MA URBAN DESIGN AND PLANNING - LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY - 2020.2021
BA LANDSCAPE ARCITECTURE - UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD - 2017.2020
AECOM – Aldgate London Office – Landscape Architect 2021 - 2025
Worked in multi-disciplinary teams.
Involved within large scale conceptual designs as well as construction detail designs for onsite contractors.
Mix of technical design skills (CAD and Adobe) as well as professional document and report writing.
Colleagues have expressed Emily’s willingness to try all aspects of job role and her ability to learn new software quickly within her first year.
Attended a variety of sites across the UK
KENT COUNTY COUNCIL - AYLESFORD - SOFT LANDSCAPE OFFICER 2023 - 6 Month
Administration and Management. Working closely with contractors and operatives to tender, monitor and approve maintenance works for soft landscape highway assets such as roadside verges, bee protection areas, nature reserves, shrub and hedges.
Heading performance and review meetings with contractors with focuses on finance, payments, health and safety and contact completion timings.
Customer service skills through dealing with complaints and enquiries from the general public and councillors on a day to day basis regarding the upkeep of highway landscapes.
Assessing and providing guidance on highway landscape design schemes at planning stages.
Performing health and safety checks.
Landscape Audits
Example work can be seen on the Landscape Architecture page of this website
Selected Project Experience
Leisure
Ummahat Al Shaykh Islands
A ultra luxury resort on a duo of islands in the Red Sea off the coast of Dubai. The islands have been designed for a new wave of eco-conscious, informed and regenerative tourists. The design is based on real luxury that comes from a deep connection to a place, being immersed in nature and the opportunities it offers. I created a number of visualisation graphics and CAD drawings as well as being involved in weekly meeting with the client and other design disciplines. A number of graphics I produced can be seen on the Graphics page on my website.
Ummahat Al Shaykh Islands
A ultra luxury resort on a duo of islands in the Red Sea off the coast of Dubai. The islands have been designed for a new wave of eco-conscious, informed and regenerative tourists. The design is based on real luxury that comes from a deep connection to a place, being immersed in nature and the opportunities it offers. I created a number of visualisation graphics and CAD drawings as well as being involved in weekly meeting with the client and other design disciplines. A number of graphics I produced can be seen on the Graphics page on my website.
Umm Suqeim Island Resort
This 129 Ha island will provide luxury accommodation, located just off the coast of Dubai. Nestled within dense planting, dunescapes, long sandy beaches and coves the island will not only become a paradise for hotels guests and residents but will also be a natural habitat for birds and wildlife on land and in the water. I developed visuals and CAD plans for the island arrival points, villa designs, palm plantations and headland groynes.
This 129 Ha island will provide luxury accommodation, located just off the coast of Dubai. Nestled within dense planting, dunescapes, long sandy beaches and coves the island will not only become a paradise for hotels guests and residents but will also be a natural habitat for birds and wildlife on land and in the water. I developed visuals and CAD plans for the island arrival points, villa designs, palm plantations and headland groynes.
Public Realm
College Green design competition
Redevelopment competition for Dublin’s city center. The design includes pedestrianizing a major road with Trinity Collage at one end and City Hall at the other. I developed visualizations and graphics for the scheme to help tell the design’s story and explain the sustainability and biodiversity elements of the scheme.
College Green design competition
Redevelopment competition for Dublin’s city center. The design includes pedestrianizing a major road with Trinity Collage at one end and City Hall at the other. I developed visualizations and graphics for the scheme to help tell the design’s story and explain the sustainability and biodiversity elements of the scheme.
Kentish Town City Farm
Redevelopment and landscape improvement surrounding the horse arena at Kentish Town City Farm following the failure of a major retaining wall which resulted in a landslide and the destruction of the previous arena. The scheme was produced in collaboration with the community farm and I attended a number of engagement sessions at the farm. Extensive work was undertaken to ensure our designs were sustainable, safe for equestrian use as well as being user friendly for the general public and disabled children who use the facilities. The scheme included a new horse arena, storage and viewing shelter, wildflower walk and additional paddocks for animals currently at the farm. I developed a number of graphic visualisations, CAD plans and construction details as the project was a Design and Build scheme going to construction within a number of months.
Redevelopment and landscape improvement surrounding the horse arena at Kentish Town City Farm following the failure of a major retaining wall which resulted in a landslide and the destruction of the previous arena. The scheme was produced in collaboration with the community farm and I attended a number of engagement sessions at the farm. Extensive work was undertaken to ensure our designs were sustainable, safe for equestrian use as well as being user friendly for the general public and disabled children who use the facilities. The scheme included a new horse arena, storage and viewing shelter, wildflower walk and additional paddocks for animals currently at the farm. I developed a number of graphic visualisations, CAD plans and construction details as the project was a Design and Build scheme going to construction within a number of months.
Sport
Power Court Stadium Luton
I developed the concept public realm design for the proposed Power Court Stadium and surrounding commercial and residential buildings in Luton. The Landscape Strategy sets out a proposal to redevelop an old industrial area in central Luton into mixed use mid rise buildings as well as a new football stadium for Luton Town Football Club. I produced masterplans and design options for daylighting parts of the River Lea, a report including design studies, scheme visuals and CAD plans.
Education
Veterinary Post-mortem Suite
A series of redevelopment at the University of Glasgow Garscube campus for improved built facilities, landscape, and public realm to meet new accreditation requirements. Emily headed the landscape design for the new riding area, isolation stables, Veterinary Post-mortem building and campus entrance. I was the main landscape architect for this project and worked closely with external architects and various other disciplines. The scheme was designed to improve biodiversity and provide a calm and healing place for students, staff and animals whilst mitigating tree loss.
Veterinary Post-mortem Suite
A series of redevelopment at the University of Glasgow Garscube campus for improved built facilities, landscape, and public realm to meet new accreditation requirements. Emily headed the landscape design for the new riding area, isolation stables, Veterinary Post-mortem building and campus entrance. I was the main landscape architect for this project and worked closely with external architects and various other disciplines. The scheme was designed to improve biodiversity and provide a calm and healing place for students, staff and animals whilst mitigating tree loss.
Infrastructure
Soft Landscape Officer Role
I was employed as a Landscape Maintenance Contract Administrator and Manager for highway landscapes in the north of Kent. I worked closely with contractors and operatives to tender, monitor and approve maintenance works for soft landscape highway assets such as roadside verges, bee protection areas, nature reserves, shrub and hedges. I frequently headed performance and review meetings with contractors with focuses on finance, payments, health and safety and contact completion timings.
Soft Landscape Officer Role
I was employed as a Landscape Maintenance Contract Administrator and Manager for highway landscapes in the north of Kent. I worked closely with contractors and operatives to tender, monitor and approve maintenance works for soft landscape highway assets such as roadside verges, bee protection areas, nature reserves, shrub and hedges. I frequently headed performance and review meetings with contractors with focuses on finance, payments, health and safety and contact completion timings.
Landscape Clerk of Works and Contract Administrator
I has been the Landscape Clerk of Works (LCoW) and Contract Administrator (CA) for a small number of Environment Agency sites in the North of England for the landscape maintenance period. My role included organising maintenance and planting replacement work to be undertaken by several contractors and has attended quarterly site inspections to produce site reports and producing payment certificates.
I has been the Landscape Clerk of Works (LCoW) and Contract Administrator (CA) for a small number of Environment Agency sites in the North of England for the landscape maintenance period. My role included organising maintenance and planting replacement work to be undertaken by several contractors and has attended quarterly site inspections to produce site reports and producing payment certificates.
Ecchinswell, Sydmonton and Bishop’s Green Design Code, Basingstoke and Dean
Ecchinswell Parish Council has appointed AECOM to assist in the compilation of a Design Code as part of a neighbourhood plan application. The design code will guide green infrastructure provision for new developments to ensure that the natural and built environments are improved and protected. I developed the design code with relevant research into the local area, context and supporting information.
A40 Access to Witney
The A40 Access to Witney project is a proposal of two new slip roads from the A40 onto the B4022 which connects to East Witney 12 miles west of Oxford in Oxfordshire. Landscape design proposals were produced at Preliminary Design stage for the scheme, working alongside drainage engineers, arboriculturists and ecologists to improve Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG). DMRB Series 3000 landscape specification and Outline Management plans for Highways Works have also been prepared inhouse. The Landscape Strategy sets out a proposal to implement specific measures to protect and enhance the landscape and existing character.
Ecchinswell Parish Council has appointed AECOM to assist in the compilation of a Design Code as part of a neighbourhood plan application. The design code will guide green infrastructure provision for new developments to ensure that the natural and built environments are improved and protected. I developed the design code with relevant research into the local area, context and supporting information.
A40 Access to Witney
The A40 Access to Witney project is a proposal of two new slip roads from the A40 onto the B4022 which connects to East Witney 12 miles west of Oxford in Oxfordshire. Landscape design proposals were produced at Preliminary Design stage for the scheme, working alongside drainage engineers, arboriculturists and ecologists to improve Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG). DMRB Series 3000 landscape specification and Outline Management plans for Highways Works have also been prepared inhouse. The Landscape Strategy sets out a proposal to implement specific measures to protect and enhance the landscape and existing character.
A40 Smart Corridor
The A40 Smart Corridor is a large highways improvement scheme spanning from west of Eynsham to Dukes Cut west of Oxford. The proposal includes new road junctions, shared pedestrian and cycle pathways and areas of soft landscaping as well as mitigation areas for the protected species of Great Crested Newts. Landscape design proposals were developed at Preliminary Design stage for the scheme, working alongside drainage engineers, arboriculturists and ecologists to improve Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG).
The A40 Smart Corridor is a large highways improvement scheme spanning from west of Eynsham to Dukes Cut west of Oxford. The proposal includes new road junctions, shared pedestrian and cycle pathways and areas of soft landscaping as well as mitigation areas for the protected species of Great Crested Newts. Landscape design proposals were developed at Preliminary Design stage for the scheme, working alongside drainage engineers, arboriculturists and ecologists to improve Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG).
PRP – London Office – Work experience 2019
-Worked alongside landscape architects designing, sourcing and calculating the area need for play facilities within a live project (Bromley-by-Bow: Imperial Street 1: area A and B)
- Sketching proposals for meetings
- Attended a meeting between PRP and contractors during a site visit for a live project (Wembley EO1 and EO2)
- Spoke with members of the master planning and urban designing team and learnt how projects come together from multiple faculties.
Local Government – Medway City Council – Planning Department – Work experience 2019
- Worked and spoke with professionals in both the planning policy and developments teams
- Conducted site visits for real time projects for heritage maintenance in Rochester High Street as well as site assessments for housing-based planning permission.
- Attended meetings between council members and developers.
Ryder Architecture – London Office – Work experience 2016
- Working alongside a team of experts
- Gaining skills in software such as Sketchup and Photoshop
- 3D printing experience
- Technical drawing knowledge
