Landscape detailings

As i had mentioned i spent a few days just looking at the details in my previous projcts, in addition to this i had a look and tried to guess details for other peoples projects and sites, the aim of this was to build up a mental book of different things that work and dont..although i feel this is time well spent, i rather wish i had written all my findings in a book as i have just realised that remembering all these things without actually using and experimenting them will be rather difficult.

Detailing Book: Landscape Architects Pocket Book

After doing some detailing work, i decided to borrow this book from someone and have a look through it. Although it ain't really like a normal book for me to be able to right a review or thought about it, its a much more practical piece of reading. It gave me a good insight into drawing accurate details and gives accurate information about life spans, sustainability plus much more. To make the most out of this book i decided to put the information to good use, i decided to go through each project that i have completed since starting this course and seeing if my initial thoughts into materials and construction would have been feasible. I found that i would have rethought many things in my designs, but this practical experiment gave me a good lesson as well as making me upset that i had been so naive to think some impossible things could have worked. Most of all i feel that i learnt that materials and other details are a big thing within a design and a whole development process should be taken to insure that an idea is the best it can be.

Landscape Architecture Site/Non-Site

This focus week gave me the opportunity to finally comprehensively read through this well known book. The book essentially highlights landscape architectures new found significance, as a saviour to the increasingly urban way of life. The book goes on the basis that the world verges on the edge of environmental collapse, building on case studies it shows how now landscape design as an expanded profession now gives a different view of the conventional confines of a site.