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 Photographs ( E & F ) E.  F. 

  STOSS is an american based Landscape architecture firm which founded on 2001. STOSS is providing their services by considering these three main strategies.  1. Social attachment  2. Environmental attachment 3. Cultural improvement .  I am impressed with the design of HARVARD PLAZA, USA. The area of the plaza is 2 acres and has good infrastructure. This design was created to provide a gathering space for students and Harvard university-related people. Multi-functional wooden benches provide an iconic view of the plaza. There are 17 customised benches that have been placed in this park with a different design. This place makes the park different and vibrant. There are low-powered LED bulbs fixed under the benches that gives more attention to the park at nighttime.   This design received a honour award in 2015  from Boston society of landscape architects .  People density    Harvard Plaza - Stoss (no date) STOSS LANDSCAPE URBANISM . Available at: https://www.stoss.net/projects/campus-i

  George Hargreaves George Hargreaves is a well known landscape architect. His designs are  identical and sustainable.  He taught at Harvard university for 20 years. He won many world recognised awards. Later days he started a company called " Hargreaves Jones".Able to see the new ideas and the more features in his designs. I personally love 2 designs to review. first one is the ZARYADYE PARK Moscow, Russia and Elizabeth Caruthers park Portland , USA.  1. ZARYADYE PARK Moscow, Russia This is the first large scale  park in Moscow, Russia.Landscape design and the master plans have been designed by Hargreaves Jones company. Urban plaza,children play area, Social place, natural landscape and amazing interior and exterior designs are providing a best look for this park context.There is a hanging cantilever bridge or the viewing area is boosting the beauty of the park. I love this design because of the centralised identity. Path- ways are interconnecting with the circular arrangem

 

 Sketch book update (3 & 4)  - Week 02

 Photographs ( C & D ) C. D.

Architect Laurie Olin Laurie Olin, a distinguished teacher, author, and prominent landscape architect, shapes OLIN's iconic projects, spanning from the Washington Monument Grounds to Bryant Park. Notable works, like the AIA award-winning Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia and Simon and Helen Director Park in Portland, showcase his visionary influence. After studying civil engineering at the University of Alaska and later focusing on landscape under Richard Haag at the University of Washington, Olin has now been a practice professor at the University of Pennsylvania for 40 years. A Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he received the 2012 National Medal of Arts, the highest honour in the field. The olin studio was established by Laurene olin. . Some example Projects : 1. Bryant park , USA 2. The bud and susie rogers garden , USA 3. Hunt point, USA 4. US Embassy , London US Embassy , London Landscape Elevation This US Embassy building was completed in 2018. According

   TURENSCAPE - Projects Turenscape is an engineering and design firm based in China. Doctor and professor Kongjian Yu founded this company in 1998.More than 500 employees are working in this firm.  Turenscape is conducting these works , 1. Architectural design  2.Landscape design  3. Urban design  4.Environmental design 5.Engineering & construction works  The sponge city concept was introduced by Kongian Yu. Turenscape has completed many sponge city projects. Sponge City is an ecological design that prevents natural disasters like flooding. Some examples for  Turenscape's sponge building projects, 1. Sanya Mangrove park, China  2. Harbin Qunli strom water park 3. The handan waste water purification traces  4. Benjakitti Forest park, Thailand  Benjakitti forest park, Thailand   42.3 ha area of huge biophilic park design.  Bangkok, a densely populated city in the Chao Phraya River Delta, houses over 10.5 million residents on flat, low-lying terrain. Originally swampland, extensi

 Nature always find a way When I was coming to university, I saw a beautiful scene in the old timber gate. I captured that image and edited with Photoshop. Nature is the thing which is motivating us in all matter. Original Image  Edited one 

 Sketch book update (1 & 2)  - Week 01 

Architect  Peter walker  1. Architect Peter walker is one of the best landscape architects in the world. he born on 1932 in California and then he successfully completed his primary secondary education. After completing the advance level, he started to study journalism and then he changed the field to Landscape architecture and he received the BSc in Landscape architecture degree at university of Illinois .In 1957, he completed his M.L.A at Harvard school of design where he won the prize of  Jacob Weidenmann. In 1983, Peter walker officially open a firm called PWP landscape architecture ( Peter Walker & Partners).  Here are some projects of PWP Landscape architects, 1. Harvard university Tanner's Fountain  Garden Design Magazine (2022) Harvard University’s Tanner Fountain - Garden Design , GardenDesign.com . Available at: https://www.gardendesign.com/boston/harvard-tanner-fountain.html (Accessed: 19 January 2024). 2. Jewel Changi airport   (No date) Jewel Changi Airport . Avail

 AECOM- Projects AECOM  is one of the largest and the reputed construction company in the world. Actually , this company was founded in 1990. In 2007 , more than fifty companies joined with AECOM.  Services of AECOM, 1. Architecture & Design and construction 2. Project management  3. Environmental services 4.Engineering works ( mechanical, civil, environmental, Transportation, Energy )  Projects  AECOM  has done many projects in more than 50 countries. Some famous projects are below, 1. Warner bros leisure destination, Abudhabi  Source : Admin (2019) Zamperla creates cartoon fun at Warner Bros.. Abu Dhabi , Zamperla . Available at: https://www.zamperla.com/news-events/zamperla-creates-cartoon-fun-at-warner-bros-abu-dhabi/ (Accessed: 17 January 2024). 2. Mattala Air port,Srilanka Mattala airport is the second largest air port in Srilanka. In this project, AECOM, took the main responsibility to make the airport sustainable. To cover this theme , AECOM has done these kind of services,

 Photographs ( A & B )  1.A 2.B

 

 Park bench- designed with SketchUp 

 

 

 Site Analysis Site analysis is the process of exploring and integrating these characteristics, 1. History  2. Climate  3. Geography and landscape  4. Legal  5. Culture & Population  6. Transportation Site analysis will be initiated with the desk  top study and it will be followed by further site visits. After getting all information , good visualization should  be prepared . Visualizations should be understood by normal people.  When we are doing the site analysis report, we need to consider the SOC ( Strength, Opportunities, Constraints) or SWOT ( Strength, Weakness, Opportunities, Threats).  Example for good visualization,  Archi_com (2023) Site analysis ⋆ Archi-Monarch , Archi . Available at: https://archi-monarch.com/site-analysis/ (Accessed: 08 January 2024). 

 Adobe illustrator Practice I followed these steps to create this design by using illustrator.  1. Drawing a circle and line.  2. I've copied & pasted the line into 60 degree interval on the circle. 3.  By using the pathfinder tool, I've divided the circle. 4. I've changed the effect by using Scalable Vector Graphic effects.  5. I've rotated the resultant design to get this design.