Landscape Architecture Theory (11032.1)
Please note these are the 2021 details for this unit
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EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Arts And Design |
Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
School Of Design And The Built Environment | Level 2 - Undergraduate Intermediate Unit | Band 2 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 3 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
Landscape Theory investigates elements of landscape design theory across a range of landscape scales and projects. It incorporates the rich history of landscape design and draws the salient lessons and ideas from the past and makes these relevant to our design practices in the present. It also incorporates the concepts, such as our relationship to nature, that differentiate landscape architecture from other design professions, and explores how these ideas impact on our understanding of good design practice.
1. Identify and evaluate the underpinning influences of history, theory and philosophy on landscape design;
2. Develop a critique of theory and precedent as design determinants;
3. Identify and evaluate the influence of concepts of nature in the development of a framework to interrogate design landscapes; and
4. Develop and apply design analysis skills through written, oral and visual approaches.
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
Learning outcomes
After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Identify and evaluate the underpinning influences of history, theory and philosophy on landscape design;
2. Develop a critique of theory and precedent as design determinants;
3. Identify and evaluate the influence of concepts of nature in the development of a framework to interrogate design landscapes; and
4. Develop and apply design analysis skills through written, oral and visual approaches.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
Prerequisites
None.Corequisites
None.Incompatible units
None.Equivalent units
8965 Landscape Theory.Assumed knowledge
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Required texts
Required Reading (available on Canvas site)
- Condon, Patrick. "Cubist Space, Volumetric Space, and Landscape Architecture." Landscape Journal 8 (1988): 1–14.
- Dixon Hunt, John. "Ovid in the Garden." AA Files, 1983, 3–11.
- Lydon, Mike, and Anthony Garcia. "01 Disturbing the Order of Things." In Tactical Urbanism: Short-Term Action for Long-Term Change, 1–23. Washington: Island Press, 2015.
- Mariage, Thierry. "Theory and Forms of the French Garden." In The World of André Le Nôtre, 47–92. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010.
- Marshall, David. "The Problem of the Picturesque." Eighteenth-Century Studies 35, no. 3 (2002): 413–37.
- Rabinow, Paul. "Modern Elements: Reasons and Histories." In French Modern¿: Norms and Forms of the Social Environment, 58–81. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1989.
- Raxworthy, Julian. "The Landscape of Practices: Decolonizing Landscape Architecture." In The Routledge Companion to Criticality in Art, Architecture, and Design, edited by Christopher A. Brisbin and Myra Thiessen. London: Routledge, 2018
- Shane, David Grahame. "Introduction & Urban Design - An Overview." In Urban Design Since 1945 - A Global Perspective, 9–35. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2011.
- Treib, Marc. "Axioms for a Modern Landscape Architecture." In Modern Landscape Architecture: A Critical Review, edited by Marc Treib, 36–64. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1993.
- Wall, Alex. "Programming the Urban Surface." In Recovering Landscape: Essays in Contemporary Landscape Architecture, edited by James Corner, 233–50. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1999.
- Wright, Hannah. "Understanding Green Infrastructure: The Development of a Contested Concept in England." Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability 16 (2011): 1003–19.
Participation requirements
Participation is embedded in Assignments 1 & 2.
Required IT skills
Graphics software skills are valuable in this unit.
In-unit costs
Exhibition costs to be determined, and sponsorship aquired, where possible.
Work placement, internships or practicums
None