HRT-210 Landscape Design II
An intense, hands-on extension of Landscape Design I that focuses on the development of professional design skills for the residential and commercial landscape. The student will develop designs, time, materials and labor cost estimates and presentation skills for a variety of real-world design projects. First hand experience using professional level techniques will be gained during this class Required field trips to landscape sites will be held during class hours.
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Course Outline
Department
Environmental Conservation and Horticulture
Course Description
An intense, hands-on extension of Landscape Design I that focuses on the development of professional design skills for the residential and commercial landscape. The student will develop designs, time, materials and labor cost estimates and presentation skills for a variety of real-world design projects. First hand experience using professional level techniques will be gained during this class Required field trips to landscape sites will be held during class hours.
Credit Hours
3Course Learning Outcomes
- Distinguish and explain the various elements of a site for design prior to development of a new design
- Evaluate how the various site elements will affect the outcome of the design with relation to maintenance, vehicular and pedestrian traffic patterns, plant selection, and plant placement
- Apply professional graphics and design conventions on drawings in their appropriate applications and settings
- Produce designs for different site types that have a variety of client needs while incorporating the site elements, visual, aesthetic, traffic flow and maintenance issues
- Develop professional presentation skills through routine presentation of concept design projects and formal presentation of project final designs
- Produce a cost estimate for time, materials, and labor for the project based on current costs
Topic Outline
- 1. Review of Landscape Design I techniques
- a. Site analysis
- b. Charrette technique in plan
- c. Plan drawing, components, and line weight
- d. Elevation drawings
- e. Color rendering
- f. Time, material, and cost estimating
- 2. Specialty site issues
- a. Working with slopes
- b. Drainage issues
- c. Determining the amount of space needed
- d. Coordination with building styles
- e. Influence of paths
- f. Spaces for children and other specialty clients
- 3. Expanding design idea techniques
- a. Charrette in elevation
- b. Bones of the garden
- c. Enclosure: foreground, midground, and background
- d. Enclosure: overhead plane, midstory, understory, and ground plane
- e. Resources
- 4. Expanding drawing and rendering techniques
- a. Color rendering with markers
- b. Thumbnail elevations
- c. Foreshortened view drawing
- d. Computer-aided design (CAD) overview
- 5. Professional portfolio development
- a. Format conventions
- b. Media options
- c. Resources
- 6. Professional presentations
- a. Request for bid or proposal options
- b. Time, material, and cost estimating
- c. Scope control
- d. Time management