PL Planning and Landscape

This module focuses on a large scale and is divided into two different blocks. The first one, Territory, is dedicated to searching, study and display of several indicators regarding economic and social reality at the big scale. The second block, Landscape Design, consists on the approximation to nature taming through construction a broad set of parametric tools on top of the classical landscape strategies.

PL.DP Territory

Plenty of information arises both from Open Data administrations and Social Networks. After an initial discussion on the validity of each parameter for the main analysis, the assignment is to process large amounts of data in order to synthesize it into the minimum amount of ink while maximizing the number the understanding of reality.

• Reality knowledge: Analysis through Indicators detection

• Data acquisition strategies: Open Data Administration, Social Networks Data mining, 

• Data processing: csv, shapefile formats

• Data visualization techniques

PL.LD Landscape Design

Sessions are focused on the modelling of a park in a back-and-forth process where the different layers inform the rest. Students are encouraged to work with as many complexities as possible from the analysis of reality to the design of the final proposal.

• Cut and fill

• Artificial topographies

• Basins generation

• Paths optimization

• Drainage approximation

• Vegetation and irrigation

• Solar radiation