Courses
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Landscape Architecture Design
This course is the second semester of a four-semester core sequence of landscape design and planning studios. In this semester, the intention is to continue…
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Planning and Design of Landscapes
The fourth of the four-term sequence of landscape design and planning studios develops the design concepts introduced in the first year and applies them to…
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Interstitial Space
The site study area for the studio will be the interstitial spaces of New York City\’s financial district. There are many problems and opportunities in…
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Campus/City: Expanding the University of Pennsylvania
Campus/City: Expanding the University of PennsylvaniaOption StudioInstructors: Julia Czerniak, Victoria BeachProject:The University of Pennsylvania, located in west Philadelphia, is planning to expand its campus onto…
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The Mississippi Studio: Appropriating the Terrain of the Basin Model
The Mississippi Basin Model (MBM) was the world\’s most ambitious working model. Located in the township of Clinton on the outskirts of Jackson, MS, it…
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Studies in Landscape Representation II
A sequel to the course, Studies in Landscape Representation I, this course focuses on drawing as a mode of design inquiry. A series of exercises…
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Fundamentals of Computer-Aided Design
A sequel to the course Fundamentals of Computer Aided Design I, this course focuses specifically on intermediate concepts of geometric modeling specific to the discipline…
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The Visual Landscape: Analysis and Management
The seminar will occur on two Wednesdays each month during the spring semester.Seminar reading and discussion, and demonstrations and experiments will include: 1.) The visual…
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Advanced Drawing
DISEGNO=DISEGNO DESSEIN=DESSINIn Italian and French, drawing and design are the same word. This course concentrates on drawing as a design tool, from the initial stages…
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Critical Perspectives
This is an intermediate course in drawing, open to landscape, urban design, and architecture students (also MDes). The initial intent of the class is to…
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Theories and Practices of Contemporary Landscape Architecture 1950-2000
Practice, according to Garrett Eckbo, is \”knowing how to do something; theory is knowing why.\” This course will explore the \”know why\” of landscape architecture…
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Shifting Landscapes II
This workshop will explore the representation of landscapes as open, dynamic phenomena. As a follow up to the workshop last semester students will be encouraged…
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History of Modern Gardens and Public Landscapes: 1800 to present
4317 History of Modern Gardens and Public Landscapes: 1800 to 1938This survey lecture course presents the history of landscape design in Europe and North America…
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History of Landscape Architecture Through Plants
This seminar provides an innovative framework for analyzing the history of planting design as typological precedents for contemporary landscape architecture. Recent developments in the historiography…
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Fundamentals of Landscape Technology
As the continuation of GSD6104, the course will review techniques and codes for grading such landscape interventions as terraces, stairs, ramps, walls, and landscape on…
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Landscape Technology
This course covers the theories, processes and tools of landscape technology as they inform the physical production of designed landscapes. The course examines the materials…
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Plants in Design I
INTRODUCTION:This course investigates plants as an essential medium of landscape design. Through lectures, readings, exercises, and field trips, the student builds a knowledge base of…
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Plants in Design II
Course Description:This course is devoted to understanding basic biological principals and horticultural practices that affect the growth of plants in the human landscape and determine…
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Siteworks
This course covers the application of landscape tools and techniques in the work of site design and planning. The course will focus on the engineering…
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Soil in Landscape Design
URBAN SOILS AND PLANTING Department of landscape ArchitectureLecture/Workshop4 unitsInstructorJames UrbanThis course will cover the fundamentals of natural and human influenced soils and the effect of…
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Brownfields
Brownfields remain of the highest priority in the regeneration of the inner city. Defined as an \”abandoned, idled or underused industrial or commercial facility where…
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Advanced Topics: Earthworks
This seminar will examine two themes in earthworks: the techniques by which the land is altered through technology and design; and the way in which…
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Independent Studio by Candidates for Master’s Degrees
An individual design studio may be arranged to develop a concept or problem not available in regularly offered studios. Students must submit an independent studio…
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Independent Research Study
Public Parks: origins, developments, and evolution.This faculty directed research seminar uses the case study method to examine the public park through history, theory, and criticism.
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Thesis Extension in Satisfaction of Degree Doctor of Design
Richard Peiser, A. Hashim Sarkis, Alex Krieger, Jorge Silvetti, Peter Rowe, Spiro Pollalis
Under guidance of a faculty committee, the student conducts investigations and prepares a doctoral thesis.