Description |
200 pages : illustrations, chiefly coloured ; 23 cm |
Series |
Basics landscape architecture ; 03 |
|
Basics landscape architecture ; 3
|
Contents |
Understanding landscape. Observational drawing -- Travel sketchbooks -- Photography -- Case study 01: Berczy Park -- Mapping -- Case study 02: The fairytale of Burscough Bridge -- Design exploration. Design sketchbooks -- The process of conceptualizing -- Case study 03: National Memorial Park design competition -- Sketch design -- Developmental models -- Case study 04: Olympic and Paralympic games, 2012 -- Visualizing in 2D. Evolution of a landscape graphic -- Plan graphics -- Case study 05: Media City -- Section / elevation -- Case study 06: Aberdeen City Gardens competition proposal -- Visualizing in 3D. Perspective -- Aerial perspective -- Axonometric and isometric projection -- Case study 07: St. Peter's Square -- Presentation model -- Case study 08: Gardens by the Bay -- Implementation. Working up detail -- Dimensions -- Drawings for contractors -- Case study 09: Private garden design -- Case study 10: Angel Field -- Presentation. Audience -- Conveying complexity -- Case study 11: Olympic and Paralympic Games, 2016 -- Layout Format -- Case study 12: The Chicago Green Alley Handbook -- Portfolio |
Summary |
The book demonstrates not only how and where a range of visual communication skills are needed to inform a design process, but also why they are essential. It illustrates how representational techniques can be sensitively applied in different contexts appropriate to a diverse range of design challenges and encourages experimentation with contemporary techniques |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 196-197 |
Subject |
Landscape architecture -- Practice.
|
|
Landscape architecture -- Technique.
|
|
Landscape architecture.
|
|
Visual communication -- Study and teaching.
|
|
Visual communication.
|
Author |
Knighton, Edwin, author
|
LC no. |
2012554416 |
ISBN |
9782940496013 |
|