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Course code: IAS10069o14Semester: 2014/2015 summer
Name: Construction and Preservation of Landscape Architecture Objects (II)
Major: Landscape Architecture
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 6
ECTS points: 4
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Monika Ziemiańska
Language of instruction: Polish
The course only in Polish with possibility of individual support in English. Contact person: dr inż. Monika Ziemiańska
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: (30 % of evaluation) - student completes a knowledge with reference to construction and preservation of landscape architecture objects using technical equipment and materials; - student is able to specify and recognize basic problems associated with plant protection (pests, damages, nutrient deficiencies); - student is familiar with basic principles in space design and is able to efficiently verify a possibility of planned projects implementation; - student is able to make a decision changing a scope of activities in the field of construction and preservation of landscape architecture objects. Skills: (50 % of evaluation) - student is able to correctly determine a baseline of a designed area and suggest its proper development; - student is prepared to evaluate correctness of executed works related to landscape architecture objects implementation; - student develops skills in the field of minor gardening works (field classes); - student develops skills in the field of selecting nursery plants (field classes at nursery plants producent).
Competences: Social competences ( grounds ): (20% of evaluation) - student is aware of investment process complexity and cooperation between landscape architect and representatives of other branches; - student is aware of the broad scope of work in the field of landscape architecture (realisation of gardens, green areas, parks, indoor greenery, etc.); - student is aware of responsibility of decisions made in the investment process associated with landscape architecture, and consequences resulting from incorrectly implemented activities.
Prerequisites: Vegetation and fauna, Civil engineering, Designing of landscape architecture objects (I-V), Plant biology, Law, economy and management, Tending technical equipment, Geodesy, Construction and preservation of landscape architecture objects (I)
Course content: The aim of Construction and Preservation of Landscape Architecture Objects is to prepare student for implementation of investments in the field of various complexity construction and preservation landscape architecture objects. During the course, tending survey reports, among others, vegetation and open waters tending; construction, formation, preservation and protection of urban greenery areas; threats, legal and organisational remedies are discussed. Student receives a great deal of information in the field of plant protection against pests and diseases. Other topics, discussed during classes, are: legal basics in pesticides application; usage, packaging and marketing of pesticides; trees tending; diagnosis and prevention of tree root system, trunk and crown damages; investor’s supervision over executed works in the field of conservation and preservation of landscape architecture objects; trees transplanting – preparatory process and acclimatization; methods of trees transplanting; irrigation and drainage systems in landscape architecture (including automatic irrigation systems in green areas); green areas management in the open landscape.
Recommended literature: Literature: (basic and supplementary) - M. i M. Siewniak, Cięcie drzew, krzewów i pnączy. Wyd. MTUiOD, 2009r. - Gadomska E., Gadomski K. , B. Fortuna – Antoszkiewicz, Urządzanie i pielęgnacja terenów zieleni. (cz. I, II, III) , Wydawnictwo: Hortpress, 2005r., 2007r. - Pokorski J., Siwiec A., Kształtowanie terenów zieleni. PWSZ, Warszawa 1985 - Brzywczy Kunińska Z., Wiwatowski L. Budowa i konserwacja terenów zieleni. PWSZ Warszawa - Bartosiewicz Z., Urządzanie i pielęgnacja terenów zieleni PWSZ Warszawa. - Hellwig Z. Byliny w parku i ogrodzie. Wydawnictwo: PWRiL, Warszawa 1970 - Białobok S. Życie drzew w skażonym środowisku. Warszawa – Poznań. - Skup A. Pielęgnacja i ochrona drzew. Prudnik 1995 (zaktualizowane w 2006) - Claus Matthesck, Helge Breloer, Field guide for Visual Tree Assessment (VTA), Arboriculture Jurnal 1994, Vol. 18, 1-23s., Great Britain - M. Suchocka. W Człowiek I Środowisko 36 (1-2) 2012 Zalety i ograniczenia stosowania wizualnej metody oceny drzew (VTA) jako odpowiedzi na problem związane z zagrożeniami powodaowanymi przez drzewa miejskie. - G. Łabanowski, L. Orlikowski, G. Soika, A. Wojdyła, M. Korbin: Ochrona ozdobnych pnączy, Ochrona róż, Ochrona roślin wrzosowatych, Ochrona ozdobnych krzewów liściastych, Ochrona drzew i krzewów liściastych, wydawnictwo Plantpress, Kraków 2001r. - M. Forrest. Landscape trees and shrubs. Selection, use and management. Wallingfort, 2006. - M. Siewniak, D. Kusche. Baum pflege heute. Berlin 1994. - Alex L. Shigo. Modern arboriculture. a system approach to the care of trees and their associates. Durham USA, 2003
Assessment methods: Receiving a credit for exercises: completing each of the three parts of the exercises: - Part I is evaluated on the basis of elaborated documentation, that is, functional – usable programme for potential investment area (a given multifamily housing development) and evaluation of task implementation. - Part II is evaluated on the basis of prepared visual tree assessment in accordance with the method by Claus Mattheck, individual study for a given problematic tree (nature monument). - Part III consists in field classes, that is, tending practice on trees and shrubs, trip to a plant nursery (ARBOREKO – Czech Republic). Receiving a credit for lectures: written examination
Comment: continuation of the course: construction and preservation of landscape architecture objects of the fifth semester