The Leeds School of Architecture Yearbook 2023

Overview
Level 5 studio modules of the accredited Landscape Architecture and Design
course introduce students to design challenges in both rural and urban
landscapes that may commonly be faced in professional practice. They equip
the students with knowledge, experience and confidence to tackle the complex
environmental challenges presented by our evolving landscape. The design
modules are supported by a technology module which develops the students’
skills in selecting and designing within hard and soft material palettes, and
a contextual module providing an un-derpinning of landscape principles and
theories.
This year students explored the introduction of a visitor facility in the wild,
iconic rural land-scape of Northumberland in the vicinity of World Heritage
site Hadrians Wall: its appropriate placement in and materials used to create
a distinctive but sensitive, well considered interven-tion. For inspiration
they visited the established visitor centre and associated acitivies at Keilder
Forest to the north to explore possibilities. The second design based module
explored housing development in Adel on the outskirts of Leeds. Based on a
live development site, stu-dents analysed its approach to placemaking being
sensitive to past influences whilst looking forward to future demands. Inspired
by visiting Citu, in Leeds, they explored ways to create a well integrated, more
community based sustainable solutions. The second element of this module
analysed the landscape and visual impacts, using practice based methodologies,
of their proposals.
In the second semester the modules were concentrated in more urban locations
in the City of Bradford and the exciting preparations for the cities City of Culture
in 2025. The first of which, a cross discipline module with Planning students
investigated the potential to create a sense of place within the proposed City
village to the north east of the city centre. Teams explored ways in which to
create well integrated inspirational landscapes utilising the re-prioritising movement
routes and changes in land use. The desire to reduce private transport in
the city provid-ed the opportunity to remove or re-purpose buildings to create
a distinctive urban heart to the district. The final design module of the year
explored the detailed design of a small area of their Masterplan proposals to
demonstrate how the strategic aspirations can be maintained through attention
to detail at the detailed design and specification stage.
Students
BA2
Mohamed Baiomy
Lauren Barnett
Charlie Clegg
Scarlet Coates
Hazel Dickinson
Viola Easton
Fraser Gaddes
Anna Green
Beth Hutchinson
Maire Johnston - Copeland
Mackenzie Kemp
Sara Leao
Charles Lowsley Williams
Ieman Manaf
Aimee Milburn
Emily Ramskill
Sanaa Rizvan
Gisele Sauvetre
George Stinson
Georgiana Templeton
Abi White
Exchange & Conversion
Luna Lines
Emilia Rentorpe
Felizia Lindqvist
Charlotte Dring
Jessy Dwe
Samuel Elliott
Vic Thompson
Anna Boben
Rana Noushad
Trang Vu
Multidisciplinary
Masters of Planning
Matthew Levy