LA 1201 Chapter : People Nature Art Technology
Document Summary
Landscape architecture is an altruistic profession to better mankind: designer has to figure out what the real needs are for the people in the area (not desires, people are the product of their environment, nature. Seasonal benefits from a deciduous tree: plants located correctly can reduce energy costs and provide an attractive landscape for home owners. Less effort does not always represent a more natural design. Floodplains - development should be kept out of floodplains except that development that can be flooded for a given time period: alternatives to design - preservation, accentuation, exaggeration, trees can reduce home energy needs. Land - landform topography, slope, relief, contour shape. Leafless trees in the winter let the sun in. Leaves shade the house in the summer: use of native plant materials instead of turf keeps from having to mow the grass, gis - remotely sensed imagery and other layers of data such a topography, hydrology, geology, etc.
