Postgraduate Course: Landscape Construction 1: Detailed Design (ARCH11190)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art | 
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 20 | 
ECTS Credits | 10 | 
 
 
| Summary | Landscape Construction 1: Detailed Design focuses on landscape design at a detailed scale, and is delivered through lectures, site visits, and a studio based design project/s.  The course aims to: 
1. enable exploration of a range of materials commonly used in landscape architecture, and to provide the opportunity for appropriate selection through the creative development and resolution of a detailed design. 
2. introduce basic structural principles and to provide the opportunity for their application through the creative development and resolution of a detailed design. 
3. enable development and testing of graphic communication skills and techniques. 
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - Explore, select, and apply a range of hard landscape materials to the resolution of a detailed design project.
 
  
 - Apply a knowledge and understanding of structural principles to the resolution of a detailed design project
 - Communicate a detailed design project clearly through the application of a range of  appropriate graphic techniques.
 
 - Demonstrate an understanding of scale and composition, and deliver a clear design intent through to the resolution of a detailed design project
 
     
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Reading List 
Beazley, E (1990) Design & detail of the space between buildings. Spon. 
Blanc, A (1996) Landscape construction and detailing. Batsford. 
Downing, M F (1977) Landscape construction. Spon. 
Munson, A E (1974) Construction & Design for Landscape Architects. McGraw-Hill. 
Strom S. & Nathan, K. (1998) Site Engineering for Landscape Architects. Wiley NY. 
 
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
critical analysis, orgainzation and setting aims 
creative problem solving 
communication and presentation skills: graphical and verbal | 
 
| Keywords | Not entered | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Ms Elinor Scarth 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5887 
Email: Elinor.Scarth@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Mrs Anne Davis 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5735 
Email: Anne.Davis@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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