Landscape Architect: Max Conrad:
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During the implantation process, barriers are put around trees in order
to?
Ans: protect trees from damage; protect soil around the trees
from compaction; keep construction equipment off of the soil
around the trees (all of the above)
The landscape architect has to put into consideration that on most
sites?
Ans: there are existing natural and manmade features; some
things have to be removed during the implantation period;
some things have to be protected and save (all of the above)
In his design for the art gallery in Washington D.C., I.M. Pei...?
Ans: Expressed the essence of the composition in the use of
the triangle; Repeated the design of the existing art gallery on
the opposite side of the plaza (Both A and B)
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True/False: Surveying is necessary for the location of horizontal
placement of elements in the landscape rather than the vertical
placement
Ans: False
True/False: For the implementation process the landscape architect
has to consider the space required for construction equipment and
formwork as well as the dimensions of the actual part of the landscape
that is to be constructed
Ans: True
A landscape architect studies plants to emphasize?
Ans: Line, form, texture, and color; Primarily to understand
their growing requirements (Both A and B)
When thinking of plants in terms of space, the concepts that might be
considered include?
Ans: Opening and closing of space; Concealing and revealing;
The enclosure and shaping of space (All the above)
Art can be defined as?
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Ans: An idea given form by the mind of man; Wild nature that
gives inspiration to landscape architects (Both A and B)
True/False: Wild nature can be a source of inspiration to landscape
architects: it too is art
Ans: False
True/False: Landscape architecture is a craft that emphasizes
functional issues and skills rather than art
Ans: False
GIS maps were used in the design process for the resort Island of
Bimini to...?
Ans: Determine where the buildable lands were
In constructing the Island resort of Bimini in the Bahamas, the sand
dunes on the beach were...?
Ans: Carefully preserved
The planning of the Island resort of Bimini in the Bahamas...?
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