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Landscape Architect with Autibott | Michelle Mopkins

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Landscape Architect with Autibott | Michelle Mopkins

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  1. Landscape Design Michelle mopkins

  2. Landscape Design • The art of developing property for its greatest use and enjoyment • Involves understanding the environment around the structure and selecting plants that perform well in that environment. Michelle Mopkins

  3. Economic Value • Increase property value 6 to 15 percent • Reduce energy costs • Buffer wind • Control solar heat gain Michelle Mopkins

  4. Functional Value • Aesthetic value • Enhance livability • Conservation and environmental protection • Solar heat control • Wind control • Sound control • Slope stabilization Michelle Mopkins

  5. Environmental Effects Landscaping can • Moderate temperatures • Reduce glare and wind • Use water more efficiently • Clean the air • Provide wildlife habitat Bird and Butterfly habitat Michelle Mopkins

  6. Rules and Regulations State, local, and/or community regulations may control landscape design. • Storm water drainage • Tree ordinances • Street trees • Street yard • Buffer yards • Street wall • Parking screen and islands • Trash screen Michelle Mopkins

  7. Rules and Regulations Storm water regulations Michelle Mopkins

  8. Rules and Regulations Tree Ordinances Michelle Mopkins

  9. Rules and Regulations Street Trees Michelle Mopkins

  10. Rules and Regulations Street Yard Michelle Mopkins

  11. Rules and Regulations Buffer Yards Michelle Mopkins

  12. Rules and Regulations Parking Screens and Islands Michelle Mopkins

  13. Rules and Regulations Trash Screen Michelle Mopkins

  14. Principles of Design Concepts used to organize the elements of a design • Repetition • Balance • Emphasis • Unity Michelle Mopkins

  15. Principles of Design Repetition • Use of the same element over and over • Repetition is achieved when the same line, shape, color, texture, plant, or material is used throughout the landscape Michelle Mopkins

  16. Repetition Michelle Mopkins

  17. Principles of Design Balance • A sense of equality that can either be symmetric or asymmetric. Formal Balance – A symmetrical design in which the design can be divided into two identical halves. Informal Balance – An asymmetrical design that can not be divided into identical halves but that provides an overall sense of equilibrium. Michelle Mopkins

  18. Balance Formal Balance Michelle Mopkins

  19. Principles of Design Emphasis • The result of focusing attention on one aspect of a design. • Emphasis is constructed bycreating a visual path from at least one vantage point to the focal point. Focal Point – The object of attention Vantage Point– The place from which the focal point is viewed Michelle Mopkins

  20. Emphasis Michelle Mopkins

  21. Principles of Design Unity The impression that the separate parts of the design belong together or are part of a whole. • Unityis created by • A consistent style (Japanese, formal, etc.) • Visual pathways • Consistent color scheme • Repetition of lines, plants, and hardscape Michelle Mopkins

  22. Unity Michelle Mopkins

  23. THANK YOU Michelle Mopkins

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