Studio 3: Territorial Practices

Cannot be taken as an individual course. Available only to students enrolled in the study programme Master’s in landscape architecture.

The study programme differentiates between urban, landscape, and territorial practices. This differentiation enables three different perspectives to be added to the spectrum of human activities, which directly affect Arctic/subarctic landscapes. The focus on such practices underscores how humans actively influence and shape landscapes through different activities.

Even though the three perspectives mentioned above overlap to a certain degree, they are thematized and divided into separate studio courses. This studio will have its focus on the territorial practices.

Territorial practices incorporate overarching connections between vast geographical areas and frames of time. One can "read" and interpret the results of territorial practices through urban and landscape perspectives, however, to truly understand and decode the logic behind these practices one must apply a territorial perspective. For these same reasons, mapping plays an important part as an exploratory tool in territorial practices. Central to the study programme is the discussion of how overarching systems and structures help to set the premise for the evolution and structuring of landscapes and cityscapes. This discussion, especially in relation to arctic and subarctic regions, is closely connected to actors, interests, and potential conflicts in related to terrestrial, and marine dispositions, as well as the use of natural resources. This issue is actualized with current and encroaching climate changes and loss of biological diversity.

This study programme encourages a critical study of both existing and future/the evolving territorial practices, which supports the study’s ambitions about championing sustainable development.

After passing the course, the students will have obtained the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge:

•Specific knowledge of the overarching systems and structures which influence the development and design of landscapes and city communities in arctic/subarctic areas.

•General knowledge of the relevant and historical geopolitical situation in arctic/subarctic areas.

•Understanding of landscape architecture’s role in relation to territorial practices and the ambition of sustainable societal development.

Skills:

•The ability to analyse larger geographic regions with a view on decoding territorial practices

•The ability to use mapping as a research tool.

•The ability to incorporate and apply basic knowledge from community planning and other relevant fields to qualify analysis and mapping.

•The ability to develop landscape architectural responses to issues connected to territorial practices through design research.

•The ability to incorporate and apply one’s own observations and experiences to qualify landscape architectural project proposals.

•The ability to incorporate and apply basic knowledge on biodiversity and ecosystems to qualify landscape architectural project proposals.

•The ability to convey landscape architectural intentions in a manner which expresses empathy and understanding for the relevant landscape.

General competence:

•The ability to independently apply knowledge and skills and, to a high degree, plan one’s own working process.

•The ability to describe issues relevant to the field with a high degree of complexity.

•The ability to participate in field-related collaborations and, to a high degree, take responsibility for one’s own and others’ learning.

•The ability, to a high degree, to reflect critically on landscape architecture’s societal relevance and the potential role of the landscape architect.

Obligatorisk forkunnskapskrav

LAR-3081 Studio 2: Landscape Practices

If you pass the examination in this course, you will get an reduction in credits (as stated below), if you previously have passed the following courses:

• LAN-3091 Studio 3: Territorial practices 24 ects

Language of instruction and examination

Schedule

This course is open to exchange students from the following partner universities:

• University of Toronto
• École Nationale Supérieure du Paysage de Versailles
• Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
• University of Calgary
• Aalto University
• Aarhus School of Architecture

Study Level: Master’s

Please note that availability may vary each semester.

Admission Requirements

Admission is based on the criteria described in the Admission Requirements section. Portfolio requirements are similar for both exchange students and full-program students.

You must submit your portfolio by 30 April to: kunstakademiet@umak.uit.no

An approved portfolio is required for admission.

More info about the coursework requirements

The coursework requirement is as follows:

• Documentation that all assignments set as a part of the course have been completed/handed in.

The course coordinator will determine the documentation requirements for each specific assignment.

The work requirement is only valid for exams in the concurrent semester.

More info about the practical exam

More info about the oral exam

Oral exam based on exhibit works

Duration of presentation: 10-15 minutes

Duration of discussion: 10-15 minutes

Total duration must not exceed 25 minutes

Re-sit examination

Info about the weighting of parts of the examination