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slope designations. Together these three elements are used to create a
site-grading plan used by the contractor to build what we have designed.
The photograph of the Getty Museum Garden in Figure 7.1 illustrates
where contours and spot elevations can work together in developing a
site-grading plan. Basically, the designer
would articulate critical elevations for the
construction of the low walls and paved
areas shown in the image. The grades for
the landscape areas would rely primarily
on contour lines for establishing both the
landform for the lawn and raised land-
scape areas, with the possible use of spot
elevations for critical high and low points.
Contours would have most likely contin-
ued through the paved areas to articulate
the design intent for transitioning from
pavement to grass and landscape areas.
Figure 7.1
Getty Museum Garden, Los Angeles, CA
reading the Landscape
Reading the landscape is made possible by visual clues, some revealed
by natural processes and others that are the result of human activities.
Geologic history is visually evident when the exposed structure of geo-
logic strata is manifested as layers, sometimes seen as topics stacked
Figures 7.2-a and 7.2-B
A cultural landscape can reveal its contour topography
