Landscape Projects is a landscape and urban design practice, recognised as a leader in its field*. It was established by Neil Swanson MLI, who with his associate director Rachel Devine MLI manage a workload of prestigious projects across London and the UK.
At the heart of the practices work is a concern to make the contemporary city a better place to live, work and relax. In its completed projects and current work, the practice explores new ways to connect people and landscape through design. Landscape Projects has established a reputation for high quality public realm design, and has won competitions and awards for its work, including Civic Trust Awards, CABE and Design Council recognition of good practice in landscape design, and international design competitions in the Europe and the UK.
This reputation has translated into a wide ranging portfolio of prestigious projects and clients. The practice has gained its workload entirely by word of mouth, and well over half of Landscape Projects commissions come repeat work from satisfied clients, a major testimonial to the reputation of the practice.
People as the Generator: People like people; we are a social animal, and we enjoy the company and stimulation of others. Our cities reflect this deep seated aspect of ourselves; the shape of our cities, and particularly our public spaces, shape our society.
At the same time, we appreciate tranquility, and the deep satisfaction we derive from time spent in contact with nature is just as important to us as contact with other people.
Landscape Projects is a design practice concerned that our society has the best possible public spaces and landscapes; we're passionately convinced that the quality of public space matters. It matters because public space is the meeting ground of an increasingly individual society; in the face of single lifestyles, individual travel, and the explosion of private personalised media, streets, squares, parks and gardens are where all of us find a sense of social connection; it is where society takes place. And design matters because if the public space is wrong, no-one will use it. It will feel dangerous, too far to go, untidy, and it will be like too many poorly designed spaces: windswept and empty.
Place Making as an Art: As a practice we have spent time examining what makes successful places; we find there are common threads: the best spaces are well connected; they fit well with the way people use the space, whether for shopping or walking or sitting or talking, or just looking. They are comfortable, they have shelter, feel safe and overlooked; they have a beauty, through the shaping of space, of colours and textures, plants, water, paving and light. Above all they have a special quality, a particularity which makes a distinctive "place". We believe that as a practice, we understand how to design these successful places. http://www.landscapeprojects.co.uk/
At the heart of the practices work is a concern to make the contemporary city a better place to live, work and relax. In its completed projects and current work, the practice explores new ways to connect people and landscape through design. Landscape Projects has established a reputation for high quality public realm design, and has won competitions and awards for its work, including Civic Trust Awards, CABE and Design Council recognition of good practice in landscape design, and international design competitions in the Europe and the UK.
This reputation has translated into a wide ranging portfolio of prestigious projects and clients. The practice has gained its workload entirely by word of mouth, and well over half of Landscape Projects commissions come repeat work from satisfied clients, a major testimonial to the reputation of the practice.
People as the Generator: People like people; we are a social animal, and we enjoy the company and stimulation of others. Our cities reflect this deep seated aspect of ourselves; the shape of our cities, and particularly our public spaces, shape our society.
At the same time, we appreciate tranquility, and the deep satisfaction we derive from time spent in contact with nature is just as important to us as contact with other people.
Landscape Projects is a design practice concerned that our society has the best possible public spaces and landscapes; we're passionately convinced that the quality of public space matters. It matters because public space is the meeting ground of an increasingly individual society; in the face of single lifestyles, individual travel, and the explosion of private personalised media, streets, squares, parks and gardens are where all of us find a sense of social connection; it is where society takes place. And design matters because if the public space is wrong, no-one will use it. It will feel dangerous, too far to go, untidy, and it will be like too many poorly designed spaces: windswept and empty.
Place Making as an Art: As a practice we have spent time examining what makes successful places; we find there are common threads: the best spaces are well connected; they fit well with the way people use the space, whether for shopping or walking or sitting or talking, or just looking. They are comfortable, they have shelter, feel safe and overlooked; they have a beauty, through the shaping of space, of colours and textures, plants, water, paving and light. Above all they have a special quality, a particularity which makes a distinctive "place". We believe that as a practice, we understand how to design these successful places. http://www.landscapeprojects.co.uk/
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