A study of landscape and building design

Abstract

This study proposes that man and his shelter should be conceived as one integrated whole with nature, and focuses on landscape design as the link which binds these three together,. It strives to demonstrate that landscape design cannot be isolated from building design. They are two aspects of a singular process : design. To establish this, the study attempts to ; 1) Examine the idea of wholeness through the concept of 'places' in architectural design, in order to arrive at a theoretical base. 2) Identify within this framework the concepts and principles of the different traditions of landscape design.3) Illustrate through selected examples how these principles could be manipulated as design strategies in the present day to establish this relationship.