LAAR 550 - Landscape Architecture Design Studio V

Ten hours.
6 Credits

This design studio addresses issues related to the planning and design of the urban landscapes at a citywide and regional scale. Studies focus on advancing skills in land development, site programming and master planning, and site design of urban landscape projects that have a strong interface with architecture and urban infrastructure. Emphasis is in this course is placed on the interdisciplinary nature of landscape architecture in the urban realm. Studio projects enhance the students’ knowledge of architecture, planning, engineering and the work of other allied professions through the study of site, municipal/city guidelines and zoning, new architecture construction, preservation efforts, roadway and environmental infrastructure systems, transit and other urban systems. When it is possible, this interdisciplinary urban study is accomplished through a real-world Baltimore-based project that includes multiple disciplines and public or non-profit agencies. The assessment of student learning is based on the students’ effectiveness in organizing a complex array of information into creative design solutions based on their advanced standing and successful study in previous design, technology, natural resources and other program courses. The socioeconomic and cultural aspects of design and planning are also addressed within this course.

Prerequisite(s) LAAR 540, or permission of the instructor or Department Chair.