Biophilic Inspiration for Planting Patterns

 I recently saw a video of the evening starling murmurations at Aberystwyth Pier in Wales. This made me think, the patterns and dances these birds create in the sky are caused by them flying closer and further apart from eachother and changing their densities in the sky as the fly around. I then thought, what if I replicated this in a planting design or using columns. This could be that tree or column spacing changes from dense to more sparse and back to dense again as you journey through a space. This could be used in my North Place site project to help to fulfil the requirement of biophilia in the brief. I then tried my best to draw this inspiration and idea roughly in my sketchbook, as dots, in radial order, as well as linear, before trying to draw it as trees in plan form. 

This is an idea I would like to explore further implemented in my design for North Place, as the feel of the space this could provide could be very impressive and unique. For example if one was to cycle through the space, the changing densities of planting around you would almost feel like waves, going from more shaded and enclosed to more open, light, and exposed. 



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