In this unit students will develop their understanding of Landscape Architectural Design. Landscape planning & design brings together the diverse range of knowledge and skills of landscape architects to address social & ecological problems on sites that range from the urban to the regional, the natural & the artificial, and at the different scales that suit them. In design studio students develop these skills and synthesise their learning from all their subjects, by applying them to real-world briefs, simulating professional practice. As students progress through the sequence of landscape design studios, their degree of difficulty & scope of projects increases and greater professional quality is expected of design project outcomes.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Work in interdisciplinary teams to develop a unified design concept;
2. Develop a functional site design in relation to buildings & other site factors;
3. Specify plants for a design & suggest basic landscape structures & elements; and
4. Visualise a design and produce technically accurate site plans & sections.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession

Prerequisites

Students must have completed 24 credit points of ABB001 Bachelor of the Built Environment (Architecture) OR ABB002 Bachelor of the Built Environment (Interior Architecture) OR ABB201 Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (Honours).

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

9976 Design Studio 3

Equivalent units

9977 Design Studio 4

Assumed knowledge

None.