Postgraduate Course: Design: Individual Portfolio (ARCH11143)
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 (Year 5 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 40 |
| Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
An individual project which covers landscape strategy, master planning, detail design, planting landscape management and construction.
Aims of course
1 To develop a comprehensive spatial design, operating at a variety of scales based on a design vision expressed in words, visualisations & clear objectives grounded in complex analysis, research & the evaluation of precedent.
Mode of delivery
studio based project with individual tutorials and design critiques. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Pre-requisites
LA110023 Precedent Study
Co-requisites
LA110023 Precedent Study
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. demonstrate an advanced level of design, based on clear analytical & conceptual thinking at different scales & contexts.
2. demonstrate an individual & creative approach to landscape architecture & an understanding of the environment as a dynamic system.
3. communicate the design process in a concise & precise manner by means of workbooks, models, presentation drawings & complex argument. |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
Not entered |
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
Marjanovic I, Ray K R & Lokko L N N (2003) The Portfolio: an architecture student's handbook. Arch. Press, London. Students should also make reference to texts cited in their precedent study module. |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 180 hours
Directed study 0 hours
Self-directed study 220 hours
Total 400 hours |
| Keywords | STRATEGY, MASTERPLAN, DETAILED DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, PLANTING. |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Kenneth Fraser
Tel: (0131 6)51 5799
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Margaret Dingsdale
Tel: 0131 651 5803
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