Landscape Representation Technologies

Code:

AP2010

Acronym:

AP2010

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Landscape Architecture

Instance: 2022/2023 - 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	66	Official Study Plan	2	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Portuguese and english

Objectives

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

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).