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2. Egyptian Temple Courts
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE - royalty and the privileged classes
- is the art, planning, design, throughout the centuries have
management, preservation and continued to influence the design and
rehabilitation of the land and the design actualization of gardens
of human-made constructs.
- The scope of the profession includes 3. Hellenistic and Roman Gardens
architectural design, site planning, - Greeks did not own private gardens.
housing estate development, They did put gardens around temples
environmental restoration, town or and they adorned walkways and roads
with statues, but the ornate and
urban planning, urban design, parks and
recreation planning, regional planning, pleasure gardens that demonstrated
landscape urbanism, and historic wealth in the other communities is
preservation. seemingly absent.
- Roman gardens had many
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT characteristics in common with
contemporary gardens. The garden was
- A practitioner in the field of landscape
a place of peace and tranquility, a refuge
architecture.
from urban life, and was invested with
GARDEN DESIGN religious and symbolic meanings.
FORM DEVELOPMENTS
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
1) Geometric Forms
- Components, connections and 1. Unity
relationships follow strict laws of order - One of the basics of landscape design is
inherent within the mathematics of the creating a central theme to build your
various geometric shapes. outdoor plan upon. A unified look is
important to a beautiful landscape
2) Naturalistic Forms design.
- may appear erratic, frivolous whimsical - Unity can be achieved by using mass
and random but will likely have more planting and repetition.
appeal to the pleasure-seeking,
adventurous side of the user. 2. Balance
- The plants, walkways, and other
features of your outdoor plan should be
LANDSCAPE INNOVATORS laid out in an asymmetrical design that
complements the entire yard.
ANTONI GAUDI I CORNET - Balance in design refers to the
- a Spanish Catalan architect from Reus equilibrium or equality of visual
and the best known practitioner of attraction.
Catalan Modernism. Gaudí's works There are three different ways to achieve
reflect an individualized and distinctive balance:
style.
Symmetrical Balance
MARTHA SCHWARTS
- duplicates the garden design on one
- an American landscape architect; is in side of a clearly defined central axis and
the fine arts as well as landscape repeats the exact same design on the
architecture, and her projects range opposite side. Each side of the design is
from private to urban scale. a mirror image of the other with no
JOHN ORMSBEE SIMONDS variation in color, texture, or other
elements.
- a visionary landscape architect, planner,
educator, and environmentalist. Asymmetrical Balance
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- is less rigid with natural curves and specific focal points to draw interest and
more variety in the design. The center turn heads.
point may not be obvious and balance is - Involves the leading of visual
achieved through mass and weight observation toward a feature by
rather than color, texture, and plant placement of this feature at the
types. vanishing point between radial or
approaching lines.
Radial Balance
- Protection
- Conservation Comparative Analysis of Buildings and
- Rehabilitation Landscapes
- Enhancement of Ecological System and
BUILDINGS LANDSCAPES
Quality of Life
Reduce quality of life of Improve quality of life of
many other living forms many living forms
Activities Involved:
Reduce biodiversity Protect biodiversity
- Planning Disrupt ecological balance Restore ecological balance
Destroy natural habitat Provide natural habitat
- Designing Contribute to more heat Naturally cool the outdoor
- Specifying (urban heat island effect) environment
- Supervising Pollute the water Clean and retain the water
Do not absorb stormwater Absorb stormwater
- Administering
Contaminate the soil Maintain soil health &
- Directing fertility
Cover/ remove topsoil Recycle nutrients
Design Objectives: Contribute to erosion Control erosion
Contribute air pollution Cleans the air
1. Order Deteriorate without Regenerate without
2. Function Human Intervention human intervention
3. Aesthetics Use up a lot of resources Produce food, raw
materials or natural
Design Considerations resources
1. Economic Conditions
2. Environmental Conditions
3. Available Technologies & Materials
4. Function
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Salvador R. Bautista
Socorro B. Atega