm)
2. B
Steel Pin (200.00 mm x 50.00 mm)
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Lamp post footing
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Blockwork retaining wall (To be specified by engineer)
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Granite sett edging (110.00 mm x 110.00 mm x 150.00 mm)
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Yorkstone Paving (80.00 mm depth x varying width + length)
25.00 mm
80.00 mm
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2. A
241.25 mm
500.00 mm
5 4
Compacted Type 1 Sub-base
3
10.00 mm
Planter retaining wall footing
2. A
150.00 mm
Planter retaining wall (White Portland Stone)
2
300.00 mm 110.00 mm
10.00 mm
615.00 mm
1
1
307.00 mm
Pedestrian Avenue Detail Section 1:20
300.00 mm
1000.00 mm
300.00 mm
255.00 mm 915.00 mm
1.50
600.00 mm
As a means to match and enhance the rhythm created by the planters, the paving along the site will vary seemingly randomly in width, shrinking significantly at intended viewpoints and gathering spaces. The intended effect is to subtly exagurate the creation of more intimately crafted spaces, slowing pedestrian movement, and increasing the opportunity for social interaction and connection to the surrounding landscape.
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10289.39 mm
1750.00 mm
In order to make a space that is legible, navigable and lends itself to creating a quality pedestrian realm, the site’s structure revolves heavily around the creation and preservation of viewpoints and vistas. This allows for a design that is easily broken down into its constituent parts, and that feels completely cohesive and integrated with its surroundings.
5392.25 mm
1 Cast Iron Ornamentation 2 Drainage Layer + Permeable Pipe 3 Lamp post
Compacted Type 1 Sub-base
1150.00 mm
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A Place Fit for People Planting Zone Wildflower Border
Total Area (m^2) Planting Layer 100 Perrenials
Botanical Name Lupin arboreus Ferula communis Sanguisorba officinalis
Variety
Common Name
Tanna
Tree Lupin Giant Fennel Burnet
Percentage
Total Number
Pot Size
Centre Spacing (cm)
Planting size
Root Condition
Stem Circumference (cm)
Stem Condition
Heavy Standard / / / / /
Root Ball / / / / /
25-30 / / / / /
1.2m clear stem / / / / /
Heavy Standard / /
Root Ball / /
25-30
7 2l 27 1l 61 9cm
Bulbs
Planting design consists of three distinct typologies, each with the purpose of creating a different atmosphere, enclosure and habitat. Breaking down the site into a succession of smaller spaces, each composed with their own journey, viewpoints and experience. This approach therefore required a variety of planting techniques, from seed mixes, matrixes, species grouping and tree management.
Allium / Tulipa / / / / Narcissus pseudonarcissus Narcissus / Crocus
Viewpoint
Ambassador Sphaerocephalon Merlot Florijn Chic Budlight Meriette Marianne Lent Lily Petrel Little Soldier
Allium Allium Tulip / / / / Common Daffodil Daffodil / Crocus
900 900 720 / / / / 1500 / / /
Wildflower (20%)
Woodland Perrenial
Origanum vulgare Knautia arvensis Daucus carota Rhinanthus minor Primula veris Linaria vulgaris Lotus corniculatus Leucanthemum vulgare Vicia sativa Agrimonia
Wild Marjoram Field Scabious Wild Carrot Yellow Rattle Cowslip Toadflax Birdsfoot Trefoil Oxeye Daisies Vetch Agrimony
5 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 0.5 0.5
Festuca rubra Cynosurus cristatus Festuca ovina Poa pratensis Phleum bertolonii
Slender Creeping Red Fescue Crested dog's Tail Sheeps Fescue Smooth-Stalked Meadow Grass Smaller Cat's Tail
25 20 15 10 10
Grasses (80%)
(Right) Illustrative planting plan. (AutoCAD, Illustrator, Photoshop)
Orchard
200 Trees Malus domestica / / / / /
Discovery Beauty of Bath Fortune Saturn Ashmeads Kernel Claygate Pearmain
Apple / / / / /
1 / / / / /
Wildflower (20%)
Viewpoint
Orchard Meadow Grass Orchard Meadow
Knautia arvensis Trifolium repens Silene dioica Lotus corniculatus Geranium sylvaticum Hypochaeris radicata Lathyrus pratensis Conopodium majus Plantago lanceolata Prunella vulgaris Rumex acetosa Centaurea nigra Cerastium Viola riviniana Primula veris
Field Scabious White Clover Red Campion Birdsfoot Trefoil Wood Cranesbill Catsear Meadow Vetchling Pignut Ribwort Plantain Self Heal Common Sorrel Common Knapweed Mouse Ear Dog Violet Cowslip
3 3 2.4 2 1.4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0.5 0.5 0.2
Festuca rubra Cynosurus cristatus Festuca ovina Poa pratensis Phleum bertolonii
Slender Creeping Red Fescue Creted dog's Tail Sheeps Fescue Smooth-Stalked Meadow Grass Smaller Cat's Tail
25 20 15 10 10
Grasses (80%)
Bulbs Narcisses pseudonarcissus Crocus Galanthus Fritillaria Woodland
Lent Lily
Meleagris
Common Daffodil Crocus Snowdrop Snakes Head Fritillary
/ / /
1000
Crab Apple Downy Birch Hazel
/ /
230 Trees Malus sylvestris Betula Pubescens Corylus avelana
Wildflower
Wildflower
Grass
Viewpoint
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Multistem /
Perrenials Dryopteris affinis Matteuccia struthiopteris Epimedium / Athyrium filix-femina Asplenium scolopendrium Helleborus x hybridus Hellleborus x sternii Polygonatum Dicentra spectabilis Astrantia Astrantia major Brunnera macrophyla Gernanium Digitalis purpurea / / Euphorbia amygdaloides Pulmonaria Galanthus nivalis Narcissus pseudonarcisses Convallaria majalis Cyclamen Eranthis hyemalis
Christata the King Pink Elf X Rubrum
Double Ellen Red
Alba Moulin Rouge Alba Jack Frost
Suttons Apricot Albiflora Sissinghurst White
Male Fern Shuttlecock Fern Epimedium / Lady Fern Hart's Tongue Fern Hellebore / Solomons Seal Bleeding Hearts Astrantia Astrantia Brunnera Cranesbill Geranium Foxglove / / Woodspurge Pulmonaria Snowdrop Daffodil Lily of the Valley Cyclamen Winter Aconite
15 30 30 30 45 45 45 45 27 21 200 200 150 75 100 100 100 100 100
2l 1l 9cm 1l 1l 1l 9cm 9cm 9cm 9cm 9cm 9cm plug / / 9cm 9cm
50 40 30 30 40 30 30 30 50 30 30 30 30
1000 800 / / 200
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Armley Masterplan A group project between Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and the Canal and Rivers Trust, to develop a strategic-level masterplan for Armley and New-Wortley in south Leeds. This module required a heavily consultation-based method of working, where surrounding residents and community groups were able to voice their opinions about where they live. (Below) Strategic masterplan for Armley. (SketchUp, Photoshop) (Right) Isometric interverntion examples (SketchUp, V-ray, Photoshop)
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Armley Masterplan An art trail linking Armley and New Wortley to the proposed comunity hub, was one of the key features of the final masterplan. These collages from pictures taken along the route of the art trail, show the intention on creating large and small scale interventions, that respond and reflect on Armley’s history and community. Each instillation should be an expression of where it was, urban or natural. Ultimately these works should come from the community, as a change to have a tangible positive impact on where they live. (Photoshop)
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Armley Masterplan A0 group presentation board, all previous work shown is my own, as is the current board composition. (Indesign)
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Armley Park Gateway A folllow on from Armley Masterplan, this module was a deeper exploration of one of the proposed interventions. In this case, a public art piece, that was to double as a landmark-entrance for a major park in south Leeds. (Below) Day time side elevation. (SketchUp, V-ray, photoshop)
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Armley Park Gateway Once a basic principle for the instillation had been developed, a clay model proved to be the most intuitive method for exploring and resolving further design issues. Sections, sketches and plan views could take the design so far, but due to the increasingly complex nature of the instillation - a sloping, organic form and industrial frames, a clay model allows a freedom to make accurate, scaled changes to gradients, forms, explore interior spaces, lighting schemes, and play with massing of planting. Photographing the model to then draw ontop of with annotation and scale people proved extremely valuable in breathing life into the model, and better considering the spatial qualities of what was being created.
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Armley Park Gateway Schematic diagrams show deveopment of structure and planting, taking into account viewpoints to establish a connection to the landscape. (SketchUp, Photoshop)
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Armley Park Gateway Planting for this site was a sensitive subject with local residents, who were cocerned about losing the only open green space they had available. Therefore, the entire structure was planned around creating viewpoints that push sightlines out over the park. The schedule and maangement were comparatively simple, with a strict rotation of coppicing and pruning, to maintain a semiwild atmosphere of Blackthorn dominated scrubland. (SketchUp, Illustrator, Photoshop)
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Armley Park Gateway A night time render, showing the instillations temporary feature of a translucent gause, in tandem with built-in lighting. (Sketchp, V-ray, Photoshop)
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Armley Park Gateway Day time rendering, showing the day to day appearance of the instillation. Year round the piece should blend into the landscape so as to not encroach on a much beloved city park. (SketchUp, V-ray, Photoshop)
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Armley Park Gateway Extract from a presentation board showing some construction detailing on the frames. Corten steel brackets and face plates are stitch welded and bolted to internal plates, which in turn supports a concealed keder rail and LED profile. (SketchUp, photoshop)
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Woodhouse Lane Streetscape A collage sampled from a project to redesign an existing streetscape, providing a pedestrianised space and activated frontage. An existing multistory car park is retrofitted to include social housing and cultural facilities. (SketchUp, V-ray, Photoshop)
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Woodhouse Lane Streetscape Opposite facing sections to show landform, massing and introduction of planting at ground level and on the car park structure. (SketchUp, V-ray, Photoshop)
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Grizedale Arts (Group entry) Plan and supporting render of a competition entry for Grizedale Arts Centre, to design a new shed structure for processing small holding produce. I was responsble for design, computer modelling, rendering and composition. (Top Left) Opening render. (Hand drawn, SketchUp, V-ray, Photoshop) (Top middle, top right) Cross-section of interior and exterior, showing room function and spatial qualities. (SketchUp, V-ray, Photoshop) (Bottom) Floor plan showing dimensions and spatial allocation. (Hand drawn, Photoshop)
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Knaresborough Visitor Centre A sample presentation board for a new visitor centre and woodland park for Knaresborough, Yorkshire, including a 3D modelled building and masterplan. (SketchUp, V-ray, Photoshop, Indesign)
K N A R E S B O R O U G H WOODLAND AND VISITOR CENTRE
New Woodland Existing Treecover
A new woodland in the “Horseshoe Field” will be permeated with trails and clearings, where lessons about traditional woodland management and activities can be taught.
The visitor centre itself takes heavy influence from the “Downland Gridshell” by Cullian Studios. The lattice of oak laffs creates an organic structure - balancing contemporary architecture with ancient timber framing technology. The soft curves of the exterior are a reflection of the surrounding landscape; undulating hills softened by treetops. The vaulted ceiling structure creates a massive, flexible interior, bathed in light from a southeastern exposure.
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Frankie Smith-Morris
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