AUG 2011
A NEW MEMBER OF SEED.
Alice has joined us for a short time to help on a few of our current projects as well as starting a little research project.
AUG 2011
PRIVATE HOUSE IN WELLOW (site photos – thanks Jonathan)
After a very dry spring the new meadow has at last come to life.
AUG 2011
PRIVATE HOUSE IN WELLOW (site photos)
The new spaces and flow of the garden are beginning to take shape.
MAY 2011
NEW PRIVATE HOUSE(S) ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF BATH. (site photos)
We have started concept design work on a series of garden spaces for an old barn and cottage set within a truly magical landscape.
APRIL 2011
ALISON COMPLEX, PHASE 3, SHEFFIELD. (project page)
We have been appointed for the remaining work stages through to completion. The next stage is to get the tender information done.
JUNE 2011
PRIVATE HOUSE IN WELLOW (site photos)
Our exploration for a looser more instinctive way of working on smaller projects is paying off with the creation of a new woodland and meadow area for a privet house on an exposed hill.
JUNE 2011
PRIVATE HOUSE IN WELLOW (site photos)
Our exploration for a looser more instinctive way of working on smaller projects is paying off with new areas being built creating a variety of intriguing spaces that flow through the garden.
FEB 2011
NEW PRIVATE HOUSE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF BATH. (site)
We have been asked to integrate a new contemporary house into a stunning area of landscape and to create a series of personal and family orientated spaces on a steeply sloping site.
FEB 2011
TUTORING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BATH.
For the first few months of 2011 Jack (and sometimes John) is helping the 4th year architecture students with their ‘Garden City’ project.
NEW SEED SITE TIME LINE LAUNCHED. (Site time line)
JAN 2011
PRIVATE HOUSE IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE. (site)
We have just been appointed to the detail design stage to create a new garden for an old barn which is in the processes of being renovated.
DEC 2010
A SNOWY CHRISTMAS PARTY. (map photos - thanks Rich)
A thoroughly enjoyable walk through a snow covered Bath countryside, and we did not meet another soul… until the pub at the end.
DEC 2010
WORKING ON 3 PRIVATE GARDENS. (3 Ariel photos)
We are exploring new looser and more instinctive ways of working on smaller private gardens. We are trying to work less in the studio and to react much more to the site by setting out planting and landforms in situation.
OCT 2010
WORKS TO ENTRANCE COURTYARD STARTS AT PRIVATE HOUSE / FARM, EXMOOR NATIONAL PARK. (4 site photos)
OCT 2010
PRIVATE HOUSE IN BODMIN MOOR. (site)
We have just been commissioned to design the gardens for a new build eco-house located in a beautiful secluded site on Bodmin Moor.
SEPT 2010
PRIVATE HOUSE OUTSIDE OF BATH (double spread from competition submission)
We were asked by Studio KAH to work with them on landscape ideas for this private house.
Our concept is to create a series of journeys and spaces by introducing a sculptural structure that would wind its way through the garden. This structure, or series of structures could be a wall which retains land when it has to, become a pattern in the ground when it does not and gives enclosure when desired. It could be made out of stone, timber and or earth.
SEPT 2010
THE VASSAL CENTRE IN BRISTOL. (3 pages of initial ideas)
Studio KAH invited us to work with them on competition proposals to regenerate the Vassal Centre in Bristol.
The Vassal Centret provides affordable barrier free accommodation for organisations led by employing and serving disabled people and offers a template for designing and creating barrier-free environments.
AUG 2010
PHASE 2 EARTHWORKS STARTS AT PRIVATE HOUSE / FARM, EXMOOR NATIONAL PARK. (2 site photos)
JULY 2010
MEASURING FLOW RATE FOR SPAR HOTEL, NORTH DEVON. (3 photos)
We installed a V-notch weir with Geoff Woods of Water Designs Ltd. The information obtained will inform the design of the pond, stream and water falls.
JULY 2010
SOAR WORKS, SHEFFIELD (1 photo)
Work has started on site and the building foundations are in.
JUNE 2010
GARDENS FOR A NEW SPA HOTEL IN NORTH DEVON (aerial)
We are designing a series of gardens for a new spa hotel with 1.7 hectares of grounds. We are at stage D so can’t give much away, but it is all very exciting and our first project working with the Nash Partnership.
MAY 2010
PHASE 2 STARTS AT PRIVATE HOUSE / FARM, EXMOOR NATIONAL PARK. (3 photos of dry stone wall being built by Tim Sloper.)
The major earth works have started. This will link the homestead part of the farm back into the adjacent landscape by creating flowing naturalistic landforms with dry stone retaining walls helping define certain areas. The final planting for Bailiffs cottage is complete, photos to come.
APRIL 2010
AT PRIVATE HOUSE / GARDEN IN BATH. (an Akebia quinata on site – one of our current favourites, which will be used on the Alison Complex project, see December 2009 below).
We are working with architects Studio KAH and Momentumengineers on a feasibility study for the renovation and extension of a private house and the creation of a new garden in one of the most beautiful areas of Bath.
MARCH 2010
WORKING ON A LANDSCAPE FEASABILITY PRESENTATION FOR (POTENTIALLY) THE FIRST ANAEROBIC BIODIGESTER IN THE UK. (1 page from presentation)
MARCH 2010
AT PRIVATE HOUSE / GARDEN IN SURREY
We have being helping to create a naturalistic setting for a ‘to be’ renovated 16th century farm house, barn and a contemporary extension
FEBRUARY 2010
STOKES CROFT GATEWAY ENHANCEMENT, BRISTOL (City Road corner site competition submission)
Dallas Pierce Quintero asked us to help with their ‘Ghost House’ submission. The proposals where for a lightweight steel structure which represented the 1st and 2nd floor of the former pharmacy building, 3 types of climbing plants would be grown around this bringing seasonality and scent to the street.
The ground floor would be developed with the community, but could contain a ‘notice cabinet’ along the back wall.
We presented our ideas to the local community last week.
JANUARY 2010
KLEINGARTEN OR SCHREBER GARTEN (extract from UWE talk)
The German equivalent of our allotment but they are different. They were Dr Schreber’s reaction to the effects of the early industrialisation of German cities and how it divorced people from the nature. My wife’s great grandfather (August Wessendorf) wrote a book on Kleingartens and founded one in Gladbeck (or a Google translation).
DECEMBER 2009
ALISON COMPLEX, PHASE 3 IN SHEFFIELD HAS BEEN GIVEN PLANNING PERMISSION (facade planting)
We are working with Architecture00 to create sustainable and evolving green façades for their proposed community building. We are also creating a tough and robust ‘boulder landscape’ associated with the new community centre, inspired by the regional landscape.
NOVEMBER 2009
TEACHING LANDSCAPE STRATEGIES / DESIGN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND
Next year Jack will be teaching on the Part 2 Architecture and Planning course at UWE and is giving a talk on the 26th November about our approach to designing with people and nature.
NOVEMBER 2009
STARTING CONCEPT DESIGN WORK FOR A PRIVATE HOUSE IN CHESHIRE (the site)
We have just been appointed to carry out the concept design and stage E detail design for a private house in Cheshire.
It is lovely garden with a number mature oak and beech trees. The eastern side has a wilder, more natural feel and a small stream runs along the whole of the southern boundary.
NOVEMBER 2009
JOHN ATTENDED A DESIGN CHARRETTE WITH ARCHITECTURE 00 AT NOTRE DAME SCHOOL IN SOUTHWARK.
At this intense design session, we looked at producing solutions for the school’s inadequate dining room facilities and how to improve the intense atmosphere of the school by exploiting under-used and under-valued outdoor spaces.
NOVEMBER 2009
SHORT LISTED FOR 122 LEADENHALL STEET, LONDON (A2 board)
We are working in collaboration with Mitchell Taylor Workshop on this invited competition to find a temporary and affordable use for recession hit construction sites.
The proposals are for an all year city produce garden, which will also be an engaging and educational public space.
NOVEMBER 2009
AUTUMN PLANTING AT PRIVATE HOUSE / FARM, EXMOOR NATIONAL PARK (setting out)
We have been setting out positions for tree planting around the cottage later this winter and will be plating an ‘Autumn Wood’ early in the new year. Hundreds of bulbs have also been planted.
OCTOBER 2009
SHORT LISTED FOR THE NEW SOIL ASSOCIATION HQ IN BRISTOL (4no presented images)
We were part of a team lead by Designscape Architects along with Bill Gething, Momentum Engineering and Ernest Griffiths, for a competition to design the new Soil Association headquarters in Bristol.
Our thoughts focused around how a building could interact with a variety of public and private spaces and how the whole site could be a positive and educational place to work while showcasing the Soil Association to the public. Sad we did not to win.