...creating memorable places
landscape
design
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'We seek to create ground breaking and exciting places responsive to both the users and the surrounding environment combined with a pragmatic eye for both affordability and creativity. '
Affordable creativity is our mojo, applying technical and practical solutions using our wide breadth of skills and knowledge.
The maxim we adopt is to create memorable places, the art of place making rather than space making.
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Core Services
Landscape Architectural Services
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''One Stop Shop'
Preliminary and standard services: RIBA stage 0 to 7 - from inception and feasibility to concept sketch design to detailed proposals, planning submission through to production information, operations on site and completion.
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Basic Services: up to Stage 3 RIBA stage 0 to 3 - from inception and feasibility to concept sketch design to detailed proposals and planning submission.
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'Pick'n'Mix' Solutions
Targeted solutions within any Work Stage For example Work Stage 4, Production Information Packages: -Hard Landscape Construction Details-Soft Landscape Deliverables.
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residential
We believe in designing neighbourhoods that all residents can be proud to live in. To achieve this we aim to engage all stakeholders to take ownership of their environs and to drive the design consultation process.
The quality of both the designed environment and its maintenance are key factors in the positive perception of a neighbourhood and fundamental to its success as a community.
We see the art of crafting pleasant places for people to settle and live with comfort, comfort both in spiritual, physical and security terms, as one of most important facets of the Landscape Architecture profession.
We believe in places where people have priority over cars, of places with good local services and public transport within easy walking distance, of places rich in a tapestry of greenery and open spaces and interlaced with site specific textural details-all these being essential ingredients to creating a sense of place that we consider to be both homely and human.
healthcare
We aim to provide a domestic ambience to make patients, visitors and staff alike all feel welcome and at home with their surroundings.
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The practice principal has extensive experience and knowledge within the healthcare sector having worked with large main contractors and architects to provide the client with a high quality product which responds to their brief and aspirations and at value for money.
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We engage with the end users to fully understand their specific needs.
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We seek to craft therapeutic and healing landscapes which are both comforting and stimulating and provide nutrition for the soul, experienced either through physical interaction or viewed through the picture frame of a window.
education
For those all important early formative years we aim to plant the seeds of happy memories of stimulating and exciting playscapes.
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We believe school grounds should be an outdoor classroom, allowing students to learn through doing and experiencing.
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We craft learning landscapes which push back the boundaries of both mind and imagination and spurs further investigation, providing food for thought and nurturing a spirit to learn, to ask questions and seek answers.
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Learning from the landscape is paramount in our approach, going back to basics with an emphasis on nature and the seasons, seeking to understand how our descendants evolved by using and adapting their surroundings and linking this basic knowledge back to the school syllabus and our modern lifestyle.
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We believe that the enjoyment of the school environment for both pupils & teachers is very important for a successful learning experience as a seat of understanding and knowledge.
commercial
We assume the role of a marketing consultant using the external environment as a canvass for promoting our clients business.
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Understanding our clients branding and corporate image is crucial to interpreting their aspirations allowing us to portray a perception of quality, gravitas and elegance which accords with their business ethos.
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A strong spatial structure is key to our pursuit for a memorable sense of place and combined with quality attention to detail, we work in harmony with the architecture and interior design to fulfill our clients aspirations.
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Whilst having one eye on a landscape to sell a corporate image we ensure the fundamental principal of designing for all users whether visitors, staff or customers is paramount - we craft clear legibility and circulation as a framework for a sensory human experience rich in texture which nurtures a comfortable working and social environment.
public realm
We champion our public realm as a stage for the theatre of society to play out.
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At RCLA we seek to enrich our public realm with stimulating and memorable environments by the crafting of a genus loci which beholds gravitas.
The creation of a sense of place rather than space is paramount in describing who we are, our culture past, present and future.
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Designing for the detail provides that element of identity and context that anchors the space as a place within our community and reflects our cultural & historical tapestry.
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If parks are the lungs of a city then the public realm is its heart and arteries, pumping our social dynamics through the urban grain.
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RCLA espouse the high commercial benefits to be gained from the careful branding of a local authority's public realm. Nurturing a positive attractive image yields greater footfalls and generates trade, business and fertile social dynamics.
parks & greenspace
We at RCLA seek to create an escapism for the urban dweller, a metaphorical seaside for the city where art and nature become as one giving food for the soul and lungs to the city.
Wide open green spaces with good pedestrian links to adjacent environs is a fundamental punctuation of a city’s urban fabric and is key to how we read and navigate our cities.
Parks are the cultural cornerstone of our communities, they are the gardens of our towns and cities and reflect who we are as a society and defines our aspirations for the future.
We believe in bringing nature into the very heart of the city providing breathing spaces for both people and wildlife.
Parks provide the stage for our urban recreation and a focus for the local community to gather together as one, a democratic forum for all ages and origins and activities.
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