Tuesday 12 November 2013

What is a landscape architect and what is landcape architecture?

Wikipedia got the answer:

"A landscape architect is a person involved in the planning, design and sometimes direction of a landscape, garden, or distinct space. The professional practice is known as landscape architecture"

so what is landscape architecture then?
According to wikipedia:

"Landscape architecture is the design of outdoor public areas, landmarks, and structures to achieve environmental, social-behavioral, or aesthetic outcomes. It involves the systematic investigation of existing social, ecological, and geological conditions and processes in the landscape, and the design of interventions that will produce the desired outcome. The scope of the profession includes: urban desig;site planning; stormwater management; town or urban planning; environmental restoration; parks and recreation planning; visual resource management; green infrastructure planning and provision; and private estate and residence landscape master planning and design; all at varying scales of design, planning and management. A practitioner in the profession of landscape architecture is called a landscape architect"

The definition is:

"Landscape architecture is a multi-disciplinary field, incorporating aspects of: botany, horticulture, the fine arts, architecture, industrial design, geology and the earth sciences, environmental psychology, geography and ecology. The activities of a landscape architect can range from the creation of public parks and parkways to site planning for campuses and corporate office parks, from the design of residential estates to the design of civil infrastructure and the management of large wilderness areas or reclamation of degraded landscapes such as mines or landfills. Landscape architects work on all types of structures and external space - large or small, urban, suburban and rural, and with "hard" (built) and "soft" (planted) materials, while integrating ecological sustainability. The most valuable contribution can be made at the first stage of a project to generate ideas with technical understanding and creative flair for the design, organization, and use of spaces. The landscape architect can conceive the overall concept and prepare the master plan, from which detailed design drawings and technical specifications are prepared. They can also review proposals to authorize and supervise contracts for the construction work. Other skills include preparing design impact assessments, conducting environmental assessments and audits, and serving as an expert witness at inquiries on land use issues" 

In some states, provinces, municipalities, and jurisdictions, all designs for public space must be reviewed and approved by licensed landscape architects.


This is an example of an upcoming landscape architect:




Monday 11 November 2013

MAMMUTTI

I have a course now in the bascis of building techniques and we are going to build a bridge, thats going to be around 3 m, so its quite big. This is a small scale model of my alternative, I named it Mammutti:


How ever my group and I decided to go with another ide.....

Monday 30 September 2013

Majparken

The park outside my window is finally kind of ready! Though it is supposed to be all set in november.



Pieni Tila Complete

This is how our work Pieni Tila looked like when we had done the finishing touches!
Im super proud!


Thursday 26 September 2013

Pieni Tila


For our third project we had to choos a small space and measure it up. We choose this cool place in Kallio: