Landscape architecture: History, theory and practice
This course is a critical introduction to the history, theory, and practice of landscape architecture. It is intended for masters-level students in the landscape architecture professional program and beginning students in the Master in Sustainable Urbanization. Space permitting, the course is also open to students enrolled in any other master program at SLU or another Swedish university. Because of its international makeup it is conducted in English.
Information from the course leader
Welcome to the course Landscape architecture: History, theory and practice! (updated 2021-08-30)
The course introduction and roll call is on tuesday, on zoom, as you can see in the schedule (see schedule for link)
You have to attend the course introduction in order to be registered on the course - this will be done after the roll call, and you can not register yourself.
You will find a preliminary schedule here on the course website, with dates for the seminars and workshops.
For all new master-students please take part in the Welcome activities. See link below.
https://student.slu.se/en/studies/new-student/uppsala/welcome-activities-and-roll-call-in-uppsala/
Along with the schedule you will find a list with literature. As indicated in the schedule, there is time on Monday and Tuesday to prepare for the first seminar, before task P1 is assigned.
See you in August!
Gudrun, Vera, Anna
Course evaluation
The course evaluation is now closed
LK0313-10116 - 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 LK0313
Academic year 2024/2025
Landscape architecture: History, theory and practice (LK0313-10153)
2024-09-02 - 2024-10-31
Academic year 2023/2024
Landscape architecture: History, theory and practice (LK0313-10007)
2023-08-28 - 2023-10-30
Academic year 2022/2023
Landscape architecture: History, theory and practice (LK0313-10035)
2022-08-29 - 2022-10-31
Academic year 2020/2021
Landscape architecture: History, theory and practice (LK0313-10178)
2020-08-31 - 2020-11-01
Academic year 2019/2020
Landscape architecture: History, theory and practice (LK0313-10034)
2019-09-02 - 2019-10-31
Academic year 2018/2019
Landscape architecture: History, theory and practice (LK0313-10054)
2018-09-03 - 2018-11-11
Syllabus and other information
Syllabus
LK0313 Landscape architecture: History, theory and practice, 15.0 Credits
Landskapsarkitektur: historia, teori och praktikSubjects
Landscape ArchitectureEducation cycle
Master’s levelModules
| Title | Credits | Code |
|---|---|---|
| Single module | 15.0 | 0201 |
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 English 6, or admitted to the Landscape Architecture for Sustainable Urbanisation – Master´s programme.Objectives
To provide deep understanding of different landscape architecture and design theories and viewpoints through history and their relation to landscape architecture practice.
After completion of the course the student should be able to:
Knowledge and understanding
understand theories and concepts in landscape architecture and design
analyse major fields of landscape architecture research, their methodology and relation to other design disciplines
discuss key theories and case studies of landscape architecture history in Sweden and internationally; critically relate these knowledges to the development of modern society
elaborate practical implications from theories in landscape architecture and design
discuss main theoretical viewpoints in today’s landscape architecture and its relation to sustainability
Competence and skills
- apply key landscape architecture theories and historical precedences into a landscape architecture design concept
Judgement and approach
reflect on a personal approach in the field of landscape architecture and future professional role
decode contemporary landscapes and reflect on them from a personal point of view concerning design and ethical standpoints.
Content
The course is consisted of lectures, seminars, field trip and writing an essay. Suggested literature list covers the history and contemporary practice of landscape architecture, design theory and landscape architecture/architecture theory. A field trip to a city or place in Europe, and visits in Uppsala-Stockholm are included in the course. Different topics will be discussed in seminars.
Students will produce one conceptual design which reflects discussed theories and historical case studies.
Students will produce one analytical text with a critical assessment of a chosen landscape architecture project. Students will write a reflecting text about their own approach as a designer in relation to given lectures, field trips, literature and seminars. Special attention will be given to critical thinking and the producing of graphic communication such as sketches, photos, figures and diagrams.
Excursions, study visits, 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 written works, conceptual design, 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 examination of a degree project (independent project), the examiner may also allow the 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
Field trips are financed by the student. Information about costs will be available on the course homepage 4 weeks before the course starts.Responsible department
Department of Urban and Rural Development
Further information
Litterature list
- Landscape (Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 2007) Författare: Wylie, John 1) Go with me. 50 Steps to Landscape Thinking (Amsterdam Academy of Architecture, 2015). See link. Författare: Oles, Thomas [Go with me. 50 Steps to Landscape Thinking (Amsterdam Academy of Architecture, 2015). See link.] (<https://issuu.com/bouwkunst/docs/thomas_oles-gowithme-50steps >)1) Seminar 1: Introduction to Landscape Theory Kommentar: For this seminar meeting you must read: Ian H. Thompson, ‘The role of theory,’ in Research in Landscape Architecture: Methods and Methodology (New York: Routledge, 2017), pp. 37-53 (Will be available on Canvas). John Wylie, Landscape (Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 2007), chapter 1.
In addition you should read (or skim): Marc Antrop, ‘A brief history of landscape research,’ in The Routledge Companion to Landscape Studies ed. Peter Howard et al. (Abingdon UK: Routledge, 2018), pp. 1-15 (Canvas). Susan Herrington, On Landscapes (New York: Routledge, 2009) (Canvas).
1) Seminar 2: Landscape and ‘New’ Cultural Geography __Kommentar:__ For this seminar meeting you must read: John Wylie, Landscape (Abingdon UK: Routledge, 2007), chapter 3. Stephen Daniels and Denis Cosgrove, ‘Iconography and Landscape’ in The Iconography of Landscape ed. S. Daniels and D. Cosgrove (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988), pp. 1-10 (Canvas).
In addition you should read (or skim):
J. S. Duncan and N. Duncan, ‘(Re)reading the Landscape,’ Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 62, no. 2 (1988), pp. 117-126 (Canvas).
- Seminar 3: Beyond Landscape Representation Kommentar: For this seminar meeting you must read: John Wylie, Landscape (Abingdon UK: Routledge, 2007), chapter 4. Emma Waterton, ‘More-than-representational Landscapes,’ in The Routledge Companion to Landscape Studies ed. Peter Howard et al. (Abingdon UK: Routledge, 2018), pp. 91-101 (Canvas).
In addition you should read (or skim): Don Mitchell, ‘There’s No Such Thing as Culture: Towards a Reconceptualization of the Idea of Culture in Geography,’ Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 20, no. 1 (1995), pp. 102-116 (Canvas). Kenneth Olwig, ‘Recovering the Substantive Nature of Landscape,’ Annals of the Association of American Geographers 86, no. 4 (1996), pp. 630-653 (Canvas).
1) Seminar 4: Phenomenology of Landscape __Kommentar:__ For this seminar meeting you must read: John Wylie, Landscape (Abingdon UK: Routledge, 2007), chapter 5. Hayden Lorimer, ‘Surfaces and Slopes,’ Performance Research 17, no. 2 (2012), pp. 83-86 (Canvas).
In addition you should read (or skim): Tim Ingold, ‘The Temporality of the Landscape,’ World Archaeology 25, no. 2 (1993), pp. 152-171. Hayden Lorimer, ‘Cultural Geography: The Busyness of Being “More-than-representational,”’ Progress in Human Geography 29, no. 1 (2005), 83-94 (Canvas). John Wylie, ‘Landscape and phenomenology,’ in The Routledge Companion to Landscape Studies ed. Peter Howard et al. (Abingdon UK: Routledge, 2018), chapter 10 (Canvas).
1) Seminar 5: Landscape as a Eurocentric Concept __Kommentar:__ For this seminar meeting you must read: D. Friess and T. Jazeel, ‘Unlearning “landscape,”’ Annals of the Association of American Geographers 107, no. 1 (2017), pp. 14-21 (Canvas). Jala Makhzoumi, ‘Landscape in the Middle East: An Inquiry,’ Landscape Research 27, no. 3 (2002), pp. 213-228 (Canvas).
In addition you should read (or skim): Tariq Jazeel, Postcolonialism (Abingdon UK: Routledge, 2019), chapter 5 (Canvas).
You’re also strongly encouraged to read chapters 2 and 6 of John Wylie’s (2007) Landscape.
1) Additional resources __Kommentar:__ John Wylie, Landscape Architecture: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2014). Rebecca Solnit, A field guide to getting lost (Edinburgh: Canongate Books, 2017).
Additional resources will be available on canvas.