HRT 311: Landscape Design and Management Specifications

Course Code: HRT 311

Credits and Offerings

  • 4 credits (3 lecture and 2 lab hours per week)
  • Spring semester of every year

Course Description

HRT 311/LA 311 will introduce students to landscape Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) to explore Landscape design techniques; spatial organization; plant selection; plant/site interaction; relationships between design, construction, and maintenance in project development; preparation of planting; and maintenance specifications.

Course objectives

  • Use Vectorworks software to create landscape designs, presentations, and associated materials and information.
  • Integrate basic design principles into landscape development.
  • Develop a working knowledge of plants in relation to design intent, site adaptation, and maintenance.
  • Prepare landscape plans, 3D models, construction, and maintenance specifications
  • Examine the interrelationship among property owners, the design team, nurseries, and contractors (construction and maintenance).

Major Topics

  • Garden Design Styles
  • The Design Process, including: client consultation; site measurements, inventory, and analysis; base map preparation; functional diagrams and site circulation; design phase; hardscape selection, implementation; and evaluation and revision
  • Design Principles, including: order, rhythm, unity, color, texture, form and spatial composition, plant layout and plant selection
  • Challenging Project Sites
  • Sustainable Design
  • Accessible Design

Activities

  • Landscape Plan and Graphic Representation
  • Landscape Design Process
  • Client Interaction
  • Site Analysis and Site Inventory
  • Design Layout, Site Relationships
  • Functional Diagram
  • Line Form Composition
  • Planting Design Exercises
  • Design Projects, Critiques/Evaluations
  • Sustainable Landscape Design Projects

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