Introduction to Landscape Architecture
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LAND2121 Introduction to Landscape Architecture
Assignment 3: Illustrated Essay
Project weighting: This project is worth 45% of the total for the course.
Duration: Week 7-10
For this final assignment, you will produce an illustrated essay using the improved drawings you’ve created
for Assignment 2, plus one more type of drawing: a beautifully rendered, 3-dimensional view of the project.
The purpose of this final assignment is to synthesise (definition: combine, merge) the material you’ve found
in your research this semester.
You will be writing an essay about the project using the research you have undertaken, and the course
literature we have studied each week to support an argument that answers the following question
How does the design of your project site create a place that serve the higher purpose of social and
ecological justice for all peoples and all species?
(after Landscape Architecture Foundation ‘Declaration of Concern’ 2016)
Learning Outcomes
This assessment addresses all the Course Learning Outcomes (1-5)
Assessment components
Your essay will be at least 1500 words, and no more than 2000 words in length (This does not
include References and Appendices). It is important to remember that your writing must go beyond
simply describing the project.
Use literature to define the terms environmental justice and social justice clearly, and therefore
set the parameters for your argument.
Think about the biography of the designer. When did this project take place on the ‘timeline’ of
his/her professional development and what is the relevance of this in relation to the essay question?
Think your way into the design. Carefully review any written statements by the designer(s) to
begin to appreciate issues of design philosophy. How do these statements relate to the physical
reality of the built work?
Look beyond the immediate site to understand the urban and/or landscape context of the project.
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Imagine that you are visiting the project or walking through it. Produce ‘word pictures’ and use
your sketches and analytic diagrams to illustrate the qualities of the place
You must answer the essay question using at least four (4) of the assigned course readings
this term. One of these course readings must be “The Beholding Eye” reading For this
reading, select three of Meinig’s examples and analyse your project using those perspectives. For
example, view the project like a “landscape as history”, or a “landscape as place”. You may also
suggest your own interpretation of the project, as Meinig’s “ten versions of the same scene” are not
the only ways landscapes might be interpreted.
Use the analytical drawings and diagrams you produced in Assignment 2 to support your
argument. Consider how the composition, spaces, axes, and use of materials are revealed in your
project.