Speakers for the SGD Autumn Conference 2012
10th July 2012
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| The work of Andrea Cochran sculpts and navigates space through a seamless integration of landscape, art and architecture. Her work draws boundaries with a controlled palette of materials, creating permeable edges that blur the line between the natural and the built environment. Spare geometry applied to vibrant plant life results in sharp compositional order. This exercise in restraint heightens a sense of the elements – texture, light and movement. |
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John Brookes MBE FSGD has designed and built well over 1000 gardens during a career spanning 50 years. Based at Denmans, his acclaimed world famous garden in West Sussex, he is as active as ever and runs an extremely busy design practice, creating gardens large and small, all over the UK and abroad.
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He is best known for his ability to create gardens that relate to their environment, designing gardens that fit into the wider landscape; that best suit the style and period of the house and the functional and stylistic aspirations of his clients. His extensive portfolio includes traditional English gardens both formal and informal, modern, minimalist, Islamic and wild gardens. He has won numerous awards throughout his career including 4 Gold medals at Chelsea.
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| Kate Baker, Dip. Arch. is an architect, and has taught architecture at the University of Portsmouth since 1992. Before that she was a principal in an architectural firm, with 15 years of experience in architectural practice. Her specialisms are the relationship of architecture with landscape, and our sensory perception of space. An active researcher, she has published a range of papers in these subject areas. Her book, Captured Landscape, looks at the relationship between architecture and gardens. Other current collaborative projects include Sensory experience of space, which will result in an exhibition, article and several conference papers. She is also engaged in practical landscape and garden design projects. |  |
| Due to unforseen circumstances Dr Nigel Dunnett will now be presenting in place of Patrick Blanc. | |
| Nigel Dunnett is Professor of Planting Design and Vegetation Technology at the University of Sheffield. Nigel works with ecologically-tuned approaches to planting design that create exuberant, uplifting and joyous emotions, and fully immersive experiences in designed landscapes. He developed the concept of ‘Pictorial Meadows’ and has worked extensively to apply creative planting ideas on, around and between buildings, with particular focus on green roofs, rain gardens, and other water-sensitive design features. With his colleague, James Hitchmough, he developed the plantings in the London 2012 Olympic Park, and has regularly exhibited gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show that combine ecological principles with design innovation. http://www.nigeldunnett.info/ |
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| The event will be chaired by Brita von Schoenaich, Dip Hort Kew, MLI. Brita studied landscape design in Germany after training as a gardener. In 1984 she completed studies at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, then followed up with a degree in landscape architecture in the UK. Her studio has worked with many leading architects on new developments, residential and urban schemes. She introduced the concept of continental, contemporary planting via international conferences and lectures and her own work, contributing to a change in British attitudes towards planting design and developed strategies for urban vegetation. Her approach to design is intuitive, responding to architecture as well as surroundings. Her team’s background in horticulture has allowed them to develop pioneering planting concepts and their work is widely published. At Kew Gardens she has tutored students in landscape design for over a decade and is external examiner at the Inchbald School on behalf of the University of Wales. http://www.schoenaich.co.uk/ |  |
