Studio: Landscape Design Project I

Code:

ARQTP3009

Acronym:

ARQTP3009

Level:

300

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Landscape Architecture

Instance: 2024/2025 - 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	26	Official Study Plan	3	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

1. To acquire and consolidate competences in the design of small/medium scale public space.


2. To acquire and consolidate competences in site assessment and site analysis.


3. To acquire and consolidate competences of space organization according to multifunctional criteria.


4. To acquire and consolidate competences in sustainable design and nature based solutions.


5. To acquire competences in the development and presentation of a Landscape Architecture Master Plan.


6. To acquire and consolidate graphic competences.


7. To acquire and consolidate competences in computer aided design.

Learning outcomes and competences

In this course, students will acquire/ consolidate their competences in site survey and analysis; develop a concept  and a design proposal for small and medium scale public spaces; hand-in the schematic design drawings.

 

Students will also develop analogic and digital communication skills.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Landscape design. Different scales and typologies of green spaces. Presentation of landscape architecture projects.


2. Site analysis: pre-existances (relief, water, soil, solar orientation, vegetation, built structures, heritage); use of space; site history; the site in its surroundings. Decisions about the site.


3. Multifunctionality of green spaces.


4. Nature based solutions.


5. Grading. Drainage. Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems.


6. Vegetation.


7. Built Structures.Urban furniture.


8. Freehand drawing and computer aided design.

Mandatory literature

Grant Reid; Landscape Graphics, Watson-Guptill, 2002. ISBN: 0823073335
Hans Loidl; Opening Spaces, Birkhäuser Basel, 2003. ISBN: 3764370130
Grant W. Reid; From Concept to Form in Landscape Design, Wiley, 2007. ISBN: 047011231X
Marc Treib; Modern Landscape Architecture, The MIT Press, 1994. ISBN: 0262700514
Sutherland Lyall; Designing the New Landscape, Thames & Hudson, 1998. ISBN: 0500280339
Nick Robinson; The Planting Design Handbook, Ashgate Publishing, 2004. ISBN: 0754630358
Dan Kiley; Dan Kiley in His Own Words: America's Master Landscape Architect, Thames & Hudson, 1999. ISBN: 0500341702
Tim Waterman; The Fundamentals of Landscape Architecture, Ava Publishing, 2009. ISBN: 2940373914
Sylvia Crowe; Garden Design - Sylvia Crowe, Antique Collectors Club Dist A/C, 2003. ISBN: 1870673409
Guy Cooper; Gardens for the Future: Gestures Against the Wind, Conran Octopus, 2000. ISBN: 1580930638
Terence Conran ; The Essential Garden Book, Clarkson Potter, 1998. ISBN: 0609800221
Thomas D. Church ; Gardens Are For People, University of California Press, 1995. ISBN: 0520201205
Jane Brown; El Jardin Moderno, Editorial Gustavo Gili, 2001. ISBN: 8425218101
John Brookes; Small Garden, DK ADULT, 2006. ISBN: 0756617235

Teaching methods and learning activities

1. Site Assessment and Site Analysis: i) land survey; ii) vegetation survey; iii) built structure and heritage survey; iv) use of space survey; v) surroundings analysis. (Group Work)


2. Elaboration of a Site Proposal: Conceptual Plan, Master Plan, Proposal Diagrams  (Group work).

1. Elaboration of a Master Plan, materialized in technical drawings, written pieces, and 3D models.   (Group Work)


2. Field Trip


3. Seminar/Webinar.

Software

Adobe Illustrator
Sketchup
Autodesk Civil 3D
Adobe Photoshop
AutoCAD

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

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

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	70,00
Trabalho de campo	14,00
Total:	84,00

Eligibility for exams

Students must attend  75% of the lectures and studio classes.

Students must comply with all the evaluation moments

Calculation formula of final grade

Project for a medium scale green area

• 100% Project (Master Plan)

 

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The assessment of students with special status is based on the same criteria applied to other students, complying with the delivery dates stipulated in the FCUP/UP regulations and calendar.

Classification improvement

There will be no grade improvement on the evaluation components

Observations

Juri
Isabel Martinho da Silva
Luís Guedes de Carvalho
José Miguel Lameiras