Postgraduate Course: STUDIO: THE LANDSCAPE (ARCH11146)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (n/a) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
The third term thematic assignment focuses upon the landscape as interaction between natural and man-made processes. Students are encouraged to make site specific works that relates to the wider landscape. This program will be focussed around an intensive (international) field trip where students will produce in-situ work as result of extensive site exploration.
Aims of course
1 To expand the application of art / space / nature and science with reference to cultural and physical relationships in the wider context of nature and the landscape.
2 To extend the student's ability to research, analyse and critically investigate theories and methods of making site specific work.
3 To participate in group exhibition within a landscape context
Mode of delivery
Field Work, Group Crit, Individual Mentoring, Tutorial |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | Pre-requisites
N.A.
Co-requisites
N.A.
Prohibited combinations
N.A. |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Explore space and context through drawing, design and installation.
2. Synthesise art, space and nature in landscape context
3. Construct and present work in group exhibition context. |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
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Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
CORNER, JAMES ed. Recovering Landscape, Princeton Architectural Press 1999 Schroder, Thies. Changes in Scenery: Contemporary Landscape in Europe, Birkhauser 2001 GALAFORA, LUCA Artscapes: Art as an Approach to Contemporary Landscape, Land & Scape series Editorial Gustavo GILI CARERI, FRANSESCO. Walkscapes: Walking as aesthetic experience, land & Scape Series, Editorial Gustavo GILI NEMITZ, BARBARA. Trans Plant; living vegetation in contemporary art, Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2000 Sarah Blaffer Hrdy. $ùMother Nature. Natural Selection & The Female of The Species&©. Chatto & Windus. London. 2000. Alexander von Humboldt. $ùViews of Nature&©. Henry G. Bohn. London. 1850. Rosalind Krauss. $ùThe Optical Unconscious&©. New York. 1994. |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 25 hours
Directed study 25 hours
Self-directed study 150 hours
Total 200 hours |
| Keywords | Not entered |
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