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This document outlines the 7 modules of the AR 6012 Site Planning and Landscape Architecture course at BITR, India. Module 1 introduces site planning and its relationship to landscape architecture. Module 2 covers site analysis techniques. Module 3 provides a brief history of garden design styles from various cultures. Module 4 discusses contemporary landscape thoughts. Modules 5-6 cover major landscape elements and their application in outdoor space organization. Module 7 details man-made landscape elements and features. The document also lists 10 recommended books on topics like site planning, landscape engineering, and tropical garden plants.

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This document outlines the 7 modules of the AR 6012 Site Planning and Landscape Architecture course at BITR, India. Module 1 introduces site planning and its relationship to landscape architecture. Module 2 covers site analysis techniques. Module 3 provides a brief history of garden design styles from various cultures. Module 4 discusses contemporary landscape thoughts. Modules 5-6 cover major landscape elements and their application in outdoor space organization. Module 7 details man-made landscape elements and features. The document also lists 10 recommended books on topics like site planning, landscape engineering, and tropical garden plants.

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BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, RANCHI, INDIA

DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE


AR 6012 Site Planning and Landscape Architecture

Module 1: SITE PLANNING PROCESS AND INTRODUCTION TO LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTURE: Need, Definition, scope and relationship in between site planning & landscape
Arch.

Module 2: SITE ANALYSIS: Site selection Criteria, Context, Physiography, Geology, Geomorphology,
Vegetation survey, Hydrological analysis, Climatic and Microclimatic factors, Visual assessment and
analysis, Environmental factors, Tutorials on site analysis.

Module 3: EVOLUTION OF GARDEN DESIGN: A brief study of different garden types: Period,
Landscape Features, Experience and Style and changes in Landscapes that occurred with: Indian Vedic
Gardens, Mughal gardens, Renaissance Gardens, Greek and Roman Gardens, English Gardens, French
Gardens, Italian Gardens, J apanese gardens, Chinese Gardens, and

Module 4: Contemporary thoughts of landscape. Pocket Parks and Narrative Landscapes.

Module 5: MAJOR AND MINOR ELEMENTS OF LANDSCAPE: Definition of spaces
Topographic spaces, Water spaces, Tree Spaces, degrees of enclosure; Landforms, Water, Plant material,
Edges , Paths, Microclimatic considerations and their role in landscape design.

Module 6: APPLICATION OF DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS in out door space organization:
Relationship of site, landscape and people, Areas, Nodes, Circulation, Grade Separators, Passive and
Active recreation spaces, Aesthetics, Landscape situations etc.

Module7: MAN MADE ELEMENTS OF LANDSCAPE AND THEIR DETAILS: Hard and soft
landscaping, Streetscape design, Parking areas, garden furniture, lighting fixtures, signage and sign
boards, fences, garden hardware and surface treatment, paving materials, surface drainage, artworks,
planters, garden shelters, artificial rocks, plants and water falls, Rock garden, terrace garden, Indoor
garden.


Recommended books:
1. Kevin Lynch ;Site planning ;MIT Press, Cambridge, MA 1967
2. J . O. Simonds; Landscape Architecture; McGraw Hill.
3. J . E. Ingels; Landscaping Principles and Practice.
4. Brian Clouston Fundamentals of Landscape
5. Landscape Engineering - Nathan
6. Ian. L. Mcharg; Design With Nature, J ohn Willey and sons
7. Bose, Chowdhury and Sharma; Tropical Garden Plants in Colour
8. Catherine Dee; Form and Fabric in Landscape Architecture
9. Geoffery and Susan Gellicoe; Landscape of Man
10. J ay Appleton The Experience of Landscape

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