LAWI301439 Drafting and designing details

Type
Project course
Semester hours
4
Lecturer (assistant)
Wück, Roland
Organisation
Landscape Architecture
Offered in
Wintersemester 2026/27
Languages of instruction
Englisch
Content

This course explores the art and science of landscape architectural design across multiple scales.
A successful project is distinguished by its design quality at every level of scale, from the concept to the detail.
As part of the course, students work in teams to develop a design idea (e.g. for a competition), create a draft plan and refine it into an implementation plan including a cost estimate. Care is taken to maintain the context-related design qualities from the idea and concept down to the details.
The topic is to design a temporary garden for an international garden festival.
Finally the designs will be submitted to one of two international garden festivals, where they will be evaluated by a jury.
In case of winning and successfully delivered executable plans on time, the garden will be shown at the festivals in 2027.

Participating Garden Festivals and Themes:
22th Festival Internacional de Jardins in Ponte de Lima, Portugal 2027: "Smart Gardens"
17th Festival de Xardins in Allariz, Galicia, Spain 2026: "Color in the Garden"


Erasmus students are welcome! (we expect design experience)
Previous knowledge expected

It is expected that students have basic knowledge of landscaping (path structures, edging, principle constructions wood/steel/masonry) and the way to create readable plan graphics and maps for construction so that we can focus on design aspects.

This is NOT a beginner course.
You are planning in teams ( 3 Persons each team)
Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)

Design conception in landscape architecture
Experience in :
working on detail qualities in the planning stage,
finding appropriate solutions and materials
producing technical instructions to realise the design.
Calculating the design financially

Experience in group work
You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.