Landscape Theory and Criticism

The ideas behind landscape architecture and how to write and talk about landscapes critically.

LARC-330 Year 3 3 credits 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon

Offered by HSM University · Landscape Architecture

Course content

  1. 1Why theory mattersComing
  2. 2Nature and cultureComing
  3. 3The picturesque and the sublimeComing
  4. 4Modernism and landscapeComing
  5. 5Ecology as design ideaComing
  6. 6Landscape urbanismComing
  7. 7Phenomenology and placeComing
  8. 8Memory and memorialsComing
  9. 9Justice and accessComing
  10. 10Indigenous perspectives on landComing
  11. 11Writing landscape criticismComing
  12. 12Critical essay projectComing

Requirements

Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.

Description

The ideas behind landscape architecture and how to write and talk about landscapes critically.

Part of the Architecture & Planning stream, typically taken in year 3.