Landscape Architecture Representation

Landscape Architecture relies on tools to realize a design vision and to effectively make it visible. The processes of drawing, representing and making landscapes are twinned, and at best work in fluid tandem with one another. With basic command of a set of tools, the semester will focus on hybridization as a means of fostering a fluid workflow that privileges specificity, dynamism, and layering in the visualization of data over single-media constraints and the limits of conventional, static modes of representation. This non-static interpretation of the representation process is particularly suited to landscape architecture, as the discipline is inexorably tied to ecological processes, human-engineered systems and change over time. This course will guide students in the creation of drawing styles explored in the initial phases of site inventory and analysis, including an introduction to GIS mapping, CAD drawing, 3D modeling, illustration, and image post production.

Interested in a certificate program? This course is part of the Urban Landscapes Certificate.