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Landscape Studio 1: Design Techniques (ABPL90107)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 25On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 1
Subject Coordinator
Jillian Wallis
Coordinator
Wendy Walls
Please refer to the LMS for up-to-date subject information, including assessment and participation requirements, for subjects being offered in 2020.
Overview
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This subject introduces fundamental approaches for thinking about, exploring and generating design within the realm of landscape architecture. It aims to equip students with a range of representational techniques for exploring processes of design. Lectures and readings introduce key theoretical premises that underpin contemporary landscape architecture design practices.
Incidental costs
- Students will be required to purchase modelling and drawing materials for the course; cost approx. $200 per person.
- Rhino 3d can be downloaded free for 90 days trial. Future studios in your Masters will require this software.
- Adobe Creative Cloud (CC) can be purchased on monthly bases. You will require Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign for this subject.
- Grasshopper and Unreal Engine are available free to student to download
Intended learning outcomes
At the end of this subject students will be able to:
- Apply a range of design processes, skills and techniques for exploring sites and generating design outcomes;
- Develop representational skills, with an emphasis on digital media;
- Develop an understanding of design as a material space;
- Have an emerging understanding of the scope and characteristics of contemporary landscape architecture;
- Develop critical thinking and problem solving.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into one of the following courses:
MC-LARCH Master of Landscape Architecture, 300-point entry
MC-LARCH3Y Master of Landscape Architecture (300 points)
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Assignment 1: Graphic analysis
| Week 3 | 20% |
Assignment 2 Part a: Generative design process
| Week 7 | 20% |
Assignment 2 Part b: Representational design process
| Week 9 | 20% |
Assignment 3: Final design
| End of semester | 40% |
Additional details
Note: all assignments are individual.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Jillian Walliss Coordinator Wendy Walls Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours One 2-hour lecture and two 3-hour studios per week Total time commitment 340 hours Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020 Semester 1 contact information
Subject Coordinator
Jillian Wallis
Coordinator
Wendy Walls
Time commitment details
340 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Steenbergen, Clemens. Composing Landscapes: Analysis, Typology and Experiments for Design, Birkhauser, 2009.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Landscape Architecture - Links to additional information
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022