About | Make Space Landscape Architecture

About

We have over 15 years combined experience across a wide range of sectors including residential, cultural, commercial, education and town centre design.

Capabilities

Landscape design services:

Writing & defining the brief

Stakeholder and community consultation and engagement

Concept design development

Public realm design & strategies

Landscape masterplanning

Developed design for costing

Visualisation

Planning drawings & documents

Construction design & production Information

Landscape management plans

Site monitoring & support

In use monitoring and evaluation

Landscape & visual impact assessment

Our Guiding Principles

Early Morning Light © Frank Fitzpatrick

Snowdonia Stream Crossing © Frank Fitzpatrick

Forward Thinking

We care about creating better places for current and future generations.

Fundamental to our work is a commitment to environmental and social sustainability, ensuring our designs are sensitive, robust and long lasting.

It’s about leaving the places that we work better than when we found them.

Of The Place

We believe our designs must be grounded in the place.

This starts with respecting the setting and significance of the site, harnessing what makes it unique to produce meaningful, appropriate designs.

Our work celebrates local craft, materials, community, heritage, habitats and other elements that make a place unique.

Cairngorm River Crossing © Frank Fitzpatrick

Ash Dome, Snowdonia © Sophie Rowe

Include Everyone

We are thoughtful designers, working to balance the needs of all.

We consider how peoples day-to-day quality of life can be improved through our work.

We recognise the mental and physical health benefits that come with access to outdoor spaces, and we believe this should be an essential provision for everyone.

Work With Nature

Our process is landscape-led, using nature as the starting point.

We take inspiration from natural systems, looking at what is local, native and thriving.

We identify opportunities in every project to practice climate-conscious design such as reducing emissions, conserving natural resources, sustainable management of water, enhancing biodiversity and creating resilient ecosystems.

Build Sound Relationships

We work collaboratively with clients and communities.

We believe a collaborative approach with clients, fellow consultants, end users, contractors, and other stakeholders establishes long lasting, trusting relationships and results in a well-conceived design.

This translates to high quality external environments made to last.

Embrace the Process

Our approach to the brief is logical, thoughtful and ambitious.

We bring enthusiasm, imagination and competence in equal measure to every project, ensuring our response is tailored to your needs.

We embrace the design process and value feedback along the journey. We love watching our schemes evolve from a conceptual sketch to completion on the ground.