To understand complex and dynamic landscapes, students work with innovative analysis and design methods. Modelling of the landscape after the landslide in the Swiss alpine village of Bondo using point clouds. (Image: Chair Christophe Girot)
To understand complex and dynamic landscapes, students work with innovative analysis and design methods. Modelling of the landscape after the landslide in the Swiss alpine village of Bondo using point clouds. (Image: Chair Christophe Girot) - From autumn, ETH Zurich will offer a Master's programme in Landscape Architecture - a first for a Swiss university. The demand for landscape architects is greater than ever, say professors Christoph Girot and Teresa Galí-Izard. Graduates are expected to be proficient in leading interdisciplinary teams. How do you teach that? - Galí-Izard: The problems we want to tackle can only be solved in teams, and so we look at the projects accordingly. For example, we evaluate designs in terms of whether they incorporate more than one form of "intelligence".
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