Landscape architect

Landscape architect is a professional designation for graduate engineers with technical college or university degree in the field of horticulture and landscape architecture. At the various German universities, the terms land conservation or landscape and open space planning are used for the respective courses. Meanwhile, there is the opportunity to complete graded degrees like Bachelor or Master of Landscape Architecture in Germany.

The term " landscape architect " are allowed to wear only registered members of the Chambers of Architects in Germany. Is a prerequisite for entry into the US-led chambers of architects architects - in addition to the detection of a relevant university degree - depending on the state of a two - to three-year occupation under the supervision of a landscape architect and proof of independently machined planning services. Until a few years ago it was common practice (usually in gardening and landscaping, nurseries or Staudenbau ) to be completed before the start of the study rather than an internship a gardening apprenticeship, which is also still recommended today by professional practitioners.

Landscape architects, both freelance and employed or permanent employees: work in administrations or organizations. Client freelance landscape architects are a variety of agencies and organizations or individuals.

  • 2.1 Germany
  • 2.2 France
  • 2.3 Switzerland
  • 2.4 Austria

Range of activities

The landscape architect is concerned with the design of landscape and the open spaces inside and outside the cities, villages and towns. To this end, he created several plans and supervises their implementation, such as a construction manager. Thematically extends the range of purely creative to environmental issues.

Conceptual sectoral planning in the free space

Possible activities are urban green concepts, design and action concepts for meeting urban problems and tasks in the course of the conversion of brownfields, shrinking processes, green supply and recovery concepts, tourism planning and sustainable development of cities and towns.

Facility Planning

The object design area is large scale than the sectoral planning activities described above. At the planning stage include preliminary design, design, approval and implementation planning, monitoring of the construction, creating standards for care services to be performed and the construction and maintenance technical consulting the builder in the private, commercial and public sectors.

The tasks are according to the different scales and different client structure varied. They range from garden advice for private gardens, public places, Hofbegrünungen, designs of commercial space, sports fields and playgrounds, to the preservation of historic gardens and restoration projects in the field of nature conservation. In some areas specialize landscape architects, about the golf architects.

Urban land

Within the land use planning process landscape architects then, among other landscape plans (LP), environmental impact studies ( EIS ), landscape conservation support plans ( LBP) and open space plans (GOP ). The latter are green planning deriving expert opinion to legally binding development plan ( Plan B ) during landscape plans are developed in parallel binding or by an expert in integrated land use plans, depending on national regulation or. Part of this planning are all environmental aspects, including the nature reserve. Since the entry into force of the new Building Code 2004 # 2 calls for the preparation of an environmental report in accordance with Appendix 1 of the Building Code in § 2. This environmental report also is - created by the landscape architects - in conjunction with appropriate professional experts of different disciplines. The objective here is to determine the environmental impact of a proposed development in the context of development planning and to evaluate.

Study opportunities

Germany

At universities

  • Technical University of Berlin
  • Technical University of Dresden
  • Leibniz Universität Hannover: Studies Landscape Architecture and Landscape Planning
  • University of Kassel: Study programs in architecture, urban and landscape planning
  • Technical University of Munich -Weihenstephan: Study Landscape Architecture and Landscape Planning

At colleges / universities:

  • Anhalt University
  • Technical University of Applied Sciences Berlin
  • University of Applied Sciences Dresden ( FH)
  • University of Applied Sciences Erfurt
  • Hochschule Rhein Main - Study Geisenheim
  • University of Applied Sciences Neubrandenburg
  • School of Economics and the Environment Nürtingen
  • Fachhochschule Osnabrück
  • University of East Westphalia -Lippe, study Hoexter
  • Weihenstephan - Triesdorf

France

  • École nationale supérieure du paysage

Switzerland

At colleges / universities:

  • University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil
  • Ecole d' engineer de Lullier

Austria

  • University of Agricultural Sciences Vienna

Associations

The nationwide professional association in Germany of the Federation of German Landscape Architects ( BDLA ), in Switzerland, the Swiss Confederation landscape architects and landscape architects ( BSLA ), in Austria, the Austrian Society of Landscape Planning and Landscape Architecture ( ÖGLA ). The international umbrella organization is the International Federation of Landscape Architects ( IFLA).

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