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Studio course  2011
Comming Urban Territories 
Course code H10ULS4 
Department Institute of Urbanism and Landscape 
Professor in charge Associate Professor Alf Haukeland 
Additional staff PhD Candidate Alice Labodini, Thea Kvamme Hartmann, Professor, Head of institute Dag Tvilde 
Prerequisities
Mandatory for  1. years master students i Landscape Architecture.
 
Instruction language Norwegian and English 
Max no. of students 24 
ECTS credits 24 

Course description

Full title: The Urban territory of Oslo – the North corridor: Strategies for development of integrated infrastructure, landscape and architecture projects in selected fields of the North corridor from Oslo through Romerike in Akershus county.

Studies of the landscape an urbanized fields of the north corridor to unveil the potential for new  Landscape and Architectural projects. The course shall unveil operative parameters for Landscape architecture based on the contextual and site specific characteristics, and hence develop individual projects for development of new landscape, infrastructural and architectural structures.

Learning outcomes

The students will learn project development based on knowledge on characteristics and qualities in the environment. Among the aiming points will be the relations between the existing basic landscape and future production of Architecture-  and Landscape architecture. The students will develop skills on methods (a.o. GIS), analysis, concept-  and project development. The students will have basic knowledge on principles of sustainable planning and design focusing on energy, freshwater and land use. The students will learn to develop operational strategies for project development and design at selected sites.

Contents and teaching methods

The course contains excursion to the study area and study trip to other European sites. Parallel there will be workshops, and short exercises. The main work will be in the studio supervised by teachers. Next to individual guidance, there will be regular colloquiums with external critics.

Exams and assessment methods
  • Mid-term evaluation 6 of November.
  • Individual presentation of the project with sensor 11 of December.

The course is assessed subject to a Pass/Fail  grade scale.

Literature

Mandatory reading:

Corner, J. (1999). Recovering landscape: essays in contemporary landscape architecture. New York, Princeton Architectural Press.

McHarg, I. L. (1969). Design with nature. Garden City, N.Y., Published for the American Museum of Natural History [by]Doubleday/Natural History Press.

Waldheim, C. (2006). The Landscape urbanism reader. New York, Princeton Architectural Press.

 + selected articles which will announced during the course

Recommended reading

Carapinha, A. & Diedrich, L. (2009). On site: landscape architecture Europe. Basel, Birkhäuser.

Diedrich, L., Holden, R., & Luiten, E. (2006). Fieldwork: landscape architecture Europe. Basel: Birkhäuser.

Updated

21/05/2010