After successful completion of the course, students are able to independently carry out the entire process of a planting design within a landscape architecture project.
This course provides for studends of architecture basic knowledge of plants and their applications, and shows how vegetation can be used in various planning tasks for both urban settings and open landscapes. A focus of the course is the provision of practice-oriented insights on different types of plants, their role in open space design and their different uses. A main topic is the selection of plants for specific sites, as well as consequences with regard to care and maintenance. Further topics are the planting of roofs and facades, and their effects on microclimate. Insights on the potential role of vegetation in planning projects are also fostered by observing changing vegetation patterns between seasons and over the years.
The course is a supplementary lecture in the module Open Space and Landscape.
In addition to a broad introduction to open space design and vegetation planning, different plant groups such as treees, shrubs, hedges, climbing plants, perennials, and grasses are introduced und discussed in the context of practical application examples. Covered topics are, inter alia, suited tree species for extreme sites along roads and the "Schwammstadt"-principle, plant selection for rooftops and green facades, rain water management with plants, tree protection, general guidelines of plant usage and the analysis of vegetation plans.
The course is augmented with individual practical excursions.
Field Work, Examples of planting design - Presentation and discussion
Changes in the course due to the Corona-Pandemy (31.01.2021): The course is being held using gotomeeting and each participant will receive a link per mail.
1st lecture of "Vegetation, Architektur und Raum": Tuesday 16th March 2021, Start 13:30 pm
16.03.2021 – 1. Unit: INTRODUCTION / trees
23.03.2021 – 2. Unit: "Schwammstadt", climate change and trees
no lecture 30.03. und 06.04.2021 – Easter Holiday
13.04.2021 – 3. Unit: greening roofs and the aspects of climate change20.04.2021 - 4. Unit: Vegetation techniques
27.04.2021 - 5 Unit: Techniques / greening buildings
04.05.2021 - 6. Unit: climbers / vertical gardens
11.05.2021 - 7. Unit: shrubs and hedges
18.05.2021 - 8. Unit: Perennials and grasses / rain water management
09.06.2020 - 10. Unit: planting plans15.06.2021 – 11. Unit:Consultation about the Observations on vegetation
26.06.2020 – 12. Unit: Submitting paper: Observations on vegetation and presentation of individual field work
More information may be found at http://www.landscape.tuwien.ac.at/
Vegetation plan plus a presentation of an individual field work.
More details on the required vegetation plan is given in the lecture.Attendance in the lecture and at the excursion, as well as personal motivation are important for the evaluation.
no specific prior knowledge necessary
