061-0141-24L Foundation Studio I
| Semester | Autumn Semester 2024 |
| Lecturers | T. Galí-Izard, C. L. Turett |
| Periodicity | yearly recurring course |
| Language of instruction | English |
Courses
Catalogue data
| Abstract | This course introduces a design methodology for landscape architecture that emphasizes the design of living systems and dynamic landscape processes in dialogue with the environmental sciences. With a focus on translating and synthesizing scientific information through rigorous drawing and critically engaging with the primary matter of landscapes, this course teaches core tools of the discipline. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | This design studio builds on a series of precise exercises that translate and synthesize the scientific information learned in the linked fundamental module courses required by the MScLA program. Through these exercises, students acquire essential analytical and methodological skills to support design in the field of Landscape Architecture. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | The Foundation Studio I in the autumn semester 2024 focuses on the Klausenpass, a high mountain pass connecting the Swiss cantons of Uri and Glarus. Throughout the semester students translate the particular conditions of this peripheral and often extreme landscape, rigorously drawing local climatic, geologic, hydrological, pedological and vegetative processes, and situating these systems in a larger context. Working with this method of translation, students make design proposals that respond to the unique material and ecological potentials of the pass. Course desk crits, pin-ups, site visits and reviews are generally scheduled in the afternoon, and are linked to the content covered in the lectures and other theoretical inputs from the morning fundamental course. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lecture notes | The reader is handed out during the first week of the semester. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literature | Relevant literature is included in the reader | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Final Critique: 17.12.2024 The weekly schedule is published at the beginning of the semester and is included in the reader. Classes and critiques are held in English. No course 21th-25th of October 2024 (seminar week). 8:50 - 11:30: 18.09; 19.09; 23.09; 13.11; 15.11; 25.11; 26.11; 27.11; 28.11; 02.12; 03.12; 04.12; 05.12; 09.12; 10.12; 11.12; 12.12; 17.12 8:50 - 12:30: 20.09; 04.10; 01.11; 29.11; 06.12; 13.12 15:45 - 18:30: 17.09; 24.09; 01.10; 29.10; 05.11; 12.11; 19.11; 26.11 12:45 - 18:30: 18.09; 23.09; 25.09; 30.09; 02.10; 14.10; 16.10; 17.10; 28.10; 30.10; 06.11; 11.11; 13.11; 18.11; 20.11; 21.11; 25.11; 27.11; 02.12; 03.12; 04.12; 09.12; 10.12; 11.12; 17.12 12:45 - 16:30: 19.09; 07.11 13:45 - 17:30: 04.10; 28.11; 06.12; 13.12 12:45 - 17:30: 15.11; 05.12; 12.12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Performance assessment
| Performance assessment information (valid until the course unit is held again) | |
Performance assessment as a semester course | |
| ECTS credits | 14 credits |
| Examiners | T. Galí-Izard, C. L. Turett |
| Type | graded semester performance |
| Language of examination | English |
| Repetition | Repetition only possible after re-enrolling for the course unit. |
| Admission requirement | For MScLA students only |
| Additional information on mode of examination | The studio is split into eight parts, linked to the six MScLA fundamental module courses, an introductory week and a synthesis module. The semester’s grade is composed of the average of the six modules (60% of the final grade) and of the grade of the synthesis module (40% of the final grade). Classes (and critiques) are held in English. |
Learning materials
| Main link | Information |
| Only public learning materials are listed. | |
Groups
| No information on groups available. |
Restrictions
| General |  : Special students and auditors need a special permission from the lecturers |
| Priority | Registration for the course unit is only possible for the primary target group |
| Primary target group | Landscape Architecture MSc (061000) |
Offered in
| Programme | Section | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landscape Architecture Master | Foundation Studio I and II | W | |