A project for the landscape infrastructure for an extension to an existing Business Park located on the West Coast , close to Blaauwberg.
Located on the West Coast, close to Blaauwberg, the site is characterised by the strong prevailing winds and hardy natural vegetation, this project is located within an existing business park subject to re-zoning conditions and development guidelines.
The clients brief was to sub-divide the erven into parcels suitable for light industrial use, structured around a central vehicular circulation route and incorporating common landscape space for visual and recreational use.
The landscape masterplan served to locate the erven, clarify the design concept and establish the environmental design principles. The layout was further based on the harsh environmental conditions (winter rainfall & long, hot, dry, windy summers) and contextual constraints of the West Coast Renosterveld vegetation type.
A system of stormwater detention swales, permeable verges and pedestrian pathways line the roadway together with trees and indigenous groundcover planting.
OvP developed the environmental design structuring elements and landscape design principles including hard and soft landscaping elements. (roads, pathways, boardwalks, lighting, furniture, trees and planting).
Land installation was completed at the onset of the winter rainfall and an irrigation system was installed for the establishment period whereafter the planting is intended to be self-sustaining.