2D Landscaping Layouts
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Date Assignment is due:
C. Kohn, Waterford WI
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Monday, March 4th
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Overview: in landscape design, it is necessary to first draft your ideas on paper before proceeding to the actual work of
your project. This can often be daunting to those without drafting experience. To ease you into this task, you will
transform your smaller 3D models of landscape design into 2D layouts.
Directions: using your 3D models of landscape design, determine the size of your property in feet or meters by
estimating the size of a standard object in your layout (for example, if you have a person in your 3D layout, you could
assume they are 6 feet tall and use this as a scale to determine the length and width of your “property”).
Once you have determined the size of your property in feet or meters, you will need to draw the borders of your
property on a large piece of grid paper (not notebook sized!). To do this, you will need to determine how large a square
on your paper is in feet or meters and list this on your layout.
Example: Your property is 100 feet wide. Your graph paper has 20 inches of drawing space. In that case, 100’ ÷ 20” = 5
 1 inch = 5 feet. By knowing that every inch equals 5 feet in reality, you can then adjust all of your measurements.
For example, if a tree on your property is 10 feet wide, you know that on your scale drawing, it will have to be 2 inches
wide. It is important to write this on your paper – somewhere you should have a key explaining how many feet are in an
inch on your graph paper (e.g. “1 Inch = 5 Feet”).
In any case, create a simple scale that is easy to convert; i.e. if you need to shrink your landscape a little to create round
numbers (instead of awkward decimals) that is ok – just make sure your layout takes up at least 3/4s of your paper.
It will be very important for you to accurately convert all items in your landscape to the appropriate scale on your paper.
Measure how far objects are from their nearest sides using the scale you determined at the beginning of this activity.
Convert those distances proportionally on your 2D layout to accurately sketch each object. Use landmarks to help
determine the location of objects that are irregular or oddly shaped.
Be sure to also use the appropriate symbols for objects. Details on how to do this will be included on the next pages.
Grading for this project will be as follows:
Grading Rubric
10 points: Accuracy of Measurements – all objects are accurately scaled and appropriately sized for the given scale.
20 points: Accuracy of Drawing – the drawing is exactly proportional to the 3D model it is based on
10 points: Professionalism of Layout – the layout contains a key, is easy to read, and has labels and all needed symbols.
10 points: Effort and Appearance – layout is eye-appealing and well done. Project was not done just to get it done.
TOTAL: 50 points
Grass should also be drawn! Shading is perhaps the best way to designate grass, but dashes or repeated lines can work
too. All vegetation on your property should be designated in some way, shape, or form.