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Sarah FoquéPGDip Landscape Architecture
MFA Art, Space and Nature
CURRICULUM VITEA
CONTACT & PERSONAL DETAILSE-mail: [email protected]: 07917061537
Date of Birth: 10/05/1984 Martial status: unmarried
Nationality: BelgianI have a full drivers license
Website: www.sarahfoque.com
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS:10/2010 - to date Pathway to Chartership, Landscape Institute09/2008-06/2009: PGDip Landscape Architecture, Distinction, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK10/2006-06/2008: MFA Art, Space and Nature, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK04/2008: 'Cityscapers: By the Throat', International design studio with Dr. Goodwin, Edinburgh, UK09/2002-06/2005: Ba Landscape Architecture, Horteco, Erasmus Hogeschool Brussel, Vilvoorde, Belgium
01/2004-05/2004: Erasmus-student Landscape Architecture, Greenwich University, London, UK09/2002-06/2003: Part-time Sculpture classes, Academie voor schone kunsten, Mechelen, Belgium
WORK EXPERIENCE:10/2010 - to date: Freelance Landscape Architect for Standerwick Land Design
Responsible for the landscape design of several urban regeneration schemes in the East of London08-09/2010: Freelance Landscape Architect for Philip Nixon Design, London
Preparation of tender package: Technical details and specification09/2009-06/2010: Landscape Architect for the Council of Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands
Master planning, Urban design, Community consultation, Park design, Tree replacement schemes, play area, Land- scape advisor on new development projects and regeneration projects
09/2005-09/2008: Landscape Architect for Derek Cater Associates, Edinburgh, UK Master planning, Business parks, Historic restorations, Housing Schemes, Park design, planting schemes
05/2008: Competition entry Thu Thiem International Design Competition, office of Dr. Tung Pho Duc, Hanoi, Vietnam
07/2005-08/2005: Consultant for the National Trust for Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
02/2005-05/2005: Landscape Architecture Internship at the National Trust for Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
AWARDS & COMPETITIONS:04/2011 Selected for the 2011 Chaumont-sur-Loire Garden Festival 'Happy Biodiversity', Garden to be completed in April 201107/2009 LDA Design Prize for Excellence in Landscape Design for my PGDip-project
COMPUTER SKILLS:MS office: MS Word, MS Access, MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS PowerPointDrawing: AutoCAD, Microstation, GIS, Bryce, Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketchup, Indesign, Rhino (basic)
LANGUAGES:Dutch: Native speaker English: Fluent
French: IntermediateGerman: Basic
ART:Aside from being a practicing landscape architect, I am also active as an artist with exhibitions in London, Edinburgh, Stuttgart, Slovenia, The Hague and Chicago. Within my instal-lations I investigate the ephemeral relationship between people and their surroundings. Furthermore, they are based on my interest in anthropology and cartography. You can see some of my art works and landscape projects on www.sarahfoque.com
REFERENCES:Stan van der LaanProjectmanager, OVR, Gemeente [email protected]
Fleure GethingCourse Leader PGDip Landscape Architecture at Leeds [email protected]
DEVONS ESTATE -Urban Regeneration Scheme,
East London Devons Estate is an urban regeneration scheme in East London. I was involved in the development of the master plan, the landscape design and the liaising with client and architects.
The design incorporates a new commnunity hub (pi-azza) linked to a central green space, which is made accessible and useable by the new design, a new treatment to the frontage of Devons Road, the main route through Devons Estate, and a new pedestrian connection between Devons Estate and Crossway Estate. The design aims to improve pedestrian con-nectivity within Devons Estate and with its wider environment, by reducing car access and increasing pedestrian walkways, and provide new and improved useable green spaces for the community.
SHOPS
Limscott Green - Central green
space
Existing Play area - public
space for local teenagers
Local piazza
Main route through Devons Estate - appearance to match it's function
Raised green space - appearance and access to be improved
Main vehicular route
local vehicular route
New Car parking arrangment
New and/or improved pe-destrian connections
New and/or improved public space for the whole commu-nity
New and/or improved Semi-private green space fo-cussed on use by the people living in the sur-rounding housing block
New and/or improved Semi-private network of green courtyards with parking on the periphery focussed on use by the people living in the surrounding housing block
EXISTING SITUATION
STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN
NEW FRONTAGE FOR DEVONS ROAD
PIAZZA LIMSCOTT GREEN DEVONS ROAD
THE NEW COMMUNITY HUB: PIAZZA AND LIMSCOTT GREEN
Piazza incorporating a flexible open area available for community events, planters and art benches. The design is based on a free flow of movement, retaining all possible desire lines.
The design for Limscott Green consists of a central open green (a flexible space which can be used for various activities), a toddler play area in the South-West corner of the green and art Pergola (incorporating lace fence as seen on the new frontage of Devons Road) as a quiet contemplation space. The edge of the green provides colour with peren-nial planting and forms a buffer for the housing with hedge, shrubs and soft mounding. The design also incorporates pedestrian routes, which increase the con-nectivity of the area.
To hall and community centre
To community hub
To existing MUGA
To shops
Calcium reactorto control Ph of water,
aim is a Ph of 7.6. Controlled by a timer
Waterbasin with pond pump controlled by a timer,
works twice daily creating an event like the tides of
the sea
Valve open when pump off to drain water away from salt marsh
Planters with salt marsh plants made out of coconut liner and chicken wire. At the base of the planter is a layer of gravel for drainaige purposes, on top of the gravel sits a mixture of topsoil, sand and existing soil separated from the gravel by geotextile
Calcium reactoron bringing the Ph of
the water upto 7.6
pump on, emptying waterbasin
Valve closed when pump on
Planters with salt marsh plants made out of coconut liner and chicken wire. At the base of the planter is a layer of gravel for drainaige purposes, on top of the gravel sits a mixture of topsoil, sand and existing soil separated from the gravel by geotextile
ELEVATIONS SHOWING THE WORKINGS OF THE WATER FEATURE
LE JARDIN DES MAREES -Chaumont-sur-Loire Garden
Festival 2011,Accepted Entry
With this project I tried to tell the story of the seas, a story which might be lost for future genera-tions. The seas form an essential element of life on earth. It produces the majority of oxygen in the earth's atmosphere, it absorbs CO2 from the at-mosphere and it houses millions of species, many of which we count as part of our food supply.
Today it is also under major threat by over-fishing, climate change, acidification and pollution. As most of this wonderful world is hiddenunder water we don't realise the impact of our ac-tions and what we are about to loose if we don't change our behaviour.
This project aims to celebrate the diversity in this hidden world and the relationships it has with the dry land. The garden design shows 4 images of 4 types of environments in order to represent their relationships and to highlight the importance of the sea in the chain of life. Central in the garden is a salt-water water feature, showing the colourful hid-den under-water world taking inspiration of reefs, sea-anenomes, shells and many more mysterious sea creatures. This water feature links to a salt-marsh area, which will flood twice daily by the water of water feature, showing the relationship between sea and land. Along the side of water feature and salt-marsh are the dunes, another environment linking sea and land and which is closely connected to the faith of the seas. Finally the backdrop of the water feature is formed by the large luscious leave plants, representing the hinterland. By placing them in the background, it shows the relationship of dependence of life on earth on the seas.
Will be completed April 2011.
Salt water water feature with artist impressions of sea anemones, coral and other sea creatures. This water feature will overflow twice daily, like the tides of the sea
Existing hedge
Decking area with seat, made of untreated pine sleepers, for contemplation and play
Playful dune area with wavy dune grasses and swaying in the wind perennials, evoking a sense of play
1.2m wide path of shelly sand with an untreated pine sleeper edge
Large leaved plants, repre-senting the hinterland and forming a backdrop for the
water feature
Salt water pond, lined with PVC-liner and edged with untreated pine sleepers
Trees, creating a transpar-ent enclosure to the water
feature
Overflows, allowing water from water feature into the
salt marsh
Salt marsh, forming a carpet of bands of colours, like an
abstract painting.The planting is placed in planters made of chicken
wire and coconut liner, representing the natural
build up of sedimentation and planting salt marshes
Salt marsh grasses, forming tufts giving the salt marsh
some more interest
Overflow channels, allowing the overflowing water to spread amongst the salt-
marsh plants and resembles the natural structure of a
saltmarsh with its many natural canals
Location for water basin, pump (to create tidal floods)
and calcium reactor (to control the Ph of the water)
Sea’s area with salt water pond and water feature
Salt marsh area with planting zones covering lower to upper marsh
Playful Dunes area with dune grasses and perennialsHinterland area consisting of plants with large lucious green leaves
Salt water water feature forming the focus of the gardenSalt marsh area functioning as an abstract painting of lines to be viewd from decking area
Playful Dunes area enhancing the path axis and drawing people into the garden
Hinterland area creating a perfect backdrop for the water feature
Contemplation space created by transparent enclosure due to trees
Path axisSUBMITTED PLAN FOR THE CHAUMONT-SUR-LOIRE GARDEN FESTIVAL2011
VISUALISATION OF GARDENTO BE COMPLETED IN APRIL 2011
BUURT 7
BUURT 6
BUSSINESSPARK
BUSSINESSPARK
BUURT 4
BUURT 4Achterkanten
Local ammenities
Park zone
Water
Comfirmed new buildings:* Housing * Nursery
Childrens' farm to be maintained
Dense woodland to be opened up
Main slow traffic routes (cyclists and pedestrians)
Main car traffic routes
Necessary neighbourhood connecti-ons to be established /improved
Interesting buildings to be maintained
Need for a new architectural frontage
ANALYSIS OF EXISTINGS SITUATION
DE RINGVAART
PROGRAMME OF DEMANDS -
Framework for the Quatrebrass area, Badhoe-vedorp, Haarlemmermeer,
Netherlands
Due to the relocation of the A9, a large stretch of land running through Badhoevedorp
will be freed up for re-development. This required a re-envisioning of certain areas
within Badhoevedorp. As part of larger plan-ning team I helped to create a new framework and landscape vision for one of these areas,
named Quatrebrass.
The Quatrebrass area will include an expanded public park, new
street lanes, development of the old A9 ribbon into a green con-nector throughout Badhoevedorp
and the new residential areas. The Programme of Demands does not only locate these new develop-ments, but also subscribes their character/identity and how they should connect to the existing
surroundings. The Programme of Demands will be used as plan-ning regulation for the design
and construction of this area by developers
New residential areas
Park
Water
New water way
Architectural accent with matching public realm to mark the entrances into the park
New public buildings housing functions like school, village hall
Children's farm to be maintained
Tennis courts and handball fields
Car park
Building free zone
Green ribbon, to replace the A9 and to help re-connect the different village areas
Green connections
New tree lanes to match in with exisitng village character
Large scale green connection
Pedestrian & cyclist's routes
Main car routes
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CONCEPT - FRAMEWORK QUATREBRAS
PARK
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THE NEIGH
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Existing water to be retained
Existing open green space
Park with permeable edges
The green ribbon, to repalce A9 to help re-connect the different areas of the village
Building free zone
Green buffer
New waterways
Future open water
Wavy tree lanes to match the existing North-South tree lines, which run throughout the village
Large scale green connection
Small scale green connection
WATER AND GREEN STRATEGYDE RINGVAART
New residential areas
Green ribbon, to replace the A9 and to help re-connect the dif-ferent village areas
Pedestrian & cyclist's routes
Locally important car routes
New bus route
TRAFFIC STRATEGY
New residential areas continuing the venacular of large single standing houses
Park
Living at the park, frontages facing the park
Local amenities set as buildings in the park
Frontages facing the tree lined streets
Green ribbon, to replace the A9 and to help re-connect the diffe-rent village areas
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RESIDENTIAL ZONES
VIEW OF THE GREEN RIBBON NEXT TO THE TENNIS COURTS
Green buffer between the Green Ribbon and the Tennis Courts, 10m wide
Cycle path and foot path set in 30m wide park strip (Green Ribbon)
15m wide water way to replace A9 and to compensate for the increase in hard
surface
Semi-private garden strip
ANALYSIS
Main view Sport’s area
Play area Entrance
Green linear connection Cycle path
Green wall Flexibel open green space
Perennial garden Monotenous coppiced woodland
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Cycle path Footpath Visually open lane Varied and ecologicallyinteresting woodland
Swamp area
Perennial garden
FRAMEWORK
Open tree entrance Opened views/visual connections
Sports field
Boardwalk
The new hub/heart
Tree group
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OVERBOS NEIGHBOURHOOD PARK -
Park Regeneration Project
This project entailed the regeneration of the main neighbourhood park in Overbos, Hoofddorp. Within this project I was responsible for the design , fundraising (together with the project manager) and the community consul-tation process (together with the area manager). The first phase of this project will be excecuted in autumn this year. The park was constructed with the surrounding neighbourhood in the 1970's. Since then the park has received very little attention; This has given rise to various problems: disconnection between neighbourhood & park, feels unsafe due to dense planting; the park is no longer experienced as a place to stay and it has lost its heart.Altough it has some problems the park also has some strong points: it is close to local ammenities, it has an already established planting, which gives structure; it is on a much used cycling route and it has water in and around it.
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The design of the park entails the following elements:
0. The hub of the park - a new point of attraction aimed at keeping people in the park located on the intersec-tion of important routes through the park1. Open tree squares - highlight the entrances and reconnect park and neighbourhood2. Ecological play forest - offers storm water storage for the area and an outdoor class room for the neighbouring schools3. Flexible open space - for diverse usage4. Main water chamber - a landmark feature with new floating planting beds and wooden decking and seating to improve the connection with the water 5. Second water chamber - will be opened up to reconnect water, park & neighbourhood6. The chamber zone - will gain new pathways to connect park and neighbourhood. This will open up the cham-bers without losing intimacy
Wooden planks, grooved, 2400mmx150mmx50mm
Oak support beam, at 600mm intervals
150mmx300mmx2000mm
Wooden planks attached with screws150mmx300mmx2000mm
600mm
Oak crossbeam, 200mmx200mmx1900mm
Oak Posts, 200mmx200mmx2000mmGravel base, 200mmx300mmx300mm
concrete, 300mmx400mmx2100mm
Neoprene, 1.2mm
Concrete infilling
Lanes and pathways are created or opened up to improve safety. The path network is simplified to im-prove the logic of the park and the pathways will be re-surfaced to create a difference between resting places and routes.
THE ECOLOGICAL PLAY FOREST
ROLLING DESIGN, what occurs in a hot spot / metastasis
Community Site
EVENTSDesigner,Planner or
ArtistDESIGN
RESEARCH
Sense of Place
SUSTAINABILITY
STEPPED PROCESS
SurroundingsCo
mmunity Site
Constant momentum
Positive effect
Greater integration
Better connectivity
Increasedvibrancy
Endlessprocess
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT THROUGHOUT
Activate
AIM: Delivering a succesful place for the community, which will function as a plat-
form for social interaction & To root site into community
, ROLLING DESIGN AT QUEEN SQUARE -
Major Design Project PGdip, Leeds Met, Leeds, 2009
For my major design project I chose Queen Square, an under used public space in the centre of
Leeds, and its wider surroundings.
Rolling design is a new approach towards urban design and landscape architecture. It combines
events/program with gradual design interventions in order to improve and re-ignite a site as a true
public space. A true public space being a space where people dwell and interact with one another.
In addition to this the positive effect of this re-ignition will spread beyond the site boundaries opening the door for new rolling design locations.
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2 lanes going onto the ring road
2 lanes going North (1 bus & 1 car)
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STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN - WIDER CONTEXT
High value green space Little London, highrise social housing in green setting Community hotspot
Cultural hotspots
Landmark New high value public space with green elements Mixer court
New sustainable retail buildings affiliated with Leeds Met
New sustainable Leeds Met buildings
New sustainable office and retail buildings
Re-dressed Woodhouse Car park
New Arena
Existing other public green spaces
SUDS area
Access to Leeds Uni
New arena with
underground parking
Little London
Millenium Square
Town Hall
Civic Hall
Broadcast-ing Place
Rose Bowl
Art Gal-lery
Merion Centre
Leeds Met Civic
Blenheim Square
Blenheim Primary School
Bus lane
Improved green main pedestrian route/connector
Other improved/new key green pedestrian routes/connectors
Start of rolling design process
Community catchment area
Queen Square
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GREEN & WATER STRATEGY - PROPOSED
High value green space Hard landscaped area New building with green roof
Existing building with new green roof
New building with solar panels on roof
Mutant Garden (vertical green struc-tures attached to buildings)
Major tree lined roads with Porous Foot- and Cyclepath and asphalt road
Minor green routes which include trees and/or perenials
Water run-off collection tanks to collect water from hard surfacing
Existing other public green spaces
Retention pond
Community green spaces to be devel-oped in the future
Community catchment area
Access to Leeds Uni Little London
Millenium Square
Town Hall
Civic Hall
Art Gallery
Merion Centre
Leeds Met Civic
Blenheim Square
Blenheim Primary School
New arena with
underground parking
“Transforming the city by reclaimation of grey areas to green”
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HIERARCHY & CHARACTERISTICS OF HOTSPOTS - PROPOSED
High value green space New high value public space with green elements Queen Square - Contemporary onramental garden with a cafe and community services linked to Leeds Met in the buildings surrounding it (CDCL). The garden will be man-aged by a gardening youth programme set-up by CDCL
New Broadcasting Place - Leeds Hub for Visual Arts: Mainly hard landscaping with potential mutant gardens
Arena Square - Leeds Hub for entertainment with bars, restaurants, ... Muttant garden style planting
Little London Park - Will have an adaptable master plan and will be organically developped with the community. It will contain sports facilities and retention pond. This park will not be designed within this project
Rose Bowl Square - Car park transformed in high quality outdoor space encompassing outdoor space for restaurant, flexible seating and kiosk
Future potential hotspots
Community Catchment Area
New arena with underground
parking
Little London
Millenium Square
Town Hall
Civic Hall
Art Gallery
Merion Centre
Leeds Met Civic
Blenheim Primary School
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Queens Court - Flexible, Mainly hard landscaping Open space connection between different Leeds Met buildings with seating and active frontages
Queens Court Gardens - Quiet garden space behind new Leeds Met building containing Student Union, Student Ser-vices and Financial ServicesThe garden will hold a botanical collection of perenials for educational purposes and will be managed by a gardening youth programme set-up by CDCL
Campus Square - Flexible, Mainly hard landscaping, can be used for markets; Shops on the Queen Square edge
The project incorporated a research stage or feasibility study, a master planning stage and detail design. Within the master planning stage I started to develop a time line, which showed the implementation of events and gradual design changes in relation to time. This highlighted the positive chain-reaction rolling design could cause and how it
could spread through a city.
PHASE 1: 2009-2011
PHASE 2: 2012-2015
PHASE 3: 2016-2020
PHASE 4: 2021-2025 THE MASTER PLAN: PHASE 5: 2026-FUTURE
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Key
View to be created or enhanced
Major pedestrian routes to be developed as connectors
Road improvements to reduce car impact and to integrate Queen Square into the wider city Fabric
Phase 1:Events focused on raising awarenessPhysical changes to re-integrate Queen Square in the wider city fabric
EVENTS
EVENTS
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EVENTS
Rolling design continues
2010
Phase 3:Continuation of regular events and occa-sional events, by now Queen Square has a solid year round callendar of events and is enjoyed by locals of all walks of lifeChange of functions within terraced houses
Key
School Public Health & Community Care, Education related courses and Community services
Main Leeds Met Reception Area with Café
Active frontages
2014 - 2016
Phase 2:Creation of regular events to draw in regular visitors, such as a market and continue to raise awareness of Queen SquarePhysical changes to the inner green space and give Queen Square a focus
Key
Transform inner green space
Focus
2012
In the detail design stage the various steps in the time-line for phase 1 were further elaborated on. The design interventions were based on the
concept of 'Green City of the Future' and included the following: the use of perennials wherever possible, mutant gardens and digital gardens to create
a contemporary green city.
QUEEN SQUARE AT THE END OF THE ROLLING DESIGN PROCESS
THE TIME LINE
PLANTING OF PRODUCTION FOREST
5 years: Thining of forest and planting of shrub layer
7 years: Planting of herb layer
33 years: Mature production forest
AGROFORESTRY IN THE FOREST OF MERODE -
Sustainable Rural Landscape Study
This university project focused on an agricultural area next to the Forest of Merode. The land was mainly used for the
cultivation of corn as a crop to feed cattle. The growth of corn is very unsustainable and creates a bland landscape with very little views of the surrounding landscape. This project aimed to
create a new agricultural system which combined agricultural profit with sustainability and landscape experience.
Through research I discovered agroforestry, a method that com-bines agriculture with forestry. This combination led to a system in which the farmer has a short term crop eg. wheat and a long
term crop eg. wood. This method has many advantages: less pollution of groundwater, green connections, spread of income
for the farmer, a more varied landscape and protection against erosion. I used the tree lines of agroforestry as a design tool
to gradually transform and shape the landscape.
For example, on both sides the river I placed rows of poplar. The poplars protect the land against erosion and prevent
pollution of the water with fertiliser. On the other hand it made the inaccessible river into a landmark to be viewed
from the whole area. As a crop the poplars can be used for paper production
GRADUAL TRANSFORMATION
PHASE 5
PHASE 1
PHASE 2
PHASE 3
PHASE 4
Sarah Foque25 Huberd HouseManciple StreetSE1 4DNLondon