LA 3002 Landscape Design IV: Site Design
Landscape Design IV explores the application of process-oriented design, using writing to explore different approaches of design toward formulating a design philosophy and integrating haptic (hand-drawing) and digital techniques for presentation of visual communication.Students learn to explore the site design process, seek sources of design inspiration, create a sense of place, and investigate how to create more livable and sustainable places and neighborhoods.The spring 2016 studio was a Communication-Intensive certified course by the LSU Communications across the Curriculum program.
Learning objectives include:
- Knowing how to conduct a site analysis and to document physical features and environmental and seasonal conditions, context, site issues, and design opportunities
- Knowing how to develop a functional and facilities program, determine area needs and important functional relationships of program elements and the site
- Being able to prepare one or more circulation diagrams for vehicular and pedestrian needs
- Understanding the metrics of and being able to apply Accessibility Design Standards and vehicular circulation and parking and pedestrian circulation design criteria
- Being able to generate inspiration and concepts to inform and generate side design
- Being able to apply critical thinking through writing and drawing to solve landscape site design and develop skills in writing and drawing toward improving design communication challenges
- Being effective in communicating design results both graphically and orally to an audience, such as in a design review
