Professional Practice Project List
Housing and Institutional Developments
Visual and Environmental Assessment
Industrial
Urban Developments
Tourism and Recreation Projects
Bedugul Lake Resort, Bedugul, Bali, Indonesia, (1993). Masterplan, detailed landscape design and architectural concepts. A 10 ha. parcel of land on the shore of Lake Bratan in highland Bali was the site for this five star, boutique hotel complex. The site planning concept was aimed at reflecting a typical Balinese village spatial layout yet in a contemporary style. The program called for 90 villa units, central facilities, with associated recreational features (e.g. swimming pools), restaurants, a library and boat mooring and decking. The landscape design was based on the liberal use of flowering plants to reflect the traditional agricultural activity of the region of cultivating cut flowers.
Bogor Lakeside Estates, Golf Course, Golf Clubhouse and Hotel, Bogor, Java, Indonesia (1993). Masterplan, landscape design and construction documentation for this 200 ha. integrated golf, hotel and residential resort in Bogar. In addition to preparing the development masterplan, I also developed the planting plan, which was based on the idea of a botanical garden theme inspired by the famous nearby Kebun Raya botanical gardens. This included designation of plant collections such as Palms, aquatic plants and native flowering trees within the golf course, in streetscapes, open space areas and within the hotel and clubhouse grounds. Al the plants were labeled with their common English and Indonesian names and scientific botanical names. The landscape architect Bill Bensley, and his firm Bensley Design Studio based in Bangkok, was subsequently commissioned to undertake the detailed landscape and architectural design for the hotel itself (operator by Novatel). The project was built to plan.
Nusa Dua Dusit Hotel, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, (1997). Site plan, landscape design and documentation. Plan for a five star boutique hotel based on the concept of a creating a Balinese village-like layout for 220 villa units on a 7 ha. coastal site. This was the last remaining site in the masterplanned Nusa Dua tourism development zone. The design was based on extensive research of Balinese cultural and design traditions and the types and uses of local construction materials. The site was zoned such that each of three landscape precincts were designed to reflect a different theme – seaside, formal, classical Balinese and indigenous jungle settings. The consultant team included a Balinese architect, who advised on the suitability of plan elements with respect to Balinese cultural and religious issues.
Bali Hai Resort Hotel, Urban Plaza and Residential Apartment Complex, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, (1992). Masterplanning detailed landscape design, construction documentation and site inspections. Project built to plan.
Bandung Hotel and Mixed Use Development, Bandung, Java, Indonesia (1992). Masterplanning, detailed landscape design and hotel architecture concept. Project included a 200 room hotel, small water theme park, outdoor market and several restaurants.
Bang Saphan Resort and Residential Complex, Bang Saphan and Bang Krut, Thailand (1993). Landscape assessment, land-use suitability analysis and development of master plan concepts. This addressed a series of thematically related coastal sites proposed for resort, residential, commercial and recreational land uses - Project partially built to plan.
Vale of Eden - Hotel and Health Club, Puncak, Java, Indonesia (1992). Masterplan, architectural concepts and conceptual landscape design, for a site which was once a private secondary school for Dutch expatiate children. The landscape design capitalized on the topography of the site and integrated recreational facilities (tennis courts) into the surrounding rice patties within the overall site plan.
Bali: A Design Philosophy, Bali, Indonesia (1992). This was a study and report prepared for the Governor of Bali outlining a set of design and planning principles to help in integrating tourist related developments into the cultural and natural environmental context of Bali. I was asked to prepare this report due to my role at the time in planning and designing several large tourism development projects, including the 400 Ha. Serangan Island project, for which I had developed this set of design principles.
Bali Pecatu Indah, Jimberan, Bali, Indonesia, (1997). Landscape masterplan for this 600 ha. site for a resort development in the Jimberan area of Bali. Included in the program were a variety of housing types, hotels, a golf course and retail and tourism facilities. I also did the site planning and detailed landscape design for one of nine hotels developed on the site.
Matahari Island Resort, Matahari Island, Thousand Island region, Java Sea, Indonesia (1992). Site plan, landscape design and documentation. The focus of this resort was a large beach pool that was key elements of the the recreational precinct of the resort. Project built to plan.
Golden Beach Resort, Lanjut, Malaysia (1992). Master plan. The unique element in this resort masterplan was the integration of a Deer park within the grounds of the resort. Project was never built.
Royal Pines Residential Village and Marina, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia (1991). Upmarket residential houses wrapped around a golf course. Landscape design and documentation. Project built to plan.
Club Mediterranee, Linderman Island, Whitsunday Islands, The Coral Sea, Queensland, Australia (1991). Landscape planning, design and documentation. Project built to plan.
Dwipa Golf Resort, Jakarta, Java, Indonesia (1992). Concept master plan. Project not built.
Japanese Retirement Village, Batam Island, Indonesia (1993). Concept master plan. This mixed use retirement village was designed for retired Japanese in mind and was to be associated with the Waterfront City development as described above. The concept was based on the layout of the city of Kyoto in Japan. Project not built.
Sunset Valles Golf Resort, Cha Ma, Petchburi, Thailand (1993). Planting design and documentation. Golf course designed by Graham Marsh Golf Course Designers and I did the planting design. Project built to plan.
East Side Park Lagoon, Country Club and Theme Park, Singapore (1992). Concept Master plan. Project not built.
Gilimanuk Ferry Terminal and Resort Development Complex, Gilimanuk, Bali, Indonesia (1993). Concept master plan for a complex of hotels and eco-tourism facilities associated with the ferry terminal at Gilimanuk in Western Bali. All ferries coming from East Java arrive at this location. The site is also very close to Pulua Menjagan Island, reputed to be Bali's best underwater area for coral. In addition, it is surrounded by the Taman Nasional Bali Barat, Bali's largest national park encompassing an extensive area of preserved jungle and wildlife habitat.
Jembrana Municipal Park, Nagara, Bali, Indonesia (1993). Concept master plan for a 10 ha. park in front of the Jembrana regional government offices. The concept included large areas of formal reflecting ponds, a lager sculptural monument and extensive areas of planting. The plan was followed to some extent in implementation.
Farmington Woods Recreation Area, Farmington, Connecticut, U.S.A. (1988). Site plan and documentation for the recreation area of a large condominium village. This plan focused on tennis courts and walking trails. Project built to plan.
Brodie Park, New Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A. (1988). Site analysis, master plan, landscape design and documentation. A 50 acre public park on the heavily wooded shore of West Hill Pond in New Hartford Connecticut. West Hill Pond is the cleanest lake in Connecticut and great care and environmental sensitivity had to be taken in developing the plan for this park so that the construction would not disturb the lake or water quality. A host of environmental consultants (ecologist, limnologist, heritage architecture assessor etc.), who were involved in assessing the site. A community recreational attitudes survey was also initiated to guide program formulation. Project was built to plan.
Alton / Hascombe Mountain Park, Mount Macedon, Victoria, Australia (1985). Managed a design team of postgraduate students in developing the master plan for this park, which encompassed two historic estates near the top of Mount Macedon that had been untouched by the Ash Wednesday Bushfires 1983 bushfires.
Jack Evans Boat Harbour, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia (1993). Master plan and landscape concept. This project entailed development of a parcel of crown land at the mouth of the Tweed River. A park, an underwater observatory and a small aquarium along with a series of commercial establishments was proposed. A portion of the site has been developed according to plan.
Macedon Ranges Walking Track System, Mount Macedon, Victoria, Australia (1985). I managed a design team of postgraduate students in developing the master plan for a trail system for the Macedon Ranges region of Victoria. The 22 Km. trial system proposed in this plan was designed to link areas of educational, perceptual and cultural interest in the Macedon Ranges region and to provide public access to these resources through a network of environmental corridors and accessible from Melbourne by station-to-station by train.
Housing and Institutional Developments
Palace Complex for the Princess of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand (1993). Master plan and landscape concept plan. I was commissioned to prepare a development master plan and landscape design concept for the Princess's new palace complex on the Chao Phraya river in Bangkok. Eleven interconnected buildings housing the throne room, library, living area and bedroom, music room, reception hall and food preparation area were included in the development program. In addition, a variety of landscape features including courtyards, a river viewing gazebo, an ornamental and defensive moat and a swimming pool were proposed for the 10 Ha. site. Consultation with royal horticultural experts on selection of plant materials and review of the plan by the Princess's spiritual and military advisers was necessary. The palace was built to plan.
Prime Minister's Retreat House, Bang Chang, Thailand (1993). Landscape master plan, design and documentation. The prime minister of Thailand requested a landscape design for his retreat house that incorporated a "wet lip" formal pool and encouraged a feeling that internal and external spaces were merged. In achieving this effect close coordination between the architect and interior designer was necessary. The site bordered a golf course and afforded extensive views from the pool area. The project was built as designed.
Ariana Estates Townhouse Apartments, Jakarta, Java, Indonesia (1992). Master plan and landscape concept. This up market low rise apartment complex is intended for rental to expatriates working in Jakarta. The project has been built to plan.
Deercliff Woods - Housing Subdivision, West Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A. (1988). Subdivision master plan and subdivisionapproval package including siting, grading and planting design. This up market large lot subdivision (5 to 14 acre lots) required synthesis of information from a large team of consultants including wetland biologists, soil scientists, land use attorneys and others as the site was adjacent to a significant wetland area that contained a rare amphibian species. The final plan incorporated conservation easements, "Spotted Salamander" road crossing areas and vegetated Salamander mating migration corridors. In addition, houses could only be constructed during specified times of the year. Project approved and built to plan.
Oliver Woods - Housing Subdivision, Lebanon, Connecticut, U.S.A. (1990). Subdivision master plan. This large lot subdivision project was motivated by a desire to conserve forest and wildlife habitat rather then as a profitable housing venture. The client had owned the land for some time and wished to sell the property but did not want the wildlife and forest to be disturbed. A subdivision scheme was developed in collaboration with a forest ecologist and a land conservancy group that would allow sale of several very large lots (average lot size 35 acres) on which a development zone along the road was the only area the purchaser could build. The remainder of the lots were designated conservation easements to protect wetland and forest habitats perpetually.
Cameron Lodge, Mount Macedon, Victoria, Australia (1985). Historic restoration master plan. Cameron Lodge is a 1886 estate and garden on a 3 ha. site. Both the house and the garden are historically significant and listed on the national register of historic sites. In 1983 the garden was badly damaged in the "Ash Wednesday" fires. Objectives of the plan were to assess existing vegetation, built on this vegetative framework and increase fire prevention aspects of the garden all within the historic context. A small lake was designed into the plan to further increase fire safety. I worked on the plan for McCarthy and McCarthy, Landscape Architects.
Royal Park Multi-family Apartments, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A. (1988). Master plan, and landscape design and documentation. This project involved the conversion of the historic Royal Typewriter Factory into apartments. The project was built to plan.
Hynes Estate, Harvey Bay, Queensland, Australia (1994). Master plan, landscape design and documentation. A Barcelona based architect designed the house and the landscape was intended to capture a "Mexican" flavour in the style of Louis Barrigan. The project was built to plan.
1401 Farmington Avenue Retirement Community, Farmington, Connecticut, U.S.A. (1988-1989). Development master plan and landscape design and documentation. This 70 acre site was originally (in 1926) part of a larger site designated to be an arboretum. A landscape master plan was developed for that purpose by the famous Olmstead Brothers Landscape Architectural office in Brookline, Massachusetts. Their plan was never implemented. The development concept for this up market, multi-family retirement village took inspiration from the Olmstead plan and proposed the entire community, with all 32 multi-unit residential buildings, recreation areas and nursing home, be set in an arboretum setting. All planting was planned to reflect, and be botanically related to, existing on-site ecological and plant associations, including a wetland, meadow and coniferous and deciduous forest plant associations. All siting of structures and roads and related grading was designed to support the arboretum concept. During the design development process an advisory broad composed of expert botanists and arboretum management specialists was formed. Extensive research in the Olmstead office museum was undertaken to draw as much inspiration from the original plans as possible. The project has essentially been built to plan.
Johnson Memorial Hospital, Stafford Spring, Connecticut, U.S.A. (1987). Landscape master plan, planting plan and documentation. The concept behind the planting plan for this hospital in rural New England was to blend in with the surrounding forest character and at the same time provide a structured, ornamental and serene grounds for patients. The proposal specified large areas of white flowering cherry, dogwood and azaleas providing a profuse display of flowers and other ornamental plant attributes used to achieve a "Japanese garden" like effect. Planting was implemented to plan.
Mount Macedon Entry Road Streetscape Plan, Mount Macedon, Victoria, Australia (1984). Planting plan and documentation. The beautiful planting along Mount Macedon Road, a two kilometre long entrance road to the historic town of Mount Macedon, were completely destroyed in the 1983 "Ash Wednesday" bushfires. The challenge in developing a new planting scheme was to reflect both the native vegetation and deciduous plant materials and themes existing on estate properties adjoining the road while still creating a fire safe and visually unified design. A request made at the time of developing the proposal to the State Electrical Commission to underground power lines along the road had been granted making it the first time in the state of Victoria power lines were sited underground to enhance landscape amenity values. Project was built to plan.
Riverfront Design Manual, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A. (1989). Preparation of a design guidelines manual that illustrated and specified landscape elements such as benches, lighting, paving, etc. to be used within a 6.6 mile linear park, and associated developments, along the Connecticut River in Hartford and East Hartford Connecticut. My involvement in this project focused on writing, illustrating, editing and coordinating printing of the manual. I also had influence in designing and recommending certain landscape elements presented in the manual, specifically the design for a signature, historically themed, lighting luminaire and post, designed for the project. This luminaire / post design was also later sold to a major lighting company and is now sold as the popular "Hartford" standard.
Byron Bay Railway Station Complex, Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia (1994). Master plan and landscape design concept. This project involved four significant existing buildings within the village centre of Byron Bay. This included the historic railway station and associated stationmaster's house (now the shire tourist information centre), a popular pub and a small residence. The objective of the master plan was to rationalise parking to include a central bus parking depot, unify the various buildings through landscape design and develop a landscape theme that would both reflect the historic character of these buildings and set the tone for adjoining developments such as a park, the historic post office, community centre building and adjoining streetscape. Project has been built to plan.
Visual and Environmental Assessment
Town of Washington New York Visual Assessment Study, Washington, New York, U.S.A. (1988). This project involved landscape assessment and analysis to identify landscape elements critical to the "unique rural character" of the region. A variety of research methods were initially used to identify community environmental values including visual resource mapping, public perception surveying and visual structure analysis. Results of this study were used to guide the development of a new town plan, to develop a scenic roads preservation law and included as an appendix in the town plan to help inform developers submitting subdivision plans for approval of the design intent desired by the community.
Macedon Landscape Character Assessment Study, Macedon and Mount Macedon, Victoria, Australia (1985). This project was part of a multi-faceted research effort to redevelop the Macedon region after the 1983 bushfires. This study was initiated to help understand pre-fire landscape character as conceptualised by local communities within the region. A variety of public perception based methods including participatory photography, photo-rating, Q-sort and photo-ranking techniques were employed and an archive of local historic photographs was created. Results of the study were instrumental in redevelopment activities. Another part of this research focused on assessment of aesthetic, ecological and fire safety features of roadsides in the region.
Town of Willington, Connecticut, Visual Assessment, Willington, Connecticut, U.S.A. (1990). This study involved conducting a visual resource inventory of the town and identifying areas of congruence between areas of visual and ecological significance.
Industrial
Canton Industrial Park, Canton Connecticut, U.S.A. (1988). Master plan and town planning approval package. This was a plan for a new light industrial park located in a rural New England town. Land use and visual character compatibility between proposed uses within the park and surrounding rural residential land uses was the primary concern in plan development.
Ensign Bickford Manufacturing Plant, Simsbury, Connecticut, U.S.A. (1988). Master plan. This explosives manufacturing complex has been in constant operation since before the Civil War. The factory complex needed to meet current town and federal planning standards. The program included structuring the development plan according to explosion danger and security zones according to U.S. Department of Defence and town guidelines.
Urban Developments
Docklands, Melbourne, Australia (Current). Preparation of an urban design principles manual. The Docklands project is Melbourne's largest urban redevelopment project this century. The site is a 220 Ha. presently disused wharf and dock area. An innovative urban design approach is being taken by the Victorian Government's Docklands Authority in developing this area in that no 'masterplan' is being followed. The development is divided into seven precincts with different preferred mixed use combinations that will include residential, retail, light industrial, office and entertainment uses. Instead of a traditional masterplan a collaborative and reiterative process of design and review between the Docklands Authority and individual developer design teams has been established. This project involved identifying critical urban design principles and writing a design manual to guide preparation of development proposals.
Serangan Island, Bali, Indonesia (1992-1993). Land use and development master plan preparation and landscape architectural design guidelines. Awarded two separate commissions; land use planning and landscape architecture. This project was a 480 Ha., planned residential resort community including a variety of housing types, golf course, hotels, marina and infrastructure development. This project involved extensive landscape analysis and integration of consultant information such as anthropologists, a team of tropical marine and terrestrial ecologists, marine and civil engineers and real estate marketing consultants, to name a few, in developing plan options. The concept underpinning the design was to reflect in a contemporary fashion Balinese design traditions in the design. Land reclamation work worth in eccess of 80 million dollars (US) is now being undertaken according to the master plan. Difficult to predict if this project will be developed entirely to plan due to the current economic problems in Indonesia.
Huatulco City, Oaxaca, Mexico (1982). Land use suitability, landscape assessment and analysis, land use master planning, design guidelines and open space design. This project encompassed the complete planning of a coastal resort city in Mexico. It was a Mexican government initiative to stimulate growth in the improvised state of Oaxaca. The site consisted of 75 square kilometres of undeveloped tropical forest and coastal land including 32 beaches, a diversity of vegetation associations and several archaeological sites. The firm's (Grupo de Diseno Urbano) responsibility in the project consisted of conducting an in-depth resource analysis and the subsequent land use and landscape planning for the city, developing design guidelines for all architectural, landscape and infrastructure developments, designing all open space areas such as parks, plazas, beach areas etc, and coordinating the project. As a member of the planning team I was primarily involved in landscape assessment, analysis and land-use suitability mapping. The project was built to plan and now contains an international airport and a large resident and tourist population.
Gateway Berhad, Klang Valley, Malaysia. Masterplan for a mixed use (1997). The project involved preparation of a masterplan for a 600 Ha. mixed use development associated with the new international airport just south of putrajaya. The development program included hotels, a theme park, an indoor entertainment centre, exhibition centre, 27 hole golf course, polo ground, large lake, rainforest interpretative trails and centre, a variety of restaurants, shops, a Malaysian style craft village and a momorail connection to the airport terminal. The entire masterplan was presented both in a traditional report format and on an inter-active CD-ROM.
Waterfront City, Batam Island, Indonesia (1992). Development master plan and landscape design concepts for the development of a 20 square km. site. The master plan encompassed a variety of land uses including hotel, commercial, ferry terminal, housing and recreational developments. The project was not built to plan or concept and only a few elements of the masterplan were used by the client.
