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LK0346

Studio - Landscape architecture for sustainable urban design

The main focus in the course is on contemporary sustainable urban design development on a neighborhood level. The studio project work is organized as teamwork. Tutoring, lectures and seminars support the project work. Sustainable development is explored and evaluated for different urban morphological characters. Emphasis is on the green and blue structures in relation to built structures, street networks and public meeting places. Methods to gather site-specific knowledge include drawing by hand as a powerful analyzing tool. The project develops skills in finding solutions for combinations of esthetic, technical, functional for sustainable urban design. Presenting of ideas uses a combination of digital tools and drawings by hand.



The course includes methods to evaluate of sustainability parameters and work with the legal urban design process of environmental assessment. The template for the project report follow a scientific structure that help the teamwork to agree on solutions that rely on theory and findings. The structure also allows discussion on alternatives as reflections on the project proposal. An individual final exam summarizes the most important sustainable urban design theory discussed on lectures and seminars.

Information from the course leader

A warm welcome to the course Landscape architecture for sustainable urban design!

The course starts on November 1st, but since it is All Saints' Eve, we will meet first on Monday, November 4th, in Ritsal 3B (Ulls hus).

November 1st will be a reading and preparation day for the literature seminar on November 5th. Litterature (articles) will be avaliable on Canvas when the course starts. No need to buy any litterature. The Canvas page will be filled with information during October.

A detailed schedule is available already now on the course page.

Looking forward to an exciting course!

Kind regards,
Helena (Course Coordinator)

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You have until 2025-02-02

Additional course evaluations for LK0346

Academic year 2023/2024

Studio - Landscape architecture for sustainable urban design (LK0346-20114)

2023-10-31 - 2024-01-14

Academic year 2022/2023

Studio - Landscape architecture for sustainable urban design (LK0346-20029)

2022-11-01 - 2023-01-15

Academic year 2021/2022

Studio - Landscape architecture for sustainable urban design (LK0346-20044)

2021-11-02 - 2022-01-16

Academic year 2020/2021

Studio - Landscape architecture for sustainable urban design (LK0346-20096)

2020-11-02 - 2021-01-17

Academic year 2019/2020

Studio - Landscape architecture for sustainable urban design (LK0346-20021)

2019-11-01 - 2020-01-19

Syllabus and other information

Litterature list

There exist a huge body or literature (books, reports and not least scientific articles) on urban design and sustainability. This master’s level course is structured around a number of literature seminars and assignments in which you will get a chance to discuss some aspects on urban design and sustainability. For the purpose of the discussions, we have chosen newer texts that we think are informative, inspiring or interesting in various ways. The literature will be provided on Canvas during the course.

Course facts

The course is offered as an independent course: Yes The course is offered as a programme course: Landscape Architecture for Sustainable Urbanisation - Master's Programme Landskapsarkitektprogrammet, Ultuna Landscape Architecture Programme - Uppsala, Tuition fee: Tuition fee only for non-EU/EEA/Switzerland citizens: 38060 SEK Cycle: Master’s level (A1N)
Subject: Landscape Architecture Landscape Architecture
Course code: LK0346 Application code: SLU-20099 Location: Uppsala Distance course: No Language: English Responsible department: Department of Urban and Rural Development Pace: 100%