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I don’t yet have it online – but plan to shortly. I will send you a link.
Elspeth

Hey all,

Thanks to everyone for the responses. I thought i’d reveal my cards here – i’m the one in the office that uses photoshop for renderings, while everyone else uses Illustrator (though i’m cross-platform capable, so I end up doing both sometimes). I think its been an interesting discussion here – and i’d like the dialogue to continue. We…[Read more]

I believe Frank as made an excellent point about the “sole” of a drawing, The difference to me between photoshop and illustrator is all about efficiency, what program can i do what in the fastest. As a college student to be this is critical. I think standards are great for producing consistant rendered plans. However, i strongly believe you need…[Read more]

Tyler, Just read the article called “Land Architect” by Joshua Zeunert.

His plea is to have us drop the ‘scape’ from Landscape Architect. At first I rejected that notion, but when I woke up this morning it made sense. I’m changing my business cards tomorrow.

Do you have a link to that Whitepaper? I would love to read it and perhaps share it with my class.
Rhino is great, and we are doing work in it. But I’m looking for the fast track to opening up a firm. I want my work, 3D /4D, schedules, etc all in one place. Instead of hiring multiple people to those same jobs.

Thanks again,

Michael

agree. I have written a whitepaper on this in some depth in fact – it’s interesting that if you look at architecture they are way ahead in terms of 4D simulation

Elizabeth: I think the 4D (time) is the proper way we should be doing our work.

We should be using BIM technology such as Revit to do our work.

Just got that Kerb issue. What a great read. I can’t put it down. Thanks again

Thanks to you all! I spent most of the day yesterday looking at examples and how well they were done and in minutes you came up with the best answers i have come across.
It seems like the two options we will evaluate will be the flared pipe/rip-rap & forebay option, as well as the “stand pipe” option. Thanks for the info on the stand pipe John, i…[Read more]

I strongly believe that designing in 3D will become an increasingly important part of landscape design. Technology will eventually allow us to foresee our gardens at different times and seasons. Time is a dimension that’s incredibly important when designing landscapes; they should never be thought of as static unlike some other design disciplines.…[Read more]

Eric;

I think there is a project in Minnesota; the City of Minnetonka’s new Government Center is using a solution which might work for you. A large bioretention area takes runoff from a large parking lot. Instead of permeable pavers, or curb cuts which would seem to follow recent trends, they opted for standard-issue storm sewer inlets, then…[Read more]

Hello,
The best way to present landscape illustration is by using Photoshop tools, the software allows you to control the colors and shapes of your trees shrubs etc… you can add filters to your objects in the drawing and actually do every thing you need in order to present your ideas as you want, you can do it by using the basic tools of…[Read more]

I concur. You need to first dissipate the energy of the water coming out of the pipe. As mentioned above, rip-rap or concrete dissipation mats (look these up) are required at the pipe outfall. You will then need some sort of fore bay (or two) to further calm the water and allow sediments to drop out of suspension. The water can then be further…[Read more]

Just as Andrew said – energy dissipation rocks below a flared pipe – exactly the detail I’ve used before. Cleanout is not ideal as sediment tends to drop in the rocks.

These are both very diverse fields with a hell of a lot more overlap than exclusivity. The question may be better phrased as “where are the differences between landscape architecture and landscape design?”.

Anytime this subject is brought up it pits people against each other and brings out total stereotypes in both directions.

I was a landscape…[Read more]

We do it from time to yime by using energy dissapation rocks below a flared pipe end and if it is a large area we section off the first area for sediment to drop out as well before the water spills over into the bigger area.

A lot of the commercial zoning in one of the towns that we work in requires us to use bioswales and retention ponds as much…[Read more]

I just noticed that all three projects recognize a partnership between Turenscape and Peking University. What’s up with that?I thought professional awards were for professional projects? So can MVVA partner with GSD and win an award next year?

Otherwise, I think the projects are good. They offer a bit of change from the usual, though I think ASLA…[Read more]

I would be interested to see if everyone put what field they studied underneath their entry, maybe there is a correlation between response and field they are in

Landscape Architecture

I could not believe the High Line didn’t win..A lot of the US teams were same ones as usual – Warren Byrd in Virginia, Wlm. McDonough, Val Valkenburg and Oehme Van Sweden….Some good new names, though.. – oh, yeah, the Beirut one was exciting..Why is china winning? What do you think? Better computer graphics? (no, I’m not snarky! 🙂