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Portfolio of work by Christina Ann Fox, Landscape Architect - Leeds Met University 2013
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TABLE OF CONTENTSUNIVERSITY PROJECTSUrban Green - Back to the FutureDesign and Community - St Gemma’s Back to Front
Page4 - 9 10-1314-15
WORK EXPERIENCEVarious garden design projects 25-29
ARTWORK, PHOTOGRAPHY, MODEL WORKBordeaux field study Ilkley - Character AssessmentMalham - Character Assessment Art, Plants and Environment Landscape Photography
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URBAN GREEN - BACK TO THE FUTURE - A PEOPLE’S PARK
Heavily layered with industrial history and stories of lost communities, the former Brewery site is transformed into an urban green space. The concept is developed from mill wheels and industrial shapes and patterns. The wheel draws people into the park and spins out again connecting with destinations around the City.
Design Concept
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The section created using CAD, sketchup and rendered in photoshop, shows the view from the amphitheatre across the park buildings to the apartments and offices outside the park. An impression of how the site would look and views in and out.
URBAN GREEN - BACK TO THE FUTURE - A PEOPLE’S PARK
This sketchup model gives a 3d and practical view of the new Park. These were used to explore the site and helped inform decision making on positioning elements within the Park and how it would be used. CAD baseplan, sketchup and photoshop rendering.
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URBAN GREEN - BACK TO THE FUTURE - A PEOPLE’S PARK
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DESIGN AND COMMUNITY - REFLECTION GARDEN - ST GEMMA’S LEEDS
Client consultationClient consultation was an essential part of this project in order to gain an understanding of St Gemma’s requirements and the design requirements. A rectangular part of their grounds, unused and unloved was to be transformed into a garden for recently bereaved to visit. The Hospice relies heavily on fund-raising and this was to be integrated into the design for a new reflection garden.
This group project culminated in a combined design with elements of each member’s work. The designs shown are the author’s own done as part of that project.
An awkward narrow L shaped garden adjacent to a busy car park.
Fundraising - Words of ComfortAn essential part of the design. Bespoke art in the form of words cre-ated throughout the garden in return for sponsorship in memory of a loved one
Sitting Circle
Pergola
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An example of a disc from the fundraiser wall. A poem to commemorate a dearly loved one.
DESIGN AND COMMUNITY - REFLECTION GARDEN - ST GEMMA’S LEEDS
DESIGN AND COMMUNITY - REFLECTION GARDEN - ST GEMMA’S LEEDS
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BACK TO FRONT PROJECT
A group compilation of designs entitled Grow Your Own Garden published in 2012. See over for contributions in the book by Christina Fox.
Research carried out into companion planting helped inform the designs chosen and plants used in the designs.
The space was explored by model work in sketchup from initial base plans drawn in CAD. This helped visualise changes in level and placement of elements. Designs were hand rendered over CAD base plans.
This project was influenced by a similar live project designed to encourage people, irrespective of garden size, to grow fruit and vegetables in their front gardens. Hence the back to front title.These particular designs are suitable for a typical smaller front garden area of a 1960s semi-detached house.
A selection of gardens designed to maximise food production whilst creating a visually attractive garden.
BACK TO FRONT PROJECT
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FIELD STUDY - 2013Bordeaux - France
Pen, marker and pencil sketches undertaken during a field study to Bordeaux, France.
Lively sketches capture the character of Bordeaux, its architecture, linear-planting alongside le Garonne and some of the thriving community projects on the outskirts of Bordeaux.
FIELD STUDY - 2013 Bordeaux - France
Extracts from a notebook of sketches of details of the many pocket parks and squares or Places hidden away behind tall buildings. Ironwork, balconies, beckoning cafes, impressive arches, hanging copper lights, carved stonework, fountains and imaginative planting schemes captured in pencil, oil pastel, pen and marker.
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FIELD STUDY 2012
A local character assessment was carried out during 2011. These pen and marker sketches capture the essence of Ilkley from the moor down to the river. No wonder it has inspired poets, composers and writers for many years.
Ilkley - Yorkshire
Ilkley Moor is part of Rombalds Moor and is designated as a national Site of Special Scientific Interest due to the internationally rare type of vegetation on the moorland and the use of the moor for nesting upland waders. Across the moor there are a number of Scheduled Ancient Monuments (SAMs) such as carved stones and evidence of bronze age settlements. The moor has been shaped over centuries by human intervention which has caused dramatic changes to soil and vegetative cover.
FIELD STUDY 2012Malham - Yorkshire Dales
Yorkshire Dales Character Area 21. A study visit to capture the character of this stunning landscape. Pen, wash and pastels capture the windswept hillsides and the limestone amphitheatre at Malham Cove. Malham Tarn is the start of the river Aire which flows as Malham Beck through the village of Malham. Heavily visited by walkers and climbers. A mixture of millstone grit and limestone is used in the buildings and walls. Networks of walled fields with limited tree cover on steep gradients are dotted with sheep.
A gated entrance to the walk down towards Malham Cove with warnings from local farmers to keep to the restricted pathways. Many of the stone cottages are empty and dilapidated.
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3D EXPLORATION
Hand crafted model explored through photography and rendered in photoshop. The original model was clay, card, wood and foil. The foil created a good dappled tree canopy affect. Part of a project to bring the influence of the natural woodland into the City.
3 D ExPLorAtion
The model aided design exploration. The design was inspired by the winding roots found in Scotland Woods, Leeds and planting pockets created within, as well as how leaves gather in those areas and how trees cling to the banks of a stream running through.
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LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY 2011/12
LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY 2011/12
A selection of photographs capturing sense of place. The desolate windswept landscape around Malham (opposite top), mirror like river Aire and Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds (opposite bottom), the banks of Coniston Waters in the Lake District (above) with John Ruskin’s favourite viewing place (above centre) and a native woodland creature from nearby Grizedale forest!(bottom left).
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GARDEN DESIGN - REAR GARDEN RETREAT - BRADFORD 2012
The design brief here was to remove an unsafe, unusable dangerously high deck, create storage space and a safe play environment for small children whilst still being able to maintain the raised terrace to the rear. Challenge was to remove decking without the whole of the rear wall collapsing.Built by M A Fox, M Thirsk, J Sharp, planting by C A Fox.Design examples, sketchup and hand drawn, pen rendered.
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The design brief was to turn this reclamation yard into a beautiful low maintenance garden for a busy professional couple. Recycling and rearranging the garden whilst integrating existing elements was essential.
Design built by M Thirsk, M Fox, M Fox jnr, J Sharp, D Chambers, C A Fox
Design examples, CAD rendered in Photoshop, 3d sketch using Sketchup overlay.
GARDEN DESIGN - FROM RECLAMATION YARD TO RELAXATION - BINGLEY 2011
GARDEN DESIGN - FROM RECLAMATION YARD TO RELAXATION - BINGLEY 2011
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GARDEN DESIGN - VICTORIAN POTAGER - BRADFORD 2011
The design brief was to create a productive garden suitable to the Victorian style of terrace for a retiring head teacher. Detailing from the stained glass window design was used for the layout. The garden needed to be low maintenance. The old tarmac pathway was taken out. The challenge here was working in a confined space on a main road and the weight of some of the stonework to be repaired! Design built by M Fox, M Fox Jnr and C A Fox. Plant advice C A Fox.
Design images, hand rendered sketch in pen and marker and sketch up model.
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CONTACT EMAIL TEL
Christina Fox [email protected] 01274 621773 07876 261858
EXPERIENCE DETAILS Various small garden designs DATE 2006 to present Garden maintenance 2006 to present Planting advice/garden mentor 2011 to present
TECHNICAL SKILLS DETAILS Photoshop, CAD, Sketchup, Indesign, sketch design, modelling skills DATE 2007 to presentHORTICULTURE City & Guilds, RHS General & Advanced, Garden Design Level 1 & 2 DATE 1996-2006
UNIVERSITY PROJECTS:
Urban design and neighbourhood analysis, planting design, rural planning and design, landscape character assessment, environmental risk assessment, construction detailing, back to front garden design, field studies, community consultation and design, garden and landscape design, environmental art, model construction.
Various related research topics such as Garden Design History, Gardens in Health Care Environments (critical study), Colour therapy and scent in the garden, Companion Planting.
