External setting
Landscape work associated with the appointed building environment.
OSAN / DISCIPLINE 06
Landscape & external spaces
The building continues beyond its walls.
What the discipline brings together
The building continues beyond its walls.
Arrival, setting and external space form part of the experience of a place. OSAN’s landscaping references include Lotte Hotel Moscow and 270 Park Avenue, connecting the building interior with its surroundings.
Landscape work is presented through the scope actually undertaken. At 270 Park Avenue it sits alongside interior decoration and infrastructure; at Lotte Hotel Moscow it accompanies the interior renovation.
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ENGINEERING IN FOCUS
Landscape as a system.
Levels and thresholds
External space is shaped by levels, routes and transitions. Arrival, circulation and the relationship with entrances establish the landscape’s spatial order. A precise threshold connects the building’s internal environment with the city outside.
Levels and thresholds
External space is shaped by levels, routes and transitions. Arrival, circulation and the relationship with entrances establish the landscape’s spatial order. A precise threshold connects the building’s internal environment with the city outside.
Surface and substructure
Paving and planted areas form part of a layered external assembly. The visible surface is related to the supporting construction and the management of water. Their interfaces influence the continuity between hard landscape, soft landscape and building edges.
A complete setting
Landscape is experienced through movement, shade, material and planting together. Paths, seating and planted boundaries create relationships rather than isolated objects. The external setting gives the building a broader spatial presence.
OSAN / 06
What the discipline brings together
Interior–exterior continuity
A connected reading of the spaces inside and around a building.
Project interfaces
The relationship of the landscape package with the building and infrastructure work described in each reference.
From brief to delivery
From architectural intent
to physical execution.
01Understand the complete task+
Identify the intended use, work boundaries, design responsibilities, programme and relationships with adjacent packages. A clearly framed brief provides the starting point for engineering and construction decisions.
02Connect design and delivery+
Consider architecture, engineering, procurement, mechanical and electrical works and construction together where they form part of the appointment. Resolve the relationship between the visible finish and the work supporting it.
03Work from the whole to the detail+
Translate the agreed scope into a sequence of site activities. The building, its interfaces and its finishes call for different levels of coordination throughout the work.
04Bring the work to completion+
Bring the appointed work to its intended handover. The relevant scope, programme and contractual requirements determine what is delivered and which records accompany it.
Project connections
References demonstrate the specific packages described on their project pages; they do not imply a complete turnkey appointment.
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