LECTURE 3: LANDSCAPE DESCRIPTION AND MAPPING

3.3 LANDSCAPE COMPOSITIONS

3.4 LANDSCAPE UNITS3.5 VISIBILITY MAPPING3.6 VISUAL SENSITIVTY

MAPPING

3.3 LANDSCAPE COMPOSITIONS

Compositional Types

• Panoramic

• Feature

• Enclosed

• Focal

COMPOSITIONAL TYPES

Supportive/small-scale compositions:

• Canopied

• Detailed

• Ephemeral

Landscape Compositional Type?

Landscape Compositional Type?

Landscape Compositional Type(s)?

3.4 LANDSCAPE UNITS

Definition:

• distinct areas of recognizable unified character, often defined by spatial enclosure (basins, valleys, corridors, watersheds, etc.)

Visual unit descriptors

• Landscape composition• Scale• Boundary definition• Spatial configuration/proportions• Landscape patterns• Unifying/detailed features • Orientation • Sub-units/settings (eg. waterscapes)

Landscape character unit example

• Benefits of visual unit mapping?

3.5 VISIBILITY MAPPING

Viewpoints

Viewsheds

Visibility analysis

Views from Key Observer Point 4 (Miners Bay, Mayne Island)