what is landscape architecture?
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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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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.