Department of Architecture & Landscape Architecture 
Landscape Architecture Program 
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 322 
History of Landscape Architecture 
Spring Semester: Colliton

Influences on the Landscape by Greek and Roman Empires 800BC to 500AD

  • Greece Empire (8th-2nd BC) Civilazations 
Greek Architecture 
Minoan 
Cycladic (Crete) 
Hillidic (Miconian Greece) 
Aegean Civilization (the three combined) 
Contributions: 
  • Temple
  • Architecture
  • Urban form
  • Small scale design
  • Structural systems
  • Principles of Design
  • Civic design
    • (Examples: agora and market place)

    Rome Empire (6th BC - 5th AD) 
Natural Landscape 
Sophisticated garden 
Villas 
Public works projects with rational town planning 
    Hadrian's Villa:

    "Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, is a later counterpart of the Domus Aurea, though built as a retreat in the country rather than being in the city. Walking around it today, it is still possible to experience something of the variety of architectural forms and settings, and the skillful way in which Hadrian and his architect have contrived the meetings of the axes, the surprises that await the turning of a corner, and the vistas that open to view. It was possible here to experiment with new forms and new types of spatial composition, and some of the results are seen in the Island Villa, the vestibules at the ends of the Piazza d'Oro, the Small Baths, and the Canopus. The most characteristic feature is a constant play upon curves and counter-curves in place of the rectilinear shapes used in most earlier planning." 

    —Sir Banister Fletcher. A History of Architecture. p251
    Aerial drawing of Hadrian's Villa

    Interesting Web Page Link to Hadrian's Villa (c150AD)

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    prepared by: Dennis Colliton

    Last Update January 4, 2002

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