Tonbridge.

theese are images of an open space next to the carpark by the castle. It's a grass area w a couple of swings on it. it's borderd by two walk paths and a residental area. On one side of one walk path there is the car park. The other walk path is borderd by trees and the river which is on a lot lover level. By the top of the site the two walk paths meet and the castle is straight ahead. it's definitley a site with a lot more potential than what is beeing used. Hope this helps for the presentation guys. I'll see u monday

End of the week

Been thinking a bit about the last week today and realised that work vise it's been a great but busy week. The monday class was very good and I really enjoyed it. I like the short quick assignments and it's very good to get to work in group, since that's how it's going to be at work in the future and it's good to practice to explain your own ideas and thoughts to someone else than just keep them to your self. And i guess that's what I've been doing at work too, getting design assignments, coimng up with ideas, then getting feedback and discussing it and explaining and than continue and together coming up with an a lot better idea than if just one person would have worked on it.

Some of us from the Tonbridge group went on site aswell. Good to get to learn the site and we aslo found some different sites that we could work with. Also been continuing on my dissertation which i'm really enjoying to read about but dread to start to write about. always enjoying the researching of an intereseting subject but it's so difficult to start to write on that blank sheet of paper..Guess i have to start soon though..

Photos

finally got some cords for my digital camera..Realised that i forgot them home in sweden at my last visit and guess been a bit too lazy to get some new ones, it never fun to and buy something u allready got i suppose..Anyways, here are some photos from my latest things that I've done that I think could be interesting to put in my blog

Montpellier

was ove in Montpellier in France a couple of weeks a go for a weekend with my family. Spotted some interesting moss fontains, some of them quite nice and some that was a bit bizzare but yet interseting, haven't seen any like it in sweden before but maybe there are some here in the UK. Also saw some very interesting buildings, I have read about them in the Architectual review since I came back, it's affordable housing which is also built to be very sustainable. one side of the facade is made out of gabion walls which are going to be overgrown by moss so in the end the wall will be all green. when we where there there where omly some small green patches though. i liked it, there are some very big balcones a bit away from the actual building with bridges for the residents to get to them so they get like an outdoor room between the trees, which we could have got to see the appartments from the inside..

Westonbirt again..

No I haven't been back, but got some nice coloured photos..

Alvaro Siza

Time, a mate of mine, recomended this sight for some incredible outdoor swimmingpools in portugal which he just seen on his holiday, architect is Alvaro siza, check it out on this web page: http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/leca/index.htm

westonbirt

Also been to Westonbirt this weekend to have a look at the nice autumn colours of the japanese maples, lots of incredible colours which made some nice photos, pics are comming soon just need to get the leads for my camera...It was a very nice place and anyone who has time to go this week should definitley try to make a visit, they will last for another week at least. good to get a great autumn garden experince to remember how important it is to think about the all year around experince in our planning..

Been to golden lane estate today to have a look for my dissertation. i was very impressed with what I saw, especially with the lower 3 story buildings. Liked the way the stairs from the front doors lead down to a communal area which also was being used even though it was quite late evening. Definitley got some inspiration for my writing but also a lot of questions, thought I had a very strong feelings against all estates, but this one i really liked, I'd love to live there!

First day..

No designing today but a lot of reading on towerblocks, very interesting...