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Syllabus

LK0353 Landscape Design - material and construction, 15.0 Credits

Vegetationsbyggnad - material och projektering

Subjects

Landscape Architecture Landscape Architecture

Education cycle

Bachelor’s level

Advanced study in the main field

G2F

Grading scale

Language

Swedish

Prior knowledge

Courses corresponding to 60 credits in landscape architecture or landscape planning

Objectives

The course aims to give the student knowledge and skills in plant knowledge and vegetation design, fields that are fundamental in design, construction, maintenance and the development of plant environments.

On completion of the course, the student will be able to:

• identify and name a basic range of evergreen woody plants or deciduous woody plants on bare twigs

• make aware choices of plant material, plant soil and planting beds with a focus on site tolerance, trading sizes, growing zones, function and maintenance and be able to argue for and justify these choices

• through computer-aided design (CAD) develop a design proposal into technical drawings and specifications with plants and planting beds

• reflect on the process of landscape design and construction

Content

Course contain partly basic plant knowledge parts and partly studies and exercises where plant knowledge are tested and developed with respect to planting design and plant composition. The plant knowledge is concentrated to the woody plants’ winter appearance, trading sizes and site preferences. The course includes design and construction processes and links therefore to the previous landscape construction course.The knowledge of the individual plants’ properties and needs are largely taught outdoors and are thereafter applied in project form as well as in other planting design and plant composition elements. Other components that are treated in the course are design of structural soils and ecosystem services in the urban environment.

Seminars, field trips, exercises and project work are compulsory.

The course gives 10 skills training credits.

Grading form

The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.

Formats and requirements for examination

Active participation in compulsory elements

Approved project work

Approved plant examinations

Exercise presentations

• If a student has failed an examination, the examiner has the right to issue supplementary assignments. This applies if it is possible and there are grounds to do so.
• The examiner can provide an adapted assessment to students entitled to study support for students with disabilities following a decision by the university. Examiners may also issue an adapted examination or provide an alternative way for the students to take the exam.
• If this syllabus is withdrawn, SLU may introduce transitional provisions for examining students admitted based on this syllabus and who have not yet passed the course.
• For the examination of a degree project (independent project), the examiner may also allow the student to add supplemental information after the deadline for submission. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.

Other information

• The right to participate in teaching and/or supervision only applies for the course instance the student was admitted to and registered on.

• If there are special reasons, students are entitled to participate in components with compulsory attendance when the course is given again. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.

Responsible department

Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management