what is landscape architecture?

WHAT IS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE?

A comprehensive discipline of land analysis, planning, design, management, preservation, and rehabilitation. ~laprofession.org

A profession committed to creating healthy, enjoyable and secure places for the future.

Combines art and science.

A profession that designs, plans and manages our land and its resources. ~www.asla.org

Landscape architects shape and protect the physical environment in which we live, work and play. ~NCSU LAR Dept.

WHAT IS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE?

PROJECT TYPES:

Arboretum and Zoos Parks and Public Areas

Campus Planning Recreation and Event Spaces

Community Planning Regional and Natural Areas Planning

Corporate Facilities Residences, Estates and Ranches

Cultural and Historic Sites Resource and Environmental Management

Ecological Restoration and Reclamation Tourism Facilities Planning

Golf Courses Transportation Planning

Institutional Design and Planning Urban Planning and Design

Memorials and Sculpture Gardens Waterfronts and Greenways

WHAT IS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE?

ART

NOT JUST

WHAT IS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE?

ART SCIENCE+

WHAT IS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE?

ART SCIENCE+

= ECOLOGICAL DESIGN

WETLAND CREATION & RESTORATION

Danehy Park

Wetlands, plantings, and walkways have replaced what was once a city landfill.

Danehy Park, Cambridge,

Massachusetts.

WETLAND CREATION & RESTORATION

Ohio Wetland Mitigation

A new wetland has brought nature and beauty into a crowded suburban community.

Wetland Conservation Area, New Albany, Ohio Thomas Evans, ASLA

WETLAND CREATION & RESTORATION

Boulder Creek, The Farm

The addition of native plants and boulder ledges help filter pollutants from a formerly degraded wetland and river.

The Farm at Boulder Valley,

Boulder, Colorado

WETLAND CREATION & RESTORATION

Created Wetland

A new wetland created to mitigate a power plant contains a bevy of native plants and wildlife.

Wetland Creation for Saranac Power Plant, Plattsburgh, New York

WHY ARE YOU TELLING US ALL THIS?

Architects, city planners, engineers, scientists and other professionals, can play an important role in environmental protection through collaborative projects and

discourse that respect both the needs of people and of our environment.

Architects, city planners, engineers, scientists and other professionals, can play an important role in environmental protection through collaborative projects and

discourse that respect both the needs of people and of our environment.