LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PLACEMENT

BIDWELLS:LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PLACEMENT

We need somebody, but not just anybody to join us.

We’re looking for an ambitious Landscape Architecture student or graduate to join us for a year-long placement commencing in Summer 2017.

As a Landscape Architecture Intern with Bidwells you will be part of our highly regarded Urban Design Studio where you will be able to assist in shaping the built environment of the future, be it new villages, science parks, commercial developments or university campus'.

We work across the country on multi-team projects where we link in seamlessly with colleagues in Bidwells’ planning, heritage, residential development and rural teams to offer clients an invaluable end-to-end service.

You'll get involved with everything, from master-planning to visual impact assessments and finding creative solutions for small pieces of land.

It's important to us that you have a passion for design. If you have some work experience already that will earn you extra brownie points. But if not, don’t worry, we’ll get you up to speed.

You’ll need to be IT savvy with a solid understanding of AutoCAD. It’s also important to us that you’re studying for, or hold a relevant degree in Landscape Architecture.

We will pay you competitively and give you some great benefits. Better still, you'll be treated fairly and be part of the team from day one.

You'll get the chance to grow with us. In-fact we want you to progress and will do all we can to help.

We understand you have lots of options open to you. But if Bidwells sounds like the place for you, why not apply. We'd love to speak with you.

Applications need to be made via our website by the 30th of April 2017.


http://www.bidwells.co.uk/careers/graduates-and-placements/

Design for movement: Complete Street Design

Streetscape in Budapest

Landscape Architect Peter Piet, Associate Director at Steer Davies Gleave gave an inspirational talk to the students about the complete street design last week at our MA design studio. In his talk Peter explained the guidelines for successful complete street design and showed examples from all over the world. As urban population is increasing day by day and the cars are domination our cities, the streetscape has shifted its character from a civic space to arteries of vehicle movement. Peter gave us fascinating examples from street design across the globe how both can be achieved by creating hierarchies in the use and movement through good quality design where streets become enjoyable, walkable and functional public places in our complex cities.

Peter Piet is giving examples at MA Landscape Studio


 

Dr Saruhan Mosler, Lecturer at WUC

MA Study Tour in Budapest

MA Landscape Architecture and Garden Design students went to Budapest between 8th-12th March 2017 for our study tour. Our tour started with a guided site visit at the Danube River Embankment  by the Landscape Architect Istvan Steffler who designed the Lagymanyosi Bay Revitalization Waterfront Park. Istvan explained us the history of the Danube embankment and the recent park development in the post-industrial era of Budapest. The designed park became a destination of recreation  for families who want to escape the hustle and bustle of the city, especially in summer months to enjoy the cool and peaceful atmosphere along the River Danube.                       

Landscape Architect Istvan Steffler is showing the masterplan for the embankment park



Entrance of the park in a grey Budapest day

MA Study Tour group in Budapest




Another fascinating guided tour was with Landscape Architect Peter Balogh who explained us the Parliament Square contemporary design concept. We explored the urbanscape through a series of public spaces and architecture interlinked in the socio-political history of the city.



Landscape Architect Peter Balogh is explaining the streetscape design in the historic town.

Dr Saruhan Mosler, Lecturer at WUC



Visit to the Beth Chatto Garden, Essex

On the first sunny, spring-like day of March the Masters students and I went on a visit to the Beth Chatto Garden to recharge our plant batteries just after our trip to Budapest, Hungary and before the final push to the end of the academic year. We were greeted with a ‘pool’ of blue flowering  Chinodoxa sardensis in the Gravel Garden, which was so well associated with the upright golden-orange foliage of Libertia peregrinans.

The Gravel Garden at the Beth Chatto Garden, Essex

Chinodoxa sardensis and Libertia peregrinans, in the Gravel Garden

We had a great tour with Marc, from the Nursery Team, who explained so much about how ecological ideas had informed the planting and how sustainability informs their work, behind the scenes on the nursery we admired soils, mulches and compost heaps - all vital for plant production and the gardens.



Masters students listen to Marc from the Nursery Team, at the Beth Chatto Garden and Nursery; explain the techniques used to keep the soil mulched and drained

It was the perfect visit - learning combined with the beauty of the garden - we left inspired and informed. In addition being a keen composter I am pleased to report that we returned with the tea bags from our refreshments to add to the compost heap - Marc would be proud of us!

Dr Jill Raggett, Lecturer in Gardens and Designed Landscapes

 

 

 

 

Channels Landscape Design Workshop

MA Landscape Architecture and MA Garden Design students were invited by the JTP Architects from London to attend a landscape design workshop and contribute to the design strategies for the Channels Housing Development and Country Park in Chelmsford. The workshop aimed at creating a new vision to link social and ecological aspects of the environment for a strong community and ecological infrastructure. Students worked with architects, planners, landscape architects and ecologists in a 3 hours workshop to create a sustainable landscape development strategy.

The  workshop visited the site and learned about the landscape.

Each group worked within a team to plan a specific area. Our students had the opportunity to present their group's proposal and explained their vision for the future landscape strategy.

MA Landscape Architecture students Oliver Bond and Kieran Linale are presenting their proposal to the group.

The workshop has been a great start of the collaborative work between WUC MA Landscape Architecture Programme and JTP Architects and there will be another workshop opportunity at our university in the near future.

 

Dr Saruhan Mosler, Lecturer at WUC

 

Oslo: City of water and ice

I had the opportunity to visit Oslo to talk about our undergraduate and postgraduate courses at WUC at a university fair in February. Every year we have Norwegian students in our UG and PG landscape design courses who work at Norwegian landscape architecture companies after they leave us. One of our students, Anne Bergsland, who successfully completed her UG degree in Landscape Architecture is now studying at The Oslo School of Architecture (AHO) for MA in Landscape Architecture. It is a 2 year course and Anne had to enter a tough application process that included 120 international applicants portfolios. Anne was selected as one of 10 students who were fortunate enough to study in this 2 year programme and we are very proud of her! Anne says it is a tough course with a challenging work load but thanks to WUC she is well prepared, is used to constructive comments, the need to organise her work and push herself to produce the best she can for the projects.

WUC UG Landscape Architecture alumni Anne Bergsland at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design



 Oslo Opera House

The ramp up to the roof

Oslo has a unique topographical and geomorphological situation with rich hydrological systems and fjords that are visible in the city landscape. A visit to the famous Oslo Opera House was a must - to see the giant marble and granite iceberg slowly merging with the icy waters of Oslo's harbour edge. I climbed up to the roof on the partly icy surface with perfectly designed railings  next to the ramp. There seemed to be no European health and safety regulations applied in Norway so this risky and fun experience could be designed next to the sea! The fjords can be enjoyed - probably on a sunny and clear day. Oslo's old harbour is in the process of  a huge transformation: regeneration project along the water’s edge turning Oslo into a small version of London Canary Wharf with high-rise, funky architecture in a dense, multi-use built environment. Development is creeping to the water’s edge which will create high density housing and a new form of water-edge urbanism.

 

Water edge developments in Oslo



Walking Woman at the Ekeberg Sculpture Park

 The beautiful winter wonderland of Ekeberg Sculpture Park, on the Ekeberg Hill was just the opposite of the hustle and bustle of the downtown city. The Sculpture Park has played a controversial role in the making, with private funding from a property director and art collector, Christian Ringnes. The sculptures are beautifully situated in the woodland creating a sense of curiosity and navigation for this wild landscape. A nice cup of tea helped me to warm my tired feet in the historic Karlsborg House while watching the sunset along the horizon of Oslo fjords...

Dr Saruhan Mosler, Lecturer at WUC