Kursplan

LK0252 Studio - Landscape architecture and urban space, 15,0 Hp

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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.

Innehåll

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.

Betygsformer

Examinationsformer och fordringar för godkänd kurs

Passed project work and active participation in compulsory activities.

• Examinatorn har, om det finns skäl och är möjligt, rätt att ge en kompletteringsuppgift till den student som inte blivit godkänd på en examination.
• Om studenten har ett beslut från SLU om riktat pedagogiskt stöd på grund av funktionsnedsättning, kan examinatorn ge ett anpassat prov eller låta studenten genomföra provet på ett alternativt sätt.
• Om denna kursplan läggs ned, ska SLU besluta om övergångsbestämmelser för examination av studenter, som antagits enligt denna kursplan och ännu inte blivit godkända.
• För examination av självständigt arbete (examensarbete) gäller dessutom att examinatorn kan tillåta studenten att göra kompletteringar efter inlämningsdatum. Mer information finns i utbildningshandboken.

Övriga upplysningar

• Rätten att delta i undervisning och/eller handledning gäller endast det kurstillfälle, som studenten blivit antagen till och registrerad på.
• Om det finns särskilda skäl, har studenten rätt att delta i moment som kräver obligatorisk närvaro vid ett senare kurstillfälle. Mer information finns i utbildningshandboken.

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