Landscape Architecture Exam Questions with Latest Update
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PLA - Professional Landscape Architect
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landscape architecture is the intersection between the two and making them work together - Answer-What's the relationship between landscape architecture, the natural environment, and the built environment?
landscaper does the physical work
landscape architects need a license, a degree, and make...
Landscape Architecture Exam Questions
with Latest Update
landscape architecture is the intersection between the two and making them work
together - Answer-What's the relationship between landscape architecture, the natural
environment, and the built environment?
landscaper does the physical work
landscape architects need a license, a degree, and make the plans - Answer-What's the
difference between a landscape architect and a landscaper?
License is needed
professional degree
landscape architect registration exam (LARE)
Apprenticeship - Answer-How does one become a professional landscape architect?
What are the requirements in the US?
Professional- bachelor and masters of LA
Research- MA/MS/PhD in LA - Answer-What types of degrees can one earn in
landscape architecture? Which ones are associated with becoming a professional
landscape architect vs an academic and researcher in the field?
American Society of Landscape Architects
Founded in 1899
Mission is to advance landscape arch thru advocacy, communication, education, and
fellowship - Answer-What is the professional organization for landscape archteicture?
When was it founded? What is its mission?
UW Madison - Answer-Which schools in WI have accredited undergraduate landscape
architecture programs?
Coined in france in 1804 - Answer-Where did the term landscape architecture come
from?
1858 selected - Answer-What decade did olmsted and vaux design central park?
men- 1900 at harvard
women- 1901 at Lowthrope - Answer-First landscape architecture programs for men
and women: when and where?
1. Base map
2. Client interview
3. Site analysis
4. Brainstorm
,5. Rough draft
6. Final plan - Answer-Major steps in the landscape design process (6)
visualization of the current landscape, don't throw future stuff in there yet
Have north arrow, property lines, scale, duh - Answer-What details should be in a base
map? What shouldn't be?
Anthropometrics - Answer-The aspect of ergonomics that deals with body
measurements, particularly those of size, strength and physical capacity.
Ergonomics - Answer-The study of workplace equipment design or how to arrange and
design devices, machines, or workspace so that people and things interact safely and
most efficiently.
proxemics - Answer-study of personal space
intimate space- closer than 18 inches
personal space- 18 inches to 4 feet
Social space- 4 ft to 12 ft
Public distance- 12 ft or more - Answer-Difference between intimate space, personal
space, social space, and public distance? Distances in the US?
sight - Answer-What sense is most associated with info gathering?
texture - Answer-What landscape design element incorporates both sight and touch
Physiological- food, shelter, water (BASE)
Safety
Belonging
Self esteem
Self actualization (TOP) - Answer-5 levels of Maslows' hierarchy of needs? Example for
each
sociopetal-encourages interaction, inward oriented, fire circle
sociofugal- discourage interaction, cubicles - Answer-Diff bt sociopetal and sociofugal
space? examples?
1. Cold
2. Cool-temperate: rich soils, lots of water, 4 seasons (WI)
3. Warm humid: tropical systems, lots of bugs
4. Hot dry: dust storms and poor soil - Answer-4 climate regions? description of each
microclimate- small scale stuff, site specific
Try to retain what's there naturally and be true to the site - Answer-microclimate
meaning? landscape architect responsibility in terms of microclimate?
, sun and wind are easily modified (shade trees, wind breaks)
temp and humidity are not easily modified - Answer-What natural things are easily
modified by landscape design and what arent?
wind, light, temp, humidity
Winter has wind being addressed first, then sun
Summer has sun being addressed first, then wind - Answer-What's meant by the phrase
winter wind summer sun?
Hot day, because it's pulling the heat off your skin.
I'm not really sure of this, I can't really find it anywhere - Answer-Does wind have a
greater cooling effect on a hot day or a cool day? Why?
South side of the house, or have large shade trees placed on the north side of the
property - Answer-How should outdoor areas in the N Hemisphere be oriented to
maximize access to sun?
longest- winter
shortest- summer - Answer-When do the longest shadows occur? Shortest?
solar noon is when the sun is due south
clock time is based on time zones - Answer-When does sun-time noon occur? How
does clock time differ from sun time?
Look southwest (230 degrees) and slightly up (30) and the sun will be there
Direction of shadows- opposite of sun azimuth (230-180=50 degrees) - Answer-If given
an azimuth of 230 degrees to the sun and an altitude of 30 degrees, be able to identify
the location of the sun and the direction of shadows in the landscape
length of shadow=height of feature/tangent of altitude - Answer-Formula for calculating
shadow length?
object density
Think of a tree that has varying shade throughout the year by losing leaves. It will have
longer shadows but also more sunlight in the winter - Answer-What is solar
transmissivity? How does it relate to the select of an object for a landscape design
relative to microclimate?
higher reflectivity means less solar radiation
shiny and light reflect best - Answer-How does reflectivity relate to solar radiation?
Which of these have higher reflectivity: shiny vs dull textures, light vs dark colors
winter is west
summer is southwest - Answer-What are the prevailing wind directions in summer and
winter in central WI?
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