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 4050S, LAND 6050S
Undergraduate Prerequisite
LAND 3040 or LAND 3040S
Graduate Prerequisite
LAND 6040
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
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
Semester Project Schedule: The following is a tentative schedule. All projects will have several goals and include multiple exercises. • enVISIONING the region This short poster project will give you the opportunity to observe our regional landscape for its unique qualities using drawings and text. • a REGIONAL GARDEN for Lyndon House Using Terry Harkness’s “Garden from Region” project as a model, you will be applying the unique qualities of our regional character to a redesign of an Athens landscape. • safeGUARDING the region Based on information gleaned from the region and the site, you will be asked to design a master plan for an ecologically sensitive park that is educational, sustainable and delightful. The project will also include design development for specific areas. This will be a process-oriented project.
Syllabus