The purpose of the module is to advance the students' capacities across a range of typical representation skills and techniques required in the practice of landscape architecture. For students of Landscape Architecture, this module addresses the following required 'areas of knowledge and skill' as set out in Appendix 1 of the Addenda to the International Federation of Landscape Architects IFLA/UNESCO Charter for Landscape Architectural Education when implemented in the European Region: -"The development of a creative talent, of a sensibility to form, colour and texture; an ability to generate concepts in space and time; to evoke, project and transfer images." -"The development of the skills of communication, negotiation and presentation." -"Knowledge of the contribution of the Fine Arts in the past as well as in the present to architecture, urban design and landscape architecture, as the basis of design philosophies, design styles, aesthetic standards and symbolic interpretation."

The following is indicative of the content of the module. The module will develop skills in both analogue and digital methodologies - including, but not limited to, hand drawing and sketching using a range of media; making models by hand in a range of media; drawing hardline to scale by hand; two-dimensional drawing using relevant software; and digital photography. The representations developed will range across abstraction, conceptual, projective, and technical. The nature of representation and its role in the design process and in the future of landscape will form a fundamental part of critical discussion around this development of skills and techniques in this module.

On successful completion of this module, students will be able to: Recognize the range of methodologies available for the representation of site and for the development of designs in landscape architecture. Select the most appropriate set of representation methodologies for the relevant stage of their design process. Demonstrate skill in utilising a variety of representation methodologies.

On successful completion of this module, students will be able to: Judge the relative effectiveness of particular representation methodologies for specific design problems and specific stages in the design process.

On successful completion of this module, students will be able to: Execute freehand sketches and measured drawings by hand to scale, in both black and white and using colour. Execute two-dimensional drawings using digital software. Construct three-dimensional models by hand using a range of media. Organise the taking and curated presentation of digital photographs. Combine a variety of representational techniques.

The module is taught in the studio environment. The skills will be taught through intensive day-long workshops, developing a different skill or technique each week of the semester. Recent developments in the discipline will be included through the examination of the representation methods used by contemporary landscape practices in Ireland and internationally in the development and presentation of their projects. This module will enable students to become ARTICULATE through using different media and formats to articulate their growing understanding of landscape including the experiential aspects of landscape. It will enable students to develop AGILITY as the learning of these representation skills will be in the context of problem-based learning. This module will enable the CURIOSITY of the students as it will require them to be inquisitive in learning the various representational media and to demonstrate their imaginative capacities in how they engage the different skills.