| Course title | Landscape Architecture Theory I |
| Course code | Arhi2046 |
| Credit points (ECTS) | 1.5 |
| Total Hours in Course | 40.5 |
| Number of hours for lectures | 8 |
| Number of hours for seminars and practical classes | 8 |
| Date of course confirmation | 18/12/2013 |
| Responsible Unit | Institute of Civil Engineering and Wood Processing |
| Course developers | |
| Dr. phil., Māra Urtāne |
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| Prior knowledge | |
| Arhi3044, Landscape Studies I |
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| Course abstract | |
| Introduction with aims and scope of landscape architecture and planning. Perception of landscape and factors affecting visual landscape and landscape development. | |
| Learning outcomes and their assessment | |
| • The outcome of the study course: knowledge about factors determinating harmonious landscape development,
• establish skills to use landscape planning and design elements of composition and function, • ability to evaluate assess and plan landscape perception and elements creating mood. |
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| Compulsory reading | |
| 1.Vroom M. Lexicon of garden and landscape architecture. Basel: Birkhauser. 2006. 351 p.
2. Holden R. International Landscape Design. London: Laurence King, 1996. 199 p. 3. Crowe S. Garden Design. Woodbridge: Garden Art Press, 2003. 296 p. |
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| Further reading | |
| 1. Spens M. Modern Landscape. London: Phaidon Press, 2003. 239 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 08.07.2014.]. Pieejams: http://www.jola-lab.eu/www/issues.html | |