Landscape Architecture Final Study guide Spring 2015 According to Lu Cutrera a thorough and broad reaching analysis o Can prevent the complete reworking of a solution if the product is found not to be environmentally sound The house lots at Walden are o Much smaller than typical lots Adjacent to community open spaces and thus seem more spacious The common elements that are shared by landscape architecture and engineering o Man Technology and Nature The characteristics of special places include o Strong Image Progression sequence of experience Set of as special places in space and time All of the above In comparing the architecture of a hot arid climate with that of a warm and humid climate o Hot arid Small Windows Warm humid Large Openings Hot arid Flat Roof Warm humid High umbrella roof Hot arid Heavy adobe insulation Warm humid rooms that allow air to flow through All of the above Early Louisiana plantation houses feature o Cross Ventilation Main Floor elevated to capture breezes In order to be the designer of an interpretive exhibit it is beneficial to have a background that includes o Design Ability Teaching Ability A knowledge of Construction The Science of Museum Operations All of the Above In the interpretive Swamp exhibit at the Audobon Zoo visitors find the following along the walkways o Animal Habitats Cultural exhibits about people of the swamp Artifacts of swamp life All of the Above The use of water in an environmentally sensitive manner might include The use of exeriscape of planting designs Recycling Water Correctly designing and managing irrigation systems Creating water codes and displays that conserve water All of the Above Most adventure playgrounds o Encourage children to use materials like scrap lumber to build their own play environments Through what two processes does a child develop intelligence o Assimilation and Accomodations In playground design provisions for parents should be o Comfortable and have easy access and visibility of playground The reason that psychologists tell us that water and sand can provide the child with an excellent play experience is o That these materials can respond to manipulation by the child That these materials offer the possibilities of variation That these materials can be moved rearranged All of the above The planned improvements for Bourbon Street included o Better Signs Improved Lighting Improved Pavements and Street Gutters All of the above Four phases of preservation are o The associative the aesthetic the historic district and adaptive re Versailles is an example of the historical preservation approach that is called In historic environments such as in Williamsburg the goal is to provide a better understanding of o The gardens of the period both decorative and utilitarian According to William H Whyte successful plazas provide use o Frozen Time o Trees Water Food Triangulation All of the above William H Whyte found that dangerous public places are those that are o Cut off from and separated from the street William H Whyte noted that o Food Vendors should be encouraged in plazas Outdoor Cafes should be compactly designed for greater sociability People tend to be attracted by other people who are eating All of the above As the design for Scotlandville Park proceeded a decision was made to o Use bicycle and pedestrian pathways to create a linear park linking different usage areas Scotlandville Park features o Multiple uses of highway right of ways Interconnection of the community with pathways A linear park Nature areas in the floodplain All of the above For the Scotlandville Bypass Highway o The design team planned and designed the joint use development The goals of New Orleans waterfront renovation include which of the following o Improving the visitor s ability to get close to the water Creation of links between Jackson Square the French Market and the Waterfront Use of Artillery park as a vantage point to the river and Jackson Square All of the above The French Quarter projects that were shown by Max illustrated how the planning of o Links and nodes enhance five related projects in the historic area The French Quarter Moon Walk was o Built to provide public access to the New Orleans riverfront Sam Corso works in series This means o Numbered Sequences Variations on an idea The disposition of colors All of the above Sam Corso explained that he is a multi media artist who works in o Various types of painting and drawing Stained Glass Sculpture Mosaics All of the above The drainage canal at Walden o Was reshaped and widened to create a lake effect The Portland Foundation by Lawrence Halprin uses a grotto providing a view from behind the waterfall which o Reflects the history of water design from Italian villas The Portland Forecourt Fountain addressed safety by o Posting warning signs Using the lips of Waterfalls as safety features A C The earthen embankments along a portion of the Scotlandville Bypass are for the purpose of o Flood Protection Highway Noise Reduction Directing Views All of the above The Walden project that was illustrated by Van Cox o Has a widened canal to help rush water out of the subdivision to areas farther downstream Thomas Jefferson s Monticello illustrates how the focus of its preservation o Initially was placed upon the building Lately has included the site and the location of the vegetable gardens Is now preserving the remains of the slave cabin foundation All of the above Charleston S C and the French Quarter in New Orleans are examples of the o Historic district concept The number one activity in plazas observed by William H Whyte is o People Watching Traffic Management is emphasized in Smart Growth by o Moving more people using alternative transportation Building compact walkable communities C D The Louisiana Swamp Exhibit theme includes o Swamp Animals Nature in the Swamp Swamp Culture All of the above irrigation are referred to as o Xeriscape Planting techniques relying more on native species that do not rely upon The preservation plan for Magnolia Mound Plantation in Baton Rouge calls for the representation of the layers of history that are associated with the long history of the place T F A child is going from one side of a piece of play equipment to another through tubes of decreasing size When he reaches a tube to small to crawl through he crawls over it This is an example of learning through assimilation according to Plaget T F Mounds of dirt empty boxes and tree branches are the