Total Working Days

• Topic Proposal: 5 days
• Literature Review, Precedent Studies, Inventory-Analysis-Synthesis: 11 days
• Conceptual Design Process, Preliminary Design: 12 days
• Masterplan, Development Area: 15 days
• Presentation Board Design, Construction Drawings, Design Report: 26 days

* Total Working Days do not include public holidays, presentation days, weekends, semester breaks

Schedule by Calendar

Please click on the following link for Design Thesis 2007/2008 Calendar:

http://www.localendar.com/public/earthworkstudio

Sem. 2, 2002/2003

• Proposed Landscape Redevelopment of External Landscape Spaces at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (Ainol Najwa Asmuni)
• Proposed Landscape Redevelopment at Sungai Terengganu Riverfront (Amrina Rasyada Mohd Fadzil)
• Proposed Landscape Development for Open Space Network at Puchong Neighbourhood (Elnarati Md Ilyas)
• Proposed Landscape Development of Soundscape Element at Taman Metropolitan, Kepong (Fateen Afni Mohd Noor)
• Proposed Landscape Development for Bird Park (P3) at Taman Tasik Perdana, Kuala Lumpur (Faizah Fazma Mat Junoh)
• Proposed Landscape Development for Women’s Sports Complex, IIUM Gombak (Hernie Hamdan)
• Proposed Landscape Development of Community Forest Park at Taman Rimba Alam, Precinct 14, Putrajaya (Nor Ainie Ishak)
• Proposed Landscape Development from Masjid Jamek to Central Market, Kuala Lumpur (Widad Ismail)
• Proposed Orang Asli Cultural Village at Galla Reserve Forest, Mantin, Negeri Sembilan (Muhammad Hafizal Ishak)
• Proposed Sports Park at Shah Alam Sports Complex (Muhammad Safeer Rosli)
• Proposed Nightscape Design Towards the Enhancement of Public Spaces: Sri Hartamas (Nik Shara Abd Rahim)
• Proposed Park of Islamic Sciences at Taman Metropolitan Batu, Kuala Lumpur (Khalilah Zakariya)
• Proposed Landscape Development for the Academic Core Central of Medical Campus, IIUM Kuantan (Nor Fatihah Md. Nawi)
• Proposed Landscape Development for Central Academic Core, KUIM Campus, Nilai (Noor Azlina Abdullah)
• Proposed Landscape Redevelopment of Lumut Waterfront (Ozanul Ezree Othman)
• Proposed Landscape Development at Smart School, Precinct 16, Putrajaya (Putri Haryati Ibrahim)
• Proposed Landscape Development for Neighbourhood Park at Bandar Sri Permaisuri, Cheras (Shahrul Radzi Mohd Yusof)
• Proposed Landscape Development for Community Park at Taman Metropolitan Banjaran, Precinct 18, Putrajaya (Siti Nur Baizurah Idris)
• Proposed Landscape Development for Food Cultural Park at Pasar Rakyat, Kuala Lumpur (Mariam Zainal)

Sem. 1, 2007/2008

• Proposed Low Impact Development Practices at P14D, Precinct 14, Putrajaya (Khairul Aiman Nasution Sahlan)
• Railway Station Landscape Design at Seremban KTM Station (Nurfarihana Kamaruddin)
• Proposed Landscape Design for Zero-Energy Office (ZEO) Building, Pusat Tenaga Malaysia, Bangi (Mardhiah Redzuan)
• Creating an Informative Learning Environment for Children: Educational Landscape Design at Zoo Negara (Nor Adeena Raslee)
• An Implementation of Islamic Landscape Design at SSAAS Mosque, Shah Alam (Norfarahin Maruzuki)
• Universal Design: Outdoor Recreation Area for Disabled Users at Taman Rimba Kiara, Damansara (Nurul Azuwa Noorman Shah)

Part I – Guidelines for Landscape Architectural Design 6 (ALA 4201)

Introduction & Objectives

Landscape Architectural Design 6 (LAD6) @ Design Thesis is the final studio project for 4th year BLA Students.  The studio tests students’ individual ability to extend their interest and creativity by choosing any design topic to show their ability to integrate wide range of knowledge, understanding and skills.  Project will involve all stages: proposing a site – literature review – conceptual design process – design development – construction drawing – design report – presentations.  All within 14 weeks only.  Students are expected to:

• demonstrate how the landscape architecture profession can contribute to the achievement of a healthy and meaningful living environment
• explore new and innovative design solutions
• conduct an analytical study of their project site and undergo thorough design processes
• produce a set of design requirements within the scope of time given
• ability to present the ideas in all stages of presentation

Selection of Project Topic

Students are free to select one of any topic pertaining to the field of landscape architecture, such as:

• Cultural & Heritage Landscape
• Park & Community Design
• Institutional Landscape
• Urban Design
• Waterfront / Riverfront Design
• Landscape Art / Environmental Art
• Ecological & Sustainable Landscape
• Sports & Recreational Landscape
• Landscape Design for Tourism Development
• Landscape Design for Health & Well-Being
• and more…

Design Topic Approval

All students are required to propose two (2) preliminary topics as potential projects.  Please bare in mind that students only have 14 WEEKS to complete the final project.  Therefore, sites and projects proposed must be “manageable”.  Presentation of proposals should be concise and comprehensive.  Contents must include:

• Project Title
• Project Issue
• Proposed Site
• Related Literature Review
• Related Precedent Projects
• Significance of Project
• References

The slide presentation for each proposal should be between 7-10 pages only, and to be printed on A4 handout.

Each student is only given 10 minutes to present both proposals.  So please rehearse and time your presentation, for it to be concise yet comprehensive.

the start of a master plan

To kick-start the 2nd semester for this session, fourth year landscape architecture students are required to present two (2) proposals for their final project.  Presentation is tentatively set to be held on Monday, 26th November 2007.