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Abstract
The course discusses current constructive problems in landscape architecture as part of the complex and multi-faceted urban space that is cultivated and animated by humans.
Objective
The students learn comprehensive skills in dealing with questions of construction and landscape materials. The goal is to promote a value-based critical and research-based thinking that is the prerequisite for discovering new questions and developing independent solutions.
Content
In the spring semester, the course Materials and Construction II deals with constructive questions on the topics of "Mineral and Fluid Surface", "Water and Soil", "Transfer", “Operating With Time”, “Measures and References”, “Use of Vegetation on the House and the City” (tree in the city, the green house). The lecture uses concrete examples to illustrate how thinking about constructive possibilities and conditions determine and permeate the design process. The lectures are accompanied by on-site visits. The relevant data will be communicated at the beginning of the semester. The weekly schedule is published on the degree program's website (or is included in the reader).
Resources
Lecture Notes
The reader will be distributed in the first lecture of the semester.
Literature
The reader contains all relevant literature (also relevant for the exam).
Learning Materials (Links)
- Main link
- Information
General Information
- Language
- English
- Levels
- MSC
- Frequency
- Yearly recurring
Examination
- Type
- session examination
- Mode
- written 120 minutes
- Aids
- None
Registration & Places
Course Components
| Type | Title | Time & Place | Hours |
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| lecture with exercise |
Materials & Construction II
No class on 20.3.2026 (Seminar week) and in the last two weeks of the semester.
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2 h weekly |
Offered In
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Core Courses (The core courses build on the basic courses and convey basic, broad knowledge in the core areas of landscape architecture in relation to design lessons. Some of the core courses are compulsory and some are freely selectable. Further details, in particular about taking these subjects, for performance assessments and for compensating for failed subjects, are regulated in Art. 27 and Art. 31 Paragraph 4.)
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