Writtle College - New Beginnings

In the summer of 2009 with the economic climate of the time and my need for intellectual stimulation I decided that I would leave the guys at Locam and move back into education. Not that I didn't find my job with them stimulating, but was in the position where I could not progress within the industry without degree level education. Rather than studying architecture, which don't get me wrong, I enjoy, I decided that I would perform better as a Landscape Architect. Since a young age I have always been interested in biological process and geography, and had always felt that I wanted to work in or with the outdoor environment.

So I trotted off to a couple of universities to look at their courses, none of which I really had the feeling that I would fit in with, and the fact the they were Bachelor of Art courses. Now theres nothing wrong with art or artists, I can appreciate a large chunk of their works, but I've always thought of my self as having a scientific approach to things. Writtle College offered a Bachelor of Science, which I thought would suit me better.

Well it did suit me better, as a design and agricultural college, I felt that it would give me a greater opportunity to communicate with conservationists and the good people of agricultural production. As well as the scope for interdisciplinary dialogue, I also love the countryside and Writtle offers plenty of that.

During my first year at Writtle I was given the chance to develop my own design concepts, scary, where are the rules and regulations that I was then so used to working with? Well this gave me the chance to really go  bit mental with the concepts behind my work, bringing in my love of science.

The above image is part of my second semester project, where I designed a Pavillion of Cosmic Contemplation, based upon the four fundamental forces of physics. This was the design project where I gained the highest marks, so I will deduce that weaving physics into design and ecology is a good idea. I hope over the next few years that I will be able to develop this kind of landscape theory and conception to bring a unique flavour to my work.