The landscape architecture environments stream gives you the opportunity to study, explore, research and challenge notions of landscape processes, landscape systems and landscape materials. You will study the complexity and dynamic processes of environments through a wide range of design-based learning activities such as drawing, documenting, mapping, recording, researching, making, fabrication and prototyping.

The environments stream consists of four distinct courses: environments 1-4

Environments 4, the final course in the course sequence, focuses on applying structural and material aspects of landscape architecture through modification processes in a design research context. The course assumes and builds on the knowledge and skills that you have gained in environments stream and is positioned to offer specialisation in all of the previous aspects of the course.
You will integrate and apply knowledge of landscape systems, performative aspects of material landscapes and construction techniques. You will document and position your work in a design research documentation package and through an applied design project.

You will specialise your skills and knowledge through an applied design project that involves structures, materials, techniques and processes of construction in landscape architecture, fabrication and design investigations in small-scale prototyping while being positioned in dynamic landscape systems. Aspects of the course focus on landscape architecture specific documentation drawing sets, modeling and site manipulation.

This course is a designated Work Integrated Learning (WIL) course for the Bachelor of Landscape Architectural Design, in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context, projects and placements and where feedback from industry and/or community is integral to your experience.

Learning activities include field research, lectures and workshops that involve making and analog and digital fabrication tasks through which you will investigate and modify structures and material processes in landscape architecture.