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052-0741-00L 2 Credits BSC D-ARCH

Landscape Architecture II

Lecturers & Examiners: Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard
VVZ CR n/a

Last Updated: 2026-06-03 00:07:22

Abstract

This course will be an introduction to essential aspects of designing with living systems. The lectures will cover a curated list of constructed landscapes that embody a high level of complexity in their composition, systems, and evolution.

Objective

Students will be introduced to meaningful landscape projects, and will learn a methodology for understanding the field of landscape architecture and its potential in relationship to the dynamic performance of living things.There will be an exam in which students will explore the components of a specific site: their plant communities, infrastructure, management regimes, climatic and geologic contexts, and the larger systems and territories in which they are embedded.

Content

In the lectures, the students will learn about a selection of significant built landscapes that span a range of sizes, ages, and places of origin. The projects will be taught through an analytical framework that prioritizes key landscape elements that are often overlooked in traditional representations of projects. The students will contribute to the course by translating this complexity through drawing exercises. Altogether, the work of the studio will be a critical and comparative study of significant landscape architecture projects, past and present.

Resources

Lecture Notes

Course material will be provided.

Literature

The course material includes a reading list.

General Information

Language
English
Levels
BSC
Frequency
Yearly recurring

Examination

Type
session examination
Mode
written 90 minutes
Aids
None

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
lecture Landscape Architecture II
No teching on October 22 (seminar week) and in the last two weeks of the semester.
No time listed 2 h weekly

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