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Master of Landscape Architecture Class of 2019
Program of study
Master of Landscape Architecture Class of 2019
Master i landskapsarkitektur (2019)
| Course | 2019 Autumn | 2020 Spring | 2020 Autumn | 2021 Spring |
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| 24 | ||||
| 6 | ||||
| 6 | ||||
Valgfri studio kurs | 24 | |||
Studio Course | 24 | |||
| 6 | ||||
| 30 | ||||
| Sum | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
The International Master of Landscape Architecture is a professional degree that encompasses a curriculum of the widest range of relevant subjects demanded and requested in the profession. The curriculum includes three eligible terms on the masters level and one last term, the fourth, for designing and writing of the Master’s Thesis.
The International masters programs of Landscape Architecture at AHO is designed and developed for students who wants to be involved in designing our environments in times of challenge. If you are interested in form and the relationship between development patterns and landscape, and how the climate changes affect the design of our environment, this is the programme for you. To fully appreciate the program at AHO you should be critical and constructive, creative and innovative. You should be intent at attaining complex and relevant design knowledge in addition to embracing the importance of cultural context and social conditions.
Landscape architects educated at AHO are capable of establishing an independent area of application, contribute original angles of perception and solutions, and practise the discipline at a high international level.
Landscape architects who have achieved a Master's Degree in Landscape Architecture from AHO can practise landscape architecture on the basis of the knowledge and skills defined in the EU Directive on the recognition of professional qualifications and the IFLA Charter for landscape architecture education.
- They are capable of practising landscape architecture through artistic and scientific study, ideation, and architecture design in different scales and formats
- They are familiar with the discipline’s natural, environmental, social, cultural, and technological preconditions
- They master the subject’s work methods, tools and forms of expression, and are capable of using them in a targeted, professional and experimental manner
- They are knowledgeable about the history of the discipline, its uniqueness, and position in society, and are capable of using this knowledge in their own academic work
- They are capable of familiarising themselves with research and development work in the field and are capable of using this knowledge in designing and architectural criticism.
Landscape architects educated at AHO are capable of taking on different professional roles in a reflected manner and demonstrate good cooperation skills when working with other professional groups:
- They are capable of disseminating work carried out in the architectural landscape field – their own and other people’s – in layman's terms and using professional and academic jargon.
- They have the ability to reflect on their own work and transcend their own frame of reference
- They take responsibility for their own learning and academic development, and are capable of reflecting on and positioning their own professional contributions in relation to ethical issues that arise when practising design.
Our pedagogical approach is based on exploration, conceptualization and design. During the education the students are given written assignments linked to design and theoretical subjects and tasks. The pedagogical approach also includes discussions, presentations, critiques, literature studies and project assignments.
The teaching is research-based and some of the studio courses are closely linked to AHO’s research projects. This implies that the students need to be familiar with scientific writing, articles and literature. Research methodologies, ethics and results are explained and demonstrated as an integrated part of the teaching.
The study program counting 90 credits (ects) in addition to a master’s thesis (diploma) counting for 30 credits (ects).
The two years consist of both mandatory courses and elective courses. The masters thesis is an independent and self-selected task, but can also be undertaken in collaboration with an other student.
The education is ICT supported. Basic skills in digital tools are needed. Access to a private PC /Mac is also required. Adequate program training is offered as well as access to relevant licenses.
The digital communication platform Moodle is the communication tool between faculty and students. The Moodle platform handles schedules, study plans, submission of assignments, lectures, literature lists etc. Students are also given a special AHO e-mail address that is mandatory as a communication source between AHO and students throughout the whole study.
The students are offered the opportunity to spend maximum one term at another school. AHO has a wide variety of formal exchange and cooperation agreements which the students can choose among, among these the European Erasmus+ and the Nordic Nordplus progam. Separate agreements may be arranged although they must be pre-approved by the Committee for Access and Recognition (OGU) in order to be accredited as an inclusive part of the study.
12 803
Successful completion of 90 ECTS, successful completion of a pre-diploma report, approved by an advisor and the head of department.
The diploma semester at AHO is an independent research and design task on a theme chosen by the candidate. In consultation with a chosen advisor, the candidate is to produce a complete work of exceptional quality contributing to the discipline’s dis-course.
∙ An ability to give form to architecture through artistic and scientific research
∙ An understanding of the given natural, social, cultural and technological conditions that govern architectural, urban and landscape design work
∙ A mastery of the methods, tools and media inherent in architectural, urban and landscape design
∙ An awareness of architecture’s, urban and landscape design’s historical, societal and theoretical underpinnings
∙ An ability to communicate ideas and results to professional and laypersons
∙ An independent and responsible attitude to individual learning
∙ An understanding of one’s own individual position with the discipline
The diploma semester is an independent study whose methods and topics are to be outlined in an approved pre-diploma brief. Interim presentations and a final presentation is mandatory.
| Mandatory coursework | Courseworks required | Presence required | Comment |
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| Annet - spesifiser i kommentarfeltet | Required | 2 mid term reviews |
| Form of assessment | Grouping | Grading scale | Comment |
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| Project assignment | Individual | Pass / fail | Report and presentation of diploma project. External censors |
| Exercise | - | Pass / fail | Hovedmodell og potteklare plansjer, samt abstract 1-4 A4-sider med tekst og bilder. Etter denne innleveringen kan studenten kun jobbe med formidling av prosjekt, ikke utvikling. |
| Exercise | - | Pass / fail | Oppheng av prosjekt og innlevering av skissebøker, utstillingsmateriell, prosessmateriale etc. Ved teoretisk prosjekt leveres trykket utgave. |
60 302 Themes and Concepts in Landscape Architecture
This course is mandatory for 1st year Master of Landscape Architecture students, open to other students that have passed the foundation level.
The course introduces the students to basic concepts and elements in landscape architecture. It provides a broad ranged introduction to the the dicipline and how it is being taugth at AHO. Students will be introduced to most of the teachers who will all give a lecture on one of their fields of research and proficiency. The course reflects on the disciplines intimate connection with other disciplines, on garden history, spatial planning, urban design and urban space, sustainable infrastrcuture and the role of water territories in the contemporary landscape.
THe course is structured around lectures and seminars. Some of the teacher will take the students on fieldtrips.
Professor in charge:
Janike Kampevold Larsen
Additional staff:
Marianne Skjulehaug, Rainer Stange, Sabine Muller, Luis Callejas, Peter Hemmersam, Elisabeth Ulrika Sjødah, Hanne Bath Finke, Jonny Aspen, Mattias Josefsson
After passed course the student shall understand how ecological, infrastructural factors shape the urban landscape, and have broad knowledge of landscape architecture’ s themes and concepts.
Students will be introduced to basic landscape architectural theory and theories on contemporary urbanism.
Course consist of 11 lectures.
JKLarsen's lectures will be followed by reading seminars.
Lectures will focus on core themes within the institute's portfolio of teching and research.
Lectures Tuesday mornings 10:00 - 12:00 from August to October:
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August 20: Janike Kampevold Larsen: Introduction to landscape architecture’s core concepts, relationship to other fields and to theories.
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August 27: Hanne Bat Finke: Landscape art, when form is more than function
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September 3: Rainer Stange: Garden history. Trees in the City and Water in the Garden over 1000 Years.
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September 10: Luis Callejas: The Nature of Image
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September 17: Peter Hemmersam: Urban design
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September 24: Jonny Aspen: Urban space
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Oktober 1:Marianne Skjulhaug: Peri-urban – anticipation and temporality
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Oktober 8 – Excurtion week
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Oktober 15: Sabine Müller: Water urbanism, water machines, water places
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Oktober 22:Elisabeth Sjødahl: "Beautiful Landscapes and Heavy Pollution - larger landscape projects organized as environmental infrastructures”
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Oktober 29: Janike Kampevold Larsen: Site, place, and territory
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November 5: Janike Kampevold Larsen: Site, place, and territory
Mandatory Reading
Boulevard Book. History, Evolution, Design of Multiway Boulevards Allan Jacobs Allan Jacobs. Elizabeth MacDonald, Yodan Rofe. The MIT Press August 2003
The Fundamentals of Landscape Architecture. Waterman, Tim. AVA Publishing, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2009
Digital Landscape Architecture Now. Amoroso, N. & Hargreaves, G. Thames and Hudson 2012
Suggested Reading:
Great Streets. August 1995 The MIT Press August 1995
Des arbres dans la ville. Caroline Mollie, Actes Sud & Val'hor, Paris, 2009
Promenades de Paris. Adolphe Alphonse, Paris, 1867-73, 2002
Blågrønn hovedstad. Oslo Elveforum, Oslo, 2010
Design With Nature . McHarg, Ian. 1971, Garden City: Natural History Press.
The Granite Garden . Spirn, Anne Whiston, New York, Basic Book, Inc., 1984.
CENTER, Volume 14: On Landscape Urbanism (Paperback) The Center for American Architecture and Design; 1st edition (April 1, 2007)
Landscape Urbanism - Kerb 15 (Paperback) RMIT Press 2007
The Recovering of Landscape . Corner, ed. 1999. Princeton Architectural Press.
The Landscape Approach . Lassus, Bernard. 1998, University of Pennsylvania Press.
Mappings . Cosgrove, Denis (ed.), 1999, London
Unnatural Horizons: Paradox and Contradiction in Landscape Architecture . Weiss, Allen S., 1989, New York : Princeton Architectural Press
The Landscape Urbanism Reader . Charles Waldheim. Princeton Architectural Press; 2006
Territories: From Landscape to City . Agence Ter and Lisa Diedrich (Editor). 2008, Birkhäuser Basel
Intermediate Natures: The Landscapes of Michel Desvigne by E. Kugler (Translator), James Corner (Foreword), Gilles A. Tiberghien (Contributor) 2008, Birkhäuser Basel
The New Economy of Nature. Gretchen Daily and Katherine Ellison, Island Press, 2003
Politics of Nature, Bruno Latour and Catherine Porter. Harvard University Press, 2004
Living Systems. Margolis/ Robinson, 2007. Built examples,
innovative materials and technologies in landscape architecture praxis.
Magazines:
Daidalos
JOLA (Journal of Landscape Architecture)
New geographies
‘ scape: The International Magazine of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism
Topos: European Landscape Magazine
Also, you might want to check out following thematic websites on the internet:
LE:NOTRE www.le-notre.org
LE:NOTRE°Mundus Le Notre’s non- European partners network
ECLAS The European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools
ELASA - European Landscape Architecture Students Association
NLA- Norwegian Landscape Architects (Students) Association
IFLA International Federation of Landscape Architects
European Urban Landscape Partnership: the planning and management of the urban landscape
During the individual coaching sessions each student will be given texts and or litterature related to the topic of their assignment
| Form of assessment | Grouping | Grading scale | Comment |
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| Project assignment | Individual | Pass / fail | The students are to submit a written assignment at the end of the semester. Choose one of the themes that have been presented during the semester, and write an essay of app. 4-5 pages. Supervision will be given during the elective’s week. The assignment is due November 15 |
60 401 Landscape and Urbanism
The project, of a small or large space, is the main device architects, urbanists, landscape architects share. Designing is a process of learning by doing, a mode of thinking and advancing knowledge (Schon 1980). It is about the kind of processes, the form limit or make possible (i.e. social, environmental, economic).
Three cognitive strategies are constitutive of the designer/planner way of thinking trough designing: conceptualizing (i.e. utilizing or generating concepts), describing (i.e. reveling hidden orders) and projecting (i.e. testing hypothesis of transformation) (Vigano´ 2016). This is a useful frame to order groups of relevant techniques of design/planning the contemporary city.
The term technique refers to both the instruments and the procedures used to achieve a result (i.e. ideas, tools, chain of operations, rules) (Gabellini 2010). Techniques are `invented´ or adopted from other disciplines, modified along time, to form the toolkit of the `reflective practitioner´, that remain open to innovation.
The students will learn selected techniques of urban design/planning through lectures and critical readings of projects in collaboration.
| Form of assessment | Grouping | Grading scale | Comment |
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| Report | Individual | Pass / fail |
| Workload activity | Comment |
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| Attendance | Attendance in the studio and at fieldwork is expected |
60 523 The Green Fields of Hovinbyen
Admission to AHOs Master program in Architecture or Landscape Architecture. Mandatory first semester course for Master of Landscape Architecture. Basic knowledge in architecture, urbanism and landscape.
The aim of the studio is to explore how to design a park structure - den grønne ringen (the green ring) - in connection to existing landscapes and programs in Hovinbyen, by combining a macro perspective on area development with a small scale design intervention.The purpose of the park is both to provide a space of recreation for the people living in the area, and to function as a mobility axis, connecting the different parts of Hovinbyen to the rest of the city.
Today, the area of Hovinbyen is characterized by its history as an industrial area, with infrastructure dominating the landscape. Over the last decade, the area has gone through a transformative development process, with thousands of new housing units coming to, and new inhabitants moving to the area to live and work.
Still in its formative stage, the area faces several challenges and opportunities to define meaningful relationships to the surrounding areas and programs, and to establish its identity as a neighborhood in the greater city of Oslo. The green ring could potentially be a critical element in pursuing these opportunities and a tool in facing these challenges.
The green ring aims to be both a mobility axis, a recreational park structure, an attractive destination for inhabitants across Oslo, and an ecosystem that successfully integrates with tangent biotopes. One focus of the studio work will be to explore how to design programs and systems that integrate human and non-human ecosystems.
In 2015 a plan and idea competition for Hovinbyen was held to collect new suggestions and perspectives for how to develop the area. Today, there is an ongoing invite only competition focusing on the programming and identity of Hovinbyen. The students participating in the studio will have a real chance to influence this process by means of presenting work to both key governmental actors and firms participating in the competition.
Knowledge
The course presents the students with a theoretical understanding-, and a framework for assessing and understanding the landscape, building on key concepts for designing and evaluating interventions in public spaces.
Over the course of the semester we engage in theoretical discussion, focusing on the application of different theoretical perspectives to specific cases.
As a student, you will acquire knowledge about the frameworks for mapping and understanding the complex dynamics of the landscape and its processes, complete with accurate terminology, building on relevant theories. In addition you will become familiar with mapping and design processes, knowing different stages, process elements, and other key concepts.
Skills
The coursework relies on basic tools and software within landscape design in order to represent spatial and material conditions. Examples of these are Autocad, Arc GIS, Adobe package, 3D modelling programs (Civil, Rhino), and others.
We will apply various tools for mapping, analyzing, and assessing sites, and capture insights about needs, challenges, and opportunities for design. Through the creative group process of integrating insights from mapping into feasible designs, you learn key principles and tools for designing and running creative processes: Both individually and in groups.
General competence
The course aims to develop the students ability to combine and integrate insight about the landscape in a creative process, leading to a specific design, that can convincingly contribute to achieve specific development aims for the area.
Graduating from the course, students will have developed awareness of how various aspects and factors affects a specific site, and will be able to describe these factors from a theoretically informed perspective. Using mapping tools, they are able to derive insights about the specificity of the site, and review those insights in both a theoretical and an applied perspective. Finally, using a conscious creative process, they are able to integrate theoretical and applied perspectives to device designs that take site specific aspects into account, and make meaningful interventions.
The studio is organised around three phases:
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Mapping phase. Group work. Contextualising the site. GIS-based mapping and series of walks on site. Lectures by experts, stakeholders and users.
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Concept phase. Individual work. Study trip: park, gardens and public spaces. Addressing spatial and material conditions through models and maps. Reference lectures. Theoretical discussions.
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Design phase. Individual/Group work. Formulation of project. Small scale design intervention. Reference and Methodology lectures.
| Form of assessment | Grouping | Grading scale | Comment |
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| Project assignment | Individual | Pass / fail |
60 701 Pre-diploma for urbanism and landscape architecture
Successful completion of 60 ECTS mastesr level studies. Last Semester before diploma. The course is open to students of architecture and landscape architecture.
Students need to be present at AHO while doing their pre-diploma. Students working abroad will not be allowed to participate in the course.
The pre-diploma semester at AHO is an independent research task on a theme chosen by the candidate. In consultation with the course teacher, fellow students and a chosen advisor, the candidate is to produce a report that details a topic to be studied, an approach or methodology, a spatial program and a plan of work. This report is the foundation of the diploma work.
At the end of the course, the students will have acquired the necessary knowledge to proceed with the independent diploma assignment: ∙ An understanding of the complexity of a chosen urban or landscape site and topic ∙ An ability to frame artistic and scientific research ∙ An understanding of the given natural, social, cultural and technological conditions that govern urban or landscape design work ∙ An awareness of the topic’s historical, societal, theoretical and methodological ramifications ∙ An ability to communicate ideas and plan work ∙ An understanding of one’s own individual position with the discipline
The course is an individual research assignment with group discussions and interim presentations of the different research components. It concludes with a pre-diploma report containing the following elements: - Topic description - Site presentation - Maps of selected issues - Reviews and discussions of relevant literature - Summaries and discussions of interviews with experts - Reference projects presentations and discussions
| Mandatory coursework | Courseworks required | Presence required | Comment |
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| Presence required | Not required | Presentation of exercises in the group, individual supervision |
| Form of assessment | Grouping | Grading scale | Comment |
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| Report | Individual | Pass / fail |
| Workload activity | Comment |
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| Written assignments |