Landscape Architecture
Nicholas Garcia
Inga Kenney, Ph.D
Landscape Architecture 221
September 3, 2013
The Process of Landscape Architecture In the modern world, there are many ways to go about doing any given project, but with Landscape and architecture, there seems to be a constant of how to plan out a design. A landscape architect plans and designs land areas for different places such as parks, recreational facilities, highways, airports, and other properties. Their project sites may vary from subdivisions and commercial, to industrial or residential. Landscape architects plan the location of buildings, roads, and walkways, and where to plant flowers, shrubs, and trees. They design areas to be functional, beautiful, and friendly with the environment. Natural places disturbed by humans, such as wetlands, stream corridors, and mined areas, can be restored by the design and plan of a landscape architect. Many of them specialize in a particular area, whether it is environmental remediation, planning public areas, or designing private estates. People also enjoy their attractive designed gardens, public parks, playgrounds, residential areas, college campuses, golf courses, and more. Landscape architects beautify and improve neighborhoods and communities. But even though all of this may sound like a fun job, this career is as if being an artist; you can try over and over again, but it doesn’t get any easier. It takes hard work to be a successful landscape architect.
There are many steps to becoming a success at said career, but one of the most prominent is the simple art of presenting your work. When learning to be a successful artist, the first thing one must do is start by positioning your every movement and stroke correctly. The foremost important thing to work on is something as simple as the lettering. As it is, many landscape architects use simple upper case lettering. It is imperative that there are no serifs on any of the letters as to confuse anyone who may be reading
Inga Kenney, Ph.D
Landscape Architecture 221
September 3, 2013
The Process of Landscape Architecture In the modern world, there are many ways to go about doing any given project, but with Landscape and architecture, there seems to be a constant of how to plan out a design. A landscape architect plans and designs land areas for different places such as parks, recreational facilities, highways, airports, and other properties. Their project sites may vary from subdivisions and commercial, to industrial or residential. Landscape architects plan the location of buildings, roads, and walkways, and where to plant flowers, shrubs, and trees. They design areas to be functional, beautiful, and friendly with the environment. Natural places disturbed by humans, such as wetlands, stream corridors, and mined areas, can be restored by the design and plan of a landscape architect. Many of them specialize in a particular area, whether it is environmental remediation, planning public areas, or designing private estates. People also enjoy their attractive designed gardens, public parks, playgrounds, residential areas, college campuses, golf courses, and more. Landscape architects beautify and improve neighborhoods and communities. But even though all of this may sound like a fun job, this career is as if being an artist; you can try over and over again, but it doesn’t get any easier. It takes hard work to be a successful landscape architect.
There are many steps to becoming a success at said career, but one of the most prominent is the simple art of presenting your work. When learning to be a successful artist, the first thing one must do is start by positioning your every movement and stroke correctly. The foremost important thing to work on is something as simple as the lettering. As it is, many landscape architects use simple upper case lettering. It is imperative that there are no serifs on any of the letters as to confuse anyone who may be reading
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