705-235 Designing the Middle Landscape A

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705-235 Designing the Middle Landscape A
Credit Points	12.5
HECS Band	2
Coordinator	Ms Virginia Brook
Prerequisites	705-174 Designing the Local Urban Landscape or equivalent; a knowledge of basic graphic skills and ecological processes is assumed.
Semester	1 (view timetable)
Contact	Five hours of lectures and studio work a week. Approximately 50% of the contact hours are dedicated to project work designed to develop appropriate analytical, design and graphic communication skills. Attendance at two half-day excursions at times to be stated at the start of the semester
Subject Description	This studio-based subject explores landscape and urban design principles and processes at the scale of a whole neighbourhood. Students will be asked to investigate the urban fabric and a set of inter-related open spaces, as well as to explore their potential social and environmental contribution at a local and a strategic level. Students will be exposed to further aspects of the design process, including the design development of a strategically targeted site. The symbolic dimension of spatial design in the public realm will be investigated through theoretic readings.
Assessment	Progressive assessment of project and written work, equivalent of not more than 5000 words.

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