![]() Our college is home to the Community and Economic Development Initiative of Kentucky (CEDIK). State and local governments also employ landscape architects in planning, urban design, park and open space design, transportation, and community development. Forest Service, National Park Service and U.S. In the public sector, landscape architects work with federal agencies such as the U.S. In the private sector, graduates may work in landscape architecture design firms, multidisciplinary firms or design-build companies. Landscape architecture is a diverse and growing profession with opportunities in both the private and public sectors. You will be able to explore topics such as design with plants, advanced graphics, advanced digital, regional land use planning, cultural landscape preservation, and/or Geographical Information Systems. You will gain a strong foundation for landscape architecture through a core curriculum including design studios, implementation, graphics and digital representation, plant identification, as well as soil science and ecology. In this program, you will learn to create human environments that are sustainable, socially relevant, artful, and functional. ![]() Solve infrastructure problems such as increased flooding from storm water and rising sea levelsĬollaborate with private clients to make memorable places for work, living and recreationĬonserve natural and agricultural landscapes by working with communities on landscape stewardship Improve air quality and lower urban temperatures with green spaces ![]() Here we have selected aerial images that show farms, plantations, and human activities related to food production.Design public spaces such as parks, campuses, streetscapes, and urban gathering places that create community identity and public lifeĬreate sustainable and active communities with infrastructure for walking, bicycling, and other forms of transportation Having celebrated World Food Day on October 16th, it is important to reflect on these processes of land transformation and their relation to food production. The latest UN report, released in 2020, The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, estimates that up to 811 million people went hungry in 2020, most of them in Africa and Asia. We are witnessing massive interventions in the landscape to expand productive areas and, at the same time, we are facing increasing numbers of people suffering from food insecurity. So, while agriculture was responsible for connecting mankind with the land, it also became the greatest means of intervention and modification of the landscape. As technology evolved, the possibilities of intervening in the natural environment increased even more, for example, with the mechanization of planting and harvesting, which allowed for increased production, and even more aggressive interventions such as irrigation systems in the desert and inter-basin transfers. The development of technology deeply affected agriculture, especially after the Industrial Revolution. The first civilizations developed from agriculture. The introduction of agriculture as a human practice resulted in the occupation and transformation of the natural landscape in an attempt to plant and extract everything necessary for survival from the land. This form of social organization changed as cultivation techniques and animal farming was discovered, which allowed groups to create permanent settlements. This phenomenon can be seen in the aerial images we have selected below.Įarly humans were generally nomadic, migrating from region to region depending on the season in search of food and water. Centuries later, agricultural production has become one of the main contributors to the organization of the land. The knowledge of agriculture was fundamental for the evolution of a nomadic society into a sedentary civilization. ![]() Sustainability and Performance in Architectureįood cultivation is one of the great historical milestones of our society's development. The Future of Architectural Visualization
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