Landscape architecture

1. Clos Layat Park
France
STUDY ON…….
LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Lowes Corporate
Headquarters Cracks
the Corporate Mold
Location: Mooresville, North Carolina

2. Lowes Corporate Headquarters Cracks the Corporate Mold
Location: Mooresville, North Carolina
Design by: HGOR (http://www.hgor.com/team/)
Concept: The site was constructed in the spirit of creating
an environmentally sustainable campus for the company

3. •Before construction, roadways around the site were in need
of improvement and better integration,
•so the newly worked system of roads within the site works
to better offer more efficient traffic flow.
LINE OF SIGHT ( FEELING OF FLOW)
more efficient traffic flow

4. USING CLOOR (FEELING OF FLOW & SPRIT)
• Sloped green fabric(grass) with unstable sphere on
adjacent gray colored paved
•Create flow with relax feeling
flow with relax feeling

5. •Besides roadway water body gives the
feeling of cool and fresh
•Used Adjacent Colors In The site To
Provide Unity
USING CLOOR (CREATIN UNITY)
Natural Filtration Process
The creation of a lake from the existing
stream delivered an opportunity to build a
small dam, including surrounding waterfalls
and wetland settings. The lake is stocked
with fish and skirted by wetland plantings
that help to improve the quality of the water
through natural filtration processes.

6. FORM
Low spreading plants draw
the eye to the horizon.
The line of sight is the viewer's
eye movement or flow being
influenced by the arrangement
of plants and their borders

7. Low radial spreading plants draw the
feeling of exploration
FORM

8. SCALE AND BALANCE
Equal sizes on both sides of the
landscape gives balance

9. •Open Courtyard
•Touch Of Nature
•Refreshment Of Mind

10. The master plan for the Lowes Corporate Headquarters site revolved around
a seven-acre lake that serves to support stormwater management in the
form of a reservoir
lake that serves form of
a reservoir

11. Clos Layat Park
Project: Clos Layat Park
Landscape Architecture: BASE
Contractor: City of Lyon
Team: BASE landscape designer mandatory +
Arcadis (Bet vrd) + Les Eclaireurs (lighting concept)
Location: Lyon, France Budget: €2.8 M
Area: 3 hectares Completed: 2014

12. Site Location:
Site

13. Thinking of Architects:
The approach of design of the parks was based on the existing surroundings and the needs of the
surrounding neighborhoods that were lacking public spaces.
The team decided to establish a landscape continuity of that forest into the park creating a variety of
a densely planted urban forest on the south of the park followed by a wide meadow dedicated to
inviting and discovering biodiversity on the north.
Their aim was not only to introduce biodiversity but also a mixture of experiences and activities in
harmony with it. Entering the Clos Layat from its main entrance one doesn’t perceive right away the
diverse activities and surprises the park has to offer.

14. Master Plan Of This Park:

15. Design Elements:
 The Open Ground
 A 700m Running Path
 The Robust Amphitheater
 A Different Stance on the
Traditional Playground
 The Inclusion of the Mist Pool
 The Inclusuion of the Forest
 Lighting Design

16. Design Elements:
 The Inclusuion of the Forest
One of the main elements of the Clos Layat is the forest making almost a third of the parks surface,
hosting a picnic area under the shade of trees. Spaces for reintroducing species native to the
Rhone region’s flora and fauna are part of the forest experience. Special observation points were
designed as part of the purpose of discovery and introduction to nature.
Another part the
biodiversity strategy was
to devise a corner of the
park to planting diverse
blooming species
attracting pollinators like
bees, butterflies, and
others, located in the
North West of Clos Layat.

17. Design Elements:
 A Different Stance on the Traditional Playground
One of the most important elements of a neighborhood’s park is the children’s playground and Clos
Layat’s one doesn’t look anything like the traditional ones. The imagination of the designers has
come up with an abstract forest representation called “the trunk forest” with nets and swings to
climb and discover one’s abilities.

18. Design Elements:
 The Inclusion of the Mist Pool
They added a special touch with an exceptional feature – the mist pool – a play water fog over the
bumpy surface is what transforms this playground into a magical forest interpretation for all to
enjoy especially on a hot day.

19. Design Elements:
 The Robust Amphitheater
If they went nontraditional with the playground, they also did for the amphitheater as well. Yes, if you
were wondering, those green steps were designed to serve as an amphitheater from where people
can watch shows and do neighborhood gatherings. At the same time it is facing the playground
and one of the sports terrains so people can also observe their kids playing a football game or
simply enjoy lying on the grass under the sun. A few isolated trees planted on the amphitheater
will provide some shade for its users on hot days without completely covering its interesting
irregular shape.

20. Design Elements:
 A 700m Running Path
The sports terrains bordering the park on the west were integrated with the path network design as
the BASE team wanted to integrate all existing elements into functioning as a whole. And how
could a neighborhood park be without joggers, a 700 m running path was designed along the
park’s edges together with a fitness area for a complete outdoor workout.

21. Design Elements:
 Lighting Design
An important feature to make a park come alive is lighting. BASEs’ partner for the project Les
Eclaireurs took care of providing sustainable and creative LED lighting for the safe and
entertaining night use of the park.

22. Section:
Creates the different types of space by
various trees with different size-shape.

23. Section:
The change of levels is design for different
view.

24. Section:
A large number of vegetation are gives a cool
& comfortable environment.

25. Criticism:
One of the downsides of this project however is the vegetation, as it isn’t yet mature, which
would really add to the atmosphere of the site.