Landscape Representation Technologies
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Landscape Architecture |
Instance: 2022/2023 - 1S ![Requerida a integração com o Moodle Ícone do Moodle](/fcup/pt/imagens/MoodleIcon)
Cycles of Study/Courses
Acronym |
No. of Students |
Study Plan |
Curricular Years |
Credits UCN |
Credits ECTS |
Contact hours |
Total Time |
L:AP |
66 |
Official Study Plan |
2 |
- |
6 |
56 |
162 |
Teaching language
Portuguese and english
Objectives
This course unit explores the potential that representation plays in the design process and the skills needed to create these representations. It covers techniques, skills and workflows that include analog and digital methods, exploring representation as a process of thinking, creating and designing.
Learning outcomes and competences
The skills to be acquired include:
a. Ability to represent a landscape architecture project using computer aided design (CAD) supports.
b. Production capacity of the technical drawings that make up a project file
c. Ability to model three-dimensionally, with representation of the complexity of the shape of the terrain and vegetation
Working method
Presencial
Program
1. The design process, based on computer-aided design and on three-dimensional digital models
2. The production of a base-drawing, using topographic survey, Google Earth image and field survey.
3. The transition from sketch to rigorous drawing
4. The iterative project: design, simulation and validation of several design options
5. The technical parts of the landscape architecture project
6. Creation of three-dimensional digital models
Mandatory literature
Nadia Amoroso; Representing landscapes: digital, Routledge, 2015. ISBN: 9781138778382
Cantrell, B., & Michaels, W.; Digital drawing for landscape architecture: contemporary techniques and tools for digital representation in site design, Wiley, 2010. ISBN: 978-0470403976
Cureton, P; Strategies for landscape representation: digital and analogue techniques, Routledge, 2016. ISBN: 9781138940987
Complementary Bibliography
Visual Communication for Landscape Architecture; Visual Communication for Landscape Architecture (Basics Landscape Architecture), Fairchild Books, 2014. ISBN: 978-2940496013
Bruce Sharky; Thinking about Landscape Architecture: Principles of a Design Profession for the 21st Century. Routledge. Landscape Institute (2016), Routledge, 2016. ISBN: 9781138847187
Jillian Walliss, Heike Rahmann; Landscape Architecture and Digital Technologies: Re-conceptualising design and making, Routledge, 2016. ISBN: 9780415745857
Teaching methods and learning activities
In the theoretical classes, the concepts, principles and methodologies related to the possibilities of application to the landscape architecture project will be presented, including moments of discussion and debate. The practical classes will focus on technical issues, explored on the form of practical work, case studies developed using the tools and methodologies presented. In this course, students will acquire skills in two-dimensional and three-dimensional digital software such as Autodesk AutoCAD, Autodesk Civil 3D, Trimble Sketchup
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation without final exam
Assessment Components
designation |
Weight (%) |
Trabalho prático ou de projeto |
100,00 |
Total: |
100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
designation |
Time (hours) |
Elaboração de projeto |
106,00 |
Frequência das aulas |
56,00 |
Total: |
162,00 |
Eligibility for exams
Attendance in 2/3 practical classes; in all evaluation components and study visits.
Calculation formula of final grade
Contents:
- Component 1 (40%): Technical drawing on two-dimensional support.
- Component 2 (20%): Digital terrain modeling in Autodesk Civil 3D.
- Component 3 (40%): Three-dimensional representation of the proposal (space design, terrain modeling, vegetation).