visual connection between landscape / structure / architecture - 3

visual connection between landscape / structure / architecture - 2

visual connection between landscape / structure / architecture - 1

working isometric of northern connection to green belt

material study collages

cycling the inner green belt boundary

the route I cycled around the inner green belt boundary this weekend
- findings are currently being assembled into an analysis document
& a strategic plan for improving gateways, routes & connections in the northwest

another cut & fill

Not entirely convinced with this one - trying to facilitate a bridge
across the motorway with the layout of the landscape...

cut & fill

essay 5 - figures

thumbnails of the figures illustrating
essay 5 (current practice / cultural context)

sketch landscape model

sketch masterplan

site strategies

essay 5 word cloud

currently lost in the world of green belt planning policy in Cambridge
trying to finish an essay - this is what my brain looks like

landscape maquettes

tiny conceptual models of landscapes imposed on site...
curly = trees
sandy brown = grassland / unkempt
white = maintained hard/soft landscaping
grey = water

briefing diagram - updated

woodland + clearings

a site strategy - already superseeded!

pilot study word cloud

a word cloud of the text from my pilot thesis:
'Innovative Place: Facilitating social interaction and creative capital in advanced science communities in Cambridge'
more here

briefing diagram - rough

first pen to paper

managed woodlands? eg. westonbirt arboretum:

context survey - natural land cover

enlarged key

100 years of western edge?

green belt erosion

CCC Local Plan 2006 'Areas of Major Change' denoted in orange.

(superimposed over GoogleMaps satellite imagery)

cambridgeshire closeup

close up map of science parks in Cambridgeshire, Cambridge greenbelt shown in dark green

zooming in (!)

science park 'geosquares'

individual science parks as shown below, denoted by squares and
placed together according to approximate geographical adjacencies.
coloured according to regional clusters - see previous post

defining regional park clusters - part ii

colour coding of clusters - serves as a key for future graphics

defining regional park clusters

clusters defined by triangulation

value indicates a measure of area

map of science parks in the UK

green dots = UKSPA member science parks
orange dots = planned UKSPA member science parks
blue dots = other science campuses in Cambridgeshire

N.B. not a definitive map of all parks in the UK

only 5% woodland cover?

woodland [re]claiming a Trinity College-owned field, a proposed site for a new concert hall.
only 5% of the Cambridge green belt is made up of ancient woodland - 3% lower than the national average.