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TAKE PICTURES OF EVERY YOU LIKE WITH YOUR CELLPHONE. YOU CAN PRINT IT IN B&W AND MAKE YOUR PLANING OVER IT, WHIT WATERCOLOR, PENCILS. ONE IMPORTAN THING TO ME, IS SEE THE PLANTS IN THEIR DIFFERENT ETAPES SHAPES. ON THE WILD OR POTS.

Here’s a link that might help on that front (although it’s almost two years out of date): http://www.asla.org/uploadedFiles/CMS/Government_Affairs/State_Goverment_Affairs_and_Licensure/Licensure_Advocacy_Resources/CEChart(2).pdf

Thanks Tosh, I’ve checked a few videos on Gravel-Lock, and though I’m not very favorable to using chemicals, I must admit the resulting product is quite interesting. I’m now thinking on how to incorporate it, if relevant, to the design. 

Any othe suggestions?

will check their project out. 

Thanks Dave. The book looks informative. I just placed an order of the book and look forward to receiving it! Thanks so much!

I’m in Massachusetts and we have no CEU’s and it is only $66 per year for licensing. Check with your licensing board to see if it is easy to get re-instated after having continued licensing in other states. I’d leave out the fact that you’ll be abroad. They will likely think you’ll be practicing in that other state, although it should not matter…[Read more]

Hargraeves, ReedHilderbrand, MVVA, Haag projects; I recall the Seattle Sculpture Garden being an example for the architecture students.
A lot of the plans may not be online.  In flat runs the spots and grades are more decisive, in free form work, the lines are how you can control the grading process, though a lot of it will be in the field during…[Read more]

you might consider this book: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118668723.html
I don’t have any knowledge of the book, but it appears to be good.  Not sure if you could find it used or cheaper elsewhere…

While I don’t know of any online, I’d suggest thinking about topography in terms of spot elevations.  The contour lines superimposed on a drawing always come after the spot elevations are determined.  The contour lines just kind of “fill in the blanks”.  Find a resource that focuses on the (relatively) simple math behind site grading and the co…[Read more]

Thank you Andrew. Your advise is very much appreciated. I do agree that one can learn so much by just observing and analysing a built work.
I am now looking for some good projects (public spaces) with very good contours plan online that I can learn from. I am not very good in drawing contours but I know it’s pivotal if I want to become a top…[Read more]

A good source:  http://watershapes.com/

I went to Penn, but it was a long time ago, when Ian McHarg was there. I loved it. But if I were you I would go to school on the coast you want to work on. I am on the ‘left’ coast now, after having grown up on the ‘right’ coast (east), and left coasters have not even heard of UPenn, could care less, and could care less about any of the design…[Read more]

There are a few Penn grads on here, so I’ll leave it to them to describe the program.  My personal impression is that Penn deals with larger scale issues and heavily invests itself in analytics of large landscapes, while UW has had an emphasis on construction side of things.  Read into that what you will, but programs do adapt and change as f…[Read more]

I have a strong interest in urban design and would like to work for a firm, perhaps an interdisciplinary firm (landscape architecture/civil engineering) that specializes in urban and stormwater design. How do you feel the job outlook is for this particular area? Maybe I am not too familiar with both of the programs and you could perhaps shed your…[Read more]

Alan’s look fairly similar to ours.  We always put that they are schematic in nature with the mechanics to be designed by the pool contractor. The we review the pool contractor’s drawings for finishes and sizes.

David, this is an excellent topic, and a priority for me as well. I appreciated the questions in the survey, and the chance to think and comment. I really look forward to your findings. Thank you so much for exploring this needed focus.

That is a nice study. Thanks for posting it.
I probably did not communicate it well, but my “suggested thesis” would try to measure how much the different levels of detail were valued economically by the person(s) paying for the work. Would one want to pay extra money to have his/her landscape plans at a higher detail or prefer to give up some of…[Read more]