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Syllabus

LK0467 Applied graphic arts and design - Collaborative design, 10.0 Credits

Formlära - Gestaltning i grupp

Subjects

Landscape Architecture

Education cycle

Bachelor’s level

Advanced study in the main field

First cycle, has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Bachelor’s level (G2F)

Grading scale

Language

Swedish

Prior knowledge

Knowledge equivalent to 60 credits in landscape architecture, of which 7.5 credits in applied graphic arts and design.

Objectives

The aim of the course is to provide an introduction to contemporary landscape architecture, to develop knowledge of the creation of forms and to collaborate in a creative process.

Knowledge and understanding

After completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• describe some significant ideas, methods, and forms of expression within contemporary landscape architecture;
• describe and reflect on their own design process.

 Skills and Abilities

After completion of the course, the student should, with supervision, be able to:

• collaboratory formulate and reformulate an open design assignment;
• apply a few methods to test and reassess design ideas;
• build a full-scale project with experiential qualities;
• formulate the project group’s results through images and text.

Content

Through lectures and literature studies, contemporary landscape architecture in the public realm is examined. The course provides an overview of key ideas, methods, and formal and aesthetic approaches from the past fifty years.

Through open-ended design exercises and seminars, students develop the ability to formulate, address, and reflect on design issues in groups. The focus is on an exploratory process involving sketching, modelling, and full-scale investigations in the landscape. The pedagogy is based on group work under supervision and includes a high degree of practical, hands-on work on campus.

By concluding the design process with the construction of a full-scale outdoor installation, students develop an understanding of scale and materiality, as well as the implications of aesthetic choices made during the sketching process.

Each student’s design project is presented through images and text, with particular emphasis on visual communication.

Grading form

The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.

Formats and requirements for examination

Successful completion of the course requires completion of required exercises, active participation in seminars, and a passed written or oral examination.

• 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

Prerequisite 7.5 credits in applied graphic arts and design can be fulfilled, for example, through courses LK0293 or LK0348.

The course provides 7.5 credits of skills training.

Responsible department

Department of Urban and Rural Development