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Landscape Design I
Course: AGL189

First Term: 2016 Spring
 Lec + Lab   3 Credit(s)   6 Period(s)   5.1 Load  
Subject Type: Occupational
Load Formula: S - Standard Load


Description: Introduction to landscape design with an emphasis on residential and small scale projects. Application of design processes from inventory and analysis through design and development including program, measured base, study diagrams, rendered and colored plans, and sectional elevations. Architectural communication developed through hand sketch and hand drafting techniques with practice in client interview and design presentation.




MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Experiment with hand drafting and sketching equipment. (I)
2. Prepare landscape freehand sketches and drawing techniques. (I)
3. Execute professional lettering style. (I)
4. Design a landscape plan to scale using appropriate architectural communication techniques. (II)
5. Develop rendering techniques for diagrammatic and preliminary design plans and sectional elevations. (I)
6. Formulate techniques for client interviews to generate a program. (II)
7. Prepare a base map using site measurements and estimates. (I, II)
8. Prepare site inventory and analysis. (II)
9. Assess space and spatial definers. (II)
10. Create functional diagrams, aesthetic principles, and form and spatial compositions. (II)
11. Compare and contrast softscape and hardscape materials and their uses. (II)
12. Construct visual memory repository of landscape character and themes. (II)
13. Develop presentation and critiquing techniques. (III)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.
 
MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Graphic Techniques
   A. Freehand Sketching
      1. Equipment
      2. Techniques
      3. Study Diagrams
      4. Plan View
      5. Sectional elevations
      6. Rendering
      7. Animating
      8. Coloring (pencil)
   B. Hardline Drafting
      1. Equipment
      2. Techniques
      3. Plans
      4. Constructing a sectional elevation
      5. Lettering
   C. Graphic Conventions
      1. Scale, Engineering and Architects
      2. Estimating Scale
      3. Notes, Labels, Legends
      4. Softscape Symbols
      5. Hardscape Symbols
      6. Shade and Shadow
II. Design Process and Application
   A. Visual Memory Repository
   B. Space and Spatial Definition
   C. Sustainability in Design
   D. The Client and the Program
   E. Site Measuring, Context, Inventory and Analysis
   F. Program Spaces, Elements and Requirements
   G. Bubble/Functional Studies
   H. Design Principles and Aesthetics
   I. Form Composition Studies
   J. Spatial Composition Studies
   K. Preliminary Design
   L. Design Theme and Character
   M. Materials Palette
   N. Design Development
III. Presentation
   A. Products
   B. Outline
   C. Critiquing
   D. Portfolio

 
MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: December 8, 2015

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