Design Studio 5 (9978.4)

Landscape planning & design brings together the diverse range of knowledge and skills of landscape architects to address social & ecological problems on sites that range from the urban to the regional, the natural & the artificial, and at the different scales that suit them. In design studio students develop these skills and synthesise their learning from all their subjects, by applying them to real-world briefs, simulating professional practice. As students progress through the sequence of landscape design studios, their degree of difficulty & scope of projects increases and greater professional quality is expected of design project outcomes.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Engage with urban design & ecological theory to organise a large site;
2. Propose design solutions that operate at large and small scales;
3. Logically organise paths & roads in relation to landscape systems present on a site; and
4. Produce landscape masterplans and component detail plans that fit into them.

Graduate attributes

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
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
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 - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development

Skills development

This studio unit examines design as a process of articulation and refinement informed by theory, strategy and judgement. Design studios address social spaces and associated structures that provide education, leisure, convenience, rest, recuperation, indulgence and competition. Symbolism and meaning in design precedent, contextual and cultural parameters where environmental and social sustainability are investigated. Students respond to real clients, analyse complex program requirements, develop design briefs and formulate detailed schematic responses. Regulation and other statutory influences on design are introduced. Students undertake projects in a studio environment

Prerequisites

8284 Design Studio 2.2 (Interior Architecture) OR 8328 Design Studio 2.2 (Industrial Design) OR 8743 Design Studio 2.2 (Landscape Architecture) OR 8970 Studio 4 9778 Design Studio 2.2 (Architecture) OR 9977 Design Studio 4

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

8329 Design Studio 3.2 (Industrial Design) 8286 Design Studio 3.2 (Interior Architecture) 8267 Design Studio 3.2 (Landscape Architecture) 8971 Studio 5

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.