Landscape for Public and Private Parks

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L NDSC PE FOR PUBLIC ND PRIV TE

P RKS

Alfonso, Fernando Dominic C.

Alibio, Nick John Paolo

Ambrocio, Chelsea Shayne

Andicoy, Allen

Angelo, Wendell Jet

BSA – 3B



LANDSCAPE FOR PUBLIC PARKS (INTRODUCTION)

INTRODUCTIO

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LANDSCAPE FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARKS

(INTRODUCTION)

1. The landscape architectconsiders the overall layoutof the public park to providelogical access and aninteresting environment.

There is a need for thefollowing facilities:

General: car parking,conveniences, refreshments,information and events

areas. Leisure: hard and soft

training areas and pitches,tennis courts, bowling greensand children’s play

equipment.



Discrete gardens forpassive leisure activity,plant displays, picnickingand even barbecues.

Water based: sailing andboating lakes, ornamentalponds and fountains.

External artwork: sculpture,forms and spaces add to the

landscape to give aninteresting and excitingexperience for the visitor.


(INTRODUCTION)



LANDSCAPE MASTERPLAN, BRIDGFORD PARK




(CHOOSING MATERIALS)

CHOOSING

MATERIALS



1. Proper design can make a facility easy and

economical to maintain. A part of this design

process is the choice of materials.

2. The landscape architect must keep in mind

the budget within which the park department

is operating and also the proper quality of

material to be used.





3. The play equipment or the area for games

will depend on the age group and, to a

certain extent, the predominant sex using

the facilities.

4. Selected lists of equipment and space

requirements are presented in Tables 2 and

3.





5. Landscape plantings should not bechosen just to beautify the area.Those plantings that are included inthe design should be "working"plantings. They should perform a

specific function and at the sametime they should be carefullyselected for qualities that will addbeauty.

6. Some of the functions a plant can

serve in a public park include borderprotection, screening, pedestriantraffic control, space organizationand definition, separation of playareas, and shading.





Many times a park development using all standard recreationalequipment falls short of its potential because the elements arenot compatible with one another. In the previous 2 illustrations,however, a unique land-use design is shown with separate playcompartments for each type of equipment. The bottom picture,especially, indicates the structuring that carefully selected tree

and shrub forms can afford in developing individual play spacesseparated from adjoining equipment. Loose aggregatesurfacing is used in all compartments.





7. Border protection plantings are generallylocated along the property lines for one oftwo purposes:

They may simply define the area of the park.Trees spaced along the property line wouldaccomplish this.

They may also serve as protective plantingsbetween the park and adjacent streets andproperties.





8. Such plantings could include large shrubs

and trees, depending on the degree of

protection required.





9. In general it is better to leave the views from

the park open, rather than solidly enclosed.

10. A screen planting (a solid mass of one type

of plant to give the effect of a wall) might be

used to obscure an objectionable view or to

provide a barrier in areas of potential safety

hazards.





SCREENING PLANTS



11. An ideal shrub for ascreen would be talland narrow, but withheavy foliage to the

ground.12. The height of the

screen must be acompromise between

the height needed forscreening and thelimitation of scale givenby the area.





13. To function effectively

as a visual screen, the

planting will have to be

at least 6 feet high inorder to block any

object from view.





CLIPPED HEDGING



GROUPED PLANTING



16. In choosing a hedge,select plants that havedense foliage whichcannot be seen through

and which are able tosurvive close together.

17. Hedges can either beclipped (formal) or

unclipped (informal). Theformal hedge requires agreat deal ofmaintenance.





18. If the hedge is

being used to

control movements

of people, it is oftenadvisable to select

varieties that have

thorns.





19. Group plantings aid in space definition and

organization.

20. The group planting is composed of several

different plant varieties. For example, three

or four plants that are similar in form, color,

and texture can be combined to form the

bulk of the planting.





21. When shade

trees are used,

their location must

be carefullydetermined to avoid

interference with

any specialactivities or sport

areas in the public

park.





22. The tree plantingshould include acombination of small,flowering trees withmedium and largevarieties. Be sure toselect trees that growwell in your area.

23. Do not use trees that

have "nuisance" litter,such as messy fruit,seed pods, and brokentwigs.





24. Do not select trees whose roots are heavy

surface feeders. Such trees interfere with the

growth of nearby lawn and plantings and

cause pavement to heave.

25. Finally, select those that are long-lived and

resistant to ice and wind as well as to insects

and disease.





In this playing field thedesigners have utilized

the sculptural qualities

of earth to create the

mounds or berms

seen in the left

foreground and rightbackground. These

mounds serve as a

safety device by

separating the ball

field from the adjacent

streets, as a visualscreen by masking the

confusion of passing

traffic, and as an

esthetic element on a

flat site.





Park furniture,

such as picnic

tables, waste

receptacles, and

benches, should

be carefullydesigned to be

visually

appealing and

yet sturdy

enough to

withstand hard

use. This bench

meets both

requirements.





REFERENCES

The Architect’s Handbook (Edited by Quentin

Pickard)

Time-Saver Standards For Landscape

Architecture (Second Edition)

Landscape for Public and Private Parks

Documents

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