A31P2D Project 3:2 Urban Spaces and Landscapes 6.0 credits

This course complements the year’s urban planning exercises and devotes particular attention to the city’s in-between spaces and landscapes, and to the relation between architecture and urban landscape, in advance of the concrete building design work of the bachelor’s degree project. The course gives students historical, theoretical, and practical knowledge about both natural and man-made landscape spaces—from farms to parks, urban green space, and roof vegetation. The design project deals with urban environments. Students learn about the practical ecological and technical aspects of building the elements of landscape architecture. The course shows how important landscape architecture is to contemporary urban development.

The project is divided into two parts.

After the course the student should be able to

• To get basic knowledge for planning habitats through design projects on a smaller scale.
• Develop knowledge about the urban space’s importance for contemporary urbanism with references from Sweden and other countries.
• To get a general understanding of the technical, ecological and technical issues in constructing urban and rural spaces.
• Communicate design strategies in spoken form and graphic presentation that informs about the working process and a reflection over the learning.

Architecture Project 3:1 (A31P1A) must be approved or assessed to be approved after completion.

• APRO - Architecture project, 6.0 credits, grading scale: P, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

General:

The examiner, in consultation with the other course instructors, assesses how well the student meets the learning objectives based on the following four components:

1. Work process, project development, research questions, and documentation of these.

2. Ability and skill in using and handling relevant representations, techniques, and other design tools based on lectures, assignments, and learning objectives.

3. Final submission: the project’s qualities, its architectural and artistic exploration.

4. Reflection on one’s own learning.

The project must be completed within the course’s specified timeframe.

To receive a passing grade, students must also complete all assignments and maintain 80% attendance at lectures, seminars, tutorials, and reviews.

Course module supplementation means that a student who has received a grade of F and is deemed to be close to meeting the requirements for a passing grade of P may be given the opportunity to complete supplementary work to achieve a passing grade. The course examiner decides whether supplementation is possible. The supplementary assignment is designed based on the learning objectives the student has not achieved. The student shall be given 15 working days to complete the supplementary work. After that, supplementary work may not be done, in accordance with KTH’s guidelines on course syllabi, grading systems, and examination.

Bojan Boric

• All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
• In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
• In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.