Landscape managers / architects IVAN

[Quirkmiter]

I can't say that I know what a landscape manager would be in the US,
except that he/she would have the task of maintaining the grounds of an
existing facility. The landscape architect would design the grounds with
the program, site, architecture, management concerns, etc. in mind.
Althogh there continues to be some difficulty discerning the difference,
from the public's point of view, between the landscape contractor,
planting design, and landscape architecture, I don't understand confusing
design with management.
Tim Hansen, ASLA houston

[Ivan Le Fevre]

quirk...@aol.com (Quirkmiter) wrote:

In the UK the status of a Landscape Manager is equivalent to that of a
Landscape Architect. They both specialise in the form and function of
the landscape. A superficial difference would be that a Landscape
Architect tends to impose a design from the top, while a Landscape
Manager tends to develop the existing landscape.

I think it is fair to say that the form and aesthetic of the landscape
cannot be directly equated to the form a static object - for example-
a building. A Landscape Architect is not an architect specialising in
the landscape.

If we look at our external living landscape it is clear that it is in
a constant process of change. You cannot impose a 'design' and expect
it to remain. I would propose, therefore, that a Landscape Architect
is someone who takes a revolutionary approach to the landscape (ie
drastic and original), whereas a Landscape Manager takes a
evolutionary approach (ie gradual and complementary). The point is:
they are both managers of landscape change.

Tell me if you feel I'm wrong. I do think that this is an issue that
the landscape profession needs to discuss.

Ivan

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Ivan Le Fevre
Newbury
Berkshire, UK
ivan.l...@ukonline.co.uk
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