The design process was lengthy - when there are so many objectives to fulfill it's hard to come up with something that satisfies every point in the brief. I would spend a while coming up with the dream design, only to realise I hadn't left room for a marquee, or the car parking space was too small for 11 mini-busses. The only way to show my process is looking through my sketch book which basically depicted every thought. Below are images from my sketch book and a model that I made. I will try to express my rather complicated thought process!
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| This sketch is of my initial idea of having different hexagons as areas - the smallest being in the middle that could be a stage for a band, and then getting bigger and spiralling outwards using different materials and creating different moods for each area. |
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| I did find however, that these spirals didnt really fit in the area. |
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| I looked back at past garden designs, including this sketch of a contemporary garden design. |
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| I ended up sketching a different kind of spiral - working on the golden section ration, with each line getting larger by 1.168 and ensuring I was only using 30,60 and 90 degree angles. Below is a continuation of my sketches, figuring out how everything works together and finding where I can place elements. I decided quite early on I needed some vertical height and a reinforcement of the hexaganol/spiral deign that is obvious from ground level, so included pergolas at each join. |
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| An idea for a water feature in the centre. This should be calming during the day, but well lit at night adds interest. I also wanted the view of the bowl to be half a hexagon, visible from all angles (elevation). It is surrounded by pebbles for a contemporary feel. |
I made a model to check my ideas were working together - I found that working at 1:100 was too big, but any smaller and the height was lost. I therefore used vertical elevation to show what's happening in the centre (and it was less fiddly!).
The model made my design work. I do feel, however that my design may be a little busy, but hopefully it means there is interest and intrigue.
I did a couple of perspective drawings to try to visualise the design from another angle.
My design is complete! I think I have thought of everything and below is the main plan. All I need to do now is make it presentable!
I decided to render the design with watercolour pencils, which looked really good, however, once scanned and printed at A1, the colours changed, and became much bolder than I intended - after the entire design process I feel like I have fallen at the final hurdle!
Perspective drawings showing planting:
View from the Baa down the centre of the garden:
The area by the brook, allowing interaction with nature:
The smoking shelter, surrounded by bamboo:
The final plan:
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