How do we plan and design the new city in relation to the landscape and the suburban areas? Is there a site specific approach instead of major city planning ideas? Wastelands, brushwood or built structures or…?
Through deeper studies, investigations and discussions, the students will define the existing major planning ideas for Stockholm suburbs. Important questions will be; Is it possible to find a site specific approach instead of the major planning ideas? Is the city grid and high density always the right answer?
Projekt 4: The green structure of the city.
Allmänna mål – Overall goals
1. Projektet ingår i studion Landskapsarkitektur. The course is part of the Landscape Design Studio:
The studio enters into contemporary and future issues about urban development. The approach is architecture based on a landscape relation, from a strategic planning situation to small scale designing projects.
2. Projektet syftar till ökad kunskap inom detta område och till fördjupad kunskap/färdighet inom arkitekturämnet som helhet. Projektet riktar sig till studenter som kan ha kommit olika långt i denna fördjupning och som därför även efter projektets slut kommer att ligga på olika nivåer.
3. Den enskilde studenten skall efter projektet ha redovisat en individuell utveckling av sina kunskaper och färdigheter inom studioinriktningens program och inom arkitekturämnet som helhet.
Kursmål - Course goals
At the completion of the course, each student should:
Be able to analyze the strategic landscape situation on a site such as space, history, vegetation and function.
Be able to critically discus the programming of the public spaces on the site.
Design public spaces together with buildings on the site.
Use common methods and techniques in landscape architecture practice.
Have an understanding of contemporary landscape architecture projects through lectures and literature.