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Okay, thanks.

Lots of specifics I know little about at this point.

Will the school program include an Artificial grass fields?
No.
What is the Bus Traffic-Routes (Number of Buses)
Will there be any concerns/issues with site distance at the School entrance?
Two separate lots, one for bus, one for parents. seven buses min.
What is the availablity and status of…[Read more]

Designing an Infants (5-7 yrs) playground, no climbing equipment of water as that is already covered elsewhere on the site., stay in touch and i will forward the master plan plus sketch plans. 3rd year project. Should be done Early Jan (hand in 11/01/10).
Tough, but come up with a few idea’s.

Watch this space….

Grant

I don’t have any cool comments to add about school-campus design, just questions:

Do you know the availability/capacity of the on-off site infrastructure (water, sewer, drainage?
What are the onsite soils?
What are the local and state Permits that are required?
Will the school program include Natural Grass fields, if so will you need to i…[Read more]

For some reason I thought that was it! I interviewed with them…they do seem like a great firm! Best of luck!

I’m with Les on this one. It feels like buying a Hybrid to save some emissions. You are paying way more money, consuming even more materials, and getting rid of a perfectly good car.

It does look really cool though.

For conifers, cut little cones out of household sponges to correct scale and paint (or leave unpainted depending on the sponge/model color). It’s a little labor intensive but inexpensive.

Excellent Todd, thanks!

Our site also has significant grade change and will likely be leed certified.

Thanks for taking the time to attach plans, much appreciated. Nice work too btw..

I work for Gage Davis Associates in Scottsdale, AZ. We are a professional consulting firm that provides specialized land planning and development consultation services. We recently completed a master plan for a K-12 LEED certified school in the Denver area in concert with DLR group as the project architects.

The site was classified as a…[Read more]

Yes, actually there is some interesting topo both on and off site. We’ll have grading and drainage issues. Interesting, sort of retro architecture and excellent views to mountains.

The site is basically a clean slate otherwise with mostly residential and open space surrounding. I’m generating program right now, so some examples of what has been…[Read more]

What is the setting? Any interesting topo to work with?

Love the video. Ents would go ape wouldn’t they?

I would like (or not) to see what would happen to the trees under major electronic acceleration and interview any resident squirrels to determine levels of disorientation. Would they still find their nuts?

More practically, mark north on trees before transplanting to containers then reorient at…[Read more]

Ask the kids!

Luv n Lite

Les Ballard

One stump is equivalent of a 20 foot container imported from africa and then they are going elsewhere so i hope the point is made well bearing in mind the carbon taken to get these stumps here. In fact the total cost could have gone a long way toward replanting the origin rainforest.. As wood being imported for timber has to be baked to kill any…[Read more]

Ask over phone at a dolls house shop – their stuff is bigger but some folk use 1/100 for bigger plots like model villages. One such tip they have is representing soil with dried and ground tea from used tea bags. I have only used, at school for a tudor town made of card, painted brads that you use for nailing on roofing felt which come in…[Read more]

I think the concept for this installation is brilliant and I understand why she exposes the roots rather than standing the trees upright as originally intended. The impact of the message seems better in the photo with the juxtapositon of people and the tree roots rather than the overall shot which looses a lot in translation. Definitely an…[Read more]

I agree. I used map tacks on a model, as well.