Studio 1

Landscape Studio 1: Design Techniques

Wendy Walls

Studio Description

This subject is the first studio in the 300-point Master of Landscape Architecture, introducing approaches and methods for thinking about, exploring, and generating landscape design. The studio equips students with a range of design techniques including graphic analysis, sketching, physical model making and 3-D digital surface manipulation. The studio positions these techniques alongside contemporary theory for engaging with landscape design processes.

The studio focuses on a selection of sites within Melbourne. Through processes of investigating and designing the sites, students are introduced to critical landscape influences and contextual issues including ecology, culture, public space, and urbanism. Students will interrogate these thematic and explore a range of techniques for generating new spatial landform. At the end of the subject, students will be able to;

• Apply a range of design processes, skills and techniques for exploring landscape sites and generating designed    outcomes;
• Apply representational skills, with an emphasis on digital media;
• Understand design as a process;
• Have an emerging understanding of the scope and characteristics of contemporary landscape architecture;
• Apply critical thinking and problem solving to the issues of designing landscape.

Schedule Lecture: Mondays 09:00-10:00; Studios: Mondays and Thursdays 16:15-19:15

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