Studio:Planting Design I

Code:

AP2009

Acronym:

AP2009

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Landscape Architecture

Instance: 2023/2024 - 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	35	Official Study Plan	2	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Acquire knowledge on vegetation and plant species in the urban landscape in order to apply it in landscape design project.

Learning outcomes and competences

1. Ability to identify main plant species in the urban landscape.

 2. Ability to represent and design eith vegetation.

 3. Ability to produce vegetation related plans, sections and views.

Working method

Presencial

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

1. Plant Biology

2. Plant Diversity

3. General Ecology

4. Biogeography

Program

- The importance of vegetation in the urban landscape.
Green space types in the city of Porto. Vegetation functions in the urban landscape.

 - Vegetation in landscape architecture project trough fundamental units for composition.

 - Vegetation structure/layers. Raunkiaer life forms. 

 - Main species of trees, shrubs, sub-shrubs, climbers,  ramblers species and herbaceous species.

 -  Planting design - plant identification and composition in the urban landscape.

 - Plant identification in the urban landscape

Mandatory literature

Brickell, Christopher; RHS New Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers, Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd, 2003. ISBN: 978-1405300575
Robinson, Nick; The Planting Design Handbook, Ashgate Publishing, 2004. ISBN: 978-0754630357
J. Trowbridge, Peter, L. Bassuk, Nina; Trees in the Urban Landscape: Site Assessment, Design, and Installation, Wiley, 2004. ISBN: 978-0471392460
Marques Paulo Farinha 070; Morfologia e biodiversidade nos espaços verdes da cidade do Porto. ISBN: 9789899741805

Complementary Bibliography

Franco, João Amaral; Nova Flora de Portugal, Escolar Editora, 2007. ISBN: 9789725921548
Crowe, Sylvia; Garden Design, Garden Art Press, 1999. ISBN: 978-1870673402
C.J. Humphries; Guia de Campo das Árvores de Portugal e Europa, Fapas, 2005. ISBN: 9789729595127
Caldeira-Cabral, F., Ribeiro-Telles, G; A Árvore, Ministério das Obras Públicas, 1960
Marques-Moreira, José; Árvores e Arbustos em Portugal, Argumentum, 2008. ISBN: 978-972-8479-59-6
Bingre P, Aguiar C, Espírito-Santo D, Arsénio P, Monteiro-Henriques T (Coord. Científicos); Guia da Campo: As Árvores e os Arbustos em Portugal, Jornal Público/Fundação Luso-Americana/Liga para a Protecção da Natureza, 2007

Teaching methods and learning activities

Teaching and learning methods.

1. Lectures: the teacher presents the contents orally and stimulates reflection and debate. Moreover, the teacher facilitates the identification of main plant communities and species of the urban landscape;

2. Planting design studios: the teacher facilitates main strategies for organizing and drawing the with vegetation; he guides the students to produce planting plans, which are the main output of the learning sessions;

3. Outdoor classes: the teacher teaches you to identify the main species of vegetation in parks and gardens.

Software

photoshop
cad

keywords

Technological sciences > Architecture > Design > Environmental design
Technological sciences > Architecture > Landscape architecture
Technological sciences > Architecture > Design > Spatial design
Natural sciences > Biological sciences > Botany > Systematic botany
Natural sciences > Agrarian Sciences > Forest sciences > Forest biodiversity
Natural sciences > Biological sciences > Botany > Gardening
Natural sciences > Biological sciences > Biodiversity
Technological sciences > Architecture > Design > Urban design
Humanities > Arts > Fine arts > Drawing
Technological sciences > Architecture > Design > Environmental design

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Teste	20,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	80,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Trabalho laboratorial	86,00
Trabalho de investigação	20,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

To be eligible the students must:

1. Attend all the assessment sessions:

Theoretical Assessment (20%)
 - Written test

Practical Assessment (80%)
Vegetation Graphics library (15%)
Exercises in freehand landscape representation (20%)
Exercises in freehand design with plants (25%)
Identification of plants in the landscape  (20%)

2. Attend 75% of studio sessions.

3. Show school achievement in all exercises.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final grade* = 0,2 theoretical + 0,8 practical 

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In accordance with the law.

Classification improvement

Grade improvements can not be done.

Observations

* the final mark will be weighted according to the effort spent in the preparation and presentation of the work as well as the participation and presence of students in class.
The students will make a self-evaluation that will also be considered in the final grade.
There may be different grades among elements of the same group according to the individual effort in the elaboration of the work and the performance in the presentation.


The non-attendance or non-delivery of any element of the evaluation will result in the impossibility to pass the curricular unit.