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Course code: IAS20089o17Semester: 2017/2018 winter
Name: Shaping of Landscape of the Rural Areas
Major: Landscape Architecture
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 2
ECTS points: 5
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. arch. Irena Niedźwiecka-Filipiak, dr inż. Anna Podolska, mgr inż. Jowita Pyszczek
Language of instruction: Polish / English
The course in English will be available if a minimum of 6 students sign up for a group. If less than 6 students sign up for the group, the course will be available in Polish with the possibility of individual support in English Contact person: dr inż. arch. Irena Niedźwiecka-Filipiak, mgr inż. Jowita Pyszczek
Learning outcomes: The student has theoretically founded detailed knowledge related to the historical evolution of the components of rural areas and landscape. The student knows the principles for rural formation and structure. The student knows the rules for shaping rural landscape in accordance with the principles of cultural heritage, as well as architectural design of rural public space. Skills The student can determine the value of individual components of rural landscape and is able to assess their value for the environment. The has the ability to use appropriate methods when conducting urban, architectural and dendrological inventories. The student can use the knowledge when drawing up the concept of development for rural space.
Competences: The student is aware of the cultural landscape of rural areas. The student is able to think and act in a creative and enterprising way and to cooperate with the recipients of the project. The student is able to work in a team.
Prerequisites: spatial planning
Course content: The subject is concerned with the contemporary approach to shaping rural landscape, as well as rural design. The lectures involve the issues related to the history of rural settlement, its changes, as well as the determinants that affect it. The classes are concerned with the development of selected villages in the context of their built-up areas, public spaces, as well as their surroundings. It is both an analysis of conditions and a design concept aimed at appropriate land management within a selected village. The course shall present issues related to the development of rural culture in the world and in the area of Poland, as well as the history of agricultural settlement on Polish lands. Special attention is paid to spatial layouts of villages and the components of rural landscape, both historical and contemporary ones. It also presents problems associated with the formation of modern rural landscape, including suburbs. An important element of contents it will convey is the ability to identify and classify rural architecture distinguishing marks and learning about the rules and basics for rural design. There are also presented programs supporting the development of rural areas.
Recommended literature: Irland , County Kilkenny, Rural designe gide” http://www.kilkennycoco.ie/eng/Services/Planning/County_Kilkenny_Rural_Design_Guide.pdf England , Rural designe guide, 2013, http://www.hyde-housing.co.uk/client_files/HARAH-Rural-Design-Guide-2013-final-6june13.pdf USA, Rural design workbook http://www.stcplanning.org/index.asp?pageID=48&catID=51 Wspólczesny krajobraz wsi – szanse i zagrożenia/Contemporary rural landscape – opportunities and hazards, 2013, under the academic supervision of I. Niedźwiecka-Filipiak, Z. Kuriata, Publisher „ARGI”s.c., Wrocław Thorbeck D., 2012, Rural design , a new design discipline, Routledge Taylor&Francis Group, London and New York Kuriata Z., Niedźwiecka-Filipiak I., 2012, Nature and man as stimulators of village development, Annals of Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, No 33/2012, s. 69-76 Claval P.: 2005. Reading the rural landscapes. „Landscape and Urban Planning” 70, s. 9-19. Quarterly „Architektura krajobrazu-Landscape architecture” – editor Institute of Landscape Architecture WUELS
Assessment methods: A project including the analyses of a selected village, catalogue of its characteristic elements with guidelines and a design concept.Attendance and active participation in class, keeping deadlines, passing tests, active consultations with the teacher, active participation in teamwork. Written examination grade obtained at classes (50%) + grade obtained at lectures (50%)
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