LAD2006 Design 3

This course applies principles of landscape design that respond to a site-specific project. Work in the studio introduces to students the core design processes including site analysis, design strategies, design development, and visualization. The assigned project will require botanical knowledge, as well as knowledge of topics related to tropicality (extreme heat, hot & humid) and tropical ecology (high level of heterogeneity, dynamic growth of plants). The course will also introduce problem-solving techniques using a systemic thinking process. The course will simultaneously include hands-on gardening activities on the university campus.