LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 1151
Notes Summarizing The Film - "A Legacy For Living"
All that the environment asks is for man to live as part of nature.
Landscape Architects deals with the problems of adapting man to the environment:
Shopping
Living
Driving
Having fun
Land Use Planning: How to properly use land.
Frederick Law Olmsted: The "Father" of Landscape Architecture.
His legacy includes Central Park in New York City.
Design Process: Analyze Site
Alternative Ways of Treating the Site
Solutions to keep man and nature in balance
Time: Very important aspect of Landscape Architecture
What will it be like in 20-50 years?
Team Approach to Planning and Design:
Different talents to team members, even with the same profession. Talents may be in areas Land Use, Design, Construction, Plant Materials, Economics and Law Affecting Land Use, Planning, etc.
People: Design influences people. How do they feel?
Site Analysis: Vegetation
Slopes
Hydrology
Land Use
Zoning and Legal Restrictions
These factors must be studied in order to solve problems of land use.
Outdoor Rooms: Outdoor rooms must be designed for people activities in order to bring spaces to life.
Design and Planning Decisions:
Decisions are not made just for "good looks".
They are made because "that is the best way to do it".
Resources must be carefully preserved, both man made and natural.
Collaboration:
(Design Teams) Working together the various professionals on a team can make cities better places to live - for people. Nature can be shaped to the mood. People can be fitted to valuable space that is growing scarcer.
Stewardship:
Thoreau and Emerson thought that man should be the steward of the Earth and living things upon it.
Legacy:
Man must treat natural elements with greater concern to pass on the legacy
.