Studio - Landscape architecture and urban space

15.0 hp

2025-11-03 - 2026-01-18

Uppsala

English

Application Code: SLU-M2085

Course Code: LK0252

This course instance is exclusively for incoming exchange students

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Entry Requirements

Knowledge equivalent to 150 credits of which 90 credits in Landscape Architecture and/or Architecture containing at least 45 credits of studio or project courses. Knowledge equivalent to English 6.

Course facts

Course name: Studio - Landscape architecture and urban space
Swedish course name: Studio - Landscape architecture and urban space
Level: Second cycle (A1N)
Main field of study: Landscape Architecture
Credits: 15.0 credits
Rate of study: 100 %
Study location: Uppsala
Form of instruction: Campus-based instruction
Application code: SLU-M2085
Course code: LK0252
Course language: English
Offered as a freestanding course: Ja
Tuition fee: 0 SEK
Tuition fees only for non-EU/EEA/Switzerland citizens

LK0252, Studio - Landscape architecture and urban space, 15.0 Hp
Print syllabus

Syllabus

Level

Second cycle (A1N)

Main field of study

Landscape Architecture

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.

Course language

English

Entry Requirements

Knowledge equivalent to 150 credits of which 90 credits in Landscape Architecture and/or Architecture containing at least 45 credits of studio or project courses. Knowledge equivalent to English 6.

Objectives

The purpose of this advanced course is to individually design an urban space, and in doing so adapt to relevant aesthetical, social and ecological aspects.

After completion of this course the student shall have acquired skills to:

Knowledge and understanding

identify and formulate qualified design problems related to the site conditions and society and people’s needs and resources

Skill and ability

independently plan and carry out a design task of a public urban space with high complexity
design a public urban space in a convincing manner and with good quality
demonstrate the ability to handle landscape architecture materials in a public urban space
communicate the design process and proposal by word, visually and in text, with different audiences, both specialists and those who are not familiar with the subject

Ability to asses and approach

individually select methods for site analysis, design and presentation and evaluate the impact of selected methods.

Content

The studio course has the city’s public space as a theme which includes both formal and informal spaces. The emphasis is to consider and to design a complex urban space. The types of public urban spaces can vary from year to year between parks, central paths to squares etc. The task is based on a program that defines different claims made on the site. A joint field trip is made to the site.

Previously approved landscape methods for identification, analysis and interpretation of sites is used and deepened, and alternative methods are presented and promoted in the design process to an elaborated proposal. The student should consciously relate to site conditions and impacts on various aspects of sustainable development.

The course deals with oral, visual and text presentation as well as practical and theoretical knowledge about how to communicate an idea.

Work in the studio form also means that students should be active in constructive discussions and criticism on other students’ suggestions.

Seminars, field trip and activities connected to them are compulsory.

Examination Formats and Requirements for Passing the Course

Passed project work and active participation in compulsory activities.

Responsible Department/Equivalent

Department of Urban and Rural Development

Supplementary information

Module set

Title	Credits	Code
Single module	15.0	0005

The Course Replaces

LK0117, LK0115 samt LK0098. LK0127

Other Information

The course gives 15 credits of skill training.

Pre-knowledge in design with digital tools (CAD, Adobe, Sketchup etc) in project- or studio courses is recommended.

The field trip is financed by the student. Information about the costs will be available at the course homepage 4 weeks before course start.

Course literature

Requierd reeding:

Hand book Gata Stockholm (used as a design guide)Links to an external site.

*Field Guide to Life in Urban Plazas: A Study in New York City.*Links to an external site.SWA Group

Seminar 1:

Required reading:

Corner, J. (1999). The Agency of Mapping: Speculation, Critique and Invention. Download The Agency of Mapping: Speculation, Critique and Invention.I: Cosgrove, D. (red.) Mappings. Reaktion Books. 214-252.

Optional reading:

Amistadi, L., Balducci, V., Bradecki, T., Prandi, E., & Schröder, U. (Eds.). (2021). Mapping Urban Spaces: Designing the European City (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003190660Links to an external site.; https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/824793/files/824793.pdfLinks to an external site.

van Dooren, N., & Nielsen, A. B. (2018). The representation of time: addressing a theoretical flaw in landscape architecture. Landscape Research, 44(8), 997–1013. https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2018.1549655Links to an external site.

Engelman, R., Gehl, J., Svarre, B. (2013). How to Study Public Life. United States: Island Press/Center for Resource Economics. https://link.springer.com/book/10.5822/978-1-61091-525-0#bibliographic-informationLinks to an external site.

Girot, C. (1999). Four trace concepts in Landscape Architecture*.* Download Four trace concepts in Landscape Architecture.I: Corner, J. (red.) Recovering Landscape: Essays in contemporary Landscape Architecture. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, s. 58-67

Herrington, Susan. "A phenomenological method for the landscape studio." Teaching Landscape. Routledge, 2019. 80-94.

Liu, M. Nijhuis, S. (2020). Mapping landscape spaces: Methods for understanding spatial-visual characteristics in landscape design,

Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Volume 82, 2020, 106376, ISSN 0195-9255, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2020.106376Links to an external site.

Oles, T. (2013). Go with me: 50 steps to landscape thinking. Architectura+ Natura. https://issuu.com/bouwkunst/docs/thomas_oles-gowithme-50stepsLinks to an external site.

Olmedo, Élise, & Christmann, M. (2019). Perform the Map: Using Map-Score Experiences to Write and Reenact Places. Cartographic Perspectives, (91), 63–80. https://doi.org/10.14714/CP91.1486Links to an external site.

Seminar 2:

Required reading:

Ward Thompson, C. & Aspinall, P. (1996). Making the Past Present in the Future: The Design Process as Applied History. *Landscape Journal, *15(1), 36-47. https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.15.1.36Links to an external site.

Optional reading:

Carlson, D. & Collard-Arias, M. (2022). Trajectories of practice across time: moving beyond the histories of landscape architecture. *Landscape Research, *47(1), 25-34. https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2021.1989393Links to an external site.

Harris, D. (1997). What History Should We Teach And Why? An Historian's Response. *Landscape Journal, *16(2), 191-196. https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.16.2.191Links to an external site.

Hunt, J.D. (2016). Is Landscape History? I: Waldheim, C. & Doherty, G. red.) Is landscape . . .? Essays on the identity of landscape. Routledge. 247-260. https://www.routledge.com/Is-Landscape--Essays-on-the-Identity-of-Landscape/Doherty-Waldheim/p/book/9781138018471Links to an external site.

Riley, R.B. (1995). What History Should We Teach And Why? *Landscape Journal, *14(2), 220-225. https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.14.2.220Links to an external site.

Seminarium 3:

Required reading:

Etteger, R.v., Thompson, I.H. & Vicenzotti, V. (2016). Aesthetic creation theory and landscape architecture. *Journal of Landscape Architecture, *11(1), 80-91. https://doi.org/10.1080/18626033.2016.1144688Links to an external site.

Optional reading:

Feldman, E. B. (1992). Formalism and its Discontents. Studies in Art Education, 33(2), 122–126. https://doi.org/10.1080/00393541.1992.11651866Links to an external site.

Parsons, G., & Carlson, A. (2004). New Formalism and the Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature. The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 62(4), 363–376.

Persson, O. (2023). *Parc La Salvaora : a design proposal exploring the aesthetics of place-related curiosity. *Master thesis. Department of Urban and Rural Development. SLU - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/19380/

Zangwill, N. (2007).* Aesthetic creation*. Oxford University Press.

Zyl, A. v. & Etteger, R. v. (2021). Aesthetic Creation Theory applied: A tribute to a glacier. *Journal of Landscape Architecture, *16(1), 52-63. https://doi.org/10.1080/18626033.2021.1948193Links to an external site.

Studio - Landscape architecture and urban space

This course instance is exclusively for incoming exchange students

Entry Requirements

Course facts

Syllabus and other information

Syllabus

Level

Main field of study

Grading Scale

Course language

Entry Requirements

Objectives

Content

Examination Formats and Requirements for Passing the Course

Responsible Department/Equivalent

Supplementary information

Module set

The Course Replaces

Other Information

Reading list

Course literature

Requierd reeding:

Seminar 1:

Required reading:

Seminar 2:

Required reading:

Seminarium 3:

Required reading:

Other readings:

Design process:

Sustainability:

Aesthetics and design:

Urban Design:

Streetscapes/infrastructure:

Presentations and visual argumentation:

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