Undergraduate Course: Landscape Theory (ARCH08017)
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 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
A lecture and seminar based module exploring examples of contemporary landscape architecture.
Aims of course
1 To introduce some of the key influences on contemporary landscape design
2 To introduce a vocabulary, tools and methods to allow the analysis of contemporary landscape architecture
3 to give students the opportunity to analyse important design precedents and prototypes.
Mode of delivery
lectures and seminars. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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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
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. broadly understand the history of urban & landscape design influences from Asia, Europe & North America.
2. broadly understand the theoretical basis of landscape design.
3. analyse, visually & comparatively, contemporary designs according to precedent. |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
Not entered |
Special Arrangements
| Landscape Institute criteria: landscape design: social, economic and cultural context. |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
Amidon, J (2001) Radical Landscapes. Thames & Hudson. Appleton, J (1996) The Experience of Landscape. Wiley, NY. Corner, J (1999) Recovering Landscape Cullen, G (1971) The Concise Townscape. Arch. Press. Czerniak, J (2001) Downsview Park Toronto Holden, R (2003) New Landscape Design. Arch. Press. Lynch, K (1960) The Image of the City. MIT Press. Reed, P (2005) Groundswell: constructing the contemporary landscape Swaffield, S (2002) Theory in Landscape Architecture: A Reader Treib, M (1993) Modern Landscape Architecture. MIT Press. Waldhiem, C (2006) The Landscape Urbanism Reader |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 50 hours
Directed study 0 hours
Self-directed study 50 hours
Total 100 hours |
| Keywords | THEORY, PRECEDENT, |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Gordon Ross Mclean
Tel: (0131 6)51 5796
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Margaret Dingsdale
Tel: 0131 651 5803
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