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Last updated: 4 June 2021
Not available from 2022
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Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
6 x 1 day class/seminars (6 hours per day).
Learning experiences are via CloudDeakin.
2021 is the final offering of this unit
SRL732 considers the role of plants and plant material in landscape design and landscape architecture. The thrust of this unit is upon planting design, and learning about plants and their applications and possibilities as a design medium. Planting design is the art and process of designing and creating plans for layout and planting of public domain areas, gardens, and landscapes.
This unit explores and reviews the realm of plant science and natural ecology as it pertains principally to the profession of landscape architecture. Part of the unit seeks to explore nomenclature, plant habitat and needs and plants generally in terms of their scientific and taxonomic use, language and peculiarities. A second part nurtures an individual appreciation and palette of plant materials pertinent to the practice of planting design. A third part explores fundamental concepts of ecological science including systems, scientific communities, the role of soils and geology, the links between plants and wildlife, and the food and medicinal properties of plants whether European, scientific and or Indigenous. A fourth part examines two select ecosystem types, for example coastal and riverine, as case studies in indigenous plant and ecological systems and the manner in which such systems have been appropriated and used in landscape architecture design, ecological restoration, rehabilitation, planning and or management projects as well as their despoliation, misuse, dilution by exotics and noxious species, fragmentation of corridors and patches, and the impact of human-driven land development activities. Lastly, the unit considers the use of plants as a medium in design culminating in a planting design exercise.
Demonstrate a vision and understanding of the concept of ecosystems and plant science
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO5: Problem solving
Demonstrate personal plant knowledge, understanding and appreciation of plants in design and practiceincluding their role in landscape architecture
Demonstrate knowledge of the inter-relationships of plants, ecosystems, and design
Apply skills in acquiring and synthesising natural system information to inform plant selection and planting design processes
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO5: Problem solvingGLO6: Self-management
Apply practical skills in the use, selection, care, curatorship of plants according to ecosystems, environments and the contexts in which they are being used and managed
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO2: CommunicationGLO3: Digital literacyGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO5: Problem solvingGLO6: Self-management
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SRL732 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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