MA LAGD collaboration with Chelmsford City Council

The MA Landscape Architecture and Garden Design studio has launched a new project with the collaboration of Chelmsford City Council. The Council would like to repurpose Sandford Mill in Chelmsford as a destination for the region.

 Students will propose a new masterplan for the country park containing Sandford Mill, with the aim of the project to develop a well interlinked and resilient blue/green infrastructure that will serve the City of Chelmsford within its river systems and wider ecological assets whilst supporting the City’s sustainable development.

Last week the students visited the site for the first time with the city planners and gained the first impressions of the site. From this they will work on strategic and conceptual ideas to present back to the council.

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Landscape Talk - Ceylan Belek Ombregt

On Monday we were pleased to invite back Ceylan Belek Ombregt, Associate Director at Martha Schwartz Partners and former Writtle lecturer, for our first Landscape Lecture for 2019-20.

During her talk Ceylan delved into the many Landscape Architecture projects of Martha Schwartz Partners, a fabulous opportunity for  our #LandscapeArchitecture and #GardenDesign students.

Our next #LandscapeLecture will take place on Monday 21st October, and we will be welcoming back Writtle alumnus Corrine Payne of Tom Stuart-Smith Garden Design.

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Learning the Lay of the Land

Last week, students on the undergraduate Landscape Architecture and Landscape & Garden Design courses, and Master of Landscape Architecture course, visited the Writtle University College reservoir as part of their MMT/LCT modules.

The students are learning about sustainable approaches to the design and construction of sites with challenging topography. As a bonus, they were also treated to an aerobatic performance from the visiting wildfowl.

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