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Lectures in Landscape and Urban Design
5) Scale
Varying heights and widths enhance the overall design composition. The
scale of your hardscape and softscape additions must also complement and
fit with the size of your home, yard and existing landscape features.
The use of Landforms, Plant materials, Water, Pavement and Site
structures in Landscape design:
Garden design is a major part of landscape Architecture. Study of the
landform helps facilitates site planning and landscape design. Topography
and slopes determine framing, screening of views, plant growth with which
the former is achieved; siting of built surfaces and artifacts in landscape.
However, the topography and the associated slopes when based on geology
and soil characteristics assist in economic and sustainable landscape design.
Landform; A diverse tool for landscape architects
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Dr. Sherein El-Shahat
