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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE (A48) (Dept. Info)

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Landscape Architecture Design Studio III

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This studio addresses the planning and design of a vacant area in the city of St. Louis, building an understanding of the site´s ecological, historical, and cultural histories in order to most appropriately guide its future. Students will combine conceptual analysis and on-the-ground research in order to propose interventions that address both the specificity of the site and the needs of the larger urban environment. Examination of program, infrastructure, ecological process, and reclamation strategy will lead to a generative process to shape the landscape at multiple scales - from bodily experience to site construction to urban organization.

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Visualizing Ecological Processes

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This course focuses on building skills in 3D modeling, animation and simulation to add 4D (time) processes into analysis, experimentation and presentation. Following the introduction and basic skills preparation, the course will focus on aspects important to creating animations and illustrations that depict landscape environments and dynamic processes. Projects will explore graphics techniques from various visual arts industries in order to expand the repertoire of skills. Techniques incorporating 3ds Max, After Effects, ArcGIS, Photoshop and/or Illustrator will be examined to illustrate chronological, phenomenological, experiential and conceptual ideas in design. Course projects will focus on development of narrative and emphasize the art of storytelling as they pertain to representation and illustration of design intent. Fulfills Digital elective requirement. Prerequisite: A48.520 or equivalent course(s) approved by instructor.

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Plants & Environment

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Students will learn to identify plants found in the natural communities and built environments of Missouri and the Midwest, both exotic and native, in order to form a base palette of landscape plants for the region. In addition to learnng the plants' spatial characteristics, students will gain a basic understanding of the biological factors and horticultural practices influencing plant growth. While addressing the roles of individual species and selections, plants are also examined as parts of an interdependent community. the final goal will be to assess, and begin to practice, the appropriate use of plants in landscape design. This course is open to all graduate architecture students. Priority is given to MLA students and undergraduate Landscape Architecture minors.

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This course will meet for the first seven weeks of the semester.

Start: 8/29/2023 End: 10/17/2023

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Grading + Landform

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This introductory course in earthwork and grading combines the study of historical and contemporary landforms in designed landscapes and artworks with the technical aspects of surveying, contours, formulas, drainage and graphic representation. Student will gain a basic understanding of three-dimensional form, contour manipulation, the concept of drainage, and the relationship between planting and landform. The observation, measuring, and experience of landform in case studies will demonstrate how topography shapes our perception and use of space. This course is open to all graduate architecture students. Priority is given to MLA students and undergraduate Landscape Architecture minors.

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Maginnity

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This course meets for the last seven weeks of the semester.

Start: 10/24/2023 End: 12/5/2023

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Kindred Landscapes

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The world is in the midst of an accelerated biodiversity crisis - on track for a mass extinction of species hundreds of times faster than previously estimated. Biodiversity is the degree of variation of life within an ecosystem; its eco-temporalities weave the planet together. As species are threatened and disappear, the impact of fragile, fractured relationships among life on Earth is unfolding at an unprecedented pace. This seminar considers the role of biodiversity in landscape studies and practice. How do we reconcile our living and consumption patterns with the unseen impact that they have on global and local landscape ecologies? How can the built environment address these threats? Global food systems are one of the major drivers of biodiversity loss. How can we understand the spatial, cultural, and ecological relationships between what we eat and the impact on the environment? In an urbanizing and compartmentalized world, how do we generate empathy for our non-human partners on this earth? In this course we will empathetically and immersively reflect on the vital intertwining of ecologic and cultural relationships with the land that have become largely invisible. This class will look towards traditional knowledge systems that reflect life on earth as our kin - our human and non-human relations. Kinship is a sense of affiliation and belonging. Kinship as a practice allows us to identify a shared future on Earth. Assignments will focus on how design and practice can help develop stewardship and reclaiming, not merely reimagining landscape, as reciprocal relationships between humans and the non-human world. We will use local examples to develop relational and experiential landscape design projects. There will be field trips to develop hands-on learning experiences and some intersection with the Mellon Foundation-funded Mississippi River School for Kinship and Social Exchange. Priority is given to students in the MLA program and to Landscape Architecture minors. Students will add themselves to the wait list and will be administratively enrolled in the course.

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Landscape Technology

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Throughout the world of spatial design, there has been a strong resurgence of interest in landscape methods as a comprehensive and innovative approach towards defining and engineering sites. Techniques of working the land engage dynamic processes, molding conditions and creating forms in order to control erosion, conserve water, and minimize human impacts. As such, landscape methods have created new standards of performance for sites of all sizes and circumstances. Accordingly, this course, intended for students across disciplines, presents an integrated approach to site planning through the intensive study of applied landscape systems. The material covers the spatial and functional systems of designed landscapes and their associated computational and technical aspects: micro- and macrograding, path alignment, and drainage calculation. Through studying these techniques, students will learn to implement and quantify water management, microclimate manipulation, and low-impact circulation, parking, and servicing. The principles and methods are presented through short lectures and supported by case studies, class workshops and design exercises, tying theory to practical applications. Master of Landscape Architecture students and Landscape Architecture minors have priority. Students will be registered for the course from the waitlist by the Registrar's Office.

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Landscape Architecture History & Theory

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Current work in landscape architecture draws from a wider range of references than conventional landscape gardening, engaging the deeper roots of urban design, planning, and infrastructure in order to create spaces that fully integrate with and inform the surrounding context. Accordingly, this course broadens the field of historical inquiry, taking in topics ranging from cultural understandings of space to the design of sacred sites, military installations, and water systems. The survey begins with prehistoric settlements and ends with the dawn of professionalized landscape design in the 19th century. Students will work through class discussion and writing projects to trace the cultural currents linking the first endeavors in land-making to today's practice.

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Landscape Architecture Design Studio V

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The first comprehensive landscape architecture studio concentrates on the development of students' own capacities for project design and elaboration. A situation is selected for strategic development reasons and the question of potential is opened, formulated and critiqued. Students develop flexible scenarios for project development, and alternative projections are investigated. Interactive thresholds between ecological design, environmental justice and individual imaginaries are proposed and negotiated.

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