Course Description
The garden as the central image and metaphor in landscape architecture. Studio projects selected to explore the image and the metaphor in a variety of social and environmental contexts.
Athena Title
Site Applications
Prerequisite
LAND 6010
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
1 Learning Outcome: Apply spatial design principles to a site design using landscape materials and plant grouping techniques as described in class Measurement: The quality of design solutions presented in final reviews 2 Learning Outcome: Inventory and record existing site conditions in a set of overlay documents using methods described in class and industry-standards graphics Measurement: The quality of design solutions presented in final reviews 3 Learning Outcome: Choose specific plants for a proposed site design based on the plants’ aesthetic and functional qualities Measurement: The quality of design solutions presented in final reviews 4 Learning Outcome: Critique works of design using methods demonstrated in class Measurement: Participation in interim and final project critiques 5 Learning Outcome: Assess a specific design genre or notable designer and enhance verbal communication Measurement: Presentation of research findings to the class in a well-organized verbal presentation Knowledge: Upon completion of the course, students with a passing evaluation will have demonstrated the following: - The importance of understanding site in determining design solution - How to analyze a site for design purposes, including scale, vegetation, surrounding context - Working with a specific design program to derive site design solutions - The application of design principles to place-making within a variety of settings, adding the complexity of design criteria, including design with site opportunities and constraints, human factors and needs - How to determine the knowledge needed for different types of site design projects - The use of landscape architectural materials in form giving and place-making, including vegetation, topography, paving materials, and site furniture - How to relate the landscape to interior space of surrounding architecture - Possibilities for design inspiration Skills: Upon completion of the course, students with a passing evaluation will have demonstrated the following: - The ability to analyze a site for design purposes - Graphic communications skills to demonstrate site analysis and design ideas - Presentation skills in both hand graphics, digital graphics, and 3D presentation programs - Design skills with increasingly complex program and site constraints Values: Upon completion of the course, students with a passing evaluation will have demonstrated the following: - The value of site in determining design solutions - The value of considering the user group in developing design solutions - The value of the importance of skill and craftsmanship in developing high quality design solutions - The value of professional presentation skills to communicate design ideas
Topical Outline
This course is organized around a series of studio projects selected so students can develop skills in site analysis, site applications, and user needs analysis in the design process. The course includes studio work, lectures, readings, class discussions and critiques. The studio projects will increase in complexity as the semester progresses so students can gain a facility in analyzing a variety of site situations, understand and be able to work with and develop a design program to guide design criteria, and be able to work with a variety of types of inspirations and cultural overlays. Each design project will include a professional presentation that develops skills in design representation and communication. Students will also begin to work with the materiality of landscape architecture, including plant selection, paving materials, and site furnishing to accomplish their design goals. Understanding Site 1: Garden Scale - Site analysis - Experiential understanding - Design solutions to enhance experience of place Understanding Site 2: Pedestrian/Campus Scale - Site analysis includes pedestrian movement, architectural elements, vegetation, etc. - User needs - Experiential understanding - Architecture and landscape - Design inspirations: Art Understanding Site 3: Urban Scale - Site analysis to include urban constraints, including vehicular patterns, existing structures, surrounding context - User group needs - Project selected with cultural, historic, or other topics of added complexity and meaning - Project related to a community that can be available for input
Syllabus
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