year out/ future opportunities

i found a really good landscape practice in canada called space to place design. They have done some really good projects including a playground and also a skatepark. I would like to live and work in canada and they seem to have a good focus on recreation in public space, which is reflected in this pracice's work.

website development

development of website through to final design(top image)(maybe).comes from layering of a previous possible background page and a drawing. I might try and include sounds on each of the tabs, which when played together create music. the inspiration for which comes from my uncle's band's website: http://srw.free.fr/.
i wanted the website to be simple but attractive. in other experimentations with websites i had different backgrounds for different pages and it looked a bit jumbled together, so i have tried to keep a more professional, consistent format running throughout

tree planting

learnt a little bit about small tree planting with some hands on experience planting some pear trees, although forgot to take photo of the trees once planted

canal linking skateparks

i went skateboarding at meanwhile gardens and meanwhile 2 skateparks, and for the first time realised that you can walk along the canal which links the two. it is a really nice stretch of the grand union canal.

possible website pages

these are various experiments for the front pages of websites done in flash. i wanted to experiment with different identities and try and gauge the kind of identity that i wanted my site to have. The best and most valuable of the three experiments is shown first.

canals woolhampton / maidenhead

whilst back home at easter had a look at some of the canals in the area, including the one at woolhampton which featured a pivoting bridge to enable the road and canal networks to cross

edgar road happy soul festival

the edgar road 'happy soul festival' was a day for residents of the estate to come to the community centre and engage with various activities. One of which was to plant and then take home your own plant/ vegetable. This was really successful and involved people of all ages getting involved with domestic agriculture, and showed just how appealing this can be.