Start semester
60 701 Pre-diplom for urbanisme og landskapsarkitektur
Full course name in English:
Pre-diploma for urbanism and landscape architecture
Studiepoeng:
6
Emnekode:
60 701
Studienivå:
Syklus 2
Undervisningssemester:
2024 Høst
Eksamenssemester:
2024 Høst
Undervisningsspråk:
Engelsk
År:
2024
Emneansvarlig
Zaccariotto Giambattista
Forkunnskapskrav
Admission to AHO and successful completion of 60 ECTS master level studies. The course is mandatory for students on the International master of Landscape Architecture in their third semester.
Om emnet
The pre-diploma at AHO is an independent research task on a theme chosen by the student. In consultation with the course teacher the student is to produce a written and illustrated report that details a topic to be studied, an approach or methodology, a spatial programme and a plan of work. This report is the foundation of the diploma work.
Læringsutbytte
Knowledge:
- Understanding of the complexity of a chosen landscape or urban topic and site.
- Understanding of the ecological, social, cultural and technological conditions that govern urban or landscape design work.
- Awareness of the chosen topic’s historical, societal and theoretical issues and its methodological consequences.
- Understanding of one’s own individual position with the discipline.
- Awareness of relevant research methods and techniques.
Skills:
- An ability to frame artistic and scientific research.
- An ability to communicate ideas and plan work.
- Ability to undertake individual research and analysis connected to a chosen topic.
- Ability to formulate a research question.
- An ability to self-evaluate and discuss research outcomes.
General competence:
The ability to formulate an individual landscape architecture project description.
At the end of the course, the students will have acquired the necessary knowledge about a topic, related design questions, site, context and discourse to proceed with the independent diploma work in Landscape Architecture.
Praktisk organisering og arbeidsmåter
Teaching/learning activities include:
- Lectures (reception of selected contents)
- Individual Guidance (elaboration, clarification)
- Collective Interim Presentations (elaboration, clarification, evaluation)
- Seminar (clarification, presentation skills)
- Group work (Peer teaching/evaluating)
- Report design (as learning process and outcome)
Teaching / learning tasks include:
- Literature review
- Precedents review
- Typological and Scale studies
- Analytical mapping
- Interviews
Students are expected to be in class on Tuesdays.
| Obligatorisk arbeidskrav | Påkrevde arbeidskrav | Oppmøte påkrevd | Kommentar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annet - spesifiser i kommentarfeltet | Ikke påkrevd | Submissions (Moodle) of mid-term deliverables. |
| Vurderingsform | Gruppering | Karakterskala | Kommentar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rapport | Individuell | Bestått / ikke bestått | The course is an individual research assignment with group discussions and interim presentations. It concludes with a pre-diploma report. |