Site engineering problems related to general design including construction processes, alignment geometry, grading, drainage systems, earthwork, and detailing. Emphasis on construction document preparation.
The garden as the most personal, direct, and intimate expression of landscape architecture, as a contemporary art primarily through discussions of important works and design theory in the genre. Emphasis on developing an informed and creative personal approach which inspires while solving practical problems on real sites.
A survey of the evolution of structures, settlements, and landscapes in the western world from the origins of human societies to the close of the Medieval period.
An exploration of the modes of space: two-dimensional surfaces, three-dimensional objects, spatial enclosure, and the open continuous landscape. Emphasis on the media of landform, water, plants, and structures as the defining agents of human space in the garden and the landscape.
Introduces students to reading and responding to the site. Goals include learning to experience and record the landscape, to design in response to the site, to think creatively, to generate design ideas and understand design as a process, to gain knowledge of design precedents and principles, and to learn tools and techniques of visual expression
Town/urban scale -- issues of design in an urban situation with a focus on areas of public use. Topics on historic preservation. Urban detail design -- issues of urban design at a detailed level. Information from construction, plant materials, planting design, and other studios to develop a complete package of drawings.
Town/urban scale -- issues of design in an urban situation with a focus on areas of public use. Topics on historic preservation. Urban detail design -- issues of urban design at a detailed level. Information from construction, plant materials, planting design, and other studios to develop a complete package of drawings.