Landscape Design

The Savoy Circus courtyard concept is based on using linear bands of both hard and soft landscape treatments to create a visually engaging landscape which has year-round seasonal planting interest and creates an attractive backdrop for residents. The design intent is influenced by a series of programmatic and contextual factors. Adjacent to a high traffic road, the internal courtyard seeks to provide respite through the use of soft seasonal planting and audial and visual amenity provided by the proposed water features. In order to maintain privacy and screening from neighbouring properties to the East, the courtyard design responds with a high ratio of soft planting material to hard landscape, including light canopy trees.

Visual interest from the proposed units above is created through the use of patterning of hard and soft materials at the ground plane, including a combination of shale and pavers, and seasonal variation through planting. Linear planted rain gardens provide both points of interest and help to manage surface water run-off. The building edge is softened through the provision of raised planting beds that will be planted with mixed perennial shrubs and groundcovers to create a colourful, seasonal edge to the streetscape.