Park Campus - Proposed Infrastructure Planting & Earthworks
Lead Designer | University Project | Vectorworks
This was a large-scale infrastructure planting and earthworks scheme designed for a Cheltenham campus, with the goal of integrating sustainable drainage, ecological enhancement, and long-term woodland establishment into a single resilient landscape.
The proposal combines three bespoke woodland planting matrices with engineered attenuation ponds and sculpted earth mounds. In total, 2,581 native trees and shrubs were specified across the three zones, and two attenuation ponds were designed to manage surface water - an upper pond at 2,276 m³ and a lower pond at 5,670 m³.
Species selection was informed by a Phase 1 Habitat Survey of the existing site, ensuring that the planting strategy responded directly to local ecology. A 50-year biomass analysis was produced alongside the design, projecting 334 tonnes of total growth and 613.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalent captured over the lifetime of the scheme.
The full design package was produced in Vectorworks and includes the planting plan, earthworks plan, cross sections, biomass analysis poster, and Phase 1 Habitat Survey.
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Planting plan specifying the three-zone woodland matrix of 2,581 native trees and shrubs
Earthworks plan showing sculpted mounding and attenuation pond positioning
Cross sections through the attenuation ponds and earth mounds
Phase 1 Habitat Survey informing species selection and ecological strategy
50-year biomass analysis projecting 334t total growth and 613.6t CO₂ equivalent captured