LA 1201 : Midterm Exam Notes
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Landscape architecture is all about the land, not the landscaping. It is management, design, and stewardship of the land. Landscape architects design things like neighborhoods, cities, parks, and are involved in shaping the land while preserving it. Site planning- focuses on the physical design and preserving nature. Park and recreational planning- birth of the profession in the united states. Land development planning- new neighborhoods (lifestyle community) Takes about 100 years for landscape architecture ideas to move to different parts of the world. It is a very slow migration of ideas that always get modified by topography and climate. Egyptians knew that they had to build for eternity. Made houses out of mud, so they didn"t last. That"s why you don"t see architecture of the living. Louisiana is on about the same latitude as egypt. We are located on the gulf of mexico. The wind in egypt is very dry and not pleasant, like opening an oven door.
