HORT 161 - Landscape Graphics

(G only) CE

This course in landscape design is for beginning students who wish to develop the graphic skills necessary to prepare planting designs and construction drawings for presentations to clients and for construction implementation. Topics include site analysis, conceptual design, schematic design, working drawings, and construction details. Students will prepare colored site plans and basic three-dimensional drawings. Two hours lecture, two hours laboratory each week.

3 semester hours

Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, a student will be able to:

Demonstrate pencil lettering and shading techniques.
Demonstrate proper use of architectural and engineering scales, triangles, French curves, and circle templates.
Create view drawings.
Create a complex residential design at ¼”, 1/8” and 10 scale.
Create sectional drawings.
Draw various forms of plant material including trees, shrubs and groundcovers, walls, steps, and grade changes.
Draw various landscape materials including walls and steps.
Develop color rendered design.

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