Studio – Urban ecology for landscape architecture
The course consists of lectures, seminars and studio projects and have two parts. One theoretical that cover terminology and main aspects of landscape and urban ecology and principles of ecological design. The other applying these knowledges in real case situations.
The students discuss and works with a broad range of aspects in the field such as landscape patterns and environmental processes, disturbance, succession, fragmentation, biodiversity, ecosystem services, technical solutions for low impact design and long term management.
The students produce conceptual strategies and ecological design solutions in groups on an overall level, such as dealing with green-blue structures on an urban-rural scale. Individually, the students continue designing on detailed levels that are important for urban development, such as an urban district or a city block. The different proposals will be based on real case, on site, scenarios in Sweden. Themes can shift between years and deal with housing, recreation, communication, health, trade etc.
Field trips around Uppsala and a longer trip in Sweden or neighboring countries provides important insights in how ecological design principles can be implemented.
Project work, seminars, exercises, field trips and activities connected to them are compulsory.
Information from the course leader
Now when the course has started, we are only using the Canvas calendar. Previous timetable as pdf is therefore removed from the course page.
/Sofia Eskilsdotter
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Hi students!
Just one week left!
The registration to the course has opened. We appreciate if you register as soon as you can.
If you have any trouble when trying to register, contact me.
We have a waiting list, therefore, if you have decided to do something else, please decline your place as soon as possible.
Schedule in Canvas calendar
We have opened up our Canvas page and it will be available for you as soon as you register. On Canvas you find our schedule in the Canvas calendar. At the moment we are adding submission dates, we hope to be finished with this on Friday. Until then check out our updated pdf-schdule that you find on the Canvas page. When the course starts we will only use the calendar and skip the pdf-schedule.
Tutoring = more or less compulsory
We have recently decided that we need to make a certain amount of tutoring sessions compulsory.
When the course starts we will explain more details on how this will work. Until then: plan to attend all tutoring. If you have any concerns or questions on this, please reach out.
Study support
If you are entitled to study support for students with disabilities, remember to contact us before the course starts.
Course start
The course introduction and roll call, Wedneday 20/3, starts at 8:30 in Sal X, Ulls hus, Ulls väg 27. Welcome!!
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We are going to end the excursion a bit earlier on Tuesday 21/5, making it possible to take the earlier train (17:07). This gives us a better margin if the train to Stockholm is delayed. We hope you understand and we apologise for not thinking of this earlier. We were so focused on the excursion's content and getting sufficient time in Österlen.
(SJ hasn't yet released the tickets for the 17:07 train.
We will soon upload an updated version of the schedule.
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We hope you're all looking forward to our course-start next month! We sure are.
An extra warm welcome to all of you who are new to Uppsala and Sweden. The adress-list hints that at least eight different countries are represented this year. A new record for us!
The course introduction and roll call, on Wedneday 20/3, starts at 8:30 in Sal X, Ulls hus, Ulls väg 27.
Today we have done some minor adjustments in our literature list that you find on our course page. All literature will be available as pdf on the Canvas course page when the course starts.
Today we have also added a detailed schedule on the course page.
In the schedule, as well as in our excursion programme you find that our excursion to Malmö-Österlen will take place 20-21/5. We will start at Malmö C at 8:00 on Monday 20/5 . Apart from the tourbus that will take us to our various stops in Malmö and Österlen, students finance travel costs to and from Malmö, as well as the stay in Malmö.
If it is possible for you, and you haven't been to Malmö or Copenhagen before, we warmly recommend to add extra days before and/or after the excursion. There is plenty more to see and we will happily recommend other inspiring places for you to visit.
If you are entitled to study support for students with disabilities, remember to contact us before the course starts.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.
Course evaluation
The course evaluation is not yet activated
The course evaluation is open between 2024-05-26 and 2024-06-16
Additional course evaluations for LK0347
Academic year 2022/2023
Studio – Urban ecology for landscape architecture (LK0347-40029)
2023-03-22 - 2023-06-04
Academic year 2021/2022
Studio – Urban ecology for landscape architecture (LK0347-40039)
2022-03-24 - 2022-06-05
Academic year 2020/2021
Studio – Urban ecology for landscape architecture (LK0347-40055)
2021-03-24 - 2021-06-06
Academic year 2019/2020
Studio – Urban ecology for landscape architecture (LK0347-40018)
2020-03-25 - 2020-06-07
Syllabus and other information
Syllabus
LK0347 Studio – Urban ecology for landscape architecture, 15.0 Credits
Studio – Urbanekologi för landskapsarkitekturSubjects
Landscape ArchitectureEducation cycle
Master’s levelModules
| Title | Credits | Code |
|---|---|---|
| Written exam (individual work) | 7.0 | 0006 |
| Overall program (group work) | 2.0 | 0007 |
| Overall program (group work) | 6.0 | 0008 |
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 120 credits with a minimum of 90 credits in landscape architecture and/or architecture and/or landscape planning and/or spatial planning and/or built environment, and knowledge equivalent to English 6, or admitted to the Landscape Architecture for Sustainable Urbanisation – Masters Programme.Objectives
The aim of the course is for the student to develop theoretical and practical knowledge of urban ecology in designing sustainable landscapes.
Knowledge and understanding
After the course, the student will be able to:
explain the theoretical foundation of urban ecology and its application in landscape architecture practice.
present knowledge from examples of implemented ecological landscape architecture projects in Sweden and internationally.
Competence and skills
After the course, the student will be able to:
apply key urban ecological theories into a landscape architecture design concept.
design projects based on ecological solutions and urban biodiversity that includes a human and cultural perspective at overall and detailed level in the landscape.
communicate complex interdisciplinary design solutions through successful visual and verbal methods.
Judgement and approach
After the course, the student will be able to:
reflect on ecological values in relation to the practice of landscape architecture and sustainable development.
critically asses contemporary landscape architecture projects based on established ecological requirements.
Content
The course consists of lectures, seminars and studio projects and have two parts. One theoretical that cover terminology and main aspects of landscape and urban ecology and principles of ecological design. The other applying these knowledges in real case situations.
The students discuss and works with a broad range of aspects in the field such as landscape patterns and environmental processes, disturbance, succession, fragmentation, biodiversity, ecosystem services, technical solutions for low impact design and long term management.
The students produce conceptual strategies and ecological design solutions in groups on an overall level, such as dealing with green-blue structures on an urban-rural scale. Individually, the students continue designing on detailed levels that are important for urban development, such as an urban district or a city block. The different proposals will be based on real case, on site, scenarios in Sweden. Themes can shift between years and deal with housing, recreation, communication, health, trade etc.
Field trips around Uppsala and a longer trip in Sweden or neighboring countries provides important insights in how ecological design principles can be implemented.
Project work, seminars, exercises, field trips 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 and passed individual assignments as well as passed 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.
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.Travel costs within the course are financed by the student. Information about costs will be available at the course homepage 4 weeks before course start.
Responsible department
Department of Urban and Rural Development
Litterature list
All literature available as pdf on the Canvas course page when course starts.
A buzz on top, Encouraging the conservation of invertebrates on living roofs and walls, London Wildlife Trust
**Buzzing on top: Linking wild bee diversity, abundance and traits with green roof qualities**,
Sophie Kratschmer, Monika Kriechbaum, Bärbel Pachinger
Download: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11252-017-0726-6
**Ecology of green roofs**
Download: (PDF) Ecology of Green Roofs - GROOVES (Green Roofs Verified Ecosystem Services) (researchgate.net)
**Green roof and ground-level invertebrate communities are similar and are driven by building height**, Jacinda R Dromgold, Caragh G Threlfall, Briony A Norton, Nicholas S G Williams
Download: https://academic.oup.com/jue/article/6/1/juz024/5718118
**Land sharing vs. land sparing: does the compact city reconcile urban development and biodiversity conservation?**, Masashi Soga, Yuichi Yamaura, Shinsuka Koike, Kevin J. Gaston
Download: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2664.12280
**Messy Ecosystems Orderly Frames**, Joan Iverson-Nassauer
Download: https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/49351
**Motivations for Conserving Urban Biodiversity**[,](
Download: https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01328.x
**Neuroscience for designing green spaces**, Agnieszka Olszewska-Guizzo, Chapter 8 + Appendix
**Perceived sensory dimensions: An Evidence-based Approach to Greenspace Aesthetics**, Stoltz, Grahn.
Download: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1618866721000145
**Renaturing Cities - Methods, examples and recommendations**
Download: https://en.institutparisregion.fr/resources/publications/renaturing-cities/
**The essential tree selection guide**, Henrik Sjöman & Arit Anderson, pp 50-55, 61- 66, 91-93
**The Gro Green Roof Code**, The Green Roof Organistation (GRO) (representing the UK Green, Blue and Biosolar Roofing industries)
Download: https://www.greenrooforganisation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GRO-Code-2021-Anniversary-Edition.pdf
The Routledge Handbook of Urban Ecology 2nd edition, published 2021
Ian Douglas, PML Anderson, David Goode, Michael C. Houck, David Maddox, Harini Nagendra, and Tan Puay Yok
(Available as E-book at SLU library. Chapters below as pdf on Canvas page)
Chapters: 4, 18, 21, 23, 29, 30, 31, 47, 55, 78