University of Technology Sydney

11148 Landscape Architecture Global Studio B

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UTS: Design, Architecture and Building: Architecture
Credit points: 6 cp
Result type: Grade and marks

Requisite(s): 72 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10004 Bachelor of Design Architecture OR 72 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10325 Bachelor of Design Architecture Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation OR 72 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10413 Bachelor of Design Architecture Master of Architecture OR 48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C09079 Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (Honours) OR 48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10271 Bachelor of Design Interior Architecture OR 48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10272 Bachelor of Design Interior Architecture Bachelor of International Studies OR 48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10322 Bachelor of Design Interior Architecture Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses. See access conditions.

Description

The subject exposes students to international practices of landscape architecture and architecture and their associated sociocultural contexts. This occurs through a period of intensive interaction with a geographic location outside Australia. Exposure to an international environment aims to challenge students' existing ideas and expectations of landscape architecture, questioning what they know to be the discipline's identity, approaches, values, imperatives, applications and actuality. Through this experience, students not only develop specific knowledge about new projects, places, people, design processes and ways of living, but also acquire important skills for engaging with the 'unfamiliar' and 'new' in a manner that is generous, culturally responsive and critical. Furthermore, the subject serves as a vehicle for international networking and the creation of a global design perspective. Interaction with the subject's international location takes place through a range of different activities. These could include visits to places, projects, practices and institutions, conversation, discussions, seminars and design charrettes.

Subject learning objectives (SLOs)

On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

1. Identify and describe the characteristics of Landscape Architectural practices particular to a prescribed international location.
2. Critically reflect on alternative cultural experiences in a manner that is both inquisitive and respectful of difference.
3. Critically employ visual media to apprehend and document exemplars: built works, urban environments and regional landscapes.
4. Execute work to a high standard of rigor and craft.

Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)

This subject also contributes to the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes:

  • Work cooperatively and productively as part of a team. (C.1)
  • Communicate ideas professionally. (C.2)
  • Advance ideas through an exploratory and iterative design process. (I.2)
  • Develop advanced skills for the production, presentation and documentation of work. (P.1)
  • Generate solutions to complex problems through an exploratory and iterative design process. (P.2)
  • Define and apply appropriate design research methods. (R.1)

Contribution to the development of graduate attributes

The term CAPRI is used for the five Design, Architecture and Building faculty graduate attribute categories where:

C = communication and groupwork

A = attitudes and values

P = practical and professional

R = research and critique

I = innovation and creativity

Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs) are linked to these categories using codes (e.g. C-1, A-3, P-4, etc.).

Teaching and learning strategies

How the City Works

Study Tour: Barcelona and Catalunya

25th January - 5th February 2024

The "How the City Works" study tour allows landscape, architecture, and interior design students to collaborate with professionals and institutions in Barcelona and the wider Catalonia region. Our primary focus is on the city's social, environmental and political dynamics, emphasising the convergence of creative practice, institutional influences, and infrastructure.

The tour will last ten days at the end of January. The historical office BB+GG Architectes

(https://www.bethgali.com/) located in Barcelona Gothic Quarters has agreed to

host the students in their facilities. During the study tour, we will host lectures

by local practitioners such as MAIO,

Flexo, Leku Studio, 08014, RCR, EMF

– Estudi Marti Franch, Batlleiroig and Cierto Estudio, deeply

involved in the current transformation of Barcelona's public space.

In parallel, the students will visit to the institutions that are

in charge of urban projects at metropolitan scale, including Area Metropolitana de Barcelona (AMB), Barcelona

Regional (BR) and the projects

they are currently completing in the city's waterfront, green belt, and

metropolitan parks.

The trip will be completed with visits to Gaudi, Mies, Sert, and

Coderch's works, and the educational institutions that have shaped the city

architectural intellectual history, including the Barcelona School

(ETSAB),Teresa Gali, la Escola

del Valles (ETSAV), the Institute

of Advanced Architecture (IAAC), and the Association of Architects (COAC).

Content (topics)

International practices of Landscape Architecture

Landscape and urban history

The 'global' designer and approaches to cross cultural engagement

Method for the study of exemplars: built works, urban environments and regional landscapes

Assessment

Assessment task 1: reflective visual and written record

Intent:

Students are to compile a comprehensive visual record of the study tour's activities following the thematics and questions derived from the tour

Objective(s):

This task addresses the following subject learning objectives:

1, 3 and 4

This task also addresses the following course intended learning outcomes that are linked with a code to indicate one of the five CAPRI graduate attribute categories (e.g. C.1, A.3, P.4, etc.):

C.2, P.2 and R.1

Type: Journal
Groupwork: Individual
Weight: 40%
Criteria linkages:
Criteria Weight (%) SLOs CILOs
Content - posts are aligned to the trip's thematic concerns 35 1 C.2
Technique - the images are the result of a critical approach nd light to photography, exhibiting a concern for framing, composition, focus, colour, tone, depth a 30 4 P.2
Narrative - the content of a post is coherently organised, sequenced and edited to good effect 35 3 R.1
SLOs: subject learning objectives
CILOs: course intended learning outcomes

Assessment task 2: reflective visual and written essay

Intent:

Students are to produce a critically positioned essay of a select built work.

Objective(s):

This task addresses the following subject learning objectives:

1, 2, 3 and 4

This task also addresses the following course intended learning outcomes that are linked with a code to indicate one of the five CAPRI graduate attribute categories (e.g. C.1, A.3, P.4, etc.):

C.1, I.2, P.1 and P.2

Type: Essay
Groupwork: Individual
Weight: 60%
Criteria linkages:
Criteria Weight (%) SLOs CILOs
Strategy - the critical definition of a photographic practice aligned to the brief’s interests 30 1 I.2
Concept - a critical engagement with change as it related to l’Aire, exhibiting an awareness of relevant theory and precedent 30 3 P.2
Document - the production of a critical photographic account 20 4 P.1
Execution - care, craft and rigour applied to the exhibition's physical realisation 20 2 C.1
SLOs: subject learning objectives
CILOs: course intended learning outcomes

Minimum requirements

The DAB attendance policy requires students to attend no less than 80% of formal teaching sessions (lectures and tutorials) for each class they are enrolled in to remain eligible for assessment.

Enrolment in this subject is at the discretion of the subject co-ordinator and dependant on a good record of prior study.

Full attendance of the overseas field trip and on-campus lectures is a mandatory requirement of the subject. Students are to arrive on time at specified locations ready to participate in the scheluded activities. A record of attendance will be kept by the subject co-ordinator. The subject co-ordinator must be notified by email, in good time, of absences resulting from illness or for reasons beyond a student's control.

Under the guidance of the subject's co-ordinator students are responsible for the organisation and cost of travel. They must ensure that their travel plans correspond with the field trip's start and end dates.

In order to participate in this subject students are required to complete the Student Code of Conduct for Fieldwork form and abide by its stipulations for the length of the field trip. During their time overseas students are expected to act as ambassadors for UTS and the discpline.

Students will not pass this course based solely on their participation in the field trip; assessment tasks must be completed to an appropriate standard.

Required texts

See supplementary reading list handout.