London Office Visit

MA Landscape Architecture and Garden Design students visited BDP London office to see the variety of landscape architecture design projects. The director of the landscape team, Mehron Kirk and Senior Landscape Architect Lucy White, a Writtle University College alumni, hosted the group in the afternoon. After a tour of the historic mill conversion building we had the opportunity of see a range of design projects designed by the team.

Director Mehron Kirk is explaining projects to the students
 

As part of our London tour we visited King Cross Regeneration Project exploring the different scales of urban public spaces, their usage and transformation from temporary to permanent space applications. The characteristic of each public space reflects the architectural variation, material choice and the purpose and quality of each area. From commercial to the more residential use has to respond to the public usage of the spaces and the flow of the movement, particularly along the canal where public footfall is denser creating a linear movement.

Waves in front of the school and Gasworks garden

Smooth curves, pristine forms: newly opened green spaces along the canal on a cloudy day

Newly designed spaces around the Gasworks garden