Course Description
Master planning and site design at a variety of scales, with emphasis on the role of regional culture and ecosystems. Though the context for sites may be urban or rural, emphasis will be on inventory, analysis, and appropriate sustainable design practices.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students are expected to serve leading roles within
the studio and demonstrate their leadership during group
project assignments. Additional work is expected and will be
assigned to graduate students in addition to the undergraduate
requirements. The quality of the work will demonstrate
excellence and greater depth in design thinking and theory,
design fundamentals, graphic communication, and written
description/explanation. For every studio project assigned,
additional research, design drawings, and presentation
requirements are expected (e.g., case study research,
illustrative and technical drawings, and written
narrative/descriptions).
Athena Title
Land Arch Design Studio V
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in LAND 4050 or LAND 6050
Non-Traditional Format
Course includes a service-learning project during the semester that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course objectives. Student engagement in the service-learning component will be up to 25% of overall instruction time.
Undergraduate Prerequisite
LAND 3040 or LAND 3040S
Graduate Prerequisite
LAND 6040
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
This course will reinforce skills learned in prerequisite studio courses, which may include, but are not limited to the following: design fundamentals, design process, graphic and written communication, site inventory and analysis, illustrative analog and digital graphics, construction detailing, construction documents, site engineering and stormwater management, plant selection, and planting design. Students will demonstrate an understanding of ecological, cultural, and connectivity systems from regional scales down to site scales. Students will demonstrate the use of a design process to effectively generate design solutions and refine one to a single robust solution satisfying design criteria and objectives. Students will compute proper grades/elevations for their design proposals that satisfy programmatic functional requirements; environmental management goals; and health, safety, and welfare standards. Students will communicate and explain their design ideas through verbal and visual means of communication.
Topical Outline
Examination of specific design forms to reveal their ecological implications, cultural meaning, and effect on spatial character, use, and movement. Project-specific case study research. Project-specific site inventory and analysis. Regionally appropriate design for small to medium sites. Regionally appropriate design for a larger site that addresses it at a macro scale and at a detailed scale in its high-use areas.
Syllabus