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Theories and Approaches in Landscape Design

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims
    By the end of the course the student must be able to: Interpret basics of landscape theories and its applications in practice. Interpret effects and influences of surrounding context on the landscape design decisions. Identify relevant contemporary methodologies in landscape. Interpret Ecology and environmental management principles relevant to architecture, landscape and urbanism. Think in terms of three-dimensional aspects and integrate systems & technologies with innovation and creativity in the exploration of design, to achieve target sustainable measures. Interpret the significance of environmental issues and the interaction between human needs in terms of comfort and behavior, built environment and natural environment
  • Course Goals
  • Good Health and Well-being
  • Quality Education
  • Sustainable Cities and Communities

Requirements

Description

  • English Description

    The course aims at understanding landscape with respect to different concepts and approaches. As a natural scene, as a designed setting, or as an ecological system for organizing energy and matter. Although we think of the landscape as a place, it is better understood as a process of physical and biological evolution. Students can act to manage the continuing process of land- scape evolution—sometimes by accelerating the process, sometimes by slowing it down, and sometimes by changing its course—to improve the conditions of the environment in ways that enhance our own quality of life and create meaningful and compelling places as the setting for human activity.
  • Arabic Description

    The course aims at understanding landscape with respect to different concepts and approaches. As a natural scene, as a designed setting, or as an ecological system for organizing energy and matter. Although we think of the landscape as a place, it is better understood as a process of physical and biological evolution. Students can act to manage the continuing process of land- scape evolution—sometimes by accelerating the process, sometimes by slowing it down, and sometimes by changing its course—to improve the conditions of the environment in ways that enhance our own quality of life and create meaningful and compelling places as the setting for human activity.
  • Department
    Urban Planning
  • Credit Hours
    2
  • Grades
    Total ( 100 ) = Midterm (20) + tr.Student Activities (40 = tr.Industry 10% , tr.Project 10% , tr.Self_learning 10% , tr.Seminar 10% ) + Exam Grade (40)
  • Hours
    Lecture Hours: 1.0, Tutorial Hours: 3.0, Lab Hours: 0.0
  • Required SWL
    125
  • Equivalent ECTS
    5.0
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