Henry Monnington's Landscape Blog

  These are several visualisations drawn on Photoshop for a conceptual design of Alney Island. These 4 visualisation show different areas of the Proposed Design. The concept behind the design is based from Starling murmurations. These collective displays contain hundreds of thousands of individual birds to create this amazing arial spectacle that can be seen dancing across the evening sky in Autumn. This collaborative coming together of individuals is the intention for the Alney Island site. With individuals coming together on site to form a collective for communication, recreation and relaxation. 

 The first practice I have looked at is LUC. They are an environmental consultancy that work in a range of environmental disciplines, for example, Landscape Design, EIAs and Ecology. They are a company of over 200 professionals, with a focus on promoting climate change through sustainable development.    A project completed in 2014 by LUC is the Tumbling Bay Playground in Stratford, London. This play space was built on the site of the Olympic Park and con trains several play areas catering to several abilities. The play area is planted with native species throughout and play equipment is built from natural materials, allowing children to play amongst nature. There is also a water play area which develops collaborative skills. I like this project as it follows the principles of natural play and would be the kind of project I would love working on. I really like the clean design and the projects planting. LUC's values are: - Collaboration - Innovation - Conscience - Excellence - Peop