Landscape Architecture Exam 2
Questions with Latest Update
Programmed entertainment events which "draw" people to an urban space is an
example of Wm. Whyte's concept of - Answer-Triangulation
The use of waterfalls to mask the sounds of passing truck traffic uses water
as_____________ sound - Answer-White
True or False. Using natural resources without concern for over use or consumption of
the material would be considered "harvesting" the resource. - Answer-false
Italian garden style - Answer-Hilly topography/water cascades/ excitement.
English - Answer-green/romantic naturalism/nature perfected.
Spanish/Muslim - Answer-enclosed/courtyards/irrigation/humidification/4corners.
American - Answer-plantation gardens, mission gardens, melting pot.
French - Answer-Renaissance gardens/dramatic yards/monumental axes/flat
agricultural land.
1st Characteristic of a profession: Education/Accreditation - Answer-CLARB
2nd Characteristic of a profession: Registration/Certification - Answer-LARE
3rd Characteristic of a profession: Association - Answer-ASLA
CLARB - Answer-Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Board.
LARE - Answer-Landscape Architecture Registration Examination.
ASLA - Answer-American Association of Landscape Architects
Professional Ethics - Answer-A shared belief system. "This I believe". Code of conduct.
Practices in L.A. - Answer-Single discipline, Multi-discipline, Design and Build.
Single discipline - Answer-L. Architects design.
Multi-discipline - Answer-Architects, L. Architects, Engineers, Planers, etc.
Design and Built - Answer-L.A. Design and builders build
, Clients - Answer-people that will use the service. paying and non-paying
Paying Clients - Answer-Tax-payers, Corporations, Private Individuals
Non-paying Clients - Answer-Nature, visitors, etc.
Steward - Answer-one who is put in charge, a manager, ect.
Stewardship and Ecology - Answer-The house that connects them is Nature
How do urban parks illustrate the concept of therapy of nature? - Answer-By creating
garden smooth, waterfalls. etc.
NFS-National Forest Service - Answer->>Conserves<< forest resources, by allowing
managed use for productive uses.
NPS-National Park Service - Answer->>Preserves<< forest resources by leaving forests
alone.
Sunken spaces can be successful, sociable urban spaces when they function
as_______________________. - Answer-Amphiteatre
Landscape Architect designs for what Maslow would describe as both the
________________ needs of people and the _____________ needs of people. -
Answer-psychological/mental, physical.
Ecological System - Answer-Water, Climate, Land, Biotics
A landscape architect might equate the terms of ecology and stewardship by pointing
out that you have to study the ___________ of nature to manage the
_________________ of nature. - Answer-Household of nature
Landscape architecture can be understood as "fitting _________to___________, and
shaping ___________for_______________. - Answer-people, land. -----land,people.
Microclimate considerations include localized conditions of... - Answer-Wind, Humidity,
sun/shade.
Foundation of landscape architecture. - Answer-Nature as: Art/philosophy,
resource,client, science.
Frederick Law Olmsted - Answer-Urban Amaerican Parks, pastoral and picturesque,
therapy of nature, founder of landscape architecture.
Ian McHarg - Answer-GIS: Design with nature; Ecology suitability.
Questions with Latest Update
Programmed entertainment events which "draw" people to an urban space is an
example of Wm. Whyte's concept of - Answer-Triangulation
The use of waterfalls to mask the sounds of passing truck traffic uses water
as_____________ sound - Answer-White
True or False. Using natural resources without concern for over use or consumption of
the material would be considered "harvesting" the resource. - Answer-false
Italian garden style - Answer-Hilly topography/water cascades/ excitement.
English - Answer-green/romantic naturalism/nature perfected.
Spanish/Muslim - Answer-enclosed/courtyards/irrigation/humidification/4corners.
American - Answer-plantation gardens, mission gardens, melting pot.
French - Answer-Renaissance gardens/dramatic yards/monumental axes/flat
agricultural land.
1st Characteristic of a profession: Education/Accreditation - Answer-CLARB
2nd Characteristic of a profession: Registration/Certification - Answer-LARE
3rd Characteristic of a profession: Association - Answer-ASLA
CLARB - Answer-Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Board.
LARE - Answer-Landscape Architecture Registration Examination.
ASLA - Answer-American Association of Landscape Architects
Professional Ethics - Answer-A shared belief system. "This I believe". Code of conduct.
Practices in L.A. - Answer-Single discipline, Multi-discipline, Design and Build.
Single discipline - Answer-L. Architects design.
Multi-discipline - Answer-Architects, L. Architects, Engineers, Planers, etc.
Design and Built - Answer-L.A. Design and builders build
, Clients - Answer-people that will use the service. paying and non-paying
Paying Clients - Answer-Tax-payers, Corporations, Private Individuals
Non-paying Clients - Answer-Nature, visitors, etc.
Steward - Answer-one who is put in charge, a manager, ect.
Stewardship and Ecology - Answer-The house that connects them is Nature
How do urban parks illustrate the concept of therapy of nature? - Answer-By creating
garden smooth, waterfalls. etc.
NFS-National Forest Service - Answer->>Conserves<< forest resources, by allowing
managed use for productive uses.
NPS-National Park Service - Answer->>Preserves<< forest resources by leaving forests
alone.
Sunken spaces can be successful, sociable urban spaces when they function
as_______________________. - Answer-Amphiteatre
Landscape Architect designs for what Maslow would describe as both the
________________ needs of people and the _____________ needs of people. -
Answer-psychological/mental, physical.
Ecological System - Answer-Water, Climate, Land, Biotics
A landscape architect might equate the terms of ecology and stewardship by pointing
out that you have to study the ___________ of nature to manage the
_________________ of nature. - Answer-Household of nature
Landscape architecture can be understood as "fitting _________to___________, and
shaping ___________for_______________. - Answer-people, land. -----land,people.
Microclimate considerations include localized conditions of... - Answer-Wind, Humidity,
sun/shade.
Foundation of landscape architecture. - Answer-Nature as: Art/philosophy,
resource,client, science.
Frederick Law Olmsted - Answer-Urban Amaerican Parks, pastoral and picturesque,
therapy of nature, founder of landscape architecture.
Ian McHarg - Answer-GIS: Design with nature; Ecology suitability.
