Friday, January 31, 2014

All About The Art Of Landscape Design

By Eliza Mendoza


Landscape design is known to be an art that has existed for about three hundred years already and is still very popular even up until today. This art came into the picture when rich homeowners had a big amount of space wherein they did not know what to do with it. Because of this, artists were brought in and decided to add a little bit of design so that the vacant space will look nice.

Now the main things that the architects in this field would be doing would be making use of the things in the area and arrange them to make the entire area look beautiful. By adding some trees, flowers, lamps, and other things, one could turn a dull area into something splendid. Some would even put a fountain or a swimming pool in there.

Now this type of architecture really took off when architects decided to decorate parks in order to attract more people there. By making use of many things like fountains, bush designs, trees, and of course flowers, public parks became a sight for sore eyes. Because of this, this branch of architecture also became quite popular.

Of course as the years went by, more and more people have been going into this line of designing because of the rise in demand. Of course these days, having a vacant lot that would need designing is not only for the rich and famous people anymore. There are so many average homeowners who have their own gardens or yards that would need some sprucing up.

The best part about this is that nowadays, the price of this kind of architect is not that expensive as many have found ways to cut costs to get more customers. In fact, one may actually choose his own materials in order to cut down on costs. Of course he may also leave it up to the designer if he would want the end result to be really beautiful and splendid.

Having balance is an extremely important principle in modern landscape architecture. It is in fact one of the most basic of all principles which states that in entirety, the whole design has to be balanced. This means that the right and left must be in sync with each other and the center has to be filled with something small that would actually balance out the two sides.

Of course as a part of this type of designing, the concepts of color and texture are also implemented when working on a project. Color means the color combination that one will be using when he adds some of the decorations to the area. The texture will refer to how the decorations would look like with regard to the detail.

The last of main principles of landscape design would be continuity or simply seeing everything as a whole. When working on the main design, one cannot just take a look at one section then go on to work on the next one. He has to already know what the finished product will look like as a whole before he starts.




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