nature in the city as a constant, screaming battle ground. who will win. we put trees in the streets for our use. our benefit. shade. beauty. cooling. but the tree is not a static object. it is life. we assume that we can own it and control it. but it fights back. man creates science and engineering. we sit in planning meetings and deem our ideas as perfection. as working. we put out the idea of a 'perfect' street. big-words-engineering. we have won. but ultimately nature fights back. it evolves slightly but it's fundamentals are the same. to live. and it does. it laughs at our engineering.

how do we relate to trees. how do we use them. how do we work with them. without owning them. start at the beginning. what do they want. thinking about design as supporting the growth of nature and not trying to bend it into submission for our purposes. listening. educating. learning. balance in power restored. fairness. facing the reality of the tree as it's own being restored.

soil

substrate planting, making mounds
know your soil
do they dredge the Thames? What do they do with the waste? Can you plant in it. What soil is the Ecology Park. Can i make mounds out of Thames dredge waste.

open

layers into topo

units check metres

select whole map

select corner

scale 1000mm in 1m

rename layout 1 A1 1-200

layer

new group filter

‘Section’

new layer

‘Section Line’

colour

line thickness 0.5mm

ground line

zoom sundial

go home

select colour choice by layer

3 bars bottom right

line weight

then activate line wait

UCS

TOP OF LINE

bottom of line

plan

current

geo

geomarkervisibility

mark 0 dont want em

offset line above map

new layer

construction line

orange

default line size

ray [makes infinite line]

space

every place it crosses ray line

google earth