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From Metropolis to Allotment: Scaled System Thinking in Advancing Landscape Studio Knowledge

Current local-scale changes in the landscape interweave with larger forces of globalization, time-space compression and media proliferation altering the face of landscape, both rural and urban, around the world. These larger forces span all sectors of human activity and inform a new cultural economy of space, creating new landscape spatialities that require a reformulation of landscape definitions, as well as new conceptual models and methodological approaches for landscape design. Design studios are essential experiences in the education of students in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design in order to cultivate their basic design competency. The approach used in design studio teaching is generally to present students with problems encountered in the real world – often wicked problems embedded in the interlinking land hierarchical systems in space and time which always present considerable challenges. Thus identifying and utilizing ap­pro­priate methods for design is of critical importance in design pedagogy. This paper reports on our experience in teaching landscape studios using the scaled system thinking approach, which encourages students to produce robust design strategies to address the design problem at different spatial scales from metropolis to allotment. Students’ gain and loss are dis­cussed using their studio work. Our focus is that the theoretical approach of scaled system thinking can help students systematically conceptualize and realize evidence-based design solutions that will better support sustainability and liveability in our increasing­ly urbanised world.

Autor / Author: Chen, Siqing; Lee, Virginia
Institution / Institution: University of Melbourne, Australia; University of Melbourne, Australia
Seitenzahl / Pages: 10
Sprache / Language: Englisch
Veröffentlichung / Publication: Peer Reviewed Proceedings of Digital Landscape Architecture 2015 at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences
Tagung / Conference: Digital Landscape Architecture 2015 – Landscape Architecture and Planning
Veranstaltungsort, -datum / Venue, Date: Dessau, Germany 04-06-15 - 06-06-15
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Keywords (en): Teaching, design thinking methods
Paper review type: Full Paper Review
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