Program Overview

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Program Overview

The University of Copenhagen offers a comprehensive range of programs, including Bachelor's, Master's, PhD, and Continuing Education. The program details are as follows:

Bachelor's Programmes

• Bacheloruddannelsen i landskabsarkitektur (Landscape Architecture)
• Other programs available, including Study Abroad and Course Search options

Master's Programmes

• Various Master's programs available, with details to be found on the University's website

PhD Programmes

• PhD programs available in various fields, with details to be found on the University's website

Continuing Education

• Continuing Education options available, with details to be found on the University's website

Course Search

• A Course Search function is available to help students find specific courses

Program Details: NIGB16000U Byplan studio – Strategi og design 1

Course Description

Byplan Studio 1 is a course that prepares students for the Bachelor's project in Landscape Architecture and Urban Design. The course focuses on a project area, which can be a part of a municipality, a city district, a harbor area, a quarter, etc. In collaboration with local actors, students investigate problem areas and challenges and propose solutions that range from vision and strategy to concrete design proposals.

Course Objectives

The main objective of the course is for students to learn:

• To understand complex problem areas in urban and landscape development
• To communicate these in a dialogue with others and in text, diagrams, maps, drawings, and photos
• To develop visions and strategies that respond to the experienced problem areas

Course Content

The course includes:

• Infographic (data visualization, maps, and diagrams)
• Site analysis (photo registration, transects, structure analysis, observations, and interviews)
• Strategies (spatial main grips, strategic impacts, communication with citizens about solution proposals)

Teaching Methods

The course includes:

• Lectures and literature introducing urban design and planning, urban actors, and citizen involvement
• Training in methods for registration and analysis, as well as the development of plan strategies and design proposals
• Great emphasis on guidance and discussion with teachers
• Fieldwork and meeting with the city's users are central elements

Workload

• Category: Lectures, preparation, theoretical exercises, practical exercises, fieldwork, guidance
• Total: 412 hours

Assessment

• The course is assessed based on a portfolio (tasks based on project work prepared individually or in groups)
• The portfolio is submitted during the exam week
• Each task must be passed to pass the overall exam

Language

• The course is taught in Danish

Credits

• 15 ECTS points

Level

• Bachelor level

Duration

• 1 block

Placement

• Block 1

Schedule

• The course is scheduled in Skemagruppe A (Tuesday 8-12 + Thursday 8-17) and C

Capacity

• 50 students

Study Board

• Studienævn for Geovidenskaber og Planlægning

Offering Institutes

• Institut for Geovidenskab og Naturforvaltning
• Institut for Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomi

Offering Faculty

• Det Natur- og Biovidenskabelige Fakultet

Course Responsible

• Christian Fertner
• Gertrud Jørgensen

Teachers

• Lise Herslund
• Trine Agervig Carstensen
• Helle Tegner Anker