The only sentiment i might offer in defense of la is the argument that bldgs exist within the larger landscape :) Admittedly the latter being more prevalent. Queen made a comment about la's being poor project leads on urban projects-not so sure about that, though i dont want to start an argument on larch vs arch-each are populated by many designers with varied skill sets-you may meet a larch that can design a better building (at least from a planning standpoint) than an arch, but also an arch who designs great sites. Ive designed like two backyards in my entire career-just to give a little perspective.Īs far as the golf course/clubhouse analogy-i find myself often designing where the clubhouse goes, but neither the course itself nor the clubhouse, lol. Thinkgreen-ive designed more strip malls, commercial centers as an la than i ever wouldve dreamed possible years ago. As far as working - it doesn't make a huge difference what your title is if you have good design ideas. It would depend on the background and interests of your instructors, I suppose. But I don't know how many programs there are that would encourage you to focus on public space as opposed to designing a building. If you take an M.Arch instead of an MLA, you will bring a very different view to your work in open space. So in terms of impact on how people view their neighbourhoods and ultimately their city, open space planning is the far more engaging route. But people walk up and down the streets, visit parks and meet at squares every day. A person may visit a fancy museum, music hall, opera house or library once a year and it may impress design magazines for a year or two. What I'm getting at is that the public realm is a very interesting and fertile place for design. The first thing the city rebuilt was the main market square - it was the spirit of the city and so the most important to them as a landmark and orientation point. All the buildings around it were bombed out in 1945. I worked on a competition for the redesign of the Hauptmarkt in Nuremberg that has been the centre point of the city since 1000 AD. Less than 10 years old, a gorgeous contemporary building, and it's being considered for demolition because it doesn't match the current style of MOMA.
My opinion on choosing a direction is more based on the degree of impact you would like to have on your environment and whether you want to cater to private (limited) use or public (unlimited) use.īuildings (even very good ones) have a very limited impact on a city - and if you don't think that's true, look at the museum in New York by Tod Williams Billie Tsien. Because that is what the public & municipal leaders cared about most - the details of the public spaces around the buildings. Most buildings in competitions we did were only schematically designed by the architects, but the open space around it had to be detailed to a level where you could see each individual plank in a bench from a 1:5000 plan. The first firm I worked for called themselves 'open space planners' and this I found to be a pretty accurate description. I didn't grow up in a city that was known for its public outdoor spaces.
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I don't know how to identify trees, grass, or flowers. I work on master-planning, urban design, interior installations, green roofs, rainwater run-off & bio-swales, urban public spaces of all kinds, parks, (from large city parks to small courtyards), urban furniture and lighting, playgrounds, memorials, markets, waterfront redevelopment, and adaptive reuse of defunct open areas (like airports and amusement parks) from private to public. It's not a dichotomy between 'interior vs. Some of the primary factors in becoming a good designer are spacial & material experience. I have an M.Arch and have been working in landscape architecture/urban design since I graduated in 2011. is oversimplified and, I believe, patently false. (and I did that, too), then you COULD be a landscape architect.
However, if you were a kid, and marveled at parks and gardens, and also drew plans for them - the paths, the water features, etc.
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My attitude is that, if you were a kid, and drew buildings or floor plans, or went to movie theaters, for example, just to ogle their grandeur or layout (something I did), you should go for architecture.
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