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Enhancing landscape architecture education through the use of archives

A workshop on landscape architecture archives and education, with insights and experiences from the Nordic countries. Supported by the COST program (COST Action workshop).

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Date:

Address:

KA332a, KA Building, Elizabeth Stephansens vei 22, 1433 Ås, Norway. Online attendance is possible.

Contact person:

Annegreth Dietze-Schirdewahn

Organizers

The workshop is part of the COST Action 23128 ‘Connecting Landscape Architecture Archives to enhance European landscape practice, research and education’ events.

Program

  • 09:45-10:00 – Morning coffee. Connecting online participants
  • 10:00-10:20 – Introduction. Annegreth Dietze-Schirdewahn and Lei Gao
  • 10:20-11:00 – NMBU presentations:
    • Bjørn Anders Fredriksen. Raising awareness of history in LA teaching at NMBU.
    • Juni Palmstrøm. Learning with archives: from art history to landscape architecture history.
    • Discussion
  • 11:00-11:20 – Coffee break
  • 11:20-12:00 – AHO presentations:
    • Even Smith Wergeland. A murmur from the mouth of the past: The archive in architectural education at AHO
    • Miguel Hernandez Quintanilla. Landscaping histories. Developing design literacy by studying historical precedents through drawing, modelling and writing
    • Discussion
  • 12:00-13:00 – Lunch
  • 13:00-14:00 – SLU and Aalto University presentations:
    • Anna Jakobsson. Using rephotography, overlays and transferring techniques to understand and communicate the history of a place - grasping the unwritten and bridging the gap between different source materials
    • Kati Wolff Susi. What role do archival materials play in teaching landscape architecture at Aalto University, Helsinki?
    • Discussion
  • 14:00-14:20 – Coffee break
  • 14:20-14:40 – National Museum Oslo presentation
    • Birgitte Sauge. Museum’s Architecture Collections - research and display. Learnings from the exhibit ‘Stamina. Kari Nissen Brodtkorb and four predecessors’
  • 14:40-15:30 – Discussion and wrap up

About the workshop

The workshop aims to explore pedagogical approaches and tools for integrating archival materials across a range of educational contexts—from studio and lecture-based teaching in landscape architecture schools to public education through museum exhibitions. 

Invited speakers from SLU, Aalto University, National Museum in Oslo, AHO, NTNU, and NMBU will share their experiences through concrete examples from Nordic countries, followed by a group discussion open to all participants. 

The workshop offers an opportunity to deepen understanding and broaden perspectives on the use of archival materials in education. A detailed program will come in late May. 

Light refreshments will be provided for on-site participants. 

The workshop is supported by COST Action 23128.

Register

Free admittance, but registration required for both physical and online attendance. A zoom link will be sent to the online participants shortly before the event. Please also note that the event will be recorded.

Other workshops

Apart from this workshop focusing on the Nordic countries, five other workshops will take place in May and June 2025, focusing on other regions of Europe:

Teaching with Landscape Architecture archives: State of the Art. Regional Workshops of COST Action 23128, Working Group 3 Education

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