Classical Principles in Landscape Composition — ICAA Education Series

Tuesday, March 24, 2026 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM Fort Mason Center Building C, Room C205 San Francisco Sponsored by The Wiseman Group Interior Design
This three-hour course introduces the core classical principles that govern successful landscape composition and site organization. Through diagramming, precedent analysis, and a guided design exercise, participants will learn how axis, hierarchy, proportion, geometry, enclosure, and spatial sequence create legible and enduring outdoor environments. Emphasis is placed on plan reading and compositional logic rather than style or planting design. The course is designed for design professionals and students seeking to strengthen their ability to organize exterior space using time-tested classical principles.

Registration

  • ICAA Members: $60
  • Non-Members: $80
  • Students & Young Professionals: $30
Class size is limited — registration is required. Register here.

Instructors

Monica Perrone is a sole-practitioner landscape architect with forty years of professional experience across landscape architecture, planning, urban design, and construction. She has practiced in multiple regions of the United States and is known for thoughtful, site-responsive design grounded in proportion, spatial clarity, and buildable solutions. She has taught upper-division design studios in the Landscape Architecture program at the University of California, Davis.

Megan Leicht received her Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Notre Dame and has focused her professional work on traditional and classical architecture in the Bay Area. Her experience has strengthened a commitment to proportion, harmony, and ordered design, with hand drawing as a core part of her process. She currently practices with Kirley Architects in Marin, contributing to classically oriented residential projects.