Thursday 18 October 2012

Students' School Playground Project


Tom Daggers and Alican Gokmen, now year 3 students on the BA course, have been involved since early in year 2 on a project with St Pauls C of E Primary School in Withington to redesign the playground. The students became aware that the school was unhappy with the existing playground layout and volunteered to give some ideas. The students carried out workshops with pupils and talked to teachers to develop their plans. An initially suspicious PTA and governors were won round by the students willingness to listen and respond and by their innovative ideas. The designs have been adopted in full and will be implemented in a phased programme over the next 3 years. Tom and Ali will remain involved in developing detailed designs as the project moves into the next phases.

Tuesday 16 October 2012

Olympic Park Legacy

Inspiring a Generation
The Landscape Legacy of the Olympics


An interview with Tom Smith on masterplanning the Olympics is available on the LI website: http://landscapeinstitute-news.org/6KZ-ZVJL-993VYCWICB/cr.aspx

This is the second in a series which are very interesting as an insight into the processes of generating such a bold, ambitious and high profile landscape.


Masterplanning the Olympic Site

An interview with Tom Smith.


Click on the image to be taken straight to the interview or click here to find out more about the LI's Olympic Learning Legacy.
 

Wednesday 10 October 2012

International Landscape Convention

The International Landscape Convention aims to create a holistic view about cultural and natural landscapes. Do you want to sign their petition? Read more and decide...