Comments on: An architectural approach to landscape https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/an-architectural-approach-to-landscape/ Gardenvisit.com Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:05:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: Christine https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/an-architectural-approach-to-landscape/#comment-778 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:05:09 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=1637#comment-778 Thankyou! I was unaware of the existence and use of habitat plans. There is considerable semi-urban vulnerable koala habitat in Australia which would benefit from their adoption in an integrated approach to residential subdivision design and development. [http://www.thereillygroup.net/NEP/NEP/HabitatPlanDevelopmentfinal.pdf]

]]> By: Tom Turner https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/an-architectural-approach-to-landscape/#comment-777 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:27:02 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=1637#comment-777 Yes, a habitat plan should be an aspect of every major development proposal.

]]> By: Christine https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/an-architectural-approach-to-landscape/#comment-776 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:52:25 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=1637#comment-776 If the Black Redsstarts plan for Deptford is fully realised and its operation monitored by researchers it would seem that it will make a valuable contribution to understanding how green roofs may offer replacement habitats to vulnerable and threatened species. [http://www.urbanhabitats.org/v04n01/birds_full.html]

Green roofs with this purpose are less gardens and more ecology. It raises the question about how, once they are created, how such habitats might be sustained. Under this typology the habitats would exist within the usual development cycle of buildings and sites. A green roof on a parliament building is more secure than a green roof on an otherwise nonedescript office building.

Ironically, having a well-regarded [landscape]architect design the habitat would increase the expected lifecycle of the building.

I imagine this is potentially a fertile area for both property and environmental law.

]]> By: Tom Turner https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/an-architectural-approach-to-landscape/#comment-775 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:46:19 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=1637#comment-775 ‘Master Planning’ is too strong a word for town planning in the UK. Unless the land is in public ownership, it tends to be done by ‘planning briefs’ which indicate what sorts of development option would be likely to receive planning permission. Landscape architects are often involved in this procedure but they tend to over-ruled by town planners and architects with senior positions in the local authority hierarchy.
BUT there IS a exemplary plan for the Black Redstarts in Deptford: http://www.blackredstarts.org.uk/pages/deptcreek.html

]]> By: Christine https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/an-architectural-approach-to-landscape/#comment-774 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:39:35 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=1637#comment-774 Yes. Interesting project…[http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/downloads/4.Laban.pdf]…shame about the loss of the solar energy screens and the green roof. Are you aware of who is responsible for the masterplanning of the revitalisation of Deptford? Was a landscape architect involved?

]]> By: Tom Turner https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/an-architectural-approach-to-landscape/#comment-773 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:24:10 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=1637#comment-773 About 100 meters.

]]> By: Christine https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/an-architectural-approach-to-landscape/#comment-772 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:51:40 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=1637#comment-772 What is the proximity relationship between the two sites?

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