Landscape Architecture Design Research Articles

Exploring the effect of walking patterns on pathway design in landscape architecture using gait analysis

This study investigates the impact of pathway design on human walking patterns using advanced gait analysis techniques to inform landscape architecture. By analyzing key gait parameters such as stride length, cadence, walking speed, step width, and foot placement angles, this research seeks to identify how various pathway features—such as surface material, slope, curvature, and width—influence walking behaviour. Data is collected through motion capture systems and wearable sensors from diverse participants, including individuals of different ages and physical abilities. Statistical methods, including Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA), are applied to determine significant differences in walking patterns across pathway types, while ML techniques, such as k-means clustering, classify participants based on their walking strategies. The results offer data-driven insights into how different pathway designs affect walking efficiency and comfort. For example, pathways with a slope of 10% reduced WS by 14% compared to flat pathways, while surfaces like gravel increased Foot Placement Angles by 18% compared to concrete, impacting stability. The study provides practical recommendations for creating pathways that support natural human movement, such as ensuring step width and stride length remain consistent across varied surface types by designing smooth transitions between different materials. The study emphasizes the importance of designing inclusive, accessible pathways that accommodate the needs of diverse user groups. For instance, individuals with mobility challenges exhibited a 12% increase in step width on sloped surfaces, suggesting that gentler inclines and smoother textures are essential for accessibility. The findings contribute to LA by offering evidence-based guidelines that optimize pathways’ functionality and user experience in outdoor environments. These guidelines include maintaining a pathway slope below 5% for universal accessibility and using surface materials like concrete or permeable pavers that balance durability and comfort, promoting sustainability and user-centred design.

Analysis of Landscape Architecture Planning and Design Under the Background of Multimedia Based on Swarm Intelligence Optimization Path Algorithm

Analysis of Landscape Architecture Planning and Design Under the Background of Multimedia Based on Swarm Intelligence Optimization Path Algorithm

Overview of “Landscape Architecture Research and Design for Urban and Peri-Urban Environments”

Landscape architecture and design research is becoming increasingly relevant due to rapid urbanization and its impact on urban and peri-urban environments [...]

Analysis of Reform in Hybrid Teaching for University Landscape Engineering

Since the establishment of the landscape architecture program in the 1950s, landscape engineering has consistently been the core and distinctive course of the program. It is closely related to courses such as landscape planning and design, as well as landscape architecture design, collectively forming the core curriculum system of the landscape architecture program. Landscape engineering, typically serving as the foundation, becomes a required course for landscape architecture majors after incorporating content related to landscape design. It holds a crucial position in talent cultivation. Through the study of this course, students can gain a comprehensive understanding of the achievements in landscape engineering, become well-versed in contemporary theoretical knowledge in the field, and develop strong practical skills, thus evolving into high-quality talents that meet industry requirements.

Animal-Aided Design – planning for biodiversity in the built environment by embedding a species’ life-cycle into landscape architectural and urban design processes

There are suggestions of how to integrate biodiversity-friendly measures into both architecture and landscape architecture, however it is unclear how to systematically include the needs of other organisms such as animals. One particular challenge is the conflict between amenity and biodiversity, as the human designer aims for good design, which often appears to be incompatible with biodiversity-friendly measures. Here we describe ‘Animal-Aided Design’ (AAD) as a methodology to systematically include animals into the planning cycle of project-based planning. The basic idea of AAD is to make animals an integral part of the design and define their needs at the beginning of the planning process. The requirements of target species then set boundary conditions for the planning process, but also serve as an inspiration for the design itself. We illustrate our methodology using theoretical examples, mostly from Western Europe, in particular Germany.

Digital Transformation: Elevating Landscape Architecture through Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is widely used in architecture and construction, particularly in building andstructure design. However, BIM is imposed in landscape architecture design, which is still not much applied inlandscape architecture, academically and practically. Therefore, this paper explores the benefits of BIM application inlandscape architecture design. A methodology involves a systematic literature review (SLR) on BIM landscapearchitecture to explore the purposes and benefits of BIM's landscape architecture. The study found that the BIMapplication has contributed valuable benefits to the landscape architecture design process and the digital modeling oflandscapes. Moreover, the study provides a solution software application and tool to generate a sustainable landscapedesign from the pre-design stage of landscape architecture projects . In short, successfully utilizing BIM depends on anoperator's human skills to use the application in landscape architecture projects and enhance the multiple aspects oflandscape visualization.

Constructing and applying a neural-network-based architectural landscape evaluation model

With the continuous improvement of living standards, people go outdoors and spend more and more time in scenic spots. The landscape architecture design that serves people in urban scenic spots attracts more and more public attention, which puts forward higher requirements for landscape architecture design that serves people in scenic spots. How to integrate better the design of all kinds of landscape architecture into nature, to serve the public better, is an urgent problem to be solved at this stage. This paper selects the evaluation indexes of urban architectural landscapes, uses the analytic hierarchy process to determine the weight of each index and quantifies six evaluation indexes to build an evaluation model of architectural landscape design. In terms of the improvement of the you only look once version 4 (YOLOv4) model, MobileNetV3 was selected as the backbone feature extraction network, and the convolution in the feature enhancement extraction network was replaced by the depth-separable volume, and an architectural landscape recognition system based on the improved YOLOv4 model was constructed. In terms of algorithm performance verification, the improved algorithm was compared with the single-shot detector, MobileNetV3, ShuffleNetV2, YOLOv3, YOLOv4 and YOLOv5s algorithms under multiple evaluation indexes. The experimental results show that the size of the model is 51.4 MB, which does not cause a large burden. The mean average precision value of the improved YOLOv4 algorithm is 93.5%, and the frames per second (FPS) value is 30 FPS, which has higher recognition accuracy and detection speed and has obvious advantages.

Rhetoric of Landscape Architecture and Interior Design Discourses

The rhetoric of the pedagogic discourses of landscape architectural students and interior design students is described as part of a doctoral study undertaken to document practices and orientations prior to cross-disciplinary collaboration. We draw on the theoretical framework of Basil Bernstein, an educational sociologist, and the rhetorical method of Kenneth Burke, a literary dramatist, to study the grammars of ‘landscape’ representation employed within these disciplinary examples. We investigate how prepared final year students are for working in a cross-disciplinary manner. The discursive interactions of their work, as illustrated by four examples of drawn images and written text, are described. Our findings suggest that we need to concern ourselves with our pedagogic discourse that brings uniqueness and value to our disciplines, alongside shared discourses between disciplines.

Retraction: The mechanism of digitized landscape architecture design under edge computing.

Retraction: The mechanism of digitized landscape architecture design under edge computing.

Research on the Application of Three-Dimensional Virtual Reality Technology in Landscape Architecture Design

This study investigates the depth of and engaging experiences for designers and users could transform conventional landscape architecture design approaches through the use of 3D virtual reality technology. Research assesses the advantages and difficulties of using 3D virtual reality (VR) into landscape architectural practice by means of an extensive analysis of the body of current literature and case studies. The study looks into how 3D virtual reality (VR) technology affects the ideation, imagining, collaboration, and presentation phases of the architecture and landscape process of design. It examines how virtual reality simulations can improve communication among design teams, facilitate client engagement, and enhance decision-making processes. The study also looks at the practical and technical aspects of using 3D virtual reality technologies in landscaping design firms, including hardware requirements, software compatibility, and training requirements. In the end, the research's findings deepen our understanding of how 3D virtual reality technology might revolutionize landscape architecture, practice, and spur creative thinking in design processes.

Virtual reality technology for learning detailed design in landscape architecture

There is much interest in employing computer technology in design professions and education. However, few attempts have been made to apply immersive visualization technology to learn design details in landscape architecture. This study aims to illuminate how virtual reality (VR) technology helps students with design details in landscape architecture. Students were given a course project to create 3D models such as boardwalk structures located in residential pond areas. Based on their 3D models, we asked 16 research participants to answer survey questionnaires about the perception of realism, scale, and effectiveness of using computer technology in semi-immersive environments (e.g., monitor display-based) as opposed to fully immersive environments (e.g., VR head-mounted display-based). The results of our study showed that students had a higher realism in fully immersive environments compared to semi-immersive environments. In terms of perception of scale, participants perceived the height of the simulated model to be higher than they had anticipated in fully immersive environments. While there were no statistically significant findings regarding the effectiveness of design evaluation in the two modalities, students mentioned that VR technology can effectively assist in creating design details, as it provides them with a better understanding of the spatial characteristics of models.

Solar Landscapes: A Methodology for the Adaptive Integration of Renewable Energy Production into Cultural Landscapes

The increasing use of solar energy is an integral step toward carbon neutrality. At the same time, outdoor solar farms are significantly altering existing cultural landscapes. This work examines the possibilities of integrating the use of solar energy into these landscapes in such a way that the unique, regional character of places is preserved and enhanced. The research project that was carried out developed a conceptual design approach that takes as its starting point landscape architectural and aesthetic analyses of existing sites in Styria, Austria, the spatial characteristics of the cultural landscapes in which they are embedded, and their suitability for generating solar energy. The comparison of a site’s characteristics with the technical possibilities evaluated from a literature review enables a responsive design practice using solar modules. The result is a method of landscape architectural design that integrates solar energy on the basis of an adaptive site-specific approach as well as a catalogue of sample cases that illustrate how designing with solar modules can honor and add value to existing places while enhancing their ecological, economic, and social functions.

Natural or balanced? The physiological and psychological benefits of window views with different proportions of sky, green space, and buildings

Window views are an important landscape that affect human health in the urban built environment, but the impacts and health-benefit differences of window view elements have not been studied in depth. Previously, window views have been categorized as only natural or unnatural; in contrast, we propose a more differentiated classification involving three elements (sky, buildings, and green space). A total of 160 subjects were recruited and divided into 8 groups; these groups were shown window views (7 groups with different element ratio combinations and 1 control group), and the effects on 27 physiological and psychological indicators were assessed. This is the first study to provide evidence of the benefits of window views for restoring attention, reducing negative emotions, and lowering stress according to multiple indicators. More importantly, we conducted a comprehensive comparison of the benefits of window views composed of different element ratios using ternary phase diagrams and matrix diagrams. Overall, window views with a higher percentage of sky elements or green space elements, as well as window views with a balance of the three elements, had a better comprehensive effect. The results of this study can inform urban landscape planning and architectural design to improve human health.

On the Application of Digitized Virtual Reality Technology in the Teaching of Landscape Architecture Design

Landscape garden design is an important design foundation course for undergraduate students of landscape architecture in China, but the current classroom teaching has the problem of limited spatial dimension of the course. This paper proposes a virtual scene model construction method through the computer software with the creation of the need to display the scene. This virtual reality technology has immersive, interactive, and risqué characteristics. This paper focuses on the key points of virtual reality technology, discusses the specific implementation method of virtual reality technology in the “landscape garden design” course, and introduces the interactive control principle. The results of the research show that virtual reality technology to assist teaching can cultivate students' spatial thinking and enhance students' spatial simulation experience, greatly reducing the cost of traditional teaching.

Impact of hospital architecture on the birthing experience: a phenomenological study with mothers-to-be who are design experts

The birthplace has a crucial role in shaping the childbirth experience and mothers' satisfaction levels. This study aimed to identify the experiences and perceptions that may have an impact in the long-term on mothers' birthing experience, considering hospital design features in the birthing environment until discharge. Inductive thematic analysis of twenty-five hospital labor testimonies employing a phenomenological research approach and utilizing a biographical method. Participants were women with a professional background in architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, or interior design. The results are organized into four themes and seven subthemes. The first theme is "First sight and long term impression" which is subdivided into the subthemes "Depersonalized itinerary in entrances and corridors" and "Instinctive search for connection with nature". The second theme deals with "Accompaniment and tucking in during the birthing process", subdivided into "Hotel-like: space for movement and personalized adaptation" and "Helplessness, cold and uncertainty: spaces to be against one's will". The third theme is "Damage in collateral rooms", which includes "The integration of toilets in the birthing process", "Operating rooms unchangeable in the face of cesarean delivery" and "Neonatal units that do not integrate families". Finally, the fourth theme includes "Improvement proposals for new designs". This study contributes to the existing literature by deepening the understanding of the design features identified in hospitals in recent studies. Further research incorporating the experiences of women in the birthing process is needed to facilitate evidence-based design policies.

Research on the Construction of High Quality Landscape Architecture Design Project

Research on the Construction of High Quality Landscape Architecture Design Project

Revitalizing the Landscape and Siteplan Design of Semoyo Herbal Edupark in Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta: Enhancing for the Initial Stage of Construction Process

The development of a tourist destination necessitates collaborative efforts involving the government, local communities, and third-party entities to create a sustainable and appealing environment. The Semoyo Herbal Edupark (Hermoyo) has been initiated to be developed as a tourism destination in Yogyakarta. Consequently, a community engagement initiative and the revitalization of the landscape and site plan have been instituted to enhance progress and commence the infrastructure construction stage. Rooted in nature-based landscape architecture and local architectural expertise, this approach transcends mere visual aesthetics to cultivate environments that are sustainable, functional, and culturally significant to the resident communities. By integrating natural principles with local cultural values, landscape architecture design exemplifies profound engagement with the surrounding environment and cultural heritage, thus fostering a deeper connection between individuals and their surroundings.

Exploration of Ideological and Political Education Reform in Architectural Design Theory Courses: A Case Study of the Principles of Landscape Architecture Design Course

Exploration of Ideological and Political Education Reform in Architectural Design Theory Courses: A Case Study of the Principles of Landscape Architecture Design Course

Research on the Application of Traditional Culture in Modern Landscape Architecture Design under the Background of Artificial Intelligence

Abstract In this paper, the deep generative model and stochastic backpropagation method are used to innovate the modern landscape garden design, and at the same time, traditional cultural elements are integrated in the design process. By constructing generative adversarial networks and utilizing diffusion models, this study improves the diversity of design samples and enhances the display of cultural flavor. The comprehensive evaluation test shows that the modern landscape garden integrating traditional cultural elements exceeds the mean value in 17 evaluation indexes, especially the value of the evaluation factor of artistic flavor display reaches 0.0476, which is 460% higher than the mean value. The survey of tourists shows that the overall evaluation score of modern landscape garden is 76.4015, and the evaluation grade reaches “good”, which effectively verifies the practicality and effect of the design method of this paper.

Classroom Revolution of Landscape Architecture Design Based on DIE

Classroom Revolution of Landscape Architecture Design Based on DIE