Bordeaux Study Trip - Day 1

We started our exploration of Bordeaux by walking through the old streets to Place Des Quinconces, close to the Garonne river, a large square surrounded by trees and containing the Monument aux Girondins.

Next on our itinerary was a visit to the beautiful Jardin Public, a public open space first landscaped in 1755, where the students observed the visitors using the space and made survey notes and drawings of the designed landscape.

After lunch at Place du Parlement we visited Cathédrale Saint-André de Bordeaux and the large designed public space surrounding it. Heading back towards the river through the old town, we explored the shared space along the riverfront including the Miroir d'eau and Les jardins de lumieres.

#Writtle #StudyTrip #Bordeaux #France #LandscapeArchitecture #GardenDesign #UrbanDesign #Masters #Conversion #Design #Nature #Biodiversity #OutAndAbout

Landscape Blog - February 2023

Our new profile pic for February came from Kayley Passingham (Art and the Environment)

Living campus

Last week our Landscape Architecture conversion students had another informative plant walk around the main campus and reservoir.

 

Find out more about the MA and Conversion courses here:
https://writtle.ac.uk/landscape

#Writtle #LandscapeArchitecture #GardenDesign #Masters #Conversion #Nature #Plants #Biodiversity

More to come...

February also saw our Study trip to Bordeaux, and we'll be sharing that in another post or three...

Landscape Blog - January 2023

Our first profile pic for 2023 which came from Kayley Passingham (Art and the Environment).

#LandscapeArchitecture #GardenDesign #Art #Environment #Writtle #2023

Urban Territory Presentations

Our MALA students presented their Urban Territory final design projects for the invited jury of landscape architects and urban planners including Eoghan Sheils and Kate Collins from Sheilsflynn, John Latham from Wynne-Williams Associates, and Andy Bestwick from Chelmsford City Council.

Students had prepared design proposals for a climate-responsive and resilient Chelmsford for 2100.

#LandscapeArchitecture #GardenDesign #UrbanDesign #Writtle #Future #Design #Climate #Resilience #Chelmsford2100

Conversion students’ tree ident campus walk with Charlotte Power

Our MLA Landscape Architecture (conversion year) students kick off their 'Planting the Biophilic Landscape' project with a rather chilly tree identification walk on campus with WUC horticultural expert Charlotte Power.

#LandscapeArchitecture #GardenDesign #LandscapeDesign #Biophilia #Nature #CampusBeautification #Writtle #Masters #WUC #TimeForACuppa

Writtle Stories – Sam Moore and Gary Alden

As part of its Writtle Story series, WUC shared the stories of two successful Writtle graduates, Sam Moore and Gary Alden.

Sam Moore graduated from Writtle in 2018 after studying Horticulture and Landscape & Garden Design. He worked for award-winning companies before founding Consilium Hortus, an organisation offering bespoke garden design solutions. In 2022, he created The SunsLifestyle Outdoor Living Garden for the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival. 

You can read Sam's story here: https://writtle.ac.uk/pge_PressRelease.cfm?ID=21993

Gary Alden graduated in 2003 after studying Landscape and Garden Design at Writtle. Gary is now a senior associate at Townshend Landscape Architects, a studio based in Central London, with an established reputation for delivering high quality public realm schemes across a wide range of scales, both domestic and internationally.

Gary's story: https://writtle.ac.uk/pge_PressRelease.cfm?ID=22001

#WrittleSuccess #LandscapeArchitecture #GardenDesign