Planting Design, Technology and Management (11843.1)

Plants constitute the "living infrastructure" for the city and are unique amongst other architectural materials because they grow and change over time, requiring specific knowledge to ensure that they perform. Because of this change, designing with plants is also different to working with other static materials. This unit introduces students to basic concepts in botany, ecology and horticulture and their implications for specifying the installation and maintenance of plants in a project, as well as introducing innovative greening technologies.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Recognise plant morphology and use it to identify common plants used by landscape architects;
2. Understand soils and other plant growing media technologies;
3. Produce planting plans and installation and maintenance specifications; and
4. Appreciate issues and methods of managing plants in diverse landscape situations.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
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 - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways

Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.