landscape design & planning
Smith Residence:
Inspired by the images from a painting in which settlers seek refuge from the elements while waiting to cross a river the house and landscape also takes refuge behind a wall to protect it while also providing a dramatic sense of entry.
Split into two parts the living and private areas require the owners to experience the outside elements while moving between the two.
The planting consists of all native species planted randomly and allowed to thin and bleed into the wider pastural landscape. The dry river bed, consisting of Greywacke stone, like the planting is unique to the area and acts as a boundary separating the house from the landscape beyond.

Par 5 Hole Redesign:
Proposed changes to the 8th hole, of Knaresborough Golf Course. A bland hole consisting of a wide fairway gradually narrowing to a flat green. The overall design philosophy is based on risk and reward and so the hole is shortened by 20 yards to encourage long second shot approaches however accuracy off the tee is required due to two bunkers being added to the left side. A third bunker on the right was added to tighten the fairway for long driving low handicap players.
The green is widened, deepened and contoured into two terraces and the back of the green is raised to entice long approach shots without fear of the ball going over the back. However a long fourth bunker to the right of the green has been added to increase risk.

