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The Practice
Considered design inc is a studio based design practice specialising in the creation of landscape defined by the process of conceiving, detailing, constructing and enjoying. Our approach is determined not by any particular aesthetic or style but by each project bringing with it new opportunities to explore a continuously evolving vocabulary of ideas. For us landscape architecture is a language that is spatial, elemental and complex. Innovation is the vehicle for us to find new ways of reading, understanding and making.
Objective Influence
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considered design inc/ civic case studies
CivicThe following case studies illustrate that Considered Design Inc, Landscape Architects have the relevant experience, practical skills and innovation by design to deliver civic spaces of enduring quality and value. From a thorough understanding of users and uses we create coherent and engaging landscapes sensitive to the world we live in and fit for generations to come.
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Case Study 1.
The Charter School, London, UK.
Case Study 2.
North Herts College, Hertfordshire, UK.
Case Study 3.
Howe Dell School, Hertfordshire, UK.
Case Study 4.
Brent Emergency Care, London, UK.
Case Study 5.
Ellesmere Nursing Home, London, UK.
Case Studies
1. The Charter School, London, UK.2. North Herts College, Hertfordshire, UK.3. Howe Dell School, Hertfordshire, UK.4. Brent Emergency Care, London, UK.5. Ellesmere Nursing Home, London, UK.6. Ulster Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland.7. Westminster & Kingsway College, London, UK.8. Tipton Health Park, W. Midlands, UK.9. Green Notely School, Essex, UK. 10. Rennie Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC.11. Johanna School, London, UK.12. Qatar Petroleum Campus, Qatar.13. Al Rayan District, Qatar.
Case Study 1.0Charter School, London, UK.
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A competition win with Penoyre and Prasad Architects to extensively refurbish a series of 1960’s school buildings and the external spaces. A new formal entrance, elongated civic square and various courtyards and gardens are the backdrop to a highly successful community school. The project was awarded the Civic Trust award in 2000.
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Elevated Courtyard.
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Accessible Entrance.
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Bespoke Courtyard Seating.
*Project Landscape Architect with Watkins Dally
Case Study 2.0North Herts College, Hertfordshire, UK.
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Directional Landform.
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Shared Vechicular/ Pedestrian Entry.
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Urban Cushion.
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Urban Cushion.
A new campus development and learning facility for teenagers and young adults. The first phase includes pedestrian linkages with the town centre, a new forecourt, bicycle storage and parking facilities all located on top of a ground water filtration and controlled discharge system. A fluid form responds to the curving curtain of the building facade whilst lazily directing meandering foot traffic to and from classroom and town.
*Project Landscape Architect with Watkins Dally
Case Study 11.0Johanna School, London, UK.
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Playspace seating/ Rubberised surface.
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Lawn/ Stage Performance space.
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Communal Seating.
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An opportunity to work with the staff and pupils of an inner london primary school resulted a series of playground interventions based around the principals of outdoor learning through play activity. A grid of Red Maples announces seasonal change and a canopy beneath which plays are acted out. Bespoke timber furry box furniture functions as stage, dancing platform, picnic bench and a gathering place for parents to interact and gossip. Florescent resin bound aggregates provide porous surfaces and maths classes where angles are measured and lines are plotted. A walled playground is transformed into an active learning environment and participant in a fully active school curriculum.
*Project Landscape Architect with Watkins Dally
Case Studies 4.0/ 5.0/ 6.0Healthcare Landscapes, Various Locations, UK.
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Brent Emergency Care, London, UK.
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Ellesmere Nursing Home, London, UK.
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Ulster Hospital, Northern Ireland.
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Tipton Health Park, West Midlands, UK.
*Project Landscape Architect with HLM Architects/ Building Design Partnership & Watkins Dally.
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Ellesmere Nursing Home, London, UK.
Promoting health through landscapes of interaction, our designs for hospitals and respite care centres play an active role in wellness and continued vitality.
Case Study 3.0Howe Dell School, Hertfordshire, UK.
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Meadow.
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Entrance Lighting.
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Playground/ Ground source heat.
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Howe Dell School is the first fully sustainable school in the UK and features include wind turbines, solar panels, heat stores, water recycling and sedum roofs. It is also the first building in the world to benefit from interseasonal heat transfer, a new technology that captures solar energry from a pipe array embedded in the surface of the playground. The energy is then stored in thermal banks beneath the insulated foundation of the building and released to heat the school during winter.
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Ground water discharge pond/ Biology Class.
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*Project Landscape Architect with Watkins Dally
Case Study 9.0Notely Green School, Essex, UK.
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The winner in an open competition to design a prototype school which could be energy-efficient and sustainable yet built to a conventional school budget. Classroom orientation, floor to wall ratios, sunlight penetration, natural ventilation measures and spatial arrangement resulted in a distinctive triangular form and angular profiles.
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Playground/ Play surface.
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Playing Fields.
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*Project Landscape Architect with Watkins Dally
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Case Study 4.0 Internal Courtyard
Case Study 1.0 Upper Courtyard.
Case Study 6.0 Critical Care Hospital.
Case Study 5.0 Nursing Home.
Case Study 1.0 Entrance Play Area.
Case Study 1.0 Cycle Parking
Case Study 12.0 Qatar Petroleum Campus.
Case Study 13.0 Al Rayan District.
Case Study 7.0 Westminster and Kingsway College, London.
Case Study 10.0 Cultural Space.
Case Study 1.0 School Lighting.
Case Study 1.0 Entrance Court.
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