Being a Landscape Architect

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Being a Landscape Architect



Landscape Architecture is a field of study which involves the designing, planning and managing of the public areas, landmarks and parks in our environment. It is one of the sub-branches of architecture. Landscape architects are equipped to design traditional places such as parks, residential developments, campuses, gardens, cemeteries, commercial centers, resorts, transportation facilities, corporate and institutional centers and waterfront developments.
Landscape architects work at that interface between the physical environment and human culture.

Scope of Landscape Architecture:
Scope of Landscape Architecture ranges from small flower arrangement like ikebana & Interiorscaping to large Urban planning, site planning, environment planning, real estate planning, green infrastructure planning and many more.

Who can be a Landscape Architect?
If you have love for the plants & are skilled to combine art and design together with physical, social, economic, political and cultural factors to generate creative solutions for our urban and natural environments, then this stream of profession should be a natural choice. Flair for drawing combined with love for natural environment along with design, technical skills, management, ecology, problem solving and innovation across multiple projects/tasks are some of the prerequisites that would provide cutting edge.

Eligibility Requirements for Admission to Architecture in India:
HSC in Science Stream, with 50% Aggregate and 50% Aggregate in PCM.
Qualifying Entrance Exam: NATA or JEE-Paper II

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The professional stream of Landscape Architecture focuses on the overall development of the individual upgrading the visualization and graphical skills along with aesthetic sensitivity and technical detailing. As a Landscape architects you work both as lead professionals and as specialist site designers on a wide range of projects, including civic developments, urban design, commercial, industrial and tourism developments, and residential and lifestyle subdivisions. It is a dream job to be at the helm of things, a leadership position with great responsibility towards environment.

As more & more offices and homes are becoming environmentally aware & sensitive, there is a great demand for Landscape Architects who can effectively bridge the gap between Nature & Architecture. 
After all Landscape sensitive design is not just a skill, but it’s an attitude & way of life…

“By discovering nature, you discover yourself.” - Maxime Lagacé


Be a Leader, Site designer, Landscape consultant & Supervisor, Designer, Policy maker , Creative Professional… Be a Landscape Architect.
                                                                                                                   
by Ar.Sujit Vasant Jadhav
(Landscape Architect & Artist)



Comments

  1. UnknownApril 15, 2020 at 12:26 AM

    is there any other sub criteria in Landscape Architect?

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  2. UnknownApril 27, 2020 at 8:38 PM

    Very nicely elaborated and given justice to the topic..

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  3. Arcmax ArchitectsFebruary 9, 2022 at 5:53 AM

    Thanks for sharing the useful information. Excellent information on your thank you for taking the time to share with us. Great blog. School design Plan

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