EPOKA UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
COURSE SYLLABUS
2025-2026 ACADEMIC YEAR
COURSE INFORMATIONCourse Title: LANDSCAPE DESIGN |
| Code | Course Type | Regular Semester | Theory | Practice | Lab | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCH 240 | B | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) | Dr. Egin Zeka ezeka@epoka.edu.al |
| Main Course Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: | M.Sc. Sindi Balla sballa@epoka.edu.al , On-line or by appointment |
| Second Course Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: | NA |
| Language: | English |
| Compulsory/Elective: | Compulsory |
| Study program: (the study for which this course is offered) | Integrated second cycle study program in Architecture (5 years) |
| Classroom and Meeting Time: | A-130 Classroom - Thursday 13:40 - 16:40 |
| Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours: | NA |
| Code of Ethics: |
Code of Ethics of EPOKA University Regulation of EPOKA University "On Student Discipline" |
| Attendance Requirement: | 75% |
| Course Description: | A basic knowledge of the scope of landscape design in a historical perspective; the concepts of landscape planning, landscape architecture and landscape urbanism; principles and elements of landscape design; the basic landscape concepts; natural and human-made elements; the tools and techniques of landscape design; experiments with traditional and digital design and visualization tools through small scale landscape projects. |
| Course Objectives: | a) Develop theoretical skills to understand the meanings and fields of application of landscape design. b) Develop graphical skills to represent landscape design at the most appropriate scale and forms of representation. c) Learn how to analyse the context for landscape design and how to learn from case studies. d) Learn how to apply basic principles of landscape design to a selected area within a real urban context. |
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BASIC CONCEPTS OF THE COURSE
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| 1 | Understanding of the relationship between buildings and their environment, indoors and outdoors and of the need to relate buildings and the spaces between them to human needs and scale. |
| 2 | Understanding the types of landscape elements/features. |
| 3 | Representation techniques of softscape, hardscape. |
| 4 | Context analysis, diagram development. |
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COURSE OUTLINE
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| Week | Topics |
| 1 | Introduction – Lecture # 1 Opening Lecture |
| 2 | Lecture – assignment # 2 Landscape Design Fundamentals |
| 3 | Lecture – assignment # 3 Site Reading Methods |
| 4 | Lecture – assignment # 4 Diagram as Design Tool |
| 5 | Lecture – assignment # 5 Concept Development |
| 6 | Lecture – assignment # 6 Materiality + Hardscape + Urban Furniture |
| 7 | Lecture – assignment # 7 Planting + Waterscape Design |
| 8 | Lecture – assignment # 8 Landscape Theory & Philosophy |
| 9 | Lecture – assignment # 9 Sustainability + Social Dimensions |
| 10 | Lecture – assignment # 10 Critiques on Design proposals 1 (the concept) |
| 11 | Lecture – assignment # 11 Critiques on Design proposals 2 (design on sub-site) |
| 12 | Lecture – assignment # 12 Designing for Landscape |
| 13 | Lecture – assignment # 13 Final Critiques on designs |
| 14 | Lecture – assignment # 14 Final Presentations & submissions |
| Prerequisite(s): | Graphical and representation abilities; Open cultural approach; Availability in learning from the real context |
| Textbook(s): | - Gilles Clément, The Third Landscape Manifesto (2003) - Ian McHarg, Design with Nature, John Wiley & Sons, New York (1992) |
| Additional Literature: | - http://micheldesvignepaysagiste.com/en/process-rather-site-plan - https://landscapetheory1.wordpress.com/tag/gilles-clement/ - https://www.coe.int/en/web/landscape/the-european-landscape-convention |
| Laboratory Work: | Exercitation |
| Computer Usage: | yes |
| Others: | No |
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
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| 1 | understanding of the relationship between buildings and places (the close context) |
| 2 | understanding of the relationships between the selected site and the whole city (the larger context) |
| 3 | understanding of the state of the art of landscape design |
| 4 | understanding of the principles and materials of landscape design |
| 5 | understanding of the landscape natural and human-made elements |
| 6 | experiencing in graphical landscape elements and shapes |
| 7 | experiencing in analyze and depict the context and the main physical, not-physical and virtual characteristics of a project site |
| 8 | experiencing in designing and drawing within the real context |
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COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES
(Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution) |
| No | Program Competencies | Cont. |
| Integrated second cycle study program in Architecture (5 years) Program | ||
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COURSE EVALUATION METHOD
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| Method | Quantity | Percentage |
| Project |
1
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20
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| Case Study |
1
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15
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| Final Exam |
1
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60
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| Attendance |
5
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| Total Percent: | 100% |
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ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)
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| Activities | Quantity | Duration(Hours) | Total Workload(Hours) |
| Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 0 | ||
| Mid-terms | 0 | ||
| Assignments | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| Final examination | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Other | 5 | 7 | 35 |
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Total Work Load:
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100 | ||
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Total Work Load/25(h):
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4 | ||
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ECTS Credit of the Course:
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4 | ||
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CONCLUDING REMARKS BY THE COURSE LECTURER
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no remarks |