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Personal Design Statement

I am a thoughtful person who enjoys the thrill of creating vibrant enjoyable spaces that people can take great pleasure from interacting with. I feel as though all too often people feel unhappy with the outdoor spaces which they inhabit, something which I aim to rectify. I take great care in considering how the user will feel when using the space.

Planting plays a large part in my designs. I seek to create functional planting schemes that add to the intended feel the design is looking to give. This may be lively and architectural or perhaps quite modest, but will always add an additional layer of controlled unpredictability to the space which stops it becoming flat and lacklustre.

I have a life long appreciation of nature and the world outside your window. I like to study nature, explore how different animals use a space and discover what their needs, wants and desires are as well as fulfilling the requirements of the human users of the site. The fusion of nature and man is something I find very interesting.

I take pleasure from going to a site and determining a new use for it that will give it a fresh lease of life, creating innovative designs that push boundaries where necessary. I aim to continue to achieve designs that deviate from the norm that are sometimes necessary to reinvigorate a space. I feel I am able to accomplish this.   

Burns+Nice - Barking Broadway Theatre Public Realm

This project was one of the four pilot projects that were developed in 2005 in connection with the Barking Code. It illustrates how to implement the Code and creates a distinctive local character for Barking.

The Broadway Theatre Public Realm Scheme has created a multi-purpose all-year round space that will stimulate informal meetings and events outside the Theatre and links Abbey Green, the historic open space within Barking Town Centre to the new Town Square developed to the east of the Town Hall.

The public space was designed as an ellipse with an axis linking the Broadway Theatre entrance to the Curfew Tower and St Margarets Church within Abbey Green. Semi-mature alder tree planting along Clockhouse Avenue and Axe Street frame the Theatre and a lawn in front of the Theatre provides a visual link with the main Abbey Green open space to the west of Broadway.

Randle Siddeley Associates - Greenwich Millenium Village Square

Randle Siddeley Associates are the Landscape Architects for the public realm of the Greenwich Millenium Village.

High quality landscape and open space is a key feature of the vision for this new district, a new urban village on the Greenwich Peninsula. Development is on a formerly contaminated industrial site to the south of the Millenium Dome now the O2 centre.

Making the site pedestrian friendly is an important aspect of the ‘sustainable urban design’ ethos of the masterplan, to encourage journeys on foot and public transport use.

The principle aim in the design of the square is to create a vibrant public space which becomes the heart and focus of the village.

The concept is to continue themes established in early stages of the design on the peninsula. Strong axial geometry provides a framework within which there is native planting, for identity and ecology.

The village square has a southerly aspect which is ideal in creating a space that can function throughout the year.

The space is intended as a place that can provide opportunities for events as well as day to day informal use, forming a space that will be at the heart of the new community.

http://www.openbuildings.com/buildings/greenwich-millenium-village-square-profile-4985.html