Landscape Design (HORT90034)

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject, student should:

• Describe the design process from client brief through site analysis to finished design and design documentation.
• Outline professional responsibilities of designers and clarify the roles and needs of professional support
• Discuss historical and contemporary gardens and their influence in design inspiration, including Melbourne’s garden history
• Communicate appropriate design solutions for different sites, resolving problems through this process.
• Apply learned design principles to a simple residential garden design.
• Describe the design functions and aesthetics of different planting and materials used in landscape design

Generic skills

• Sourcing, interpreting and applying information from written and electronic sources to individual tasks;
• Use scientific and technical literature to answer specific questions;
• Time management and the meeting of deadlines;
• Report on an experimental procedure using scientific conventions;
• Retrieval, from a range of paper-based and electronic sources, of information required to develop understanding of a topic, and the use of this information, with appropriate recognition, in report writing.