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Course details
Course code: IAS10392f16
Semester: 2016/2017 summer
Name: Green Architecture
Major: Landscape Architecture
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 6
ECTS points: 5
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 45 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. arch. Justyna Rubaszek
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. Justyna Rubaszek

Learning outcomes: Knowledge: 1) Student knows the specified range of issues related to technological development, interactive spaces and innovative trends in interior design; Skills: 1) Student is able to solve the basic problems of the design concerning selection of green integrated with architecture; 2) Student can, based on increased knowledge, solve some problems with the design concerning integrated with architecture greenery.

Competences: Social competences: 1) Student understands the need for further education and expansion of the acquired knowledge and skills in design of usable and artistic spatial compositions.

Prerequisites: Project management of landscape architecture I, II, III, IV; Computer-aided design

Course content: The subject concerns the design of green in combination with architectural objects and, in particular, green roofs and green walls. During the course, there shall be presented functions of greenery in the city and its different forms in connection with the objects of architecture with particular emphasis on green roofs and walls. There will be discussed different types of solutions in design, materials and greenery selection for use on green roofs and walls. There will be also outdoor workshops with intention to discuss and see chosen design solutions.

Recommended literature: Bauman R., 1991, Domy w zieleni, Arkady, Warszawa Blanc P., 2008, The vertical garden. From nature to the city, Norton & Company, London / New York Kosiński W., 2011, Pionowe ogrody – idea technologia i estetyka na nowy wiek, [w:] Czasopismo techniczne – Architektura, z. 2-A/20011, Wydawnictwo Politechniki Krakowskiej, Kraków Pływaczyk E., Szajda-Birnfeld E., Skarżyński D., 2012, Zielone dachy: zrównoważona gospodarka wodna na terenach zurbanizowanych, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczego, Wrocław Rooftop Garden, 2013, Hong Kong Architecture Science Press, Gingko Press, Berkeley Thoren R., 2014, Landscapes of change: innovative designs and reinvented sites, Timber Press, Portland / London Wines J., 2008, Zielona architektura, Taschen / TMC Art, Warszawa http://sendzimir.org.pl/

Assessment methods: e.g. grade obtained at classes (60%) + grade obtained at lectures (40%)

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