With the second green area started at Ballantine Garden Village, we are planning the amphitheatre at the entrance next, we have done 3 artist impressions as to how this will work. Comments are sought please regarding the possible second temple.
The area is to be bordered by a Carpinus hedge with specimen Carpinus every 8m to give a nice sense of enclosure and scale, as this area is bounded by the main road, and is not in the first instance a place to “naturally” go to recreate. The key feature is the sunken lawn with a segmented raised stage within, all with the raised backdrop of the rear wall sweeping down from the centre. The wall being 1100mm higher than the path level at the top is accentuated in height for maximum drama, and further framed by the pergola framing the surrounding resin bound path. The orientation of the design is such that much of the traffic departing from Ballantine will have their eye drawn up towards the feature, and this aspect is accentuated by the waisted lawn approach, nipped in with raised teardrop mounds to each side. The triumphal entrance arch has been built to suit, and dramatically aids the integration of the design into the irregular shape of the project. Currently shown on the opposite side of the amphitheatre is a feature stand of trees; perhaps this may be improved by a further temple in the vein of our previous formal green. Any comments or suggestions for us here?
Artist impressions of the Amphitheatre
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