Postgraduate Course: Landscape Construction 1: Detailed Design (ARCH11190)
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 | 20 |
| Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Landscape Construction 1: Detailed Design focuses on landscape design at a detailed scale, and is delivered through lectures, site visits, and a studio based design project/s. The course aims to:
1. enable exploration of a range of materials commonly used in landscape architecture, and to provide the opportunity for appropriate selection through the creative development and resolution of a detailed design.
2. introduce basic structural principles and to provide the opportunity for their application through the creative development and resolution of a detailed design.
3. enable development and testing of graphic communication skills and techniques.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
16/09/2013 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities |
| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Assessment Methods
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Explore, select, and apply a range of hard landscape materials to the resolution of a detailed design project.
2. Apply a knowledge and understanding of structural principles to the resolution of a detailed design project
3. Communicate a detailed design project clearly through the application of a range of appropriate graphic techniques.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of scale and composition, and deliver a clear design intent through to the resolution of a detailed design project |
Assessment Information
Project/s and workbooks 100%
All learning outcomes must be passed to achieve an overall pass mark. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
critical analysis, orgainzation and setting aims
creative problem solving
communication and presentation skills: graphical and verbal |
| Reading list |
Beazley, E (1990) Design & detail of the space between buildings. Spon.
Blanc, A (1996) Landscape construction and detailing. Batsford.
Downing, M F (1977) Landscape construction. Spon.
Munson, A E (1974) Construction & Design for Landscape Architects. McGraw-Hill.
Strom S. & Nathan, K. (1998) Site Engineering for Landscape Architects. Wiley NY.
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
The course is 20 credits. The student will be expected to work for 200 hours on the course. 100 hours will be spent in the design studio, in the field and in the crit, where tuition is provided. |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mrs Elizabeth Thomas
Tel:
Email: Elizabeth.Thomas@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Margaret Dingsdale
Tel: 0131 651 5803
Email: m.dingsdale@ed.ac.uk |
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