Postgraduate Course: Landscape Design Part 2 (ARCH11167)
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 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 30 |
| Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
Landscape Design is the core subject for stage 1. It consists of a series of increasingly complex design projects. These projects build on each other and are used to test theories and integrate skills and knowledge aquired in all other modules. Part 2 focuses on applying the process developed in Part 1 to the resolution of typical landscape design projects.
Aims of course
1 To apply a process for design to particular landscape design projects
2 To apply and test skills and knowledge gained in this subject and others in stage one modules
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Mode of delivery
Field observation/site visits, lectures, studio based individual & group crits, presentations. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | Pre-requisites
None
Co-requisites
None
Prohibited combinations
None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: 21 |
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Weeks |
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| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Apply knowledge and understanding of the landscape design process to the creative resolution of a landscape design brief/s
2. Communicate and support the solution/s using a variety of skills and techniques
3. Compare, analyse and evaluate the solution/s and those solutions of other students and reflect on learning |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
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Special Arrangements
| Landscape Institute criteria: landscape design. |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
Alexander, C. (1977) A Pattern Language: towns, buildings, construction, Oxford University Press Clouston, B. (1990)Landscape Design with Plants: 2nd Edition, Heinemann Newnes Cullen, G. (1994)The Concise Townscape, Butterworth Heinemann Dee, C.(2001) Form and Fabric in Landscape Architecture: A visual introduction, Spon press Dodge,C, Parnell, R. & sara,R. (2000) The Crit: an architectural student's handbook Architectural Press Laurie, M. (1976)An Introduction to Landscape Architecture, Pittman Robinson, N. (1994) The Planting Design Handbook, Gower Schon, D.(1983)The Reflective Practitioner -How professionals Think in Action, York:Basic Books |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 190 hours
Directed study 110 hours
Self-directed study 0 hours
Total 300 hours |
| Keywords | DESIGN, SPACES |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Sally Butler
Tel: 0131 221 6096
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Lucy Hawkins
Tel: 0131 221 6026
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