Design invention. Urban equity. Climate justice. Land rights.
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Kevin Lynch, empiricism and creativity
I’ve recently enjoyed an (almost) cover-to-cover reading of Kevin Lynch’s Image of the City, having dipped in and out of it over the last year or so. Lynch was an MIT professor and practicing urban planner, and this is his best-known work. The book is for the most part a study of ‘legibility’ in the urban environment, which…
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Simplicity
There was a point, back in the spring, when I really didn’t think it was possible. I was at the stage in my MA major design project where I could no longer avoid getting into the detail. 1:50 scale plan drawings were required, along with associated details. The sheer complexity of it all felt, to be frank, almost…
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Tree Pit Trials – Urban Trees
This summer I was invited to observe and assist in an urban tree pit comparative study at Hadlow College at the University of Greenwich. The project is led by Duncan Goodwin, a landscape architect and senior lecturer at the University and Alex Rennie, head gardener at Hadlow. The study consists of twelve tree pits measuring…
Learn to DESIGN landscapes
The Landscape Architecture and Urbanism programmes (BA, MA, MLA, MSc and PhD) at the University of Greenwich, London, are focused on the speculative design of future landscapes and cities informed by site-focused research and live projects.
History of innovation
Programmes encourage design invention and experimentation from within one of the oldest schools of landscape in the UK, with notable lecturers such Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe and renowned graduates such as Marti Franch Matllori.
Programmes are based in the award-winning Stockwell Street building within the Maritime Greenwich UNESCO World Heritage Site. Students have gone on to lead design and planning studios such as Gustafson Porter + Bowman and delivering projects like the London Olympic Park.
The Landscape 