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Conservation Design Guidelines For Botanic Gardens, C. Craig Houston
Conservation Design Guidelines For Botanic Gardens, C. Craig Houston
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Botanic gardens worldwide are asked to be centers of conservation. However, little is written about conservation-specific planning and design forms botanic gardens should use to fulfill this assignment. After looking at the history of botanic gardens, with a focus on the purpose/design relationship, examining design guidelines suggested in and inferred from the literature, and presenting habitat conservation principles and sustainable construction guidelines from other areas of practice, the author developed conservation design guidelines for botanic gardens focused on conservation. The guidelines address the following five categories: (1) Mission Statement and Site Character, (2) Presentation of Native Habitats, (3) Presentation of …
Loosening The Ties That Bind: Grangegorman Masterplan, Noel Brady
Loosening The Ties That Bind: Grangegorman Masterplan, Noel Brady
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Interview with James Mary O'Connor, Architect and Masterplanner with Moore Rubel Yudell designers of the Masterplan for DIT at Grangegroman, Dublin
The Research, Process, And Design Of The Trout Creek Revegetation Plan, Daniel C. Bolin
The Research, Process, And Design Of The Trout Creek Revegetation Plan, Daniel C. Bolin
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
The Bear River is the largest tributary to the Great Salt Lake, with water volumes reaching up to 1.4 million acre feet of water. The river begin s in Utah 's Uinta Mountains and flows into Wyoming and Idaho before finally flowing south and returning to Utah. The river flows nearly five hundred mile s before emptying into Bear River Bay of the Great Salt Lake, ending only ninety miles from its origin (Utah History to Go, 2008).
Sensory Garden In Special Schools: The Issues, Design And Use, Hazreena Hussein
Sensory Garden In Special Schools: The Issues, Design And Use, Hazreena Hussein
Hazreena Hussein
This study investigates the design and use of sensory gardens in two special schools by evaluating their zones and how they are utilised, especially by children with special needs, and the staff who care for them. Preliminary site studies were undertaken in fourteen sensory gardens around the UK, followed by more detailed data collection at two case-study sites. The aim was to find out the features and issues that are common in sensory gardens. The data collection included interviews, behavioural observation, which was used in conjunction with affordance theory. Drawing on Moore and Cosco’s approach (2007), the findings from the …