Program Overview

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Program Overview

The University of Copenhagen offers a comprehensive program in Landscape Architecture, with a focus on plants and technology. The program is designed to provide students with a deep understanding of the planning process and the role of materials, constructions, and management processes in landscape architecture.

Program Description

The program, titled "Plants and Technology in Landscape Architecture 1," is a studio course that explores the functional, biological, environmental, and technological aspects of landscape architecture. The course covers a range of topics, including grass, vegetation, urban trees, park trees, reinforcements, terrain, and cross-cutting themes such as urban nature or rainwater management.

Course Objectives

The objective of the course is to provide students with a deeper understanding of the planning process and the role of materials, constructions, and management processes in landscape architecture. The course aims to strengthen students' ability to acquire relevant knowledge, develop and test landscape architectural solutions, and evaluate their landscape architectural qualities.

Course Content

The course is structured as a combination of lectures, excursions, and fieldwork, exercises, and preparation. The course includes CAD instruction and instruction in other digital tools as needed. The work is organized in a combination of group work and individual work, with a focus on exercises and course assignments.

Learning Outcomes

After completing the course, students will have acquired the following knowledge, skills, and competencies:

• Knowledge: Overview of essential sources of knowledge in connection with design and detailed planning in landscape architecture, knowledge of terrain treatment, reinforcements, and vegetation at a professional level, and knowledge of landscape architecture as an interplay between aesthetic and functional considerations.
• Skills: Ability to acquire and convert relevant knowledge into the development of landscape architectural solutions through sketching, ability to apply CAD and other digital tools, and ability to communicate technical issues and solutions orally, in writing, and visually.
• Competencies: Ability to argue for choices and reflect on one's own and others' design proposals, ability to synthesize knowledge and concrete investigations in a landscape project, ability to create sustainable solutions in landscape architecture, and ability to reflect on how knowledge of plants and technology contributes to the development of a landscape architectural project.

Course Materials

The course materials include a detailed list of literature on Absalon, as well as recommended course literature, such as "Befæstelser" by Holgersen and Dam, "Normer og vejledning for Anlægsgartnerarbejde" by Danske Anlægsgartnere, and "Træer og buske i by og land" by Brander Poul Erik.

Course Structure

The course is divided into smaller thematic courses with the same structure, consisting of a combination of lectures, excursions, and fieldwork, exercises, and preparation. The course includes CAD instruction and instruction in other digital tools as needed.

Workload

The workload for the course is estimated to be 412 hours, including:

• Forelæsninger: 19 hours
• Forberedelse (anslået): 240 hours
• Teoretiske øvelser: 39 hours
• Praktiske øvelser: 73 hours
• Ekskursioner: 30 hours
• Laboratorie: 2 hours
• Vejledning: 9 hours

Assessment

The course is assessed through a written assignment, which is a collection of course assignments submitted individually. The assessment criteria are based on the course objectives and learning outcomes.

Course Information

The course is taught in Danish and is worth 15 ECTS points. The course is offered at the Bachelor's level and is part of the Landscape Architecture program. The course is taught by Lærke Sophie Keil and Emilia Danuta Lausen, and the course is organized by the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management.

Institution

The course is offered by the University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Science, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management.