Basics of Landscape Planning & Architecture

ARCH 216 LANDSCAPE PLANNING STUDIO

Landscape architecture:

Basics & Examples

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Ms. Shayama Setara Khan

Definition

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LANDSCAPE is a section or expansion of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single view point.

DefinitionLANDSCAPPING is a development of outdoor space to provide various amenities, privacy, comfort, beauty and ease of maintenance.

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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE is the design of outdoor public areas, landmarks, and structures to achieve environmental, social behavioral, or aesthetic outcomes.

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Aims & ObjectivesAims

Objectives•To make one site visually aesthetic.•To design the site with more natural aspects.•To make the site more comfortable.•Restore environmental aspects via designing.•Maintaining own characteristics of the site.•To keep natural elements & decorate them.

•To make good spaces.•To achieve environmental, social behavioral, or aesthetic outcomes.•to provide various amenities, privacy, comfort, beauty and ease of maintenance.

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ElementsThe elements of landscaping -

Living elements: Flora & fauna

Natural elements:Landforms, terrain shape,

water bodies etc.

Man made elements:Structure, buildings, fence

etc.

Abstract elements:Weather & lighting condition

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ScaleABSOLUTE SCALE relates the comparative value of landscape elements to a fixed structure.

RELATIVE SCALE relates to comparative relative sizes or “values” of objects in landscape.

Small scale Large scale

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SCOPEThe scope of the landscaping architectural profession includes –

Storm water management

Site planning

Urban design Environmental restoration Master planning and design

Private estate and residencelandscape

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Case study:1. Dhanmondi Lake

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Plan

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2001 2016

Transformation

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Landscape features of Dhanmondi Lake

Trees: Represents borderline. Protect lakeside from decay. Provide shadow for passers by. Water surface: Reflection enhances beauty Jahaj bari: Enhances beauty

Lighting: Enhance site beauty Water surface: Reflects the lights

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Fountain: Increase attraction Decrease monotony Enhance beauty

Shrubs: Indicate direction of the footpath Increase beauty Footpath: Use of hard pave Provide comfort for passers by

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Restaurant: Green roofing & Use of glass wallsattracts attention. Balcony: Decrease monotonousness Gorge & footpaths: The gorge and footpath express

more beauty than a empty lakeside. Protects from land decay.

Gorge & Sitting place: The gorge and sitting place express

more beauty than a empty lakeside. Protects from land decay.

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Exercising equipments: In a shady place, the exercising

equipments used a empty space and enriched landscape.

Gathering Places: Uses empty lakeside Decrease monotonousness Enhance beauty of the site Provides recreation

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2. Royal Botanic Garden, Cranbourne, Australia

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Plan

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2004 2009

2016

Transformation

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Landscape features of Royal Botanic Garden, Cranbourne.

Footpaths: Different types of pavement Unnecessary road at the middle inside of the circular place with ground cover

used for decrease monotonousness and attract attention and enhancing site beauty.

Shrubs: For direction

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Bridge: Use of dot compositions Increase attraction Retaining wall: Made of wood Visually attractive Shrubs: Shadows in different time period of

day create different textures Indicates direction of footpath clearly

Structure: Shadow creates various texture in

different time of day Increase attraction In the shadow chair and table are

given. Shrubs: Above of a structure Visually attractive Decrease monotonousness

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Retaining wall: Used red blocks instead of simple wall More attractive Water body and designed fringe

enhance beauty Plants remove monotony.

Trees: Represents geographical character Creates variation Creates pattern Sticks used for creating pattern Shrubs creates boundary & enhance

beauty

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Plants: Different types of patterns- linear,

circular Enhance beauty Soil: Different types of soils Creates diversity also makes a normal

place interesting Some structures made of cements

increase attraction

Staircase Enriched landscape give access to

the water Plant: Make the site visually comfortable Fill the blank spaces Sitting place Sitting place near footpath provides

comfort for passers by

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3. Duchess Residence, Singapore

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Plan

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2003

2016

Transformation

Landscape features of Duchess residence

Various types of trees gives the green texture in the urban landscape Different types of pools enhance beauty Use of hard pave road, ramp and higher platform enriched the landscape Chair and table provide sitting place and they are in a line.

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Flowering plants make the site visually more attractive

Fountain Enhances beauty Sitting spaces provides comfort

Various types of trees in different positions such in middle of hard pave, roadside

Stair type structures makes the landscape visually more interesting

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Stair type structures increase attraction

Plants enhances beauty

Plants provides shadow Plants at footpath side enhances

beauty and indicates direction Ground covers make the site more

beautiful than empty soil Stair type structures creates

difference Have lighting elements and metallic

fence

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