Cities have altered natural drainage patterns, vegetation, local climate and habitats. Cities can use natural elements such as plants, trees and wetlands combined with engineered structures as "constructed green infrastructure" to redesign degraded urban sites. Students will utilize "green infrastructure" to create conceptual designs for sites to absorb stormwater, clean the air, or provide food and recreation.

Topical offerings in landscape architecture.

Advanced independent research on topics selected by individual students in consultation with a faculty advisor Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

LAR 6020 focuses on process and form, exploring how dynamic bio-physical processes shape the form of landscapes and in turn are altered by the designed landscapes. Series of analytical exercises and field visits leading to a schematic design proposal for an urban landscape project. Some studios sections for this course may have an embedded travel. Prerequisite: LAR 6010.

This course examines gardens and landscapes of the modern period, tracing the complex relations between innovations in landscape design and social, technological, and ideological developments of the past 200 years. Case studies focus on the United States and Europe, with thematic emphasis on the rise of the bourgeoisie. Graduate course will have additional course requirements.

The course intends to establish a solid base of technical knowledge about the physical and performative characteristics of traditional landscape materials, plants, and emerging alternatives. The course may have an embedded travel. Must be enrolled in LAR 6020 or taken LAR 6210 or Instructor Permission.

Territorial scale issues in contemporary contexts of cities impacted by urgent environmental, economic and social circumstances are explored. Design propositions are generated at the scale of landscape infrastructure to that of individual citizens. Some studios sections for this course may have an embedded travel. Prerequisite: of LAR 7010

This course is for landscape architecture students. This student-driven course will engage with faculty and other students to support their design research. Students are expected to gather the appropriate resources and focus on contextualizing their work

Culminating course looking at large scale earthwork and construction methods that integrates the principles of water and land into the foundation studio, with an emphasis in landscape infrastructure, coastal, living systems, and management. The course may have an embedded travel. Prerequisite: Must be enrolled in LAR 7020 Studio or taken LAR 7210 or Instructor Permission.

Topical offerings in landscape architecture.

Independent research on topics selected by individual students in consultation with a faculty advisor .

Learn to better understand plant communities by observing plants, identifying their defining characteristics, and using different drawing and painting techniques to document them. This class will explore the two seasons of Winter and Spring to observe the changes in the landscape by closely looking at plants.

Introduction to methods and models of design practice administration: proposal, contracts, project management, collaboration and licensure.