Lutheran Cemetery + 1735 Eddie Robinson Sr Drive + Baton Rouge, LA 70802
I found little information regarding the history of Lutheran Cemetery. One article listed it as the oldest African American cemetery in the city.
The older graves are in various stages of decay, they tilt, twist, or fall apart all together. They disrupt the rhythm of the mausoleums and add an extra layer of character to mark their plots.
Point Lobos Natural State Reserve is nothing short of magical. The landscape ranges from gray, fog cloaked, coastlines that wrap around the Pacific Ocean, to deeply colored trees that twist and turn like sculptured silhouettes against the vibrant flowers skirting their trunks.
For a 180 view from the coast of Point Lobos please visit http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=26ed0d1a-25ee-4c07-ab72-2de377268607
For more information on visiting Point Lobos please visit http://www.pointlobos.org/
For a 360+ view of the tree visit –
http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=b8a93b90-2097-4f27-bac8-a2f01ce2fa68
For more information on Henry Cowell Redwoods National Park please visit –
Tracing the ridge of the Sierra Nevada’s south down the California state line, the mountains give way to dunes. The afternoon sun glitters off the terrain as the California wind continually changes the landscape. No one will ever see the same dune twice.
For a 360 of the dunes on April 23, 2011 at approximately 5:30pm PDT http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=072dda83-6453-4335-bdee-1c4176150cb8
For information on traveling to this space http://www.nps.gov/deva/planyourvisit/stovepipewells.htm
Observation that focuses on the use of pictures to diagram site data. Use of leader-lines to make connections, size comparisons to show depth of relationships, and shading to highlight ecotones.
To view flood simulation video please visit – http://cbdavis4.wordpress.com/2011/03/28/iteration-model-floodingdraining/
The premise of this site observation was experiential. Documentation took place in DeSoto Park over the course of three hours and included notation, photography, supporting research and comparisons. The top panorama is a overall view of the site while the panramas beneath zoom in closer to explore more specific elements. As I began to layout this diagram I wanted to not mearly lable existing site observations, ‘here is a turtle’ or ‘the sky is blue’, but also use those observations to make comparisions and support drawn conclusions.
In the top panorama I documented purely objective notations regarding orientation of the site on the left and more subjective conclusions about the boundaries and edges created by the site placement.
In the middle panorama the left interior notations are observations noted while sitting in the site. In the left outer column I break down ideas of what exists and how it might relate or compare. There are thin wiry branches without leaf growth connected to thick trunks, this relationship is mirrored by man (intentionally or unintentionally) with telephone poles and power lines. On the right side of the middle panorama bands are used to help illustrate layers of information such as tree growth and food location.
The bottom panorama is a temporal site diagram showing the passage of time through the movement of fauna on the site. The path of two Great Egrets, an alligator, and a turtle can be tracked by time through the image. I felt it was important to include in a stacked panorama to show dynamic forces that can go on in an environmental.
Leader lines, dots, and bands of color were used to diagram information. Use of different styles of notation was intentional to give order and hierarchy to the information displayed while allowing that information to be view in one comparable place.
The first semester of Landscape Architecture seemed to be almost totally driven on laying the groundwork of design fundamentals. As the plot thickens in the second semester problems are presented and well designed solutions are required. Through critiques from peers, teachers, mentors, and personal reflection that far off picture of what I consider to be good design becomes a little less blurry. Good design seems to be achieved when the reality of function is so throughly thought out that when conceptual or artist design elements are introduced they enhance without interfering or masking the functionality of the piece. Keeping this in mind when developing a design will hopefully put limits in place to guide the process away from the addition of the arbitrary or overly ornamental. As I strive to create ‘good design’ seeing is believing. Oh yeah, and bridges are sweet.
http://www.designfloat.com/blog/2010/04/20/trip-around-the-world-amazing-bridges/
At the end of the semester I tend to need design brain food to keep up the momentum at the last leg of the race. A new site we shouldn’t have time for, but what is life without daydreaming and design humor?
http://dornob.com/inner-child-colorful-home-has-trap-doors-secret-slides/
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