As part of the ‘Doctoral Programme in Landscape and Urban Studies’, the ‘Research Methods in Landscape and Urban Studies' seminar offers PhD students at the D-Arch an application-oriented introduction into the variety of methodologies and tools available to conduct research on the (built) environment at the urban and territorial scale.

The thesis elective involves the creative refinement and testing of the theses on the perception and design of landscape developed during the semester in the elective course Serendipity.

The thesis elective involves the creative refinement and testing of the theses on the perception and design of landscape developed during the semester in the elective course Serendipity.

The thesis elective involves the creative refinement and testing of the theses on the perception of landscape developed during the semester in the elective course Serendipity.

The acoustic niche connects considerations in space and time. During the semester students will study the soundscape and spatial configurations of the old Botanical Garden in Zurich. The investigations will lead to a multichannel acoustic installation on-site at the “Sonic Topology” Symposium in June 2022.

The fresh-water reservoirs form a ring of single bodies located on the hilltops around the city’s center. A second lake of the city —decentralized, artificial, underground.

The students investigate todays systems of mining and it's impact on the contemporary alpine landscape. Through acoustic and visual measurements on site the students find different ways of representing landscape.

An investigation into the water infrastructure of Zurich and it's impact on the contemporary urban landscape will be undertaken. Through acoustic and visual field recordings the students find a variety of ways to represent urban systems.

Curating the Zurich with Point Cloud Video Animations. The Wahlfach Serendipity will investigate various sites in Zurich through the point cloud model archive available at the Chair of Prof. Christophe Girot. Students will select specific sites and the corresponding material in the archive to create short audiovisual animations.

Fluidity, sequence, choreography and composition are essential terms of both dance and architecture/landscape design. The two disciplines’ outcomes tend to be distinctly oppositional:One works with the ephemeral, with movement. The other is considered relatively static and permanent: It offers movement a vessel, mostly as a background scenery, sometimes taking over as a conductor.

In collaboration with the Department of Architecture of the University of Sardinia, the course offers to work on a large-scale project in Cagliari, involving both landscape and urban design. The brief will be to reflect on the site’s potential, exploring possible new uses for it and defining new edge conditions, so as to come up with a viable proposal.

In collaboration with the Department of Architecture of the University of Sardinia, the course offers to work on a large-scale project in Cagliari, involving both landscape and urban design. The brief will be to reflect on the site’s potential, exploring possible new uses for it and defining new edge conditions, so as to come up with a viable proposal.

The elective works serve the independent way of dealing with the contents of the elective course Theory of designed landscapes and gardens. It includes the development and the research on a selected topic of their own which is displayed in a final dissertation/report/paper.

The seminar provides an introduction to 20th-century landscape theory. Students will read texts and respond with critical commentary, view selected gardens, parks and landscapes, and develop a topic of their own, about which they will produce a final written paper.

Within three elective courses the students need to fulfill an elective work (seminar work). Elective works serve the independent way of dealing with the contents of the according elective course.

The seminar provides an introduction to landscape theory. It covers readings and textual criticism as well as developing and working out a question of the student’s choice in the form of a final written paper.

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The seminar provides an introduction to 20th-century landscape theory and landscape architecture. Students will read texts and respond with critical commentary, view selected gardens, parks and landscapes, and work on a selected topic on their own.

The seminar provides an introduction to landscape theory. It covers readings, textual criticism, independent research as well as developing and working out a question of the student’s choice in the form of a final written paper.

The elective project serves to further explore the themes of the elective course Topology.