Course Visits and Trips

As part of the Professional Practice 2 module, the second year Landscape Architecture students visited Atkins Global offices in Aztec West, Bristol. We were given a talk by Nick Rowson (Regional Head of Landscape for South West England) outlining the…

On Day 5 the group traveled by train from Copenhagen in Denmark to Malmo in Sweden, just over the new(ish) Oresund Bridge – now famous from the excellent TV show The Bridge (if you haven’t seen this then have a…

We started Day 4 with a presentation by Dan Mogenson, head of the Urban Planning Department for Copenhagen City Council. He introduced the approach that the planning department is taking to the future development of Copenhagen including their holistic approach…

The third day was again spent in the centre of Copenhagen, beginning with a talk by SLA landscape architects and followed by a walk around the southern side of Copenhagen centre through part of the Amager island, to Christiania and…

We spent the second day exploring the centre of Copenhagen – walking along Strogert, the famous pedestrianised urban centre (the focus of Jan Gehl’s research into urban space), exploring some of the key historic landscapes and buildings of the city,…

From October 21st – 27th the Landscape Architecture course went on a visit to Copenhagen, Denmark to explore the landscape, design, and culture of one of Europe’s leading cities. This and the following few blogs are to show everyone what…

The students taking the Landscape Innovation Studio module this year visited another wonderful example of landscape innovation in relation to how humans relate to, learn from and develop with the natural environment. Ruskin Mill College in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire is an independent…

In March 2013 students taking the Landscape Innovation Studio module visited Springhill Cohousing Community in Stroud. Springhill was the first cohousing community in the UK, begun approx 2002 and completed by Spring 2005. It is an incredibly innovative system of…