Landscape Architecture Design

The aim of the course is to acquaint the students with basic notions of the field of the landscape architecture, as well as the ability to make an analysis of the selected landscape design with respect to function, context and form.

1. The parameters of the evaluation of the natural and cultural values of landscape. Definition of landscape.

2. The Garden is designed in different economic and social contexts, and in various biological, hydrological, climatic settings.

3. The composition in Urban planning and composition of the open landscape.

4. Stylistic trends in the historic background.

5. The city: cityscape, gardens, city parks. Analysis of selected examples.

Workshops:

Analysis of the selected landscape layout in terms of function, spatial context, and form. Semester landscape design. Students work on tasks in groups and individually.

1. Cosgrove D.E., Cosgrove D., Daniels S., 1988: The iconography of landscape, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

2. Armand D.L., 1980: Nauka o krajobrazie. Podstawy teorii i metody logiczno-matematyczne, PWN, Warszawa.

3. Bóhm A., Wnętrze w kompozycji krajobrazu. Wybrane elementy genezy analizy porównawczej i zastosowań pojęcia, Wyd. Politechniki Krakowskiej, Kraków, 2004.

4. Bóhm A., Planowanie przestrzenne dla architektów krajobrazu. O czynniku kompozycji, Kraków 2006.

5. Fischer Z., Margomedow M., Ekologia-Krajobraz-Energia, KUL, Lublin, 2008.

1. Turner MG, RH Gardner, and RV O’Neill. 2001. Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice: Pattern and Process. Springer, New York.

2. Bogdanowski J., Metoda wnętrz i jednostek architektoniczno-krajobrazowych, Zeszyty Naukowe PK, Kraków, 1999.

Provided by a teacher

Student knows elements and principles of spatial compositions. He/she recognizes elements of landscape design and relationships between them. Students learn about the concept of the landscape plan.

SKILLS

He/she can design in accord with requirements of spatial orders and in harmony with landscape and social needs. He/she can make an analysis of the landscape context and is able to incorporate the newly designed elements into it. After the course student is capable to prepare plans and cross-sections in scale, visualizations made by freehand drawings or by computer programs.

SOCIAL COMPETENCES

Student understands the impact of design activity on the natural, cultural and social environment. Students are participating in the whole process of design starting from abstract ideas, through consultation and discussions to final plan presentation.

He/she acts with an intention to improve the quality of the natural environment and landscape.

30% colloquium

70% design