Course code Arhi6006
Credit points 37.50
Master Thesis
Total Hours in Course1000
Date of course confirmation18.12.2013
Responsible UnitInstitute of Civil Engineering and Wood Processing
Course developer
Māra Urtāne
Dr. phil.
Course abstract
Research project about actual topics in landscape architecture and presentation of results.
Learning outcomes and their assessment
• Student obtain knowledge: about development of landscape architecture theory, new tendencies and conceptions in landscape architecture for creative thinking and research;
• skills: to explain and make discussion about complex aspects of landscape architecture with specialists and public;
• competence: independently formulate and criticaly analyse complex landscape architecture problems.
Compulsory reading
1. Spens M. Modern landscape. London: Phaidon Press, 2003. 239 p.
2. Fieldwork : Landschaftsarchitektur Europa. Basel: Birkhauser - Verlag fur Architektur, 2006. 264 p. ISBN 3-76437507-8.
Further reading
1. LaGro Jr. J.A. Site Analysis. A Contextual Approach to Sustainable Land Planning and Site Design. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 2008. 372 p.
2. Thompson I.H. Ecology. Community and Delight. London: E&FN Spon, 1999. 188 p.
Pieejama 2000.g.e-grāmata:
Thompson I.H. Ecology, Community and Delight. [tiešsaiste]. London: E&FN Spon, 2000. 218 p. [skatīts 08.07.2014.]. Pieejama: http://www.questia.com/library/109201390/ecology-community-and-delight-sources-of-values
Periodicals and other sources
1. Journal of Landscape Architecture (Jola). [tiešsaiste] : European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools (ECLAS). Online ISSN 1862-6033. [skatīts 08.07.2014.]. Pieejams: http://www.jola-lab.eu/www/issues.html