Course code Arhi2059
Credit points 4.50
Road Landscape Design
Total Hours in Course120
Number of hours for lectures8
Number of hours for seminars and practical classes8
Number of hours for laboratory classes8
Independent study hours96
Date of course confirmation09.03.2016
Responsible UnitInstutute of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Engineering
Course developers
Kristīne Vugule
Dr. arch.
lect.
Daina Ieviņa
Mg. sc. ing.
Course abstract
The aim of the course is to introduce students with development of road landscape; road landscape evaluation and planning principles; design of roads and squares, road equipment and communications; the latest legislation on traffic organization equipment, protection belts and requirements for road and street red lines.
Learning outcomes and their assessment
• Knowledge about roads and streets, road planning in the landscape, design of roads and squares with different covering materials, drainage systems and landscape architecture solutions, traffic organization in populated areas, planning and design of bicycle paths;
• skills to carry out road landscape evaluation; road, street and bicycle paths, footpaths and squares design in accordance with the design standards;
• competence to analyze the road and square projects, rationally select construction materials; to know the protection belts and special requirements for communication protection and traffic organization equipment installation, to evaluate plants suitable for road landscapes.
Compulsory reading
1. Naudžuns J. Autoceļu projektēšana.Trases plāna, garenprofila un ceļa klātnes izveidojums. RTU Transportbūvju institūts. Rīga, 2006. 117 lpp.
2. Ieteikumi ceļu projektēšanai. Ūdens novade. Autoceļu standartizācijas tehniskās komiteja. Rīga, 2005. 109 lpp.
3. Roads in the landscape. Criteria for their Planning, Layout and Project Design. Sevilla. Consejeria de Obras Publicitas y Transportes. 2009. 443 p. ISBN 978-84-8095-559-1
4. Ilgtspējīga lietus ūdeņu apsaimniekošanas rokasgrāmata. 103 lpp. [tiešsaiste] [skatīts 06.04.2016.]. Pieejams: http://drainforlife.eu/attachments/article/42/IL%C5%AAA%20dizaina%20vadl%C4%ABniju%20rokasgr%C4%81mata.pdf
Further reading
1. Standarti https://www.lvs.lv/ Latvijas Nacionālā standartizācijas institūcija „Latvijas standarts” (LVS) [tiešsaiste] [skatīts 28.04.2016.]. Pieejams: https://www.lvs.lv/
2. Ieviņa D., Kondratenko J. (2014) Valdīnijas Ilgtspējīgai lietus kanalizācijas pārvaldībai. [tiešsaiste] 2004. 70 lpp. [skatīts 28.04.2016.]. Pieejams: http://www.bauska.lv/allfiles/files/Projekti/Lietuvas%20parrobezu%20projekti/water/Ilgtspejigas%20lietusudenu%20kanalizacijas%20vadllinijas%20g93-final.pdf
3. Terry DeWan, Terrence J. Scenic Assessment Handbook. State Planning Office Maine Coastal Program. Yarmouth, Maine, 2008. 90 p.
Periodicals and other sources
1. http://lvceli.lv/ Valsts akciju sabiedrība „Latvijas Valsts ceļi” [tiešsaiste]. [skatīts 28.04.2016.]. Pieejams: http://lvceli.lv