The students of LAN 498/695 are a week away from presenting their schematic designs for an AAU Parklet to the City of San Francisco.
Today from 3:30pm- 6:30 they will be showcasing their designs as well as a full scale prototype of one of the elements in their parklet in the First Floor Presentation Space at 601 Brannan.
Please join them and give them feedback on their designs, and think about which parklet you would like to see RIGHT OUTSIDE OF BRANNAN!
Baummuseum, Enea Garden, Switzerland
Project: Baummuseum
Designed by: Enzo Enea
Location: Switzerland
The Tree Museum (Baummuseum) situated on 75,000 square meters of breathtaking land near Upper Lake Zurich in Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland, has officially opened its gates. The Tree Museum exhibits individual trees from the collection of Enzo Enea, the Swiss landscape architect and one of the world’s most prominent tree collectors.
The Museum features approximately 50 trees representing more than 25 varieties- several examples of which are more than 100 years old- creating an aura of immortality and an awareness of ‘time’. Another 100 trees and plants are located in the Park which surrounds the Tree Museum. In total, the Enea grounds contain more than 2000 exclusive wood species.
Tom Leader Guest Lecture – April 24th, 2013
If you didn’t get a chance to join us on April 24th , you have a chance to watch Tom Leader’s lecture in its entirety here.
Enjoy!
Course Description: Students will develop strong foundations in mechanical and freehand drawing. Orthographic projection skills will be learned and applied to a variety of projects. The connections between observation and spatial problem solving through freehand drawing will be developed. Students will apply professional graphic conventions to communicate existing designs.
Units: 3
Prerequisites: None
Designer: Jeffrey Gordon Smith
Project Type: Residential
Project Location: Shell Beach, CA
Source: Land8
Wavefield Designed by Maya Lin
Course Description:
Manipulating land form as well as moving, collecting and using water for aesthetic and functional purposes are functions unique to the profession of landscape architecture. Students will learn about innovative sustainable technologies and incorporate these features in design solutions represented in both drawing and model form.
Course Prerequisites:
LAN 235, LAN 240, LAN 250, & LA 256 or Math for Environmental Design exam score of 3 (LAN 250 may be concurrent)
The team of Nemesi & Partners Srl, Proger SpA and BMS Progetti Srl won the competition to design the Padiglione Italia at Expo 2015 for their ambitious pavilion whose façade is similar in form to that of the Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei-designed Bird’s Nest Stadium for the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
The winning design includes a main pavilion of approximately 12,000 sq m and a series of smaller pavilions to be located along the 325m-long Cardo for additional exhibition and institutional space. Concept creator Marco Balich made references to ‘The Nursery’ and ‘The Tree of Life’ in his design, stating: “The Nursery concept must permeate all the activity of the Padiglione Italia. We are counting on the energy and spirit of enterprise of the young people in the various institutions and schools that will be working with us in our pavilion.”
A symbol of Italian culture and lifestyle during the Expo 2015, the Padiglione Italia will act as a community hub centred on an open courtyard space. The building will be split into four blocks connected by bridge elements arranged around this open void in the centre. Within the four sections will be an exhibition area, auditorium, offices and meeting rooms and plans are for the structure to be as energy independent as possible.
'Tree of Life Pavilion'
Campidoglio, Rome, Italy
GLA 640 Urban Open Spaces
Description:
This course will explore the cultural history of open spaces such as gardens, parks, plazas, and state and national park systems around the world. Students will be introduced to the perceptions of nature as impacted by industrialization, increased urbanization, social reform, concerns about ecology, and the preservation of natural resources.
Graduate Student Work by Jason Jeon - Class: LAN 695
The semester is quickly coming to a close… Get your Spring show entries in ASAP! Please find the instructions below:
Stowe Gardens, Buckinghamshire, UK
Landscapes of the world have been influenced by literature and art throughout the centuries and transversely have acted as muses for writers and painters. The couplets below were written by Alexander Pope in the 18th Century in his work entitled “An Epistle to Lord Burlington”. This beautiful piece is testament to the switch from Renaissance garden design principles to those of the English landscape movement. Pope’s words outline “new” garden design principles in a way that create vivid mental imagery for the reader.
To build, to plant, whatever you intend,
To rear the column, or arch to bend,
To swell the terrace, or to sink the grot;
In all, let Nature never be forgot.
But treat the goddess like a modest fair,
Not over-dress, not leave her wholly bare;
Let not each beauty every where be spied,
Where half the skill is decently to hide.
He gains all points, who pleasingly confounds,
Surprises, varies, and conceals the bounds.
Consult the genius of place in all,
That tells the waters or to rise, or fall,
Or helps the ambitious hill the heavens to scale,
Or scoops in circling theatres the vale;
Calls in the country, catches opening glades,
Joins willing woods, and varies shades from
Shades,
Now breaks, or now directs, the intending lines;
Paints as you plant, and as you work, designs.
Still follow sense, of every art the soul,
Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole,
Spontaneous beauties all around advance,
Start, ev’n from difficulty, strike from chance;
Nature shall join you; Time shall make it grow
A work to wonder at – perhaps a Stowe.
