Drawing for landscape architecture : sketch to screen to site /
Edward Hutchison.
- 240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references (page 237).
1. Absorbing the landscape. Developing a vocabulary -- Mark-making -- People and spaces -- Light and colour -- Unlikely subjects -- Artistic influences -- Architectural rhythm -- Line weights -- Exercises in abstraction -- Drawing scale -- Leaf textures -- Expressive line -- Drawing plants -- 2. Drawing on site. Understanding the past -- Streets and shops -- An embassy garden -- The urban context -- Heat and light -- Analysis sketches -- From past to future -- Beach landscape -- A village garden -- 3. Drawing ideas. Site-analysis studies -- Analysing levels -- Instant visual records -- Views from above -- A school and the London Eye -- Planting plans -- Ideas for planting -- 4. Plans, sections + elevations. Marks and textures -- People and trees -- Mixed media -- Line weights -- The influence of Nolli -- Textured plans -- Strategic plans -- Hand-drawing and vector images -- Coloured cartoons -- Minimal colour -- Sections and details -- Architectural space -- 5. Perspectives. Black-and-white drawings -- Sketch perspectives -- Emphasizing a mood -- Impromptu sketches -- Drawing in meetings -- Streets and public places -- A seaside hotel -- 6. Isometrics. Different viewpoints -- Plantings for a large garden -- Landscape for education -- Colouring on computer -- Trees -- Examining levels -- People in landscape -- 7. Money drawings. Concept development -- Use of bright colours -- Sequential drawings -- 8. Construction details. The character of the site -- Paving details -- Bench design -- Bollards and benches -- Design for a skateboard cut -- Screens for a residential development -- Construction details for a college -- Step details -- Computer drawings -- 9. Completed work. St. John's College, Cambridge -- Coventry Peace Garden.
Combining traditional drawing techniques with those from CAD rendering, in nine chapters, "Drawing for Landscape Architecture" guides practitioners from their very first impression of a site, through concept and schematic design and client presentation to construction and site drawings, concluding with two case studies that show the final result.