LT 301_ Construction techniques in landscape design
| Title | Κατασκευαστικές τεχνικές διαμόρφωσης τοπίου. / LT 301_ Construction techniques in landscape design |
| Code | ΤΤ301 |
| Faculty | Engineering |
| School | Architecture |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 20002765 |
Programme of Study: Master's degree in Landsape Architecture (MLA)
Registered students: 11
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses belonging to the selected specialization | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Academic Year | 2019 – 2020 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 2 |
| Class ID | 600162731
|
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600162731
- At the Website of the School: http://land-arch.web.auth.gr/el/programme/course/kataskeyastikes-tehnikes-diamorfosis-topioy
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Understanding of landscape construction techniques.
Familiarize with implementation drawings and landscape detail plans.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an international context
- Design and manage projects
- Respect natural environment
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Lectures including demonstration of building materials, their properties and uses, construction methods, the theory of simple structures and implemented examples worldwide in slides.
Exercises on landscape construction drawings, such as site engineering, water engineering, irrigation, drainage, simple structures, exterior lighting and street furniture, as well as exercises on landscape detailing concerning hard and soft landscape, steps and ramps, tree pits, free standing / retaining walls, fences and gates, water features etc.
Light-weight building materials (metals, wood, fabrics, plastics,..)
Space-structures (membranes, inflatable structures, guyed structures, tensegrity systems, folded sheds, polyhedra, shells,..)
Light-weight structures outdoors like, shed for a car, kiosk, small greenhouse, small bridge, park entrance, structures related to - or on a tree, bird cage, cover of an outdoor theatre,..)
Keywords
construction details, landscape, construction techniques
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Video lectures
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Laptop, projector system in lectures.
Laptop/PC in communication with students.
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 44 | 1.5 | |||
| Seminars | 10 | 0.3 | |||
| Laboratory Work | 12 | 0.4 | |||
| Fieldwork | |||||
| Reading Assigment | 20 | 0.7 | |||
| Written assigments | 30 | 1 | |||
| Exams | 4 | 0.1 | |||
| Total | 120 | 4 |
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Downing, M.F., Landscape Construction, Spon, 1977
Littlewood, Μ., Landscape Detailing 1, Vol. 1 Enclosure, 3rd Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, 1993
Pinder, A. & A., Beazley’s Design & Detail of the Space between buildings, Spon, 1990
Last Update
26-06-2023
