Ladn 412 2006

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Landscape Architecture programme School of Design Victoria University of Wellington

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LADN 412 is a core course for the Bachelor of Design (BDes) degree. Each student must choose from one of the three sites offered as the basis for their trimester long design exploration. All sites raise important cultural, environmental and technical issues which through serious analysis and design investigation will contribute to the critical practice of Landscape Architecture. Students are required to take a clear position on the issues at stake and articulate that position visually and spatially through their own individual project. All assignment work will be project-based, with each of the five assessment stages building upon one another to produce a final design that demonstrates technical, theoretical, ecological and spatial competencies. The course aims for students to engage with a highly complex design challenges to levels of resolution well beyond studio assignments in previous years, while critically engaging and challenging their own design processes and analysis.

Group wiki will be used as avenues for sharing information and providing a record of student progress. The wiki also provides an avenue for critique allowing external critics to follow student progress and the opportunity for students to adopt a ‘specialist’ mentor away from Wellington. In cooperation with the wiki, each student will have their own blog updated every Monday morning prior to the commencement of class. The blog will be comprised of where you’re at, where you’re going, and did you get there, cross referenced to the site analysis, theory, other information that is pertinent on wiki.

You should also include any significant feedback from your instructors, examiners or anybody who has contributed to your project.

The sites

Cathedral Square, Christchurch

International design competition for the first redesign of Toronto’s most important civic space or the redesign of Christchurch’s most significant public space. Requires consideration of the role of the square in contemporary urban life.

Matiatia Esplanade Reserve, Waiheke Island

Redesign of the ferry arrival point and associated reserve. Requires consideration of broader site planning agendas as well as more detailed consideration of the foreshore reserve.

Ngati kahu, Wairoa River, Bay of Plenty

Eco-tourism proposal for Ngati kahu on the Wairoa River. The site includes a large tidal wetland which iwi are keen to ecologically restore and to incorporate tourism ventures, in addition to marae and community buildings.

Tiber River, Rome

An Urban re-connection project for Tiber river. Consideration of Programm, Ecology, Public use, Urban connection and historical context is needed for the site.

Stage 1 Defining Your Position (A4 report)

This stage is research and analysis-based, requiring students to establish the major parameters and scope of their design project. This report will be supplemented by the wiki which will act as a communal collection point for site information and additional reading. The report, like the wiki, will slowly expand over the course of the semester to form a major record of your design processes.This initial report will be succinct including:

Report contents: A clear statement of design intent; Preliminary analysis of site issues; A literature review nominating five relevant theoretical readings; A precedent study discussing five relevant design approaches; Schedule of your program for working throughout the semester; and Suggested contacts and mentors who may have input into your project through out the semester

  • Due Date 10.30am Monday July 17
  • Userpage: Report contents
  • Annotated bibliography: Theory category listed by author, ie. Corner, James
  • it is intended that the report is an evolving document. Changes will be recorded via the blog and the current version will be on the students user page.

Stage 2 Interim Presentation (external critics)

Stage 2 requires student’s to present their major design concept based on rigorous site and programmatic analysis, as well as design investigations. This formal presentation will include visiting external critics and is to include evidence of:

two major design investigations; major conclusions from site and programmatic analysis; clear articulation of design position shaped by theoretical agenda and ecological, cultural and technical considerations; and

the presentation of major design agendas through the combination of composite drawings and/or models in media of your choice which may include:

scale plans and cross sections digital perspective images physical or digital models

  • Presentation 9am Thursday August 10
  • Due date 5pm Wednesday August 9

Stage 3 Design Development

Students are required to further develop their conceptual ideas into a more resolved design response demonstrating a clear command of scale; land form, vegetation; materiality and structures. Depending on each project’s scale, students may present a broad scale design strategy, accompanied by a more focused design response. Drawing from earlier stages, students will present an edited version of their design investigations and analysis, in addition to their more developed design response. Each presentation should be reflective of the specific agendas of each student’s design proposal. Minimum submission requirements include:

An edited representation of design processes and investigations; A spatial model - physical or digital; Scale plans and sections of spaces; and Digital perspective images.

  • Due date 10.30am 18th September


Stage 4 Technical Hand in

Students are to nominate a major feature of their design and investigate the technical aspects including materiality; new technologies; construction details and sustainability. This investigation will include research as well as design development, with investigations documented in A4 format which can be incorporated into final documentation.

Minimum submission requirements include the investigation of:

A new technology relevant to your design; and

A innovative construction detail.

  • Due date 10am Monday Oct 9
  • Format A4 report


Stage 5 Final presentation (external critics)

The final presentation requires students to integrate outcomes from the previous stages into a consolidated and logical presentation. A strong design will clearly demonstrate technical, theoretical, ecological and spatial competency. Each presentation will be unique to each student but will include the submission of an A4 document outlining analysis, theoretical position research and design development, as well as a graphic presentation.

Minimum Submission Requirements:

• Two copies of Design Booklet (substantially developed but including material from Stage 1 and edited to remove all information no longer relevant to the thesis, and updated to include all work from Stages 1-4). The Booklet must be printed on high quality paper and professionally bound with a cover or your name imprinted on the front. One copy will be returned to the student, and the other copy will remain the property of the Faculty of Architecture and Design library.

• Composite drawings in media of your choice which include: Context and analysis drawings Critical design investigations Plans and sections of the design Perspective images Section elevations including more detailed design resolution and materiality

• Spatial model (physical or digital)

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