MODULES
All years
CORE MODULES
Landscape Architecture: Foundations of Theory &, Contexts
The aims of this module are:
- To introduce current techniques, materials, concerns and possibilities in landscape architecture
- To provide a basis from which students can understand the ethical, theoretical and social framework in which landscape architecture operates
- To engage with landscape practitioners and their design practices
- To introduce and explore these themes through written, oral and visual representation
Landscape Architecture: Foundations of Theory Practice & Professional Life (Mental Wealth)
The aims of this module are:
- To introduce the origins of key themes and practices in landscape architecture
- To consider current practices, cultural and historic precedents
- To engage with landscape practitioners and live projects
- To introduce professional life & landscape architecture as a professional discipline
- To introduce and explore these themes through written, oral and visual representation
Landscape Architecture: Professional Life & Practice (Mental Wealth)
The aims of this module are:
- To explore aspects of UK professional practice in landscape architecture in depth
- To engage with landscape practitioners, professional environments and live projects
- To further develop knowledge of the ethical, legal, policy and professional context in which landscape architecture operates in the UK
- To explore professional opportunities and career directions
Landscape Architecture: Theory & Contexts
The aims of this module are:
- To explore and critique through option choice, contemporary theories and practices in landscape architecture in relation to allied disciplines in depth
- To consider how current practice is influenced by past & present social formations, by contemporary concerns, and by other fields
- To expand knowledge and understanding of advanced techniques, concerns and possibilities in landscape architecture
Landscape Architecture: Basic Tools & Principles of Design
The aims of this module are:
- Begin to apply key themes in landscape architecture on small sites, and as small interventions on larger sites.
- Consider how landscape design can express concepts and respond to functional requirements.
- To introduce current material concerns and creative possibilities in small landscape interventions.Participate in elements of 'live' design and construction, led by qualified practitioners.
- Survey sites, generate ideas, gather context information relevant to design development and represent work at a variety of scales using different techniques.
Landscape Architecture: Essential Tools & Principles of Design
The aims of this module are:
- Begin to apply key contemporary themes in landscape architecture on larger sites and in landscape masterplans.
- Consider how landscape design practice is influenced by technologies, processes and theories.
- Introduce current material concerns and creative possibilities in landscape architecture on larger sites circa 1 km2 -5km2.
- Participate in elements of 'live' design and construction, led by qualified practitioners.
- Develop a design brief and explore the module themes through a major design project, working at a variety of scales through to detailed design.
Landscape Architecture: Advanced Tools & Complexity in Design 1
The aims of this module are:
- Apply contemporary themes and their critique in complex landscapes at a range of scales including regional scale green infrastructure.
- Explore application of diverse technologies, processes and theories.
- Explore the precedents and issues connected with complex sites for example post- industrial landscapes, and the policy and theoretical frameworks in which these complex issues reside.
- Participate in elements of 'live' design and construction, led by qualified practitioners.
- To explore module themes through a landscape planning and analysis study, including high level design intervention, across a wide area, identifying sites for further exploration, working at a variety of scales.
Landscape Architecture: Advanced Tools & Complexity in Design 2
The aim of this module are: to resolve application of contemporary themes and their critique in complex landscapes and integrate them with aspects of professional practice and theoretical frameworks, through completion of a major design project, working at a variety of scales through to detailed design.
Thesis
The aims of this module are:
- To explore and critique a key strand of contemporary landscape architecture of personal interest, developing on from the earlier modules
- To develop a personal direction through in depth reflection, critical, theoretical and academic writing /exploration
