This was an exciting project involving the reshaping of land of a historic mining site with spoil heaps and surrounding land for an outdoor activity centre that incorporates sustainable principles, such as how the site would manage water as well as natural remediation of soil into the future.
The brief outlined that the activity centre would have to incorporate elements such as a large recreational centre for arrivals/departures, naturally set chalets, a cafe/ bike rental shop and a nursery/day-care facility. This facility would be one that sits parallel to those such as 'PGL' kind of centres as well as wetland centres like Slimbridge wetland centre. Design and materiality being sensitive to a natural style with timbers and unobtrusive, especially within areas of particular natural importance.
The project also provided the opportunity to further explore the use of plants as fundamental units of natural and designed landscapes; their design potential as structure and ornament; an understanding of their aesthetic characteristics of mass, form, habit, texture, colour and density; the creation of designed compositions of balance, rhythm, scale, proportion, harmony, sequence; and the use of plants as specimens to create focal points.
Shown to the right is a rendering plan, outlining the typologies and rough planting idea (considered through current site planting). As well as this, there is a water management plan and a visualisation for an aspect of the site.
Construction drawings for the Lightmoor design project follow the initial planning stage. There is a detailed general arrangement plan, construction and section detailing and a planting plan for one section of the scheme.
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