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PROJECT

Fibonacci spiral: end point spiral section
historically, the farm’s fruit and vegetables
were grown. All necessary measures,
including those pertaining to health and
safety, were taken into account, including
noise reduction measures during meal
times, as the construction site was located
50m from the Spier Farm Café. Contract
specifications made provision for the
following:
• earthworks comprising demolition of
original structures, importing of new
fill material, levelling, compaction,
excavation for the Fibonacci water
course, shaping of localised berms
within planters, bed preparation, fine
grading and mulching of beds after
planting.
• installation or construction of the steel
structures and all above-mentioned
hard landscaping elements as well as
instant lawn, shrubs and trees.
• Contours Landscapes was appointed
to install the play garden using its own
builders, horticulturists and landscape
teams. They were also contracted Custom built steel pergola and timber and rope swing bridge
to manage all sub-contractor works
including irrigation, sandstone
cladding, electrical, steel works, the
water reticulation system and painting.

Bevil Steyn, director and project manager
of Contours Landscapes, explains that as
the site was enclosed by walls of historical
significance, this made for very constrained
working conditions as some of the features
had to be constructed close to each other.
It was therefore decided to phase the works
so that areas furthest from the vehicular
access gate could be tackled first. There
were eight work phases in total.
With a project as detailed and complex
as this one, Steyn says that the site
constraints and construction aspects were
considerable. He adds that the client was
“intimately involved from the conceptual
phase through to works completion”. Fibonacci spiral: raised water
channel and end point spiral
Information supplied by Contours Landscapes sections with free-standing
and DCLA. Photos courtesy of Contours fountain in the foreground
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14 Landscape SA • Issue 115 2022