Landscape Design Studio 2

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Course Introduction

The studio examines the relationships between people and the natural and built environment. Through a series of exercises, students will develop their skills in landscape architectural representation; identify and analyze key aspects that shape a site context; develop a vocabulary to build landscape experiences and propose appropriate interventions in natural and developed contexts. The studio will focus on an area rich in history and subtropical ecology in Hong Kong Island. Remnants of Hong Kong’s costal defense batteries are juxtaposed with educational facilities, bringing a diverse set of users to the site. Students will explore a dynamic palimpsest of the site which will lead then to the design of a sequence of outdoor spaces.

Project 1 - Typological Exploration

This project consists of a typological exploration of modern and contemporary garden and park case studies. Working in groups, students will reconstruct their assigned project as three-dimensional diagram that

analyzes circulation, program, topography, permeability, ground cover, canopy, enclosure and boundary.

Project 2 - Tectonics of the Ground

This project explores the tectonics of the ground through a series of topographical studies. Students will work primarily in model and parallel projective drawings.

Project 3 - Site Analysis and Site Design

For the first part project 3, students will work in groups to produce a site documentation exercise. Through observation, historical research, mapping, and analysis of physical and environmental aspects, students will describe the site as a palimpsest of underlying character, structure and potential. The second part of P3 involves a site design in which the site analysis, case study work, and tectonic exercise will form the basis for the design of a path and a sequence of outdoor spaces.