LARC 1302 Final Exam Questions with
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Landscape Architects.. - Answer-...enhance the quality of our lives by adding beauty to
the environment and protect the health, safety, and welfare of the population.
Horst Rittle - Answer-created a 10 step theory of identifying wicked problems
L.A.R.E. - Answer-Landscape Architect Registration Exam. promotes professional
accountably. Is administered by C.L.A.R.B.
Practice Act - Answer-only can practice once you pass the L.A.R.E. Texas is this.
Licensure - Answer-Must get a degree. Intern for 2 years. Pass the exam within 5 years.
(ASLA) American Society of Landscape Architects - Answer-Trains LA's through
advocacy and education. Deals with other large beurocratic organizations.
(LAF) Landscape Architecture Foundation - Answer-Releases guidebooks and study
materials for landscape architects. Promotes sustainability and gives scholarships to
students.
ASLA Green Roof - Answer-Washington, D.C. When a roof leak was discovered ASLA
decided to build an educational green roof. Two large waves cover industrial parts of the
roof. Experimental and proven plants grow on this roof. Provides insulation to the
building and reduces runoff because the rainwater feeds the plants.
Public Practice - Answer-employed by a local, state, or national municipality. Job
security, good benefits, less variety of projects, strict budgets.
Private Practice - Answer-Consulting or Design/Build. Corporate or residential projects.
variety of clients and projects, more money made, control over creative focus, constant
competition, risk of business failure.
Types of Practice (4) - Answer-Private, Public, Academic, & Non traditional
Axonometric - Answer-a 3-D drawing at a birds eye view that is at a 45* skew.
Concept Drawing - Answer-Abstract idea of where the objects on a site will be spatially
for the design proposal.
perspective drawing - Answer-realistic, proportional, 3-D drawing that has no
mathematical scale.
, Topographic Map - Answer-A map that shows the surface levels of an area using
contour lines.
Remediate - Answer-To correct a circumstance.
Resiliant Landscape - Answer-Hardy landscapes that are dynamic.
Institutional - Answer-Church, Hospital, College, etc.
Residential - Answer-Related to a personal dwelling.
Scale of Practice - Answer-Site, Community, Urban, Regional.
water shed - Answer-an area of land that drains into a body of water
Elements - Answer-Color, value, line, texture, shape or form, space or volume.
Balance - Answer-A condition in which different elements are equal or in the correct
proportions. There are three types of visual balance: symmetry, asymmetry, and radial.
Scale - Answer-Specify a percentage of original size to enlarge or reduce the size of an
object.
Proportion - Answer-Relationship between objects as they relate to each other in size
and harmony.
dominance hierarchy - Answer-Created by contrasts that add highlights to specific
objects.
Contrast - Answer-Using different element to draw interest.
Pattern, Repitition, and Rhythm - Answer-repeating visual element on an image or
layout to create unity in the layout or image
Modern Issues - Answer-Global Warming, Urban decline, natural disasters, population.
Spiral Jetty - Answer-Robert Smithson1970Great Salt Lake, UtahEarthwork
Garden of Cosmic Speculation - Answer-Charles Jencks1989Snake mound, jumping
bridge, DNA garden, etc.
The High Line - Answer-James CornerNew York2009Restoration
Found - Answer-Stone, gravel, rocks, earth. Can offer regional context to a space.
Manufactured - Answer-polymers, plastics, metals
