LAND2121 Introduction to Landscape Architecture
Assignment 3: Illustrated Essay
Project weighting: This project is worth 45% of the total for the course.
Duration: Week 7-10
Due: Week 10 Friday 22nd April, 21:00hrs (9pm EST) to Moodle
Overview
For this final assignment, you will produce an illustrated essay using the improved drawings you’ve created
for Assignment 2, plus one more type of drawing: a beautifully rendered, 3-dimensional view of the project.
The purpose of this final assignment is to synthesise (definition: combine, merge) the material you’ve found
in your research this semester.

You will be writing an essay about the project using the research you have undertaken, and the course
literature we have studied each week to support an argument that answers the following question

How does the design of your project site create a place that serve the higher purpose of social and
ecological justice for all peoples and all species?
(after Landscape Architecture Foundation ‘Declaration of Concern’ 2016)

Learning Outcomes
This assessment addresses all the Course Learning Outcomes (1-5)

Assessment components

 Your essay will be at least 1500 words, and no more than 2000 words in length (This does not
include References and Appendices). It is important to remember that your writing must go beyond
simply describing the project.

 Use literature to define the terms environmental justice and social justice clearly, and therefore
set the parameters for your argument.

 Think about the biography of the designer. When did this project take place on the ‘timeline’ of
his/her professional development and what is the relevance of this in relation to the essay question?

 Think your way into the design. Carefully review any written statements by the designer(s) to
begin to appreciate issues of design philosophy. How do these statements relate to the physical
reality of the built work?

 Look beyond the immediate site to understand the urban and/or landscape context of the project.

2
 Imagine that you are visiting the project or walking through it. Produce ‘word pictures’ and use
your sketches and analytic diagrams to illustrate the qualities of the place
 You must answer the essay question using at least four (4) of the assigned course readings
this term. One of these course readings must be “The Beholding Eye” reading For this
reading, select three of Meinig’s examples and analyse your project using those perspectives. For
example, view the project like a “landscape as history”, or a “landscape as place”. You may also
suggest your own interpretation of the project, as Meinig’s “ten versions of the same scene” are not
the only ways landscapes might be interpreted.

 Use the analytical drawings and diagrams you produced in Assignment 2 to support your
argument. Consider how the composition, spaces, axes, and use of materials are revealed in your
project.

 The concluding section of your essay will include a 300-400 word personal reflection. In your
own words, explain what you have learned about contemporary landscape architecture as an action
of environmental and social justice from studying this project and designer in detail.

 Drawings: Re-do your drawings, in accordance with the feedback you have received from
Assignment 2.

 Study Catherine Dee (2001) and other books about landscape drawing available in the Leganto link.
The new drawing that you will do will be a 3-dimensional view of the project, such as: an aerial
perspective or an axonometric, or a Sketch-Up model of the project, if you are familiar with this
program. It can be rendered or illustrated with colour, if you like, or with shading and textures to
express the unique qualities of the project such as the materials, plantings, and unique design
objects or elements. This drawing will be scanned and dropped into your essay at the point where it
can best be used with the text to show the full extent of the project. Or, it might be used as an
illustration on the cover page of your essay. Your choice!

 Use the Harvard, in-text referencing system to cite all your references. Be sure you understand
how and when to use in-text references. There will not be an opportunity for resubmissions of this
assignment, and your assignment will not be successful if you have not cited the sources of your
information. When in doubt, always use an in-text reference!

 References list: correctly format, and only list sources that you have referred to in writing your
essay. You should have a minimum of 8 references (journal articles, books, interviews, videos, etc.)
in your Reference list.

Submission Requirements

1 x A4 PDF file (including the BE Individual Plagiarism Declaration form)
Submit your essay as one combined PDF document through Turnitin. Your essay should be set
out in portrait format on A4 page, illustrated with your own sketches (scanned and dropped into
the document). I would recommend using InDesign as the program that helps you layout your
work. Upload in the format: PADGETT KJAERSGAARD_Sara_Ballast Point Park_Assessment 3









3











LAND2121 INTRO TO LA | ASSIGNMENT 3 | ILLUSTRATED ESSAY (45%) STUDENT:
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Fail (FL) not satisfactory
performance
0-49
Pass (PS) satisfactory
performance
50-64
Credit (CR)
good
performance
65-74
Distinction (DN)
superior performance
75-85
High Distinction (HD)
Outstanding performance
85+
Research and Argument
• Have you defined key terms?
• Have you answered the essay question?
• Are you able to correctly synthesise and
interpret information from the course
literature?

-Key terms not defined
-Have not answered the
essay question.
-Uncomprehensive or
unclear explanation of
course literature to
support your argument.

-Basic definition of key
terms/or not supported by
literature
- answering of essay question
weak
-Basic use of course literature
to support your argument.
-Good definition of key
terms supported by
literature
-clear and logical
answering of essay
question.
- Good use of course
literature to support your
argument.
-Very good definition of
key terms supported by
more than one source of
literature.
-Very strong clarity of
essay argument/answering
question.
-Very good use of course
literature to support your
argument.
-Outstanding and original
definition of key terms
-Demonstration of an
expansion of knowledge, Ideas
and understanding of your
project site as a designed
landscape.
-Excellent and expansive list of
literature beyond that
prescribed by the course to
support your argument.
Analysis and Interpretation
• Have you correctly interpreted and analysed
the main components of the project site?
• Are the key design elements and features
evident and identifiable?
• Is your Interpretation original? Have you
created your own drawings to communicate
your project site?

-Incorrect interpretation of
main components of
project site.
-Key design elements and
features not evident or key
features missing.
-Flawed, weak or incorrect
synthesis of key elements
and features of the project
site.

-Limited interpretation and
analysis of project site.
-Key design elements located
but not clearly identified.
- Basic synthesis of key
elements and features of the
project site.

-Correct interpretation of
main components.
-Sound analysis, perhaps
with some errors.
-Key design
elements/features evident
and most identifiable.
-Good synthesis of key
elements and features of
the project site.

-Correct interpretation of
main components.
-Very good analysis with no
errors.
-Key design
elements/features evident
and identifiable.
--Very good synthesis of
key elements and features
of the project site, possibly
beginning to show original
Insights.
-Correct and expansive
interpretation of main
components.
-Excellent and insightful
analysis highlighting specific &
unique project qualities.
-Compelling synthesis of key
elements and features of the
project site, possibly beginning
to show original Insights.
Graphic quality
• Have you completed the requisite hand
drawing types as per Instructions In the brief?
• Are all your drawings legible, labelled correctly
with title, north point, scale bar and legend?
• Do you drawings show a range of graphical
technical skill (line weight, tonal variance,
shading and texture)?
-Incomplete drawing set.
-Drawings Incorrectly
labelled or not labelled at
all.
-Incorrect or limited
differentiation of line
wight, tone, shading or
texture.
-Drawings have not been
refined.
-Limited execution of
requisite drawings or use of
computer to produce them.
-Some drawings labelled
incorrectly.
-Basic differentiation of line
weight, tone, shading and
texture.
-Drawings refined in
accordance with feedback in
a basic way.
-All requisite drawings
completed to a standard
level.
-All drawings labelled
correctly.
-Good differentiation of
line weight, tone, shading
and texture.
-Drawings refined in
accordance with feedback
in.
-All requisite drawings
completed to a high
standard.
-All drawings labelled
correctly.
-Very good differentiation
of line weight, tone,
shading and texture.
- Drawings refined in
accordance with feedback
and own self-reflection.
-All requisite drawings
completed to a very high or
exceptional standard
-All drawings labelled correctly.
-Exceptional graphic
communication. Outstanding
differentiation of line weight,
tone, shading and texture.
- Drawings display an original
interpretation of the project
site and expand readers
knowledge through requisite
drawings.
4
Referencing
• Have you referenced as per the UNSW
Harvard Style guide both in-text and in
your Reference, list as required?
--Incorrect referencing.
-Not used UNSW Harvard
referencing style guide

-Evidence of referencing style
with some errors in figures
and text.
-Correct use of referencing
style with some errors in
either figures or text but
not both.
-Correct use of referencing style with no errors.


Comments: