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Perception in Landscape Architecture
Wahrnehmung in der Landschaftsarchitektur
Last Updated: 2026-02-05 15:29:56
Abstract
Video is used as an instrument to educate the subjective perception. The analysis of visual conventions are the basis for a precise visualization of landscape architectural design. The produced videos reflect these conventions and their influence on design work.
Objective
To reflect the contemporary perception of landscape through a new media.
Content
During this course we will be testing the possibilities of video in representing contemporary perceptions, images and projections of urban and rural spaces. We will be particularly interested in involving spatial/temporal, aesthetic and social contexts in the process of making a video of the site. The given territory is a fragment of suburban landscape that presents characteristical landscape structures. It is an area beween the Lake of Zurich and the Uetliberg, that is shaped by the river Sihl, the lake, the highway and geological forms form the former glacier. Our main topic will be “Urban Nature”. We see the site as a test field to be investigated in a bigger frame of reference, as it reacts to its human adoption and the changes of the times. On this site we will conduct 4 weekly exercises looking at perception of the space and landscape and achieve tools to represent them. Additional inputs including the basics of editing will lead to the topics for the elective course's final video “Urban Nature”, a small video essay about the site which will be elaborated during the summer break. find more information: http://www.girot.arch.ethz.ch/MediaLab/MediaLab
General Information
- Language
- German
- Levels
- MSC
- Frequency
- Yearly recurring
Examination
- Type
- graded semester performance
Course Components
| Type | Title | Time & Place | Hours |
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| independent project |
Wahrnehmung in der Landschaftsarchitektur: Wahlfacharbeit
Permission from lecturers required for all students.
Platzzahl beschränkt!
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5 h weekly |