Basics Designing with Plants

Download or read book Basics Designing with Plants written by Regine Ellen Wöhrle and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2017-05-22 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike concrete or masonry, plants are a living building material that changes in the course of the seasons and the years. Their growth and varying appearance are factors that must be considered when designing and planning. In addition, plants can also be employed to create different design levels. They can be used as sheathing (green facades, ground cover – lawns) and to generate spaces of various heights (hedges, shrubs, trees). Topics: Basics of using plants Plant typologies Function and impact of spaces Site-specificity Design principles Planting plan and representation Execution