Learning Outcomes:
Understanding of design principles and design methodology:
ability to understand and differentiate various landscape typologies;
developing criteria of aesthetical and functional quality in spatial design;
familiarity with/questioning of the meaning of landscape architecture and its role in society;
familiarity with contemporary urban landscapes and landscape architects;
extended knowledge of plant materials;
improved understanding of scale and context;
improved competency in survey, analysis and recording of a site;
improved understanding of design methods and the design process: survey/ analysis/ concept;
improved skills in graphic communication and model making;
competency in presenting/exhibiting course work in a portfolio/term show.
Indicative Module Content:
Key topics addressed in this module are:
Wind farms in the Irish landscape
design principles - texture, proportion, linking idea;
site and context - research, survey and analysis;
conceptual and detailed design;
critical, comparative reading;
(hand) drawing & (model) making;
photography;
computer graphics and lay-out.