Landscape Design is a lecture-based course that incorporates a variety of teaching strategies, including but not limited to: lectures by specialists, in-class debates, site inspection, examination of precedent designs, etc. The course develops through a combination of weekly lectures and continuous individual and group activities, covering topics such as landscape space and concepts, site and site reading, landform, plant material, planting design, and analysis of precedent projects. To encourage student-centered learning, the assessment process is based on interpreting and expressing the knowledge gained through weekly lectures and course materials over actual spaces.

The primary objective of Arch 291 Landscape Design is to provide second-year architecture students with fundamental knowledge and proficiency in landscape and landscape design. The course offers an in-depth framework for understanding the site, landscape space, and design elements, concepts, and principles while considering landscape as both a natural and cultural process. The main goal of this curriculum is to facilitate the integration of knowledge given during lectures with actual spatial contexts, thus allowing students to comprehend the intricate interplay between landscape and architecture.