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<TITLE>INTRODUCTION TO URBAN AND LANDSCAPE DESIGN</TITLE>
<POINTS>12.5
<COORDINATOR>Jeremy Pike.
<SEMESTER>First semester
<CONTACT>Up to five hours of lectures and practical work a week.
<OBJECTIVES>At the conclusion of the subject students should be able to demonstrate:
<ul>
<li>competence at graphic communication, especially in the areas of drawing plans, sections, elevations, perspectives and freehand sketches, and in the use of pencil, pen, markers and coloured pencil;
<li>knowledge of the theories and principles of design in architecture, landscape architecture and town planning, particularly with regard to landscape and urban design;
<li>experience in the design process as a synthesising activity, and in site design and documentation of designs;
<li>some knowledge of the relevant literature.
</ul>
</OBJECTIVES>
<CONTENT>Introduction to the economic, political and cultural context of environmental planning and design; the place of design in environmental and urban planning, in urban design and in landscape architecture. Project work stressing methods of site analysis, and the design of small-scale open space. Techniques of graphic communication.
<ASSESSMENT>Progressive assessment of project work, equivalent to not more than 5,000 words.
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<TITLE>INTRODUCTION TO URBAN AND LANDSCAPE DESIGN</TITLE>
<POINTS>16.7 2nd and 3rd year
<COORDINATOR>Mr J Pike.
<SEMESTER>First semester
<CONTACT>Up to five hours of lectures and practical work a week.
<OBJECTIVES>At the conclusion of the subject students should be able to demonstrate:
<ul>
<li>competence at graphic communication, especially in the areas of drawing plans, sections, elevations, perspectives and freehand sketches, and in the use of pencil, pen, markers and coloured pencil;
<li>knowledge of the theories and principles of design in architecture, landscape architecture and town planning, particularly with regard to landscape and urban design;
<li>experience in the design process as a synthesising activity, and in site design and documentation of designs;
<li>some knowledge of the relevant literature.
</ul>
<CONTENT>Introduction to the economic, political and cultural context of environmental planning and design; the place of design in environmental and urban planning, in urban design and in landscape architecture. Project work stressing methods of site analysis, and the design of small-scale open space. Techniques of graphic communication.
<ASSESSMENT>Progressive assessment of project work, equivalent to not more than 5,000 words.
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