Base mapping of my site

1. L’Étoile Homestead

2. The Process: Taking measurements
I was eager to go field learning:
I choose measuring the long way… And it did take long!
Walking on the land enabled
me to really get a better
feeling of the place, and to
“discover” where some
important features were
located

3. Discoveries:
Walking on the land with an eye of person doing
mapping, I saw some aspects and strengths that I
will want to make use of them later on this course:
 Different habitats: where the most humid place is
located, the most dense part of the forest, the
warmest spot…
 Already present species: wild apples, high bush
cranberries, currents… all hiding in the forest
 And way too much grass lawn not serving anymore!

4. The Process: Putting it in paper
The biggest challenge!
With the large amounts of measurements taken, I was persuaded I was ready to
start mapping…
Not so! It looked like some measures were contradicting each others: so
I went check up the real measures a few times on-site.

5. The Process: Drawing
This part made me see the large overview of the land
I am going to design: It is like rediscovering the land
with new eyes, on a property that I thought I knew
like the back of my hand!
This makes me eager
to learn more and to
be able to really get
into designing

6. The Final Result: I am proud of it!