Landscape is Richmond Park

Map of Richmond Park


Richmond Park is one of the largest Royal Park in London. It's so huge that i wasn't able to walk round the entire park. On a Sunday day like today, walking round the park was very interesting because within the park there were various landscapes to see such as woodland garden, grasslands, Hills and also ponds.






Cycle Paths running in the middle of the park is a very good idea because it allows cyclist to have a good view while cycling compared to other parks their cycle paths are on the edge of the park. Richmond Park does encourage cycling.




One of the Ponds




Wildlife in Park: Richmond Park has a huge impact on encouraging biodiversity and habitat for animals. Below are:

- Different Duck species in pond




- Grey Squirrel


Good Idea!!! Play Ground in a Park. This invites young people and teenagers to get engaged with the park more.






Furniture in Park:

Benches: I think the benches in park are a very bad investment because it looks very unkept. I still think they could made more effort in having very descent and more attractive street furniture.

Apart from its furniture within the park, i think this park is a very good place to be in on a sunny day today. It feels very relaxing and makes you to get engaged with other places within the park. I loved the ponds more!

Materials found in Southbank

This is a task of identifying materials and how they are put in place. I decided to walk along the Southbank i.e from Waterloo to Tate Modern. I found the could identify most as shown below:

Flame Textured grey granite
- standard size 600mm by 1200mm


Polish dark grey granite insert


Granite slabs with grooves and glass inserts. I think this was done by machine.



Granite Drainage slab


D.A.E fixed to the ground furniture.


Maintenance: Graffiti removal van used to clean off graffiti around the skate park in Waterloo.





Tate Modern street furniture

Precast concrete block with rubber bolted to the top.


Disadvantages of using rubber surface is shown below:

The rubber surface is worn out and its hard to replace, therefore for just a little tear the whole rubber needs to be changed..


Sandstone slabs


Sandstone Tactile Paving



This picture is just showing how the granite pavers are laid.
From this image the granite pavers is laid on a sand bed, followed by hardcore and finally on compacted Earth.


Manhole cover

Manhole cover made with its surround material - resin bond aggregate, so that it blends with in it surrounding streetscape so as not to odd. Good idea!!!


Stainless steel bin mounted on a concrete base


Herringbone Paving pattern with joints of 5mm


Clay Pavers of standard size




Stone square setts with a punched finish texture


LED lighting between the Stone setts


Brush steel pole signage with aluminium signs. Likely to be supplied by Wood house


Stone setts with a cropped finish. Joint with concrete mortar of about 10mm spacing.


Another type of Tactile paving with a different texture


It's amazing when one can identify materials used in landscapes. This little exercise of identifying materials used along the Southbank has made me understand how certain materials are used. I have walked along the Southbank several times but not for once did i notice that a lot of different materials is been use at least about every 5-10m there is a change in material.

Hay's Galleria, London

It is located along the river front between London Bridge Pier and Tower bridge, London

History:

It was Built in the 1850's, Hay's Wharf took deliveries from ships from all over the world and the area became known as the 'Larder of London'. The great Hay's Wharf complex has been restored to its former glory. Source:http://www.haysgalleria.co.uk/Hays/HaysGalleria.nsf/galleria?OpenFrameSet

Hay's Galleria is an open space that is made up of traditional craft and market stalls used for decorating the walkways along it and its neighbouring building which consists of shops restaurants, bars etc.

Alot of events takes place in the Hay's Galleria such as exhibitions, etc and sometimes used as a market place. It has a great atmosphere while one is walking through it.

Mostly used by local people, tourist and shoppers too!

Seats

the seating areas are located at the foot of craft stalls as shown below:

A large scale bronze sculptural water fountain located close the entrance toward the riverfront.

A lovely good view from inside Hay's Galleria towards the river Thames, you can see the skyscrapers on the other side of the river.

More Information:http://www.haysgalleria.co.uk/

Another Open Space in Southwark

This is an open public space located just 5mins walk from Canvey Street (off Southwark street).

The landscape is made up of

• Granite seats around a plant bed
• Trees
• Ground lights
• Geo lightstack lamp post from Wood house

This landscape has been approached in a different manner compared to the one on Canvey street because certain features such as the siting areas and planting detailing are very different but its paving materials, ground light and lamp post are the same.

Seat

The seating areas are designed to be around a raised plant bed. its made up of Flame texture grey granite slabs.

Tree

Tree pit

The trees are been planted in tree pit which has a sand bed. The edges of this sand bed has very small hedge which serve as an wind breaker to prevent the loose sand from been blown onto the paved surface.

Ground Light in Tree pit

During the Day At Night