Thinking About Landscape Architecture

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storm water. In time, the plant material will take hold and fill in the slope so that the netting is no longer visible. Volunteer native species of plants from the adjoining undisturbed slopes will invade in the process of natural succession to further repair and reduce slope erosion. Assuming all goes according to plan, visitors hiking along the trail will see in as few as 10 years a naturalized landscape, unaware of the steps taken to get from heavily eroded bare slopes to recovery with native plant cover.

Sand Dunes Restoration/Protection, the Netherlands The Netherlands has had to devise increasingly robust and sophisticated strategies to protect the country from winter storms and flooding since as long ago as AD 800. The Dutch are known for their system of levees, canals, pumping systems, including windmills, and other approaches to ward against winter-borne flooding. Much of the coast perimeter of the country is protected against storm flooding with the creation of sand dunes constructed over earthen levees. The dunes have been planted with a variety of plant species, mostly Figure 5.31 Storm protection sand dunes, the Netherlands grasses, as shown in Figure 5.31. The dunes appear to be natural but are in fact a cultural artifact and are appreciated as any native landscape feature. The plants and wildlife that inhabit the dunes have naturalized and, like any ecosystem, change and shift in composition over time.

Reconstructed Watershed Landscape High Desert Water Harvester, Albuquerque, New Mexico Designed by the landscape architecture firm of Sites Southwest of Albuquerque, New Mexico, in collaboration with Bohannan-Huston hydrologic engineers (Figure 5.32), this project is an example of a community-scale landscape watershed reclamation and water harvesting strategy. The aim of the project is to collect and detain rainwater, allowing time for it to percolate through the soil to the underground aquifer. In the process of constructing an adjacent sub-division, massive amounts of earth moving was necessary. The landscape architects devised a restoration plan, selecting native plant species to restore the disturbed areas, essentially recreating the natural habitat and biodiversity of flora and fauna. Storm water carrying pollutants drains from the adjacent residential properties and streets and then flows through the reconstructed watershed. In the process, the runoff water is cleaned of most pollutants as the water moves across the vegetated landscape. The water eventually is directed to an impoundment basin, lined with stone-clad banks in a formal 107


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Plants and Their Relevance to Sustainability

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The Role of Plants in a Sustainable Landscape

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Managing Storm Water

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Plants in Combination with Grading and the Environment

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Nature, a Model for Infrastructure

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Grading and Drainage

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Professional Responsibility: Protecting the Health, Safety, and Welfare of the Public

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Design Considerations

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Having Fun with Materials

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Soil

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Fountains and Pools

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Examples of Material Selection to Create a Variety of Results

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Metal

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New Challenges in Plant Selection

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Brick: Another Type of Manufactured Modular Material

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Aesthetic Considerations

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Stone

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Planting Design: From Plans to Reality

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Plant Selection Based on Climate and Other Ecological Factors

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Other Factors Affecting Plant Growth and Survival

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Overview of Plant Physical Characteristics by Region

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Changing Seasons

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Environmental Restoration

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Urban Design

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Educational and Commercial Campuses

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Waterfronts

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Parks

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Gardens

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Low Impact Development and Green Infrastructure

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Reconstructed Watershed Landscape

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Work of Practicality

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Landscape as Art

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Symbolism

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Architectural Inspired Landscape Space

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The Design Concept

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Landscape as Narratives

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Inspiration from Nature

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Sustainable Design

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Modernism and Contemporary Themes

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Early Southern and Northern European Garden Design Traditions

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Dawn of Early Human Habitation on the Land

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Historical Overview of Landscape Architecture

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Phase III: Construction Documents

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Phase V: Construction Implementation

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Notes

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Phase II: Design Development

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Phase I: Schematic Design

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Further Reading

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Scale: Another Word with More than One Meaning

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Agent of the Client

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Cultural Differences in Design

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Circulation

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Elaboration of Further Design Topics

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Sustainability

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Collaboration

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Design with Nature

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Landscape Architects as Stewards of the Land

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When Is Dirt Soil?

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Landscape Architects Must Balance Practical with Artistic Considerations

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Steps to Becoming a Professional Landscape Architect

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Career Opportunities

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Landscape Architecture: A Design Profession for the Twenty-First Century

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CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION—WHAT IS A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT?

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Landscape Architecture: Science or Art?

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