Landscaping

Code:

50122C5

Acronym:

50122C5

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Architecture and Urbanism

Instance: 2020/2021 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Arquitectura (A)
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master Degree in Architecture

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIARQ	0	MIARQ	4	-	3	-	81
			5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

It is intended that students acquire a wide range of concepts and fundamentals of work related to landscape architecture and outside space, either on a project perspective, describing the actions of man over the territory, whether on a prospective perspective that relates project actions to the changes in functioning of landscapes and the ecossystems in which they operate.

 
We also intend to debate contemporary issues of design and sustainability of urban space as well as the project critic.

 

Learning outcomes and competences

Students should acquire knowledge in landscape fundaments and concepts, understanding the intervention in outside space based on a systemic ecological approach and the interpretation of the landscape.

Working method

Presencial

Program

a) Fundamentals of project in outside space and Analysis and Interpretation of Landscape:

b) Terrain Modeling (Contours, landfill excavation, hypsometry, Slopes, Ridges and watercourses, Solar Aspect)

c) Vegetation - functions and design

d) Water in outside space and SUDS (Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems)

e) Ecosystem Services (value of the ecosystems)

f) Developing concept plans with vegetation

g) Contemporary Issues of Landscape Architecture

h) Evaluation

Mandatory literature

Ian Mcharg; Design with Nature, John Wiley & Sons, 1992
James LaGro; A contextual approach to sustainable land planning and site design, John Wiley & Sons, 2008

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures and supervision of student work (individual work). 

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Teste	50,00
Trabalho laboratorial	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	80,00
Trabalho de investigação	20,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

A grade average of 10 out of 20  (concept plan + practical exercise + test), and a class attendance of 75%.

The minimum grade in an individual exercise is 8 and its possible to be obtained without exclusion in only one exercise.

 

Calculation formula of final grade

Individual Work  (studio-conceptplan 20% + practical exercise 30%) = 50% of Final Grade

Test  = 50% of Final Grade

Final grade is the weighted average of the garde obtained in each work affected by the presential (in class) evaluation.

 

Classification improvement

Not applicable 

Observations

Bibliography:

1. Jan Gehl; Life between buildings, Island Press, 2011

2. Jellicoe, Geoeffrey and Susan; The Landscape of Man: Shaping the Environment from Prehistory to the Present Day (Third Edition, Expanded and Updated), Thames & Hudson, 1995

3. LaGro, James A., 2007. Site Analysis: A contextual approach to sustainable land planning and site design. John Wiley & Sons, 2008.

4.Magalhães, Manuela Raposo, 2001. Arquitectura Paisagista: Morfologia e Complexidade.  Editorial Estampa, 2001 

5. McHarg, Ian, 1969; Design with Nature, John Wiley &  Sons, 1992. 

6. Waterman, Tim, 2009. The Fundamentals of Landscape Architecture. Ava's Academia, 2009.




Important note:

According to the devellopment of COVID-19 pandemy, and depending on the dispostions that may be demanded by the Portuguese Health Authorities, changes may occur in face-to-face classes regime.