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Ribbons of life by Helen Cummins, University of Sheffield

The Landscape Institute has commissioned five landscape students to envision a ‘landscape-led’ approach to implementing the HS2 transport infrastructure project approved by Government earlier this year. The challenge put to the students was how HS2 could enhance the area along the first stage of the route.  Students were given two weeks to develop their proposals, and the schemes are published in the winter edition of the Landscape Journal, released this week: Power and motion: landscape and big infrastructure in the 21st century.

Community corridors by Amy Harley-Jepson, Edinburgh College of Art

The Institute proposed the student work to elevate the level of discussion about the project, noting that a ‘bold vision that might set a new agenda appears to be lacking.’  Neither the impact on the initial portion of the route from Euston Station to Kilburn, nor its impact on AONB and local communities in the Chilterns have been properly explored, according to the Institute.

The students’ proposals include an experimental sound garden harvesting noise and vibration from the trains to create energy and a re-interpretation of railway platforms as stages for agricultural and community use.

Dual perspective by Andrew Pringle, Edinburgh College of Art

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