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Design Principles and Elements. Unit 2204 Landscape Design. What elements will a well planned landscape address?. Traffic flow Environmental Protection Continuity Aesthetics Land Value. Landscape Types. Commercial Balance between practicality & function Residential Public Area - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Design Principles and Elements
Unit 2204 Landscape Design
What elements will a well planned landscape
address? • Traffic flow• Environmental Protection• Continuity• Aesthetics• Land Value
Landscape Types
• Commercial– Balance between practicality &
function
• Residential– Public Area– Service Area– Private Area
Principles of Landscape Design
• Unity• Scale• Proportion• Balance
• Repetition• Contrast• Dominance or
Emphasis• Transition
UNITY
• All parts inter-relate to the whole
• Repeat colors/textures• Plant materials in groups of 3
– Magic of Three’s•3 Musketeers•3 Stooges•3 Amigos
SCALE
• Proportion is pleasing relationship to whole design
• Keeps parts from looking too large or small
PROPORTION
• Size in units of materials related to each other
• Use constant scale
BALANCE
• Visual relationship between elements of a landscape
• Symmetrical Balance– Items of equal weight on each
side
• Asymmetrical Balance– Items with more weight on one
side
Symmetrical Balance
Asymmetrical Balance
Repetition
• Repeated use of color or plant material to emphasize continuity
Contrast
• Use texture, scale, color and size to emphasize point of interest
Emphasis
• Feature point or theme for site
Transition
• Blending of texture, scale or color without sharp contrast
What’s missing
from this
Base Plan?
House #2
House #3
House #4
House #5