Landscape designTrends: forward-looking themes
OneTechnology drivenUrban development
As internet technology progresses, the development of inter-city technology networks and systems becomes inevitable. Data collection was no longer a problem, and privacy and access would be key to the design of cities. Technology provides opportunities for cities to reduce inequalities and improve services by encouraging greater inclusion. For example, cities will use technology to provide feedback and identify problems such as pits or accidents。
TwoClimate changeAnd traffic improvements
As the costs of climate change increase, there is a growing concern for health. As a result, many cities have begun to seek coping strategies, such as the venice flood dam, launched in 2020. Cities need to adapt to environmental changes, such as species adaptation and food safety. At the same time, people have begun to change the way they move in cities, including walking streets in urban centres, parking and driving areas, shared travel, congestion areas, zero-emission zones, auto-driving cars, logistics areas, etc., to create liveable towns and streets adapted to these mobility changes。
3. Transformation of space areas
Recent trends such as open-air ejection markets, street-side meals, small parks, etc. Will increase as people move from towns to major activities/business areas in the suburbs. As the region grows, people avoid entering the heart of the city, suburban centres and shopping streets change and revitalize. Landscape designers need to reuse retail shopping centres to create more microtown centres, which may accelerate the creation of more diverse landscape types。
4. Focus on outdoor space and rediscovery of gardens
During the outbreak, people were confined indoors and began to gradually seek relaxed outdoor environments and rediscover the need for landscape design. Residents will promote the improvement of the quality and maintenance of public spaces in cities. More and more people are rediscovering their gardens and looking for designers to improve their garden landscape design and to have playspace。
5 changes in tools
As technology develops, the tools used by landscape designers are changing. For example, the use of ipads, tablets and touch screens has become widespread. The forest industry will continue to use cad and bim software will be designed, prototyped and documented. The drones are becoming a powerful tool for landscape designers, whether they check sites, create lists or wood/foresters for tree assessment. Machine learning and artificial intelligence will enable us to analyse data and influence how we design them。
