LESSON 13 
CEMETERY ENTRANCE 
HIS lesson is intended to present a simple prob- 
lem in design. The design is shown both in 
horizontal plan and perspective. 
Illustrations 
) The plan is taken from a recent German 
book on suburban gardening.* The conditions 
represented are typical and such as might be met almost any- 
where. The solution is simple, practical and interesting. 
Discussion 
The land is slightly sloping, being about three feet higher in- 
side the cemetery gate than in the street. The land slopes also 
somewhat to the left, as will be seen in the perspective drawing. 
Entrance is made at the corner of the cemetery ground, a very 
practical arrangement, especially for a foot entrance like this. The 
entrance is dignified by being recessed from the street, and this 
effect of breadth and dignity is further enhanced by the broad 
flight of steps and by the two flanking~benches. The two large 
deciduous trees are a main feature of the picture. 
It will be seen that this entrance is not formal, -ice.not sym- 
metrical. It is not on the axis of the entering street. This asym- 
metrical arrangement is a distinguishing- feature of the present 
design. For the development of a formal design it would be es- 
sential that the entrance gate should be on the central axis of the 
approaching road and that the whole design should be developed 
* Lange, Land-und Gartensiedelungen, 88. Leipzig, 1910. 
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