Course Description
Physical, psychological, perceptual influences of garden design on health, healing, and wellness with emphasis on design in hospital, health care institutions, treatment centers, and childcare facilities.
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
Therapeutic Garden Design
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in LAND 4080S
Undergraduate Prerequisite
LAND 4060 or LAND 4060S
Graduate Prerequisite
LAND 6020
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 a clear understanding of “evidence- based” design in their proposed design solutions. Students will choose and apply appropriate methodologies for conducting case studies and post-occupancy evaluations(P.O.E’s) to establish design criteria Students will demonstrate through their design solutions a foundational understanding of the breadth of garden types and characteristics which are believed to promote restoration, healing, learning. Students will demonstrate through their design solutions a clear understanding of how aesthetic characteristics of a landscape influence garden users.
Topical Outline
Communicating Planting Design - Drawing and graphics. Planting Design Basics - Theory and practice at a residential scale. The Meaning of Plants - Plants as design elements with aesthetic, cultural, and therapeutic meaning. Designing Gardens for Health and Healing Final Presentation to Clients Specifications and Details Assignment - Final lecture, class discussion, and final exam
Syllabus