Landscape

[L]andscape architecture is the design of outdoor public areas, landmarks, and structures to achieve environmental, social behavioural or aesthetic outcomes. It involves the systematic investigation of existing social, ecological, and geological conditions and processes in the landscape, and the design of interventions that will produce the desired outcome. The scope of the professional includes urban design: site planning: storm water management: town or urban planning: environmental restoration: parks and recreation planning: visual resource management: green infrastructure planning and provision: and private estate and residence landscape master planning and design: all at varying scales of design, planning and management.

Benefits of landscape architecture:-

Restoring endangered wetlands, reducing hospital stays, securing governmental and other buildings, removing toxins from rainwater – these aren’t pie in the sky. It’s what landscape architecture is designing right now. A few examples include:

• Healing gardens— Working with medical professional, landscape architects, we create landscapes that reduce stress, boost the immune system, improve Alzheimer’s symptoms, encourage physical activity, and reduce time spent in hospitals.

• Bioremediation— Landscape architects use natural systems of plants, fungi, or soil microbes to transform formerly polluted industrial sites into safe and valuable public green space.

• Green Roofs— Instead of a black tar roof, a living system of plants and soil can actually reduce air temperature, save winter heating costs, clean and store rainwater, and provide habitat to pollinating insects and birds.

• Energy savings— Landscape architects can utilize trees, shrubs and other plants to lower home’s heating/cool costs by as much as 50 percent in the summer and up to 8 percent in the winter.