HKU-Landscape-Annual-2013-14

MLA
ARCH7101
Landscape Design
Studio 1
Instructors:
Adam Bobbette, Andrew
Toland, Ivan Valin
Landscape Design
Studio 1
Support Structures: An Introduction to
(Mostly) Western Design Fundamentals in
Landscape Architecture
This design studio aimed to provide an introduction to
fundamental design methods in landscape architecture. It
focused primarily on two landscape types commonly found
in Hong Kong: sitting-out areas and engineered slopes. The
sequence of projects began with broad investigations of these
two types and in particular their role in the city and tectonics.
The course then narrowed its focus to the study of one
particular engineered slope, followed by the rigorous design of
a new sitting-out area on this same slope. The goal of this was
to introduce students to a series of design research methods
with a view towards implementing them in a highly articulate,
critical and comprehensive design proposal for the selected
site. As such, students were introduced to the fundamentals
of spatial production and the potential agency of landscape
architecture in the city of Hong Kong and elsewhere.
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Student abstract
model-making exercise
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