Landscape architecture drawing

1. Landscape Architecture Drawing intro A landscape architects profession Design and manage open spaces both of the natural and built environments. Plan and produce projects which are both sensitive to their environment and efficient to construct and manage. Projects they handle range from designing the layout of parks, gardens and housing estates to city-centre design. Work closely with landscape contractors, architects, planners and environmentalists.

2. Landscape Architecture Design Process Bubble diagram is the start of landscape drawing when the next step is quick concept. A detailed diagram can be done after quick concept.

3. Type of Landscape Plans Site analysis plan Bubble plan Plot plan Concept images Rendering / perspective Planting plan

4. Site Analysis Site analysis is an evaluation or judgement about the conditions of the site elements . Advantages : Saves energy by restricting site disturbance; Allows land to be developed efficiently with the minimum degree of environmental impact Helps preserve the natural and qualities of the site and its surrounding area .

5. Example of a site analysis executed for a rural site in a steep, heavily wooded area

6. Bubble Plans Bubbles are used to designate areas for specific purposes in a simple drawing . Refine the design based on the needs of the client Advantage : help us understand space adjacency, layouts, and relationships, and relative space sizes among other things. E.g . dining area, seating area, cooking area, play area, gardening area. Where are the good views, problems areas, slopes, sun areas, wind area, utility lines?

7. Plot Plan General idea of the entire landscape's features, structures, layout and dimensions .

8. Concept images Photo examples of features similar to those included in the plot plan Help give you an idea of what things will look like.

9. Renderings/Perspective A drawing or computer generated image that shows the colours, texture, lighting, shading and depth that will be present in the landscape . Advantage: Helpful in conveying ideas Give the illusion of space and distance.

10. Planting Plan A labelled diagram that shows the quantities, location, size, shape and colour of specific plants to be used in the landscape.

11. Landscape Drawing Symbol

12. Scaled Drawings Most landscape plans are drawn to a scale of 1:10 ( 1 inch on paper : 10 feet on ground ) Other popular landscape scales are 1:4, 1:5, 1:8, 1:10, 1:16 and 1:20. Scales of 1:4, 1:8 or 1:16 match the common increments used on a conventional ruler, but scales of 1:10 and 1:20 are used by engineers and landscape architects.

13. Lines used to represent the rise and fall of the land that appear on maps and plans. Represent a line at a certain height traced upon the surface of the land. Landscape architects use contours to create grading plans for a site. Plans that show how the surface of the land is to be shaped, so that ground may be cleared and ready for buildings to be built CONTOURS

14. References Landscape Architecture Portfolio Layout: Concept Design Plan Completed Using Hand Drawing Over A Basic CAD. (2013). Retrieved March 5,2014 from http://homesii.com/landscape-architecture-portfolio-layout-concept-design-plan-completed-using-hand-drawing-over-a-basic-cad / Landscape Design Symbols. (2006). Retrieved March 5,2014 from http:// www.sustland.umn.edu/design/lanscapesym.html From Bubble Plans to Master Plan. Retrieved March 5,2014 from http://www.diyadvice.com/diy/decks/plans/master-plan / Landscape Plans. Retrieved March 5,2014 from http:// www.landscapingnetwork.com/landscape-design/plans.html Basic Design Concept For Sustainable Landscapes.(2011 ).Retrieved March 5, 2014 from http :// ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1957/19602/ec1533.pdf?sequence=1 Landscaping Process & Layout. Retrieved March 5,2014 from http:// www.landscapingnetwork.com/videos/landscaping-layout.html Site Analysis Plan. Retrieved March 5,2014 from http:// www.landscapes2.org/ToolsLandscape/Pages/SitePlan.cfm Bubble Diagrams – A Useful Step in the Validation  Process.(2010 ).Retrieved March 5,2014 from https://ldvalidate.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/bubble-diagrams-%E2%80%93-a-useful-step-in-the-validation-process / http:// leungplandesign.net/main/myfolder/site%20planning%20and%20landscape%20architecture%20process.jpg http://www.meltondg.com/blog/what-is-lanscape-architecture /