by Hector Fernando Burga
A visit to the landscape architecture studio at UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design reveals a wall filled with pedagogical graffiti. The anonymous markings, organized along different horizon lines and unified under a common scale, depict a series of garden and climate typologies — a pictorial lesson on the craft of landscape architecture. A tagline on the side adds: Handy Pocket Edition!
Each drawing is based on a sectional study illustrating an intricate play of architectural and natural elements based on four categories: topography, air current, shade and water. The markings were made with classroom chalk on an unfinished concrete surface. Each vignette captures the imagination of the viewer as to what it would be like to repose and reflect inside those spaces. The following is a thematic outline of the drawings with photographed samples. Enjoy!
I. Infrastructures in which topography is the primary feature
I. Earth seats
II. Grottos
III. Subterranean rooms
IV. Cryptoportici
V. Boscos
VI. Pineta
II. Infrastructures in which air current is the primary feature
I. Hot seats
II. Warm walks
III. Sunlit terraces
IV. Warm loggias
V. Courtyards
VI. Giardini segreti
VII. Limonaias
III. Infrastructures in which shade is the primary feature
I. Cool seats
II. Cool walks
III. Shady tunnels
IV. Arbors and pergolas
V. Garden pavilions and summer houses
VI. Interior porches and cool rooms
IV. Infrastructures in which water is the primary feature
I. Water catchment devices
II. Placid water devices
III. Active water devices
IV. Aerated water devices
V. Wet walks
VI. Water jokes
Credits: Photos by Hector Fernando Burga.
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A visit to the landscape architecture studio at UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design reveals a wall filled with pedagogical graffiti. The anonymous markings, organized along different horizon lines and unified under a common scale, depict a series of garden and climate typologies — a pictorial lesson on the craft of landscape architecture. A tagline on the side adds: Handy Pocket Edition!
Each drawing is based on a sectional study illustrating an intricate play of architectural and natural elements based on four categories: topography, air current, shade and water. The markings were made with classroom chalk on an unfinished concrete surface. Each vignette captures the imagination of the viewer as to what it would be like to repose and reflect inside those spaces. The following is a thematic outline of the drawings with photographed samples. Enjoy!
I. Infrastructures in which topography is the primary feature
I. Earth seats
II. Grottos
III. Subterranean rooms
IV. Cryptoportici
V. Boscos
VI. Pineta
II. Infrastructures in which air current is the primary feature
I. Hot seats
II. Warm walks
III. Sunlit terraces
IV. Warm loggias
V. Courtyards
VI. Giardini segreti
VII. Limonaias
III. Infrastructures in which shade is the primary feature
I. Cool seats
II. Cool walks
III. Shady tunnels
IV. Arbors and pergolas
V. Garden pavilions and summer houses
VI. Interior porches and cool rooms
IV. Infrastructures in which water is the primary feature
I. Water catchment devices
II. Placid water devices
III. Active water devices
IV. Aerated water devices
V. Wet walks
VI. Water jokes
Credits: Photos by Hector Fernando Burga.
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