Landscape Design Studio I: Foundations

Basic design principles, space and form in the landscape, learned through small design projects.

LARC-100 Year 1 3 credits 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon

Offered by HSM University · Landscape Architecture

Course content

  1. 1What a design studio isComing
  2. 2Seeing and recording landscapeComing
  3. 3Elements of design: point, line, plane and volumeComing
  4. 4Principles: order, scale and proportionComing
  5. 5Space and enclosureComing
  6. 6Ground form and topographyComing
  7. 7Light, shadow and seasonsComing
  8. 8Materials and textureComing
  9. 9Movement and sequenceComing
  10. 10Design process and iterationComing
  11. 11Presenting a designComing
  12. 12Final project: a small gardenComing

Description

Basic design principles, space and form in the landscape, learned through small design projects.

Part of the Architecture & Planning stream, typically taken in year 1.