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Environmental object design I

Course developer

Replaced course

ArhiB009 [GARHB009] Environmental object design I

Course abstract

The aim of the study course is acquire the classification of small size construction and artistic forms in outdoor spaces, their application regularities and design requirements. The course also includes a historical overview. Students are acquainted with structures, facilities and their materials envisaged for a wide variety of functions. The study course includes a project work entitled to create drawings of outdoor space design elements.

Learning outcomes and their assessment

After completing the course student will have:
• Knowledge: structures, facilities, their designing requirements, application, style and artistic presentation of outdoor space, knowledge of safety regulations in structures and facilities.
• Skills: students are able to create a drawing for pavements of roads and squares, to design furniture and stairs in outdoor spaces, ramps and retention walls, create the design of fences and gates as well as other garden elements.

• Comptetence: students are able to select appropriate technically and artistically high-quality outdoor design elements for recreation, sport activities, children’s play areas and organization of outdoor space.

Course Content(Calendar)

1. Importance, specificity, use and classification of environmental objects and outdoor elements.
Environment object stylistics.
2. LVS: Outdoor security of materials and machinery. Design principles for elements of public space improvement
3. Environmental Object Design Approaches for the Design, Creation and Design of Sculptural Work in the Outdoor Urban and Cultural Heritage Environment.
4. Design of outdoor elements for stairs, ramps. Stair formula, slope ratio. Stair types and retaining walls.
5. Outdoor elements: benches, benches, stands, their types and classification. Garbage bins, compost bins, other containers and classification. Bicycle storage facilities, elevator platforms.
6. Outdoor elements: terraces, platforms, pergolas, gazebos, awnings, signs, billboards, footpaths and bridges, their types and classification. Gabions, fences, fences, passports, ways of fixing them and outdoor solutions. Lighting elements, their types.
7. Outdoor elements: Playground equipment, age brackets and safety zones. Water solutions (fountains, cascades, canals, artificial fog, etc.), their types and classification.
8. Practical work no. 1.
9. Practical work no. 1.
10. Practical work no. 2.
11. Practical work Nr. 2.
12. Practical work no. 3.
13. Practical work Nr. 3.
14. Practical work no. 4.
15. Practical work no. 4.

16. Submission, presentation and defence of all practical works. Exhibition of works.

Requirements for awarding credit points

Written test with mark.
At least 75% attendance at classes. Independent works developed, submitted and positively evaluated within the set time. Colloquiums and test successfully passed. For works submitted after the due date (unless there is a valid reason), the mark is downgraded to 1 point. It is also possible to accumulate a test, the criteria of which are determined by the course manager.

Description of the organization and tasks of students’ independent work

Independent work development, study of materials
e-studies and methodological cabinet. Ideal concept solutions and drawings for several outdoor design elements have been developed.
Practical work no. 1 work - rhythm, dynamics, rhythmic dynamics. Layout design and preparation of graphic material (visual graphic material on A2 format tablets).
Practical work no. 1 development and idea development, detail design of outdoor elements.
Practical work no. 2 works - structure, forms, proportions, scale of sculptural works. Layout design and preparation of graphic material (visual graphic material on A2 format tablets).
Practical work Nr. 2 - development and elaboration of ideas and details for the design of outdoor elements.
Practical work no. 3 applications - calculation of stairs formulas and pendulum slopes, development and preparation of specification tables.
Practical work Nr. 3 - design and detailing of stairs and pandas (size of A3 or A2 drawings).
Practical work no. 4. implementation - designing of wooden platform, conditions for elaboration and specification tables.
Practical work no. 4 - design and detailing of wooden platform (terrace) (size of A3 or A2 drawings).

Criteria for Evaluating Learning Outcomes

The evaluation of the study course depends on the assessment of practical work and the amount of intensive work, sketching, development of ideas throughout the study course.

Compulsory reading

1. Neufert E., Neufert P.Architects' Data. Ed. B.Baiche, N. Walliman. Oxford, UK [etc.]: Blackwell Science, 2000. 636 p. ISBN 9780632057719
2. Baumester N. New Landscape Architecture. Verlagshaus Braun, 2007. ISBN 9783938780251
3. Bokalders V., Bloka M. Ekoloģiskās būvniecības rokasgrāmata. Kā projektēt veselīgas, racionālas un ilgtspējīgas ēkas. Rīga: Biedrība "Domas spēks", 2013. 691 lpp. ISBN 9789984996196
4. Construction and Design Manual: Architectural Diagrams 1. Editor M. Pyo. Berlin, Germany: Dom publishers; 2015. 383 p. ISBN 9783869224176

Further reading

1. Peurifoy R. L., Schexnayder C.J., Shapira A. Construction Planning, Equipment, and Methods. 7th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2006. 768 p. ISBN 9780072964202
2. Metric Handbook Planning and Design Data. Edited by D. Littlefield. Amsterdam etc.: Elsevier, 2008. 720 p. ISBN 9780750652810
3. Sustainable Urban Design. Duurzame stedenbouw. M. Meijer (red). Blauwdruk, 2010. 240 p. ISBN 9789075271331
4. 1000 Tips for Landscape Architects. D.Quartino ed. Loft Publications, 2011. 319 p. ISBN 9788499368580

Periodicals and other sources

1. Nosacījumu iepazīšanai un izpētei: http://www.apeirons.lv/new/

2. Nosacījumu iepazīšanai un izpētei: http://www.videspieejamiba.lv/

Notes

Compulsory course in full-time studies of VBF study program "Landscape Architecture and Planning" (Bachelor).