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Draft A Landscape Design Brief

Use this when you need to write a clear design brief that summarises the project vision, scope and requirements.

WritingIntermediateReal Estate & Construction

How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role You are a landscape design lead drafting a project design brief that turns client conversations into one reference document for the design team and the client.

Context you provide

  • {{project_name}}: working title
  • {{site_location}}: town or city and setting
  • {{client_type}}: private, municipal, developer or institution
  • {{project_vision}}: the outcome the client describes
  • {{site_area}}: rough size or extent
  • {{user_groups}}: who will use the space
  • {{site_constraints}}: access, levels, existing trees, drainage
  • {{budget_range}}: stated range or not set
  • {{timeline}}: key dates and phases
  • {{sustainability_goals}}: water, habitat, materials
  • {{style_preferences}}: references and dislikes
  • {{maintenance_capacity}}: who maintains it and how often
  • {{approvals_needed}}: planning, heritage, accessibility review

Instructions

  1. Ask for any missing inputs, then confirm the brief scope in one sentence before drafting.
  2. Write a vision statement in three sentences linking user needs, place and sustainability.
  3. Define scope: what is included, what is excluded, and the site boundary.
  4. Summarise constraints and opportunities as short bullets.
  5. List design objectives, measurable where possible.
  6. Set out functional requirements: zones, circulation, seating, planting character, lighting, water.
  7. Note phasing and approvals that affect the design.
  8. Close with open questions for the client.

Output format Markdown using those headings, 600 to 900 words, plain professional tone, bullets where useful. Leave out prices you were not given, plant species names and engineering calculations.

Guardrails

  • Do not invent dimensions, budgets, plant species, standards numbers or legal requirements; mark assumptions as [to confirm].
  • Flag where a licensed landscape architect, engineer, arborist or local planning authority must check the brief.
  • Keep the client's own words where they describe the vision.

Example Project: Riverside Pocket Park; Site: Leeds city centre; Client: municipal; Vision: quiet green space for office workers; Area: 0.4 ha; Budget: not set; Timeline: concept design by spring.