Guest Lectures Seminar Concepts of Landscape 2010

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Theories and Concepts of Landscape

• October 19, 2010 | Dóra Drexler: European Landscape Perceptions. Understanding our thinking about landscapes in Europe

Vita:

Dóra Drexler is a Hungarian landscape architect. She studied at the Corvinus University of Budapest and the Technical University of Munich. She has acquired her Ph.D. in 2010 at the Department of Landscape Ecology of the Technical University of Munich. Her research topic was the cultural-historical analysis and comparison of the landscape perceptions in England, France, Germany and Hungary. Dóra received the scholarship of the Hungarian Republic, she was a fellow of the German Federal Environment Foundation (DBU) and the Free State of Bavaria.

Dóra is currently working as a freelance landscape architect in Budapest.

Lecture contents

This presentation gives a brief overview of the European ideas of landscape, their historical roots, special characteristics, and current relevance for the landscape architectural practice. The students will be introduced to the cultural-historical research approach to landscape. They will be actively involved in reflecting on the ideals guiding our landscape perceptions and appreciation.

• October 19, 2010 | Galen Newman:

Future Landscapes

• November 23, 2010 | Simon Bell:

• November 23, 2010 | Fernando Martinez Agustoni: