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Landscape Architecture History notes
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- ARC 3433
- Institution
- University Of Texas - San Antonio
notes on the history of landscape architecture dating from the neolithic period to the contemporary era.
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Landscape arch 08/27Whats is landscape arch?
Landscape
- Scenograohy
- painting/representation
- circulation/drainage/movement
- Natural resources
- Exosystems
- Itinerary
Architecture
- Buildings
- Cities
- Construction
- Structure
- Space
- Enclosure
Scope:
- Parks
- Sustainable development
- Stormwater management
- Campus masterplan and edu landscapes
- Site design for public institutions and gov faacilties
- Housing
- Estate
- Transit oriented
- Urban design
- Natural park
- Etc.
Modifications to the land based on need for settlement
- Landscape arch is concerned with places and envir. That are continuously under the
influence of human control
- Intervention in landscape has become a ref. Point by which we distinguish.
History- concept - future
What was importance of the built work at the point of its constructions? What shift in societal
ord did it represent
What conceptual problem is represented by the proj?
What works can be linked directly to this concept?
Ecosystems can affect and keep systems different& the same, based on flow
On roots - chapter 1 of text book
Neoleothical roots? Agriculture, sustainable , what were the reasons?
,Ashbury - settled in land (irish mound?)
Broader view intervention?
Ring type settlements spread throughout UK
Vernacular landscape spaces
Forest clearing, wallgardens and fields
Occurred in temperent areas, generally religious, social and communal spaces
Places in places of movement
Replant forests around settlements for privacy.
Monolith purpose - to mark sacred trees removed from space.
Ditches provided protection from nature
South Bay Sponge - research
, 08/29
Roots
What is landscape cont…
Landscape is evidence of accrued intelligence of a place thru topological transfrmations and
an exchange of tecniques beliefs and actions
Topology - branch of mathematics - specfically the properties of space that remain
unchanged under cont. Deformations. Abstract and theoretical
topography - the study of mapping of the surface. Natural and artificial features. Mountains,
valleys, river
Connection of two - study of spaces and surfaces
Topology is abstract and math , topography
Goseck circle, circular enclosure
Forest clearing - marks a break from the surrounding wilderness
- Evolved in temperate climates where wood is plentiful
- Used for hunting celebrations & agricultural practices
- Totems and palisades reference fallen trees etc.
Ditches used for protection
Not an isolated monument, part of a larger network - goseck circle
Paradise in the walled garden
- Second landscape type
- Found in aired regions where water is scarce
- Water had magical property first priority was water for garden
- Every religion has an image of heaven or paradise as gardens, symbolozing divine
beauty abundance and peace
- Universe longing for a return to an original divine state of bliss
- Square or rectangular form, proportion. Product of local topograph. Perfect level of
soil plants and trees. Geometry derived.
- Running parallel to contour lines, allows rain to run down naturally
- Reflect a stylized origin of nature brought through various plants from everywhere
- A secluded world of beauty and delight
- Linked to social elite
- Wall garden exclusive and intimate
- Focus on water and irrigation
- Linked to religion and divine perfection
Baghi fin - charbagh or chahar bagh
Organization linked to religion
Kushun iran
Persian garden design
Links to 16th century
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