Course code ArhiP020

Credit points 39

Traineeship

Total Hours in Course1053

Number of hours for lectures30

Number of hours for seminars and practical classes386

Date of course confirmation10.03.2021

Responsible UnitInstutute of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Engineering

Course developer

author Ainavu arhitektūras un vides inženierijas institūts

Kristīne Vugule

Dr. arch.

Course abstract

The aim of the traineeship is to acquire skills and experience necessary in landscape planning, design or implementation companies, offices, municipal councils. The traineeship occurs both in a post of an executive in the speciality and in a managerial post acquiring experience of landscape design, planning and technological process of implementation.

Learning outcomes and their assessment

• Knowledge: of content and scope of landscape and garden planning, project drafting, contractual arrangements, financing, preparation of procurement documents, sequence of territory development, management process of planting greenery, tending and working in practice, work organization in a company.
• Skills: students are able to work individually and in a team, communication skills with clients.
• Competence: students have competence to organize work in cooperation with professionals from related areas.

Compulsory reading

1. Ainavu plānošana, apsaimniekošana un aizsardzība lauku pašvaldībās. Vides aizsardzības un reģionālās attīstības ministrija. Rīga, 2001. 28 lpp.
2. Briņķis J., Buka O. Teritoriālā plānošana un pilsētbūvniecība. Rīga: Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte, 2001. 219 lpp.
3. Swaffield S. Theory in Landscape Architecture: A Reader. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002. 265 p. 4. Van den Brink A., Bruns D., Tobi H., Bell S. Research in Landscape Architecture: Methods and Methodology. Routledge, 2016. 330 p.

Further reading

1. Dārzkopības enciklopēdija. Galvenais redaktors K. Brikels. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2002. 648 lpp.
2. Kortje Dž. Dārzs ikvienam. Rīga: Jumava, 2001. 222 lpp. 3. Applied Urban Ecology: A Global Framework M. Richter, U.Weiland (eds.). Chichester, West Sussex; Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. 235 p.

Periodicals and other sources

1. Latvijas Architektūra: arhitektūras, dizaina un vides apskats. Rīga: Lilita, 1995- Burtn. ISSN 1407-4923
2. Journal of Landscape Architecture (Jola). [tiešsaiste]: European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools (ECLAS). Online ISSN 1862-6033. [skatīts 05.03.2011]. Pieejams: http://www.info-jola.de/heft_current_issue.htm 3. Dārzs un Drava. ISSN 0132-6457