Focus Week

Focus Week.

Over the last month i have been designing a large scale model to correspond with our project in Lowestoft as part of the north sea faring project. In relation to this i thought i would use the fourth and final focus week as an ideal time to look at Landscape Architecture company's who visualize in creating models for new landscape developments in the uk as well as other practices in other parts of the world. In particular i have focused on the exquisite designs that show how new areas within London are in the process of being rejuvenated as well as larger scale projects in other continents around the world.




Archi-vision models are a fairly new company based in Mississauga Canada. They specialize in quality and affordable models which can be used for architectural as well as Landscape presentations and sales displays. There work consists of creating scale models for Landscaping, Industrial, commercial, public work, residential and urban planning. There projects include landscaping for schools in japan as well as public open spaces (as this one shown below). The website www.archivisionmodels.com offers a better connectivity to their project work.



Burns + Nice are a practice who specialize with urban planning, transport planning and the public realm. Based in central London they have worked on a series of different scale projects ranging from city squares to more larger scale urban projects such as creating neighborhoods with better transport links and more adequate planting. What really inspires me about this practice is its vision to creating public areas that relate to the surrounding area and the needs of what the community wants to see sustained in that particular neighborhood. In particular i really liked the proposed idea of how the new Riverside walk through the city of London will look. More designs and creations can be found at www.burnsnice.com



EDCO Designs are a practice that have worked along side leading Landscape Architects in London as well as Architects such as Arup, Wilkinson Eyre and foster and partners to name a few. There work consists of inspiring ideas that can be used with public open spaces, public squares and civil spaces to small private gardens. One project which i was intrigued by was that of Fleet Place in London. The design includes the installation of 12 deciduous oak trees which will encourage outdoor seating by creating an overhead canopy. Using a simple but naturalistic approach to this design is truly marvelous in how the area has now been totally transformed into a public space that is lively at different parts of the day.


Colvin and Moggridge are a well established practice that started in 1922 by Brenda colvin. They bring a well disciplined and principal approach to the execution of projects and have created some high design standards of work. The work looks at master planning, historic gardens and parks as well as houses and gardens too. One project that influenced me the most was that of Leeds castle. The design has dramatic new terraces, the folded retaining wall in brick matching the older retaining buildings encloses a series of intimate sun traps throughout. Also the comfortable scale of the garden belies its careful design to withstand thousands of visitors to leed's castles grounds each year.