Info Booklet by EMiLA

INFO BOOKLET

Working in international teams has an increasing relevance for Landscape Architects. Many competitions are announced Europe-wide.

Transnational

developments

influence

the

everyday work of Landscape Architects which increases the demand for teaching and research on a European scale. From September 2013 onwards, the European Masters in Landscape Architecture (EMiLA) will provide students with a programme of study specifically developed to address these issues.

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Please note that whilst every effort is made to provide up-to-date information in this study guide, its content may change. You should always check with the host school that the information is current.

CONTENTS 1. Welcome to EMiLA 2. Our EMiLA philosophy 3. About our partners • AHK. Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten • UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona • ESALA ECA Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh • LUH Leibniz Universität Hannover • ENSP École nationale supérieure de paysage Versailles/Marseille 4. Curriculum • Possible curriculum and diagrams of the Summer and Winter terms. • E-learning module • Summer-school • Award 5. Summer-school. • 2009 Summer-school Altes Land - River Elbe • 2010 Summer-school Orkney Islands • 2011 Summer-school East-Netherlands • 2012 Summer-school Torroella de Montgrí 6. How to apply

1. WELCOME TO EMiLA We are delighted to welcome you to EMiLA, which is an innovation in Masters-level Landscape Architecture education. By uniting five of the leading European schools of landscape architecture, the EMiLA partnership brings you a unique learning experience which can be designed to fit your own aspirations and interests. EMiLA allows you to be immersed in three very different European environments, which will enrich your perspective on Landscape Architecture and your development as a practitioner and designer. Our partners approach Landscape Architecture from technical, aesthetic and ecological viewpoints, and with perspectives ranging from urban to large-scale agrarian. This brochure tells you more about our EMiLA philosophy, the EMiLA schools and study options. We hope that this will help you to create a learning pathway to reflect your own goals as you progress towards practising as a Landscape Architect. Once again, we are very pleased to welcome you to EMiLA, and to working with you on envisioning European landscapes. Karin Helms EMiLA Programme lead, Versailles.

Full information on the EMiLA partnership and European Masters is online at http://www.emila.eu

2. OUR EMiLA PHILOSOPHY EMiLA is a Masters programme delivered by the five leading schools of Landscape Architecture in Europe, which are: • Academie van Bouwkunst, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. • Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, (Escola Tècnica Superior d’ Arquitectura de Barcelona i Escola Superior d’Agricultura de Barcelona, Spain). • Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ESALA, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh, UK. • Fakultat fur Landschaft, Leibniz Universitat (Hannover), Germany. • École Nationale Supérieur de Paysage, Versailles, France. More information about each partner is in the following pages. The first and last semesters at the home institution, the second and third at two other partner institutions. This means that you will experience three perspectives on Landscape Architecture as a profession, subject and design medium. The core vision of EMiLA is to equip graduates with the skills, knowledge and creative attributes to be at the heart of European and world landscape policy. You will work on real and complex problems, to support and enhance your professional future. This will enable you to meet the challenges to Landscape Architecture relating to sustainable design for the whole human environment. As a reflection of European identity and diversity, the landscape is our living natural and cultural heritage, whether ordinary or outstanding, urban or rural, on land or on water. Concept The global ecological, social and functional transformations of human settlements and landscapes call for enhanced integrative and trans-national approaches, as well as interdisciplinary or transsectoriaL approaches, to innovate for sustainable solutions. The integrative nature of Landscape Architecture places it at the forefront for holistically addressing major issues on the social and physical transformation of land, space and the environment through the Design Process.

Landscape Architecture education, research and policy has reached a stage where further doctrinal development requires the injection of vision, resources and trans-national structural collaborations. In order to face this challenge, the educational system must adapt and supply an interdisciplinary and transnational approach. EMiLA will be a catalyst for students to benefit from a trans-sectorial education in an international environment, and develop different Design Processes and specific national knowledge. This will create a new generation of Landscape Architects who can innovate, develop new concepts, and be flexible. EMiLA was founded to: • Be a hub for students, academics, researchers, stakeholders, the EU and regional policy makers to develop new curricula; and to allow knowledge exchange on human settlements and contemporary landscapes through a Design Process. • Identify and develop key EU landscape topics that are not currently clearly addressed in Higher Education, such as the impact of the new EU Common Agricultural Policy on landscape, as well as across-the-board Landscape topics. There will also be comparative reflections on scale, time and knowledge in territorial transformations. To fulfil this, students will study at three of the five partner schools, plus the summer-school with all partners. They will receive specific European-level education by e-learning, and develop their understanding of Europe as a landscape in evolution. • Have a learner-centred approach and a strong teacher-student relationship, as a students’ and academics’ Masters programme which promotes mobility. • Be sustainable and grow. Once consolidated, EMiLA will invite new schools to join the network.

3. ABOUT OUR PARTNERS Amsterdam School of the Arts; Amsterdam Academy of Architecture (AHK) emila@ahk.nl www.ahk.nl/bouwkunst Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC); Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB); Escola Superior d’Agricultura de Barcelona (ESAB) emila@upc.edu www.etsab.upc.edu Edinburgh College of Art (ECA); The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA) emila@ed.ac.uk www.ed.ac.uk/eca Leibniz Universität Hannover (LUH); Fakultät für Architektur und Landschaft emila@laum.uni-hannover.de www.landschaft.uni-hannover.de École Nationale Supérieure de Paysage Versailles/Marseille (ENSP) emila@versailles.ecole-paysage.fr www.ecole-paysage.fr

AHK AMSTERDAM The Academy of Architecture prepares students to practise spatial design as a discipline at the interface between fine art, building technology, civil engineering and landscape architecture at a Masters level. The combination of study and practical experience has been a traditional feature of the Academy of Architecture since its foundation in 1908. Study and work complement one another to form a full-time vocational programme. The internal and external curricula are two relatively independent but complementary parts of the programme. The internal curriculum is particularly aimed at the acquisition of knowledge of the discipline and of skill in designing. The external curriculum promotes training as a professional. Website www.academyofarchitecture.nl

UPC BARCELONA ETSAB has educated Landscape Architects since 1983 at Masters level. Each year, 35 international students obtain a fully accredited Master degree, recognized by the European Federation of Landscape Architects (EFLA). ETSAB’s Master educational specificity integrates local urban design tradition to the contemporary trends of Landscape Architecture and sustainability as well as their application to Mediterraneanspecific climate and ecological specificity. It also emphasizes project detailing and implementation. It is clearly a design-oriented programme that meets today’s global landscape trends through the specificities of southern European Mediterranean environments. ETSAB encourages small group studio work and interdisciplinary approaches through assignments of the local administration that seek to provide students with a sense of the complexity of real problems as well as a sense of their responsibility to innovate as future experts. Students benefit from two distinctive institutions which allow for innovative connections between research, professional practice and teaching: • The European Landscape Biennial. Founded in 1999, it is Europe’s most highly recognised permanent platform for landscape debate. • The Centre of Landscape Research and Design, CRPP, founded in 1993, was the first research centre in Spain introducing landscape studies in regional planning, especially developing the first landscape cartographies oriented to planning and design related to the European Convention of Landscape. Website www.etsab.upc.edu

ESALA ECA EDINBURGH Edinburgh College of Art (University of Edinburgh) is renowned as one of the leading art colleges in Europe. It offers a range of programmes across art, design, architecture and landscape architecture at undergraduate, postgraduate and research degree levels. Due to the unique artistic and design context of ECA, its Landscape Architectural programmes are highly respected for for the creativity of their students and the teaching approach of staff. Studio-based design teaching is central to the school and individual student progression is supported through lively debate, discussion and critique. The school has established links to the Landscape Architectural and Architectural professions in the UK, Europe and internationally and many of the staff are active practitioners, thus strongly contributing to the selection of projects which are â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;liveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. The school consistently wins both the design and theory categories at the prestigious Landscape Institute Awards evidencing its reputation as the leading centre of Landscape Architectural education in the UK. ECA brings a specific competence in facilitating collaboration with government, businesses and communities in Scotland. Projects developed within the School explore how knowledge outcomes could relate to a future interaction with society for the Profession of Landscape Architecture. This role is supported and enhanced by the expertise of the academic staff of the OpenSpace research centre (http://www.openspace.eca.ac.uk/). Website www.ed.ac.uk/eca

LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITÄT HANNOVER The Master in Landscape Architecture at Leibniz Universität Hannover (Faculty of Architecture and Landscape Sciences), is centred on intensively-supervised studios which help the students to reflect on their own creative activities as well as developments in contemporary society. Hannover’s academic philosophy is to combine research and intuition, thus allowing innovative design solutions to flourish. The programme focuses on design topics such as public spaces, green and blue infrastructure, informal settlements and climate change adaptations. The shaping of the landscape through infrastructure, waterways, renewable energy or traffic systems, as well as the complex synergies between ecological processes and human interventions, form part of Hannover’s core design and research. Traditionally, the history of landscape architecture is another focus which has been investigated for decades intensively at Hannover. Experts and practitioners have teaching assignments in Hannover, so that theoretical and scientific course content is always responding to practical necessities. The STUDIO URBANE LANDSCHAFTEN is an interdisciplinary network for teaching, research and practice. It is an interdisciplinary platform for questions of perception, planning and design of urban landscapes, from regional strategies to local projects. The concept is characterized by an approach to design that combines rational, intuitive and experience-orientated access to knowledge in theory, methodology and implementation. Despite its short history, it has already carried out several research projects funded by external grants and published monographies as well as scientific articles. All research is linked to teaching through design studios, charettes etc. (http://www.urbanelandschaften.de) The Zentrum für Gartenkunst und Landschaftsarchitektur (CGL) is an interdisciplinary research centre led by the faculty´s Department of Landscape Architecture. It concentrates on the history of Garden Art, the care of Garden Memorials and contemporary Landscape Architecture. At the forefront lies the information and exchange of experience at the national and international level and the presentation of the research results to the public through publications, lecture series and exhibitions. The research results are regularly integrated into the master modules (http://www.cgl. uni-hannover.de). www.landschaft.uni-hannover.de

ENSP VERSAILLES ENSP’s area of specialisation is within project-orientated design teaching in studios. Emphasis is placed on the physical, geographical and human uses of the landscape. We focus attention on the opportunities inherent to the site, its surface topography and hydrology as well as invisible relationships such as the dialogue with history. We strive to develop our thinking by understanding a ‘sense of place’ and this approach is fundamental to our ethos as we conceptualise and selected projects. The work finds focus in large scale contemporary landscape issues, such as sub-urban expansion themes, agrarian transformation in rural and sub rural areas as well a project-orientated understanding of the agricultural and natural dynamic in France’s “Cantons” (similar to Districts). At ENSP, 50% of our teaching is design-orientated, and the remaining 50% deals with four major multi-disciplinary fields: Social sciences; Ecology sciences/landscape management; Techniques and Arts. Our unique knowledge of the speed of transformation in the agrarian landscape has emerged as one of the major subject areas that ENSP Versailles will contribute to the European Masters in Landscape Architecture (EMILA). This teaching takes part during a semester in M1 and in a larger context in the first semester of M2 on innovative research by design focusing on large scale natural and agrarian country side in transformation due to future landscape challenges as climate changes, ageing or population decrease; energy landscape or biodiversity demands in landscapes. The design through research looks for new concepts as the ‘Manifeste pour le Tiers paysage’ of Prof. Gilles Clement’s proposition. ENSP is the only school in France to have a Research laboratory with 15 multi-disciplinary researchers working on “Landscape dynamics” and “suburb agriculture” themes. The contribution to EMiLA will be on the iterative dialogue between the Master level students and the research work. ENSP is the leadi co-ordinator for EMiLA. www.ecole-paysage.fr

4. CURRICULUM EMiLA is a two-year, four semester Bologna Compliant programme. During your placements, two specific EMiLA modules will form part of the curriculum. The first module is an e-learning module on landscape architecturally related practice in a European context. This can be studied independently in time and place. Secondly, the EMiLA Summer-school will take place two exchange semesters in August/September. At the Summer-school, students and teachers within the EMiLA network work together on contemporary landscape architectural projects of European relevance. The courses of the first and the last semester, which are taught in your home institution, follow the regular master curriculum. For the second and third semester individual learning agreements will be worked out. This agreement defines which modules will be studied abroad. These modules will be included in the transcript of your studies. Please see the study guide on www.emila.eu for information on degree certificates, languages, fees, housing and funding for the Summer-school.

Possible Curriculum Placement by semester. The EMiLA study program is adjusted to the national calendars and curricula of the participating schools/universities and permits the following study options: • Home institution AHK Amsterdam: Exchange 1 (Spring-/Summerterm): UPC Barcelona, ESALA ECA Edinburgh, LUH Hannover, ENSP Versailles. Exchange 2 (Winterterm): AHK Amsterdam, UPC Barcelona, ESALA Edinburgh, ENSP Versailles. • Home institution UPC Barcelona: Exchange 1 (Spring-/Summerterm): AHK Amsterdam, ESALA ECA Edinburgh, LUH Hannover, ENSP Versailles. Exchange 2 (Winterterm): AHK Amsterdam, ECA Edinburgh. • Home institution ESALA ECA Edinburgh: Exchange 1 (Spring-/Summerterm): AHK Amsterdam, UPC Barcelona, LUH Hannover, ENSP Versailles. Exchange 2 (Winterterm): AHK Amsterdam, UPC Barcelona. • Home institution LUH Hannover: Exchange 1 (Spring-/Summerterm): AHK Amsterdam, UPC Barcelona, ENSP Versailles. Exchange 2 (Winterterm): AHK Amsterdam, UPC Barcelona, ESALA ECA Edinburgh, ENSP Versailles. • Home institution ENSP Versailles: Exchange 1 (Spring-/Summerterm): AHK Amsterdam, LUH Hannover. Exchange 2 (Winterterm): AHK Amsterdam, UPC Barcelona, ESALA ECA Edinburgh, LUH Hannover.

E-Learning Module The European landscape is defined by its regional diversity. Urban or rural, this cultural heritage is an important part of the quality of life in Europe and a key element of our identity. In the e-learning series we want to educate landscape architects on current topics that influence the European landscape and European identity and we want to inspire Landscape architects to create a new blend of national traditions in their projects that exemplify the common values in a ‘European style’ of landscape architecture. The 4 themes are: The diversity of European cultural landscapes Europe’s ‘unique selling point’. On a global level, it is what makes Europe stand out with respect to other parts of the world. How can we safeguard this typical European identity? Explaining the importance of regional identity as a tool for landscape design. The European Policy The connection between the ‘upstream’ of politics and the ‘downstream’ of design. The European Union does not have a specific policy, nor a specific responsibility for landscape issues. However, EU’s policy measures in different fields do have an impact on the functioning and appearance of the landscape in Europe. Decisions taken in the field of agriculture, transport, soil, climate, etc. also determine the status of the landscape in Europe. What is lacking is an integral vision on landscape at the EU level, New challenges in the European landscape In Europe, the identity of our landscapes is to a great extent defined by the way in which it was made use of: they are productive landscapes. Today, we are facing a period of change in Europe with charge in response to intensifying food production, energy production, water storage etc. With new solutions for these ‘productions’ we have to re-shape our cultural landscapes. Urban-rural relationships in Europe Since the Industrial Revolution, these two entities have a vexed relationship. Nowadays Europe is becoming one large city. There is a vast urbanization going on that leads to changes in the rural landscape. We will have to deal with areas of intense dynamics and areas of splendid isolation.

Award EMiLA is integrated in the regular master programme of each partner university/school, and students receive the existing nationally accredited degree. A Diploma Supplement will attest the two exchange semesters and show that the student followed the specific EMiLA curriculum. The degree assignment is covered by the rules and requirements of each EMiLA partner. The consortium aims to reach a multiple or joint degree in the middle term. For further information about degree and certificate, please contact the national coordinator or visit the websites of the partner schools/universities.

Summer-school At this Summerschool students and teachers of the network work together on contemporary landscape architectural projects of European relevance. During the EMiLA test-phase, students and teachers have travelled to the region â&#x20AC;&#x153;Altes Landâ&#x20AC;? close to Hamburg (2009), to the Orkney Islands in Scotland (2010), to the rural Northeast of the Netherlands (2011), to Torroella de Montgri at the second coastline of Catalunya (2012) and in 2013 Haute Normandy, France.

5. SUMMER-SCHOOLS 2009 Altes Land - River Elbe CASE STUDY AREA: ESTUARY OF RIVER ELBE, HAMBURG Date: August 2009 Responsible: Leibniz Universität Hannover, Fakultät für Architektur und Landschaft, STUDIO URBANE LANDSCHAFTEN. Funding: LUH funding Team: Antje Stokman, Dr. Martin Prominski, Sigrun Langner, Sabine Rabe, Anke Schmidt, Karin Helms, Thierry Kandjee, Martí Franch Batllori, Noël van Dooren. The area Altes Land (Old Land) is situated in the former marsh areas of the Elbe river and part of the growing metropolitan region of Hamburg. It is a highly efficient agricultural landscape of fruit production influenced by and connected with the water dynamics of the river. Currently, this cultural landscape is under pressure from fluxtuating conditions: climate change, river dredging, changing population structure and settlement patterns or requirements of tourism. 5 students from each of the consortium schools/universities and 15 non-Europeans from Virginia, USA and GSD, Peking, carried out research, developed concepts, scenarios and design strategies for the region focusing on current and future landscape users and considering economic aspects.

Responsible: Leibniz Universit채t Hannover, Fakult채t f체r Architektur und Landschaft, STUDIO URBANE LANDSCHAFTEN More info at: h t t p : //www.e m i l a .e u /p ro j e c t s /s u m m e r workshop-old-country-for-new-men/

2010 Orkney Islands CASE STUDY AREA: ORKNEY ISLANDS, SCOTLAND Date: September 2010 Responsible: Edinburgh College of Art (ECA), School of Landscape Architecture Funding: Erasmus Intensive Programme (LLP). Team: Marieke Timmermans, Thomas Oles, Lisa Mackenzie, Chris Rankin, Karin Helms, Thierry Kandjee, Dr. Martin Prominski, Verena Butt, Dr. Maria Goula, Martí Franch Batllori, Victor Tenez. Website: http://emila-orkney.eca.ac.uk The IP focused on the culturally rich landscapes of Orkney in Scotland. Orkney is a UNESCO world heritage site. Based on this designation, the goal was to ascertain the appropriate focus, scale and language of intervention. In this project the landscape was ‘revealed’ to promote and communicate issues related to the archaeological, coastal/ sea-scape and hinterland resources of the Islands. Students worked in groups of 5 with one student from each university/school of the consortium. Teachers from each school supported the project discussions and addressed students as well as local stakeholders. Local stakeholders acted as ‘advisors’ to bring a rich and balanced field of specialist expertise. The Local Authority, The Pier Art Centre and Academics from the University of the Highlands and Islands supported the creation of the brief and helped to define thematic lines of enquiry. Invited guests gave lectures and tutorials.

Responsible: Edinburgh College of Art (ECA), School of Landscape Architecture More info at: http://www.emila.eu/projects/summerschoolorkney-islands/

2011 East-Netherlands CASE STUDY AREA: TWENSTE COULISSENLANDSCHAP, DRENTSE BEKELANDSCHAP AND VEENKOLONIEN Date: September 2011 Funding: Erasmus Intensive Programme (LLP) Responsible: Amsterdam Academy of Architecture. Team: Marieke Timmermans, Thomas Oles, Gloria Font, Jacques Abelman, Henk Kouijzer, Lisa Mackenzie, Chris Rankin, Karin Helms, Thierry Kandjee, Dr. Martin Prominski, Verena Butt, Dr. Maria Goula, Martí Franch Batllori, Ioanna Spanou, Tianxin Zhang, Jorg Sieweke. Website: www.emila.org In this summer workshop in September 2011, students and teachers worked with landscape identity as a basis for a proactive approach of ‘conservation through development’. The location of the workshop was the remote northeastern part of The Netherlands, a patchwork of man-made landscapes – De Veenkoloniën, de Drentse AA and Noordoost Twente- which are all, in many ways, typical. By working simultaneously on these three different neighbouring cultural landscapes, each with a strong identity and specific issues and policies, this EMILA workshop provided an excellent laboratory for developing skills on landscape identity research as a basis for design in cultural landscapes. Such skills and methods can be meaningfully translated and applied to many other cultural landscapes in the world.

Responsible: Amsterdam Academy of Architecture More info at: http://emiladotorg.wordpress.com/

2012 Torroella de Montrgrí CASE STUDY AREA: TORROELLA DE MONTGRÍ Theme: The duality o tourism and landscape Date: September/October 2012 Funding: Erasmus Intensive Programme (LLP). Responsible: Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona (UPS/ETSA/ETSAB). Open publication – Free publishing – More international Workshop introduction lectures, 6 visions for a landscape: The Montgrí plain, a vision on its landscape & history. Antoni Rovires. Mediterranean Museum Director. Museologist and heritage manager. Nature. Emporda’s necklace and the Fauna catalysts. Jordi Sargatal, Naturalist, Castell del Montgri Camping Manager, former Director of Aiguamolls del Empordà Natural Park & FTP Territory & Landscape Private Foundation. Joan Bonany. Agronomist. Director ‘Mas Badia’ Agronomical Research Institute of IRTA. Major of Jafre. New operational paradigms for massive tourism destinations in the Mediterranean. Ricard Pié. Dr. Architect. Energy. Smart grids. Pep Salas. ENERBYTE. Soci-environmental approach for river management. Ter river case study. Ponç Feliu, biologist and environmentalist. CONSORSI ALBA TER.

Responsible: Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona (UPS/ETSA/ETSAB) More info at: h t t p : //www.e m i l a .e u /p ro j e c t s /s u m m e r workshop-old-country-for-new-men/

6. HOW TO APPLY To become an EMiLA student, please apply for the regular Masters programme at one of the partner university/schools, which will be your home institution. You will be matriculated at your home institution throughout your studies. After youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been accepted, your home institution will support you in choosing the options for your placements. Currently, each individual partner can offer five places. When applying for EMiLA, you should choose one of the different curricula offered by EMiLA (see Masters curriculum). Your choices for your placements should be based on the profile of those partners, plus your language skills. For further information about curriculum, application and requested skills please contact the coordinator of the home university/school.

Credits Technical coordination Marina Cervera Graphic design Sergi Romero Images and documentation By EMiLA consortium partners