Our design work on stormwater and wetlands will be concentrated in the first half of the term, with a mid-term review of your team's overall concept and schematic design and grading for a selected portion of Magnuson Park . The first part of the term will also feature a series of mini-exercises to review and practice grading skills. We will take at least one field trip to look at reference and constructed wetlands. Development of a native planting palette will be integrated into the schematic phase.
The second half of the term will focus on knowledge and skills required to put together a good construction document (CD) set, with a philosophical overlay of taking a thorough, thoughtful, and sustainable approach. The final product will be a construction document set for a limited portion of the site, including hardscape, planting and at least one wetland, submitted at full and 11" x 17" sizes. The CD sets will be executed in teams of two.
Digital files of your schematic design drawings and CD set are required. Per department policy, please include at least one drawing that records your design process as well.
You will also complete a construction case study or a green technology research project during the term and present it to the class. The case study will be of a site under construction or recently completed, for which you periodically record your observations and interview designers and/or project managers. You will receive a suggested list of proximate sites. Alternatively, you may select to conduct research on a selected green technology topic, documenting approaches and materials used in design and construction of the sustainable landscape. The case studies and green technology projects will be prepared so that digital versions can be added to our Green Technology web site: http://online.caup.washington.edu/courses/larc433
You are expected to be in class, working on 433 course work, each scheduled meeting time from 1:30 to 5:20 . In general, our class time will be structured with lectures and guest presentations from 1:30 to 2:45 ; exercises and discussions from 2:45 - 4:00 , and work time from 4:00-5:20 . We will occasionally go over the time-frame when on field trips.
Readings will be assigned to complement the lectures and project development.
Required text for the course is:
Sustainable Landscape Construction -Thompson and Sorvig
This text is available in the Textbook section at University Bookstore. Other HIGHLY recommended texts are:
Wetland Design - Robert France
Site Engineering for Landscape Architects - Strom, Nathan and Woland (new ed. 2005)
Wetland Plants of Oregon and Washington – B. Jennifer Guard
Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast – Pojar and MacKinnon
Landscape Ecology Principles In Landscape Architecture - Dramstadt et al
A limited number of copies of these references have been ordered for the course at the University Bookstore. These and a number of other references have been placed on Reserve in the CAUP library. Assigned readings are indicated in the syllabus, and will be drawn from to formulate questions for the final take-home quiz, in addition to questions from the lectures. Additional readings may be assigned over the course of the term.
Grades will be assigned based upon criteria developed and approved by department faculty. In general, projects will be evaluated on three basic criteria: functional/technical soundness, clarity of communication, and aesthetic design quality. Your final grade will be based upon the following:
Mini-exercises |
10% |
Green Technology/Const. Case study |
10% |
Final Package |
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Concept and Schematic Design |
25% |
Construction Drawings |
40% |
Specification |
10% |
Take Home Quiz |
5% |
Projects need to be handed in on time unless illness or family situations unexpectedly arise. Late projects will be penalized 5% of total available grade per day late. Projects will not be accepted after 5 late days.
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