Learning Outcomes
- The analytical presentation and comprehension of theoretical and applied principles of Garden and Park Design, as they are shaped by the complex of natural factors, human activities and socio-economic parameters.
- Landscape Architecture Study for small and medium scale sites.
- Garden Design.
Course Content (Syllabus)
a) Design process in site planning – Inventory and evaluation of design factors – Functional diagrams – Basic residential design principles – Forms and Esthetics – Preliminary and Master plans.
b) Topography – Landforms _ Earthworks.
c) Climate and Microclimate.
d) Plants Materials: Plant characteristics.
e) Relationships of buildings and site – Linkage.
f) Structural elements in outdoor spaces.
g) Use of water in design.
h) Principles of irrigation and lighting.
i) Art in outdoor spaces/landscape.
Keywords
garden design, park design, landscape architecture study, Landscape Architecture, Landscape Design
Additional bibliography for study
Lynch, K., Hack, G., Site Planning, The MIT Press, 3d Ed., 1985
Laurie, M., An introduction to Landscape Architecture, Elsevier, 1979
Motloch, J. L., Introduction to Landscape Design, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1991
Rutledge, Α. J., Anatomy of a Park, McGraw – Hill Book Company, 1971