COURSE INFORMATION Course 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)	NA
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Egin Zeka
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	NA
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Compulsory
Classroom and Meeting Time:
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 graphic communication skills to represent landscape design at the site scale.b) Apply principles of sustainable landscape design to a project site.c) Evaluate existing landscape designs based on performance criteria.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Introduction – Lecture (History of Landscape Design)
2	Lecture – assignment # 1 Lecture: The Planting Design / Softscape Assignment # 1: Outdoor landscape sketching: Drawing an individual plant and a group assemblage
3	Lecture – assignment # 2 Lecture: Hardscape / Pavement Materials: concrete, stone, brick, tartan, wood, granite, etc. Assignment #2: Hardscape / Pavement Material sketching
4	Lecture – assignment # 3 Lecture: Water Features in Landscape Architecture Design Assignment #3: Water Features Elements Sketching
5	Lecture – assignment # 4 Lecture: Urban Furniture & Elements: benches, walls, fences, bridges, art works, skates & playgrounds Assignment #4: Urban Furniture & other Elements sketching
6	Introduction to Project : The City and The River - Lana River Landscape - / List of Case studies
7	Case Studies presentations
8	The City and the River , first concepts
9	The City and the River , critics
10	The City and the River Pre-Jury Part 1
11	The City and the River Pre-Jury Part 2
12	The City and the River , critics
13	The City and the River Final Jury Part 1
14	The City and the River Final Jury Part 2

Prerequisite(s):
Textbook:	Dee, Catherine. 2001. Form and Fabric in Landscape Architecture: A visual Introduction, Taylor & Francis, London and New York Robinson, Nick. 2004. The Planting Design Handbook, Ashgate Publishing Limited, London and New York
Other References:	Piet Oudolf. Planting the natural garden Piet Oudolf. Designing with grasses
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	an 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	an understanding of the scope of the art and science of landscape design;
3	an understanding of the principles and elements of landscape design
4	an understanding of the basic landscape concepts and natural and human made elements
5	an ability to visualize landscape elements and scenes in traditional and digital media,
6	an ability to analyze and depict the context and the topographic and climatic characteristics of a project site in traditional and digital media;

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

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Homework	4	5
Presentation	1	25
Project	1	55
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

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)	4	3	12
Mid-terms			0
Assignments	4	4	16
Final examination	2	12	24
Other			0
Total Work Load:			100
Total Work Load/25(h):			4
ECTS Credit of the Course:			4