I feel bothered when someone asked what did you studied? Or what are you? It is not because I am doing something wrong. It is due to the misconception people get by hearing landscape architecture title. Most of the time these simple questions will end by describing to them landscape architecture is not about designing their house or designing their garden. The people usually get these misconceptions only focusing on the first half “landscape” or the second half “architecture”.
Then What Landscape Architecture Means?
In an interview at the University of Greenwich British landscape architect Tom Turner defines landscape architecture as “art, the science, and the technology of composing an outdoor environment”.[1]
Australian landscape architect Damian Holmes defines landscape architecture in his blog the World Landscape Architecture (WLA) as "the study and practice of designing environments (outdoors & indoors) of varying scale that encompasses elements of art, environment, architecture, engineering, and sociology".[2]
Therefore, we can come to a general understanding that landscape architecture is the study and practice of designing aesthetic and scientific relationship of human being and their environment. However, the different scales, scopes, and evolution over time make landscape architecture hard to explain, and separate regions of the world work under slightly divergent definitions.
What Landscape Architects Do?
Landscape architectures received education and training on site analysis, site design, historic preservation, and planning, as well as in technical and scientific areas such as grading, drainage, horticulture, environmental sciences, and construction drawings. With this diverse background, landscape architects work on different scales.
The scale of landscape architecture projects can range from a very small project to an entire region, and the scope of design and planning can also vary widely. Examples of landscape architectural projects can include parks, campuses, streetscapes, trails, plazas, environmental restoration, transportation corridors and facilities, and urban/regional planning. According to the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), landscape architecture can involve different scops some of them are the planning, design, management, and nurturing of the built and natural environments.[3] With their unique skill set, landscape architects work to improve human and environmental health in all communities.
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