Undergraduate Course: Spatial Exploration and Representation (ARCH07016)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
the discipline of Landscape Architecture relies on the practice and application of visual reasoning in the creative development process. This module intends to introduce varied methods and techniques that can combine to visually respresent ideas for design projects.
Aims of course
1 to develop drawing skills, including perspective, technical drafting and free hand sketching.
2 to introduce the use of digital and mutlimedia imaging equipment and techniques
3 to encourage the production of hybrid and intermedia articulation in graphic presentation
Mode of delivery
Demonstration, Studio tuition, Technical exercises, Research |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Pre-requisites
LA070001 Design: space and graphics
Co-requisites
LA070001 Design: space and graphics
Prohibited combinations
none |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: 150 |
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| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. demonstrate a grasp of technical and free-hand drawing techniques to portray the dynamic quality of a landscape
2. demonstrate a basic understanding and application of multimedia techniques
3. demonstrate a grasp of intermedia production through a refined portfolio of mixed media work |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
Not entered |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
Arnheim, Rudolf (1969) Visual thinking. Berkeley : University of California Press. Ching, F. (1990) Drawing: a creative process. Van Nostrand Reinhold. Corner, James, (1996) Taking measures across the American landscape Yale University Press Dee, Catherine, (2001) Form and fabric in landscape architecture : a visual introduction Lon: Spon Press. Jacques, Michel (1996) Yves Brunier : landscape architect. Birkhauser Verlag, Kienast, Dieter, (1997) Gašrten = gardens / Dieter Kienast Birkhašuser. Schaal, Hans Dieter (1994) Landscape as inspiration. Academy Editions, 1994. |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 100 hours
Directed study 100 hours
Self-directed study 0 hours
Total 200 hours |
| Keywords | DRAWING, DIGITAL, 3D MEDIA EXPLORATIONS |
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