Landscape & Architecture

Landscape

L1 Landscape & Architecture

L2 Public Realm

L3 Sustainable Features

L5 Wildlife Habitat

L6 Views & View Corridors

Integrate the Landscape Concept to Complement the Architectural Concepts

INTENT

Landscape architecture and building architecture are expected to be mutually complementary, working together toward an overall design that is functional, sustainable and pleasing. To this end, the landscape should be designed in tandem with the architecture, rather than as an afterthought.

Guidelines

a. Design the landscape to enhance elements of the site and architectural concept by strategies such as defining pathways, zones and edges; creating focal points; softening building massing; highlighting entries, and adding scale, texture and interest to the site

b. Locate deciduous trees to compliment passive solar strategies, providing shade in summer and allowing sun in the winter

c. Use plantings where privacy is needed for more intimate and private spaces, or for screening traffic and/or service uses

d. Choose plantings that complement the proportions and scale of the building, and offer color and interest throughout the year

e. Ensure that landscape design relates to considers building features such as porches, balconies and roof areas

A passageway in Healdsburg, CA uses small-scale plantings and vines to soften edges and massing, highlight entries and work with passive solar strategies.

The Pacific Cannery in Oakland, CA incorporates materials from a 1919 cannery to create a common court that helps unify public and private outdoor spaces in the development, and provides privacy for ground level residences.

L4 Green Infrastructure