Høst 2024

LAR-3072 Digital Landscapes - 6 stp

The course is administrated by

Kunstakademiet

Type of course

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

Course overlap

LAN-3072 Digital landscapes 6 ects

Course contents

Digital landscapes is a combined theory and practical course with a focus on digital resources to use in studies of landscape and larger territories. The course gives insight to theory and technology behind central digital resources and knowledge of their practical application within different fields, including how they can be applied innovatively within landscape architecture. The course will, among others, provide knowledge of remote sensing as a technology, and practical training in the application of digital tools and technologies for surveying terrain and vegetation, for example, LiDAR and photogrammetry. The course will provide knowledge of the use of GIS for analysis and simulation of how terrain properties affect dynamic site conditions.

Objective of the course

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

Knowledge:

Specific knowledge of the use of digital tools and technologies, such as LiDAR, photogrammetry, and GIS.
General knowledge of the theory and technology behind central digital resources that can be used for the study of landscape and larger territories, including remote sensing.
Understanding of the significance of digital resources for the study of landscape and larger territories and as innovative tools in the development of landscape architecture.

Skills:

To ability to collect and handle data from the internet for use in studies of landscape and larger territories.
The ability to apply digital tools and technologies, such as LiDAR and photogrammetry to the surveying of terrain and vegetation.
The ability to apply GIS to simulate how terrain properties affect dynamic site condition.

General competence:

The ability to apply theoretical knowledge in connection with practical exercises.
The ability to apply digital tools, such as LiDAR, photogrammetry, and GIS through practical exercises with a certain degree of complexity.
The ability to reflect critically on the possibilities and limitations of digital resources in relation to the study of landscape, larger territories, and the development of landscape architecture.

Language of instruction

English.

Teaching methods

Teaching is undertaken through a series of lectures, text reviews, and practical exercises, individually or in groups.