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Anonymous Sun 12 May 2019 20:55:13 No.1513713 View View Reply Original Report

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Has /out/ ever tried building things outside? I want to larp as an ancient builder and build some forest shrine in the woods behind my house. I'm thinking about using the big rocks I've dug from garden to build some sort of structure. I also am wondering how I would go about clearing large amounts of fallen brush and what sort of adhesive would be good for creating structures out of the rocks. Is this just pure autism or do you think it might be cool?

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Anonymous Sun 12 May 2019 20:55:35 No.1513714 Report

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Another inspo photo

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Anonymous Sun 12 May 2019 21:33:58 No.1513734 Report

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>>1513713
Mortor, and a metal rake.

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Anonymous Sun 12 May 2019 21:34:08 No.1513735 Report

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>>1513713
>>>/diy/

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Anonymous Sun 12 May 2019 21:38:03 No.1513740 Report

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>>1513735
It's outdoors, so it is perfectly fitting for this board.

>Most topics related to the outdoors are fine

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Anonymous Sun 12 May 2019 22:39:26 No.1513760 Report

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I want to set up a rifle range that looks like nothing when I'm done, like cut a tree so it falls over at 90 degrees to hand targets off and clear the brush a few hundred yards to a flattened spot for a chair and another log as a bench to rest on. In the Ontario woods such a task would probably take a full day if not full weekend but I'd love to have a perfect and private spot just by virtue of it looking like nothing when you pack out your stuff. Ranges near me are basically non existent

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Anonymous Sun 12 May 2019 22:48:26 No.1513769 Report

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>>1513713
of course anon! It's loads of fun :^)

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Anonymous Sun 12 May 2019 23:02:23 No.1513781 Report

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given the opportunity i would run through there knocking them down like an autistic kid in a ballpit

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Anonymous Mon 13 May 2019 17:46:36 No.1514222 Report

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>>1513769
yeah I'd bring an old fungo bat and start pinging

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Anonymous Tue 14 May 2019 03:55:36 No.1514591 Report

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>>1513713
Was part of a volunteer crew building stone staircases for trails - it is cool don't worry friend.
For tools you'll want a shovel, mattock, rock bar, iron rake, small hand saw / chainsaw, and probably a wheel barrow. If the rocks are pretty big (100+ pounds) you might want a winch too.

To clear it just cut it up where it lays then rake it all onto a tarp. You could go with either concrete or mortar for the rocks, but it's best if it doesn't need a ton and is kinda stable without it.

It's always good to put gravel / small rocks under the big ones for drainage, stops them from sinking. Make your own with a sledge hammer if you don't want to buy shit

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Anonymous Wed 15 May 2019 13:30:55 No.1515447 Report

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this is very cool annon.

I am in Landscape architecture and whenever I have a private residential project with any amount of wooded area on the property, like an acreage or a hobby ranch, I try to convince the client to let me design some larpy sit in the woods for them.

usually its a small totem or faux shrine. Once I tried for some faux ruins. haven't had any takers yet. I offer to work with them to find an ideal location and some starting points for what to build but I leave some of the site selection and details of the design to them, as well as advocate for them to build it themselves as I think that adds a lot to the appeal to have a greater sense of personal ownership.

once I did have an older client get really excited about the idea. We selected a location and I gave him a couple concept sketches, but he wasn't much of a craftsman and even though I offered to help him build it pro-bono he just kind of let the project fizzle out saying "maybe thats a project for when I have more time on my hands". bummer, I want to see one of those get built.

in my ~professional~ opinion (or as close as you can get to professional outdoor shrine designer) selecting the right place is pretty key, somewhere you can get a good hide-and-reveal like in a receded area or a clearing surrounded by more dense growth. Or, perhaps just as importantly, a spot that just feels right. Additionally I would not tell anyone about it or show anyone. it should ideally be like an easter egg. the last thing I would say is you can go with something less ambitious than a whole shrine the first time you do it, maybe take a chisel set out and carve some spooky pseudo-pagan faces into a dead tree. if you enjoyed it and enjoy knowing that its out there, and your little secret, then try something bigger.

best of luck friend

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Anonymous Wed 15 May 2019 14:27:28 No.1515473 Report

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>>1515447
no way, im not OP but im debating on whether or not to get into landscape architecture. what's your work like? mainly residential, like backyards, or do you do bigger public projects?

this may sound silly (or not given that it's 4chan), but two things were putting me off: the fact that the uni i'm looking at seems to get majority female students in LA, and that i'm really not interested in pretty flower arrangements or anything like that. is going through the whole 5 year schooling rigamaroo worth it in the end?

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Anonymous Wed 15 May 2019 14:44:57 No.1515481 Report

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>>1515473
Depends on what area you want to get into. It can be a really tough grind if you want to work for a high design firm, but those are the most gratifying. But you can get an easy mode, boring job at an engineering firm just "shrubbing up" transportation projects as well. That type of thing. I'm with more of a high design firm. And the firm I work for has a really broad mix of scales from residential to larger scale land planning, that's rare.

The uni I went to was really excellent. There is a huge range of quality and emphasis's in universities so it really matters where you go. I went to two, transferring between them. I have friends that went to a number of other programs over NA so I have a pretty braid view of what's out there.

Tell me what you're more interested in focusing on, where you're thinking of going, etc, and I can maybe try to give you a little advice or more details.
Taking Landscape architecture was honestly the best decision of my life so I'd love to talk about it.

sorry for hijacking your thread OP

sorry for hijacking your thread OP Wed 15 May 2019 16:38:07 No.1515511 Report

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>>1515481
honestly im not too sure. they offer a BSc or BA, the BSc focusing more on ecology and green technologies, and the BA obviously a lot heavier on design. i really like the idea of green cities like singapore, and also restoration/preservation of already existing green spaces.

dont know how thrilled i would be about designing someone's garden or picking out flower arrangements, but maybe these are just my preconceived notions about the residential work. although either way i enjoy sketching/3D CAD work and would probably really enjoy creating a space and seeing it come to life.

the uni is supposed to be one of the best for this subject, so i'm not worried about that, but i've been flip flopping about it in my mind for a couple of years now

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Anonymous Wed 15 May 2019 18:24:01 No.1515559 Report

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Well one of the things to look into is if the program is more theoretical or hands-on. I took a more hands-on program that had us owing actual projects for actual clients. There is still some room there to be creative and theoretical but it is restrained to an extent by your "client", but generally they were understanding that your a student and you want to flex some creative muscle. The opposite side of the coin is the super theoretical uni's. I have a colleague that was in one of those programs. We compared notes and experiences a lot. I did dozens and dozens of design projects, some were a week long and some were term projects. they did 3 over the whole program, but wrote several papers and had more access to support for extra-curricular academic initiatives, but they wanted something more hands on and felt like they were taught very little.

Student-teacher dynamics are also super crucial to find out about. Ideally you want a university that hires talented faculty that will kind of "riff" with you on your projects, like in a collaborative, mentor relationship almost. There is so much to cover and so much of design carries based on context that you can't learn much of value from lectures beyond the basics.
Try to talk to some people in the program regarding those details because advisors will always give you a really generic response intended on not alienating any potential candidates.

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Anonymous Wed 15 May 2019 18:29:29 No.1515562 Report

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As far as not wanting to fuss with flower arrangements type thing, it depends on what your emphasis is. Like I said, the scales can really vary between bio-regional levels, to an almost urban design scale, right down to a 10x5 courtyard. There are definitly landscape architects out there who don't even know the difference between an ash and an elm. It's a broad enough discipline that you can specialize.
In my capstone project, the planting plan for the master was: fruit bearing trees, street trees, naturalized areas and lawn areas. Not exactly in-depth.

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Anonymous Wed 15 May 2019 21:44:20 No.1515674 Report

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If you want to do it right don't use any modern technology

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Anonymous Wed 15 May 2019 23:11:35 No.1515761 Report

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Make a mound, or earthen enclosure like the ancient Hopewell. They were sometimes forts, others are places of special gatherings and worship. Made with a common unit of measure and many of the larger complexes had platforms for viewing celestial events. Be pretty tough to do by yourself though.

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