What are some of the parameters an architect needs to consider when designing an environment to support on structure or interior landscapes?
As our work becomes more urbanizes, user values attributed to access to nature and natural surroundings increases. Numerous studies point to the health benefits related to access to nature and views of it. For example: on structure tenant gardens at multi-unit senior housing projects have been an effective strategy to increase resident social engagement across cultural and linguistic divides.
This program will look at some of the architectural design parameters to support living landscapes for interiors and on structure. Considerations to load, lighting, drainage, watering, materials, maintenance requirements and several products and techniques will be discussed. This course offers 1.5 LU.
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