landscape design

landscape design

by | Apr 13, 2023 | architectural

DEFINITION: Landscape design, is the arranging and modifying of features in a landscape.  It involves the planning, designing and managing of open spaces to create a sustainable environment.

Application of landscape design:

Landscape design can be incorporated into a wide variety of projects, from parks and green spaces, to gardens, sports sites and large estates, business parks, universities, hospital complexes, and so on. It may be used to regenerate or improve sites such as brownfield sites or contaminated sites and may be part of a biodiversity offsetting programme to help mitigate for the loss of habitat that may result from a new development.

BENEFITS: Among its many uses and benefits, landscape design can come up with ways to soften spaces between buildings, can provide links between spaces, can provide a route for people, water and animals, can provide a space for contemplation, assembly or recreation, can provide a space for gardening, and can help improve environmental quality, and so on. A well-designed and maintained landscape can attract people to a site and can have a positive impact on property value and personal wellbeing.

Public park landscape design

Landscape design is often divided into ‘softscape’ or ‘soft landscape’ and ‘hardscape’ or ‘hard landscape’.

Landscape design involves the arrangement of a wide range of elements, including:

  • The landform itself.
  • Built structures.
  • Circulation routes, such as roads, paths, steps, ramps, railings, and so on (including accessibility considerations).
  • Vegetation and planting.
  • Water features, art and other installations (such as educational installations).
  • Drainage, such as sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS).
  • Signage

 

GEOROLE

GeoRole is a company with Landscape Architecture professionals who work to protect, conserve and enhance the natural and built environment for the public benefit. We suggests that, ‘landscape architecture is rooted in an understanding of how the environment works and what makes each place unique. It is a blend of science and art, vision and thought. It is a creative profession skilled in strategic planning, delivery and management.’

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landscape architecture

landscape architecture

by | Nov 8, 2022 | architectural

Landscape architecture involves the planning, design, management, and nurturing of the built and natural environments. Professional Landscape architects work to improve human and environmental health in all communities. They plan and design parks, campuses, streetscapes, trails, plazas, residences, and other projects that strengthen communities.

Landscape architecture

When man builds, he must take both nature and society into account. With this concept – the ecological approach to landscape architecture, both the natural and man-made environment should be blended to produce  a harmonious whole, so that while altering the ‘living system’, the vital inter-relationships between living and non-living things are not distributed. It is with this insight and understanding that the landscape architect plans his work. As such the role of landscape architect and his profound insights into the functioning of the ‘living system’ assumes very much importance nowadays. Landscape architects contribute to the success and wellbeing of people by:

  • protecting natural areas (and the environment); enhancing biodiversity
  • building healthy and vibrant communities
  • addressing climate change (managing the impact of climate change and using natural system to reduce the global warming trend)
  • green infrastructure (including green streets and green roofs and active transportation)
  • contributing to the economy.

Lawrence Harpin, the eminent landscape architect says “if one can step for a moment into an outdoor space, no matter how small and get a glimpse of the sky and the smell of the earth, trees and flowers, then the overwhelming scale and density of urban life can be largely overcome”. 

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