for diploma architecture student

1. BASIC LANDSCAPE DESIGN

2. Basic principle of Landscape Design
• As a landscape designer we should have at the
very least a basic understanding of the
principles of landscape design when we
creating our own landscape design.
• These principles will help you generate ideas
and increase your creativity.
• It just guideline to create your new design
idea.

3. Principle of Landscape Design
• Unity
• Simplicity
• Balance
• Colour
• Line
• Propotion
• Repetition
PLANT
CHARACTERISTIC

4. PLANT CHARACTHERISTIC
• PLANT SIZE
• PLANT FORM
• PLANT COLOUR
• PLANT TEXTURE
• FOLIAGE TYPE

5. PLANT SIZE
• LARGE & INTERMEDIATE TREES
• SMALL TREES & ORNAMENTAL
• TALL SHRUBS
• INTERMEDIATE SHRUBS
• LOW SHRUBS
• GROUND COVERS
PLANT CHARACTHERISTIC

7. PLANT FORM
• FASTIGIATE
• COLUMNAR
• SPREADING / HORIZONTAL
• ROUND / GLOBULAR
• PYRAMIDAL
• WEEPING
• PICTURESQUE
PLANT CHARACTHERISTIC

9. PLANT COLOUR
• MOST NOTABLE VISUAL CHARACTERISTIC
• EFFECT DIRECTLY ON FEELING & MOOD OF AN
OUTDOOR SPACE
• USED TO REINFORCE FUNCTION OF PLANT
SIZE & FORM
PLANT CHARACTHERISTIC

12. PLANT TEXTURE
• COARSE
• MEDIUM TEXTURE
• FINE TEXTURE
PLANT CHARACTHERISTIC

14. FOLIAGE TYPE
• DECIDUOUS
• EVERGREEN
PLANT CHARACTHERISTIC

15. DECIDUOUS TREES
• It loses its leaves in certain time and regains
them in certain period.
• Generally the leaves are thin, flat and found in
numerous shapes or sizes.
• One significant function is to emphasize the
season.

17. EVERGREEN
• The plant that retain its leaves throughout the
year
• The leaves are permanently green, static &
stable.
• One of the choice to provide permanent,
nonchanging screening, and privacy control
throughout the year.

18. Conclusion
• All this element are basic to the landscape
design
• This elements that making landscape more
interesting & meaningful from the visual &
functional perspectives. Not just aesthetic.