Landscape Planning and Public Space Design
Landschaftsplanung und Freiraumgestaltung
6 CPWinterENBeing phased out
Contents
• Analytical exposure to landscape architecture in the context of existent built structures • Survey of design instruments and qualities of precise objects • Aim-oriented examination of deficiencies and potentials as well as the social, historical or cultural background of the project • Appropriate development of ideas for specific situations in different scales • Implementation in an adequate illustration
Learning outcomes
At the end of the module the student are able to: • survey of several existent open space projects on urban site • research of literature as well as research on-site • write a report including analysis maps (topic dependent: scale 1:1000 - 1:200), descripe graphics and photos • hold oral presentation, comparative discussion • interprate and abstract analysis results in terms of open space instruments and superior design aspects • apply acquired repertoire to one or several conceptual design situations
Assessment
• assignment 1: analysis, presentation and discussion theme: description of one typology of urban open spaces (20 %) slides presentation with images, text and documents, 10 minutes including debate and reader in qualified layout. • assignment 2: graphic analysis and urban mapping - presentation und discussion theme: analysis of an open urban space within the urban design project – urban mapping (30 %) presentation with drawings, collages, sketches, 10 minutes, including debate • assignment 3: design and development of an urban open space, presentation and discussion, in cooperation with the urban design project (50 %) presentation with drawings 10 minutes, including debate
Literature (10)
- Curdes, Gerhard: Stadtstrukturelles Entwerfen, Stuttgart 1994
- Ermer, Klaus; Hoff, Renate; Mohrmann, Rita: Landschaftsplanung in der Stadt, Stuttgart 1996
- Loidl, Hans; Bernard, Stefan: Freiraumgestaltung, …2004
- Mader, Günter; Neubert-Mader, Laila: Bäume, Gestaltungsmittel in Garten, Landschaft und Städtebau, Stuttgart 1996
- Mader, Günter: Freiraumplanung, Hausgärten, Grünanlagen, Stadtlandschaften, München 2004
- Norberg-Schulz, Christian: Genius Loci, Stuttgart 1982
- Treib, Marc: Modern Landscape Architecture, Cambridge MA, 1993
- Städtebauliches Institut Stuttgart: Lehrbausteine Städtebau, Stuttgart, 2001
- Valena, Tomás: Beziehungen – über den Ortsbezug der Architektur, Berlin 1994
- Quod vide monographs and edited volumes to contemporary works by international landscape architects, chair library, bibliography and professional journals
Remarks
In the event that the module cannot be taught or tested according to the present description (e.g. for reasons of infection protection), the alternatives communicated on relevant platforms (e.g. homepage or Moodle) apply.
Source: BTU's module description · retrieved 13 Oct 2026Original