Undergraduate Course: Landscape Techniques 1 (ARCH08032)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The course aims to deliver basic teaching in construction, structural components, levels and gradients, and planting, which is applied at a detailed design scale in studio projects. The course consists of lectures; seminars, practical workshops, fieldwork, site visits and individual project work in the design studio. |
| Course description |
The course explores detailed design in landscape architecture and how hard and soft materials can be applied in practice. This includes the integration of structural components as part of the resolution of a detailed design brief. Students also develop a practical understanding how levels and gradients work in the context of a detailed design. Project work communicates a detailed design proposal graphically using a range of appropriate drawing techniques.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Public transport costs to RBGE and project sites in the vicinity of Edinburgh. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- demonstrate a simple knowledge of soft landscape materials and their utilisation
- demonstrate an ability to employ hard and soft materials in the detailed design process in response to simple spatial contexts and functions
- demonstrate an ability to communicate detailed design proposals in three dimensions through basic working drawings
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Reading List
Attenborough, D (1995) The Private Life of Plants. BBC Books, London.
Arco Publishing (1999) Landscape Architecture: Urban Space Details. Watson-Guptill Publications.
Ballard Bell, V (2006) Materials for Architectural Design. Laurence King.
Blanc, A (1996) Landscape Construction and Detailing. McGraw-Hill Professional.
Clouston, B (1998) Landscape Design with Plants. CRC Press.
Dreiseitl, H et al (2001) Waterscapes: Planning, Building and Designing with Water. Birkauser.
Hitchmough, J (2003) Plant User Handbook: A Guide to Effective Specifying. Wiley ¿ Blackwell.
Holl, S (1993) Anchoring. Princeton Architectural Press.
Littlefield, D (ed.) (2008) Metric Handbook: Planning and Design Data. Architectural Press.
Landscape Institute (2009), The Landscape Consultant's Appointment. Landscape Institute.
McLeod, V (1993) Detail in Contemporary Landscape Architecture. Architectural Press.
Kingsbury, N & Oudolf, P (2013) Planting: A New Perspective. Timber Press.
Littlefield, D (4th ed) (2012) Metric Handbook, Planning and Design Data. Routledge.
Marinelli, J (2004) Plant. Dorling Kindersley: London.
Steenbergen, C (2008) Composing Landscapes: Analysis, Typology and Experiments for Design. Birkhauser: Basel.
TOPOS 67 Materials & Details. Callwey: Munchen.
Vernon, S, Garmory, N, Tennant, R (2008) Landscape Architect's Pocket Book. Architectural Press.
Zimmermann, A (2008) Constructing Landscape: Materials, Techniques, Structural Components. Springer.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
By successfully completing the course, students will be able to demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge and critical understanding of:
the principles and practice of horticulture
the principles and application of landscape construction and engineering techniques |
| Keywords | detailed design,construction,structures,materials,levels,gradients,plants,planting,articulation |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Kenneth Fraser
Tel: (0131 6)51 5799
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Course secretary | Mrs Margaret Dingsdale
Tel: 0131 651 5803
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