Program Overview

Type of Programme: Non-credit-bearing course

Managed by:  Division of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, HKU 

Course Objectives:

Catering to a growing and emerging interest in the key role of ecology and human-nature interaction along the built environment, this summer program aims to introduce how ecological components can be implemented in landscape design strategies.  

Course Outlines:

This summer program offers the following learning activities:

  1. Landscape Architectural Design Studio
  2. Lectures in visual arts, sustainability, cultural landscape, ecological processes and operations
  3. Workshops in sketching, technical drawing, model-making, planting, hands-on landscape design installation, and portfolio-making
  4. Field trips to key landscape projects in Hong Kong
  5. Tours to landscape design offices in Hong Kong
  6. Exhibition of design studio works