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Greenery in the built-up area

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Course Unit Code226-0427/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Fourth Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
SIR002Ing. Petr Šiřina
Summary
Learning outcomes of the course unit The subject follows the first cycle of lectures Basics of Urbanism and Spatial Planning and Urbanism and Spatial Planning and aims to clarify the function of greenery in settlements. In the exercises, the design of the RD garden composition - work with the terrain, use of compositional principles, use of materials; landscaping of public space.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Learning outcomes of the course unit The subject follows the first cycle of lectures Basics of Urbanism and Spatial Planning and Urbanism and Spatial Planning and aims to clarify the function of greenery in settlements. In the exercises, the design of the RD garden composition - work with the terrain, use of compositional principles, use of materials; landscaping of public space.
Course Contents
1. Basic concepts of sadicultural creation, function of greenery in settlements, plants and their gardening classification and demands, origin
2. Composition principles in landscape and gardening
3. Development of garden art in the Czech lands
4. Types of greenery in cities, greenery in the village and countryside
5. Care of greenery, green passport, greenery.
6. Reconstruction of parks and gardens
7. Roof and winter gardens
8. Basics of territorial system of ecological stability, accompanying greenery around settlements vegetation accompaniment of roads, railways, watercourses, etc.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
ANNE WHISTON SPIRN Language of Landscape, Yale University Press (May 1, 2000)
web gardenvisit.com
KYSELKA, I. Architektura krajiny a rekreace. Architektura a urbanismus krajiny a zeleně. Ostrava: VŠB, 2007.
BROOKES, J. Mistrovský kurz zahradní architektury. Praha: Euromedia group, 200
Recommended Reading:
BANKS, E. Creating period gardens. Oxford: Phaidon, 1991
SOJKOVÁ, E., GLOSOVÁ, M. KUPKA, J. ŠIŘINA, P. Zeleň městských památkových zón Středočského kraje. Praha: Výzkumný ústav Silva Taroucy pro krajinu a okrasné zahradnictví, 2014.
JURČA, J. Biotechnika účelových lesů. Brno: Vysoká škola zemědělská, 1983.
WAGNER, B. Sadovnická tvorba 1. Praha: Státní zemědělské nakladatelství, 1989.
MAIER, K. Udržitelný rozvoj území. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2012.
URBÁŠKOVÁ, H. Udržitelný rozvoj venkova. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2012
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
ExaminationExamination100 51