The University of Sydney - Architecture, Design and Planning

Unit:	BDES2010: Architecture Studio 201 (6 CP)
Mode:	Normal-Day
On Offer:	Yes
Level:	Senior
Faculty/School:	Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning
Unit Coordinator/s:	A/Prof Rubbo, Anna
Session options:	Semester 1
Versions for this Unit:	2015 - Semester 1 2014 - Semester 1 2013 - Semester 1 2012 - Semester 1 2011 - Semester 1 2010 - Semester 1 Go
Site(s) for this Unit:	http://learn-on-line.ce.usyd.edu.au

Campus:	Camperdown/Darlington
Pre-Requisites:	(BDES1020) OR DESA1002.
Co-Requisites:	BDES2012, BDES2013
Prohibitions:	DESA2001.
Brief Handbook Description:	The unit introduces the discipline of landscape architecture, including an understanding of ecological processes and natural systems as they impact the design of buildings in green field and urban landscapes. The unit focuses on the imaginative design of buildings in landscapes that support social and environmental sustainability and ethical awareness. Learning objectives include development of skills needed for design informed by research, collaborative work processes, knowledge of site analysis and master planning, and an appreciation of the meaning of place. Class preparation 6 hr/wk
Assumed Knowledge:	None.

Lecturer/s:	A/Prof Rubbo, Anna
Tutor/s:	Craig Burton, Rena Czaplinska, Scott Hawken, Carol Marra, Ken McBryde, Phoebe Pape, Anna Rubbo, Mark Tyrrell, Steve Sheriden, Kristine Sodersten.
Timetable:	BDES2010 Timetable
Time Commitment:	# Activity Name Hours per Week Sessions per Week Weeks per Semester 1 Studio and lectures 6.00 1 13 2 Independent Study 6.00 13
T&L Activities:	This is a project and research based unit with lectures and tutorials with additional independent study required to collectively produce a final exhibition. Lectures initially introduce the discipline of landscape design. Tutorials are organized as studio groups to focus on themes arising from the teaching and learning objectives of the unit of study.

Attributes listed here represent the key course goals (see Course Map tab) designated for this unit. The list below describes how these attributes are developed through practice in the unit. See Learning Outcomes and Assessment tabs for details of how these attributes are assessed.

Attribute Development Method	Attribute Developed
Research into sites, landscapes and architectural programs	Information, literacy, learning and research skills (Level 2)
Students develop their understanding of technical and material aspects of landscape design principles and architecture	Technical skills and knowledge (Level 2)
Presentation of a coordinated set of landscape and architectural drawings and models	Documentation, techniques of representation and communication (Level 2)
Design of a master plan and small building in a suburban landscape.	Problem-solving, design, and/or planning (Level 2)
Students will explore cultural and theoretical ideas about landscape design and its relationship to architecture	Theoretical, social and/or historic engagement (Level 2)
Basic ideas of social and environmental sustainability and architect`s ethical position	Professionalism: Social and environmental ethics (Level 1)
Group work on small projects and collaboration with high school client	Professionalism: Collaboration and practice (Level 2)

For explanation of attributes and levels see Architecture Contextualized Graduate Attributes. .

Learning outcomes are the key abilities and knowledge that will be assessed in this unit. They are listed according to the course goal supported by each. See Assessment Tab for details how each outcome is assessed.

Information, literacy, learning and research skills (Level 2)
Documentation, techniques of representation and communication (Level 2)
Problem-solving, design, and/or planning (Level 2)
Professionalism: Social and environmental ethics (Level 1)
Professionalism: Collaboration and practice (Level 2)

Assessment Methods:	# Name Group Weight Due Week Outcomes 1 Project 1 Mapping and Research No 10.00 Week 2 1, 8, 2 Project 2 Conceptual explorations No 10.00 Week 4 6, 3 Project 3 Charette Yes 20.00 Week 6 2, 4, 5, 4 Project 4 Master plan and design No 50.00 Week 13 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 5 Project 5 Process Journal No 10.00 Pre-Semester 2, 3,
Assessment Description:	The sequence of design exercises conducted in this unit of study demand sometimes unconventional approaches to solving architectural problems and the unit has been structured to contain a diversity of experiences leading to an understanding of major themes encountered in the practice of landscape design and its relation to architecture. Assessment is based on the qualities of: creativity and innovation, academic rigour, technical resolution and presentation.
Assessment Feedback:	Students are presented with regular feedback on Projects, and at the conclusion of the semester are provided with detailed written feedback
Grading:	Grade Type Description Standards Based Assessment Final grades in this unit are awarded at levels of HD for High Distinction, DI (previously D) for Distinction, CR for Credit, PS (previously P) for Pass and FA (previously F) for Fail as defined by University of Sydney Assessment Policy. Details of the Assessment Policy are available on the Policies website at http://sydney.edu.au/policies . Standards for grades in individual assessment tasks and the summative method for obtaining a final mark in the unit will be set out in a marking guide supplied by the unit coordinator.
Policies & Procedures:	www.arch.usyd.edu.au/CS/forms.shtml

Online Course Content:

http://learn-on-line.ce.usyd.edu.au

Note on Resources:

Barragán : the complete works / preface and original drawing by Alvaro Siza ; essays by Antonio Toca Fernández, José María Buendía Júlbez, Luis Barragán Morfín ; postscript and original drawing by Antonio Fernán Ching, F. Architecture: form, space, & order, NY: Van Nostrand 1979 Corner, J, ed., Recovering Landscape. Essays in Contemporary Landscape Architecture, Princeton Architectural Press, 1999. Edquist, H., & Bird, V., (ed) The Culture of Landscape Architecture, Edge Publishing, Melbourne, 1994. Gehl, J, Life between buildings: using public space, NY Van Nostrand, 1987 Jacobs, J. The death and life of great American cities, NY: Penguin, 1964 Jellicoe, G and S, The landscape of man: shaping the environment from prehistory to the present, 1975, Thames and Hudson. Harvey, S and Fieldhouse, K., Eds. The Cultured Landscape. Designing the environment in the 21st century, Routledge, 2005. Herrington, S., On Landscapes, Routledge, 2009. Hertzberger, H. Space and the architect: lessons in architecture 2, Rotterdam: O10, 2000 Hough, M., Cities and Natural Process, Routledge, 1995. McHarg, I. Design with nature, NY Garden City, 1969 Olgay, V. Design with climate: bioclimatic approach to architectural regionalism Princeton: UP, 1963. Raxworthy, J and Ware, Sue Anne, Sunburnt. Australian Practices of Landscape Architecture, Descript Publishing, 2009. Shepherd, P., The Cultivated Wilderness. Or What is Landscape? MIT Press, 1997. Shepherd, P., What is Architecture? An Essay on Landscapes, Buildings and Machines, MIT Press, 1995. Spellman, Catherine, ed., Re- envisioning Landscape/Architecture, Acter, Barcelona, 2003 Spirn, A., The Granite Garden, Basic Books, 1984. Spirn, A., The Language of Landscape, Yale University Press, 1998. Swaffield, S, ed., Theory in Landscape Architecture. A Reader. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002 Thayer, R. Jr., Gray World, Green Heart. Technology, Nature and the Sustainable Landscape, John Wiley& Sons, New York, 1994. Schafer, R., About Landscape. Essays on design, style, time and space, Topos, 2002. Sinatra, J and Murphy, P. Listen to the people, listen to the land, Melbourne: MUP, 1999 Trieb, M, ed., Modern Landscape Architecture: A Critical Review, MIT Press, 1993 Trieb, M., Settings and Stray Paths. Writings on Landscapes and Gardens, Routledge, 2005 Turner, T., City as Landscape: A Post-Postmodern View of Design and Planning, E & FN Spon, London. 1996. Walker, P and Simo, M., Invisible Gardens. The Search for Modernism in the American Landscape, MIT Press, 1994. Weller, R., Room 4.1.3. Innovations in Landscape Architecture, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005. Wilson, A., The Culture of Nature. North American Landscape from Disney to the Exxon Valdez, Blackwell, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1992. Yu-Fu Tuan., Topophilia: A Study of Environmental Perception, Attitudes and Values, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1974. Yu-Fu Tuan. Sense and Place: The Perspective of Experience, University of Minnesota Press, 5th Edition, 2007. JOURNALS Topos (Germany) Landscape Architecture Australia Places: A Forum of Design for the Public Realm (USA) FLORA AND FAUNA Beadle, N.C.W., The Vegetation of Australia, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1981 Beadle,N.C.W., Evans,O.D., and Carolin,R.C., Flora of the Sydney Region, A.H. and A.W.Reed Pty Ltd, Sydney, 1972 Benson, D.H. & Howell, J., Sydney’s Bushland. More than meets the eye, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, 2000 Benson, D.H. & Howell. Taken for Granted : the bushland of Sydney and its suburbs, Kangaroo Press, 2000 Chapman, G .A. and Murphy, C.L. Soil Landscapes of the Sydney 1:100,000 sheet, Soil Conservation Service of N.S.W., Sydney, 1989 Doug Benson and Jocelyn Howell, “The Natural vegetation of the Sydney 1:100,000 map sheet”, Cunningham, I. A journal of plant ecology, Volume 3(4): 677 – 1004, Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, 1994 Doug Benson and Lyn McDougall, “Ecology of Sydney plant species”, Cunningham I. A journal of plant ecology, Volume 3(4): 677 – 1004, Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, 1994 Fairley, A. & Moore, P., Native Plants of the Sydney District. An identification guide, Kangaroo Press, 2000 Kartzoff, M., Nature and a City. The Native Vegetation of the Sydney Area, Edwards & Shaw Pty Ltd., Sydney, 1969 Keith, David. Ocean Shores to Desert Dunes. The Native Vegetation of New South Wales and the ACT, NSW Department of Environment and Conservation, Sydney, 2004. Michaelis, A., Local plants for your Garden. A Guide for the Cumberland Plain, Department of Land and Water Conservation, Sydney, nd. Pidgeon, Ilma.M. “The Ecology of The Central Coastal Area of New South Wales II. Plant Succession on the Hawkesbury Sandstone”, The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, Vol.LXIII Parts 1- 2 Nos.275 -276, Australasian Medical Publishing Co.Ltd. Sydney, 1938 Seddon, G., The Old Country. Australian Landscapes, Plants and People, Cambridge University Press, 2005 Sites to look at High Line, NYC http://www.thehighline.org/ Some landscape practices Anton James- http://www.jmddesign.com.au/wordpress/?p=13 Aspect - http://www.aspect.net.au/ Turf Design- http://www.turfdesign.com/index.htm CAB consulting- http://www.cabconsulting.com.au/Home.html Martha Schwartz- http://www.marthaschwartz.com/index.html Nancy Owens- http://www.nancyowensstudio.com/index.php Working with communities CUP- http://www.anothercupdevelopment.org/ Global Studio: http://www.theglobalstudio.com Audio The tale of two cities’- Rear Vision ABC, 17 February 2010 – Australian cities versus Singapore and water supply http://www.abc.net.au/rn/rearvision/stories/2010/2813056.htm

Note that the "Weeks" referred to in this Schedule are those of the official university semester calendar https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp

Week	Description
Week 1	Studio:
	INTRODUCTION: What is Landscape?
Week 2	Studio:
	Understanding Place 1 (Nature)
	Assessment Due: Project 1 Mapping and Research
Week 3	Understanding Place 2 (Culture)
Week 4	Landscape as Architecture
	Assessment Due: Project 2 Conceptual explorations
Week 5	Architecture as Landscape
Week 6	Draft GHS Master plan presentation
	Assessment Due: Project 3 Charette
Week 7	High School site visit
Week 8	Present preliminary proposals
Week 9	Develop proposals and modify master plan
Week 10	Develop proposals and modify master plan
Week 11	Develop proposals and modify master plan
Week 13	Presentations: Final Master Plan and Project proposals
	Assessment Due: Project 4 Master plan and design
Pre-Semester	Final marking/parity session
	Assessment Due: Project 5 Process Journal

Course Relations

The following is a list of courses which have added this Unit to their structure.

Course	Year(s) Offered
Civil Engineering / Design in Architecture	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

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Course Goals

This unit contributes to the achievement of the following course goals:

Attribute	Practiced	Assessed
Information, literacy, learning and research skills (Level 2)	Yes	12.15%
Technical skills and knowledge (Level 2)	Yes	0%
Documentation, techniques of representation and communication (Level 2)	Yes	21.15%
Problem-solving, design, and/or planning (Level 2)	Yes	47.45%
Theoretical, social and/or historic engagement (Level 2)	Yes	0%
Professionalism: Social and environmental ethics (Level 1)	Yes	7.15%
Professionalism: Collaboration and practice (Level 2)	Yes	12.15%

These goals are selected from Architecture Contextualized Graduate Attributes. which defines overall goals for courses where this unit is primarily offered. See Architecture Contextualized Graduate Attributes. for details of the attributes and levels to be developed in the course as a whole. Percentage figures alongside each course goal provide a rough indication of their relative weighting in assessment for this unit. Note that not all goals are necessarily part of assessment. Some may be more about practice activity. See Learning outcomes for details of what is assessed in relation to each goal and Assessment for details of how the outcome is assessed. See Attributes for details of practice provided for each goal.