Bioengineering solutions, Mike Yates from Salix What Salix does: Water and flood management -> From managing waterflows in the mountains, to managing tide and waterflow Replacing hard engineering with soils and vegetation: Restoring lifeless & toxic environments Restoring natural processes Hard engineering is usually the most common way to deal with changes in geomorphology, hydrology…

Permeable Modular Pavement, Steve Burton from Steintec A first step for permeable surfaces in a project should be to think about how much water actually needs to run through the surface. Different requirements need different levels of drainage/permeability. To ensure permeability, mortar joints need to be wide enough Climate change factor: Whaterver the Volume of…

Urban Landscaping with natural Stone, Lisa and Dave from FMDC The Stone Federation of Great Britain promotes natural stone. Natural stone is aesthetically better than alteratives, gives a higher quality feel, is a natural product -> less embodied carbon. Geology How stones were formed in their geological process has a big impact on their characteristics…

Landscape Lighting Fundamentials, Paul from LIGHT BUREAU Lighting in it’s natural form and in combination with photography and in architecture as well as landscapes is a very interesting topic. Exteriors unlike interiors hard to control no “ceiling” -> zero reflectance hostile environments Lighting can highlight materiality and textures Daylight Thinking about shadows and light/heat can…

Success in the Art of Pavement Construction, Steve Burton and Phil Critchton from Steintec Planting and hardscape work close together and often lead to very technical planning processes. The arch shaped pattern of pavement have a structural function. If the path has a slope, the arches are created in the opposite way (up the hill)…

Landscape & Carbon, Mark Bentley Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Extraction->manufacture -> transportation -> installation -> use -> maintenance -> demolition-> repurpose/reuse/landfill The life cycle is impacted by environmental impacts. Minimization of energy footprint/energy and CO2 emissions use of recycled materials upgrade of environmental performance of existing buildings reduction of water pollution and flooding creation of…

Civil engineering Key considerations for site levels Surface water drainage Flood volume comp Environmental contamination Cut and fill balance Cut and fill example AutoDesk civil 3d is a software to use for planning height management on a site. During my time in practice it was often used to We need to be aware of flood.…

Lecturer: Duncan Goodwin Cooperation with structural engineers: Structures in Landscape Architecture Retaining walls Any other wall Podium Decks Pergolas Any Banks (Soil banks etc.) Gardens on a substructure (Roofgardens or Gardens with a basement underneath The conversations between Architect, Structural Engineer and Landscape Architect are always important! Fundamentals of Structural Engineering: Transfer of load to…

Sarah Jefferson Vandersanden, Belgium based, largest brick manufacturer in Europe. Focus on sustainability and innovative, future orientated brick products Carbon neutral factories, carbon negative bricks Brick introduction A perfect natural blend of the four elements, made out of clay. Frost resistent durable cost efficient fire resistent reusable/recycable, various colours/textures. Sustainability: Rainwater is used, where possible…