ALICK NEE

BA (HONS) GARDEN DESIGN DIPLOMA LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

ALICK NEE
Alick Nee is a graduate Landscape Architect and Garden Designer from London, UK, with a first class honours degree in Garden Design, gained in July 2011, and a post-graduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture with distinction, gained in July 2012. Alicks passion for landscape architecture and garden design has seen him win awards on a national scale and has enabled him to gain over 2 years industry experience whilst studying full-time at the University of Greenwich. Alick uses a combination of hand drawing and computer graphics to realise his characteristically bold and creative designs. This portfolio contains a selection of his most recent work. Alick has most recently been freelancing with Marian Boswall Landscape Architects and Greencube Garden & Landscape Design, and earlier in 2012, completed an internship with Townshend Landscape Architects. WEBSITE www.alicknee.com ADDRESS 81 Charlton Church Lane, London SE7 7AB UK PHONE +44 7581 21 21 17 EMAIL mail@alicknee.com

CONTENTS
DIPLOMA IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE - MAJOR DESIGN PROJECT - LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE COMPETITION - SUSTAINABLE THEME PROJECTS - GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS - URBAN DEVELOPMENT - ADVANCED PLANTING DESIGN BA (HONS) GARDEN DESIGN - MAJOR DESIGN PROJECT - HAMPTON COURT FLOWER SHOW RESIDENTIAL GARDEN DESIGN - GREENCUBE GARDEN & LANDSCAPE DESIGN - MARIAN BOSWALL LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS 6 10 12 14 16 18 20 24 26 28

CHARLTON RIVERSIDE
GREENWICH, LONDON

Charlton Riverside is 105ha of prime, Thamesside land in Greenwich, south-east London, currently modelled as an out-of-town retail and industrial park, with empty land, derelict warehouses, and a dilapidated Thames Path walk. This proposed masterplan seeks to create a new community for Charlton, and the surrounding Greenwich borough, designed with public space, green infrastructure and the development of a sustainable community at its core. A new 3.2ha riverside park transforms the Thames Path walk with wide and welcoming open spaces, cafes, bars and retail opportunities, creating a lively, social recreation space on the Thames. Sharedspace residential streets provide pedestrian and cyclist priority and lead straight onto 21ha of landscaped parkland that weaves through the entire site. An integrated sustainable drainage system carries surface water from streets to the parks, via a network of swales and ponds, providing not just treatment and filtration, but aesthetic, educational & ecological value; linking from Greenwich peninsula to the Green Chain via Mayron Park.

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE - PARKLAND An early concept for the development of this masterplan was to link together various greenspaces existing in Charlton to provide a continuous green chain of parkland. This parkland, as well as providing for ma jor infrastructure, also creates valuable public open space as well as a diverse mix of character areas and wildlife habitats, increasing the ecology and biodiversity of the area. London is a ma jor city, and it is vital that residents have access to open space and opportunities to interact with nature, especially as in our urbanised, technology reliant society, the amount of time spent outdoors is decreasing. Landscapes sooth the brain, relax the mind and help people to have more creative, happier, healthier stress-free lives. Access to outdoor space is provided in a number of ways; private gardens for individual houses, courtyard gardens for housing and apartment blocks, community allotments (roof and ground gardens), pocket parks and spaces between buildings, a riverfront park running along the Thames-side, and the ma jor parkland running through the site east-west. Additional habitat types are provided by an increased capacity for the Thames to flood, leading to tidal terracing and the development of salt marsh at the river edge, brown and green roofs help to replace some of the undisturbed habitats lost to urban sprawl over the years, and a green bridge over the Woolwich Road ensures that there is a continuous ecological corridor connecting from Greenwich Peninsula on to Mayron Park and then on to the south-east London Green Chain.

ABOVE: Early concept diagram for parkland and connections BELOW: Sketches of various greenspace elements

MAJOR DESIGN PROJECT DIPLOMA LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

This was my thesis design project that ran from January until May 2012, covering two course units, Advanced Landscape Design 1 and 2, and was exhibited in June at our end of year exhibition.

WOOLWICH ROAD

RIVERSIDE PARK

PLAYING FIELDS AND PARKLAND

THAMES BARRIER PARK

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RAIN GARDENS Increase groundwater infiltration & recharge, provide local flood control, enhance residences, cost-effective treatment

GREEN ROOFS Reduce stormwater runoff volume, provide wildlife habitat, reduce building energy costs, improves air quality

RAIN WATER HARVESTING & GREY WATER RECYCLING Reduce run off volumes, reduce resident bills, encourage better water management, make the most of out available water

STORMWATER PLANTERS Reduced stormwater runoff, increased infiltration, improves aesthetic appeal of streets, wildlife habitat, limited space required

WET SWALES Reduce stormwater runoff, filters stormwater, local flood control, enhances aesthetics, wildlife habitat

DETENTION BASINS Temporary storage of stormwater in severe storms, reduce flood potential, control of runoff after storm, increased infiltration and recharge

WOODLAND AND SHRUB PLANTING Slows stormwater runoff, increased infiltration & recharge, allows for enviro-transpiration

STORMWATER WETLANDS Treats stormwater runoff, reduces peak flows, provides flood control, enhances local area, provides wildlife habitat, reduces soil erosion, provides recreational benefits

PONDS Treats stormwater runoff, reduces peak flows, provides flood control, enhances local area, provides wildlife habitat, reduces soil erosion, provides recreational benefits, suitable for areas with higher potential pollutants, allows for evaporation

UNDERGROUND ATTENUATION TANKS Re-use of rainwater, reduce freshwater use, reduced bills for residents, maximise use of rainwater

PORUS SURFACES Increased groundwater infiltration, reduce need for traditional stormwater infrastructure, reduced need for salt & sand in winter (low ice development), extended life of paved areas (less cracking from freezing/thawing)

DRY SWALES Reduce stormwater runoff, filters stormwater, local flood control, enhances aesthetics, provide location for snow storage, cost effective

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PUBLIC ZONE

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE - SUDS The SUDS strategy starts at the buildings, with green and brown roofs to reduce stormwater runoff volumes as well as reducing energy costs for the buildings. Where green or brown roofs are not possible, rainwater will be harvested for use in irrigation, and along with recycled greywater, used for flushing toilets, running washing machines, washing cars and pavements etc. Large areas of hard surfaces such as the riverside park and central plaza will harvest rainwater in underground attenuation tanks for use in irrigating the parkland and gardens when needed. Excess will be discharged into the SUDS system. Streets will feature stormwater planters to filter surface runoff as well as vegetated swales, which in turn provide further filtration and conveyance of stormwater into the parkland., as well as greatly increasing the aesthetic value of the streets. Within the parkland, long vegetated swales further filter surface runoff, and where appropriate provide infiltration into the soil below. Overflow weirs allow for water during heavy storms to be detained in the sunken playing field detention basins. The final stage in the SUDS train is the stormwater wetland and balancing pond. This offers final stage treatment of stormwater before discharge into the River Thames. Additional flood capacity is provided by the stormwater wetlands which holds back water from the main balancing pond.

BEFORE & AFTERS Photoshop montages were created to visualise various elements of the scheme and the public spaces created, providing hints as to the look, feel and atmosphere of the development

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LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE COMPETITION

WOOD WHARF, LONDON

40m high tower clad in living wall panels with electronic information boards on all 4 sides

Key: International Food Bazaar stalls and small pavilions Large event pavilions Boardwalk promenade opens out to allow views over the water back to Canary Wharf with informal seating provided by seaside deckchairs

Service buildings 3 large outdoor event screens face lawned area, clad at the rear with living wall panels

WINNER International food bazaar with NATIONAL STUDENT LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION shade sails over seating areas
and walkways

I was joint winner with Danny Mitchell of the Landscape Institutes competition to design Flexible lawn event space a temporary public space for Wood Wharf to be built summer 2012. We were inspired by the British summer, its unpredictably and playfulness, and developed a scheme that would celebrate these themes in a creative, sculptural and playful way. Our goal was to offer a contrast to Canary Wharfs structured and formal landscape, creating a colourful and interactive environment for visitors to enjoy.
Canopy of umbrellas at main entrance

Sculptural canopy of umbrellas at the main entrance from the pontoon bridge, suspended on steel cables fixed to 4m high poles

Field of windsocks rises out of the wildflower meadow with a raised wooden boardwalk

Series of corten steel raised planters encase an abundance of summer flowering perennials. Oak bench seating fixed to selected planters offer places to sit back and relax

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In 2011, Canary Wharf, in conjunction with the Landscape Institute and Townshend Landscape Architects, launched a single stage open ideas competition for landscape architecture students in the UK. The aim of the competition was to generate exceptional designs for Wood Wharf that could be realised for the summer of 2012. The University of Greenwich used the opportunity to build the competition into the course. Two landscape architecture students from the University of Greenwich have upstaged the countrys best young design talent by winning the Canary Wharf Landscape Competition Canary Wharf announcement All of the short listed schemes were exhibited earlier this year at One Canada Square, Canary Wharf. Alastair McCapra, chief executive of the Landscape Institute, said: This exhibition shows some of the exceptional talent coming up the ranks in our profession. All of the design concepts on display demonstrate the kind of inspiring contribution landscape architects can make in creating exciting and beautiful public spaces.

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Corten steel planters provide structure for the soft landscaping elements. Dividing spaces inspired by an abstraction of the Union Jack flag, creating a network of paths and connections

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SUSTAINABLE THEME PROJECTS

VARIOUS, LONDON

PUBLIC OPEN SPACE

Using vacant land to create temporary pop-up parks and public spaces, creating an active road frontage and engaging the local community with event and social space

THEME PROJECTS CARBON CYCLE

Balancing the carbon cycle at Greenwichs Avery Hill campus by creating a car-free environment and repurposing the car parks as wetlands for storm water management with wind turbines for power generation. Video: http://alicknee.tumblr.com/post/12070204291/sketch-design-for-studio-re-balancing-the-carbon These were a series of 1 minute silent presentations to our studio class that had to convey a sketch design or idea based upon a set sustainability theme. These had to be sites within London and our presentations had to convey all the information without us speaking

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Banning the grey and greening the car parks of supermarkets to collect and manage stormwater run off. Video available at: http://alicknee.tumblr.com/ post/12886675880/sketch-design-for-studio-sustainable-urban

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GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS

GREENWICH, LONDON
As my knowledge and competence grew, I was able to plan and test my masterplan in terms of surface water management and the development of a sustainable community by ensuring relevant services and amenities were close enough to residential developments, using the sustainable settlements wheel as a base from which to develop the masterplan layout

GIS
Using ArcGIS and OS Mastermap data, I mapped, explored and analysed my ma jor design project site, producing presentations of my findings in ArcGIS that included land use maps, historical evolution and analysis of the surface and elevation of the site, in 2D and 3D form using ArcMap.

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URBAN DEVELOPMENT
ISLE OF DOGS, LONDON

URBAN DEVELOPMENT
This was a group project looking at the development of the Isle of Dogs and Canary Wharf in London over the next 3, 30 and 300 years. We focused on rising sea levels and the impact this could have on London. Our ideas stemmed from planning for flooding rather than trying to prevent it, whilst also allowing for the continued expansion of Canary Wharf as a global financial district. The starting point was improving public open space by creating a new Thames Path that would circumnavigate the Isle of Dogs on stilts, followed by the connection of all the green spaces existing on site over time, slowly developing into a protective embankment for Canary Wharf. BELOW: A development timeline in watercolours showing 300 years in the past, the present day, followed by 3, 30 and 300 years in the future

TEAM MEMBERS Alick Nee Ed Manning Sem Hollemans Jiamiao Xu Hsin Lun Tseng Isabel Young Agnieszka Deberny

Over the course of the next 30 years, roads, transport systems and residential developments would be raised on stilts, creating usable public space below, that would slowly evolve from parkland, to marshland to tidal flood plains over 300 years. We created a flood-able model to explain our ideas during the studio presentation, and as each development milestone was reached, more of the Isle of Dogs became flooded

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ADVANCED PLANTING DESIGN

AVERY HILL, LONDON

ADVANCED PLANTING DESIGN DIPLOMA LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

For this course we had to research a famed landscape architect or garden designer and produce a design and planting plan that takes inspiration from their style and design theory. My chosen designer was Preben Jakobsen.

I had chosen Preben Jakobsen as he was unknown to me and enabled me to start the project without any preconceived notions or ideas of his style. The research involved understanding not just Jakobsen, but Danish modernist design, and our research was collated presented back to our studio classes. The design developed from analysing the sight lines and desire lines that ran through this part of the university campus, and I was able to utilise these as organic sculpture, creating structure for the design with clipped hedges. The palette of plants was then chosen to create layers of texture that would contrast in shape, form and foliage.

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A RIVUS RUNS THROUGH IT

CALVERLEY GROUNDS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS

A Rivus Runs Through It was my final-year design project. The site was Calverley Grounds in Tunbridge Wells, a large town-centre park surrounded by Decimus Burtons Calverley Estate. Included here is the original masterplan conceived in January 2011, through to design development at 1:200 and finally detailed design at 1:50. The scenario for the design concept was based upon the word Connective. Calverley Grounds is a park lying at the heart of Tunbridge Wells, but is under used and hidden away. I was keen to explore how this park could be re-connected with the surrounding town centre, physically and historically, whilst also creating a central hub for the local community. With water playing such an important role for Tunbridge Wells throughout its history and development, I used this as inspiration and as a key concept for much of the design.

STRIPS OF DOME CLIPPED ILEX CRENATA CONVEXA PROVIDE STRUCTURE & DEFINE BANK

BANKS OF ORNAMENTAL GRASSES PROVIDING MOVEMENT & TEXTURE WITH BOLD DRIFTS OF ANNUALS & PERENNIALS PROVIDING BLOCKS OF COLOUR THAT CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. ANNUAL CHANGES OCCUR THROUGH THE DISTRIBUTION OF ANNUALS RECONSTITUTED DECKBOARD WALKWAY CONNECTS ACROSS VALLEY AND PROVIDES VIEWS OF CASCADE & WETLANDS AREA

SINGLE SPECIES MASS PLANTING OF WETLAND MARGINALS AROUND RIVER WALK, CREATING A MORE INTIMATE FEELING. SPECIES INCLUDE PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS, CAREX ACUTIFORMIS & CLADIUM MARISAS RECONSTITUTED DECKBOARD RIVER WALK STEPS UP BESIDE CASCADE RECLAIMED GRANITE KERBSTONE CASCADE PROVIDES CONTEMPORARY DEFINITION TO WETLANDS AREA

SMALL CEDEC RED GRAVEL PATH RUNS BESIDE CASCADE & WETAND AREA

RECREATIONAL AMENITY LAWN

SURESET RESIN-BOUND GRAVEL PATH WIDENS AT JUNCTION OF CIRCULATION ROUTES & BRIDGE AND INCORPORATES FIBRE-STEEL BENCH SEATING WITH ORNAMENTAL PLANTING AROUND

PLANTED BIO-RETENTION SWALE FORMS PART OF THE SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE STRATEGY AND CAPTURES WATER RUN OFF FROM AMENITY LAWN

SAWN YORKSTONE PAVING STRIPS LAID IN A LINEAR PATTERN WITH GROUND RECESSED LED LIGHT STRIPS. WEDGE OF PLANTED GRAVEL WITH FIBRESTEEL BENCHES OFFER VIEWS OVER THE PARK AND ARE INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED AT NIGHT

AMENITY GRASS SLOPE WITH SANDSTONE BOULDERS SWEEPS UP TO UPPER LEVEL AND PROVIDING RECREATION & PLAY SPACE AS WELL AS PRIMARY CIRCULATION

GENTLY UNDULATING TERRACES OF PERENNIALS, GRASSES & SHRUBS, DIVIDED BY RED CEDEC GRAVEL CIRCULATION PATH

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GROVE OF TREES FEATURING SPECIMEN MULTISTEMMED DECIDUOUS TREES AS WELL AS STRUCTURAL EVERGREENS DIVIDE SPACE WITHIN THE PARK WITH AN UNDERSTORY OF WOODLAND SHRUBS & PERENNIALS
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PREDOMINATELY DECIDUOUS WOODLAND WITH BETULA NIGRA & ACER GRISEUM WITH AN UNDERSTORY OF WOODLAND PERENNIALS & SHRUBS
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SANDSTONE FILLED GABION WALL WITH PLANTED SECTIONS RETAINS UPPER LEVEL. PLANTED FRENCH DRAIN AT BASE CAPTURES WATER RUN OFF AS PART OF THE SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE STRATEGY

SURESET RESIN-BOUND GRAVEL PATH RUNS ALONGSIDE GRASS SLOPE

SAWN SANDSTONE PAVING IN LINEAR STRIPS WITH GROUND RECESSED LED LIGHT STRIPS. INSET WITH RILLS PROVIDING INTERACTION WITH WATER AS WELL AS OXYGENATING WATER FOR THE NATURAL PADDLE POOL
HARDWOOD DECKED RIVER BOARDWALK STEPS UP BESIDE CASCADE. SURROUNDED BY TALL SINGLE SPECIES BLOCK PLANTING OF WETLAND MARINALS SUCH AS PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS, CAREX ACUTIFORMIS & CLADIUM MARISAS BANKS OF ORNAMENTAL GRASSES PROVIDING MOVEMENT & TEXTURE WITH BOLD DRIFTS OF ANNUALS & PERENNIALS PROVIDING BLOCKS OF COLOUR THAT CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE SEASON WIDER RED CEDEC GRAVEL PATH RUNS THROUGH A GROVE OF MULTISTEMMED TREES SURROUNDING AN EXISTING MATURE LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA. DRY STONE EFFECT YORKSTONE WALL RETAINS BANKS AND FEATURES A CANTILEVERED OAK BENCH SEAT SMALLER RED CEDEC GRAVEL PATH STEPS UP ON SAWN YORKSTONE RISERS AND MEANDERS THROUGH HERBACEOUS PERENNAILS & ORNAMENTAL GRASSES

RAISED GRASS MOUND SWEEPS THROUGH WOODLAND AND PRO RECREATIONAL PLAY SPACE
SURESET RESIN BOUND GRAVEL PATH RUNS ALONGSIDE GRASS SLOPE & GABION WALL AND IS SPLIT BY A WEDGE OF HERBACEOUS PLANTING FEATURING MULTISTEMMED AMELANCHIER LAMARKII

EDGE OF CASCADE / WETLAND AREA WITH RECLAIMED GRANITE KERBSTONE BLOCKS AND MARGINAL PLANTING

STRIPS OF DOME CLIPPED ILEX CRENATA CONVEXA DEFINE BANKS & PROVIDE STRUCTURE REMINISCENT OF FURROWS IN A PLOUGHED FIELD

SMALL RED CEDEC GRAVEL CIRCULATION PATH WITH GRAVEL STABALISATION SYSTEM

PLANTING CHANGES AS YOU MOVE UP THE BANK WITH THE FOCUS MORE ON DRIFTS OF PERENNIALS WITH STRUCTURE PROVIDED BY CLIPPED SHRUBS

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A RIVUS RUNS THROUGH IT

THE NEW PLAN FOR CALVERLEY GROUNDS

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SECTION C:C ABOVE:

The original masterplan conceived in January 2011 at 1:500 @ A1. Much of the work for this project was hand drawn and rendered over either a CAD base or Sketch-Up and physical models

SECTION B:B

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Sections were drawn extensively at all design stages as the park crossed a valley. The scheme involved the creation of gentle planted terraces that made the most of the sunny aspect, stepping down towards the central water feature
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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT SECTIONS - SHEET 1 SCALE 1:100 @ A1 DWG: 101-051-C

SURESET RESIN-BOUND GRAVEL PATH SPLIT BY WEDGE OF ORNAMENTAL PLANTING. RUNS ALONGSIDE GRASS SLOPE & GABION WALL

SMALLER RED CEDEC GRAVEL PATH MEANDERS THROUGH HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS & GRASSES

GROVE OF MULTISTEMMED DECIDUOUS TREES FOCUSING ON BARK INTEREST SUCH AS BETULA ALBOSINENCIS FASCINATION, ACER GRISEUM & PRUNUS SERRULA TIBETICA AS WELL AS STRUCTURAL EVERGREENS

EDGE OF BIO-RETENTION SWALE THAT CAPTURES SURFACE WATER RUN OFF TO PREVENT FLOODING INTO HARD SURFACE AREA WITH SHRUBS FOCUSING ON WINTER INTEREST & STEM COLOUR

SAWN YORKSTONE PAVING LAID IN LINEAR STRIPS WITH ROWS OF GROUND RECESSED LED LIGHT STRIPS

EDGE OF PREDOMINANTLY DECIDUOUS WOODLAND WITH A FOCUS ON MULISTEMMED BETULA NIGRA & ACER GRISEUM WITH MORE EVERGREEN COVERAGE CLOSE TO HOUSES. TO INCLUDE A MIX OF NATIVE SPECIES & AN UNDERSTORY OF WOODLAND PERENNIALS & SHRUBS

GENTLY UNDULATING TERRACES OF HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS & ORNAMENTAL GRASSES WITH STRUCTURE PROVIDED BY CLIPPED SHRUBS

SMALLER CEDEC RED GRAVEL PATH LEADS DOWN FROM GROVE AROUND LIQUIDAMBAR

DRY STONE EFFECT YORKSTONE RETAINING WALL

INTERACTIVE PADDLE POOL WITH STEPPED ACCESS / SEATING. PLANTED WITH AQUATICS & MARGINALS TO FILTER & CLEAN WATER. LINKED TO THE RILLS FOR OXGENISATION WITH AN OVERFLOW INTO THE CASCADE. ADDITIONALLY, FORMS PART OF SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE STRATEGY

HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS & SHRUBS FOCUSING ON SPRING & WINTER INTEREST

SURESET RESIN-BOUND GRAVEL PATH FOLLOWS WOODLAND EDGE TO BRIDGE OVER VALLEY

REPETITION OF TALL GRASSES CONTINUES PLANTING STYLE FROM WETLANDS AREA

LAWN PATH LEADS TO RECREATIONAL AMENITY LAWN

MAJOR DESIGN PROJECT BA (HONS) GARDEN DESIGN

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This was my ma jor design project during the final year of my bachelors degree and covered three units; masterplanning, design development and detail design. This is the 1:200 design development plan

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THE NEW PLAN FOR CALVERLEY GROUNDS

CONCEPT DIAGRAM ALICK NEE GD3

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THE NEW PLAN FOR CALVERLEY GRO

CORTEN STEEL RAISED PLANTER DIVIDES STEPS AND SUPPORTS HANDRAIL. PLANTED WITH CAREX COMANS BRONZE, KNIPHOFIA TOFFEE NOSED AND SANTOLINA PINNATA SUBSP. NEAPOLITANA

RECLAIMED YORKSTONE CLAD, DRY-STONE EFFECT WALL BREAKS UP THE SPACE VISUALLY, ADDING INTEREST TO THE JOURNEY BY FRAMING OR OBSCURING VIEWS, AS WELL AS ADDING VERTICAL INTEREST & ROUGH TEXTURE TO THE SPACE

300mm WIDE STRIP OF RECLAIMED YORKSTONE SETTS DEFINES CHANGE IN CIRCULATION HIERARCHY KEY:

DRIFTS OF HELIANTHUS MONARCH PROVIDE BLOCKS OF COLOUR AMONGST THE SWAYING GRASSES

TALL CLUMPS OF STIPA GIGANTEA GOLD FONTAENE PROVIDE SEMI-EVERGREEN STRUCTURE, WITH PANICLES OF OAT-LIKE FLOWERS REINFORCING THE CONNECTION WITH THE SURROUNDING COUNTRYSIDE OF TUNBRIDGE WELLS

CED RED SELF BINDING GRAVEL OVER THE CEDEC GRAVEL STABILISATION SYSTEM IS LAID OVER SHARP SAND AND DOT TYPE 3 ALLOWING DRAINAGE OF SURFACE WATER. EDGED WITH RECLAIMED YORK STONE SETTS LAID ON A CONCRETE STRIP FOUNDATION

RIVER WALK STEPS ARE CONSTRUCTED OF RECLAIMED YORK STONE PROVIDING AN AGED APPEARANCE TO LINK WITH THE SURROUNDING ARCHITECTURE. LAID OVER IN-SITU CONCRETE FORMED STEPS

CORTEN STEEL PLANTERS DIVIDE THE WIDE STEPS AND ARE PLANTED WITH CAREX COMANS BRONZE, COTINUS GRACE, SEDUM HERBSTFREUDE AND KNIPHOFIA TOFFEE NOSED. MINIMUM TOPSOIL DEPTH OF 900mm OVER SUB SOIL FILL WITH FREE DRAINING HARDCORE BENEATH

VERTICAL SPIRES OF CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS GREEN PENCIL DENOTE BOUNDARY OF DIFFERENT PLANTING AREAS WHILST PROVIDING INTEREST AND STRUCTURE

LEADS UP TO START OF BRIDGE

STEPPED CASCADE WATER FEATURE WITH A SERIES OF POOLS & WEIRS OVER RECLAIMED GRANITE KERBSTONES LEADS UP TO GROVE OF TREES WITH SEATING CEDEC RED GRAVEL PATH OVER GRAVEL STABILISATION SYSTEM EDGED WITH RECLAIMED YORKSTONE SETTS
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LOW HEDGES DEFINE PLANTING BOUNDARIES ON THE GRASS TEXTURE BANK WHILST PROVIDING YEAR ROUND STRUCTURE

UNDULATING CLIPPED WAVES OF ESCALLONIA MACRANTHA VAR. RUBRA PROVIDE CONSTANT STRUCTURE AND BREAK UP WAVES AND DRIFTS OF HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS

TALL MARGINALS SUCH AS TYPHA LATIFOLIA ARE PLANTED BETWEEN THE CASCADE AND RIVER WALK AND MIXED WITH HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS CHOSEN TO PROVIDE CONTRASTS IN FOLIAGE

PAVING SURFACE CHANGE DENOTES TRANSITION FROM ONE ARE TO ANOTHER WITH RECLAIMED YORK STONE SEPARATED FROM NEW YORK STONE BY RECLAIMED YORK STONE SETTS

Lighting concept developed for the 1:200 design development plan

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BRIDGE WITH TWINSON COMPOSITE DECK BOARDS ON A STEEL FRAME FEATURES AN INFILL OF GALVANISED STEEL MESH ALLOWING VISITORS TO SEE THE GROUND BELOW AS WELL AS LETTING SUNLIGHT THROUGH TO THE BELOW PATH & PLANTS

NEW YORKSTONE PAVING. SAWN FINISHED. GAUGED WIDTHS OF 300mm BY RANDOM LENGTHS. WARMTH IN COLOUR LINKS WITH THE LOCAL SOFT SANDSTONE BUT PROVIDES A MORE DURABLE SURFACE

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DRIFTS OF PERENNIAL PLANTS ARE REPEATED ACROSS THE GRASS TEXTURE BANK SUCH AS HELIANTHUS MONARCH

IN-SITU CONCRETE WALLS CLAD IN RECLAIMED YORK STONE FOR A DRYSTONE WALL EFFECT CREATE A MORE DYNAMIC AND INTERESTING JOURNEY BY OBSCURING AND FRAMING VIEWS AS VISITORS MOVE THROUGH THE SPACE

RECLAIMED YORKSTONE PAVING IN GAUGED WIDTHS OF 300mm BY RANDOM LENGTHS PROVIDES A CHANGE IN TEXTURE & SURFACE WHILST MAINTAINING A LIMITED MATERIALS PALETTE

ORNAMENTAL GRASSES CHANGE AS YOU MOVE DOWN THE BANK. HERE, MISCANTHUS SINENCIS SILBERFEDER IS USED FOR ITS FLUFFY WHITE FLOWER HEADS, FURTHER DOWN THE BANK THE GRASSES REDUCE IN SIZE AND STATURE. MISCANTHUS SINENSIS GRACILLIMUS IF FOLLOWED BY THE DELICATE MOLINIA CAERULEA SUBSP. ARUNDINACEA TRANSPARENT BLOCKS OF COLOUR ARE PROVIDED IN THE SUMMER BY PERENNIALS INCLUDING IRIS BLACK SWAN AND KNAUTIA MACEDONICA

CORTEN STEEL PLANTERS ARE REPEATED AS DIVISION ON THE STEPS WITH REPEATED PLANTING OF CAREX, KNIPHOFIA AND ADDITIONALLY FEATURING SANTOLINA PINNATA SUBSP. NEAPOLITANA. MINIMUM TOPSOIL DEPTH OF 600mm OVER SUB SOIL FILL WITH FREE DRAINING HARDCORE BENEATH

STEPPED CASCADE IS FORMED OF A SERIES OF POOLS WITH WEIRS OVER RECLAIMED GRANITE KERBSTONES ALLOWING THE WATER TO FLOW DOWN TOWARDS THE WETLAND AREA. EACH POOL IS CREATED WITH A CONCRETE COLLAR PROVIDING STRUCTURE, THEN FLEXIBLE LINED WITH A BUTYL LINER. BASE OF EACH POOL IS COVERED WITH ASSORTED RECLAIMED GRANITE COBBLES AND SETTS. WEIRS AND EDGES ARE DRESSED WITH GRANITE KERBSTONES

PLANTING BESIDE THE CASCADE IS A MIX OF WETLAND MARGINALS AND ORNAMENTAL PERENNIALS INCLUDING BAUMEA RUBIGINOSA VARIEGATA, DIERAMA LATIFOLIUM AND ASTILBE BEAUTY OF ERNST. RECLAIMED GRANITE KERBSTONES ARE PLACED AMONGST THE PLANTING STEPPING DOWN TOWARDS THE CASCADE

TWINSON COMPOSITE DECK BOARDS PROVIDE A CONTRASTING SURFACE WHILST BEING NON-SLIP, MAINTENENCE FREE AND 100% RECYCLABLE

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Sections at 1:50 showed the detail A RIVUS RUNS THROUGH IT in both planting and construction
THE NEW PLAN FOR CALVERLEY GROUNDS

DESIGN DETAIL SECTIONS SCALE 1:50 @ A1 DWG: 101-203-C ALICK NEE GD3 25/05/2011

CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS GREEN PENCIL PLANTED AS ACCENTS ADDING DEFINITION TO THE BOUNDARY OF PLANTING AREAS

This was the final detail design plan of a section of the park at 1:50 @ A! for which a full planting plan was produced along with detailed hardworks drawings

ESCALLONIA RUBRA VAR. MACRANTHA CLIPPED INTO ONE UNDULATING WAVE PROVIDING STRUCTURE & DEFINITION AMONGST WAVES OF PERENNIAL PLANTING

ILEX CRENATA CONVEXA 500mm HIGH CLIPPED HEDGES PROVIDE DEFINITION TO THE GRASS TEXTURE BANKS & REPRESENT PLOUGHED FURROWS IN FIELDS AS A VISUAL LINK TO THE SURROUNDING COUNTRYSIDE OF TUNBRIDGE WELLS 300mm WIDE STRIP OF RECLAIMED YORKSTONE SETTS DENOTES CHANGE IN SURFACE & LINKS YORKSTONE CLAD WALLS (2ND WALL NOT SHOWN ON PLAN)

Sequence sketches were developed early in the masterplanning stage and continuously expanded and updated as the design progresses and developed

TO NATURAL PADDLE POOL

A RIVUS RUNS THROUGH IT

THE NEW PLAN FOR CALVERLEY GROUNDS

DESIGN DETAIL DESIGN PLAN SCALE 1:50 @ A1 DWG: 101-068-F

PLANTING AROUND CASCADE IS A MIX OF WETLAND MARGINALS AND HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS WITH A FOCUS ON TEXTURED FOLIAGE AND A VARIETY OF LEAF FORMS TWINSON COMPOSITE DECK PLATFORM LOOKS OUT OVER CASCADE WITH INFILL OF GALVANISED STEEL MESH SHOWING PLANTING BELOW RECLAIMED YORKSTONE CLAD, DRYSTONE EFFECT WALL CREATES INTEREST BY FRAMING OR OBSCURING VIEWS AS VISITORS MOVE THROUGH THE SPACE SURFACE CHANGE FOR STEPS TO RECLAIMED YORKSTONE FLAGS SURFACE CHANGE TO NEW SAWN YORKSTONE PAVING INDICATES TRANSITION FROM ONE AREA TO ANOTHER

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RHS HAMPTON COURT

During the 3 months of development, I worked with a colleague to detail design the solid oak cantilevered table and the steel windows that both featured planted rills of strawberries. It was also our task research and detail the living wall water feature, which we then planted with a mix of herbs, tomatoes and chilies. We pre-constructed much of the garden at college, and then bolted together the elements at the show, with a week spent planting the garden.

PLANTING & CONSTRUCTION BA (HONS) GARDEN DESIGN

In 2010, our year group of 7 was given the opportunity to build a show garden at RHS Hampton Court. We developed the design with the designer, Mandy Buckland, and then built & planted the garden, achieving a Gold medal and Best Small Garden.

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GREENCUBE GARDEN & LANDSCAPE DESIGN

The front garden made use of existing shrubs and repeated the planting style of the back with a gravel mulch to reduce maintenance

RESIDENTIAL GARDEN DESIGN - GREENCUBE

Front and rear garden design for clients of Greencube featuring a large sandstone terrace with dining space and smaller, intimate family space with oak benches set around a sunken firepit. Brick edged lawns sweep around the existing Aesculus hippocastanum with herbaceous borders defined by clipped hedges and buxus balls
Designed by: Alick Nee B.A. (Hons) Drawing: 3D Model Perspectives Drawing No: 3 Client: Erika Bata Address: 23 Abbey Drive, Bexley DA2 7WP Date: 25th October 2011

A 3D sketch up model was produced for the clients demonstrating how the garden has been divided into zones using block planting of Calamagrostis.

RESIDENTIAL GARDEN DESIGN - GREENCUBE

Rear garden design for clients of Greencube. A contemporary garden to tie in the new summer house with the clients recent renovations of the house. The terrace leads into a gravel garden with beach down to a new pond. A deck with bench hangs over the water backed by tall grasses and behind, the new lawn wraps around the existing Malus tree

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MARIAN BOSWALL LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS

A low maintenance front gravel front garden with parking. Entrance framed by multistemmed Malus Red Sentinel in corten-steel planters, underplanted with herbaceous perennials

Hand drawn sections were used to explain the proposed changes around the house and pool, and a new bridge over one of the ponds leads to campfire surrounded by boulders amongst a copse of existing trees. Changes to the mowing regime in the gardens will create areas of fine lawn and areas of meadow with winding paths leading visitors round A small part of a much larger garden, designed as a contemporary topiary garden with tumbling cubes of clipped Carpinus betulus, earth berms planted with tall ornamental grasses and flowing clipped hedges creating a maze-like feel. The height of the existing Welingtonia is echoed with the planting of tall Italian Cypresses. The palette of plants is kept simple and restricted, a contrast of greens, with the warm biscuit colours of the grasses and carpinus appearing in autumn and throughout winter

RESIDENTIAL GARDEN DESIGN

Masterplan for the grounds of this large country home which featured 3 natural ponds and a swimming pool. A new entrance sequence created by swinging the drive into the garden. Extensive re-modelling of the terraces around the house to improve levels and drainage

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