landscape architecture portfolio - daniel nell
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A collection of my first and second year MLA work as well as work experience in the Landscape Architecture profession in South Africa.TRANSCRIPT
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
PORTFOLIO
DANIEL NELL [email protected]
+27 78 165 8459
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An African experience…
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Contents:
1 CURRICULUM VITAE
2 EDUCATIONAL WORK: 1st year MLA: Metropolitan planning project: Barcelona informal settlement Spatial Development Framework 2nd year MLA: Thesis dissertation: Muizenberg seafront 2nd year MLA: Landscape construction detailing examples
3 PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE:
2010 -Cape Town International Airport (commercial) 2010 -Sunrise Villas (residential) 2008- Afriland Business Park (commercial)
4 ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE:
2011- Khayelitsha: Bulelani Precinct Participatory Design Project (research)
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CURRICULUM VITAE Home Address: “Windfalls Farm” 113 B Valley Road Elgin Republic of South Africa Phone: +27 (021) 8440250 Mobile: +27 78 165 8459 Telefax: +27 (021) 8440250 Email: [email protected]
PERSONAL DATA
First names: Daniel Richard Surname: Nell Date of birth: 18th February 1986 Age: Twenty-six Sex: Male Driver’s License Full clean international drivers licence Nationality (Dual): South African / British Passport number: 447730762 Home language: English Religion: Congregational Health: Excellent
EDUCATION
SECONDARY EDUCATION Sweet Valley Primary: Grades 1 - 7 (1991-1998) South African College High School: Grades 8 - 12 (1999-2004)
TERTIARY EDUCATION -Qualified for the National Diploma in Landscape Technology at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. (2006-2008) -Qualified for the Baccalaureus Degree in Landscape Technologiae at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. (2009) -Qualified for the Master’s Degree of Landscape Architecture at the University of Cape Town. (2011-2012)
PUBLICATIONS: Co-author of research paper: Representing the cultural landscape. Presented at the 2011 IFLA Africa Symposium in Nairobi, Kenya.
Computer skills: -Autocad 2012, Sketchup, ArcMap GIS, Adobe Photoshop CS3, MS Office 2012.
WORK EXPERIENCE 2011- Community Participatory Design Workshop Facilitator for UCT research project 2010- (January - November) Landscape Technologist at Viridian Consulting Landscape Architects (RSA) 2008- (August ‘08 – February ‘09) Internship at Viridian Consulting Landscape Architects (RSA) 2007- (January-July) Site Manager for Eco Creations Landscape Contractors. (RSA) 2005- (January-December) Gap Student at Horris Hill Boy’s Primary School (UK)
OUTSIDE INTERESTS Sports: Rugby, Cricket, Soccer. Outdoor activities: Hiking, Running, Quad-biking, Gardening.
REFERENCES Mr Beyers Theron: Lecturer Cape Peninsula University of Technology [email protected]
Mr Clinton Hindes : UCT HoD of Landscape Architecture, [email protected] Ms Liana Muller: Landscape Architecture Lecturer, UCT [email protected] Mrs René Brett – van de Westuizen: Director Viridian Consulting Landscape Architects [email protected] Mr Dave Barrett: Director Eco Creations landscape contractors +27(021) 842 3624 Rev. G. Jamieson: Minister - Claremont Congregational Church +27(021) 671 7045
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Barcelona Informal Settlement SDF
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Project Description:
The Barcelona Informal Settlement project engaged Town Planning students and Landscape Architecture students at UCT to work with an impoverished community in an informal settlement in Cape Town, which is situated on a old landfill site. The aim of the project was for students to work with the community together with international NGO’s Slum Dwellers International (SDI) and help develop a spatial development framework which could be taken forward to the City of Cape town.
The project involved students conducting focus group sessions with the local community as well as analysing the site by using cultural mapping as well as terrain analysis techniques.
The final product of my spatial development framework took the approach of addressing the immediate issues surrounding the community by proposing strategic planning development interventions that would provide the catalyst to activate social and economic growth. This approach drew on the principle of accommodating informality by means of providing the necessary formalized infrastructure and development in which to improve the settlements overall performance.
Focus groups Site analysis
Cultural mapping
Spatial Development Framework Plan
Formalised community courtyard spaces
Development of public amenity infrastructure
Precinct zones of strategic intervention
Project Description:
Problem statement: Over the last few decades due to economic, environmental, planning and management issues the coastal town of Muizenberg which was once a thriving holiday and tourist destination has suffered greatly from urban decay and a poor environmental quality. These factors have led to the erosion of “sense of place” and the uniqueness of place that made Muizenberg a world renowned coastal town and tourist destination.
Hypothesis: My thesis argues that through a number of strategic interventions, when designing the landscape by responding to social, cultural, environmental and aesthetic layers the identity of Muizenberg will be restored and enhanced
Thesis dissertation: Muizenberg seafront
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Thesis dissertation: Muizenberg seafront
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Construction detailing
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Description:
The design philosophy for construction detailing in this project was to respond to the harsh environmental conditions of the site, which included strong SE winds and salt spray. This made conditions uncomfortable for users. Therefore the design approach was the creation of raised berm structures that function as dune barriers providing for a sheltered and more comfortable micro-climate for users.
The site also required the use of robust materials that could withstand the harsh environmental conditions, as well as heavy public use. Railway sleepers have been used as retainer wall cladding to celebrate the historical railway connection to the site.
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Construction detailing
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The design approach for construction detailing was to reveal the natural processes of the site by day-lighting underground mountain streams and using local sandstone material as robust seating.
The colourful iconic Victorian bathing huts have long been associated with Muizenberg beachfront. The design approach was to re-interpret the bathing hut to provide for a more flexible structure that could accommodate a kiosk or crafts vendor, as well as providing a sheltered and shaded environment.
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Cape Town International Airport (commercial)
Client: Airports Company South Africa (ACSA)
Project Description:
Clients brief:
The Cape Town International Airport is one of the busiest airports on the continent and with FIFA World Cup in 2010 the CTICC required indigenous landscaping that would showcase to visitors of the world the Western Cape’s richly diverse floral kingdom of plant species.
The site and its environment: -The site includes areas to be landscaped along all recently constructed approach roads to and from the airport terminals on the land side of the airport as well as planting around the IRT bus terminal and open plaza space outside the main terminal building. The site is situated in a harsh environment on the “Cape Flats” which is exposed to strong winds throughout the year as well as poor soils which have been contaminated by fuel spills in recent years. Due to the height and structure of buildings some landscaped areas will be greatly affected by low temperatures and sunlight in the winter months.
My involvement in the project:
-Initial concept planning and plant selection as well as CAD planting plans.
-On site supervision of landform construction and site and tree planting supervision.
-Project manage, formulating budget estimates, site inspections.
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Sunrise Villas (residential)
Project Description:
Sunrise Villas is situated on the corner of Baden Powell Drive and Prince George Drive in Muizenberg . (Cape Town) The site is a high density residential development. The clients brief requested that the landscape design should include endemic Strandveld (coastal vegetation) planting which is a request by the local municipality. There was also the need for the provision of improved pedestrian pathways through and around the development, as well as to re-habilitate and re-vegetate an existing sand dune on the perimeter of the development.
My involvement in the project:
-Plant selection and CAD planting plan design.
-On site supervision of construction of external dune
-Project manage
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Afriland Business Park (commercial)
Project Description:
Afriland Business Park is situated in the Stellenbosch region of the Western Cape. The project brief was to create a contemporary commercial business park design that accommodated public spaces in which allowed for employees and client s to enjoy the natural views and climate of the wine land landscape.
My involvement in the project:
-Assist in plant selection and CAD planting plan design.
-Site inspections with contractors
-Production and render of Landscape Plan and perspective drawings
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Khayelitsha: Bulelani Precinct Participatory Design Project (research) IFLA research paper presented in Kenya 2011
Project Description:
The Bulelani Precinct participatory project also know as the “Emthonjeni Project” was part of a pilot project programme for the Monwabisi Park Informal Settlement Transformation Programme in Cape Town. The parties involved in the project included lecturers and students from UCT who facilitated and documented the process of the ‘emthonjeni’ project together with the NGO Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods (SUN), as well the community of the Bulelani Precinct area. The main aims of the project was to develop a small public open space which can support Early Childhood Development (ECD) and to be guided by participatory design methodology, as well as to develop a better understanding of design epistemology from an Afrocentric perspective.
My involvement in the project:
-Initial conceptualization of a series of participatory design workshops .
-Facilitate and document workshops and participatory design process.
-Presented research findings to the 2011 IFLA Africa Symposium: Landscape Architecture Education and Practice in Africa
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For more information please do not hesitate to contact me: [email protected] +27 078 165 8459 Thank you!
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