Department:

Urban and Landscape Design

Course Leader:

lect.dr.urb. Ana Opriș

Learning outcomes:

- development of representation techniques in urban planning and landscape design - familiarization with different types of graphic representation (graphite, ink, watercolor, tempera, collage) - development of observation skills regarding the environment (natural - anthropogenic) - spatial modeling skills development - volumetric model - familiarization with different graphic scales - awareness regarding field observation

Content:

6 EXERCISES: 1. Creating a model of a given site 2. Space metamorphosis 3. Graphic scales/designing an unconventional model 4. Imagined landscape 5. Plant compositions 6. Object-context dialogue

Teaching Method:

Commented and illustrated lectures, individual and collective discussion.

Assessment:

The final grade is constituted by the sum average of the 6 exercises. The assessment is based on pre determined criteria.

Bibliography:

• Lectures held during studio hours regarding understanding urban space and architecture, urban planning and landscape design drawing. • Wang, Thomas C., Plan and Section Drawing, a 2-a ed., John Wiley&Sons Inc, New York, 1996