Landscape Blog - April 2021

Genius Loci

Writtle alumnus Rob Dwiar is writing a book and will be releasing it using crowdfunding publisher Unbound. 

After completing the BSc (Hons) Landscape and Garden Design in 2010 Rob went on to complete the Postgraduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture in 2012, and has since become an RHS gold medal winner.

The book, entitled 'Genius Loci: A grand tour of video game landscapes and gardens', will be a 200 page hardback book exploring a variety of designed landscapes that can be found in video games such as Dishonored, Bioshock Infinite, Mass Effect, The Witcher, Horizon Zero Dawn and many more...

To find out more and how to pledge visit https://unbound.com/books/geniusloci/

#WrittleDesign #GeniusLoci #LandscapeArchitecture #GardenDesign #VideoGames #Design #Art

Exhibition event launch

Not long to go until the WUC Design Degree Show 2021 virtual exhibition website! It launches on Wednesday 26th May from 12:00 midday (BST/UTC+1).

The #virtual #exhibition will feature 1st and 2nd year undergraduate #Art and the #Environment students, and both undergraduate and postgraduate students of #LandscapeArchitecture & #GardenDesign.

Find out more here: https://www.facebook.com/events/259118272608433

#WUCshow2021 #Writtle #DegreeShow

Landscape Blog - March 2021

Our new profile pic for March is from Masaki Kono, who is studying BA (Hons) Art and the Environment at Writtle.

Landscape Talk - Julia Baker

On the 8th we had an inspirational Landscape Talk from Julia Baker of Balfour Beatty about Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG).

It has great potential for nature by adding a necessity for measurable enhancement of biodiversity within future development.

#Writtle #LandscapeTalks #BiodiversityNetGain #InternationalWomensDay #Inspiration #LandscapeArchitecture #GardenDesign #Nature #Biodiversity #ChooseLandscape #WUC #BNG

WUC Design Degree Show Art Competition

Thanks to all the students who entered the WUC Design Degree Show Student Art Competition 2021. We really appreciate all your time and effort to share your fab images with us. Members of the Design staff each chose a short list of their favourites, which were then aggregated to find the winning image…

Congratulations to Kayley Passingham for winning with this unique photographic image. Kayley is currently studying BA (Hons) Art and the Environment (Yr1). The image will be used as the basis for all of the promotional graphics produced for the WUC Design Degree Show 2021.

A special commendation also goes to Anna Webster (LAGD) who had one particular image that was only just pipped by Kayley’s winning image. Many thanks to everyone else that took part; Claire Jebbitt, Grace Allman, James Stowe, Laura Cohen, Lizzie Cannon and Sean Tapner. It was great seeing your wonderful imagery.

#Art #Design #Landscape #Environment #LandscapeArchitecture #GardenDesign #competition #WUC #WUCshow2021 #DegreeShow #Writtle #exhibition #degree #masters #ChooseLandscape

Landscape Talk - Sunniva Sutestad

We had a great Landscape Talk from Sunniva Sutestad yesterday, the first for the second half of the 2020-21 season. 

Sunniva, who graduated from Writtle in 2015, shared her experiences of working on landscape architecture projects in Norway, including the challenge of working with the environmental differences within Norway, and to the UK.

Any WUC students who weren't able to take part yesterday can catch-up by visiting the Landscape Talks section of the Design Resources Hub on Moodle.

 

#LandscapeTalks #LandscapeArchitecture #GardenDesign #Norway #Norge #Writtle #ChooseLandscape