Landscape Architecture 597E - ST-EcoPlantingDesign/CoastalLS

Coastal landscapes are increasingly developed for tourism and recreation. Contemporary trends in landscape design in coastal environments tend to be conventional, and unsustainable in many respects. This course will explore ecologically-based landscape design approaches for coastal landscapes, working with existing Lang communities and native species. This course will focus on illustrating ecological planting design for a research/book project Professor Ahern is working on. The course will meet weekly to discuss ecological design concepts and to review individual student work. Pre-requisite is intermediate skill with digital design software including the Adobe suite.