The Preliminary Study Of The American Modern Landscape Associates

There are many reports about the American Modern Landscape Associates and items. But the studies are very insufficient and superficial, the interior essences are not been known for many domestic landscape architectures, the American Modern Landscape Associates are not been classified systematically. The items are not been analyzed deeply and sum systematically. With the purpose of deeply and systematically introduce the American Modern Landscape Associates and items, The study had taken the following steps:l.With the study of the development of the American Modern Landscape Associates, we can sum up the characteristic of his development. The construction of the New York Center Park (in 1858) indicated the ordinary landscape architecture has arrived. The modern landscape associates also appeared at the same time, and changed into almost involving the mankind's all scales of the world along with the modern and democracy process of the United States society. The personnel component follow that the traditional horticulture teacher to including the architects, city planners.the botanists.geographers, environment artists and even painters and the sculptors. Plant is not the major element of dominant position in the landscape designs again, and various natural and man-made source materials such as land, rock and concrete, brick, wood, tile, steel, plastics and glass etc can be use in the modern landscape designs.2.Equally the model of the modern landscape designs has developed from the SAD (investigations - analysis -design )in the large scale landscape designs, the" multi-layer steamed bread "model and the "spot piece - corridor -basic quality" model in the freeway plan and the nature reserve items to the minimalist designs in the modern gardens. In about a century, the modern landscape associates have expanded on several dimensions greatly.3.Since we had joined WTO, Many famous landscape associates have set up the civil offices or cooperated with the internal designing institute. EDAW, BELTCOLLINS, SASAKI, SWA etc become people's familiar nouns, and the pronoun that the item can be successful. With the study of the characteristic of the American Modern Landscape Associates and some famous items, we can sum up the characteristic of its development. According to its characteristic and famous items, we can classifies the landscape associates, for example, EDAW is good at planning of the large-scale comprehensiveness items; BELTCOLLINS DESIGN GROUP is good at planning and designing the inhabitancy; Andropogon Associates has recommended the viewpoint of ecology and lead in the ecology design.4.Equally, we can sum up their effective working model and successful experiences by the analysis the development course and some important items designed by the modern landscape associates in China.5.last, we can sum up the shortcomings of these items. The cost of item is too high, the material is more expansive and not understood the civil culture deeply. It is good for the reformation of the internal designing institute, enhancing the competition itself.