Using Local Landscape Materials
We aim to create and sustain places that feel rooted in the landscape, that reflect and enhance the lives and pursuits of the people who inhabit them.
Very excited to introduce and welcome Ben Brace to Local Works Studio! Ben is a Chartered Landscape Architect and joins us as Senior Designer and Head of Sustainability, from his previous position as Green Space Projects Manager at the Royal Horticultural Society. Ben will be implementing and developing the studios’ low carbon construction methods and use of local regenerative, landscape materials across all of our projects 🌱 #landscapearchitecture #lwsjournal #localworksstudio #circulareconomy #sustainableconstruction #regenerativelandscapes
Reposted from localworkstudio Some samples leaving the workshop today. Internal plasters and external renders made from site-based materials 🌾🌱🌿for our project in #southdownsnationalpark with bbm_sustainable_design #lwsjournal #landscapearchitecture
Despite lockdown chaos, really enjoyed an early morning/late night conversation with @molonglo @danihro @philip_christou @irenee.scalbert about risk, time, relational approaches to design and territorial urbanism. Thanks very much for the invitation @assembleofficial it made our week. #lwsjournal
We are hiring! Link in bio for more information…. We are looking to employ a highly versatile designer for the built environment, to lead on technical and delivery phases across the studio’s portfolio of projects, as well as building our capacity for research and best practice around circular economy for construction. This role would suit a landscape architect, or architect, with an excellent knowledge of materials and their application, as well as a good understanding of landscape systems. The ideal candidate will have proven experience and enthusiasm for new thinking and methods of sustainable construction and circular economy. The role requires curiosity and creativity, as well as rigorous attention to detail and skill, in order to apply and develop our alternative working methodologies, designed to facilitate low carbon construction. The successful applicant will be highly collaborative, ready to learn from and support others, as well as facilitating a high level of stakeholder engagement. They will be a central figure in our small studio, with an ambition to help shape the growing practice. #landscapearchitecturejobs #architecturejobs #circulareconomyjobs #localworksstudio #lwsjournal
Thanks to @carmodygroarke for including our work in their current exhibition @designmuseumgent. Describing the process of design for the new museum extension. Materials, bricks, tools and video document our collaboration with @bcarchitectsandstudies to develop external bricks made from excavation waste and other by-products from the city of Gent. 🧱♻️🧱🇧🇪🪨♻️⛏🧱…..also it’s been great to get out of the UK for a bit!!!#circularflanders #wasteisaresource #circulareconomy #europeanunion #materialdesign #design #architecture #lwsjournal #brick #brickdesign
We are working with @assembleofficial, on their amazing project at Durham Wharf, London. Developing bespoke materials for external and internal finishes. More to follow....#wasteisaresource #circulareconomy #architecture #lwsjournal #landscapearchitecture
...following on from last post. More samples for false reefs made from waste shell materials #shellcrete #heavygardening Andrew Merritt @somethingandson @dewiuridge #landscapearchitecture #oysterarchitecture #reef #falsereef #oyster #oysters #livingreef #wasteisaresource #materialdesign #mussels #molusc #biodiversity #landscapearchitecture #lwsjournal #oysterreef #shellcrete #shell #shellfish #musselshells #liverpool #tateliverpool #oysterreefrestoration
Our chairs for @maggiesinsouthampton enjoying the sun today. They’ll sit permanently outside in the beautiful garden by @sarahpricelandscapes. …………………………Chair design, prototyping and textile work (#twillweave) ♻️ - Local Works Studio. Fire hose textile sourced as local waste and kindly donated by @hantsiowfireservice🔥Metal work by the amazing @makingitout_cio 🧑🏭- Making it Out work with people who have recently left prison or are at risk of ending up in prison without support. They offer work experience, training and employment opportunities to people who are not yet ready for the demands of the regular workplace. The participants learn valuable design and craft skills and get involved in the entire design process, manufacture and fulfilment. They focus on the use of sustainable materials and put an emphasis on high quality workmanship based on simple innovative solutions. #chair #maggies @maggiescentres #chairdesign #wasteisaresource #lwsjournal
Traditional hay drying #faroeislands #landscapearchitecture #traditionalfarming #lwsjournal
So happy to make a long-awaited design team visit to Barking Riverside yesterday with Xavier Llarch Font from @thedecorators and @anushkaathique. For the past month we’ve been busy reviewing the Placemaking Strategy for Barking Riverside and preparing to develop an implementation plan for placemaking interventions across this enormous site. Very exciting to be thinking at such a mind-blowing scale, at a very challenging time, that is nonetheless full of potential for positive change. #barkingriverside #placemaking #lwsjournal
@museoguatelli ..............................thanks @nicholas___brookz for the tip-off. #toolbox #lwsjournal
Excited to share that we’ve been working with @carmodygroarke and @transarchitectuurstedenbouw to develop a bespoke brick, for the extension to @designmuseumgent. For the last few months we’ve been testing and prototyping excavation sub-soil materials from Gent, blending them with lime, and forming bricks in a high-pressure press. The eventual fabrication of the bricks will happen as close to Design Museum Gent as possible, to reduce material transportation. It’s a great project, and a real pleasure to be involved. #designmuseumgent #lwsjournal #brick #bricklove #localrockscene #architecture #materialdesign @circular.flanders #wastebasedbricks #circulareconomy #gent #ghent @restarchitecten
Very grateful to @heritagecrafts for awarding us a generous grant from their latest round of funding 💥♻️💥@sussexheritagetrust #buildingcraft #wasteisaresource #learningfromthevernacular #lwsjournal
Paver bricks made by us for @exchangeerith garden by @sarahpricelandscapes. Made using demolition materials from recent building works at The Exchange ♻️. The 1000 bricks will form hard landscaped areas in the new garden, and reference the original parquet flooring inside the building. Looking forward to seeing these in-situ. #wastebasedbricks #paverbricks #herringboneflooring #parquetflooring #lwsjournal #landscapearchitecture #brick #brickpavers #bricklove #hardlandscaping #gardendesign #erith #crayfordbrickearth
Plaster samples for a current project in Sussex. Blends of chalk, clays and plant fibres. We’ve been designing, making and using natural plasters for 15 years. Inspired by historic vernacular UK processes and traditional Japanese plasterwork, which is exquisite. #plasterwork #buildingcraft #landscapearchitecture #lwsjournal #localworksstudio
Prototyping a new garden chair with attached side table for @maggiesinsouthampton. The finished piece will look quite different, but it’s great to realise in plywood first. Many thanks again to @jsanders22 #lwsjournal
Really enjoying our design and prototyping process for some external furniture for @maggiescentres with @sarahpricelandscapes. We are designing and making tables and benches using materials from the site and immediate local area. ♻️♻️♻️ #reuse #landscapearchitecture #wasteisaresource #lwsjournal @maggiesinsouthampton
Tile samples for a new floor on a current project. The tiles are a waste-based concrete, made using over-ordered building materials and other waste from the site ♻️. Part of a series of finishes designed, prototyped, fabricated and installed by LWS. #reuse #architecture #materialinvention #lwsjournal #materialdesign #materialdesigners #circulareconomy
