What is Landscape Architecture?

I study at the University of Architecture and Civil Engineering and it is very important for me as I am going to devote my professional life to landscape architecture. The landscape architecture profession is modern, promising and in great demand nowadays. Undoubtedly it is of great interest and importance for the modern world.

Landscape architecture deals with the design of outdoor and public spaces. It combines environment and design, art and science. It is about everything outside the front door, both urban and rural, at the interface between people and natural systems. The range of ways in which landscape architects work is staggering. They masterplan Olympic sites plan and manage landscapes like national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty. They also design the public squares and parks that we all use. Landscape architecture educates communities and makes their environment human and liveable.

A practitioner in the profession of landscape architecture is called a landscape architect. A landscape architect is involved in the planning and design of different sites, landscapes and gardens. Landscape architects are playing an important role in addressing the great issues of our day: climate change, sustainable communities, water, housing, etc.

Landscape architects create places for people to live, work and play and places for plants and animals to thrive. They study, plan, design and manage spaces which are both sustainable and aesthetically pleasing.

They work with architects, town planners, civil engineers and a host of other professionals. They are leading the way in tackling climate change and are also helping to regenerate towns and cities across the world.

As far as the future is concerned, it promises to increase cooperation among landscape architects and other design professionals. Nowadays interest in the profession continuous to grow and it attracts a lot of young people. Landscape architectural educator Lane Marshall says: “The future of the profession is bright. We are growing in size and stature each day. The profession is expanding its boarders constantly and stands at the cutting edges of exciting new practice areas. There are landscape architects who are developers, business managers, architects, engineers and lawyers. The profession has grown steadily and now stands at the threshold of a new growth”.

The profession of landscape architecture continues to evolve as it meets the needs of people interested in improving the quality of life. So, landscape architects are shaping the future.

 

Reading & Writing

13. Individual work. Read the text again and fill in the “marginal chart”:

√	+	-	?
I knew that	I didn’t know that	The information about … contradicts my knowledge because …	The information about … isn’t enough or understandable for me, because …

Vocabulary Focus

14. Pair work. Match the words from two columns to create a phrase and make sentences to use them in the text entitled “My concept of landscape architecture”. Share your ideas with the partner. (See appendix 1):

a)

to deal	in the planning and design of different sites
to combine	great issues of our day
the range	the environment human and liveable
areas	environment and design
to design	with the design of outdoor and public spaces
to make	of ways
to involve	of outstanding natural beauty
to address	public squares and parks

b)

to manage	towns and cities across the world
to tackle	boarders
to regenerate	the needs of people
to increase	the quality of life
to expand	climate change
to meet	cooperation among landscape architects
to improve	sustainable and aesthetically pleasing places

Reflection (Рефлексия)

Listening & Speaking

15. Prepare a presentation about landscape architecture according to the text and deliver your presentation to the class. Get ready to discuss it answering questions and persisting in your own opinion. (See appendix 6, 1.)

Writing

16. Make a “sinkwein” (a poem consisting of 5 lines) about landscape architecture. (See appendix 2.)

Listening & Speaking

17. Ground your “sinkwein” about landscape architecture and present it to the class. (“Sinkwein” is a poem consisting of 5 lines). Get ready to discuss different points of view answering questions. (See appendix 1.)

18. Make a poem about landscape architecture. Ground your poem and present it to the class. Get ready to discuss different points of view answering questions. (See appendix 3.)

Grammar Focus

The Passive Voice

19. Group work.Read the sentence and answer the following questions: