Advanced presentation and discussion of issues related to contemporary and historic aspects of landscape aesthetics. Students present and lead informed discussions and debate on topics such as landscape beauty, values, and perception in exterior space, aesthetics versus function, and philosophic interpretations of beauty applied to the landscape. Students spend one semester as a teaching assistant in the studio sequence under the supervision of the assigned faculty member. They will observe the methods employed in the studio and prepare a comprehensive evaluation of the studio in conjunction with the instructor. The students will oversee one short studio project and evaluate its success or failure based on the criteria learned in LARC 5322 and the goals and objectives of the test project.
Course can use design competitions as projects.
A design course for students with no background in landscape architecture or design. Outlines the site planning and site design decision-making process. Focuses on providing students with the verbal, intellectual, and graphic tools necessary to successfully tackle a design problem and bring it to a schematic level of completion. It is highly recommended that this course be taken concurrently with LARC 5320.