Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ZPM226 4. Semester 2 + 2 3.0 4.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors
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Goals This course will provide following improvements for their attending students: • Understand site-specific opportunities and constraints of the natural landscape • Develop sustainable design guidelines for the proposed landuses • Calculate earth volumes through grading processes • Minimize the construction costs by proposing new grading alternatives • Present site changes graphically based on given design proposals • Embed topographical changes, either 2D or 3D, into the preliminary design proposals
Course Content In this course, methods of analyzing natural landscape and site opportunities with its constraints and landuse opportunities will be emphasized. Project developments will help students to understand the landscape, topography, site elements and earth volumes for sustainable site design and planning. Students will work on virtual environments to understand the ramifications of site constraints for the planning and design of development sites such as housing, traffic, parking, sport facilities, green infrastructure, hardscape and water flow. Sustainable stormwater management, in coordination with grading and earthwork calculations, is one of the main topics of this course.
Learning Outcomes 1) Selection the best alternative of site grading technique
2) Develop drainage systems and manage the design and protection of natural water reserves
3) Has knowledge of the landscape construction components
4) Has the ability to draw construction details.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction Lecture

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Collaborative studies with other disciplines; architecture, urban planning and planners Lecture

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Grading techniques, cut and fill volumes, terrace elevations Lecture

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Surface drainage and stormwater management Lecture

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Use of cut-fill volumes in ecological design and planning Lecture

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Site planning and infrastructure Lecture; Problem Solving

Project Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week EXAM WEEK Question Answer

 Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
8. Week Changing land forms and techniques Lecture; Problem Solving

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
9. Week Slopes, slope calculations Lecture; Problem Solving
Brainstorming
 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Aesthetic attributes of site engineering Lecture

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Circulation, parking Lecture; Problem Solving

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Site security by land forming Lecture

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Equipments used in land forming Lecture

 Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Elevation change techniques: walls, stairs and ramps Lecture

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Altunkasa, F. (1998). Peyzaj Mühendisliği. Çukurova Üniversitesi Yayınları, Adana.
Austin, Gary. Layout Techniques for Landscape Architecture, Stipes Publishing L. L. C., 1995.
De Chiara, Joseph and Lee E. Kippelman, editors. Time-Saver Standards for Site Planning, McGraw-Hill, Inc.
Özdemir, Aydın (2015). Peyzaj Mimarlığında Mühendislik Uygulamaları 1, Uygulama Kılavuzu, Ankara Üniversitesi Yayınları, Yayın No: 1627
Site Design and Planning Handbook
Site Engineering for Landscape Architects - Strom, Nathan and Woland (new ed. 2005)

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 2
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 2
Homework 4 5
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 5 5
Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time) 5 2
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) 1 2
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 2
Final Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 3
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload