Landscape architecture is a discipline that focuses on intervention through the activities of planning, design, and management but it is generally understood to mean the outdoor environments and relationships between people and places, therefore people enjoy attractively designed gardens, public parks, and mostly they enjoy having a nice front or backyard.
In Mayas Interior Design, we plan, design, and manage open spaces including both natural and built environments and our design is not just beautification, but it is about creating the space itself, creating the ambiance of development, and creating the quality of the built environment.
Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) is popularly considered to be the father of landscape architecture. He defined this profession as:
What artist so noble …… as he who, with far-reaching conception of beauty, in designing power, sketches the outlines, writes the colors and directs the shadows of a picture so great that Nature shall be employed upon it for generations, before the work he arranged for her shall realize his intention
No matter the scale, the process always involves organizing and shaping a landscape for a desired effect and function. Incorporating elements of spatial division through fencing, planar manipulation, built-in seating, water features, and hardscaping allows the creating of more fluid spaces.