Program Overview
Type of Programme: Non-credit-bearing course
Managed by: Division of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, HKU
Course Description:
In a world where ecological diversity, natural resources, unique cultures, and local communities are increasingly at risk, landscape architecture plays a crucial role in shaping a sustainable future. This dynamic and multidisciplinary field combines ideas from architecture, the arts, urban planning and design, conservation, and the natural sciences to develop innovative solutions that improve the environments we live in.
The Career Discovery in Landscape Architecture (CDLA) programme offers students an exciting introduction to this field through hands-on workshops, site visits, inspiring guest lectures, and collaborative project work. These activities explore the potential of landscape architecture and introduce its tools and techniques, equipping students with the skills and confidence to pursue future careers in creative arts and environmental design.
Course Outlines:
The course aims at providing students an overview of the foundational aspects of the landscape
architecture discipline by learning from the interrelated ecological, social, spatial and material layers of nature and the built environment; during this program, students:
- Learn from their reflections and experiences the value of nature in different scales and contexts.
- Expand the understanding of nature from micro elements to broader territorial and global perspectives.
- Evidence the relationships between nature, public space, human activities and non-human agencies.
- Experience working with a range of representation techniques commonly used in landscape architecture
- Explore and reflect on major topics of landscape architecture through the lens of synthesis and complex systems.
- Discover and develop landscape design processes and methodologies