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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
By Yajnanendra Pratap Singh
Landscape Architecture Studio - I
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Before the Ancient World
3. The Nineteenth Century
4. Site and Context
5. Landscape Character
6. Site Planning and Development: The View of the Landscape
7. The Scope of Landscape Architecture
8. Modernism
9. Use and Beauty
10. An Environmental Discipline
11. The Place of Art
12. Landscape Planning
Landscape Architecture Studio - I
Site and Context
Archeological Site: a place in which evidence of past Site analysis is preliminary phase of architectural and Elements of Site Analysis
activity is preserved. urban design process to study various factors • Location • Manmade Features
• Neighborhood Context • Circulation
• Size & Zoning • Utilities
• Legal Parameters • Sensory
• Natural Physical Features • Human & Culture
• Climate
Site Planning Landscape Architecture Studio - I
Site Planning in landscape architecture refers to the organization stages of the landscape design process .
A greenway is "a strip of undeveloped land near an urban area, set A foreshore way is a greenway that provides a public
aside for recreational use or environmental protection". right-of-way along the edge of the sea, open to both
Five general types of greenways: walkers and cyclists.
• Urban riverside greenways
• Recreational greenways
• Ecological significant natural corridors
• Scenic and Historic routes
• Comprehensive greenways
Vegetation Induced Cooling Landscape Architecture Studio - I
Trees and vegetative elements serve as cooling apparatus and help to reject heat through cooling of roofs, cooling of paved surfaces, and provision of shade.
Landscape Architecture Studio - I
Conclusion
• Landscape architecture is the design of outdoor areas, landmarks, and structures to achieve environmental, social behavioral or aesthetic outcomes.
References
• Landscape Architecture by Yajnanendra Pratap Singh
• Landscape Graphics by Grant W. Reid
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