Simon HallLandscape Architecture Portfolio

Projects

Sport / RecreationMilson Island Recreation HallBlacktown Soccer Facility

Urban & Civic DesignTack-on ParkCastle Hill Town Centre

ParklandsLardelli ParklandsWindsor Foreshore

ResidentialFrasers Putney Residential Development

Milson Island Recreation HallClient name: Communities NSWProject category: Sport / RecreationProject budget: AUD $350,000Project location: Brooklyn, NSW

Milson Island is located on the Hawkesbury River approximately 35km north of Sydney’s CBD. The island is owned by Communities NSW (an agency of the NSW government) who operate Sports and Recreation Centres across the state catering for various school, community & family groups. The Milson Island Centre is the busiest in NSW, operating 365 days a year.

Environmental Partnership was commissioned to undertake landscape works relating to a new recreation hall, designed by architect’s Allen Jack & Cottier. The landscape design brief outlined the need for break out areas and outdoor learning spaces for large groups as well as the resolution of access and circulation requirements.

My role on the project was senior project landscape architect. I was responsible for daily coordination with consultants and development of the landscape design from concept design / approvals through to construction documentation and contract administration.

The site had a number of constraints & opportunities, including an ephemeral pond to the rear courtyard and expense asssociated with transporting construction materials due to the sites unique location.

Rear courtyard - view to water quality swale

Recreation Hall - view from south east

Jetty at Milson Island

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Milson Island Recreation Hall

Rear courtyard - view to fire pit and seating area

Rear courtyard - night activities

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The final design takes advantage of local stockpiles of sandstone to create low sitting walls and informal seating. An intimate space has been created against the backdrop of an existing sandstone escarpment. The existing tree canopy was retained with new planting consisting mainly of low level shrubs & groundcovers planted in profiled beds bordered by natural stone. An ephemeral pond and channel on site was planted with native reeds and armoured with rocks to improve water quality and prevent erosion.

Works for the recreation hall were completed in late 2010 and will be complimented by an extension to the centre’s dining hall in mid 2011.

Blacktown Soccer FacilityClient name: Blacktown City CouncilProject category: Sport / RecreationProject budget: AUD $6,000,000Project location: Rooty Hill, Western Sydney

The Blacktown Soccer Facility (BSF) represents the first sub-stantial construction project in what will become the largest park in the Southern Hemisphere covering an area of 5,280 ha. Situated in the Bungarribee Precinct of the Western Syd-ney Parklands, the BSF consists of a new amenities building / grandstand, premier field, two additional playing fields, ac-cess roads & carparking for 300, storm water retention / re-use infrastructure, passive recreation spaces and pedestrian circulation.

Environmental Partnership was awarded the project as lead consultants to a suite of sub-consultants including; architects, civil engineers, environmental engineers, structural engineers, quantity surveyors, lighting & electrical engineers and irriga-tion designers. My role for the project was senior project land-scape architect. I was responsible for regular presentations to the clients and stakeholders, research and compilation of the project masterplan & reports, documentation of landscape works and coordination and direction of sub-consultants.

The client, Blacktown City Council, was interested in exploring environmentally sustainable design principles for the project where possible. Ongoing water restrictions in Sydney meant that irrigation of playing fields from town potable water would be unsustainable in the long-term. A number of alternative

Architect’s perspective-amenities building

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Flood analysis

water supply options were assessed for feasibility in-cluding recycled mains water, sewer mining, ground water extraction / recharge and storm water re-use.The role as lead consultant was a challenging one, as I was required to assess and make recommenda-tion regarding items outside the traditional roles of landscape architects. However, I found my skill set was well placed to resolve various design issues across disciplinary fields. As landscape architects, we were able to resolve the scheme in a way which responded appropriately to the broader context of the parklands.

Construction of stage 1 works commenced on site in April 2011.

Blacktown Soccer Facility

Blacktown Soccer Facility masterplan

Eastern Road vehicle entry analysis plan

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Tack-on parkClient name: RMITProject category: Urban & Civic DesignProject budget: NAProject location: Penang, Malaysia

In 2007 I lived in the Malaysian city of Georgetown and con-ducted research for my independent final university project. The city, now included on UNESCO’s world heritage list, was at the time coming to terms with significant urban renewal and my project looked at how landscape architecture could play a part in preserving the unique cultural and built heritage of the old city. My own research specifically looked at what land-scape was in the cultural context of Georgetown & Malaysia. The traditional green open spaces that remained in the town were remnants from the period of British occupation and their lack of use by locals underlined the contrast in culturally at-titudes to landscape.

The dominant architectural form in old Georgetown is the Chinese shophouse, imported by Cantonese immigrants in the early 1800’s. The arcaded walkway in front of the shop house is known as the five foot way. The British administration at the time had specified that all shop houses be linked by a verandah way with a minimum width of five feet. The five foot zone occupies a blurred boundary between private and public space; it can act as thoroughfare, verandah or shopfront, de-pending on the nature of the street and the time of day. My de-cision to design a streetscape project reflected the importance of these spaces as social landscapes in the local context.

Existing streetscape elevation

Proposed daytime streetscape elevation

Proposed nigh time elevation

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My design proposal for Georgetown looked at a number of mea-sures to facilitate existing streetscape uses and to improve the environmental micro-climate for residents. The designs were not traditional in the sense that they did not impose a masterplanning logic of schemes replicated across the site. Instead, the idea that residents would create their own landscapes, drove the provision of amenities at chosen sites. Local precedents generated all designs from the use of color to cool space to the use of in situ storage of furniture to allow spaces to be transformed periodically.

My project was marked high distinction & was selected by university staff to represent the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in the Hassell travelling scholarship award.

Tack-on Park

Core heritage plan

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Five footway analysis

Castle Hill Town CentreClient name: Baulkham Hills Shire CouncilProject category: Urban & Civic DesignProject budget: AUD $5,000,000Project location: NSW

In 2008 Council appointed Environmental Partnership to develop a Masterplan and concept design scheme for the Main Street and Arthur Whittling Park that ties together adjoining major developments in line with Council’s vision:

‘The CBD as the heart of the community, should be a vibrant and energetic place with pedestrian activity, restaurants, cafés, retail services and places for people to enjoy and meet taking full advantage of existing and proposed public transport opportunities and significant heritage items’The plan was subject to extensive consultation and was adopted by Council as the basis for construction documentation by Environmental Partnership and a multidisciplinary team.

A number of custom furniture items were designed by EP for the Main Street, creating a language of materials to be used throughout the civic centre.

Main street photo montage

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Main street photo montage

Main street photo montage

My own role on the project involved design development with our associates and director as well as production of visualisation graphics for presentations to Council.

Stage one will commence construction upon the finalisation of the separate ring road project by Council

Castle Hill Town Centre

Photo montage-customised seating

Lighting tower diagram

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Lardelli Parklands

Simon Hall Landscape Architecture Portfolio

Client name: Frasers Property Pty. LtdProject category: ParklandsProject budget: AUD $1,800,000Project location: Putney, Sydney

Putney is located in Sydney’s inner north west, an area cur-rently undergoing increased infill residential development. Lardelli Parklands will form part of a future residential develop-ment sited on the grounds of the Royal Rehabilitation Centre. The parklands cover an area of 1.4 ha, surrounding a large detention pond which will receive stormwater from the sur-rounding urban catchment.

My role on the project was senior project landscape architect. I was responsible for the day to day running of the project and was the key contact for the client, Frasers Property.

The development of our landscape design had to deal with a number of key constraints including; 1:100 year flood events, steep grades across the site and ensuring landscape works did not impact on the hydrological function of the pond. Key areas of design detailing were the main playspace situated to the south of the pond , the two areas of decking that overlook the pond and a 25m elevated staircase linking the southern section of the parklands.

Our objective for the design of the playspace was to use customised components and landscape elements that would merge with the broader landscape. There was a conscious de-sign decision to avoid off the shelf steel & plastic equipment, due to their expense and large fall zone requirements. Due to the steep grade on site the playspace is divided into a num-ber of terraced ‘rooms’ each containing different types of play opportunities for a range of age groups. Landscape elements such as stepping stones, boardwalks and lookouts are used to merge landscape & play in a space to engage both adults and children.

Our scope for the Lardelli Parklands project included the de-sign of a number of structural elements including balustrades, decking, walling and elevated steps.

Construction of landscape is expected to commence in May 2011.

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Main playspace-view from south

Lardelli parklands landscape concept plan

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Windsor ForeshoreClient name: Hawkesbury City CouncilProject category: ParklandsProject budget: AUD $750,000 (Stage 1 Works)Project location: Windsor, NSW

Windsor is an historical township located 55kms north-west of Sydney set on the Nepean River. Environmental Partnership was commissioned by the Hawkesbury City Council to pre-pare a Plan of Management (PoM) and Masterplan for Win-dor’s network of foreshore parks. Following the adoption of the PoM by Council, EP has documented construction drawings for three specific areas of the foreshore network, implement-ing principles established in the masterplan.

I was responsible for preparation of both the PoM and the various documentation projects. This continuity allowed me to establish a good working relationship with our clients from council and gave us some influence to decisions on how the implementation of the foreshore masterplan could be priori-tized, as funding became available.

The three individual construction projects included design of interpretative signage, a viewing deck, an arbor structure, a playspace, public furniture & new planting works. Through these various works we were able to establish a palette of landscape elements for the council to implement across the foreshore network.

The small amount of works completed to date has already drawn local interest back to the river foreshore. This renewed public interest will generate further projects and bring the town closer to establishing a valued network of foreshore open spaces.

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George street montage

Macquarie park montage-view from river

Macquarie park montage-view from river

Windsor Foreshore

Foreshore network-strategic mapping plan

Materials palette

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Frasers Putney Residential Development

Simon Hall Landscape Architecture Portfolio

Client name: Frasers Putney Pty. Ltd.Project category: Residential Project budget: AUD $3,000,000Project location: Putney, SydneySited on an area of (3.5 ha) previously occupied by the Royal Rehabilitation Centre, Frasers Putney is a high density resi-dential development with a mix of apartments, detached houses & semi-detached terraces. Environmental Partnership was commissioned to prepare a Landscape Project Applica-tion, to be submitted to the NSW Planning Minister and further construction documentation and contract administration fol-lowing PA approval for phase 1 of the residential development.

Landscape works included streetscape design, a series of residential garden designs (including rooftop gardens to apart-ments) and public domain spaces. My role in the project was Senior Project Landscape Architect and I was the key contact for our client and other project consultants.

The value of retaining existing trees was appreciated at an early site planning stage by the client. As such a number of specimens were able to be retained, including a Eucalyptus that is thought to pre-date European settlement. A palette of both native and exotic plants were used to suite various main-tenance requirements and to subtly blend treatments to imme-diate building surrounds with public domain spaces.

Public domain plan

Landscape masterplan

Landscape masterplan detail

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There was a close working relationship with project architects Cox Richardson, in evolving streetscape and residential landscape designs. Where possible building designs were tailored to en-hance interaction with the landscape, through courtyards, articulation of walls and the framing of views.

Frasers Putney Residential Development

Residential external wall finishes

Residential walling detail

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