Experimental student project in landscape architecture
The course starts with lectures, readings and seminars about theories and methods of project and team work.
Emphasis is on using investigative and experimental methods. The projects deal with ideas, concepts, human interaction, space, structures, content, small scale or large scale in landscape architecture and must have a real site as a starting point. The end product may be full scale temporary landscape architecture, exhibitions, posters, models, films or reports.
Examples of projects are a landscape architecture competition, a design or planning task, temporary landscape architecture or installations. Projects or themes can be suggested by teachers if possible, but should be proposed and must be decided by the students.
Examination and assessment is based on the project plan which aims to train a professional approach to the task. Seminars and activities connected to them are compulsory.
Information from the course leader
Experimental student project in landscape architecture with study trip to Kalmar and Skåne in week 7
Theme: Climate change and humidity gradients
In the course Experimental student project in landscape architecture (LK0316) you try alternative exploratory methods to face complex societal challenges, and you develop your own design process, new solutions and the way to communicate in an explorative way inbetween project and literature.
The teaching team formulates the annual societal challenge, and initiates early exploratory workshops with reading and discussion seminars in paralell. The students specify their larger project (in consultation with the teaching team), and decide upon: which investigative methods to use, which solutions to propose and how to visualize and communicate them.
This year's theme is “Climate change and humidity gradients” and the course connects to the research project COALA https://www.slu.se/institutioner/stad-land/forskning/Landskapsarkitektur/pagaende-projekt/coala/ where both the course leader/SLU and other organisations like SMHI, SGI, Kalmar municipality, Konstkiosk is part.
The focus of the course is project work, but it also includes a study trip, lectures, literature and seminars. Your work develop within the frame offered by the schedule and the litterature chosen (you find this by clicking the schedule botton on the right of this text).
Great emphasis is put on visual and experimental investigation both in the sketch and in the communication phase. The course contains individual as well as common compulsory elements. The group's joint discussions and analyzes are important contributions to the results from the course.
There are three important phases in the course: 1. Understand (examine/accept) the challenge; 2. Act (process a solution) and 3. Communicate (present). There are also three important “rules”: 1. YOU are responsible for your investigations, in all parts of the design process; 2. YOU must value and develop your own design methods; 3. YOU need to work a lot in the “Ateljé” (first part of the course) and then in the “Ritsal” (second part), to develop well yourself and to contribute to the common knowledge production in the course. We hope to see you there.
For the study trip in week 7, students need to finance train tickets and overnight stays at youth hostels or similar. Students and teachers organise the travel in collaboration.
Carola Wingren and Anna Lundvall
Course evaluation
The course evaluation is now closed
LK0316-30042 - 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 LK0316
Academic year 2021/2022
Experimental student project in landscape architecture (LK0316-30135)
2022-01-17 - 2022-03-23
Academic year 2020/2021
Experimental student project in landscape architecture (LK0316-30138)
2021-01-18 - 2021-03-23
Academic year 2019/2020
Experimental student project in landscape architecture (LK0316-40025)
2020-03-25 - 2020-06-07
Academic year 2018/2019
Experimental student project in landscape architecture (LK0316-40033)
2019-03-26 - 2019-06-09
Academic year 2018/2019
Experimental student project in landscape architecture (LK0316-30043)
2019-01-21 - 2019-03-25
Syllabus and other information
Syllabus
LK0316 Experimental student project in landscape architecture, 15.0 Credits
Experimentellt studentprojekt i landskapsarkitekturSubjects
Landscape ArchitectureEducation cycle
Master’s levelAdvanced 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 180 credits of which 90 credits in Landscape Architecture and/or Architecture and/or Urban Planning. Approved Bachelor thesis/Independent project in the first cycle or a Degree of Bachelor. 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 students to gain in depth knowledge of project work in the field of Landscape Architecture.
After completion of this course the student shall have acquired skills to:
Knowledge and understanding
account for different theories and methods for project and team work
define and describe the different parts and stages in project work
in a project team propose ways of examining the result
Competence and skills
in a project team decide and motivate a specific project
in a project team work out a project plan with objective, methods, timetable, and expected result
in a project team analyze and design an urban or rural landscape and its potential for development using motivated methods
Judgement and approach
- reflect upon the result in relation to the project plan.
Content
The course trains students in group project work and is conducted by the students. They are supported by tutors in the process of formulating the project plans and at intermediate checkpoints.
The course starts with lectures, readings and seminars about theories and methods of project and team work.
Emphasis is on using investigative and experimental methods. The projects deal with ideas, concepts, human interaction, space, structures, content, small scale or large scale in
landscape architecture and have a real site as a starting point. The end product may be full scale temporary landscape architecture, exhibitions, posters, models, films or reports.
Examples of projects are a landscape architecture competition, a design or planning task, temporary landscape architecture or installations.
Projects or themes can be suggested by teachers if possible, but should be proposed and must be decided by the students.
Examination and assessment is based on the project plan which aims to train a professional approach to the task.
Seminars 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 according to the project plan written by the project team 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 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.
Transitional provisions
• **Exams**: At least three retake sessions (renewed exams) will be offered within two years of the decision to discontinue the course. • **Compulsory components**: At least one opportunity for a retake session will be offered within two years of the decision to discontinue the course.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.It is recommended for the students to have a proposal for a project before the course starts.
Further information
Litterature list
Literature + scientific papers found during work
Copies of mentioned pages on canvas from course start. 10 copies of Mathur & da Cunha to lend. Saunders & Yu exist as electronic recourse (some parts for free).
Desimini, Jill & Waldheim, Charles (2016). Cartographic grounds: projecting the landscape imaginary. 1 ed. New York: Princeton Architectural Press. Pp. 6-19, 30-33, 46-51, 72-75, 176-195 (approx. 45pp)
Foxley, Alice & Vogt, Günther (2010). Distance & engagement: walking, thinking and making landscape. Baden, Switzerland: Lars Muller Publishers. Pp. 7-32, 447 (approx. 25 pages)
Halprin, Lawrence (1986). Lawrence Halprin: changing places : {exhibition] San Francisco Museum of Modern Art from 3 July to 24 August, 1986. San Francisco, Calif.: The Museum. Pp. 11-33 (approx. 20 pages)
Mathur, Anuradha & Cunha, Dilip da (red.) (2014). Design in the terrain of water. [Point Reyes Station, California]: ORO editions. (Read the texts of Mathur & da Cunha, Hirsch, Spirn, Yu, Hood, Braham, Leatherbarrow, Dreiseitl, Echeverria & Gutiérrez, Latz & Todd). Pp. VIII-XII, 1-11, 40-49, 50-65, 82-89, 140-147, 154-185, 202-209. (approx. 90 pages)
McHarg, Ian L. (1992). Design with nature. New York: Wiley. Pp. 162-173 (approx. 10 pages)
Olin, Laurie. (2011). Form, Meaning, and Expression in Landscape Architecture. In Meaning in landscape architecture & gardens: four essays, four commentaries. Treib, Marc. & Gillette, Jane Brown. (eds.). New York: Routledge. pp. 22-81. (approx. 60 pages)
Saunders, William S. & Yu, Kongjian (red.). (2012). Designed ecologies: the landscape architecture of Kongjian Yu. Basel: Birkhäuser. Pp. 7-19, 42-49, 152-157 (approx. 20 pages)
Seggern, H & Werner, J. (2008). Designing as an integrative process of creating knowledge. In Lucia Grosse-Bachle, Hille Seggern, and Julia Werner (ed.) Creating Knowledge. Innovation Strategies for Designing Urban Landscapes, JOVIS Verlag GmbH, Berlin, pp. 35-65. (approx. 30 pages)
Treib, Marc. (red.) (2008). Representing landscape architecture. London: Taylor & Francis. Pp. 74-95 (approx. 20 pages)
Electronic websites for project search
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/
https://ipbes.net/
https://www.slu.se/en/departments/urban-rural-development/research/la-research/ongoing-projects/coala/
https://www.mathurdacunha.com/
https://placesjournal.org/
http://www.landezine.com/
...and newspapers and other on climate change, coastal adaptation and on design