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Standard |
Updated:
02/2005
Introduces design principles, drawing skills, and
plant selection techniques required to produce landscape plans for
residential/commercial clients. Topics include: landscape design
principles, sketching and drawing skills, site analysis, plant and material
selection, and landscape design process.
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Landscape Design Principles |
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2 |
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Sketching and Drawing Principles |
D. Lab |
2 |
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Site Analysis |
P. Lab/O.B.I. |
6 |
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Plant and Material Selection |
Credit |
5 |
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Landscape Design Process |
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Prerequisite: |
Provisional admission |
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Corequisite: |
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Course Guide |
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Competency |
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LANDSCAPE DESIGN PRINCIPLES |
8 |
5
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Elements |
Identify elements of landscape design. |
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Develop a landscape improvement plan. |
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Outdoor room concept |
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Develop a landscape plan that utilizes the "outdoor room"
concept. |
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SKETCHING AND DRAWING SKILLS |
4 |
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20 |
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Symbols and lettering |
Identify appropriate lettering, line weight, value contrast, and
format. |
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Identify symbols used in landscape drawings. |
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Drawing |
Demonstrate competency in drawing skills and equipment use. |
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Draw landscape renderings using accepted symbols. |
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Draw and letter a landscape plan using appropriate line weight, value
contrast, and format. |
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SITE
ANALYSIS
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5 |
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Measurement |
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Positive and negative design features |
Identify positive and negative landscape design features. |
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Analyze a landscape site in terms of its positive and negative design
features. |
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Needs analysis |
Recommend improvements on a landscape site based upon a needs
analysis. |
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PLANT AND MATERIAL SELECTION |
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5
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5 |
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Plants |
Select appropriate plant materials for a specific landscape site. |
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Hard materials |
Select appropriate non-plant materials for a specific landscape site. |
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LANDSCAPE DESIGN PROCESS |
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10
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30 |
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Pre-design process |
Prepare a site analysis. |
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Design process |
Prepare a bubble diagram. |
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Feedback |
Prepare a final landscape plan. |
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Presentation |
Present a landscape design. |
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Suggested Resources |
Hannebaum, L. (2002).
Landscape Design, A Practical Approach.
Booth, N. (2002). Residential Landscape Architecture.
Bertauski, T. (2003). Plan Graphics for
the Landscape Designer.
Ingels, J. (2004). Landscaping Principles and Practices.