Introduction to Landscaping
Explore: What will the park be like? 2
A course by Carlos Andres Betancur Cifuentes , Landscape architect
Joined September 2022
About the video: Explore: What will the park be like? 2
Overview
“You will see in detail what are the new amenities that will enter the park and how this space was thought about the entire context that surrounds it.”
In this video lesson Carlos Andres Betancur Cifuentes addresses the topic: Explore: What will the park be like? 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Landscaping. Learn to design external spaces that are environmentally-friendly and conceived for people.
Partial transcription of the video
“It is very important to alternate drawings in plan, in section, in perspective, to study. For example, this height and these slopes It would be necessary to do a little research to make them safe. if we are going down here. Or are you pending, How can we get up to, for example, people with reduced mobility. For example, another thing is how we are going to drain this space. If we have a rubber surface here, we could think of a rain garden in these final parts, obviously not throughout the entire journey. How then children's games go over at some points, but they allow these areas of infiltr...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Landscaping
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Category
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Areas
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Spatial Design

Carlos Andres Betancur Cifuentes
A course by Carlos Andres Betancur Cifuentes
Carlos Andrés Betancur is a renowned Colombian landscape architect with more than two decades of experience. Inspired by Colombia's rich cultural and natural diversity, he founded OPUS, a landscape design and architecture studio in Medellín 16 years ago with two friends. With a philosophy focused on weaving healthy relationships between people and nature through design, OPUS has worked with numerous entities, including ministries, companies and educational institutions, winning national and international awards.
Throughout its history, around 400 people from all over the world have collaborated in the study. Additionally, Betancur has spent 20 years as a university professor in Latin America, sharing his vision and experiences in design, hoping to sow seeds of positive change. His collaborative design approach focuses on observation, listening and dialogue to positively transform spaces.
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