3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
Landscape Architecture Implementation Documents
Analytical Thinking
Creativity & Innovation
Course Description
Construction, engineering, and planting documents for implementing landscape architecture projects.
Athena Title
LA Implementation Documents
Prerequisite
LAND 4370 or LAND 4370S
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will be able to write a design program for a specific site based upon analysis of existing opportunities and constraints.
Students will be able to apply earthwork and storm water management techniques to a specific site.
Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of construction surveying and layout techniques by creating a construction layout plan.
Students will be able to create a planting plan that demonstrates an understanding of planting design, proper selection based upon site conditions, horticultural principles, and design objectives.
Students will be able to identify and explain basic construction techniques.
Students will be able to identify and apply new construction technologies to their design solutions.
Students will be able to calculate quantities of materials needed to build a specific design and calculate overall construction costs.
Topical Outline
Pre-Design Documents
Work Plans and Contract Documents
Design Process and Contract Documents
Legal Liability and Contract Documents
Title Blocks
Contract Between Owner and Architect
Schematic Design
Contract Documents
Grading Plans
Materials Plans
Staking Plans
Planting Plans
Construction Detailing
Construction Specifications
Construction Bonds
Contract Between Owner and Contractor
LARE Exam
Institutional Competencies Learning Outcomes
Analytical Thinking
The ability to reason, interpret, analyze, and solve problems from a wide array of authentic contexts.
Creativity & Innovation
The capacity to combine or synthesize existing ideas, images, or expertise in original ways and the experience of thinking, reacting, and working in an imaginative way characterized by innovation, divergent thinking, and risk taking.
