This module covers hard landscape construction. You will cover, working drawings, surveying, construction details and setting out, as well as the properties of construction materials.
Entrances
Being able to design suitable entrances to properties is part of a landscape designers armoury. This project involves producing a design for the entrance to a property hidden behind a stone or masonry wall. Your design can be hand drawn or computer generated. As part of the project, we ask that you submit some photographs and a brief description of some entrances to properties in your area which appeal to you. You might care to visit your local botanical gardens and check out the entrances to the garden. Photographs such as those below can efficiently convey your design ideas to clients. They can also be included in detailed CAD drawings showing proposed construction methods.
The aim is to develop an understanding of how landscape elements are constructed and to enable students to provide the contractor with specific graphical design instructions.
Garden elements will be organised in the following categories:
- Surfaces (vehicular, pedestrian, in-situ, flexible, ridged.)
- Enclosures (walls, fences, trellis, gates)
- Level changes (steps, ramps, retaining walls)
- Structures (pergolas, arbours, gazebos)
