Richard Kidger provides portfolio examples of his work including urban planning projects and landscape designs. The portfolio documents include plans and proposals for redeveloping brownfield sites, improving parks and green spaces, and increasing connectivity within cities. Kidger's designs focus on creating sustainable communities through the use of renewable energy, flood mitigation strategies, and prioritizing pedestrian and public transportation links. The portfolio demonstrates Kidger's expertise in master planning, landscape architecture, and engaging with stakeholders to develop community-oriented design solutions.

1. Richard Kidger MLA PORTFOLIO

2. Urban Eco Settlement Low Road Primary School
The context is to re-establish the cities inner brown- Low Road primary School was a design based project for Ground-
field area that has been abandoned. Re-development of work in Leeds; Project was design under consultation with the
the 36 hectare brownfield site into a urban eco settlement, Head teacher of the school with a limited budget available.
City in the Park
Alwoodley primary school Wild Garden
At The heart of the proposal for the Leeds South Bank is the de-
velopment for the new City Centre Park of Leeds. The proposal
and Consultation with Leeds City Council to design a park is a piv- Construction photos are from the professional consultaion, de-
otal piece in the future development in this part of the City Centre. sign and build project for Allwoodley School, working with BTCV
and contractors for build and supply of materials for the project.
Wakefields Riverside Connection
Garden design, Sketches and Cad Plans
Urban context of this plan is to look at the possibilities for re-devel-
opment of the docks and increase Wakefield. Connecting up the Garden design plans form clients and concept ideas, Sketch-
Kirkgate listed Victorian train station, and to re-establish a clear defined route to es used for teaching drawing, Autocad plans designed for
the city centres shopping and social zone and the proposed dock development. verious concepts and 3D concept designs for projects.
Green Spaces Connections
Littlewood house is a community separated from the Leeds city centre and
Great George Street by a small un-inviting bridge. The community lacks
a modern transport system to connect the city and outer communities.

3. Cross Green Future Living
SITE CONTEXT
• Site in disused and industry has come to a stop in
this area.
• The site area is contaminated from the industry’s
history.
• Railway is redundant and un-used.
• Lower areas of the site are prone to low level
flooding.
• The Site is 36 hectares chosen for the design
requires 1800 homes of sustainable quality and self-
sufficiency to be built.

4. Landscape Vision
Hydro energy production
Wind energy production

5. Open spaces with mixed development use

6. Living with nature in the development
Green corridor link through the city through major lines

7. Sustainable energy resource
Connectivity to the city, via economic transport and
green links.

8. FLOOD STRATEGYPLANNING FOR THE LOWER AIRE VALLEY
CURRENT PLAN CENTRAL WEIR REMOVE WETLAND, RAIN STORAGE AND LAKE CREATED

9. New design principles to consider
will be:
A. Amelioration for flooding.
B. Building and Construction of new en-
ergy efficient home and materials,
C. Create an alternative place to live
with a full range of family needs.
D. Develop a place with a progressive
environment that focuses on ecological
E. Encouraging the development of the
area to work and adapt to future flooding
F. Focus on the increasing the develop-
ment of the area and connecting to the
city
G.Greenbelt protection for the City by
building on brownfield areas
H. Habitat increase for the planned ar-
eas
I. Independent power and energy for the
site

10. MATERPLAN VISUAL

11. SuDS SYSTEM FOR IRRIGATION
Rain water, grey water and waste water will always play vital roles in this developments.
Storage will benefit the areas water table level.
Aid flood prevention.

12. RIVER CONNECTION

13. PARK VISION- A City in the Park
VISION IN BRIEF: * A City in the Park is the idea of living in a
park, rather than living in a city with parks as
“To transform the South Bank of Leeds City Centre into a rare spots.
distinctive, vibrant, well connected and sustainable busi-
ness and residential community which has at its heart a * Living in a park also means the possibility to
experience the park all day, all year around.
new City Centre Park.”
We want the people living in the new area to
be able to do this, and to be proud of their
South Bank Planning Statement, p16 home.
* With restaurants, nature, cafes, cinema, edu-
cation, offices gardens, waterfront and much
more, people from all over will be attracted to
the area. I
OUR VISION:
“To transform the South Bank of Leeds City Centre into a
distinctive, vibrant, well connected and sustainable busi-
ness and residential community within a new City Centre
Park.”
THE VISION IN NUMBERS
Brief Our Vision 35% GREEN AREA
65 % DEVELOPMENTS
20% GREEN AREA = 3.7 hectares of development area
80 % DEVELOPMENTS
= 5.5 hectares of development area + 1 floor = 4.2 hectares of total floor area
+ 2 floor = 4.7 hectares of total floor area
+ 3 floor = 5.2 hectares of total floor area

14. PARK PRINCIPLE - A Patchwork
LANDSCAPE A patchwork of fields
HISTORY The textile industry and the breweries
PATCHWORK SHAPE
PEOPLE The People of Leeds , students, elderly, children and
families should feel that the park is theirs, and experience a
sense of ownership.
The shape of the park is a representation of a patchwork, and also of the Yorkshire land-
scape with its patches of land. A City Park is complex, with many functions, meanings
and features. The patchwork concept allows all the individual characters of the park to NATURE AND PRODUCTION Biodiversity and food production
function on their own, but also brings them together and creates a whole. Each part has will be part of the park with natural landscape
its own content and meaning and represents an ingredient of what the park will contain.
CONNECTION The park should connect to its surroundings
and be easy to access.
LIVING We will have to adapt to a new way of living that does
not tear on the environment.
TRAVEL The super tram, cycling and walking should be the
main ways of transportation.
PATCHWORK CONTENT

15. • The initial concept for the green space of Leeds was to create a design that
was laid out to the clients brief.
• This project required an improvement on the design and to increase the green
space and park area.
• The design also required the number of developments to be matched or in-
creased but to keep within the original context of the brief.

16. CONNECTIONS
Minor routes
Major routes
ZONING AND SPACES
TOOL FOR THE PROCESS
Semi private areas
Public squares
A SECTION Character areas
Julia Aberg, Fatma Al Hammadi, Rihan Benomran, Richard Kidger

17. WAKEFIELDS RIVERSIDE CONNECTION

18. RIVERSIDE MARINA/DOCK LIVING PLAN,
LEADING TO KIRKGATE STREET.

19. WOODHOUSE CONCEPT MASTERPLAN
New Generation Transport
System Line
Leeds Infirmary Childrends
healing garden
A
Great George Street New Park
New Childrens garden

20. CONCEPT VISION
A

22. PRESENTATION PLANTING PLAN

23. PRESENTATION PLANTING PLAN SuDs Water Storage and Planting for Filteration Specific planting for filtering toxins

24. HEADINGLY COURTYARD PLAN

25. Alwoodley Primary School Wild Garden

26. RIVERSIDE VISIONS

27. PERSONAL SKETCHES
Sketches used to teach drawing Classes to 1st year landscape
Architects

28. PERSONAL SKETCHES