A42L4B Landscape Design Studio 4:4 12.0 credits

How do we plan and design the new city in relation to the landscape and the suburban areas? Is there a site specific approach instead of major city planning ideas? Wastelands, brushwood or built structures or…?

Through deeper studies, investigations and discussions, the students will define the existing major planning ideas for the suburbs. Important questions will be; is it possible to find a site specific approach instead of the major planning ideas? Is the city grid and high density always the right answer?

Project 4: The green structure of the city.

Overall goals
1. The course is part of the Landscape Design Studio:
The studio enters into contemporary and future issues about urban development. The approach is architecture based on a landscape relation, from a strategic planning situation to small scale designing projects.
2. The course/project goal is to increase the student's knowledge in this area/field and skills/knowledge in the field of architecture in general. The students will enter the project with varying degrees of knowledge/skills and will subsequently end up at different levels at the end of the course/project.
 3. The individual student must show an increase in the particular skills/knowledge offered in the studio and in the field of architecture in general

Course goals
At the completion of the course, each student should:

Be able to analyze the strategic landscape situation on a site such as space, history, vegetation and function.

Be able to critically discus the programming of the public spaces on the site.

Design public spaces together with buildings on the site.

Use common methods and techniques in landscape architecture practice.

Have an understanding of contemporary landscape architecture projects through lectures and literature.

Bachelor’s Degree, or an equivalent level, within the field of Architecture.
Other eligibilities might be possible.

Bachelor’s Degree, or an equivalent level, within the field of Architecture.

Further information will be handed out at the start of the course.

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

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.

The course consists of two parts; a fulfilled and delivered project work (9 credits) and a passed final assessment (3 credits). There is at least one intermediate assessment during the course.

a) Presentation requirements
-  80% attendance on all compulsory activities; seminars, reviews and tutorials. 
- Submit Design task according to specifications. 
- Submit Research task according to specifications 
- Participation in study trip or alternate activity 
b) Examination
80% attendance. Active participation in lectures, tutorials, and seminars etc. Passed intermediate and final assessments. Compulsory attendance during the assessment reviews.
Completion: The project work shall be delivered and, if necessary, reworked within the set time limit.  See general directions.
(Overall principle: Autumn term projects must be approved during the following Spring term: Spring term projects must be approved before the start of the following Autumn term. The reworked projects must be delivered at least one week before the time limit.)
The project work is to be documented in a portfolio, including drawings, analysis and models. The work process shall be legible.

Per Fransson

• 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.