Overview
Backyard designing or hardscaping alongside landscaping is an art and profession in styling a garden or an outdoor. It is the art of modifying or arranging a yard feature for aesthetic reasons and pretty look. Outdoor designing is divided into two parts such as hardscape and softscape. An outdoor designer changes the layout of the yard in his own style and gives an awe appearance to all the viewers who look at it. A Coughlin Concrete outdoor designer considers unity, balance, transition and proportion as effective elements while Landscaping.
Elements of Outdoor Design
The four major elements of Outdoor design include,
- Unity
- Balance
- Transition
- Proportion
Unity which is the otherwise known as harmony is an important element in outdoor design to deliver a theme. A unity when implemented to a design shows consistency in mass decoration or organization. Unity is effective in overall picture of an outdoor design. When all the visual design elements fit into a coherent theme then the unity comes out effectively.
Balance is nothing by comparison between two segments in an outdoor area. The individual components in the garden are balanced in size and count to bring out the balance in the outdoor design.
Transition is the manipulation of the basic design elements like colour, line, scale, form and texture. An abrupt transition does not look good. A smooth transition for example can be given by giving a repeated colour transition to the flowers present in a garden.
Proportion is the size of all the individual components in a outdoor to fit pleasantly into the whole look and theme. A proper transition between components when wisely used brings out a good proportion.
Other Concepts in Outdoor Design
Few more concepts which could be included in the outdoor design are:
- Plant form
- Plant texture
- Colour theory
- Line
- Focal point
Professionals from Coughlin Concrete use excellent designing skills and proper styling elements and concepts to achieve the best looks. Outdoor designing is something beyond the glamour side of designing. This includes outdoor maintenance. The major role of the designer is to plan and visualize how the final output will look like and effectively execute the outdoor plan. It also depends on how someone else maintains the site after the outdoor designing is done. Outdoor designers and outdoor architects practice outdoor design as a career.