Landscape Construction Research Articles

The Brie'Eau project: towards a new construction of agricultural and ecological landscape in the Brie region - Introduction

The Brie'Eau project: towards a new construction of agricultural and ecological landscape in the Brie region - Introduction

Ecological planning of the urban residential area for the sustainable development

Residential area is closely related to human living environment, and the construction of ecological residential area has become an important part of current architectural research. Studies on the landscape planning and design development direction of urban ecological residential area from the perspective of sustainable development were made in this paper, and then taking the planning and design project of “Cihu Lake Peninsula of Country Garden” in Huangshi city of China as an example, discussions about how to adjust measures to local conditions, put people first and keep pace with the times in landscape construction of eco-residential area were also present. This study provides reference for the combination of theory and practice of eco-residential planning and design.

Application of Lianas in Vertical Greening Landscape of Xi’an City

Vertical greening serves as one of the important forms in enriching urban landscape. In this paper, the writer investigated the liana landscape in eight parks of Xi’ an and the matching types of several landscape elements (architecture, gallery, trellis, courtyard, flower rack, porch, highway, railway), discussed the common lianas in this city, and evaluated the landscape effect of lianas with different landscape elements by using scenic beauty method. How to better use lianas for landscaping plays a significant role in vertical greening landscape construction of Xi’ an City.

A Body Is Worth a Thousand Words: Early Colonial Dress-Scapes in Guam

This article explores how dress became a fundamental “civilizing” item in the 17th-century Jesuit missionization of Guam, a small island in the western Pacific that was then inhabited by oral societies with low levels of socioeconomic complexity. The article analyzes the multiple dimensions of changing corporeal habits for native CHamoru people, and, most specifically, the interrelationships that arose from the construction of new selves, values, material culture, landscapes, labor, and technology in the configuration of new colonial “dress-scapes.” Forcible transition to dress and to alphabetic culture arrived at the island together as part of disciplinary processes that sought to “convert” CHamoru people to new lifeways and modes of being. Such processes were part of an engendered colonial transmodernity that initiated/accelerated a trend toward both similar understandings of the body and the ways it should be materially constituted and displayed.

Geo-Composite Drainage Material for Hydro-Technical and Civil Engineering

The article deals with the «GP» geo-composite drainage material, which is used in hydro-technical, civil, as well as environmental, industrial and landscape construction. This material is intended for complex application, as a separating, filtering and reinforcing layer in the structures of protective dams on rivers, reservoirs, channels, an earth work of linear transport constructions (automobile and railway facilities) and other hydraulic engineering constructions. It is a combined geo-synthetic material, including a rigid geo-grid of the lattice structure and a filtering geotextile element. As a result of the carried out researches, its basic physical and mechanical characteristics have been established: tensile strength, surface density of geotextile and the material, relative elongation at maximum load, filtration coefficient normal to the material level.

Problems and Countermeasures in Modern Landscape Construction

Problems and Countermeasures in Modern Landscape Construction

Public Strategies for the Promotion of Urban Art: The Lisbon Metropolitan Area Case

Urban art has emerged as a new feature of cities in recent decades. Its wide success as a fresh, youthful, and cosmopolitan artistic movement has elicited the attention of urban planners, who increasingly use it in their strategies for urban development. This artistic expression has been understood as a resource to be used in urban and cultural policymaking, especially when it comes to urban reassessment and marketing. This dynamic is embedded in a paradigm where the arts and culture are increasingly understood as resources for urban development and city marketing. In this article, we draw on qualitative empirical material (interviews, official documents, press releases, websites) from an ongoing research project in the context of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. One of the aims of this project is to analyze the link between local authorities and urban art aiming at understanding existing representations and the kinds of strategies that were put in place for its management. We conclude that largely local authorities use urban art to achieve three main strategic goals: the strategy of “landscape construction and urban reassessment,” the strategy of “refashioning the city image/city branding,” and the strategy of “social promotion of stigmatized territories and communities.”

LANDSCAPE THERAPY FOR DISORDERS OF VISUAL PERCEPTION IN THE FAR NORTH

The development of the Russian Arctic continental shelf with the production of large volumes of oil products, the continuation of the functioning of the well-known mining enterprises of the Kola North for the extraction of rare earth and non-ferrous metals necessary for the country’s industry, the basing of the Northern Fleet as the most important component of the country’s defense capability require good health of all categories of workers and military personnel of the continental zone and the Arctic islands in the Far North. Psychoneurological diseases, including those associated with disorders of visual perception, developing on the basis of the «polar tension syndrome», acquire special significance in these conditions. Based on the results of generalization of the views existing in the scientific literature on the integrity of the mechanisms of visual perception, a two-dimensional classification of various forms of its variability has been developed, which can be used as a methodological basis for the construction of virtual and physical medical landscapes in recreational areas of military facilities, departmental sanatoriums and rest homes for prophylaxis and treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders caused by functional disorders of the body due to the impact of «polar load» and prolonged stay in closed technological spaces.

Implicative Analysis Method and Its Application in Slope Engineering

Slope design must be multi-objective design. In addition to ensuring the slope stability, it is also necessary to achieve other goals such as landscape construction and environmental protection. Slope design is full of various contradictions. Implicative analysis method is a kind of analysis methods in Extenics. The analysis of engineering case shows that using the implicative analysis method in Extenics to assist in dealing with contradictions in slope engineering design can obtain effective solutions and help technicians get rid of excessive dependence on engineering experience and design inspiration.

Influence of Computer Intelligence on Landscape Design

In contemporary society, with the continuous development of modern culture, landscape design methods are gradually enriched. With the continuous growth of social economy and science and technology level, people also put forward higher requirements in landscape design to study the impact of computer intelligence era on landscape design, It can effectively improve the quality of intelligent landscape design. Therefore, this paper studies the impact of computer intelligence on landscape design. This paper first analyzes the application of computer intelligent technology in landscape design, and studies the impact of computer intelligence on all aspects of landscape design. In order to further study the impact of computer intelligence on landscape design, we applied computer intelligence to landscape design, designed a contrast experiment, respectively used traditional methods for landscape design and computer intelligence for landscape design, and analyzed the application effect. The results show that the effect of intelligent landscape design is far greater than that of traditional methods. The score of intelligent landscape design in landscape architecture design is 83 points, in landscape waterscape design is 93 points, in landscape visual design is 86 points, in landscape pavement design is 79 points, in landscape construction score is 88 points ◦ It can be seen that computer intelligence has a great impact on landscape design, which greatly promotes the development of landscape design.

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Coastal mountain landscape and urban plant planning based on remote sensing imaging

Due to the gradual decline of plant diversity, the distribution structure and spatial pattern of plant diversity have undergone significant changes in recent years. As a substantial reference standard for assessing whether the ecological functions of urban gardens can be performed commonly, the quality of the urban ecological environment, and the goodness of the urban human settlement environment, plant diversity is essential. If plant diversity presents a rich situation, it can play a critical role in improving the ecological environment’s quality and providing a solid material foundation for human development. Suppose you want to achieve sustainable growth in urban development. In that case, it is of positive significance to carry out protection and development projects for plant diversity within the city’s jurisdiction. To implement long-term green development goals, it is necessary to formulate a planning outline that meets actual needs. The stability of the upper-level planning and the richness of the landscape can also be fully guaranteed. The methods used in this study mainly include (1) unary linear regression and Mann-Kendall trend test; (2) interannual change extraction and data normalization; and (3) correlation analysis and multiple linear regression. The changing trend of ecological vegetation within a predetermined range and its significant development stage are obtained through unary linear regression and trend testing. Interannual change extraction and data normalization are used to get the interannual change characteristics of vegetation and climate factors and make them comparable. Use correlation analysis and multiple linear regression methods to analyze the driving analysis of natural and human ecological vegetation changes. Therefore, changes in climatic conditions and human activities can directly affect vegetation growth trends’ critical factors. This research’s experimental results have significant reference value for regional ecological landscape construction and urban plant planning.

Research on landscape design system based on 3D virtual reality and image processing technology

In order to ensure the rationality of landscape design, it is of great practical significance to simulate the planning effect. Aiming at the problems of two traditional landscape planning effect simulation systems, a new landscape planning effect simulation system was designed based on virtual reality technology. The overall framework of the system is composed of user layer, application layer and display layer. According to the system frame structure, hardware such as acquisition equipment, main control equipment, output and display equipment are selected; according to the system framework structure, the system software is designed to run the main program. In addition, this paper also based on 3D image processing technology landscape design system. In the design process, 3D landscape image can be preprocessed to remove noise information and redundant information, and 3D landscape image feature enhancement method is used to realize 3D landscape image feature enhancement and improve the clarity of landscape design image. Combined with the example of garden green space, according to the parametric plant modeling method, the morphological structure parameters of green plants are obtained, and the three-dimensional models of various plant modeling are established; the rules of parametric description of plant spatial layout are adopted, based on the open scene graph rendering engine, and the oculus rift virtual reality equipment is integrated to realize the virtual construction and display of three-dimensional garden vegetation landscape. The results show that the design effect of the system is very clear and of good quality. It has a high score in the design of courtyard landscape and garden landscape, and the system has low application cost, low energy consumption and high operation efficiency.

Urban Garden Greening and Ecological Environment Construction

Under the guidance of sustainable development and other concepts, urban construction pays more attention to the creation of a green and livable environment. The construction of urban landscaping and ecological environment is closely related to the happiness and health of urban residents, and it is also related to the overall ecology of our country. Based on the concept of green and environmental protection, this article first analyzes the significance of the city's landscaping and ecological environment construction, and then explores the construction strategy based on the construction status of this aspect.

Analysis of scale effect and change characteristics of ecological landscape pattern in urban waters

The ecological spatial landscape pattern of urban waters is not only a sign of the urbanization process but also a prerequisite for promoting the sustainable development of the city, in order to improve the ecological landscape construction of urban waters and promote the sustainable development of ecological cities, propose a study on the scale effect, and change characteristics of the ecological landscape pattern of urban waters. This study selected two areas composed of four ecological water landscapes in the City of Nanchang as research objects. The landscape elements are obtained through remote sensing technology, and vector machine classification is used to ensure the accuracy of the classification. Quantitative calculations of spatial patterns and characteristics are carried out on the basis of 5 category level indexes and 6 landscape level indexes, and spatial effect analysis is carried out using granularity setting and amplitude changes. For the magnitude effect of the test type level index, the landscapes C and D in zone 1 have peak values, which are 12km and 24km, respectively. The landscapes C and D of area 2 have peaks at 9km and 24km respectively, but the overall trend of change is relatively stable. The growth trend of landscape B in the two study areas is the most obvious, crossing landscape D and landscape A at 15km and 21km respectively. With the increase of particle size, the three types of indexes of NP, PD, and LSI of landscape B and C all show significant particle size effect, and the best particle size is 30m. With the increase in amplitude, the four indexes of PLAND, NP, PD, and LSI have strong amplitude effects. Landscape A gradually increases with the increase of the spatial scope, while the proportion of landscape B, C, and D gradually decreases, and the proportion of landscape D is the smallest. The above results confirm that the method in this paper has good results in the analysis of the scale effect and change characteristics of the urban water ecological landscape pattern, and it has certain reference value in the ecological construction of urban waters.

Sustainability approaches to Chinese landscape architecture

ABSTRACT Parks, gardens, and recreation areas play a vital role since they significantly improve the overall health of citizens, help meet people's needs for social interaction, and provide residents with safe outdoor activities in a green environment, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. China has a rich cultural heritage, namely, sustainable national reserves, parks, and gardens. Despite numerous studies dedicated to the sustainability of landscape architecture, there is a lack of research on sustainability approaches to Chinese landscape architecture, including the historical background. By way of the qualitative comparative analysis of several Chinese parks, the study revealed that Chinese traditional and modern landscape design and construction correspond to six sustainability approaches to landscape architecture: environment, economic, equity, aesthetics, experience, and ethics. The methods and results of the study can be applied by scientists to research sustainability approaches to landscape architecture in other countries and regions.

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Design of green city landscape based on GIS system

In recent years, the concept of green development has begun to penetrate into all levels of society. With the deepening of urbanization, the development of landscape architecture in cities has stopped. How to develop green garden in the environment of deepening urbanization has become an urgent problem. The development of urban landscape architecture has changed in the new period. In the new period, the urban landscape industry should be combined with urban development closely by using advanced science and technology on the basis of fully understanding the urban development situation and forming a dynamic system. Urban garden protection and construction is a comprehensive project, which needs to be planned and maintained by integrating knowledge of various disciplines. This process is very complex. The application of digital technology simplifies the complex steps in the process and reduces people’s brain and material consumption. This paper explores the new methods of landscape design and construction from the new technology of landscape design GIS. Before applying GIS technology, we should first build database, including the construction of application layer, analysis of the requirements of database construction, testing the performance of data information carrier, finding out relevant strategies and methods, and designing and implementing the database. In order to better manage the modern urban landscape architecture and plan a more reasonable path for the development of urban gardens, we should make full use of the power of science and technology and combine the development level of society to build a green urban garden ecosystem.

Seasonal changes in the woody plants development in an urbanized environment

The features of the phenological development of woody plants in green urban plantations in the dry steppe zone have been studied. The phenological phases of woody plants and shrubs are described and analysed: the beginning of bud swelling, the beginning of bud opening, the beginning of leaf opening, the beginning of flowering, the end of flowering, the beginning of fruit ripening, and mass loss of mature fruits. The onset of phenological seasons for the steppe zone has been determined. Formed groups of plants according to the terms of leafing and flowering. The calendar dates of the onset of phenological phases of trees and shrubs in an industrial urban environment are analysed. The sum of effective temperatures for the main phenological phases of woody plants in the steppe zone has been determined. Decorative dendrological groups have been developed for phenological phases of leafing and flowering of woody plants for urban landscaping in the dry steppe zone. Practical recommendations are given for grouping plants by flowering time for landscape construction.

Application of Virtual Reality Technology in Analysis of the Three-Dimensional Evaluation System of Rural Landscape Planning

From the construction of “new socialist countryside” to the proposal of “full coverage of village planning,” rural construction has gradually been pushed to a climax. However, the current situation of rural landscape construction in China is not optimistic. On the one hand, the rural landscape deviates from its rural and regional characteristics due to deliberately seeking novelty and differences. Based on these two extreme development trends, this article uses virtual reality technology to construct a rural landscape virtual-roaming system, and randomly select 25 people, each group of 5 people, a total of 3 groups, enter the system in batches with a real reduction degree of 30%, 45%, 60%, 75%, and 80% for experimentation and score the system after the experience. The true reduction degree of the first group is 30%; the true reduction degree of the second group is 45%; the true reduction degree of the third group is 60%; the true reduction degree of the fourth group is 75%; and the true reduction degree of the fifth group is 80%. After analyzing the experimental data, it is concluded that when the true reduction degree of the system goes from low to high, people’s satisfaction is higher; when the true reduction degree is as high as 80%, the satisfaction is as high as 9 points; when the true reduction degree of the system goes from low to high, people’s sense of immersion is getting deeper and deeper. When the true reduction degree is 30%, the lowest score for immersion is 1 point; when the true reduction degree is 80%, the lowest score for immersion is 7.5 points; the true reduction of the system decreases from high to low; when it is high, people’s interaction degree becomes stronger and stronger. When the true reduction degree is 30%, the lowest interaction degree score is 2 points; when the true reduction degree is 80%, the lowest interaction degree score is 9 points; it can be seen from this that, with the increase in the degree of realism of the rural landscape virtual-roaming system, it is extremely difficult for people to find whether they are in the virtual or the reality, and their immersion in virtual reality is getting deeper and deeper. This test also confirmed the superiority of the virtual roaming system in rural landscapes, and the experience is extremely effective.

Mobile Applications, Geolocation and Information Technologies for the Study and Communication of the Heritage Value of Public Works

Public works’ relationship with the landscape should be among the factors addressed in heritage studies. Their association with place defines their purpose while contributing to the construction of the cultural landscape. Unawareness of the existence of public works is their most powerful enemy. Inventorying and cataloguing are therefore imperative in any study of these assets. The research described here drew from information technologies to develop cost-free mobile apps in an innovative approach to dissemination with the aim to enhance public awareness of and esteem for such elements. The applications described, which are all author-developed and designed to promote Spain’s heritage public works, address the heritage value of rural public works (VAPROP_Rutas), geolocation of the built heritage (GEOPACK), heritage public works on the River Duero (PHDuero), major works of engineering (GOING) and geolocation of Eduardo Torroja’s public works (underway). All these applications build on the geo-positioning features of mobile handsets and are characterised by simple and intuitive interfaces for ready accessibility by the public at large. Users may participate in the experience by entering useful information, new content and suggestions. These apps deploy the latest technologies to enhance the understanding and appreciation of civil works by explaining their territorial, social and cultural significance.

‘Is Mugabe Also Among the National Deities and Kings?’: Place Renaming and the Appropriation of African Chieftainship Ideals and Spirituality in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe

This article examines the elite construction of cultural landscapes in Harare. Since assuming the reins of power in the Zimbabwe African Nation Union (ZANU) in 1977, Robert Mugabe invented a political culture that conflated him with spirit mediums whom the nationalist movement had elevated to national deities and dead kings. Mugabe continued to cultivate this political culture in the post-colonial era using different discourses of self-presentation. The place-renaming exercise that the Mugabe regime implemented immediately after independence was part of Mugabe’s self-legitimating efforts. This article establishes that the place-renaming system in Harare projected Mugabe as a divine king.