Landscape Architecture Exam 2 Questions with Complete Solutions
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Programmed entertainment events which draw people to an urban space is an example of William Whyte's concept of - Answer-Triangulation
The use of waterfalls to mask the sounds of passing truck traffic uses water as - Answer-white sound
Using a natural resource without concern for overuse or c...
Landscape Architecture Exam 2
Questions with Complete Solutions
Programmed entertainment events which draw people to an urban space is an example
of William Whyte's concept of - Answer-Triangulation
The use of waterfalls to mask the sounds of passing truck traffic uses water as -
Answer-white sound
Using a natural resource without concern for overuse or consumption of the material
would be considered: - Answer-Mining the resource
English Landscape - Answer-green/romantic naturalism/ nature perfected
Spanish/ Muslim - Answer-Enclosed courtyards/ irrigation/ humidification/ 4 corners
Italian - Answer-hill topography/ water cascades/ excitement
American - Answer-Plantation gardens, mission gardens, melting pot
Three characteristics of a profession are - Answer-1) Professional organization/
association
2) Registration or Certification by Exam
3) Accreditation
A landscape architect often works for several clients simultaneously on the same
project. If the "paying" client is one of them, who would two non-paying clients be? -
Answer-1) Nature
2) users
How do urban parks illustrate the concept of therapy of nature? - Answer-They act as
an escape from the busy, crowded cities by providing open areas of nature accessible
to everyone.
True or False: The National Forest Service conserves forest resources by allowing
manages use for logging, grazing, or other productive uses - Answer-True
Sunken spaces can be successful, sociable urban spaces when they function as -
Answer-amphitheaters
Landscape Architects design for what Maslow would describe as both the
physiological/physical needs of people the ________________ needs of people -
Answer-mental/ psychological
, Water and climate are two of the 4 primary ecological systems the landscape architect
needs to consider in landscape planning and design. What are the 2 other systems? -
Answer-Land and biotics
An area may be defined by function or use; a landscape space is defined by visual
_________ - Answer-enclosure
A landscape architect might equate the terms ecology and stewardship by pointing out
that you have to study the ____________ of nature to manage the _____________ of
nature - Answer-house, house
Landscape Architecture can be understood as "fitting _________ to __________, and
shaping ___________ to __________" - Answer-People to Land
Land for People
Microclimatic considerations include localized conditions of wind, humidity, and
_____________ - Answer-Sun/ shade
Complete the Foundation of Landscape Architecture: Nature as Art/ Philosophy, Nature
as Resource, Nature as a __________, and nature as ____________ - Answer-Client,
science
Frederick Law Olmstead - Answer-Urban American parks, pastoral and picturesque,
therapy of nature, founder of landscape architecture
Ian McHarg - Answer-GIS, Design with Nature, Ecological suitability
Jens Jensen - Answer-Restoration of nature, Lincoln Garden, prairie style
Urban parks such as Central Park in New York came about because of the
overcrowding, poverty, pollution, and unsanitary conditions associated with the -
Answer-industrial revolution
Providing shared outdoor parks and playgrounds instead of giving all residents of a
community large private yards is an example of the design concept of creative
___________ as it relates to the mismatch of human needs and human wants -
Answer-compromise
William Whyte uses the technique of ___________ to deduce human needs for urban
sociability - Answer-Direct Observation
Sarah Clay is a landscape architect for the city of Indianapolis Parks Dept. Who are
Sarah's Paying clients? - Answer-Taxpayers (Government is employer)
Maslow's Pyramid Levels-
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