Studio: Landscape Design Project I

Code:

AP211

Acronym:

AP211

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Landscape Architecture

Instance: 2011/2012 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Geosciences, Environment and Spatial Plannings
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Landscape Architecture

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
L:AP	7	Planos de estudos a partir 2009	3	-	10	84	270

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Develop the ability to survey, analyze, plan and design small-scale outdoor space (private or public) according to functional, aesthetic, ecological and economic criteria. Create, represent, organize and present the necessary technical drawings and needed for Landscape Architecture project at the Preliminary Study.
Introduction to computer aided design.

Program

1. Outer space as the project area for Landscape Architecture.
2. Main design components of outdoor spaces - topography, vegetation, water and built structures.
3. The effect of edges in the promotion of biological diversity and sense of place.
4. Scale, dimensioning and materials. Exploring aesthetic and functional realities: shape, line, color, texture, seasonal dynamics, sound, smell, touch, active and passive recreation, circulation, cultivation, protection, partitioning, reception, preservation and promotion of wildlife.
5. Landscape Architecture project and its components (phases, drawings, written documents and models).
6. Sketching the space: zoning - areas of activity and movements (plots and corridors), the exploration of form.
7. Design principles in Landscape Architecture. 8
9. Freehand drawing and computer aided design.

Mandatory literature

Grant Reid; Landscape Graphics, Watson-Guptill, 2002. ISBN: 0823073335
Hans Loidl; Opening Spaces, Birkhäuser Basel, 2003. ISBN: 3764370130
Grant W. Reid; From Concept to Form in Landscape Design, Wiley, 2007. ISBN: 047011231X
Marc Treib; Modern Landscape Architecture: A Critical Review, The MIT Press, 1994. ISBN: 0262700514
Sutherland Lyall; Designing the New Landscape, Thames & Hudson, 1998. ISBN: 0500280339
Nick Robinson; The Planting Design Handbook, Ashgate Publishing, 2004. ISBN: 0754630358
Dan Kiley; Dan Kiley in His Own Words: America's Master Landscape Architect, Thames & Hudson, 1999. ISBN: 0500341702
Tim Waterman; The Fundamentals of Landscape Architecture, Ava Publishing, 2009. ISBN: 2940373914
Sylvia Crowe; Garden Design - Sylvia Crowe, Antique Collectors Club Dist A/C, 2003. ISBN: 1870673409
Guy Cooper; Gardens for the Future: Gestures Against the Wind, Conran Octopus, 2000. ISBN: 1580930638
Terence Conran ; The Essential Garden Book, Clarkson Potter, 1998. ISBN: 0609800221
Thomas D. Church ; Gardens Are For People, University of California Press, 1995. ISBN: 0520201205
Jane Brown; El Jardin Moderno, Editorial Gustavo Gili, 2001. ISBN: 8425218101
John Brookes; Small Garden, DK ADULT, 2006. ISBN: 0756617235
Christopher Bradley-Hole; The Minimalist Garden, Mitchell Beazley, 2005. ISBN: 184533065X
William Howard Adams; Roberto Burle Marx: The Unnatural Art of the Garden, Museum of Modern Art, 1991. ISBN: 0810960966
Rachel Kaplan; With People in Mind: Design And Management Of Everyday Nature, Island Press, 1998. ISBN: 1559635940

Teaching methods and learning activities

The methodology consists of exploration, development, design and planning of outer space, according to a predetermined intervention program.

Software

Autodesk AutoCAD 2012

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	90,00
Projecto de Espaços Exteriores Lote Unifamiliar 600m2 com inclinação de 13%	Exame	3,00		2011-11-16
Projecto de espaços exteriores publico para o Largo do Ouro, Porto	Exame	3,00		2011-12-14
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Attendance to 75% of the theoretical and practical lessons.
Hand-in all the projects

Calculation formula of final grade

65% Project 1
35% Project 2

There is no minimum grade for any of the evaluation moments.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Project Evaluation:

November 16, 2010 - Project 1
December 14, 2010 - Project 2

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

For Student workers or others within a special regime who can not meet the delivery dates, a new date will be scheduled for the hand-in, within the school term.

Classification improvement

There is no possibility of improving the grades of any of the evaluation moments