The seminar includes a historical overview of various healing landscapes, an examination of healing practices in various cultures, and field trips to various hospitals, hospices and out-patient facilities in the Charlottesville area. Historic Landscape Preservation Readings and discussion on contemporary theory and practices for preserving historic landscapes. Evaluation of those theories and practices through a review of select case studies. Civic Hydrology A seminar bringing together theoretical, historical, and technical perspectives on the role of water in civic life, as both a catalyst and an expressive medium. Lectures focus on case studies of exemplary engineering and ecological practices from ancient to contemporary times.
Classes combine lectures, readings, and discussions.
The Constructed Landscape A seminar exploring the constructed nature of the contemporary urban landscape from the starting point of the ground. Readings, lecture, and class discussions focus on the evolving definition and technologies of the post-industrial landscape. Part of a technical course sequence in landscape architecture. Focuses on the land as a shaped medium through application of concepts and principles of land manipulation, grading earthwork, and drainage in short exercises and a conceptual grading plan for a studio project. A study of the structure, function, and dynamics of natural systems in both built and unbuilt environments.