MATERPLAN SKETCH PLANS

These are the three sketch design otpions I have presented for St. Leonard's: the first one is supposed to retain all the existing features and it is meant to be a restorative approach. My proposal is based on an ecological scheme which aims at introducing a wide range of habitats: a flowering meadow on the top of the plan, a woodland on the eastern and western slopes, a natural pond and a grassy lawn in the middle of the site. The design scheme is meant to offer a park mainly for adults with sitting areas, a cafe', a tea room and waves of turf as landforms for children to play with.





The second option is inspired by the Portland Trust I have mentioned in the previous entry. It is meant to be a sculpture quarry park with a landscape similar to the original quarry with cliffs of sandstone on the slopes and cliff vegetation all around. The purpose of the park is mainly educational: it offers areas with information about the geology of the site, the possible uses of sandstone and the history of the quarry. The park offers workshop labs where local artists and masons can teach visitors how to sculpt blocks of sandstone and it has also an exposition area where sculptures produced on site can be shown and a visitor centre.






The third otpion combines the first with the second: the site has still a quarry landscape with cliffs of sandstone but it offers just a cafe', sitting areas, an amphitheater and hasn't got any educational activities going on. The design is inspired to sandstone quarries and industrial sites.