LD Intro

Introduction to the Landscape Design Professions

This introductory course covers the history, scope, types, and scale of landscape design professions; licensure; professional societies; and current issues. Terminology, construction concepts, basic graphic skills, and model-making are also introduced.

Instructor

Steve Lang

Project Location

Santa Barbara

LD Intro Final Presentation

Student: Grace Pan

A design proposal for an elementary campus located on the central California coast.

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SCASLA EXCELLENCE AWARD

Central Coast Elementary School Design

Student: Ann Bui

This elementary school along the California central coast is designed to blend in with the existing landscape. The loosely structured layout focuses on play, and the goal of this design is for children and adults to engage with both the built and natural environment.

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SCASLA Honorable Mention

Elementary School Design

Student: Amy Douglas White

Given certain specifications, each student had to design an elementary school. Plans were conceived and then drawn (without drafting tools) at both the 50′ and 20′ scales, in addition to 3-D model.

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Elementary Academy

Student: Andrea Strauchler

Site proposal for an elementary school campus located on the central California coast.

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SCASLA Achievement Award

Elementary Academy

Student: Jesse Woltal

Site inventory and analysis informed the arrangement of program elements across this cliffside elementary school campus on the California Central Coast.

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SCASLA Honorable Mention

Central Coast School Design

Student: Jennifer Moody

A proposal for an elementary school on a coastal California site, with preservation and maximization of the native landscape in mind.

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