landscape record: landscape color palettes

Lan

dsc

ape

Re

co

Rd

Landscape R e c o R dVol. 5/2015.10

La

nd

sc

ap

e c

oL

or

pa

Le

tt

es

Vo

l. 5/

20

15

.10

landscape color

palettes

[email protected]

Landscape Record

CONTENTS

News

4 4 International Skyrise Greenery Conference 2015

4 Re-thinking Lifescape: Linking Landscape to Everyday Life

5 Greenbuild Expo coming to Manchester

5 1st European Urban Green Infrastructure Conference 2015

6 Phase one of Chester Zoo’s “Islands” opens to the public

6 Dan Corson creates a solar-reactive sculpture in Oakland

7 Walk21 Vienna: Vienna is stepping ahead

7 13th International Conference and Exhibition on Sustainable Habitat and Smart Cities

wORKs8 Naman Spa

14 Siamese Ratchakru

20 UTS Alumni Green

FeATURes 26 Mitsui Garden Hotel Osaka Premier

34 Nguyen Hue Floral Boulevard 2014

42 Dandenong Civic Center

50 Landscape Park Wetzgau, Landesgartenschau 2014

56 Max Tanenbaum Healing Garden, Princess Margaret Cancer Center

62 Seibu Ikebukuro Roof Garden

68 Modern Tropical Garden at Leisure Farm Resort, Nusajaya

72 Palma de Vecchio Pop-up Square

76 Public Administration Town

82 LaTrobe Institute for Molecular Science(LIMS)

88 Living Art

INsIghTs

90 Le Jardin d’Amour Flower Garden

106 Frances Jacobs School

PlANNINg & COmPeTITION

114 Green Building Surroundings

DesIgN exChANge

116 Living in Full ColorBy Peter Fink

INTeRvIew

124 Installation Landscape: Colors of Nature as the Ultimate Inspiration- An Interview with Thuy&Anh, TA Landscape Architecture

127 Colors as a Bold Happy Celebratory Approach to Landscape Architecture- An Interview with Catherine Rush, Rush/Wright Associates

ON THE cOvEr: Le Jardin d’Amour Flower Garden by TA Landscape Architecture, photo by Vu Viet Anh, Ba Na Hills Moutain ResortTHIS PAGE: Le Jardin d’Amour Flower Garden by TA Landscape Architecture, photo by Vu Viet Anh, Ba Na Hills Moutain ResortLEFT: Max Tanenbaum Healing Garden, Princess Margaret Cancer Center by Janet Rosenberg & Studio, photo by Max Tanenbaum Healing GardenrIGHT: Seibu Ikebukuro Roof Garden by Earthscape, photo by Shinichi Sato

Vol. 5/2015.10

59 66

92

Landscape R e c o R d

2 3

Landscape coLor paLettes

Landscape Record Vol. 5/2015.10Landscape Record Vol. 5/2015.10

[email protected]

Landscape Record

Naman Spa

Location: Da Nang City, Vietnamcommission Date: 2014completion Date: February 2015Architects: MIA Design Studio Principal Architect: Nguyen Hoang Manhconceptual Design: Nguyen Hoang Manh, Nguyen Quoc LongTechnical Design: Bui Hoang BaoInterior Design: Steven Baeteman, Truong Trong Dat, Le Ho Ngoc ThaoDeveloper: Thanh Do Investment and Construction CooperationTotal Floor Area: 2,250sqmNumber of rooms: 15Photographer: Hiroyuki Oki

The Pure Spa is an oasis of tranquility and facilitates the five-star Naman Retreat, Da Nang. Fifteen stunning treatment rooms are endowed with lush open air gardens, deep soak bathtub and cushioned daybed built for two. Keep fit at the equally sleek health club with gym, meditation and yoga sessions held at the open lounge garden in the still cool mornings. The ground floor contains open spaces with relaxing platforms surrounded by serene lotus ponds and hanging gardens. A true space where all senses are touched and the mind comes to peace …

1 2

1-2. Tranquility oasis

WORKS

8 9



[email protected]

Landscape Record

The architectural design company MIA Design Studio’s ingenious use of natural ventilation keeps the building cool and gives the guest a refreshing experience. With use of local plants, each retreat becomes a healing environment where the guest can enjoy a luxurious wellness in privacy.

We couldn’t deny the essential role of the plants in ventilating and making people closer to nature. Naman Spa was constructed near the sunny coast of the Middle of Vietnam with the intense weather. By that reason, the plants used in landscape of the building must be hurricane-resistant species such as palm,

Heliotropium foertherianum, and Dracaena drao.

Besides that, species of creepers have been planted as the green curtains to cool down the heat from the sun, such as Pluchea indica, Epipremnum aureum, and Semen

FIrST FLOOr PLAN1. Lobby area2. Cabana3. Gym room4. Yoga area5. Function room6. Staff room7. Locker female8. Jacuzzi9. Locker male10. Pantry11. Shampoo area12. Relax area

SEcOND FLOOr PLAN1. Library2. Exhibition3. Spa – standard 4. Spa – treatment VIP5. Pantry room6. Restroom

6

9

5

3

2

7

1

10

11 12

4

8 8

5

3

3 3 3 33

3

3 33 3 3

2

1

4

4

4

32

1

1. Exterior overview2. Flowing green wall3. Night view

WORKS

10 11



[email protected]

Landscape Record

quisqualis. These plants not only provide shade, color and scent but also make up the uniqueness and privacy of architecture. The smooth creepers, together with the pergolas, create an amazing play of light and shadow of the sunlight at the dawn or in the twilight. Different areas flow smoothly into each other and the beautiful landscape creates an amazing journey into a dream-like experience. The façade is composed by lattice patterns alternated with vertical landscapes that filter the strong tropical sunlight into a pleasant play of light and shadow on the textured walls. Various plants are carefully allocated and become a part of the architectural screens.

DIAGrAM1. Green roof2. Green belt3. Green void4. Open air – lobby 5. Hanging plants

6

8

9

5

3

2

7

1

10

4

SEcTION

ELEvATION

3

42

1

rEcEPTION DESK

1. Interior green wall with local plants2. Natural ventilation3. Green texture wall4. Play of light and shadow

6. Louvers – green layer7. Louvers – pattern layer8. Privacy from villas9. Privacy from bungalows10. Privacy from restaurant

WORKS

12 13



[email protected]

Landscape Record

Color PalettesColorful flowers are adopted in the gardens in the city and the landscape in an adjacent agricultural dominated little village, which forms a circle attracting people’s eyes.

Landscape Park Wetzgau, Landesgartenschau 2014Landscape Architects: Atelier DreiseitlLocation: Schwaebisch-Gmuend, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

FEATURES

50 51



[email protected]

Landscape Record

32

1

1. Aerial view of the park2. Rest area3. Weleda Experience Garden

SITE PLAN

Project Name: Landscape Park Wetzgau, Landesgartenschau 2014Design Period: 2010-2013construction Period: 2012-2014Type: Campus planning, landscape architecture & eco water sensitive environment engineering client: Landesgartenschau 2014, Schwaebisch-GmuendArea: 15haPhotographer: Courtesy of Atelier Dreiseitl

The Landesgartenschau (state garden exhibition) is the biggest garden exhibition

event in the German southwestern state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. Every other year a city, selected in a defiant competition, has the chance to improve its infrastructure and green/blue system through this exhibition.

For the event in 2014 the ancient city of Schwaebisch-Gmuend was selected. The concept was to work with two antipodes: the gardens in the city and the landscape in an adjacent agricultural dominated little village approximately 1.5km away. Beside the garden show major infrastructural reconstructions have been undertaken. One was the tunneling of a major thoroughfare and another one was the daylighting of a creek in the city center.

into medicines, cosmetics or food can be discovered and experienced. An existing religious and healing center (for pulmonary diseases) will display the edible garden, a taste, smell and sensory experience. This concept is based on the long history of the site since they produce their vegetables for ages on their own. Another highlight will be the forest as this area will be developed into an exploration and learning zone.

Atelier Dreiseitl was hired to develop the permanent design and exhibition concept for the rural part of the project, the so-called landscape park Wetzgau.

Centerpiece of this exhibition area is the Weleda Experience Garden, where the highly sophisticated processing of plant extracts and their transformation

FEATURES

52 53



[email protected]

Landscape Record

SEcTION1. Dry stone wall2. Plaza, waterbound surface3. Path, in-situ concrete with brush finish4. Raft pond5. Natural stone paving with lawn joints6. Natural stone step7. Underground gravel storage

SEcTION

rENDErING

SEcTION1. Overflow2. Nature pond / naturalistic pond3. Submersed filter4. Natural stone paving5. Underground gravel storage

321 4

576

321 4 5

5

4

3

21

1. Children playing on the raft2. Lane in the garden3-5. Water play area

Planting design should be based on landscape planning to create coexistence of man and nature and sustainable development with plant materials. Meanwhile, a sense of place and identity should be established, bringing out comfortable, user-friendly spaces in an urban context.

In the Landesgartenschau 2014, plants with medicinal value were selected. As visitors move in the exhibition area, they will experience different landscapes with various floras and colors that mark the changing seasons. Multiple colors greatly enriched the garden landscape, and native plants were used to build an ecologically healthy and aesthetically pleasing environment.

FEATURES

54 55



[email protected]

Landscape Record

IntroductionThe project is situated on the rooftop of Seibu Ikebukuro Honden department store and connected with the Ikebukuro station. The site covers 5,800sqm and serves as an outdoor space for restaurant and bar.

ConceptInspired by Monet’s painting from the impressionism in the 19th century,

the design concept is to deliver scenery of a natural imaginary landscape where people can be relaxed and feel the seasons change in the urban bustling city of Tokyo. The landscape design has two main water features; a round shallow pool and a natural pond.

The round shallow pool: The roof garden marks a round shallow pool that also serves as a table where people can relax and enjoy their food and drinks. Its pavement comprising of different shades of blue tiles resembles

Seibu Ikebukuro roof GardenLandscape Architects: EarthscapeLocation: Teshimaku, Tokyo, Japan

Color PalettesIts pavement comprising of different shades of blue tiles resembles the spontaneous and soft brushstroke of Monet’s painting. A color variation of the lighting from light blue to warm rose gives different atmospheres.

FEATURES

62 63



[email protected]

Landscape Record

the spontaneous and soft brushstroke of Monet’s painting. The water lilies planted in the shallow pool give people a sense of being in a natural outdoor environment. With a number of sets of furniture laying on the wooden deck, people can enjoy the meal. The parasols covering the deck give shade during the daytime and provides light in the night time.

The natural pond: The natural form of man-made pond sits on the northern tip of the rooftop, giving another option for visitors who prefer more privacy in nature.

DetailsHardscape & lighting: Two different materials of wooden deck and colorful blue tiles are well integrated into the landscape. The lighting is integrated into the circular deck, which illuminates the simplicity of landscape at night. A color variation of the lighting from light blue to warm rose gives different atmospheres and sensation of the environment and makes the space more attractive.

Softscape: The softscape features the vertical green wall with variety of plants, giving different textures of the surface.

4

3

2

1

SITE PLAN

1. Overall perspective2. Mosaic tiles in different shades of blue3. Water lilies planted in the middle of the shallow pool4. A free form trellis

PLAN1. Water table2. Water garden3. Fish shop4. Green shop5. Green hall

3

4

5

1

2

Project Name: Seibu Ikebukuro Roof Garden completion Date: April 2015Principal Landscape Architects: Eiki Danzuka & Soichiro ArakiArea: 5,800sqmPhotographer: Shinichi Sato

FEATURES

64 65



[email protected]

Landscape Record

ConclusionThe Seibu Ikebukuro roof garden is a new symbol and landmark of the neighborhood. The place holding different events and activities allows people to enjoy the landscape of four seasons throughout the year.

7

6

5

4

32

1

8

1. A garden with a pond on the northern side of the site2. Green wall with signage3. Green wall by the restaurant and bar4. Recreating the scenery of bridge over the pond of water lilies

5. Integrating creamy white light into the deck6. Night scene of the restaurant and bar7. Restaurant and bar facing the green wall8. Warm pinky light color offering different atmospheres

FEATURES

66 67



[email protected]

Landscape Record

1. The Heaven of Passion2. The Hearted Garden

1

Color PalettesIt is designed to host the eventual landscape installation which combines the colorful flower or special plants with some meaningful art decoration by season. It helps the visitor feel the beats of landscape – a kind of special horticultural place.

Landscape Architects: TA Landscape Architecture

Location: Ba Na Hills Mountain Resort, Da Nang City, Vietnam

Le Jardin d’Amour Flower Garden

2

INTRODUCTION

LocationAt 1,437m altitude with four seasons per day, Sun Group, the client, is establishing a great, ambitious entertainment place called “heavenly scenery.” The historic site of a former French colonial mountain resort leads to concept of a romantic landscape of Le Jardin d’Amour.

ExistingThe site is located within the existing entertainment area of Ba Na Hills Mountain Resort with Debay Wine Cellar, built in 1923 and service buildings such as Rose hotel, Orchids hotel, Doumer restaurant, tennis

court... All of them were heavily downgraded. In the master plan of Ba Na Hills Mountain Resort, this site plays as the heart of entertainment and attracts many visitors. Therefore, it requires immediate upgrade. This is more special when the funicular with capacity up to 1,600 passengers per hour was starting to build, connecting the cable car station to the site.

DESIGN PHILOSOPHY

The key solution compromises between the urgent request of client to design a flower garden that attracts many visitors and the existing condition of the site. Architects decided to combine harmoniously and create a resonant relationship between four elements: History, Nature, Human and

INSIGHTS

92 93



[email protected]

Landscape Record

SEcTION A-A THE HEARTED GARDEN, SCALE 1/150

SEcTION B-BTHE HEARTED GARDEN, SCALE 1/100

1. Walking way2. Tree pruning, 300mm high3. Wall of tree pruning, 4000mm high4. Balcony5. Vertical garden

Project Name: Le Jardin d’Amour Flower Gardencompletion Date: April 2014Project Team: Vu Viet Anh, Pham Thi Ai Thuy, Nguyen Truong Duc, Le Hoang Uyen, Tran Huynh Gia Phuoc, Khong Minh Trang, Nguyen Quang Huu Tuan, Tsan Chi Van, Nguyen Thi Thao Vy, Pham Thi Thanh Van, Tran Hoang Giangclient: Sun Group CorporationArea: 7haPhotographer: Vu Viet Anh, Ba Na Hills Moutain Resort

4

3

2

1

1-4. The Hearted Garden

532

1

4

Economy. These four key elements remain evident throughout the design process.

DESIGN SOLUTIONRevitalizing French StyleFrench style was chosen as the main inspiration for the garden design to respect the history of site and fit with the overall theme of the Ba Na Hills Mountain Resort. In classic French garden, the relationships between land, water, sky and geometry were all extremely studied, deliberate and used to create vast pleasure grounds. In the existing condition of Ba Na, it has compounded terrains, views, limit in backfilling; therefore the French style in Le Jardin d’Amour has to transform to adapt with condition, creating many diverse spaces to serve visitors. It kept some main elements of French style but used them in a contemporary manner. That’s also the core of concept “Garden within garden.”

Diversifying (Garden within Garden)To use the advantage of existing condition, diverse sightseeing activities, control number of visitors at the same place and same time, architects split the Le Jardin d’Amour into ten small gardens by different characteristics, which depend on the existing condition. Every small garden has a special story:

INSIGHTS

94 95



[email protected]

Landscape Record

SEcTION DETAIL 03THE GARDEN OF GLAMOUR SPRING, SCALE 1/20

1. The spring - concrete slab, finish exposed aggregate, white2. Granite stone, see detail 03A3. Detail 03A

DETAIL 03A THE GARDEN OF GLAMOUR SPRING, SCALE 1/5

3

2

1

PLAN DETAIL 04THE GARDEN OF GLAMOUR SPRING, SCALE 1/25

DETAIL 04A THE GARDEN OF GLAMOUR SPRING, SCALE 1/10

1. Finish surface granite2. Mortar joint 3. Waterproofing layer4. Concrete structure

SEcTION A-A DETAIL 04 THE GARDEN OF GLAMOUR SPRING, SCALE 1/25

1. Finish surface granite (module-detail 04A)2. Mortar joint3. Waterproofing layer4. Concrete structure

SEcTION B-B DETAIL 04 THE GARDEN OF GLAMOUR SPRING, SCALE 1/25

1. The spring - concrete structure, waterproofing, finish exposed aggregate, white2. The spring - concrete structure, waterproofing, finish surface granite - module detail 04A

3

21

4

3

2

211

4

211-2. The Garden of Glamour Spring

• The Garden of Glamour Spring (La rivière de rêve): Enjoy the beautiful panoramic view as seen only from La Rivière de Rêve. Climb the many stairs, separated by romantic violet Arapang flowers and yellow Daylilies.• The Garden of Eden (Le jardin d’éden): Discover many special flower families from around the world in Le Jardin d’Éden. The special indoor system allows the various species to flourish, providing ideal temperatures for each species.• The Secret Garden (Le jardin des secrets): This alluring matrix, which is one of the largest tree walls in the area.• The Hearted Garden (Le jardin des époux): This garden is equal in beauty and design to those found in France.• The Heaven of Passion (Le jardin des vignes): Along with Debay Wine Cellar, this garden is over 100 years old. Every detail and arrangement down to the placement of the trees is meticulously reminiscent of a French grape farm.• The Nous Garden (Le jardin au voeu): The flow of time is eternal, but appears to have come to an end in this Western-styled area.• The Myth Garden (Le jardin historique): Enjoy the large, gorgeous pillars inspired by Olympia and all of the Greek gods in Athens.• The Fountainhead (Le jardin des mémoires): The river stream intertwines with the stream of memory, both flowing peacefully towards the four gods representing the four seasons.• The Holy Peak (Le bois d’amour): The God of Love observes the vows of couples in love. Set in a romantic French style, this area of the garden aligns two themes, extreme and smooth, combined to build the unique structure in Le Bois d’Amour.

INSIGHTS

96 97



[email protected]

Landscape Record

MASTEr PErSPEcTIvE THE HEAVEN OF PASSION

1. Existing plants are conserved2. Concrete seat, finish surface granite, white3. Tree pruning4. White soil and colorful flowers5. Texture - finish surface concrete, dark gray6. Finish surface concrete, white gray

SEcTION 1-1 THE HEAVEN OF PASSION, SCALE 1/100

1. Detail of planting area and concrete seat2. Detail of concrete seat3. Existing plants are conserved

6

5

3

3

2

1 1

4

3

21

3

2

1

1-3. The Heaven of Passion• The Time Square (La place de la promesse): As the central meeting point of Le Jardind’Amour, guests can meet here amidst the large, beautiful trees. From here, enjoy the view of the Love Bridge.

INSIGHTS

98 99



[email protected]

Landscape Record

Color PalettesThis project incorporates vivid colors with variety of whimsical textures and patterns into fun and educational elements. Design Concepts prefers a palette limited to two to four colors and uses “pops of color as accents.”

1

2

Frances Jacobs SchoolLandscape Architects: Design Concepts Location: Denver, Colorado, USA

Designing Schoolyards with Color and TextureSchoolyards offer playful opportunities to incorporate vivid colors with a variety of whimsical textures and patterns into fun and educational elements. New technologies in materials and applications open creative design inspiration for hard and soft surface areas along with structures they support.

Durability and safety will always maintain top priority in the design of the schoolyard landscape. But with the abundance of techniques offered by growing palettes of materials, design and construction of the schoolyard is rich with opportunity. Carol Henry, ASLA and president of Design Concepts prefers a palette limited to two to four colors and uses “pops of color as accents.” “At Frances Jacobs, more is better!”

At the elementary school level, and particularly at Frances Jacobs Elementary School in Denver, Colorado, the selection of color can run to bright whimsical color schemes. Frances Jacobs is especially full of color as that was the strong desire of the principal, staff and other stakeholders who participated in the early design phases.

The Front Door at Frances Jacobs SchoolFrom the street, the front entry view focuses on the main entrance. Similar to the inside front door of many homes where a beautiful carpet hall runner leads guests into the home, here the long linear stretch of richly colored and abstracted “Wind Walk” of patterned concrete, leads visitors to the school’s front door.

1-2. View from front door, looking across wind plaza to outdoor classroom and student gardens

INSIGHTS

106 107



[email protected]

Landscape Record

client: Denver Public SchoolsArea: 5.8haPhotographer: Courtesy of Design Concepts

Project Name: Frances Jacobs Schoolcompletion Date: August 2014Architects: SLATERPAULL | HCM Architects

cONcEPT PLAN1. Student gathering area2. Gateway3. Sun clock4. Painted games5. Intermediate play6. Primary play7. ECE play8. Concrete track9. Multi-use field10. Crusher fines track11. Backstop12. ECE parking - 19 spaces13. Student drop-up14. Staff parking - 19 spaces15. Marquee sign16. Environmental learning area17. Interactive weather station18. Outdoor classroom19. Energy Walk20. Wind Walk21. Service area22. Bus drop-off

32

1

32

20

21

5

6

7

812

11

9

10

22

19

18

17

16

15

1413

1

4

This “concrete runner” features squares of solid deep brick red alternating with black abstract waving wind forms. The impact is fun, attractive, intriguing, purposeful and complements the overarching design theme of energy. This technique is created by sandblasting and etching the design onto the concrete and then painted and sealed.

Energy WalkA red and black colored “Energy Walk” creates a boundary arc between the flat, soft, organic and contrasting color of the grass with the hard concrete surface of the stepped amphitheater. Abstract forms of energy sources dot the energy walk and are etched and painted onto the deep red etched and painted concrete.

Outdoor Classroom AmphitheaterThe stepped concrete classroom amphitheater is a comfortable setting where formal teaching opportunities can occur outside. It’s a flexible setting so that special addresses to students or community events can be held. Its simplicity in design and color contrasts nicely among the organic plantings and whimsical colors, patterns and textures around the front yard of the school. Not to miss a teaching opportunity though, a series of discrete quotes have been etched into the steps with important messaging about believing in possibilities, reinforcing recreation and healthy bodies, and of course, relating to the overarching “energy” theme.

“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean

“Energy and persistence conquer all things.” – Benjamin Franklin

The playgrounds at Frances Jacobs incorporate the expected issues of proper scale, safety and durability but also the overall schoolyard theme of energy. There are three playgrounds: preschool/kindergarten, primary and intermediate. The younger playground blends the wavy walk and play fixtures with lots and lots and lots of vivid fun color. Across all three playgrounds are interweaving energy-themed design accents.

Energy-Themed Painted Play Learning AccentsAll schools have some type of playground, playfields and jungle gyms. At Frances Jacobs, the schoolyard serves as a learning site as well as for play and outdoor recreation. The theme of energy is scattered across the schoolyard including its horizontal hard surfaces. Painted throughout the playground areas are a variety of fun whimsical energy accents. This technique is created by sandblasting and etching the design onto the “Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve

got a second. Give your dreams all you’ve got and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.” – William Jones

Gateway SignageGreeting students, staff, parents and the community onto the school grounds from the back side of the school is a vibrant welcoming entryway. This gateway is located along the bus drop and where the community would easily access playgrounds and playfields. Colors are similar to the whimsical variety found at the playground and mimic the abstract curving wind motion found around the schoolyard.

PlaygroundsIt’s a natural design tendency to up the fun at the playground. High-energy, high-volume, maximum delight and outdoor frolicking are measurements of playground success.

1. Energy walk at new student gardens and outdoor classroom. Poles for student-designed banners are in the background. 2-3. Views at outdoor classroom

INSIGHTS

108 109



[email protected]

Landscape Record

WEATHErvANE1. Metal letters attached to sign face2. N/S arrows to be perpendicular to E/W arrows3. Metal weathervane panel4. “S” letter attached to vane tail5. Spindle assembly with sealed bearings to allow spinning6. 30cm metal laser-cut letter "W"

Rotated View 90 Degrees

65

3

2

1

4

5

4

3

2

1

ENTrY GATEWAY PrELIMINArY SKETcHES

concrete, painted with bright Lithichrome Stone Paint, and then sealed.

Pinwheels (depicting the kinetic energy from motion) scattered across the asphalt are supersized brightly colored pinwheels painted in vivid red, orange and blue.

Pinwheel Foursquare Courts also incorporate the kinetic energy form of motion. Each separates the traditional quadrants on the foursquare court with brightly colored triangle forms in orange, red, light blue and dark blue.

“Winds” Foursquare Courts are designed for both play and learning opportunity. Wind is an easily understood energy source but the varieties of wind create an added level of curiosity. Three courts feature “Whole Gale,” “Moderate Wind” and “Hurricane Wind” and are defined and literally spelled out with their characteristics (miles per hour and nautical symbols) painted onto individual quadrants. Two other courts feature a white-painted abstract form of a hurricane cloud pattern and another, painted blue abstract wind pattern.

Giant Sun is a playground accent depicting solar energy. As expected, it is painted bright brilliant yellow.

Windmill Hopscotch represents rotational energy converted from the wind created from rotating sails of the windmill. The game is mapped out on an oversized course allowing children in wheelchairs to play alongside those skipping and jumping to navigate the game. The giant windmill course is painted in green, yellow and bright white.

Giant Sunflower Hopscotch provides another game with giant green leaves and white numbers for the game’s course. Homebase, the number 10, is the giant yellow-painted flower head of the sunflower.

Giant Dandelion accents the playground. It is designed with seeds seemingly blowing across the asphalt. The stalk of the dandelion is painted in a bright green while the seeds are the brightest of whites.

Basketball Courts feature yellow-painted depictions of “Centrifugal Force” and “Path of Inertia” for center court and jump ball game starts. The learning opportunity helps define rotation of ball and center of rotation.

Giant Propellers Tetherball are designed with blowing triangle objects, etched and painted in red, green, yellow and blue on the asphalt, and appear to be blowing and scattered around the asphalt.

United States Map is a geography teaching tool painted in white with the State of Colorado, where the school is located, painted in a solid bright green.

Wind Pattern Maze. The playground’s ground level maze is an abstracted wind pattern, with the school’s name at the center of the maze.

Four separate World Winds – the Mistral (French), the Chinook (Pacific Northwest), Squamish (Arctic) and the Helm Wind (England) radiate out from the playground’s center point. The wind is expressed as a gently waving pattern, with the world wind’s names sandblasted and stained into the concrete above the pattern.

Children’s Chalkboard: The radial band of red-colored concrete within the playground is used by the children as a horizontal chalkboard for impromptu games and sketches – easily washed clean and used again.

Weathervane Sculpture: A colorful kinetic sculpture, expressed as a functioning weathervane, and emblazoned with the school’s name, welcomes the community into the playground and playfields when school is not in session.

Beauty in the Details at the ADA Access Ramp: An exterior ADA access ramp is detailed to match the interior railing’s pinwheel patterns. A similarly configured geometric window with colorful panels looks out from the gym onto the playground.

Raised Gardens: The energy plaza provides access to raised gardens for use by each grade of the school.

Design Theme/Concept “Energy” integrated with the building’s “Pinwheel” parti

Theme Features Wind plaza:• kinetic sculptures• weather vane• wind anemometer• barometer• abstract etched wind patterns• “wind walk”• “energy walk”

1. Wind pattern maze2. Wavy walk at early childhood playground3. Colorful play equipment at early childhood playground4. Kinetic weathervane 5. Entry gateway

INSIGHTS

110 111



[email protected]

Landscape Record

5

4

32

1

6

Abstract imagery in forms of energy: • wind• corn• geothermal• petroleum• sun• nuclear• coal• hydro power

Interactive learning/play amenities:• sun clock• windmill hopscotch• painted foursquare• basketball court with centrifugal force and path of inertia• tetherball courts painted as propellers• wind pattern maze• painted blowing dandelion seeds accent court playLearning Landscape AreasOutdoor classroomInteractive weather stationEnvironmental exploratory learning area

Student gardensTheme-based interactive learning and play areasStudent art banner pole displaysLearning infused quotes etched throughout

Physical Fitness and Health Areas Running trackPlay fieldsActive playStudent gardens

Sustainable Features Limited bluegrass turfNative and adaptive materials

1. Colorful painted game – “Wind” foursquare2. Colorful painted game – dropshot game rings3. Colorful painted game – sunflower hopscotch4. Colorful painted game – tetherball courts with propellers and windblown triangles painted into the court’s surface5-6. Sandblasted and painted energy images on colored concrete

INSIGHTS

112 113



[email protected]

Landscape Record

Red flowers under canopies

Red flowers matching up with yellow flowers

Installation Landscape: Colors of Nature as the Ultimate Inspiration

Vu Viet anHFounding Partner, Design Principal of TA Landscape Architecture

With bachelor degree in Architecture and master degree in Urban Planning, both from Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture, Anh plays a key role in the design team in the office, ranging from planning of a 2,000-hectare biosphere reserve to a full comprehensive architecture design to a design table in an interior project. Throughout all kinds of planning and design, a responsible manner is the key for every design challenge. He believes that a good architect or landscape architect or urban planner or interior designer at first has to be responsible to nature and society in which he/she lives. For any challenge solutions could be found through a hard trail of finding and the answers are always rooted from the existing. Creativity is always along with hard work of research. Anh is also engaged in academic activities as a lecturer in landscape architecture and urban planning program of the Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture. He is also the Chief of Postgraduate Training and International Relations department of the University.

- An Interview with Thuy&Anh, TA Landscape Architecture

Landscape record (Lr): How long have you been landscape architects?

Thuy&Anh (T&A): Our love with landscape design has been started just from 2007, when we still were just-graduated architects and students in the university of architecture. At that time in Vietnam, there were not so many people who know about landscape architecture. Most of them misunderstand that it is just only a game with plants or garden design. It was a competition called for proposal of Nguyen Hue Floral Boulevard. We, the youngest team (one junior architect and three students), won the Grand Prize and our trail to be landscape architects was to be initiated.

Lr: What kinds of landscape design are you skilled in?

T&A: By the first landscape project with Nguyen Hue Floral Boulevard, we are known for a landscape design type which we call installation landscape. The main characters of that type can be described in three words: eventual, floral and crowded. It is like the case of a room that needs pots of flowers for decoration, or a city that needs to have its floral eventual space for people gathering in festival. After the success with Nguyen Hue Floral Boulevard, that landscape architecture type became quite popular in Vietnam and made people gradually pay more attention to landscape architects. And we, although then become a professional multidisciplinary firm, are still mostly known as “Floral Street” landscape architects.

pham Thi ai THUYFounding Partner, Chief Executive Officer of TA Landscape Architecture

Focusing on the distinctive collaboration and the one-stop solution, Thuy is the main organizer for all the office activities. She manages all the processes of the office from the first time dealing with client until the final product in workshop or at construction site. Her leadership is thoroughly bridging the client’s need with economical and environmental solutions. In spite of the huge managing work, she keeps going with her energetic path in landscape architecture and planting design. Graduated with bachelor degree in Urban Planning and master degree in Urban Management, Thuy keeps her interest in public space and cultural landscape throughout her study and practice. She is now a lecturer in landscape architecture and urban planning program of the Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture. She is also the Director of the Center of Landscape Architecture Design and Research of the University.

Lr: What are the key elements that should be taken into consideration in a landscape design?

T&A: Our landscape design philosophy emphasizes the importance of three elements: the natural setting of the site, the new things intended to put into the site and the interaction of human with the context and with each other.

Lr: What’s the role of color in landscape architecture? Do you think it is important in a landscape project?

T&A: Landscape is perceived by all senses but the main and the most important is by visual sense. Color always attracts us and makes us experience different emotions. Therefore, it is no doubt that color plays an extremely important role in landscape architecture. Colors of nature are always an ultimate inspiration for landscape architects. And using color in contrast to the natural context is always the basic method of emphasizing human beings and identity.

Lr: What do you think of the match of different colors? What colors would you prefer to use in your design?

T&A: Any kind of colors could match up with each other in some way. Nature has its own rule of combining colors. We can both follow it or go opposite. All color settings have their own effects. The only matter is that when to use what and how to use it right. Our preferential colors are the natural appearance of the elements or materials we choose for the project, e.g. the color of blossoms.

Lr: What inspires your color selection in a project?

T&A: As we said that the main characteristic of installation landscape which we do in Vietnam is being eventual. Moreover, I do believe that time is the main machine of color principle in any kind of landscape design. The color we use in any project has to reflect the mood of the audience whenever they visit the site. The time, venue setting of the project is always the main inspiration of a landscape design scheme.

INTERVIEW

124 125Landscape Record Vol. 5/2015.10Landscape Record Vol. 5/2015.10

Landscape coLor [email protected]

Landscape Record

Flower baskets under the frames

Dragon sculpture

Lr: Different colors may have different effects on our mood. How do you choose colors according to their effects?

T&A: Creating a mood on visitors is the motivation of landscape architects. We often use multicolor effect in our installation landscapes by combining many types of flowers to make people naturally fall into the festival atmosphere. In case of a peaceful and quiet project e.g. a memorial, the monotone or tone-sur-tone setting is necessary but the site could still make its own identity of different shades and types of leaf or branch.

Lr: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?

T&A: For our installation landscape type, the challenges are so many to list out but maybe the character of temporality is the top on the list. It is temporary, and therefore it has to be easy for pre-manufacture, easy to maintain, and especially spend less money. Sometimes due to the diversity of proposals of this type of landscape design, it’s quite hard to make the client be satisfied with the final product.

LR: Would the final realization differ greatly from your design proposal?

T&A: Sometimes the quality of the craftsmanship is not as high as expected but luckily that most of our landscape projects remain similar to the design at the early stage.

Lr: There are natural colors and artificial colors which include plant, sky, water, building, paving and so on. could you give an example to show the color matching of different elements in a project?

T&A: Everything in landscape has its own colors and its own characteristics. When color is used as the main theme of a project, it has to make a deep impression to the audience. Sky, water, natural plants, and existing buildings on the site are the genius loci of any design. The way colors match all elements is the way colors match with these genius loci. And do remember that people in place of the project are always an important element that may turn anything upside down.

Colors as a Bold Happy Celebratory Approach to Landscape Architecture

catherine RushDesign Director of Rush/Wright Associates

Catherine Rush has worked on numerous high-profile public urban projects in Melbourne and Sydney. She is widely accepted in the profession as being uniquely gifted in design generation and representation, and as Design Director is responsible for the creative direction of the practice. Her experience as an urban designer brings a complementary focus to the partnership, enabling RWA to maintain a sense of the “big picture” while working on detailed design problems.

Catherine’s experience in project design extends across a broad range of project types and scales — multi residential, hospitals, schools and university campuses, small residential and memorial design. Public domain projects include the design of the major parks for International City, Dubai, the University of Canberra Masterplan, Ringwood Station and Footscray Transit City project and the St Francis Xavier College Officer Campus Masterplan.

Lr: How long have you been a landscape designer?

Catherine Rush (CR): I’ve been a landscape designer for 25 years.

Lr: What kinds of landscape design are you skilled in?

CR: Public landscapes – park and civic space design, educational settings especially campus spaces and gardens, detailed planting design and private gardens.

Lr: What are the key elements that should be taken into consideration in a landscape design?

CR: We operate in a sophisticated design culture and work with many disciplines across different scales and complexity. We have learnt a lot and we keep building on what we know. And sometimes we forget what we know in order to address a design problem in a new way. The things which are perhaps consistent across our

- An Interview with Catherine Rush, Rush/Wright Associates

design approach are: - Drawing out a particular brief or internal design agenda that can drive the project team, refine the landscape design and engage client enthusiasm and ownership; - Asking what can grow and flourish on the site;- Imagining the way spaces are used and inhabited;- Acting within a cultural and economic setting;- Understanding the evolution of a place in time – history, environment, capital, cultural changes;- Research;- Design landscapes which improve with age.

Lr: What’s the role of color in landscape architecture? Do you think it is important in a landscape project?

CR: Color is the expression of a natural physical order; each color is the manifestation of a unique range within the light wave spectrum. Our human capacity to witness the diversity of color is almost taken for granted. In the built environment – if you think of international hotel rooms – the world has been blanded out.

Colorful paving at Dandenong Civic Center, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia

INTERVIEW

126 Landscape Record Vol. 5/2015.10 127Landscape Record Vol. 5/2015.10

LANDSCAPE COLOR [email protected]

Landscape Record

Landscape architecture works with plants – for the most part. Psychologically, seeing living green has a significant impact on our wellbeing, capacity for concentration and outlook. Our role in design is to maximize exposure to the natural world, especially in urban environments, to promote wellbeing.

Color plays a special role across all cultures – within each culture colors have different spiritual, artistic, political associations. So color is important within design and we need to be sensitive to those meanings.

Lr: What do you think of the match of different colors? What colors would you prefer to use in your design?

CR: We often take direct inspiration from the way color is combined within the natural landscape – the colors of bark, stone, aerial images of remote landscape, geological formations, wild plant, foliage flower and soil colors – seasonal color changes of the greater Australian landscape. Naturally occurring colors within landscape materials such as timber can be selected or enhanced or changed from the original. We like using bold color in furniture, paint and lighting elements as a counterpoint to the greens and often duller hues of natural construction materials.

Lr: What inspires your color selection in a project?

CR: Choice of colors is often dependent on the site’s context, architectural design or cultural setting. We often use colors that are integrated into the selection and patterning of materials (that is not applied color). We enjoy exploring color patterning which is part of construction and fabrication and which provides a movement, grain, texture and scaling to external spaces. Usually it’s a bold happy celebratory approach to color selection.

Lr: Different colors may have different effects on our mood. How do you choose colors according to their effects?

CR: We reference a lot of cultural ideas in our designs so color is consistent with the approach for each project. We often use color for the associations the color has – for instance the color “army drab” or “khaki” was selected for furniture within the Shrine of Remembrance courtyard project and as a contrast to the red poor details occurring elsewhere within the development. We enjoy bold applied color to metals and

concrete as long as the color detail can be easily maintained over time.

Lr: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?

CR: Challenges are ever present and numerous according to the complexity and speed of some design projects. We are indebted to our 3D visualization team. For many projects we construct a virtual design to test design ideas from concept level to documentation stage. Renders are generated, plants are digitally grown and for some projects the renders have become the reality with few surprises or dramatic changes.

Lr: There are natural colors and artificial colors which include plant, sky, water, building, paving and so on. could you give an example to show the color matching of different elements in a project?

CR: Dandenong Civic Center provides a good example of the use of one material with many color variants. For example, the granite paving patterning. The natural qualities of granite’s Quartz composition hold it all together. Or, if you take the project as a whole the landscape design explores the warmer red-orange palette across many material variants. Steel, granite, brick, warm dark timber and orange seats in GRC. With the overall site composition the warm palette is relieved by simple cool green terraces of grass and the tight grove of upright Australia conifers.

Colorful paving and seating, Dandenong Civic Center

INTERVIEW

128 Landscape Record Vol. 5/2015.10

[email protected]

Landscape Record

landscape record: landscape color palettes

Documents