This lecture/seminar course explores the recent and contemporary debates in landscape architecture and concentrates on the discourses of urban design since the mid twentieth century and how...
This lecture/seminar course explores the recent and contemporary debates in landscape architecture and concentrates on the discourses of urban design since the mid twentieth century and how contemporary urban debates led to current trends in practice. In this course, we will discuss theories, histories and practices that have shaped our understanding of landscape architecture and urban design. We will analyze the values implicit in each of their proposals, stressing the fact that urban design...
Through lecture, discussion and project exercises, this course will explore the relationships of ecological communities in diverse environments, the implications of landscape patterns, and how...
Through lecture, discussion and project exercises, this course will explore the relationships of ecological communities in diverse environments, the implications of landscape patterns, and how landscape scale affects ecosystem processes from rural to urban. Students will consider conservation and management issues at the landscape scale as part of a holistic approach to systems thinking. Key concepts of landscape and urban ecological systems will be examined through the application of concepts...
Landscape Architecture relies on tools to realize a design vision and to effectively make it visible. The processes of drawing, representing and making landscapes are twinned, and at best work in...
Landscape Architecture relies on tools to realize a design vision and to effectively make it visible. The processes of drawing, representing and making landscapes are twinned, and at best work in fluid tandem with one another. With basic command of a set of tools, the semester will focus on hybridization as a means of fostering a fluid workflow that privileges specificity, dynamism, and layering in the visualization of data over single-media constraints and the limits of conventional, static...
The Perception of Found Landscapes: In Stillness and Motion Our perception of the landscape—what we consider sublime, beautiful, or grotesque—and what we might imagine for its future are largely...
The Perception of Found Landscapes: In Stillness and Motion Our perception of the landscape—what we consider sublime, beautiful, or grotesque—and what we might imagine for its future are largely shaped by the culmination of a lifetime's experiences. This course aims to contribute to this bank of experiences to influence the perception of the landscape. Similar to found objects or found art, which are created from undisguised but often modified items or products not normally considered...
Plants and Ecology is an introductory course on the principles of plant classification, nomenclature and the practice of field identification. Students will become familiar with the diversity of...
Plants and Ecology is an introductory course on the principles of plant classification, nomenclature and the practice of field identification. Students will become familiar with the diversity of woody plant species - trees, shrubs, vines and groundcovers used for landscape design in Eastern North America. Special attention will be given to learning about native species for their critical role in restoring ecological integrity and combating climate change. Previously titled: Plant Taxonomy ...
This course will look at environmental and development policies at the municipal, state and federal levels to build an understanding of the broad spectrum of influences on the built environment and...
This course will look at environmental and development policies at the municipal, state and federal levels to build an understanding of the broad spectrum of influences on the built environment and how each level of regulation can impact the design process. Students will develop an understanding of public policy and effective community organization through the investigation of case studies at a range of scales across geographies. The course will provide an overview of the policy development...
This course will provide students with an understanding of landscape performance and help them gain the basic skills they need to plan for, assess, and convey the impact of landscape projects....
This course will provide students with an understanding of landscape performance and help them gain the basic skills they need to plan for, assess, and convey the impact of landscape projects. Students will be introduced to the concept of landscape performance and methodology in measuring various outcomes. They will examine Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF)’s Case Study Investigation (CSI) series as precedent studies. Subsequently, students will gain knowledge and learn methods on how to...
This course considers the processes involved in developing planting designs for urban contexts, with particular emphasis on site-specific species selection, comprehension of natural and constructed...
This course considers the processes involved in developing planting designs for urban contexts, with particular emphasis on site-specific species selection, comprehension of natural and constructed plant communities, and the application of planting design methods within the designed landscape. This course will address design placement, the development of technical drawings, and specification standards of plant materials, in the production of planting design schemes with a focus on...