Course Schedule Seminar Concepts of Landscape 2010
Block I: Theories and Concepts of Landscape
October 19, 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?
Mutual activities:
- Seminar background: LE:NOTRE
- Seminar contents, structure + schedule
- Learning objectives
- Short student presentations, interactive tools and discussion
- Introduction to the Seminar WIKI
Process:
Working Phase: Assignment I
Time frame: until October 19/26, 2010
Student activities:
Process:
October 26, 2010 / 6.30 pm CET / Virtual Team Room
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General questions:
- Landscape term / theory / concepts
Mutual activities:
- Guest lecture by Galen Newman | Clemson University, North Carolina / USA:
- Guest lecture by Dóra Drexler | Corvinus University, Budapest / Hungary:
Process:
Working Phase: Assignment II
Time frame: until November 09/16, 2010
Student activities:
Process:
Seminar Break
November 02, 2010 No seminar session!!!
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Block II: Reading the Local Landscape
November 09, 2010 / 6.30 pm CET / Virtual Team Room
Mutual activities:
- 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 …)
- 2 Student presentations with a 10‐15 minutes video uploaded to youtube / the Nürtingen server or other form of presentation including section, maps, text; file summarizing the analysis – available for all participants)
Process:
Working Phase: Assignment III:
Time frame: until November 30, 2010
Student activities:
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November 16, 2010 / 6.30 pm CET / Virtual Team Room
Mutual activities:
- transect
- 2 Student presentations
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Block III: Future Landscapes
November 23, 2010 /6.30 p.m. CET / Virtual Team Room
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?
Mutual activities:
- Guest lecture by Fernando Martinez Agustoni | BIOS University, Uruguay:
- Discussion of recent and upcoming approaches, problems, phenomena, policies, goals;
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November 30, 2010 / 6.30 p.m. CET / Virtual Team Room
Mutual activities:
- Short student presentation (statements) or discussion; student presentation should include an explicit description of approaches / methods / tools; illustration along cases / examples
Process: