Talk:Planting Design 2013 - Working Group 25

Nishtha: I see major similarities in the second and third case. They both have a focus on water and they are both forgotten places which could be manipulated to become very good landscapes. Even your projective approaches are very similar in the sense that you both try to use minimal intervention and using the existing plant system as a base for further development. As for case 1, very typical for a lot landscape sites in developing Asian countries to not have proper access and amenities but of course the natural untouched landscape is always an advantage that cannot be easily found in the rest of the world! The access base would be a great development for this site. Good work everybody!

Jeroen: Case studies A & B have been described very well. For C & D there's a lot of information still missing so I only get a basic idea of what those sites look like but I'm missing the links to planting design together with ideas for future development. As for case study A: Everything is very clearly explained; The historical background of the site is quite interesting. The different views of the people who live there did strike me as a little odd, since where I live, people would find a natural area of that size close to the city an amazing thing. Nonetheless, the area might be too derelict or inaccessible of course. All in all a very worthy read. Only remark would be that the projective drawings don't foresee a lot of new elements. I would think an area that size with remarkable aspects could provide more opportunities? Just my opinion though, the minimal approach might work just as well. For case study B: I very much like the approach of this case. Although it encompasses mostly urban and historical elements, the whole project in the end depends on the correct use of the vegetation for the revalorization of the site. The analytic drawings are simple (not a bad thing! :) ) but very easy to read and understand. The extra descriptions and concept map make everything even more clear. For some reason I really like the projective drawings. Saying everything with a few white lines and words is just great! Of course the explanation underneath the drawings helps as well, but again, I like the simplicity and 'nonchalance' feel of the drawings! I don't know why C & D haven't been completed, they have potential to be interesting cases as well!

Mohammed Al-khanbashi: I see very interesting case studies. It shows variety of different places from the middle east countries, European central countries to the western European countries and shows similarities in ecosystem and natural elements issues specially water features as a main issue in case study A ( Lake ) and case study B ( River )and all of cases is forgotten places and it must to be very important place for culture. All cases analysed in the readable way, hierarchy in urban context analytical drawings from the city to the neighborhood to the site in the case A and Case C, and site analytical drawings as layers for cultural, natural and physical elements in the case B. I like the projection approach of using existing natural elements in all of cases but case C need to completed and it has good opportunity to be great place.