Context
Landscape Architecture
As with urban design the architecture of the landscape should be analysed both within the site and beyond out into its external context, its physical and visual links, built frame work, history, topography and salient characteristics.
The retention of existing elements, tree belts, wildlife habitats etc within the landscape and beneficially accommodated into the overall concept is to be welcomed.
The landscape should seek to enhance, frame and integrate external features with the built form and provide an appropriate setting for various functional requirements that can be associated with external spaces.
Negatives of landscape environment Attributes of site environment
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Visual and green corridors Aims
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The concept should identify a landscape framework into which a variety of external spaces can be located. Structural planting, sensory gardens, sitting areas, circulation, activity spaces, street furniture and surface finishes can all contribute toward a series of desirable external destinations. These are to form a cohesive environment that creates unity with site context, internal function, built form and a dynamic that will facilitate the users’ requirements.
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