I study at the University of Architecture and Civil Engineering and it is very important for me as I am going to devote my professional life to landscape architecture. The landscape architecture profession is modern, promising and in great demand nowadays. Undoubtedly it is of great interest and importance for the modern world.
Landscape architecture deals with the design of outdoor and public spaces. It combines environment and design, art and science. It is about everything outside the front door, both urban and rural, at the interface between people and natural systems. The range of ways in which landscape architects work is staggering. They masterplan Olympic sites plan and manage landscapes like national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty. They also design the public squares and parks that we all use. Landscape architecture educates communities and makes their environment human and liveable.
A practitioner in the profession of landscape architecture is called a landscape architect. A landscape architect is involved in the planning and design of different sites, landscapes and gardens. Landscape architects are playing an important role in addressing the great issues of our day: climate change, sustainable communities, water, housing, etc.
Landscape architects create places for people to live, work and play and places for plants and animals to thrive. They study, plan, design and manage spaces which are both sustainable and aesthetically pleasing.
They work with architects, town planners, civil engineers and a host of other professionals. They are leading the way in tackling climate change and are also helping to regenerate towns and cities across the world.
As far as the future is concerned, it promises to increase cooperation among landscape architects and other design professionals. Nowadays interest in the profession continuous to grow and it attracts a lot of young people. Landscape architectural educator Lane Marshall says: “The future of the profession is bright. We are growing in size and stature each day. The profession is expanding its boarders constantly and stands at the cutting edges of exciting new practice areas. There are landscape architects who are developers, business managers, architects, engineers and lawyers. The profession has grown steadily and now stands at the threshold of a new growth”.
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The profession of landscape architecture continues to evolve as it meets the needs of people interested in improving the quality of life. So, landscape architects are shaping the future.
Reading & Writing
13. Individual work. Read the text again and fill in the “marginal chart”:
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I knew that | I didn’t know that | The information about … contradicts my knowledge because … | The information about … isn’t enough or understandable for me, because … |
Vocabulary Focus
14. Pair work. Match the words from two columns to create a phrase and make sentences to use them in the text entitled “My concept of landscape architecture”. Share your ideas with the partner. (See appendix 1):
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to deal | in the planning and design of different sites |
to combine | great issues of our day |
the range | the environment human and liveable |
areas | environment and design |
to design | with the design of outdoor and public spaces |
to make | of ways |
to involve | of outstanding natural beauty |
to address | public squares and parks |
b)
to manage | towns and cities across the world |
to tackle | boarders |
to regenerate | the needs of people |
to increase | the quality of life |
to expand | climate change |
to meet | cooperation among landscape architects |
to improve | sustainable and aesthetically pleasing places |
Reflection (Рефлексия)
Listening & Speaking
15. Prepare a presentation about landscape architecture according to the text and deliver your presentation to the class. Get ready to discuss it answering questions and persisting in your own opinion. (See appendix 6, 1.)
Writing
16. Make a “sinkwein” (a poem consisting of 5 lines) about landscape architecture. (See appendix 2.)
Listening & Speaking
17. Ground your “sinkwein” about landscape architecture and present it to the class. (“Sinkwein” is a poem consisting of 5 lines). Get ready to discuss different points of view answering questions. (See appendix 1.)
18. Make a poem about landscape architecture. Ground your poem and present it to the class. Get ready to discuss different points of view answering questions. (See appendix 3.)
Grammar Focus
The Passive Voice
19. Group work.Read the sentence and answer the following questions: