Fundamentals of landscape architecture
Waterman, Tim
Fundamentals of landscape architecture Book - Switzerland AVA Publishing SA 2009 - 200p. - AVA academia series .
CONTENTS How to get the most out of this book 6 Introduction 8 1 HISTORY AND IDEAS 12 Yesterday and today 14 before the ancient world 16 The ancient world 22 The Middle Ages 26 The Renaissance and baroque 30 The nineteenth century 38 The twentieth century 42 Millennial landscapes 48 2 SITE AND CONTEXT 50 Landscape: site and context 52 Climate 58 Land 64 Water 68 Plants 72 Topography 76 Landscape character 80 3 INHABITING THE LANDSCAPE 84 Site planningand development 86 The view of the landscape 92 Landscape planting 96 Flow: circulation and access 100 Structures and habitation 104 Community planning 108 4 REPRESENTATION 112 Thesketch 114 Orthographic projection 118 Perspective 122 3D images 124 Models 126 CoTripuiter-aided design (CAD) 130 Storyboards 132 the moving image134 Presentation 136 The portfolio 138 5 THE ANATOMY OF A PROJECT140 The Coventry Phoenix Initiative 142 The project timeline 144 1. Brief 146 2. Concept 148 3. Analysis 150 4. Synthesis 152 5. Detail development 158 6. Construction 160 7. Maturation 162 6 CAREERS 164 Designand vision 166 Planningthe landscape 168 Management and conservation 170 Historic conservation 172 Thescienceof landscape 174 Cities and towns 176 Gardens and parks 178 Conclusion 180 Glossary T82 Contacts and useful resources 186 Bibliography 189 Index 190 Acknowledgements and 192 picture credits Workingwith ethics 193
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Fundamentals of landscape architecture Book - Switzerland AVA Publishing SA 2009 - 200p. - AVA academia series .
CONTENTS How to get the most out of this book 6 Introduction 8 1 HISTORY AND IDEAS 12 Yesterday and today 14 before the ancient world 16 The ancient world 22 The Middle Ages 26 The Renaissance and baroque 30 The nineteenth century 38 The twentieth century 42 Millennial landscapes 48 2 SITE AND CONTEXT 50 Landscape: site and context 52 Climate 58 Land 64 Water 68 Plants 72 Topography 76 Landscape character 80 3 INHABITING THE LANDSCAPE 84 Site planningand development 86 The view of the landscape 92 Landscape planting 96 Flow: circulation and access 100 Structures and habitation 104 Community planning 108 4 REPRESENTATION 112 Thesketch 114 Orthographic projection 118 Perspective 122 3D images 124 Models 126 CoTripuiter-aided design (CAD) 130 Storyboards 132 the moving image134 Presentation 136 The portfolio 138 5 THE ANATOMY OF A PROJECT140 The Coventry Phoenix Initiative 142 The project timeline 144 1. Brief 146 2. Concept 148 3. Analysis 150 4. Synthesis 152 5. Detail development 158 6. Construction 160 7. Maturation 162 6 CAREERS 164 Designand vision 166 Planningthe landscape 168 Management and conservation 170 Historic conservation 172 Thescienceof landscape 174 Cities and towns 176 Gardens and parks 178 Conclusion 180 Glossary T82 Contacts and useful resources 186 Bibliography 189 Index 190 Acknowledgements and 192 picture credits Workingwith ethics 193
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