The Student Landscape Institute Council has launched their 2010 YouTube film competition. How can landscape work for us?
Simply
create a film no more than 3 minutes long outlining
how landscape architects, managers or scientists can make the landscape work for us. You could look at anything from urban regeneration, changing use of rural landscapes or how to mitigate climate change. Be as broad as you like, you may wish to show something
happening right now or in 30 years time and you can use any medium;
animation, film, stop motion, etc.
To
enter, upload your film onto You Tube under the heading "How Landscape can work for us" and then email the link to stevec@landscapeinstitute.org
The
winner will receive £500 and will be featured in various LI
publications, the 2 runners up will receive £100. The closing date for
entries is the 31st of May 2009, entries will be judged by SLIC and
winners will be announced in early June.
Students from accross the UK and Europe gathered in Edinburgh 2 weeks ago for the 2010 European Landscape Architecture Student mini-meeting.
A one day event supported by the LI packed an enormous amount into 12 hours. From working with the North Edinburgh Arts Centre to flash landscape a shopping centre in Muirhouse, to touring Edinburgh Royal Botanic Gardens and attending lectures the day was a great success (despite the best efforts of the Icelandic volcano).
Many of the students then spent the weekend in Aberfeldy hiking and exploring international concepts of landscape. Photos from the event can be found on the SLIC Facebook page.
Integrated habitat design inspires development that maintains the
health of the natural systems that we all depend on. The IHDC
competition emphasises that working with nature, adapting to climate
change and enhancing biodiversity is integral to the design of our
urban, suburban and rural built developments.
This competition is open to individuals and teams. Submissions can be
for any built environment design project (new build, retrofit) in an
urban, suburban or rural location, of any size, anywhere in the UK, but
must take into account each of the 6 Design Criteria - Ecosystem
Services, Nature, Water, Energy & Low-carbon, Livability, Economics.
The overall winner will be the design that best integrates nature and
the built environment with innovation, imagination and practicality,
and will be awarded £2,000. All finalists will receive free entry to
CIRIA’s World Green Roof Congress in London in September, as well as
having their work published and displayed at a 5-week exhibition at The
Building Centre in London.
The registration deadline is the 1st of June and the entry deadline is the 30th of June.
MSc Conservation of Historic Gardens and Cultural Landscapes, University of Bath
This course is now open to new entrants. See below for a testimony from current student Laura Todd.
"The programme offers students from a wide range of backgrounds the opportunity to specialise in the field of conservation of historic gardens and cultural landscapes. The lectures are taught by leading professionals and academics who focus on practical issues facing conservators today, form professional practice in Landscape Architecture to heritage Lottery Fund Applications. Survey and Assessment methodologies are covered along with national and international conservation philosophies, garden history and historic environment legislation. My favourite aspect of the course is the ability to apply taught theories and methods to sites of my choice. This flexibility enables students to develop their own research interests in conjunction with practising their new skills."
