When it comes to landscape design and urban planning for art students studying abroad, everyone is a bit puzzled. Occasionally, they also bring architectural design, interior, garden, etc., so what's the difference between these puzzling majors after all? Teacher Lin told us that the most important thing about natural light is "scale".

　　 abroad Differences among landscape design, urban planning and architectural design:

Landscape Architecture is generally called "Landscape Architecture" in domestic colleges and universities. It is a "planning and design" discipline integrated by art and science. Combine natural factors such as land, air, water system, vegetation, ecosystem, resources and energy; Artificial factors such as art, culture, history, education, etc. create communities, urban environments, garden landscapes and structures with different purposes and audiences.

　　 abroad Landscape Design and Urban Planning The main difference between (design) and architectural design is in the "scale". Urban planning is more inclined to macro design, such as the layout of urban layout, road network, water network, green network and other elements in the urban pattern, urban functional zoning, etc. It does not make detailed and detailed design for a certain area, and architectural design is much easier to understand, It mainly makes professional design for the appearance and internal structure of single building.

The major of landscape design studies abroad mainly focuses on the detailed design and planning of small areas of land, such as campus, city square, urban park, residential area, commercial street, waterfront area, etc. The content design space division, hard pavement, small structures, plant collocation, etc, Collection of Landscape Design Works There are high requirements for hand painting, software use, aesthetic expression, material and plant basic knowledge reserves, research and analysis capabilities.

A good scheme for applying for overseas works collection of landscape design requires a lot of preliminary research to find out the problems existing in the site, propose solutions suitable for the site, highlight the possible regional characteristics of the site, and even consider the protection of rare animal and plant species.

The preliminary research is mainly aimed at the project background, including the project location, history and culture, natural conditions, and the nature of surrounding land. From the collected data and photos, it is concluded that there are problems in both human and natural aspects of the site. For the problems, it is a very important part of the early design to propose solutions in combination with the needs of the site service audience. The scheme design is based on this. In the scheme performance stage, the distribution of road system, water system, green space system, buildings and structures, activities and sites can be introduced according to the focus of the scheme itself. In the analysis phase, thematic design is also carried out in vertical, space, transportation, planting, lighting, public service facilities, small structures and other aspects according to the characteristics of the scheme, so as to further improve the integrity and depth of the scheme.

Plant design is also an indispensable part of landscape design. Designers should have a basic understanding of the collocation of basic trees, shrubs and grass, and the basic characteristics of common plants. The combination of plants and hard pavement and even buildings is also one of the ways to reflect the characteristics of landscape design. More in-depth design can consider the function of a certain type of plant in biodiversity. How to use the shape and color of plants to improve the visual effect while also protecting and improving the local biodiversity is an important consideration in landscape design in recent years.

Miss Lin

Currently, he is the training instructor of the collection of overseas works of Natural Light Art

university of sheffield

Urban landscape design

Teacher Lin was once university of sheffield And the University of Edinburgh and many other British Red Brick universities in the field of landscape design, and ultimately selected the University of Sheffield, one of the top landscape majors, to graduate with a master's degree in Merit. He has internship experience and years of working experience in design institutes of well-known landscape design companies at home and abroad, such as AECOM, Beijing Native Design, etc.

During my study at Sheffield University, I studied under James Hitchmough (Head of Department), Nigel Dunnett and other internationally renowned professors in the field of landscape design. I had in-depth research on sustainable landscape design, sponge city construction, new naturalistic planting theory, and the relationship between landscape space and human settlements We are interested in creating comfortable, beautiful and novel landscape effects by using the characteristics of plants and different styles of hard materials or structures.

Mr. Lin is very familiar with the difference in teaching philosophy between the domestic landscape specialty and the well-known foreign universities, and hopes to use his accumulated years of domestic and foreign learning and working experience to help students in the Application for Studying Abroad in Natural Light Art Students, after completing Training of art overseas works collection At the same time of entering a famous university, students can better understand the teaching style and theoretical system of foreign universities in advance, so that students can be more smoothly integrated into the life of studying abroad.

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