LAAR 552 - Planting Design

Three hours.
3 Credits

The planting design course utilizes plants to enhance the design and aesthetic enjoyment of landscapes. The course presents a variety of urban project types to explore the full range of plants in the design of places that improve human comfort and safety in private and public urban spaces. Students utilize their prior design studio learning as well as technology knowledge to develop creative concepts for the use of plants in landscape architecture projects. The assessment of student learning in this course is based not only on the students’ knowledge of plants from LAAR 523-Plant Materials, but also based on their ability to effectively convey planting design information utilizing the drawing and technical conventions of the profession. This course also teaches the application of technical plant lists (sizing, specifications), cost estimates, and planting information specific to each plant.

Prerequisite(s) LAAR 530, LAAR 523, LAAR 533, or permission of the instructor or Department Chair.