Studio: Management of Parks and Gardens

Code:

AP3003

Acronym:

AP3003

Level:

300

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Landscape Architecture

Instance: 2018/2019 - 2S

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	21	Official Study Plan	3	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

 

Develop critical capacity over the management and maintenance of green spaces;

Be aware of the impact of maintenance actions in the evolution of green space and how they should be implemented so as to achieve the aims of the project;

Identify the cultural operations necessary to maintain a garden or a park, relative to appropriate levels of quality and costs;

Evaluate the relative importance of maintenance and know how to establish priorities.

 

Learning outcomes and competences

Outcomes: Landscape Management Master Plans, Maintenance Plans, Planting Plans, Quantification charts, Vegetation surveys and mapping.

 

Working method

Presencial

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

Landscape Design

Program

1. Management and maintenance of green spaces: Functional, ecological, aesthetic and economic goals. Works and services. Legal and institutional opportunities and restrictions. Technical solutions, estimations, and budgets. Public procurement. Lending contracts. Grants and Sponsorship. Subsidies. Ethics and aesthetics.

2. Management and Maintenance Plans and Projects: Operative units - typologies. Decision Support System: Critical path method.

3. Producing Management Plans - CabeSpace proposal for the structure and organization.

4. Managing Green Spaces towards quality - the Green Flag Award criteria and parameters.

Mandatory literature

BRITO, Lucia. (coord.); Gestão Urbana: passado, presente e futuro, Parque Expo. 98, S.A., , 2002
BRICKELL, Christopher (ed.) ; The RHS Encyclopedia of Gardening, Dorling Kindersley, 2002. ISBN: 0-7513-0862-5
BRICKELL, Christopher (ed.) ; The RHS Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers (4th edition), Dorling Kindersley, 2006. ISBN: 978-1-4053-1454-1
DCLG (Department for Communities and Local Government); ; Assessing needs and opportunities: a companion guide to PPG17, Queens Printer and Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 2002. ISBN: 1 85 112590 6
DUNNETT, N. and HITCHMOUGH, J.; The Dynamic Landscape, Taylor & Francis, 2004. ISBN: 78-0-415-43810-0
LEWIS, K.; MCROBIE, L. and HAYDEN, J.(Coord.); ; A guide to producing parks and green space management plans, Cabespace, 2004
HERITAGE OFFICE; Conservation Management. Documents. Revised 2002, HO, Sydney. , 2002

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical classes. Themes Presentation. Presentation and discussion of methods. Practical application of knowledge in the research work. Presentation and discussion of research work.

Software

Excel
Sketch UP
Photoshop
Word
CAD

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	10,00
Participação presencial	20,00
Trabalho de campo	20,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	40,00
Estudo autónomo	19,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Trabalho de campo	15,00
Trabalho de investigação	5,00
Total:	135,00

Eligibility for exams

1. Assiduity: mandatory attendance at 75% of practical classes and at all field trips.

2. Fulfillment of all assessment times on the indicated dates:

2.1 Management Plan for a public park in the city of Porto (50%)
2.2 Assessment of the management of a public park of the city of Porto

• Field assessment report - 20%
• Desk Assessment report - 10%

2.3 Ppt presentation of the GFA criteria and parameters - 20%

Students must obtain a minimum grade of 8.5 values in any of the evaluation components, in order to obtain approval in the course unit.

Students excused from regular attendance must fulfill the evaluation moments on the dates indicated.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final rating = 2.1*0,5 + 2.2*0,3 + 2.3*0,2 

 

 

Examinations or Special Assignments

Another assessment date can be booked if a student cannot be present for health reasons or other justifiable circumstances (according to the law) during individual evaluations. Justification document is needed.

This is not valid for group assessment.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to the law

Classification improvement

There is no grade improvement to the assessment components.