Studio - Large scale landscape project
The studio course is built around an infrastructure project somewhere in Sweden. It concerns transports and can be road or railway projects. An initial group assignment studies a landscape and a situation that can be found in several different places in the country. Based on a future scenario, various locations and designs of a planned new infrastructure are studied. A method for landscape characterization based on the concepts of the European Landscape Convention is applied in the group task. In the following individual design task, you choose what you want to investigate. It can be an alternative location of a road, design of ecoducts, road slopes or something else that interests you with relevance to the course and the project. Lectures, theme days and literature seminars deepen and problematize issues related to landscape, ecology, history and sustainability. A study trip (two, three days) in Sweden shows concrete examples of large-scale landscape changes. Travel costs are borne by the student. The course is given in English.
The course applies specific selection critera based on total amount of completed credit within the subject area Landscape Architecture, in accordance with decision SLU.ua.2023.1.1.1-747
Information from the course leader
2020-12-18
Timetable and info
There is now a timetable for the course here on the course page. It´s preliminary, but dates for different "hand ins" should be correct, most of the lectures too, but changes may occur and lecterus can be added. Complete timeshedule will be presented when the course start.
As written before, there will be distant teaching on Zoom. However we strongly recommend you to visit the area (see below) using bus 809 for example, and avoiding rush hours during the course.
The project will be about the landscape and road 282 from Uppsala to Almunge east of Uppsala. The first part of the course you will work in groups with a landscape character analysis and new "traffic concept". In the second part you will work individually with a design question based on the groups analysis and concept.
REMEMBER to answer yes or no when you are offered a seat in the course.
Merry Christmas and Happy 2021!
/Tomas Eriksson
2020-11-24
Welcome, info and literature list
Hello and a warm welcome to Studio Large scale landscape project.
There will be a literature list in the end of this message, but first some general information.
Due to the corona situation the course will be implemented through distance teaching through zoom-meetings and lectures etc. Most of you are familiar with this concept by now. Because of that we are not planning a joint fieldtrip to Kiruna or elsewhere. Some modified fieldtrip assignments are planned instead.
About the number of seats in the course. If you have a seat in the course but you intend NOT TO ATTEND the course, MAKE SURE TO SAY NO to that seat and give the seat to another student. The week before the course start you can register. Do that! Keep yourself uppdated here on the course page. More info will follow.
All the best/Tomas Eriksson
Here follows the literature list:
Literature list This list contains compulsory literature that will be discussed in seminars or needed in assignments in order to pass the course. The literature of the two first seminars are books that needs two be purchased or borrowed, the rest are pdf:s handed out on Canvas or found on internet. Additional reading will be suggested during the course and available on canvas or internet.
Literature seminar- "Landscape analysis". First week of the course!
Stahlschmidt, P., Swaffield, S., Primdahl, J. & Nellemann, V. (2017). Landscape Analysis: Investing the Potential of Space and Place.
• Chapter 1, Landscape change and the need for analysis, pp 1-17
• Chapter 2, Framing analysis: values, experts and citizens pp 18-32
• Chapter 7, Site selection and landscape potential, pp 129-152
• Chapter 8, Impact assessment and future studies, pp 153-175
Choose one of these articles on Canvas or Internet
* Antonsson, H. (2011). “The treatment of landscape in a Swedish EIA process”. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 31(2011): 195-205.
* Brunetta, G. and A. Voghera (2008). "Evaluating Landscape for Shared Values: Tools, Principles, and Methods." Landscape Research 33(3): 71-87.
* Butler, A. (2018). Landscape assessment as conflict and consensus. In Defining Landscape Democracy: A Path to Spatial Justice. Eds Egoz, S, Jörgensen, K. & Ruggeri, D. Cheltenham, UK, Edward Edgar Publishing Limited: pp 85-95.
* Dakin, S. (2003). "There's more to landscape than meets the eye: towards inclusive landscape assessment in resource and environmental management." The Canadian Geographer 47(2): 185-200.
* Fairclough, G. and P. Herring (2016). "Lens, mirror, window: interactions between Historic Landscape Characterisation and Landscape Character Assessment." Landscape Research 41(2): 186-198.
* Papmehl-Dufay, L. (2015). “Places that matter. Megalithic monuments form a biographical perspective” In Landscape Biographies. Geographical, Historical and Archaeological perspectives in the production and Transmission of Landscapes. Eds. Kolen, J., Renes, H. & Herman, R. Amsterdam University Press. pp 143-165 (available as ebook via library - https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt15r3x99)
Literature seminar – "Design"
Lawson, B. (2005). How Designers Think: The design process demystified. 4th edition.
• Chapter 3 Route maps of the design process, pp 31-52
• Chapter 4 The components of design problems, pp 53-62
• Chapter 5 Measurements, criteria and judgement in design, pp 63-82
• Chapter 6 A model of design problems, pp 83-111
• Chapter 7 Problems, solutions and the design process, pp 112-128 Literature seminar – Field trip (work in progress – not ready – will be on canvas or internet)
Literature when working with your assignments/projects – on canvas
* Trafikverket (2018). Landscape as an Arena: Integrated Landscape Character Assessment-Method Description
* Trafikverket (2014) Strategic Choice of Measure: A new step for planning of transport solutions
References – not compulsory
About maps
* Brodersen, L. (2001) Maps as communication. Kort- og Matrikelstyrelsen (https://ftp.space.dtu.dk/pub/stenseng/Kms-tech-rap/Maps_as_Communication_-_Theory_and_Methodology_in_Cartography.pdf)
* Wood, D. (2010) Rethinking the power of maps. The Guilford Press: Chapter 2, pp 39-52.
Course evaluation
The course evaluation is now closed
LK0314-30132 - Course evaluation report
Once the evaluation is closed, the course coordinator and student representative have 1 month to draft their comments. The comments will be published in the evaluation report.
Additional course evaluations for LK0314
Academic year 2024/2025
Studio - Large scale landscape project (LK0314-30158)
2025-01-20 - 2025-03-24
Academic year 2023/2024
Studio - Large scale landscape project (LK0314-30149)
2024-01-15 - 2024-03-19
Academic year 2022/2023
Studio - Large scale landscape project (LK0314-30040)
2023-01-16 - 2023-03-21
Academic year 2021/2022
Studio - Large scale landscape project (LK0314-30134)
2022-01-17 - 2022-03-23
Academic year 2019/2020
Studio - Large scale landscape project (LK0314-30038)
2020-01-20 - 2020-03-24
Academic year 2018/2019
Studio - Large scale landscape project (LK0314-20034)
2018-11-05 - 2019-01-20
Syllabus and other information
Syllabus
LK0314 Studio - Large scale landscape project, 15.0 Credits
Studio - Large scale landscape projectSubjects
Landscape ArchitectureEducation cycle
Master’s levelModules
| Title | Credits | Code |
|---|---|---|
| Landscape character assessment | 7.5 | 0202 |
| Design proposal | 7.5 | 0203 |
Advanced study in the main field
Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirementsMaster’s level (A1N)
Grading scale
The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.
Language
EnglishPrior knowledge
Knowledge equivalent to 150 credits of which 90 credits in Landscape Architecture and/or Architecture and/or Urban Planning and/or Geography and/or Landscape or Urban Ecology and/or Water Resource Engineering and/or Geotechnical Engineering and/or Urban Engineering, and English 6, or admitted to the Landscape Architecture for Sustainable Urbanisation – Master´s programme.Objectives
The purpose of this advanced course is for the student to gain in depht knowledge in landscape assessment and design of large scale landscape project.
After completion of this course the student shall have acquired the skills to:
Knowledge and understanding
discuss the power of visualization and maps for large scale landscape projects
discuss alternative methods and solutions for the given assignment
discuss ecological processes in large scale landscape projects
Competence and skills
formulate a project with specific goals on a given complex claim to a certain landscape
elaborate a proposal for a large scale landscape project with sustainable development in focus
select and apply suitable methods for inventory and assessing different kinds of landscape
contribute to the advancement of a complex task in a team assignment
communicate the project in different scales, large, medium, small
Judgement and approach
- assess the impact of the project proposal on the landscape.
Content
In this course the students work in teams to produce a proposal for a large-scale landscape project situated in a peri-urban or rural landscape. The focus of the project will vary from year to year between different kinds of development projects such as roads or railways, dams, industrial- or energy plants, tourist facilities or other large land use projects. The project is based on a real life project and an existing site. The assignment will comprise landscape assessments, the formulation of the problem at hand and design of project proposals and Environmental Impact Assessment.
Lectures and seminars will be customized to the landscape and project in focus and deals with theoretical views on landscape inventory, analysis and ecological design and methods for landscape assessments. They deal with interdisciplinary working methods and specific design aspects in relation to the project, also international conventions such as European Landscape Convention, UNESCO:s heritage Conventions and UN Habitat Agenda. The power of maps and other visualizations of landscape information such as analysing and communication tools will be discussed and used in the course.
During the course there will be a field trip to study the location of the project and to experience the best sustainable practices.
The students present their team works in a written report with a design proposal and in oral presentations. There will be intermediate seminars reflecting literature and presenting different stages of the project work. The student will write an individual reflective text about the learning process and group process using lectures, readings, journal sketches and field notes.
Seminars, field trip, individual text and activities connected to them are compulsory.
Grading form
The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.Formats and requirements for examination
Passed project work, seminars, individual text and participation in compulsory activities.
- If a student has failed an examination, the examiner has the right to issue supplementary assignments. This applies if it is possible and there are grounds to do so.
- The examiner can provide an adapted assessment to students entitled to study support for students with disabilities following a decision by the university. Examiners may also issue an adapted examination or provide an alternative way for the students to take the exam.
- If this syllabus is withdrawn, SLU may introduce transitional provisions for examining students admitted based on this syllabus and who have not yet passed the course.
- For the examination of a degree project (independent project), the examiner may also allow the student to add supplemental information after the deadline for submission. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.
Other information
The right to participate in teaching and/or supervision only applies for the course instance the student was admitted to and registered on.
If there are special reasons, students are entitled to participate in components with compulsory attendance when the course is given again. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.
Additional information
The course gives15 credits of skill training.The field trip is financed by the student. Information about costs will be available at the course homepage 4 weeks before course start.
The course makes an exemption from SLU's admission regulations following decision: SLU.ua.2025.1.1-507
Responsible department
Department of Urban and Rural Development