Syllabus

LK0252 Studio - Landscape architecture and urban space, 15.0 Credits

Subjects

Education cycle

Modules

Advanced study in the main field

Grading scale

Language

Prior knowledge

Objectives

The purpose of this advanced course is to individually design an urban space, and in doing so adapt to relevant aesthetical, social and ecological aspects.

After completion of this course the student shall have acquired skills to:

Knowledge and understanding

• identify and formulate qualified design problems related to the site conditions and society and people’s needs and resources

Skill and ability

• independently plan and carry out a design task of a public urban space with high complexity
• design a public urban space in a convincing manner and with good quality
• demonstrate the ability to handle landscape architecture materials in a public urban space
• communicate the design process and proposal by word, visually and in text, with different audiences, both specialists and those who are not familiar with the subject

Ability to asses and approach

• individually select methods for site analysis, design and presentation and evaluate the impact of selected methods.

Content

The studio course has the city’s public space as a theme which includes both formal and informal spaces. The emphasis is to consider and to design a complex urban space. The types of public urban spaces can vary from year to year between parks, central paths to squares etc. The task is based on a program that defines different claims made on the site. A joint field trip is made to the site.

Previously approved landscape methods for identification, analysis and interpretation of sites is used and deepened, and alternative methods are presented and promoted in the design process to an elaborated proposal. The student should consciously relate to site conditions and impacts on various aspects of sustainable development.

The course deals with oral, visual and text presentation as well as practical and theoretical knowledge about how to communicate an idea.

Work in the studio form also means that students should be active in constructive discussions and criticism on other students’ suggestions.

Seminars, field trip and activities connected to them are compulsory.

Grading form

Formats and requirements for examination

Passed project work and active participation in compulsory activities.

• If a student has failed an examination, the examiner has the right to issue supplementary assignments. This applies if it is possible and there are grounds to do so.

• The examiner can provide an adapted assessment to students entitled to study support for students with disabilities following a decision by the university. Examiners may also issue an adapted examination or provide an alternative way for the students to take the exam.

• If this syllabus is withdrawn, SLU may introduce transitional provisions for examining students admitted based on this syllabus and who have not yet passed the course.

• For the assessment of an independent project (degree project), the examiner may also allow a student to add supplemental information after the deadline for submission. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.

Other information

• The right to participate in teaching and/or supervision only applies for the course instance the student was admitted to and registered on.

• If there are special reasons, students are entitled to participate in components with compulsory attendance when the course is given again. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.

Additional information

Responsible department

Department of Urban and Rural Development