Landscape Studio 4: Designed Ecologies

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2012:

120 hours

EITHER

OR

AND the subject below or an equivalent

Computing skills in design will be expected and access to an internet-enabled computer.
Students taking ‘Designed Ecologies’ will be expected to be competent in digital representation and experimentation with their designs.

A site visit will be required.

For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.

The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/

This is a studio-based capstone subject which bridges design and ecological science. Studio projects will address ecological design as fundamental to modern landscape architectural practice.

The objectives of this subject are to:

• analyse a site and apply ecological theories to practice;
• develop a palette of approaches to ecological design;
• design at the scales of the masterplan to detail design.

Assessment will be based on two design projects, submitted as a portfolio, equivalent to 5,000 words:

• Project one (20%) will be submitted at week 4.
• Project two (80%) will be submitted in week 12 or after.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

On completion of the subject students should have developed the following generic skills:

• critical and spatial thinking;
• graphical representation of ideas;
• presentation skills both orally and visually;
• understanding design processes.