11147 Landscape Architecture Global Studio
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Credit points: 6 cp
Result type: Grade and marks
There are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.
Description
In this elective, students engage in practical methods of wetland regeneration on the North Island of Aotearoa (New Zealand). During a one week field trip, students are welcomed onto Ng?ti Tukorehe marae, and collaborate with Huhana Smith, Moira Poutama and other community members to plant areas of wetland on iwi-owned Tahamata Farm, an active dairy farm on the Horowhenua coast. Then as part of a group project, students create a combined booklet which details the regenerative planting knowledge gathered from this time. This booklet is presented back to the community as a part of the Koha (gift) for welcoming us into their community.
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 |
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| 2. | Constructively engage with alternative cultural experiences in a manner that is both inquisitive and respectful of difference |
| 3. | Critically reflect on alternative cultural experiences |
| 4. | Use a range of approaches to apprehend and document exemplars: built works, urban environments and regional landscapes |
Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)
This subject also contributes to the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes:
- Work autonomously and as part of a team to produce high quality landscape architectural projects, policies, designs and publications. (C.1)
- Distil and fluently communicate landscape architectural theory and practice through appropriate and engaging visual, written and verbal means. (C.2)
- Represent creative and scholarly work at a professional level. (C.3)
- Articulate a position on the role of the landscape architect in the future development of the natural and built environment through the development of a body of competent work across diverse project scales. (I.2)
- Demonstrate skills in managing a variety of landscape architectural projects of differing scopes, locations and contexts from inception to completion. (P.1)
- Cultivate a landscape literacy that includes the ability to read or analyse landscapes through appropriate methods including site visits, observation, mapping and analysis. (P.2)
- Engage in critical self-reflection and create defensible and robust ideas within the disciplines culture of critique. (R.3)
Teaching and learning strategies
This subject focuses on a field trip to the North Island of Aotearoa (New Zealand). During the week-long intensive, students will be welcomed onto Ngati Tukorehe marae, and become involved in a collaborative project to regenerate a section of native Aotearoan wetland on Maori-owned Tahamata Farm.
During this time students will participate in a variety of activities designed to provide exposure to Kaupapa Ma?ori (approaches underpinned by M?ori values) ecological regenerative practices and landcare methodologies. In this context, learning occurs in a number of different ways, distinct from those encountered in classroom settings. Students are expected to interact in a positive and constructive manner with the wide range of experiences on offer: engaging individuals of a host country in conversation, exploring study sites as a group and under their own direction, collecting materials and documenting their exposure to different types of stimulus.
Students will undertake a practical engagement with the tour through the creative outcomes specified in the assessment tasks. All Assessment briefs and pre-tour resources are accessible from UTS Canvas.
The subject's assessment tasks are designed to help students gain the most from their experience 'in the field' and to ensure they critically inform their subsequent approach to design. These tasks will require students to undertake work in preparation for departure, while 'on the ground' and upon completion of the field trip. Failure to participate fully with these tasks will severely limit a student's understanding of their experiences, diminishing the value of the trip and ultimately jeopardising their ability to pass the subject.
A number of classes/briefing sessions will take place online both before and after the field trip. These will occur during the weeks before the July semester, and toward the end of the July semester.
Because of the intensity of the trip only low-stakes verbal feedback is offered during the study tour. It is the student’s responsibility to record any feedback received during critique sessions and meetings. Formal Written feedback and summative grades are provided through ReView.
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: Field Trip
| Intent: | Students are to engage in rengerative ecological practices as part of a week long intensive Field Trip. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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.2, C.3, P.2 and R.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Type: | Demonstration | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Groupwork: | Group, individually assessed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 65% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Criteria linkages: |
SLOs: subject learning objectives CILOs: course intended learning outcomes |
Assessment task 2: Field Manual
| Intent: | Students are to work collaboratively to compile a comprehensive visual and textual record of their engagement with the study tour's activities. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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, C.3, I.2, P.1 and P.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type: | Project | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Groupwork: | Group, group and individually assessed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 35% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Criteria: | [no content] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Criteria linkages: |
SLOs: subject learning objectives CILOs: course intended learning outcomes |
Minimum requirements
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.