Course Schedule Seminar Concepts of Landscape 2010

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Working Phase: Assignment 1: Pictures of our landscapes

• Assigned: Wednesday, Oct. 6
• Due: Tuesday, Oct. 26

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October 12, 2010 / 6.30 pm CET / Virtual Team Room

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Technical introduction for new students:

• Virtual Team Room
• Seminar WIKI

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Block I: Theories and Concepts of Landscape

October 19, 2010 / 6.30 pm CET / Virtual Team Room

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Thematic introduction:

• Seminar background and introductions
• Seminar structure and contents
• Landscape term / landscape theory / landscape concepts

Guest lectures:

• Galen Newman | Clemson University, North Carolina / USA:
• Dóra Drexler | Corvinus University, Budapest / Hungary:

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October 26, 2010 / 6.30 pm CET / Virtual Team Room

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General questions:

• What is a landscape, how did the term and interpretation develop over time?
• What forces shape a landscape?
• Which ideals guide our perception and evaluation of landscapes?

Session contents:

• Introduction of universities
• Short student presentations, interactive tools and discussion
• Landscape term / landscape theory / landscape concepts

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Working Phase: Assignment 2: Analysis of a landscape transect

• Assigned: Tuesday, October 19
• Due: Monday, Nov. 8 / Nov. 15 for Kassel students

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Seminar Break

November 02, 2010 No seminar session >> US holidays

• Workshop "Videoclip" for Kassel students (if desired)

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Block II: Reading the Local Landscape

November 09, 2010 / 6.30 pm CET / Virtual Team Room

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Session contents:

• transect of the landscape of the university town from the town/city centre to the edge; interpretation of the current state, what ‘shaped’ it? (natural forces, historic development, regulations, overall societal trends, economy …)

• 3 student presentations with a 7-10 minutes video (uploaded to youtube) added by a 5 minutes ppt or other form of presentation including section, maps, text; file summarizing the analysis – available for all participants)

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November 16, 2010 / 6.30 pm CET / Virtual Team Room

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Session contents:

• transect
• 3 Student presentations

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Working Phase: Assignment 3: Future landscapes

• Assigned: Tuesday, Nov. 9
• Due: Tuesday, Nov. 29

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Block III: Future Landscapes

November 23, 2010 /6.30 p.m. CET / Virtual Team Room

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General questions:

• What is a desirable landscape for the future?
• How does it look like?
• How can we get there?
• What is the role of the landscape architecture profession?

Guest lectures:

• Fernando Martinez Agustoni | BIOS University, Uruguay:
• Simon Bell | Edinburgh College of Art, UK and Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu:

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November 30, 2010 / 6.30 p.m. CET / Virtual Team Room

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• 5-7 minutes student presentation (statements)including an explicit description of approaches / methods / tools; illustration along cases / examples
• Discussion of recent and upcoming approaches, problems, phenomena, policies, goals

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December 07, 2010 / 6.30 p.m. CET / Virtual Team Room

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• additional student presentations (statements)if needed
• Discussion of recent and upcoming approaches, problems, phenomena, policies, goals

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Block IV: Landscape Concepts in comparison

December 14, 2010 /6.30 p.m. CET / Virtual Team Room

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to be continued...