Landscape Blog - December 2022

At the start of #December it was time for a new profile pic, which was a cryptic image from Art and the Environment student Claire Jebbitt.

#Writtle #Art #Environment #LandscapeArchitecture #GardenDesign

 

Christmas Festivities

Yesterday students and staff from Landscape Architecture, Garden Design, and Art and the Environment had a joyful Christmas celebration with mulled wine and mince pies in our Design Studio.

#LandscapeArchitecture #GardenDesign #Art #Environment #Writtle #Design #Christmas

 

Graduate Meet-up

Recent Writtle graduates Charlie, Keely and Bob are all working in Landscape Architecture at AECOM. Though working in different offices, they were able to get together for the recent Landscape Institute Awards in London.

At Writtle University College we offer 1 year and 2 year courses in Landscape Architecture depending on your undergraduate degree, and both can set you on the pathway to chartership.

Find out more here: https://writtle.ac.uk/landscape

#LandscapeArchitecture #GardenDesign #Postgraduate #Writtle #Chelmsford #Chartership #London

 

Snow!

All the #snow in mid-December reminded us of the time some #LandscapeArchitecture and #GardenDesign students built an enormous badger buddha snowman. It even made the news!

#Writtle #MemoryMonday #snowman

Landscape Blog - November 2022

November has been another busy month for Landscape Architecture and Garden Design at Writtle.

We started the month with a new profile pic for our socials from MLA Landscape Architecture student Charlotte Wicker (conversion year).

Our Associate Lecturer / Technician Steve Jeyes found this amazing specimen on campus. #Nature on the #Writtle campus certainly made the most of the wet #November weather.

Pro Landscaper - 30 UNDER 30

Writtle graduates Oliver Bond and James Honey were named in this year's Pro Landscaper 30 under 30.

Oliver studied Landscape and Garden Design with us before completing our Masters in Landscape Architecture in 2017. As well as running Bond Landscape Design he has also appeared on BBC's Your Garden Made Perfect.

James studied Landscape Architecture with us and graduated in 2020. He is now Assistant Landscape Architect at Guarda Landscape Ltd.

#Congratulations both 🎉

#Writtle #Design #LandscapeArchitecture #GardenDesign #ProLandscaper #30under30

Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping

Writtle graduate Bob Marshall returned to Writtle to deliver a lecture on Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping in landscape architecture research methods, along with hosting a workshop and a lively debate.

Bob is a Graduate Landscape Architect at AECOM, and he completed Writtle's MA Landscape Architecture in 2021, after first completing the Conversion year.

Want to study Landscape Architecture but have an unrelated degree? Check out the MA with Conversion here: https://writtle.ac.uk/landscape

#Writtle #Design #LandscapeArchitecture #GardenDesign #Research

Biodiversity Netgain

Principal Environmental Scientist Simon Allen from Mott McDonald gave a lecture to some Landscape Architecture and Garden Design students about Biodiversity Net Gain and its application and use in the landscape and environmental projects. We gained an insight into the processes of BNG and valuable information about the importance and its role for the future.

#BiodiversityNetGain #BNG #Nature #Science #Writtle #MottMcDonald #Future #Environment #LandscapeArchitecture #GardenDesign

Barcham Trees

We were very lucky to spend a fascinating day at Barcham Trees in Cambridgeshire. Managing Director Mike Glover gave the students a fascinating tour around their 300-acre site, and he also explained the Environmental Credit Rating that they have been able to apply to all of the trees they produce.

#Trees #Writtle #Design #Environment #LandscapeArchitecture #GardenDesign #Carbon #ClimateCrisis #ClimateSolution

Landscape Blog - October 2022

With the academic year in full swing we had a busy month at Writtle in October. First off, we had a new profile pic from MA #LandscapeArchitecture student Diva Bahal with this #beautiful autumnal image.

Landscape Institute Awards

We we're very pleased that 2 of our graduates were announced as finalists in the Landscape Institute Awards for 2022 in the student dissertation category.

Bob Marshall and Keely Williams join an esteemed list of our graduates that have been finalists in the awards over the years, and we wish them the best of luck when the winners are announced in November.

https://awards.landscapeinstitute.org/awards-finalists-2022/

#LandscapeArchitecture #GardenDesign #Writtle #LIAwards #LandscapeInstitute #Sustainability #Wellbeing #Biodiversity #Nature #UrbanDesign #Rewilding #Trees #Plants #WUC

Beautiful Campus

We couldn’t resist sharing this a #beautiful image from a crisp #autumn day on campus with the #trees looking #fabulous.

Urban Exploration in Chelmsford

The postgraduate Landscape Architecture and Garden Design students have recently been exploring the urban environment in Chelmsford.

The MA students explored and appraised some key sites, including the grounds of Chelmsford Cathedral, Bond Street, the Chelmer Waterside development on Wharf Road, and around Springfield Basin, and assessed the urban heat island effect of the sites using thermal cameras.

The MA Conversion students visited a series of sites to undertake forensic landscape analysis, including the development on the old Marconi site on New Street, as well as City Park West and the design relationship between Riverside Leisure Centre and the surrounding environment. These investigations were part of the Landscape, Construction and Technology module, and included the innovative learning processes of understanding by reverse engineering.

To find out more about postgraduate Landscape Architecture and Garden Design at Writtle University College visit https://writtle.ac.uk/landscape

#LandscapeArchitecture #GardenDesign #UrbanDesign #Chelmsford #OutAndAbout #Writtle #Design

Study Trip to London

Towards the end of October, we visited London to examine some iconic and contemporary landscapes. First location was the expansive brutalist architecture of the Barbican, approached via Finsbury Circus Gardens.

#LandscapeArchitecture #GardenDesign #Writtle #London #Barbican #Brutalism #OutAndAbout #Postgraduate #Masters

Our students’ next location was King's Cross, where significant development has been going on for a number of years, which included exploring redeveloped gasholders, pocket parks, contemporary water features and varied public spaces.

#LandscapeArchitecture #GardenDesign #Writtle #London #KingsCross #OutAndAbout #Postgraduate #Masters

Elephant Park was the third stop of our London visit, which were able to experience under heavy rain and full sunshine. Monitoring the SuDS (Sustainable Drainage Systems) and observing materials in rain and sunshine was very useful practice for the students.

#LandscapeArchitecture #GardenDesign #Writtle #London #ElephantPark #ElephantAndCastle #SuDS #OutAndAbout #Postgraduate #Masters

We ended our London visit with the Green Spine scheme, a great case study for place-making and revitalization of a neighbourhood through landscape architecture.

Landscape Architect Carlos Pinto, from BDP London, was responsible for the planting design, and gave us a guided tour of the scheme and gave us valuable insights into the project.

#LandscapeArchitecture #GardenDesign #Writtle #London #LissonGrove #OutAndAbout #Postgraduate #Masters

Student Presentations

Following on from weeks of research, MA Landscape Architecture students recently presented their Chelmsford City Centre plans for their current project ‘Cooling down Chelmsford through Climate-responsive Urbanism’ to some special professional guests; John Latham from Wynne-Williams Associates, Andy Bestwick from Chelmsford City Council, and Matt Nokes from Ground Control Ltd.

#LandscapeArchitecture #GardenDesign #Writtle #Chelmsford #Research #Masterplan #UrbanPlanning #ClimateAction #CityNature #Nature

Hallowe’en

To end the month, we had a special profile pic for Hallowe'en which came from MA student Janneke Gilissen, Landscape Architecture (Conversion).

#LandscapeArchitecture #GardenDesign #Writtle #Halloween #October