Landscape Talk - Ashley Penn

On Monday 16th November we held the penultimate WUC Landscape Talk for 2020. 

We were joined by WUC alumni Ashley Penn, who completed a National Diploma in Amenity Horticulture, a BSc (Hons) in Landscape and Garden Design, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Landscape Architecure, before becoming a chartered member of the Landscape Institute.

Ashley now lives in Tampere, Finland and is a senior landscape architect at Jolma Architects. His fascinating Landscape Talk for students and staff was all about urban design projects in Finland. 

Ashley, who lives and works in Finland, showed us three case studies from different cities (Helsinki, Riihimäki and Hiedanranta) and explained the Nordic urban design approach from specific ecological, cultural and climatic factors. 

The projects focus on design aspects including socially inclusive shared spaces, local interactions in everyday landscapes, and accessible, sustainable transport nodes. 

The video of the talk is now available for our students as part of our Video On Demand service.

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Landscape Talk - Thea Behrman

On Monday 2nd November we held our third Landscape Talk for 2020-21, and guest speaker Thea Behrman, Senior Project Manager at Metal, gave a fascinating talk about Estuary 2021. an art, science and culture project located along the Thames Estuary. 

Through its strong interdisciplinary approach linking art with socio-cultural and environmental issues and science, this project aims to create shifts in perceptions, in cultural values, about landscape and environment. 

Thea talked about the emerging conditions and importance of the location of project in relation to climate change and explained that the project responds to these conditions and climate emergency through art.

As usual the Landscape Talk was followed by a Q&A session where students and staff were able to find out a little more about Thea, Metal and Estuary 2021.

The video is now available for our students as part of our Video On Demand service.

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Landscape Talk - Ben Brace

On Monday 19th October we were joined by Ben Brace for the second Landscape Talk for 2020-21. As usual the recording of the Teams event is available to our students as part of our Video On Demand service.

Ben studied BSc (Hons) Landscape and Garden Design at Writtle and graduated in 2007. In his presentation he gave us a facinating insight into his career in landscape so far; where it all began, the route his profession has taken him over the years, and his current role as Horticultural Project Manager at the RHS.

Our next Landscape Talk will be on Monday 2^nd November and will feature Thea Behrman, Senior Project Manager at Metal, who will be talking about the Estuary 2020 festival.

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