History of Landscape Architecture

In the History of Landscape Architecture lecture we explored gardens throughout history and held enlightening conversations on the success and failures of design throughout the ages. Each week we were asked to read literature, explore a landscape from history, and compose an essay and sketch on said landscape. I enjoyed this deep dive on history and am excited to be inspired by the gardens of old in my future work.

I used many mediums across my sketches, such as color pencil, markers, and digital software like Procreate to explore different methods of communicating imagery.

Landscape Representation: GIS Intro & Applications

I greatly enjoyed this course on GIS as I was able to learn another beneficial software program and add it to my toolbelt. My classmates were integral to my learning as they asked questions and challenged my designs. I found the amount of data available on the internet and the abilities of ArcGIS to transform data to visuals to be fantastic.

I used ArcGIS to create this map of Portland, Oregon. I wanted to show a comparison between urban heat islands and green spaces in the city. You can see that the blue areas on the heat map correlate to locations with a high amount of greenery, while industrial spaces, even though they may be adjacent to green spaces, are astonishinly hotter. I am excited to take the skills I learned from this course and apply them to my career.