Studio: Introduction to Landscape Design I

Code:

AP1002

Acronym:

AP1002

Level:

100

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Landscape Architecture

Instance: 2018/2019 - 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	30	Official Study Plan	1	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Start learning the design of small scale outdoor spaces in the context of lanscape architecture project according to ecological, social and aesthetical principles.
Aspects such as place adequacy, sustainability and identity are specially facilitated.

Learning outcomes and competences

Ability for creating, representing and communicating intervention proposals for small scale outdoor spaces, regarding a programme which articulates the human use in the proximity of a continuous and diverse green structure, through hand drawing, physical and digital models (sketch up).

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

-

Program

1. The garden: concept and short history; proximity, views and context; meaning, creation, transformation and conservation. My favourite garden.

2. Space, form, function and dynamics of the outdoor space.
Open spaces, edged spaces and closed spaces; patches and corridors; phisical and visual axis. Geometric and naturalistic forms: orthogonal, angular, circular and biophysical.

3. Programe, zoning and first draft. The essential conditions of a place: climate; sun and wind exposure; geology, topography, water circulation and soil; flora and fauna; heritage values, vitas and immediate surroundings.

4. Drafting and drawing the outdoor space. Basic guidelines: sptatial organization; landform; water; vegetation; and built structures.

5. Gardens are for people / gardens are for nature. 
Different garden spaces for: shelter and accommodation; entrance, reception and parking; circulation and movement; seating, eating, intimacy and contemplation; cultivation and husbandry; framing and edging; biodiversity and aesthetics promotion; working, storing and recycling; celebrating, partying, playing and sports.

6.The small scale outdoor space design project as a fundamental exercise for learning systemic and holistic landscape interventionts. 

Mandatory literature

Grant Reid; Landscape Graphics, Watson-Guptill, 2002. ISBN: 0823073335
Tim Waterman; The Fundamentals of Landscape Architecture, Ava Publishing, 2009. ISBN: 2940373914
Bell, S. ; Elements of visual design in the landscape, Spon Press, 2004
Booth, N. K. ; Foundations of landscape architecture : integrating form and space using the language of site design, Wiley
Hopper, L. J. ; Landscape architectural graphic standards, John Wiley & Sons, 2007
Sullivan, C. ; Drawing the landscape, John Wiley & Sons, 2004
Grant W. Reid; From Concept to Form in Landscape Design, Wiley, 2007. ISBN: 047011231X
Holden, R. & Liversedge, J.; Landscape Architecture: an introduction, Laurence King Publishing, 2014. ISBN: 978-1780672700
Church, Thomas; Hall, Grace; Laurie, Michael; Gardens are for people, University of California Press, 1995. ISBN: 978-052-020-1200

Complementary Bibliography

Hans Loidl; Opening Spaces, Birkhäuser Basel, 2003. ISBN: 3764370130
Jane Brown; El Jardin Moderno, Gustavo Gili, 2001. ISBN: 8425218101
Christopher Bradley-Hole; The Minimalist Garden, Mitchell Beazley, 2005. ISBN: 184533065X
Terence Conran; The Essential Garden Book, Clarkson Potter, 1998. ISBN: 0609800221
Michael Spens; Modern Landscape Architecture: A Critical Review, Phaidon Press, 2003. ISBN: 0714841552
William Howard Adams; Roberto Burle Marx: The Unnatural Art of the Garden, Museum of Modern Art, 1991. ISBN: 0810960966
Burton, P. and M. Botnick ; Private landscapes : modernist gardens in southern California, Princeton Architectural Press, 2002

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures for presentation and discussion of ideas according to the programme; studio sessions and field trips.

Studio sessions are for expriencing the introduction to landscape design project.

Software

Trimble Sketchup

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Teste	15,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	85,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	106,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

1. Mandatory presence in 75% of the classes.

2. Complete all the evaluation components.

Calculation formula of final grade

Assessment:

Project work - 85% (Exercice A + Exercice B)
Test - 15%

 

Examinations or Special Assignments

 not aplicable.

 

 

Internship work/project

-

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to current regulations.

Classification improvement

There will be no grade improvement on any evaluation component. 

Observations

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