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Bernard Lassus's Contribution To Landscape Architecture

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Bernard Lassus was born in 1929 in Chamalieres (Puy de Dome), France and is regarded as an extremely creative and unique landscape architect due to his vast use of dramatic shapes and colours in his designs. As a child he was encouraged to practice his independence of mind and enrolled as a student at the National School of Beaux Arts where he studied painting and art. This education and introduction into art encouraged Lassus to begin his career as a painter before entering into landscape architecture. In the 1950’s, Lassus took part in artistic research on visual effects of ‘lights in motion’ where he developed his talent for representing moods and emotions in his work. In 1955 he took part in in the Salon de la Jeune Peinture (Salon of Young Painting) and presented his first works in …show more content…

He gave landowners the opportunity to get involved in design choices by having input in the type of trees planted.
In 1990 Bernard Lassus received the Legioon d’Honneur from Presiden Francois Mitterand and was presented with the Gold Ribbon award for Motorway design in 1993 and 1997.The Director of the Roads Administration at the Ministry of Housing and Public Works, Christian Leyrit called Lassus to advise on a national landscape policy for turnpikes. This was the first policy of its kind in France and influenced many future projects. One of the best designs created by Lassus is The Landscape of Rocks in Motorway 837, Crazannes in 1993 and took four years to complete.
In 1989, Lassus’ intense interest in landscape history has stimulated the invention of a doctoral program for landscape studies. He directed this programme until his retirement in 1998 and. He directed this programme until his retirement in 1998 and recentl received honourary soctorate from Universities such as those in Bristol and

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