Talking about Landscape Architecture

Drawings

TYPES OF

LANDSCAPE

DRAWINGS

history + evolveme

nt

PURPOSE +

PEOPLE

SITE+CONTEXT

DEVELOPMENT

INTEGRATION+APPLICATION

CO

NTE

NTS

1# Understanding landscape architecture

“the design of outdoor Public areas AND STRUCTURES”

23 to achieve environmental social-behavioral + aesthetic outcomes

HISTORY

ANCIENT

egypt

GREEK

ROMAN

FRENCH

ENGLISH

NG SEK SAN

ESTABLISHED

MALAYSIAN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT

CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

Residential 10@mont kiara

Parks KLPAC park

Insitutional KDU Smartschool

COMMERCIAL One Bangsar

2# PURPOSE + PEOPLE

Purpose of drawings

Drawing, is quintessential for the work of landscape

architects. It is the ultimate tool to communicate the concepts and designs behind it.

PURPOSE OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE DRAWINGS

*To translate the design and concept of a particular public area - conceptual plan -bubble plan -schematic plan -section and elevation *To translate data for further analysis during planning and designing of the public area *To explain as to how each natural elements will be integrated into the site, eg.planting plan

DRAWINGS : Designing Ideas Into Action

Everyone loves the big idea, but now it's down to designing specifically how that idea will work. Instead of just a green roof, it's the exact details of how it will look, function and also how the surrounding factors would influence it. Not only that, but many projects require a series of drawing as part of a whole master plan or site plan.

PEOPLE BEHIND THE DRAWINGS

WH

O C

REATES IT

?

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS

WH

O U

SES

IT ? Project

manager +Site supervisor

QUANTITY SURVEYOR + LAND SURVEYOR

ARCHITECTS+ LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS

construction+planning+analysing+maintanence

TYPES OF LANDSCAPE DRAWINGS

PROCESS OF LANDSCAPE DRAWINGS

SITE ANALYSIS

BUBBLE PLAN

PLOT PLAN

PERSPECTIVES

PLANTING PLAN

LOCATIONORIENTATION

Temperature & Sun Path

wind directionSOIL TYPE

+ CONDITIONtopography

vegetation and natural features

Precipitation & Hydrology

Infrastructure & Facilities

land uses and buildings

VISUAL LINKAGES

locally available resources

SITEANALYSIS

bubble plan

plot plan

concept images

Perspective /Renderings

Planting Plan

of

Landscape Plans

+

Drawings

Development

Chia Sue Hwa

General Maister Memorial Park,

Slovenia

Ocean View, Rodanthe, North Carolina

a. SIte & context

b. development of

drawings

QWhat

is

SITE+CONTEXT?

“ The city, the suburbs,

and the countryside must

be viewed as a single,

evolving system with

nature, as must every

individual park and

building within that larger

whole. “

– Anne

Whiston Spirn

SITE*inventory and

analysis

*recording

*mapping

CLIMATESeasons

Regions

Microclimat

e

Climate

change

LAND

Rail bridge over the Garden River (Canada), showing local spirit through graffiti.

Land + Law

Stone & Soil

Land use

WATER

Water systems

Management

Gro-Wall vertical garden systems are on display at the Landscape Australia Expo in Sydney

PLANTS

“I saw that animals were important. I saw that plants were even more important. I was also to learn that compared to many of the other species, we weren't important at all except for the damage we do. We do not rule the natural world, despite our conspicuous position in it. On the contrary, it is our lifeline, and we do well to try to understand its rules.” ― Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Identification

Cultivation

Cracked Concrete Garden proves that many plants have a way of surviving even with minimal resources. The project took a site that was previously paved with concrete and transformed the land into a true piece of urban wild.

TOPOGRAPHY

Contours

Site survey

< wilderness + nature

built environment >

Landscape

Character

QHow

do

landscape

drawings

develop?

analytical

observational

conceptual

SKETCHES

“I sometimes think

there is

nothing so delightful as

drawing.”-Vincent van Gogh

(1853 - 1890)

ORTHO

PROJECTION

scale // plan // section // section elevation

PERSPECTIVE

< hand – drawn

computer-rendered >

3D IMAGES

axonometric

isometric

*sketch models

*presentation models

Models --------------------------------

CAD (computer-aided design)

photo montage by David Hockney

e.g. photo montage / 3D imaging

“I don't divide architecture,

landscape and gardening; to

me they are one. “-Luis Barragan

the world at your fingertips

Tools &

Technique

Tang Pei Kei

Pencils

Tools

Tracing Paper

Tools

Kneaded erasers

Erasing Shield Pink Pearl Erasers

Plastic Erasers

tortillion

Stump

Sharpeners

Bridges

Transfer PaperMahlstick

Perspective Jaws

Mirror

Pencil Extender

ViewFinder

Brush

Lines & Strokes

Lines & Strokes

Hatching and Crosshatching, Stippling, Scribbles, Pressure and Edges

Measuring

<< Eyeballs and Thumbs

Measuring Angles ^

Gridding

Plumblines

PerspectivesOne-point perspective and

two-points perspective

Graphic of

Landscape Drawings

6#REPRESENTING LANDSCAPES: INTEGRATION AND APPLICATION OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE DRAWINGS

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE DRAWINGS ARE MORE THAN JUST

SKETCHES AND ILLUSTRATION.

How do we graphically represent the

enviromentally dynamic, ever changing social, cultural and political

landscape?

LANDSCAPE VISUALIZATION

2

2 Landscape architecture has undergone numerous shifts of representation over the past several decades. This was a period where current technological

context allows the collobaration of various choice of medium and drawing typology to reflect the intended nature of the site.

6 To convey a sense of atmosphere and seasonality and to communicate design

proposals through a range of drawings. It is important to consider how the drawings

operate as representations of space.

RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN Landscape is not a concrete definition, but a strong foundation that is a flexible idea encouraging you to explore and define through your own unique pursuits.The studio focuses on the process of critical making and exploring the dynamic, spatial, and environmental elements specific to the medium of landscape architecture.