Studio - Landscape architecture for sustainable urban design
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
Welcome to Studio - Landscape architecture for sustainable urban design!
The course starts 31st of October at 13.00, please see preliminary timetable.
Course litterature will be provided on Canvas as pdf's or links, no need to buy any litterature in advance.
More information will come once the Canvas page is up running.
Looking forward to seeing you all!
Best, Helena
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LK0346-20114 - Course evaluation report
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Additional course evaluations for LK0346
Academic year 2024/2025
Studio - Landscape architecture for sustainable urban design (LK0346-20099)
2024-11-01 - 2025-01-19
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
Syllabus
LK0346 Studio - Landscape architecture for sustainable urban design, 15.0 Credits
Studio - Landskapsarkitektur för hållbar stadsbyggnadskonstSubjects
Landscape Architecture Landscape ArchitectureEducation cycle
Master’s levelModules
| Title | Credits | Code |
|---|---|---|
| Single module | 15.0 | 0101 |
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 Human Geography and/or Community Planning, and knowledge equivalent to 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 depth knowledge on the art of urban design from a landscape perspective directed towards long-term sustainability.
Knowledge and understanding
After completion of this course the student shall be able to:
- define and describe different kinds of historical and contemporary urban characters and their linkage to urban design ideals and landscape architecture as well as ecological, social and economic sustainable development.
Competence and skills
After completion of this course the student shall be able to:
within given frames apply methods relevant to landscape architecture and the art of urban design for analysis of cultural environments, urban green-blue structures, and long-term sustainability.
in a project group develop, design and motivate a proposal for sustainable development of a city district or a small town in the form of an elaborated vision or program that includes relevant structures and illustrates main design principles.
-use hand drawings and available digital visualization tools as well as professional language in the making of an urban development proposal.
Judgement and approach
After completion of this course the student shall be able to:
- reflect upon sustainable urban development focusing on landscape, cultural and natural values, ecological and social environment and relating to an international context.
Content
The course consists of lectures, seminars, exercises, field work, field trip, project work in groups and a written individual examination.
The main focus is on the contemporary urban landscape, and the ultimate goal is a proposal for renewal of an existing city district or small town in a long-term sustainable direction, based on theoretical as well as place based knowledge. The proposal and the related analyses are worked out in a project group and documented in the form of a printed vision or program that is also orally presented.
Previously approved methods for analysis and interpretation of urban sites are used and deepened, and alternative methods are introduced and applied concerning cultural environments and the experience of place.
Literature on urban planning and design is studied. Examples and ideals from the last one hundred and fifty years are discussed in texts and in seminars according to aesthetic, ecological and social aspects. Densification and greening are themes for discussion and reflection.
Field trip(s) will be undertaken in order to illustrate cases of interest for the project work. The aim is to inspire and also to widen the frames of reference for the development and design of the re-formation proposal.
Seminars, exercises, field trips 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 group work and passed written individual examination as well as passed 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 assessment of an independent project (degree project), the examiner may also allow a 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 gives 15 credits of skill training.Travel costs to the site for project work and the field trip are financed or partly financed by the student. Information about costs will be available at the course homepage 4 weeks before course start.
Responsible department
Department of Urban and Rural Development
Further 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.
Below is a list of some of the literature, more will come on Canvas during the course:
- Arup (2021) Designing for planetary boundary cities.Planetary boundaries - Arup
- Meyer, E.K. 2008. 'Sustaining beauty. The performance of appearance.' Journal of Landscape Architecture, 3 (1): 6-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/18626033.2008.9723392
- Andersson, T. 2021. 'Landscape architecture used as a society service: The Swedish example.' In Green visions: greenspace planning and design in nordic cities, edited by K. Nilsson, R. Weber and L. Rohrer. Livonia: Arvinius + Orfeus Publishing AB.
- Engström, A., and M. Qviström. 2022. 'Situating the silence of recreation in transit-oriented development.' International Planning Studies, 27 (4): 411-424. https://doi.org/10.1080/13563475.2022.2129598
- Nordh, H., and A.S. Olafsson. 2021. 'Plans for urban green infrastructure in Scandinavia.'Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 64 (5): 883-904. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2020.1787960
- Gearey, M., L. Robertson, J. Anderson, P. Barros, and D. Cracknell. 2019. 'Re-naturing the City for Health and Wellbeing: Green/Blue Urban Spaces as Sites of Renewal and Contestation.' In Planning Cities with Nature: Theories, Strategies and Methods, edited by Fabiano Lemes de Oliveira and Ian Mell, 153-168. Cham: Springer International Publishing.
- Emilsson, T., and Å.O. Sang. 2017. Impacts of climate change on urban areas and nature-based solutions for adaptation. In Nature-based solutions to climate change adaptation in urban areas, edited by N. Kabisch, H. Korn, J. Stadler and A. Bonn. Springer Open.
- Zurovac, G. 2020, Where planning and design meet: transformation of urban tissue under densification policy – the case of Oslo. PhD thesis. The Norwegian University of Life Sciences.
If you would like to read more “classics” on urban design, please see for example:
- Carmona, M., Heath, T., Oc, T. and S. Tiesdell, 2010. Public places – urban spaces: the dimensions of urban design, London and New York, Architectural Press
- Alexander, C. m fl, 1977, A pattern language; Towns, Buildings,
Construction, New York, Oxford University press. - Howard, E., 1946, Garden cities of To-morrow, London, Faber and Faber
LTD, originally published in London 1898, with title Tomorrow. A Peaceful Path to Real Reform. - Lynch, K., 1990 (1981), A Theory of Good City Form, Cambridge, MA, USA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Gehl, J., 2010, Cities for People. Washington, Island Press