solid bronze pendants for sale - large scale sculptures - creating bespoke limited edition pieces - abstract sculpture - modern art - handmade - public art - contemporary ecological - rewilding - bird sculpture - avian - Handcrafted jewellery - Rooted in Africa - Contemporary African Design - Distinctive species extinction - Biodiversity - Indigenous garden - Pendant Jewellery - Handmade Gift - Animal Art - Wedding Gift - Rehabilitation
SONJA SWAN
landscape design AED
Courtyard Garden photographer: Marc Schmucker
Courtyard photographer: Marc Schmucker
Courtyard Garden photographer: Marc Schmucker
"My work focuses on re-wilding and restoring landscapes to their original state. I combine minimalist modern design and wilderness, moving away from traditional, agricultural, and pastoral landscapes. As the owner and director of African Environmental Design, I promote an ecological aesthetic to public, commercial, and private properties – inspired by South African landscape topography and vegetation."
African Environmental Design is a South African-based landscape architecture practice that operates Nationally and Internationally with offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Graduate of the University of Pretoria: School of Landscape Architecture - membership with ILASA and BOTSOC Society.
" I see a landscape as a constantly changing system rather than a product. Solutions are site-specific.Bio-mimicry as icons of larger natural systems, juxtaposed in the urban landscape, re-present our idea of landscape and our place in nature."
Large private estates and farms, Rooftop and Atrium gardens, Commercial Office and Retail Developments, Maintenance Audits, Ecological pools, and Plant Sourcing.
PUBLICATIONS:
Project: MTN
Publication: Landscape SA
Volume: No. 10
Date of Publication: March/April 2006
Page no: 4
Project: Kliptown Walter Sisulu Square
Publication: Landscape SA
Volume: No. 8
Date of Publication: Nov/Dec 2005
Page no: 28
Project: Westcliff Estate
Publication: VILLAS Volume: 72 Date of Publication: 2006
Page no.
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Project: Kliptown Walter Sisulu Square
Publication: Leading Architecture & Design
Volume: NA
Date of Publication: Jan/Feb 2003
Page no: 49
Project: Westcliff Estate
Publication: L’ ARCA
Volume: 2002 Fourth edition
Date of Publication: 2002
Page no. 12
Project: Westcliff Estate
Publication: AD Architectural Design
Volume: 71 Date of Publication: July 2001
Page no. 46
Project: Knightsbridge
Publication: Pro Landscaper Africa
Date of Publication: May 2018
Project: The March
Publication: Pro Landscaper Africa
Date of Publication: March 2019
Project: Discovery HQ
Publication: Landscape SA
Date of Publication: December 2018
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Project: Discovery HQ
Publication: Pro Landscaper Africa
Date of Publication: December 2018