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Doctoral Programme in Landscape and Urban Studies

The doctoral programme at the ETH Zurich Department of Architecture’s Institute of Landscape and Urban Studies (LUS) offers one fellowship position starting on 1 October 2024. 100%, Zurich-based, fixed-term. Job description

The LUS Doctoral Programme

The doctoral programme at the Institute of Landscape and Urban Studies (LUS), ETH Zurich D-ARCH, is dedicated to exploring contemporary challenges in urban and environmental transformation within broader socio-cultural, political-economic, and theoretical frameworks. This programme is designed to foster critical discourse and nurture independent, innovative, and proactive research that addresses pressing social and environmental issues.

The LUS Institute engages with the production of landscape, territory, and human settlements across various scales and diverse global geographies. Key research areas include landscape and designed ecologies, energy transition, agroecology, hydrology, regenerative agriculture, adaptive infrastructures, housing, and socio-economic development with a focus on urban inequality. Geographically, the LUS Institute’s research spans Switzerland, Europe, and the broader global South.

By bringing together disciplines such as architecture, landscape architecture, urban and territorial design, and planning, as well as the social sciences, the doctoral programme at the LUS Institute adopts an inter- and transdisciplinary approach. This approach encompasses a diverse range of methodological approaches, from qualitative and quantitative research to ethnography, critical cartography, design-based action research, systems research, and urban theory.

About the Programme

The doctoral programme is conducted in English. With a current enrollment of over 25 participants, the LUS doctoral programme encourages both individual research and collaborative engagement within the doctoral community. The programme offers multiple platforms for interaction, such as the LUS methods seminar, institute-wide colloquia, workshops, and doctoral reviews. Embedded in the vibrant doctoral education environment of the Department of Architecture at ETH Zurich, the LUS doctoral programme actively collaborates with the doctoral programme at the Institute of History and Theory of Architecture (gta) , ETH Zurich. This collaboration enhances interdisciplinary perspectives and provides enriched research opportunities.

Participating Chairs at the LUS

While the proposed research should align with the individual and collective research agendas of the participating chairs at the LUS Institute, candidates are welcome to apply with an independent research topic, provided it aligns with the collective competencies of the Institute. The LUS Institute currently comprises seven chairs, each contributing to its diverse research landscape:

• Chair of History and Theory of Urban Design, Prof. Dr. Tom Avermaete
• Chair of Architecture and Housing, Prof. Maria Conen
• Chair of Landscape Architecture, Prof. Dr. Teresa Galí-Izard
• Chair of Architecture and Urban Design, Prof. Hubert Klumpner
• Chair of Architecture and Urban Transformation, Prof. Freek Persyn
• Chair of Architecture and Territorial Planning, Prof. Milica Topalovic
• Chair of Landscape Architecture, Prof. Martina Voser

Job description

Conduct original doctoral research on an individually determined topic within the disciplines of landscape and urban studies. The fellowship places no restriction on the geography or time period of the proposed research project. You are expected to devote a small part of your time to community building activities at the LUS doctoral school and co-curate LUS Talks during the second year of your studies. See past LUS Talks here.

100% doctoral employment at the ETH standard rate, with an expected term of three-and-a-half years to completion, pending successful approval of the doctoral plan at the end of year one.

Your Profile

We are seeking individuals with a background in architecture, landscape architecture, urban and territorial design and planning, and social sciences, with strong research or design experience that can benefit from the inter- and transdisciplinary engagements offered by the institute.

You must hold a university diploma or master’s degree obtained at university level (equivalent to the FHEQ-Level 7) in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, urban planning, and social science, or related fields.

You must additionally demonstrate excellent research and writing skills.

The programme provides funding for up to three-and-a-half years, with a potential extension. You will be employed at full employment (100% pensum), based on the ETH Zurich doctoral student contract, with monthly salaries according to the ‘standard rate’. For a detailed calculation of salaries, please refer to this link .

You are required to take up residency in Zurich during the period of the scholarship. Working, teaching and research at ETH Zurich

We value diversity

In line with our values , ETH Zurich encourages an inclusive culture. We promote equality of opportunity, value diversity and nurture a working and learning environment in which the rights and dignity of all our staff and students are respected. Visit our Equal Opportunities and Diversity website to find out how we ensure a fair and open environment that allows everyone to grow and flourish.

Curious? So are we.

Applications must be addressed to the Institute of Landscape and Urban Studies rather than to individual professors. Applicants must note that the application will be solely evaluated for their content and the applicants are thus requested to not contact individual professors before applying.

We are looking forward to receiving your online application with the following documents by 15 March 2024, 23:59 CET:

• Letter of motivation (1 page).
• Outline for the Proposed Research Project (4 pages + addendums). The document should include the research title, a review of the current state-of-the-art related to the proposed topic, clearly defined research questions, articulated aims and objectives, anticipated formats for publication, and a demonstration of why the LUS Institute is an ideal host for the proposed research. The main content must adhere to a 4-page limit, utilizing 11pt. font and single-spacing. Supplementary pages may be used for up to three illustrations (maps, drawings, images), bibliography, and a project timeline.
• Curriculum vitae (including publications, portfolio, and work samples, max. 10 pages).
• Published piece of writing if available (1 text, max. 15 pages).
• Name, affiliation, and email addresses of 2 referees.

Please note that applications missing any of the documents listed above and/or exceeding specified page limits will not be considered for evaluation.

The programme exclusively accepts application documents submitted through the ETH online application portal. Applications submitted via email or postal services will not be considered.

Application Timeline

• 15 March 2024: Submission deadline (23:59 CET).
• Middle of April 2024: Notification to shortlisted candidates.
• End of April 2024: Interviews with shortlisted candidates.
• Beginning of May 2024: Notification to successful applicants.
• 1 October 2024: Start of programme.

Further information about the programme, the participating faculty and the application process.

Applicants are requested to refer to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) before approaching the programme coordinator. Only for questions that cannot be addressed through the FAQs contact the doctoral programme coordinator Nitin Bathla . Requests sent to any other email will not be considered.

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Chair Günther Vogt

Doctoral programme in landscape and urban studies.

The Doctoral programme in Landscape and Urban Studies at the Department of Architecture’s Institute of Landscape and Urban Studies addresses contemporary issues of urban and environmental transformation. Research spans the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, territorial planning and social sciences. Focusing on the production of landscape, territory and human settlements through a range of different scales, from the local to the global, this may include studies in landscape and designed ecologies, design strategies, energy and food production, material stocks and flows, health and socio-economic development.

The doctoral programme seeks to promote a critical discourse, qualitatively and quantitatively addressing pressing environmental and social challenges, and aspires to cultivate independent, inventive, and proactive research that engages with processes of environmental change within their broader cultural, economic, political, social, historical and theoretical context.

The programme is structured as an ongoing collective research, no two semesters are alike and it is recommended that candidates participate in at least two consecutive semesters (starting in the autumn semester, and the following spring semester). Acknowledging that landscapes are integrating socio-economic, infrastructural and ecological aspects, the autumn semester addresses an analytical perspective, which emphasizes social sciences, territorial planning, infrastructure and technology, while the spring semester introduces a design-oriented perspective, emphasizing dialogical, participatory and ecological practices.

Participating Chairs

• Chair of History and Theory of Urban Design, Prof. Dr. Tom Avermaete
• Chair of Landscape Architecture, Prof. Dr. Teresa Galí-Izard
• Chair of Landscape Architecture, Prof. Christophe Girot
• Chair of Architecture and Urban Design, Prof. Hubert Klumpner
• Chair of Architecture and Urban Transformation, Prof. Freek Persyn
• Chair of Sociology, Prof. Dr. Christian Schmid
• Chair of Architecture and Territorial Planning, Prof. Milica Topalovic
• Chair of Landscape Architecture, Prof. Günther Vogt

Further information and registration

The PhD programme

• About the programme
• Curriculum research course
• Completion of the PhD Programme’s educational component (30 ECTS)
• a written monograph
• a compilation of several written works (article-based thesis) 
• a compilation of written and performing works (work-based thesis)
• Approved trial lecture on a given topic
• Approved public defence of the thesis (disputation)
• demonstrates thorough understanding of a substantial body of knowledge with expertise that is at the forefront of an academic discipline or area of professional practice.
• masters the field’s philosophy of science and/or artistic issues and methods.
• can evaluate the expediency and application of different methods and processes in research and scholarly and/or artistic development projects.
• can contribute to the development of new knowledge, new theories, methods, interpretations, and forms of documentation in the field.
• can conceptualize, design, and implement advanced scholarly research and/or artistic work for the generation of new knowledge, applications, or understanding.
• masters the academic practices and/or artistic practices (conference presentations, publishing academic papers, writing research proposals) within their own discipline.
• engages in critical reflection on the roles, formats, and objectives of academic research and/or artistic research.
• comprehends advanced academic writing. 
• manages complex interdisciplinary assignments and projects.
• can communicate ambiguous ideas, issues, and conclusions clearly and effectively to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
• can participate in debates in the field in international forums.
• can assess the need for, initiate, and practice innovation.
• “Designing Research Methods: Introduction to Interdisciplinary PhD Research in Architecture and Design” run by the AHO PhD Programme (7 ECTS)
• “Apparatus: Reading” run by the AHO PhD Programme (7 ECTS)
• “Apparatus: Writing” run by the AHO PhD Programme (2 ECTS)
• “Apparatus: Framing” run by the AHO PhD Programme (2 ECTS) 
• 2 ECTS Institute higher seminar presentations
• 6-7 ECTS courses tailored to the individual field of study, e.g., national or international research schools/PhD courses or specially tailored collaborative courses with the AHO Masters Programmes
• 3-4 ECTS in research mediation 
• “Designing Research Methods” October to December. 
• “Apparatus: Reading” runs October to April. 
• “Apparatus: Writing” runs March/April. 
• “Apparatus: Framing” runs April/May.
• Institute Seminar presentations, External courses and research mediation activities can be undertaken at any time to suit the timetable of the candidate. 

Relevant links

• AHO Research
• AHO PhD Theses Archive  

Chair of PhD programme: Tim Ainsworth Anstey  

PhD programme coordinator: Jan Morten Øien  

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Architecture, Planning and Landscape MPhil, PhD

We welcome MPhil and PhD proposals in any topic related to architecture, planning, or landscape.

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Start date(s):

• September 2024
• January 2025

We offer a flexible range of opportunities for postgraduate research.

We offer supervision for an MPhil or PhD in Architecture, Planning and Landscape in the following areas:

We conduct research into innovative teaching methods, the integration of theory and practice, and learn from related creative disciplines.

The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has funded research into effective skills transfer. This activity is strengthened through our involvement in the:

• European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE)
• Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP)
• European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools (ECLAS) including the Le NOTRE EU Network
• design-related aspects of construction and the use of buildings
• non-destructive testing
• measurement of energy
• environmental performance
• the changing relationship between utilities, the development, planning and management of contemporary cities
• culture and the built environment, including cultural change and transformation of the built environment
• architectural history
• architectural theory
• material culture

Environmental economics

• environmental economics
• benefit appraisal

Environmental management

Our research in this area covers environmental planning, management, impact assessment, sustainability, and Local Agenda 21 issues.

• social housing
• community development
• computer-based information search
• retrieval systems
• building product modelling with a philosophy of taking basic and applied research through to the end users
• landscape architecture theory, philosophy and environmental ethics
• sustainable landscape planning, design and management
• the history and development of the designed and cultural landscape

International urban development

• interpreting and managing change in diverse urban contexts
• improving the environment and quality of life in the cities of the developing world

Spatial analysis

• spatial change
• spatial statistics
• the use of GIS 

Planning processes and policy

• contemporary policy and practice issues in planning
• development and urban regeneration, in the context of theoretical developments and European experiences

Urban design

• city design and development
• design control
• urban public space
• public art in cities
• meaning in the built environment
• conservation
• urban regeneration
• urban design

More information about staff specialisms and the School's research can be found on the  School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape website.

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Qualifications explained.

Find out about the different qualification options for this course.

An MPhil is available in all subject areas. You receive research training and undertake original research leading to the completion of a 40,000 - 50,000 word thesis.

Find out about different types of postgraduate qualifications

A PhD is a doctorate or doctoral award. It involves original research that should make a significant contribution to the knowledge of a specific subject. To complete the PhD you will produce a substantial piece of work (80,000 – 100,000 words) in the form of a supervised thesis. A PhD usually takes three years full time.

How you'll learn

Depending on your modules, you'll be assessed through a combination of:

We offer a wide range of projects for the thesis. These will be provided by our academics. You can also propose your own topic.

Our mission is to help you:

• stay healthy, positive and feeling well
• overcome any challenges you may face during your degree – academic or personal
• get the most out of your postgraduate research experience
• carry out admin and activities essential to progressing through your degree
• understand postgraduate research processes, standards and rules

We can offer you tailored wellbeing support, courses and activities.

You can also access a broad range of workshops covering:

• research and professional skills
• careers support
• health and safety
• public engagement
• academic development

Find out more about our postgraduate research student support

Your development

Faculty of humanities and social sciences (hass) researcher development programme .

Each faculty offers a researcher development programme for its postgraduate research students. We have designed your programme to help you:

• perform better as a researcher
• boost your career prospects
• broaden your impact

Through workshops and activities, it will build your transferable skills and increase your confidence.

You’ll cover:

• techniques for effective research
• methods for better collaborative working
• essential professional standards and requirements

Your researcher development programme is flexible. You can adapt it to meet your changing needs as you progress through your doctorate.

Find out more about the Researcher Education and Development programme

Doctoral training and partnerships

There are opportunities to undertake your PhD at Newcastle within a:

• Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT)
• Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP)

Being part of a CDT or DTP has many benefits:

• they combine research expertise and training of a number of leading universities, academic schools and academics.
• you’ll study alongside a cohort of other PhD students
• they’re often interdisciplinary
• your PhD may be funded

Find out more about doctoral training and partnerships

If there are currently opportunities available in your subject area you’ll find them when you search for funding in the fees and funding section on this course.

The following centres/partnerships below may have PhD opportunities available in your subject area in the future:

ESRC Northern Ireland/North East (NINE) Doctoral Training Partnership

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The School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape's facilities include:

• exhibition spaces
• seminar rooms

Fees and funding

Tuition fees for 2024 entry (per year), home fees for research degree students.

For 2024-25 entry, we have aligned our standard Home research fees with those set by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) . The standard fee was confirmed in Spring 2024 by UKRI.

If your studies last longer than one year, your tuition fee may increase in line with inflation.

Depending on your residency history, if you’re a student from the EU, other EEA or a Swiss national, with settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, you’ll normally pay the ‘Home’ tuition fee rate and may be eligible for Student Finance England support.

EU students without settled or pre-settled status will normally be charged fees at the ‘International’ rate and will not be eligible for Student Finance England support.

If you are unsure of your fee status, check out the latest guidance here .

Scholarships

We support our EU and international students by providing a generous range of Vice-Chancellor's automatic and merit-based scholarships. See  our   searchable postgraduate funding page  for more information.  

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Tuition fees include the costs of:

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The entrance requirements below apply to 2024 entry.

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Landscape Architecture - MPhil/PhD

A PhD or MPhil in Landscape Architecture is for anyone who is keen to explore important aspects of the relationship between people and landscape. Applicants may have a background in landscape architecture or a neighbouring discipline with an interest in landscape. You may be on an academic path following directly from achieving a master degree or have spent time since then in work and from your experience find yourself motivated to pursue research via the MPhil or PhD degree. 

Our innovative research at Edinburgh College of Art, which is strongly associated with that undertaken by the OPENspace research centre, engages with developing agendas linked to many of the UN sustainable development goals and the challenges facing people and the planet. Themes pursued by past and current students include the public realm, urban open space, blue and green space networks and sustainable, healthy environments. There is a particular focus in the programme in the relationship between landscape and human health and wellbeing. Landscape architecture, environmental planning and design contribute to a wide variety of environmental, social-behavioural and cultural outcomes and impacts.

Research interests  

Supervision is offered across a very wide range of research themes and topics. These span many countries, regions, historical and contemporary periods, and issues.   

Areas of expertise include landscape design, planning and management practice, sustainable and resilient landscapes, environment and health studies, landscape perception and experience, inclusive landscape design, the history and theory of landscape architecture, landscape architecture conservation, cultural landscapes, and applications of digital technologies.

Following the achievement of the MPhil degree you may enter an academic career and eventually move into a PhD programme or choose to go into practice. A PhD allows you to seek post-doc or other academic positions as a lecturer or researcher, depending on your preferences. Many PhD students are also staff members at overseas universities and the PhD allows them to follow an academic career path once they return to their home institution.

Why you should choose this programme

You will have access to supervision from a range of world-class researchers, drawn from within and beyond the discipline of architecture.

We actively promote interdisciplinary approaches and encourage research that challenges conventional modes of practice and thought.

You will benefit from leading research training methodologies and seminar events, including distinguished visiting professors, all within a lively, research-driven environment.

You will have access to world-class computing, library and workshop facilities, all located in a European capital city with good transport links.

The programme provides exciting opportunities for cross-disciplinary exploration and research with the Schools of Art, Design, History of Art, and Music within ECA as well as other schools in the University.

Opportunities

You will form part of a community of research students from the UK and around the world, working on different but also related subjects and using many different methods. A series of seminars presented by students helps to foster a vibrant research community. You will also have the chance to contribute to teaching and tutoring on the landscape architecture programmes in order to gain experience and be part of the wider academic community within ESALA.

How to apply and entry requirements

If you'd like to study on a postgraduate research programme at Edinburgh College of Art, you must apply through EUCLID, our online application system. You can find out how to do this on the University of Edinburgh website, where you'll also be able to:

• See detailed entrance requirements for each programme on the Degree Finder  
• Get information on what to expect after you apply  
• Find out about study modes, start dates and fees  
• Find out if, and how, you need to submit a portfolio, showreel or research proposal  
• Find out where to go for further advice and guidance.

Application process

Before you apply.

As this is a research programme, support and supervision may be provided by any of the teaching staff in the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA). You could also be supervised jointly, or by second supervision, by experts in other departments within the University of Edinburgh, including Geography, Health in Social Science, Education, Engineering, and History and Classics.   

Please ensure that at least one member of staff (see below) maintains an active research programme that aligns with the themes of your proposed project.  

Prospective students are strongly encouraged to make contact with the relevant member(s) of staff via email to explain your research interests prior to submitting an application. Please note that we only accept applications and review application materials submitted through the official EUCLID application portal.

After you apply

Once your application has been submitted for consideration, it will be sent to a team of academic reviewers for their attention. They will then make a decision about your application and research topic, and decide whether it is possible to make an offer of a place to study with us. You may be asked to attend a brief online interview but if this is the case, you will be notified in advance.

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Prof Simon Bell

Personal Chair of Landscape and Wellbeing

Co-director OPENspace Research Centre; Director, PhD/MPhil programme in Landscape Architecture; Past President European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools

Research interests

• Landscape and wellbeing
• Urban blue spaces
• Urban forestry
• Landscape and memory
• Outdoor recreation planning and design

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• PhD in Anthropology
• PhD in Biosciences

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General information, application calendar, course steps, doctoral theses presented, phd in landscape architecture and urban ecology, doctoral programme in landscape architecture and urban ecology.

This doctoral program is offered in association by the universities of Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra and seeks to develop the ability to relate art (aesthetics, design and criticism) and science (biological processes, landscape management and planning). It is an international PhD that has been structured for candidates with some experience in the professional practice of landscape design and management or in research in nearby areas of landscape architecture and urban ecology. The PhD is therefore particularly suitable for Masters (or pre-Bologna graduates) in Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Environmental Engineering, Geography, Biology, Forestry and Agronomy.

• Course coordinator: Doutor Paula Castro ( [email protected] )
• Course type: 3rd Cycle Studies

Qualification Awarded : Doutor

• Objectives of the course: The PhD in Landscape Architecture and Urban Ecology aims: - A post-graduate education leading to the award of the degree of Doctor of "Landscape Architecture and Urban Ecology"; - The integration of the three universities in the sharing of teaching and research of the doctoral program, a rotation system in which the University is identified annually host; - Contribute to the current state of discussion of theory and methods in Landscape Architecture; - Deepening of strategic areas such as planning and urban ecology, landscape aesthetics, environmental psychology and sociology, the planning for recreation and other matters that constitute the domains of knowledge in Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning. It implies, therefore, capacity building and discussion of the relationship between art (drawing, design and critical) and science (biological processes, planning and management).
• Admission requirements: The access conditions are: - Bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture, Environmental Engineering, Geographical Engineering, Agricultural Sciences and Biology and related fields, obtained before the implementation of the Bologna Process - Degree of Master (second cycle higher education) in Landscape Architecture, Environmental Engineering, Geographical, Agricultural Sciences, Urban and Regional Planning, Environmental Engineering and Biology and related fields, obtained prior to the implementation of the Bologna Process as well as. - Another national or foreign qualification considered, in legal terms as equivalent.

Professional goals: Land use planning and administration; Landscape Architecture professionals and lectures

Study programme: See it.

Scholarships: The Program does not have scholarships and cannot answer any financial questions, which should be addressed to Academic Services. Potential PhD supervisors may have information about grants.

Applications: Application submission .

• More information: UC website

SCHEDULE of application actions for doctoral courses, from the publication of vacancies to the date of registration and enrollment.

Check all the STEPS of the course by checking the information on this website.

You can CONSULT the doctoral theses that were presented at the Department of Life Sciences in this area.

• Schools & departments

Architecture PhD, MPhil

Awards: PhD, MPhil

Study modes: Full-time, Part-time

Funding opportunities

Programme website: Architecture

Introduction to Postgraduate Research

Join us online on 19 June to learn about applying for and studying a research degree at Edinburgh.

Find out more and register

Research profile

Research is central to the study of architecture within the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA). It motivates our intellectual and creative activities and underpins our collaborations with a range of important international and UK-based institutions.

We actively promote interdisciplinary approaches to research in architecture. Our expertise and interests range across the following areas:

Architectural Conservation

Our focus includes:

• conservation theory and history
• urban conservation
• conservation technology
• the challenges of bridging heritage and new architecture

Architectural History, Theory and Criticism

We have particular strength in:

• the history of architecture in Britain and the British colonial world (18th and 19th centuries)
• Germany, Central Europe and Russia
• modernism in Europe, North America and Africa
• Renaissance Italy
• the history of landscape
• the history of technology
• the international history of mass housing and urban development
• the theory and philosophy of architecture
• the philosophy of place
• critical inquiry and methodology

Design-led Research and Studio Practice

We focus on:

• research in and through design, as informed by contemporary architectural and cultural theory
• studio pedagogy
• research-led teaching
• methodologies of urban research and fieldwork

Technology, Environment and Sustainability

We offer expertise in:

• lightweight steel structures
• the building envelope
• design and manufacturing
• sustainable design in both qualitative and quantitative senses, looking at environmental response, design theory, rural planning and user-centred solutions

Interior Design

Programme structure.

The PhD programme comprises three years of full-time (six years part-time) research under the supervision of an expert in your chosen research topic within Architecture. This period of research culminates in a supervised thesis of up to a maximum of 100,000 words.

The MPhil programme comprises two years of full-time (four years part-time) research under the supervision of an expert in your chosen research topic within Architecture. This period of research culminates in a supervised thesis of up to a maximum of 60,000 words.

Regular individual meetings with your supervisor provide guidance and focus for the course of research you are undertaking.

You will be encouraged to attend research methods courses at the beginning of your research studies.

And for every year you are enrolled on programme you will be required to complete an annual progression review.

Training and support

All of our research students benefit from Edinburgh College of Art's interdisciplinary approach, and you will be assigned at least two research supervisors.

Your first/ lead supervisor would normally be based in the same subject area as your degree programme. Your second supervisor may be from another discipline within Edinburgh College of Art or elsewhere within the University of Edinburgh, according to the expertise required. On occasion more than two supervisors will be assigned, particularly where the degree brings together multiple disciplines.

Our research culture is supported by seminars and public lecture programmes and discussion groups.

Tutoring opportunities will be advertised to the postgraduate research community, which you can apply for should you wish to gain some teaching experience during your studies. But you are not normally advised to undertake tutoring work in the first year of your research studies, while your main focus should be on establishing the direction of your research.

You are encouraged to attend courses at the Institute for Academic Development ( IAD ), where all staff and students at the University of Edinburgh are supported through a range of training opportunities, including:

• short courses in compiling literature reviews
• writing in a second language
• preparing for your viva

The Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities ( SGSAH ) offers further opportunities for development. You will also be encouraged to refer to the Vitae research development framework as you grow into a professional researcher.

You will have access to study space (some of which are 24-hour access), studios and workshops at Edinburgh College of Art’s campus, as well as University wide resources. There are several bookable spaces for the development of exhibitions, workshops or seminars. And you will have access to well-equipped multimedia laboratories, photography and exhibition facilities, shared recording space, access to recording equipment available through Bookit, the equipment loan booking system.

You will have access to high quality library facilities. Within the University of Edinburgh, there are three libraries; the Main Library, the ECA library and the Art and Architecture Library. The Centre for Research Collections which holds the University of Edinburgh’s historic collections is also located in the Main Library.

The Talbot Rice Gallery is a public art gallery of the University of Edinburgh and part of Edinburgh College of Art, which is committed to exploring what the University of Edinburgh can contribute to contemporary art practice today and into the future. You will also have access to the extraordinary range and quality of exhibitions and events associated with a leading college of art situated within a world-class research-intensive University.

St Cecilia’s Hall which is Scotland’s oldest purpose-built concert hall also houses the Music Museum which holds one of the most important historic musical instrument collections anywhere in the world.

In addition to the University’s facilities you will also be able to access wider resources within the City of Edinburgh. Including but not limited to; National Library of Scotland, Scottish Studies Library and Digital Archives, City of Edinburgh Libraries, Historic Environment Scotland and the National Trust for Scotland.

You will also benefit from the University’s extensive range of student support facilities provided, including student societies, accommodation, wellbeing and support services.

PhD by Distance option

The PhD by Distance is available to suitably qualified applicants in all the same areas as our on-campus programmes.

The PhD by Distance allows students who do not wish to commit to basing themselves in Edinburgh to study for a PhD in an ECA subject area from their home country or city.

There is no expectation that students studying for an ECA PhD by Distance study mode should visit Edinburgh during their period of study. However, short term visits for particular activities could be considered on a case-by-case basis.

For further information on the PhD by Distance please see the ECA website

Entry requirements

These entry requirements are for the 2024/25 academic year and requirements for future academic years may differ. Entry requirements for the 2025/26 academic year will be published on 1 Oct 2024.

Normally a UK masters degree or its international equivalent. If you do not meet the academic entry requirements, we may still consider your application on the basis of relevant professional experience.

You must also submit a research proposal; see How to Apply section for guidance.

International qualifications

Check whether your international qualifications meet our general entry requirements:

• Entry requirements by country
• English language requirements

Regardless of your nationality or country of residence, you must demonstrate a level of English language competency at a level that will enable you to succeed in your studies.

English language tests

We accept the following English language qualifications at the grades specified:

• IELTS Academic: total 7.0 with at least 6.0 in each component. We do not accept IELTS One Skill Retake to meet our English language requirements.
• TOEFL-iBT (including Home Edition): total 100 with at least 20 in each component. We do not accept TOEFL MyBest Score to meet our English language requirements.
• C1 Advanced ( CAE ) / C2 Proficiency ( CPE ): total 185 with at least 169 in each component.
• Trinity ISE : ISE III with passes in all four components.
• PTE Academic: total 70 with at least 59 in each component.

Your English language qualification must be no more than three and a half years old from the start date of the programme you are applying to study, unless you are using IELTS , TOEFL, Trinity ISE or PTE , in which case it must be no more than two years old.

Degrees taught and assessed in English

We also accept an undergraduate or postgraduate degree that has been taught and assessed in English in a majority English speaking country, as defined by UK Visas and Immigration:

• UKVI list of majority English speaking countries

We also accept a degree that has been taught and assessed in English from a university on our list of approved universities in non-majority English speaking countries (non-MESC).

• Approved universities in non-MESC

If you are not a national of a majority English speaking country, then your degree must be no more than five years old* at the beginning of your programme of study. (*Revised 05 March 2024 to extend degree validity to five years.)

Find out more about our language requirements:

Fees and costs

Tuition fees, scholarships and funding, featured funding.

• Edinburgh College of Art scholarships

UK government postgraduate loans

If you live in the UK, you may be able to apply for a postgraduate loan from one of the UK’s governments.

The type and amount of financial support you are eligible for will depend on:

• your programme
• the duration of your studies
• your tuition fee status

Programmes studied on a part-time intermittent basis are not eligible.

• UK government and other external funding

Other funding opportunities

Search for scholarships and funding opportunities:

• Search for funding

Further information

• Edinburgh College of Art Postgraduate Research Team
• Phone: +44 (0)131 651 5739
• Contact: [email protected]
• Postgraduate Research Director, Architecture & Landscape Architecture, Dr Ruxandra-Iulia Stoica
• Contact: [email protected]
• Edinburgh College of Art Postgraduate Research Team Student and Academic Support Service
• The University of Edinburgh
• Evolution House, 78 West Port
• Central Campus
• Programme: Architecture
• School: Edinburgh College of Art
• College: Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

Select your programme and preferred start date to begin your application.

PhD Architecture - 3 Years (Full-time)

Phd architecture - 6 years (part-time), phd architecture by distance - 3 years (full-time), phd architecture by distance - 6 years (part-time), mphil architecture - 2 years (full-time), mphil architecture - 4 years (part-time), application deadlines.

If you are applying for funding or will require a visa then we strongly recommend you apply as early as possible. All applications must be received by the deadlines listed above.

• How to apply

You must submit two references with your application.

You must submit two references with your application, one of which must be an academic reference and preferably from your most recent studies.

You should submit a research proposal that outlines your project's aims, context, process and product/outcome. Read the application guidance before you apply.

• Preparing your application - postgraduate research degrees (PDF)

Find out more about the general application process for postgraduate programmes:

Doctoral Studies

In Architecture and Landscape, a doctorate can be obtained - depending on the subject area - with the titles Doctor of Engineering (Dr.-Ing.), Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.) or Doctor of Philosophy (Dr. phil.).   The doctoral studies are regulated in the current doctoral regulations of the faculty. The achievements for the award of the doctoral degree consist of a dissertation and an oral examination. The doctorate is proof of the ability to carry out in-depth independent scientific work. Requirement for admission to the doctorate is a relevant scientific degree. If you would like to join our Faculty of doctoral studies, please contact a professor who is thematically near to your topic as possible supervisor, in order then to submit an exposé. 

Admission as a doctoral student

The Faculty of Architecture and Landscape Sciences sets two dates per semester for the submission of applications for admission.  

Summer term First date: until 01.04.2024 - 12:00 o'clock in the deanery Second date: until Wednesday 01.06.2024 - 12:00 o'clock in the deanery

Winter term First date: until Wednesday 01.10.2024 - 12:00 o'clock in the deanery Second date: until Wednesday 25.11.2024 - 12:00 o'clock in the deanery  

Applications for a doctorate / opening of the procedure:

In general: If no binding dates are given, the application is submitted to the dean's office 4 weeks before the respective faculty council meeting at which the application is to be accepted.

It is pointed out that the deadlines for admission as a doctoral candidate or for the opening of the doctoral procedures are an administrative recommendation and not an order. This recommendation is not mutually legally binding, but rather an administrative procedure which makes the inclusion of the matter on the agenda of the next faculty council meeting highly binding.

• PhD regulations 2018 (current version)
• PhD regulations 2008 (old version)
• PhD Agreement
• Notes for approval applications
• Information sheet for the promotion
• Habilitation regulations
• Inter-faculty information on structured doctoral training

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Chen Wen  | 29.07.2019 The elderly in green spaces: understanding, mapping, and planning for nature-based recreation Prof. Dr. rer. hort. Christina von Haaren

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Nana Wix  | 21.08.2019 Blühstreifen als Naturschutzmaßnahme zur Förderung der Avifauna und Tagfalterfauna in der Agrarlandschaft Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Michael Reich

Luqi Wang  | 23.10.2019 Exploring the bicycle planning culture and implementation challenges: case studies of Hamburg and Wuhan Prof. Dr. Frank Othengrafen

Song Song  | 11.12.2019 Designing Urban Wetland Parks in China –Towards Guidelines for Integrating Ecological and Open Space UseConcerns Prof. Dr. Martin Prominski

Sarah Theresa Hartmann  | 20.02.2018 Monuments of Everyday Life – Interplays of City, Infrastructure and Architecture in São Paulo Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Schröder

Sarah Annika Matthies  | 15.03.2018 Species richness in urban green spaces – Relevant aspects for nature conservation Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Rüdiger Prasse

Yara Cristina Labronici Baiardi | 08.05.2018 Node of transport and place: Dilemmas, Challenges and Potentialities towards the Development of a Mobility Urban Hub Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Schröder

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Janna Eberhard | 29.06.2018 Kirche und 'Elefant' im Kloster Loccum. Neue Perspektiven auf Zisterzienserarchitektur Prof. Dr. Joachim Ganzert

Wasim Rida Salama | 04.07.2018 Design for disassembly as an alternative sustainable construction approach to life-cycle-design of concrete buildings Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Alexander Furche

Joseph Claghorn | 06.07.2018 Algorithmic Landscapes: Computational Methods for the Mediation of Form, Information, and Performance in Landscape Architecture / Algorithmische Landschaften: Rechenmethoden zur Vermittlung zwischen Form, Information und Performance in der Landschaftsarchitektur Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Christian Werthmann

Carsten Ludowig | 19.07.2018 Einfluss horizontaler Barrieren auf die Vermeidung von Maulwurfshügeln in Rasenflächen Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Gilbert Lösken

Sarah Daniela Schomers | 12.12.2018 Intermediaries within the governance structures of payment for ecosystem services: Cost-effectiveness andenvironmental effectiveness from an institutional economic perspective Prof. Dr. Bettina Matzdorf

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Martin Sondermann | 26.04.2017 Planungskulturen kooperativer Stadtgrünentwicklung Prof. Dr. Rainer Danielzyk

Enke Franck  | 14.06.2017 Regionalplanung als integrative Schlüsselfunktion bei der strategischen Anpassung an den Klimawandel in Niedersachsen Prof. Dr. Rainer Danielzyk

Linda Lange | 22.08.2017 Multilokalität in ländlich geprägten Räumen Niedersachsens - Zum Einfluss einer durch temporäre An- und Abwesenheiten gekennzeichneten Lebensweise auf das bürgerschaftliche Engagement Prof. Dr. Rainer Danielzyk

Meike Hellmich | 06.11.2017 Nachhaltiges Landmanagement vor dem Hintergrund des Klimawandels als Aufgabe der räumlichen Planung. Eine Evaluation im planerischen Mehrebenensystem an den Beispielen der Altmark und des Landkreises Lüchow-Dannenbergs Prof. Dr. Rainer Danielzyk

Renko Johannes Steffen | 06.11.2017 Geschossdecken aus Bambus Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Alexander Furche

Gesine Tuitjer  | 28.11.2017 Aber dann mit Familie ist einfach das Dorfleben viel, viel besser. Sinn, Praxis und Materialität in der Konstruktion von Raum und Geschlecht Jun.-Prof. Dr. Tanja Mölders

Verena Stengel | 07.03.2016 Baumwurzeleinwuchs bei Geh- und Radwegen - Wirkung von Baustoffeigenschaften und Bauweisen auf die Durchwurzelbarkeit und Ansätze zur Schadenvorbeugung Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Gilbert Lösken

Li Xin | 21.06.2016 Integrated Strategies of Landscape-based Stormwater Management in northern China – An analysis and comparativestudy of six Chinese stormwater management projects Prof. Dr. Martin Prominski

Andrea Christa Dittrich-Wesbuer  | 05.07.2016 Multilokalität und Stadtentwicklung - Veränderte Muster räumlicher Mobilität und ihre lokalen Implikationen Prof. Dr. Rainer Danielzyk

Wiebke Saathoff   | 12.07.2016 Möglichkeiten der Initiierung einer klima- und naturschutzfreundlichen Landwirtschaft gemäß Subsidiaritätsprinzip am Beispiel der Biogasproduktion Prof. Dr. rer. hort. Christina von Haaren

Christina Marie Milos  | 15.07.2016 Anticipating the Spatial Impacts of Oil Sands Production on Livelihoods and Infrastructure in Ondo State, Nigeria Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Christian Werthmann

Friedrich Maximilian Wilhelm Fischer  | 17.08.2016 Die Intelligenz der Hände. Analoge und digitale Architekturdarstellung in der zeitgenössischen Entwurfsmethodik Prof. Dr. Albert Schmid-Kirsch

Meike Levin-Keitel  | 22.08.2016 Innerstädtische Flusslandschaften im Spiegel der lokalen Planungskultur. Planungskulturelle Perspektiven einer integrierten und nachhaltigen Stadtentwicklung im Umgang mit ihren Flusslandschaften. Prof. Dr. Rainer Danielzyk

Monika Baronin von Haaren | 01.11.2016 Bewertung des Wasserverbrauchs im landwirtschaftlichen Ackerbau unter Berücksichtigung des Klimawandels - Entwicklung einer Methode für die Managementsoftware MANUELA am Beispiel eines Ackerbaubetriebs in Nordost-Niedersachsen Dr. Uwe Herrmann

Christiae Kania-Feistkorn  | 15.11.2016 Vom Spielen und Entwerfen. Spielerische Erkenntnisweisen und Ideenfindung im Entwurfsprozess urbaner Landschaften Prof. Dr. Martin Prominski

Linda Meyer-Veltrup  | 25.11.2016 Suitability of test methods to characterize the durability of timber products in various exposure situations underparticular consideration of their moisture performance Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Andreas O. Rapp

Anke Schmidt  | 13.12.2016 Geschichten urbaner Landschaften. Formate des Erzählens für kollaborative Entwurfsprozesse Prof. Dr. Martin Prominski

Joëlle Aline  | 21.01.2015 Wohnmobilität im Alter - ein zukunftsfähiger Ansatz für eine nachhaltige Siedlungsentwicklung nach innen? Prof. Dr. Barbara Zibell

Imke Hennemann-Kreikenbohm | 17.02.2015 Kompensationsmaßnahmen und energetische Nutzungspotenziale – Kurzumtriebsplantagen und Kurzumtriebsstreifenals mögliche Maßnahmen im Rahmen der Eingriffsregelung Apl. Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Michael Rode

Laura Kienbaum-Rosenberger  | 23.02.2015 Stadt: Seilbahn: Architektur. Entwurfsbausteine und Gestaltungszusammenhänge. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr. phil. Margitta Buchert

Christopher Jens Garthe  | 24.02.2015 Erholung und Bildung in Nationalparken: Gesellschaftliche Einstellungen, ökologische Auswirkungen und Ansätze für ein integratives Besuchermanagement Prof. Dr. rer. hort. Christina von Haaren

Sibylle Schmidt | 03.03.2015 Kompetenzorientierung in modularisierten Studiengängen zur Schließung curricularer Lücken Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Klaus Littmann

Carolin Galler  | 29.06.2015 Multifunktionalität von Umweltmaßnahmen - Quantifizierung multipler Umweltwirkungen und ihre Berücksichtigung in der Umweltplanung Prof. Dr. rer. hort. Christina von Haaren

Isabelle Miriam Kunze  | 21.07.2015 The social organisation of land use change in Wayanad, Kerala, South India Jun.-Prof. Dr. Tanja Mölders

Nirza Fabiola Castro Gonzáles  | 20.08.2015 Potenziale des Jatropha curcas-Anbaus für eine nachhaltige Produktion von Biodiesel in Bolivien - Am Beispiel einer Fallstudie in der bolivianischen Region El Gran Chaco des Departamentos Santa Cruz Apl. Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Michael Rode

Simon Rietz  | 11.11.2015 Deutsche Soldatenfriedhöfe des Ersten Weltkrieges und der Weimarer Republik. Ein Beitrag zur Professionsgeschichteder Landschaftsarchitektur. Prof. Dr. Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn

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Postgraduate Courses in Landscape Architecture in Europe - 80 Courses

University college dublin ucd school of architecture, planning and environmental policy.

• Science in Urban Design MSc

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Track: Landscape Architecture

The Landscape Architecture track deals with making space inspired by nature, art and technology whereby the formal, material and cultural qualities of the site form the departure of the design. The track teaches students to transform and create compositions ‘through’ scale, time and as a process. Landscape Architecture is an independent design discipline strongly related to Urbanism and Architecture.  

Watch this teaser for an introduction to the track. Do you want more in-depth information? Watch the second video on this page.    

Degree:   Master of Science Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences

Title after PPE : Landscape Architect

Credits:  120 EC, 24 months

Type:  Full-time

Start:  BSc Bouwkunde graduates can start in September and February. New students can only enrol in September. 

Language of instruction:  English

What you will learn

The landscape architect connects in- and outdoor spaces: from architectonic ensembles, including gardens, urban spaces and large-scale urban, rural and infrastructural landscapes. Students learn to see landscape as a contextual underlay for understanding, ordering and acting in spatial transformations. The emphasis lies on the historical continuity of landscape as a process. Situated within the faculty of Architecture and the Built environment the Landscape Architecture track focuses on building sciences. 

Watch this video and get an overview of the field, the content of the programme and your career opportunities. [8 minutes]

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10 Great Places to Study Landscape Architecture in Europe

Main building Leibniz Universität Hannover. Credit: Firefeichti, CC 3.0

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Sculpture Court in the Edinburgh College of Art Credit: CC BY-SA 3.0 by Kim Traynor

Some of these schools offer courses in English, and most offer study abroad opportunities so that students can have access to the latest and greatest of Europe as a whole, and all of the above are fully accredited so that the degrees offer the highest standards of landscape architecture education in Europe. Recommended Reading:

• Landscape Architecture: An Introduction  by Robert Holden
• Landscape Architecture, Fifth Edition: A Manual of Environmental Planning and Design  by Barry Starke

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What Europe Can (and Can’t) Tell the US About Architectural Licensure

In the third part of Archinect In-Depth: Licensure , we reflect on what the United States can learn from the architecture licensure models of other nations. While doing so, we speak with Peggy Deamer , Professor Emerita of Yale University's School of Architecture, whose book Architecture and Labor includes an analysis on how the wider U.S. architecture profession compares to those of France, Germany, and Sweden.

The Grass Is Always Greener

Growing up in the Republic of Ireland , I was required to study the Irish language from an early age. One of the earliest Irish phrases I learned was “Is glas iad na cnoic i bhfad uainn,” which translates directly as “The faraway hills are greener.” Despite its appropriateness for Ireland’s landscapes, the proverb isn’t uniquely Irish. In ancient Rome, one might have used the phrase “Fertilior seges est alenis semper in agris,” meaning “The harvest is always more fruitful in another man's fields,” while the widely-used English version “The grass is always greener” dates back to at least the 1920s with Raymond B. Egan and Richard A. Whiting’s song The Grass is Always Greener in the Other Fellow’s Yard .

Given the many critiques we often hear from readers on the current U.S. system, from the cost and time required to complete the path to a lack of support to demographic inequalities, surely the grass had to be greener somewhere else?

What can any of this tell us about architectural licensure? A couple of things, actually.

Firstly, it speaks to an intrinsic human tendency to engage in comparisons. The practice of comparing ourselves to other individuals has been a staple of the human psyche since time immemorial. However, we don’t stop there. In addition to subjecting ourselves to individual comparisons, we also subject our national systems to comparisons with other countries. Indeed, some of the most charged political and social debates in the U.S. place international comparisons at their forefront, including the healthcare system, gun rights, immigration, labor laws, and drug policies. As our proverb alludes to, these comparisons only run in one direction: up. From the perspective of U.S. change agents, the grass is always greener for the UK’s National Health Service, Portugal’s liberal drug policies, or Austria’s mandatory 43 annual paid vacation days.

The same holds true for Archinect In-Depth: Licensure , where one of the first lines of inquiry agreed upon within our editorial team was to compare architectural licensure in the U.S. to other countries. Given the many critiques we often hear from readers and commentators on the current U.S. system, from the cost and time required to complete the path to a lack of support to demographic inequalities, surely the grass had to be greener somewhere else?

Learning from Europe

We weren’t the only ones to begin with this premise. In her 2021 book Architecture and Labor , Yale University Emeritus Professor of Architecture and long-time Archinect contributor Peggy Deamer expressed the same sentiment about the U.S. architecture profession as a whole, writing: “My interest in examining professional architectural organizations outside of the United States began with the conjecture that other countries probably did more to address an unrewarding and increasingly irrelevant profession than the American Institute of Architects (AIA), an association that has proved indifferent to a faltering discipline.”

Deamer’s mission of exploring how other countries structure their architectural professions took her through three case studies: France, Germany, and Sweden. Before reflecting on the conclusions Deamer drew from her research, however, it is worth taking a moment to briefly introduce these three systems, if only as a demonstration that the U.S. model of architectural professional and licensure structures is not ubiquitous, even across the wider geopolitical West.

Unlike the United States, there is no final ARE-style licensure exam in France.

To be recognized as a licensed architect in France , one must become a member of the Ordre des Architectes, a national professional architecture association regulated by the national government’s Ministry of Culture. To become a member, and hence a legal architect, one must graduate from an accredited architecture school, which typically lasts five years, in addition to completing a one-year apprenticeship. Unlike the United States, there is no final ARE -style licensure exam in France.

While French licensure is centralized via the national Ordre, Germany sees architectural licensure devolved to the country’s 16 regions, each of which contains a branch of the national, semi-public Federal Chamber of German Architects (Bundesarchitektenkammer e.V. – BAK). To become a legal architect, a candidate must join their regional kammer by completing an academic degree, which normally takes 5-6 years, in addition to at least two years of practice. As with France, no ARE-style professional examination is required.

In her summary of the German system, Deamer points to a peculiarity that, though not pursued further in this article, is worth noting. “German architects hesitate to pursue licensure because the two-year apprenticeship is so difficult and because, in a field dominated by large firms with the large teams needed to complete technologically complex buildings, many are certain they will never need to stamp a drawing,” Deamer notes. “As a result, 50% of those graduating from accredited architecture schools in Germany do not complete registration.”

Unlike the U.S., anybody in Sweden can call themselves an architect. There is no legal protection on the title.

Of our three case studies, Sweden is arguably the most intriguing. Unlike the U.S., anybody in Sweden can call themselves an architect. There is no legal protection on the title. In the eyes of clients and the public, faith in an architect’s competence instead rests on whether or not their architect is a member of Sveriges Arkitekter, translated as Architects Sweden, which serves as both a professional organization and a labor union. To join the association, one must graduate from an accredited school of architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, or spatial planning, in Sweden or the European Union. There is no ARE-style exam, nor AXP-style measure of experience. It is interesting to note that, despite the fewer qualifying hurdles one has to overcome to join the Swedish association, and the lack of protection of the title ‘architect,’ Swedish architects are among the highest paid of their profession in Europe. “The securer the title, the lower the fee,” one Swedish official told Deamer.

Architecture and Identity

While Deamer began her study with the goal of learning from the architectural professions of other countries, and using such models as a catalyst for transforming the U.S. system, she instead found such a goal to be, in her own words, “misplaced and rather naïve.” This brings us to the second lesson our ‘faraway hills’ proverb can teach us about architectural licensure . From a distance, such landscapes can appear Nirvana-like, if only we could reach them. When we do, the complexities and flaws of our new surroundings reveal themselves, while newer, more promising, greener hills come into view. Such a pursuit of perfection through direct comparisons and transplants is not only endless but arguably flawed, our proverb tells us.

“The examination of architectural organizations in France, Germany, and Sweden,” Deamer writes, “revealed more than anything how deeply steeped these organizations are in their own national heritage and, hence, the non-importability of their models to the United States. While there are lessons to be learned about how architectural associations everywhere can more effectively nudge architecture into the public consciousness as a focus of national concern, the overriding revelation is how much architecture is used as an agent of nationalist ideology.”

The French architectural profession, for example, is intertwined with a French cultural context that views architecture as a principal source of national pride. While France’s highly centralized political and economic structure results in an architectural professional body directed and funded by the state, the importance of architecture as a symbol of French cultural identity results in a competition-heavy procurement process for architects which, for Deamer, “continues the Beaux-Arts tradition that links these competitions to the production of cultural grandeur and assures the visibility of architecture in the public consciousness.”

While there are lessons to be learned about how architectural associations everywhere can more effectively nudge architecture into the public consciousness as a focus of national concern, the overriding revelation is how much architecture is used as an agent of nationalist ideology .  —  Peggy Deamer

Where France’s profession serves as a vehicle for propagating cultural splendor, Germany’s profession is structured to reflect its nation’s pride and emphasis on engineering quality and efficiency. As a result, the path to architectural licensure is informed by a need to demonstrate technical competency, before joining an architectural professional body which itself is closely aligned with engineering.

Meanwhile, as Deamer notes, Germany’s wider “ pro-employee environment” results in a system where joining the kammer not only makes one a legal architect, but creates a formal written employment contract with the kammer, offering members a pension, labor support, and a de-facto fee schedule despite the European Union’s tough competition laws. “Architects pay a portion of their monthly salary to the government, which, in turn, filters it back to the kammers,” Deamer explains. “This system helps connect individual architects to the system at large and to each other.”

Finally, Deamer argues, Sweden’s model of the architecture profession is “a product of the knowledge economy and innovation,” where firms and institutions alike can gain access to research funding, particularly for innovation across construction, design, the environment, and finance. The architecture profession is also emblematic of a wider national emphasis on the experience of a system’s ‘end user.’ This preoccupation on the social value of architecture is reflected not only in Sveriges Arkitekter’s dual role as a professional body and labor union but also in the absence of any protection on the use of the title ‘architect.’ The average citizen is seen as a participant in the architectural process, echoing a wider political outlook which Deamer describes as “bottom-up openness and top-down control.”

In a recent conversation on the topic, I asked Deamer whether she believes this observation on the link between a country’s architectural professional structure and a wider national identity extends beyond her European case studies to more geographically and culturally distant regions such as Asia. “One hundred percent,” Deamer told me. Taking China as an example, she pointed out that “it is only in recent years that you can study with a major in architecture. They didn’t want to license architects as it was seen as bourgeois.” Deamer also pointed to the recent emergence of private practice in China, as opposed to the traditional model of architects working for the state. “They're going through a period right now about how to deal with people who aren't just totally within the system,” Deamer added.

Provocations, Not Solutions

When asking what these findings can tell us about the future of architectural licensure in the United States, two conditions are worth highlighting. The first relates to licensure’s relationship to the wider profession. Just as the architectural profession exists in a country’s wider political and cultural outlook, the licensing system itself exists as only one domain in the wider architectural profession. In our conversation on the topic, Deamer went further by noting that, in her view, radical reform of professional organizations such as the AIA takes precedence over isolated reform of licensure.

This raises a question: is the strength of feeling about licensure and protection of title among the U.S. architecture profession a consequence of a fragmented professional landscape? Returning to our three case study countries, we see a profession where licensure is dissolved into the workings of organizations whose responsibilities also encompass lobbying, professional promotion, employee support, and the administration of research and commercial opportunities. By contrast, both the U.S. and the United Kingdom operate a model where, to some, membership of a licensing body provides little more than permission to use the title ‘architect.’ However, while this divorce between licensing boards and professional bodies may lessen the wider impact of licensure reform on the profession, it may also offer the U.S. profession the freedom to enact licensure reform without the weight of adhering to cultural or political hegemony.

Is the strength of feeling about licensure and protection of title among the U.S. architecture profession a consequence of a fragmented professional landscape? 

This brings us to our second condition: architecture's perceived lack of cultural or political value in the United States. “Unlike France (which views architecture as a source of national pride), Germany (which views buildings as demonstrations of technical expertise), or Sweden (which understands its built environment as a social experiment), the United States has no particular collective view of architecture other than an ability to build tall skyscrapers that speak to capitalist development,” Deamer notes in her book. There are several explanations for this. Compared to European nations, the U.S. covers a vast variety of geographical and cultural contexts, each of which can demand its own architectural needs and agendas, encouraged by a constitutional system that propagates legislative divergence among states versus more centralized European nations. For Deamer, the U.S. reverence for the private free market versus a more socialist outlook in Europe also contributes to architecture’s disempowerment.

“The fact that most of the projects that architects get in the U.S. are private makes it much more difficult for there to be a connection between how architecture is represented in the state and, consequently, how architecture is represented in the public,” Deamer told me. “Unlike these European countries, most big projects are not public, making it difficult for the public to say that a specific piece of architecture represents pride in the U.S.”

As we ask how the U.S. architectural licensure system should evolve, then, perhaps there is value in looking to the rest of the world not for solutions, but for provocations.

As we ask how the U.S. architectural licensure system should evolve, then, perhaps there is value in looking to the rest of the world not for solutions, but for provocations. Without replicating the French Ordre des Architectes, might we nonetheless reflect on how a nation that sees architects as indispensable for the delivery of national monuments, and a national identity, can do so without requiring an ARE-style final examination? Without replicating the German kammers, might we ask how membership in a licensing body could become more than an end in itself, but provide stronger professional benefits or resources to license holders? 

More radically, might the example of Sveriges Arkitekter invite us to reflect on whether protection of the title ‘architect’ is the only strategy available to protect the integrity of the architectural profession, and the health and safety of the public?

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March was founded in 2012 in Moscow to introduce a new model of high-quality architectural education. It is a unique educational centre specialising in an international educational programme in the field of architecture and urbanism. The School was developed in partnership with the Sir John Cass Faculty of Arts, Architecture and Design of London Metropolitan University (LMU). MARCH strives to create a new model of architectural education in Russia, focused on generating thinking, competent and responsible individuals, educated to the highest international level and integrated into the global architecture community.   To achieve the highest standards of education we invite best Russian and international architects with broad professional expertise as tutors and curators. Today MARCH offers two main educational programmes: the Bachelors Degree and Masters in Architecture and Urbanism validated by LMU and conform to international standards of architectural education. Both programmes provide essential training and prepare highly qualified architects. Graduates receive awards corresponding to the British BA and MA in Architecture and Urbanism, after which they can begin a successful career in leading architectural companies in Russia and other countries. MARCH is not just a name, it's the motto of our school! It speaks of vitality, dynamism, energy and motivation. The combination of the high academic quality of our study programmes and our outstanding team of tutors is what defines our architectural school.

• The integration of the School in the global architectural process
• Use of the best international experience in architecture and urban planning to address the existing problems of Russian architecture
• Supporting for creative experiments, professional discussion and for our students' independent modes of thinking
• Involvement of leading Russian and international experts in teaching, discussion and the evaluation of projects
• Understanding of architecture and urban planning as humanitarian and socially responsible activities, that work primarily to answer basic human needs
• Use of advanced design and construction technologies for the realization of the fundamental values of architecture

MARCH is small school with about 100 students in BA programme and 50 in MA The School's premises are located in Design Centre Artplay on the Yauza river. Artplay is a unique place for Moscow organized on the principle of a creative hub and gathered well-known architects and designers offices, galleries and showrooms, cafes and restaurants under. Artplay is populated with warehouse type industrial spaces, now being refurbished and occupied by a diverse range of creative businesses which reflect the creative dynamism of the city and in particular within the surrounding area, which has become known as the creative quarter. The School is part of Universal University – creative industries education consortium. It includes British High School of Design, Moscow Schools of Filming, of Music, of Advanced Comunication and Screem School specialized in computer graphics. Thanks to it School has a number of specially-equipped studios and workshops for students across a range of art and design courses.

150 students (100 Bachelor, 50 Master, 0 PhD), 0% of foreign students.

• Learning resource centre + electronic access to LMU library
• Centre for model-making and prototyping
• Clay workshop
• Printmaking & silkscreening workshop
• Digital photo and video studios
• Roland DG Academy
• Light laboratory
• Rental shop
• Apple Macintosh and PC Suites

Is not provided by MARCH, but it can assist in finding roommates among students and new entrants.

Admission Requirements Please contact the school for full information.

Tuition fees Full-time 380 000 roubles + GBP 850 / year *

Students as a rule pay their tuition fees once a semester, that is, twice a year, but at their request can choose to pay on a monthly basis. *LMU registration fee.

Application Dates There are 4 dates during summer (one in a month) and first part of September to apply

There is 3year undergraduate and 2year postgraduate programmes. Both are structured in a few interdisciplinary modules with problem based tasks in design studios.

Undergraduate programme includes three years of Critical and Contextual studies module, two years of Technology module, and all years studio based teaching of professional skills and design process. The diploma year is accompanied with the Integrated Design Audit module that helps students to check their designs in such special contexts as sustainability, urban development and so on.

The postgraduate programme includes two studio based modules that leads to some learning outcomes connected to research skills and professional architectural skills. There is massive module “Technology in architecture and urbanism” that unites lessons on digital culture, urbanistic practicum, sociology lectures and engineering studies. “Professional studies” module gives information on legislation connected to architectural practice and at the same time stimulates the discourse about future of profession, the last is supported also by two humanity modules that represent architecture as part of bigger cultural context.

Course aim is to introduce basic process of design for architecture and urban space, the scope and scale of architecture and urban design through design projects, introduce structural design, material properties and selection, building services and environmental design, design and construction of building elements and components. It provides a range of studies that address the history and theory of architecture, character and conditions of cultural production including how they operate in practice.

Course is to prepare students as independent thinkers, capable of selecting an appropriate topic and producing a sustained piece of independent study. Course allows the student to demonstrate their ability as an architectural designer: their capacity to define and analyze architectural problems, generate briefs and proposals, integrate knowledge derived from different fields and sources, produce socially relevant habitable spaces, enrich the built and natural environment, and design technically competent buildings of aesthetic quality.

The educational strategy of the course is rooted in three important principles: the commitment to a deep understanding of architecture; a high degree of personal motivation; and the experience of a shared culture of learning. Aims are summarised as follows in sub-headed areas:

Design Education

To provide a high quality design based education which allows a student to:

• understand the requirements of, and develop methods of engagement with, building users and procurers in order to develop an appropriate and relevant brief which takes into account social, political, economic, ethical and cultural issues.
• develop a sophisticated design process which answers the requirements of the brief and generates a clear and precise conceptual rationale, against which design proposals can be tested.
• develop a complex design scheme which is clear about how it can be realised
• technically, politically, economically and over time, and which integrates knowledge gained in the other key areas of the curriculum below.
• understand how to integrate architecture effectively into its larger urban context

Design, Technology + Environment

Understand and demonstrate within a design proposal an ability to integrate knowledge of:

• structural, constructional and material strategies within the design and the construction techniques and processes necessary to realise the design.
• principles of visual, acoustic and thermal environments, and relationship to climate
• relationship between the design and the wider environment in terms of energy
• consumption, sustainability and ethical development issues.
• provision and integration of building services.
• relationships between individual buildings and wider urban setting and context.
• digital technologies for visualisation, form-finding and presentation.

Practice, Profession and Context

Understand the full range of responsibilities within the remit of the professional architect in terms of:

• legal, statutory, economic, management ethical, social and political obligations.
• understand methods of procurement and delivery of architectural projects
• develop methods of negotiation and team working with all individuals encountered within the practice of architecture; from members of the user group, to client, to specialist consultant, to contractor.
• demonstrate an understanding of the histories and theories of architecture and urbanism that guide and support the design.
• develop an attitude toward these many and various obligations within project design work and integrate this knowledge into the design proposals.
• develop an understanding of Building Information Systems (BIM) as these impact on design practice
• show an ability to use visual, verbal and written forms of communication effectively to communicate with different audiences
• To provide a lively and energetic environment which encourages students to get involved with, and to contribute to, their subject through events, exhibitions, visiting individuals and groups, action research and international links.
• To emphasise socially-committed design practices in design project work and to encourage students to engage with the ethical dimensions of architecture through links with the city and its communities.

MA & PhD in Architecture

Ucla architecture and urban design offers two academic graduate degrees: the master of arts in architecture (ma) and doctor of philosophy in architecture (phd)..

The programs produce students whose scholarship aims to provoke and operate within architecture’s public, professional, and scholarly constituencies. Both programs are supported by the Standing Committee, made up of five faculty members: Michael Osman (interim program director), Cristóbal Amunátegui , Dana Cuff , Samaa Elimam , and Ayala Levin . A number of visiting faculty teach courses to expand the range of offerings.

Applications for the MA/PhD program (Fall 2024 matriculation) are completed via the UCLA Application for Graduate Admission , and are due January 6, 2024. Candidates will be notified of decisions in March 2024; admitted candidates who wish to accept the offer of matriculation must submit their Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) by April 15, 2024.

All MA and PhD students are required to enroll in a two-year colloquium focused on methods for writing, teaching, and researching in the field of architecture. The six courses that constitute the colloquium train students in the apparatus of academic scholarship. Over the two-year sequence, students produce original research projects and develop skills in long-format writing.

Research Opportunities

The intellectual life of the students in the MA and PhD programs are reinforced by the increasing number of opportunities afforded to students through specialized faculty-led research projects. These include cityLAB-UCLA and the Urban Humanities Institute .

MA in Architecture

This program prepares students to work in a variety of intellectual and programmatic milieus including historical research, cultural studies, and interdisciplinary studies with particular emphasis on connections with geography, design, art history, history of science and literary studies, as well as studio and design based research.

Beyond the core colloquium, MA students take a series of approved courses both at UCLA AUD and across campus. The MA program is a two-year degree, culminating in a thesis. The thesis is developed from a paper written by the student in their coursework and developed in consultation with the primary advisor and the standing committee. In addition to courses and individual research, students often participate in collective, project-based activities, including publications, symposia and exhibitions.

The program is distinguished by its engagement with contemporary design and historical techniques as well by the unusual balance it offers: fostering great independence and freedom in the students’ courses of study while providing fundamental training in architectural scholarship.

Recent MA Theses

• Jacqueline Meyer, “Crafting Utopia: Paolo Soleri and the Building of Arcosanti.”
• Joseph Maguid, “The Architecture of the Videogame: Architecture as the Link Between Representational and Participatory Immersion.”
• Meltem Al, “The Agency of Words and Images in the Transformation of Istanbul: The Case of Ayazma.”
• Courtney Coffman, “Addressing Architecture and Fashion: On Simulacrum, Time and Poché.”
• Joseph Ebert, “Prolegomena to a Poiesis of Architectural Phenomenology.”
• Jamie Aron, “Women Images: From the Bauhaus Weaving Workshop to the Knoll Textile Division.”
• Gustave Heully, “Moldy Assumptions.”
• Brigid McManama, “Interventions on Pacoima Wash: Repurposing Linear Infrastructure into Park Spaces.”

MA Typical Study Program

Phd in architecture.

This program prepares students to enter the academic professions, either in architectural history, architectural design, or other allied fields. PhD students are trained to teach courses in the history and theory of architecture while also engaging in studio pedagogy and curatorial work. In addition to the colloquium, PhD students take a series of approved courses both at UCLA Architecture and Urban Design and across campus. They select these courses in relation to their own research interests and in consultation with their primary advisor. The priorities for selection are breadth of knowledge and interdisciplinary experience that retains a focused area of expertise. To this end, the students identify Major and Minor Fields of study. The Minor Field is generally fulfilled by satisfactorily completing three courses given by another department and the Major Field by five courses offered by UCLA Architecture and Urban Design.

Once coursework is completed, PhD students move to the Comprehensive Exam, Qualifying Exam, and the writing of a dissertation, and final defense, if deemed appropriate by the doctoral committee. In the transition from coursework to exams, PhD students work on one paper beyond its original submission as coursework. The paper begins in the context of a departmental seminar, but often continues either in the context of an independent study, summer mentorship, or a second seminar with faculty consent. Upon the research paper’s acceptance, students begin preparing for their comprehensive exam. Before their third year, students must also satisfactorily complete three quarters of language study or its equivalent according to University standards. The particular language will be determined in consultation with the Standing Committee. The Comprehensive Exam is administered by at least two members of the Standing Committee and at most one faculty member from another Department at UCLA, also a member of the Academic Senate.

The Comprehensive Exam tests two fields: the first covers a breadth of historical knowledge—300 years at minimum—and the second focuses on in-depth knowledge of a specialization that is historically and thematically circumscribed. Students submit an abstract on each of these fields, provide a substantial bibliography, and prepare additional documentation requested by their primary advisor. These materials are submitted to the committee no less than two weeks before the exam, which occurs as early as the end of the second year. Students are encouraged to complete the Comprehensive Exam no later than the end of their third year of study.

The Comprehensive Exam itself consists of two parts: an oral component that takes place first, and then a written component. The oral component is comprised of questions posed by the committee based on the student’s submitted materials. The goal of the exam is for students to demonstrate their comprehensive knowledge of their chosen field. The written component of the exam (which may or may not be waived by the committee) consists of a written response to a choice of questions posed by the committee. The goal of this portion of the exam is for students to demonstrate their research skills, their ability to develop and substantiate an argument, and to show promise of original contribution to the field. Students have two weeks to write the exam. After the committee has read the exam, the advisor notifies the student of the committee’s decision. Upon the student’s successful completion of the Comprehensive Exam, they continue to the Qualifying Exam.

Students are expected to take the Qualifying Exam before the beginning of the fourth year. The exam focuses on a dissertation prospectus that a student develops with their primary advisor and in consultation with their PhD committee. Each student’s PhD committee consists of at least two members of the Standing Committee and one outside member from another department at the University (and a member of the Faculty Senate). Committees can also include faculty from another institution. All committees are comprised of at least three members of UCLA Academic Senate. The prospectus includes an argument with broad implications, demonstrates that the dissertation will make a contribution of knowledge and ideas to the field, demonstrates mastery of existing literature and discourses, and includes a plan and schedule for completion.

The PhD dissertation is written after the student passes the qualifying exam, at which point the student has entered PhD candidacy. The dissertation is defended around the sixth year of study. Students graduating from the program have taken posts in a wide range of universities, both in the United States and internationally.

Recent PhD Dissertations

• Marko Icev, "Building Solidarity: Architecture After Disaster and The Skopje 1963 Post-Earthquake Reconstruction." ( Read )
• Anas Alomaim, "Nation Building in Kuwait, 1961-1991."
• Tulay Atak, “Byzantine Modern: Displacements of Modernism in Istanbul.”
• Ewan Branda, “Virtual Machines: Culture, telematique, and the architecture of information at Centre Beaubourg, 1968–1977.”
• Aaron Cayer, "Design and Profit: Architectural Practice in the Age of Accumulation"
• Per-Johan Dahl, “Code Manipulation, Architecture In-Between Universal and Specific Urban Spaces.”
• Penelope Dean, “Delivery without Discipline: Architecture in the Age of Design.”
• Miriam Engler, “Gordon Cullen and the ‘Cut-and-Paste’ Urban Landscape.”
• Dora Epstein-Jones, “Architecture on the Move: Modernism and Mobility in the Postwar.”
• Sergio Figueiredo, “The Nai Effect: Museological Institutions and the Construction of Architectural Discourse.”
• Jose Gamez, “Contested Terrains: Space, Place, and Identity in Postcolonial Los Angeles.”
• Todd Gannon, “Dissipations, Accumulations, and Intermediations: Architecture, Media and the Archigrams, 1961–1974.”
• Whitney Moon, "The Architectural Happening: Diller and Scofidio, 1979-89"
• Eran Neuman, “Oblique Discourses: Claude Parent and Paul Virilio’s Oblique Function Theory and Postwar Architectural Modernity.”
• Alexander Ortenberg, “Drawing Practices: The Art and Craft of Architectural Representation.”
• Brian Sahotsky, "The Roman Construction Process: Building the Basilica of Maxentius"
• Marie Saldana, “A Procedural Reconstruction of the Urban Topography of Magnesia on The Maeander.”
• David Salomon, “One Thing or Another: The World Trade Center and the Implosion of Modernism.”
• Ari Seligmann, “Architectural Publicity in the Age of Globalization.”
• Zheng Tan, “Conditions of The Hong Kong Section: Spatial History and Regulatory Environment of Vertically Integrated Developments.”
• Jon Yoder, “Sight Design: The Immersive Visuality of John Lautner.”

A Sampling of PhD Alumni and Their Pedagogy

Iman Ansari , Assistant Professor of Architecture, the Knowlton School, Ohio State University

Tulay Atak , Adjunct Associate Professor, Pratt School of Architecture

Shannon Starkey , Associate Professor of Architecture, University of San Diego

Ece Okay , Affiliate Research, Université De Pau Et Des Pays De L'adour

Zheng Tan , Department of Architecture, Tongji University

Pelin Yoncaci , Assistant Professor, Department Of Architecture, Middle East Technical University

José L.S. Gámez , Interim Dean, College of Arts + Architecture, UNC Charlotte

Eran Neuman , Professor, School of Architecture, Tel Aviv University

Marie Saldana , Assistant Professor, School of Interior Architecture, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Sergio M. Figueiredo , Assistant Professor, Eindhoven University of Technology

Rebecca Choi , Assistant Professor of Architecture History, School of Architecture, Tulane University

Will Davis , Lecturer in History, Theory and Criticism, Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore

Maura Lucking , Faculty, School of Architecture & Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Kyle Stover , Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Montana State University

Alex Maymind , Assistant Professor of Architecture and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Architecture, University of Minnesota

Gary Riichirō Fox , visiting faculty member at Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) and lecturer at USC School of Architecture

Randy Nakamura , Adjunct Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, University of San Francisco

Aaron Cayer , Assistant Professor of Architecture History, School of Architecture + Planning, University of New Mexico

Whitney Moon , Associate Professor of Architecture, School of Architecture & Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Todd Gannon , Professor of Architecture, the Knowlton School, Ohio State University

Dora Epstein Jones , Professor of Practice, School of Architecture, the University of Texas at Austin

Sarah Hearne , Assistant Professor, College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado Denver

PhD Typical Study Program

*The choice of language to fulfill this requirement must be discussed with the Ph.D. Standing Committee

Our Current PhD Cohort

AUD's cohort of PhD candidates are leaders in their fields of study, deepening their scholarship at AUD and at UCLA while sharing their knowledge with the community.

Adam Boggs is a sixth year Ph.D candidate and interdisciplinary artist, scholar, educator and Urban Humanist. His research and teaching interests include the tension between creativity and automation, craft-based epistemologies, and the social and material history of architecture at the U.S.-Mexico border. He holds a BFA in Sculpture Cum Laude from the Ohio State University, and an MFA in Visual Art from the State University of New York at Purchase College. Prior to joining the doctoral program at UCLA he participated in courses in Architecture (studio and history) at Princeton University and Cornell University. His dissertation analyzes the history of indigenous labor during the Mexican baroque period to form a comparative analysis with the 20th century Spanish revival architecture movement in Southern California and how the implementation of the style along the U.S.-Mexico border might function as a Lefebvrian “thirdspace” that disrupts binary thinking. In Spring 2024 he will teach an undergraduate seminar course at AUD on the history of architecture at the U.S.-Mexico border as part of the CUTF program.

Hanyu Chen is a second-year doctoral student at UCLA AUD. Her research focuses on the intersection between (sub)urban studies, heritage conservation, and the genders of the space. Specifically, it concerns the dynamics of genders in (sub)urban areas and how these dynamics are conserved as heritage. Born and raised in China for her first 18 years, Hanyu chose the conservation of comfort stations in China as her master's thesis at the University of Southern California, where she earned her master’s degree in Heritage Conservation and officially started her journey in architecture. Her thesis discusses the fluidity and genders of comfort stations and how they survive in contemporary China’s heritage conservation policies.

Hanyu also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in AMS (Applied Mathematics and Statistics) and Art History from Stony Brook University.

Yixuan Chen

Yixuan Chen is an architectural designer and a first-year doctoral student in the Department of Architecture and Urban Design at UCLA. Driven by an impulse to demystify both the grand promises and trivial familiarities of architecture, her research embarks on the notion of everydayness to elucidate the power dynamics it reveals. She investigates the conflicts between these two ends and focuses on modernization across different times and places.

Prior to joining UCLA AUD, she was trained as an architect and graduated from the University of Nottingham's China Campus with a first-class honors degree. Her graduation project “Local Culture Preservation Centre,” which questioned the validity of monumental architecture in the climate crisis, was nominated for the RIBA President's Medal in 2016.

She also holds a Master of Arts degree with distinction in Architectural History from the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. Her dissertation, “Shijing, on the Debris of Shijing,” explores the vanishing shijing places, or urban villages, where rural migrant workers negotiate their urban identity in Chinese cities, revealing shifting power relations. Additionally, she authored an article in Prospectives Journal titled "Architectural Authorship in ‘the Last Mile,’" advocating for a change to relational architectural authorship in response to the digital revolution in architecture.

Pritam Dey is an urban designer and second-year doctoral student at UCLA AUD. His research interest lies at the intersection of colonial urbanism, sensorial history, and somatic inquiries. His architecture thesis investigated the crematorium and temple as sensorial infrastructure, and was presented at World Architecture Congress at Seoul in 2017. Previously Dey worked in the domain of urban design, specifically informal markets, as a shaper of urbanism in Indian cities. Prior to joining the AUD doctoral program, his past research focused on investigating the role of informal and wholesale markets in shaping up urbanity in the Indian city cores and co-mentored workshops on Urbanity of Chitpur Road, Kolkata with ENSAPLV, Paris which was both exhibited at Kolkata and Paris. He also co-mentored the documentation of the retrospective landscape of Hampi with the support of ENSAPLV and French Embassy. His investigations on the slums of Dharavi title ‘The tabooed city’ was published in the McGill University GLSA Research series 2021 under the theme: the city an object or subject of law?

An urban designer and architect, Pritam Dey pursued his post graduation from School of planning and Architecture, Delhi. During his academic tenure at SPA, he was the recipient of 2018 Design Innovation Center Fellowship for Habitat design allowing him to work on the social infrastructure for less catered communities in the Sub Himalayan Villages. In 2022 He mentored a series of exhibitions on the theme of Water, Mountains and Bodies at Ahmadabad.

He was the 2022-23 Urban Humanities Initiatives Fellow at UCLA and recipient of 2023 UCLA Center for India and South Asia fellowship for his summer research.

Carrie Gammell

Carrie Gammell is a doctoral candidate working at the intersection of architectural history, property law, and political economy. Her research focuses on claims, investments, and intermediary organizations in the United States, from the Homestead Act of 1862 to the Housing Act of 1934.

Carrie is also a Senior Research Associate at cityLAB UCLA, where she studies state appropriations for California community college student housing. In the past, she contributed to Education Workforce Housing in California: Developing the 21st Century Campus, a report and companion handbook that provides a comprehensive overview of the potential for land owned by school districts to be designed and developed for teachers and other employees.

Prior to joining AUD, Carrie worked as an architectural designer in Colombia and the United States, where she built a portfolio of affordable housing, multi-family residential, and single-family residential projects as well as civic and cultural renovations and additions. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Rice University and a Master in Design Studies (Critical Conservation) from the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Anirudh Gurumoorthy

Anirudh Gurumoorthy is a PhD candidate at UCLA AUD. His dissertation, tentatively titled (Un)Certain Tropics and the Architecture of Certain Commodities, 1803-1926, focuses on the spatial and environmental histories of natural history/sciences in the long-nineteenth century as it related to the political economy of empire within South Asia. He is interested in the ways the materiality of commodity extraction and production contends with how, where, and why certain ‘tropical’ animals, vegetables, and minerals are attributed with a metropolitan sense of ‘value’. Moving from the United States to Britain (and back) through various parts of the Indian Ocean world as markets for singular forms of ice, rubber, and cattle form, peak, and collapse, the dissertation ultimately aims to reveal interconnected spatial settings of knowledge, control, regulation, display, and labor where knowledge systems, technical limits, human and nonhuman action/inaction, differentiated senses of environments and value continually contend with each other to uphold the fetishes of the world market. Gurumoorthy holds a B.Arch. from R.V. College of Architecture, Bangalore, and an M.Des in the History and Philosophy of Design and Media from the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Chi-Chia Hou

Chi-Chia Hou is a doctoral candidate in his sixth year at UCLA AUD. His working dissertation, “New Frontier: Architecture and Service 1893-1960,” explores his interest in architecture and wealth, changing ideas of profit and management, and social scientific discourses for measuring work and worker, self and others, and values of landed property.

His research locates moments of theorizing methodologies to manage income-generating properties in schools of agriculture, home economics, and hotel studies. The schools taught their students theories, while instilling the imminence of faithful direction of oneself, of self-as-property. The pedagogies, existing beyond the purview of Architecture, were of immense architectural consideration.

Chi-Chia Hou took a break from school in the previous academic year to learn from his daughter and has now returned to school to learn from his brilliant cohorts.

Adam Lubitz

Adam Lubitz is an urban planner, heritage conservationist, and doctoral student. His research engages the intersection of critical heritage studies and migration studies, with an emphasis on how archival information can inform reparations. His community-based research has been most recently supported by the Columbia GSAPP Incubator Prize as well as the Ziman Center for Real Estate and Leve Center for Jewish Studies at UCLA.

Prior to joining AUD, Adam worked at World Monuments Fund within their Jewish Heritage Program, and taught GIS coursework at Barnard College. His master's thesis applied field research with experimental mapping techniques in the old town of a municipality in Palestine. Adam holds MS degrees in Historic Preservation and Urban Planning from Columbia University and a BA in Urban Studies from New College of Florida.

José Monge is a PhD candidate in the Department of Architecture and Urban Design. His dissertation, titled Maritime Labor, Candles, and the Architecture of the Enlightenment (1750-1872) , focuses on the role that whale-originated illuminants, specifically spermaceti candles and oil, played in the American Enlightenment as an intellectual project and the U.S. as a country. By unravelling the tension between binaries such as intellectual and manual labor–the consumers that bought these commodities and the producers that were not able to afford them–the project understands architecture as a history of activities that moved from sea to land and land to sea, challenging assumptions about the static “nature” of architecture.

Kurt Pelzer

Kurt Pelzer is a fourth-year PhD candidate at UCLA AUD. Their research explores the relational histories, material flows, and politics of land in and beyond California in the long nineteenth century during the United States parks, public lands, and conservation movements.

Their current scholarship traces the settler possession and exhibitionary display of a Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) in the 1850s; an act that contested the ways Miwok peoples ancestral to California's Sierra Nevada knew and related to life and land. Their broader interests include histories of colonialism and capitalism in the Americas, environmental history, and Blackness and Indigeneity as a methodological analytic for political solidarities and possibilities.

Prior to arriving at UCLA, Pelzer worked at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in the Architecture and Design Curatorial Department participating in exhibitions, programming, and collections work. Pelzer completed a Master of Advanced Architectural Design in the History, Theory, and Experiments program from California College of the Arts in San Francisco, and earned their Bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture from the College of Design at Iowa State University.

Shota Vashakmadze

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Shota Vashakmadze is a sixth-year PhD candidate at UCLA AUD. His dissertation traces the conjoined histories of architectural computing, environmental design, and professional practice in the late 20th century, adopting critical approaches to architecture’s technical substrates—the algorithms, softwares, and user protocols of computation—to examine their social and political dispositions. In his scholarship and pedagogy, he aims to situate forms of architectural labor within the profession’s ongoing acculturation to environmental crisis. Most recently, he has been leading the development of the interdisciplinary “Building Climates” cluster, a year-long course sequence at UCLA, and co-organizing an initiative dedicated to fostering discourse on climate change and architecture, including a two-day conference entitled “Architecture After a Green New Deal.”

His research has been supported by the Canadian Centre for Architecture and appeared in journals including Architectural Theory Review , The Avery Review, and Pidgin Magazine. He is currently completing a contribution to a collection on landscape representation and a chapter for an edited volume on architecture, labor, and political economy.

Shota holds an MArch from Princeton University and has a professional background in architecture, landscape, and software development. Before coming to UCLA, he researched methods for designing with point cloud data and wrote Bison, a software plugin for landscape modeling.

Alexa Vaughn

Alexa Vaughn (ASLA, FAAR) is a first year PhD student in Architecture + Urban Design and a Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellow , from Long Beach, California. She is a Deaf landscape designer, accessibility specialist, consultant, and recent Fellow of the American Academy in Rome (2022-23). She is a visionary speaker, thought leader, prolific writer and researcher, and the author of “ DeafScape : Applying DeafSpace to Landscape,” which has been featured in numerous publications.

Her professional work is centered upon designing public landscapes with and for the Deaf and disabled communities, applying legal standards and Universal Design principles alongside lived experience and direct participation in the design process. She is an expert in designing landscapes for the Deaf community (DeafScape) and in facilitation of disabled community engagement. Prior to joining the A+UD program, Alexa worked for several landscape architecture firms over the course of six years, including OLIN and MIG, Inc.

Through a disability justice lens, her dissertation will seek to formally explore the historical exclusionary and inaccessible design of American urban landscapes and public spaces, as well as the response (activism, policy, and design) to this history through the present and speculative future. She will also actively take part in activist- and practice-based research with cityLAB and the Urban Humanities Institute .

Alexa holds both a BA in Landscape Architecture (with a minor in Conservation and Resource Studies) and a Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture (MLA) from the University of California, Berkeley, with specialization in accessible and inclusive design. Much of her work can be found at www.designwithdisabledpeoplenow.com and on Instagram: @DeafScape.

Yashada Wagle

Yashada Wagle is a third year PhD student in Critical Studies at UCLA AUD, and a recipient of the department's Moss Scholarship. Her research focuses on imperial environmental-legislative regimes in British colonial India in the late nineteenth century. She is interested in exploring questions around the histories of spaces of extraction and production as they network between the metropole and the colony, and their relationship with the conceptions of laboring bodies therein. Her master's thesis focused on the Indian Forest Act of 1865, and elucidated the conceptualization of the space of the ‘forest’ through the lenses of its literary, legislative, and biopolitical trajectories, highlighting how these have informed its contemporary lived materiality.

Wagle holds a Bachelor in Architecture (BArch) from the Savitribai Phule Pune University in India, and a Master in Design Studies (History and Philosophy of Design and Media) from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She was previously a Research Fellow at the Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture and Environmental Studies (KRVIA) in Mumbai, India.

In her spare time, Wagle enjoys illustrating and writing poetry, some of which can be found here .

Dexter Walcott

Dexter Walcott is a registered architect currently in his fifth year with the Critical Studies of Architecture program at UCLA. His research focuses on the Latrobe family and early nineteenth century builders in the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys. He is interested in the role of the built environment in histories of labor, capitalism, steam-power, and industry.

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Joy is a fifth-year PhD student in architecture history. Her research explores geology as antiquity from early 19th – 20th century British colonial Hong Kong and China. She holds a B.A. in Comparative Literature with a focus in German from Middlebury College in 2017, and is a graduate of The New Normal program at Strelka Institute, Moscow in 2018. Previously, she has taught in the Department of Architecture at University of Hong Kong, as well as the Department of Design at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

After working as a curatorial assistant at Tai Kwun Contemporary in 2019, she has continued the practice of art writing and translation, collaborating with many local Hong Kong artists as well as international curators such as Raimundas Malašauskas. In her spare time, she practices long-distance open water swimming. In 2022, she completed a 30km course at the South of Lantau Island, Hong Kong.

The MA and PhD programs welcome and accept applications from students with a diverse range of backgrounds. These programs are designed to help those interested in academic work in architecture develop those skills, so we strongly encourage that you become familiar with fundamental, celebrated works in the history and theory of architecture before entering the program.

Applicants to the academic graduate programs must hold a Bachelor’s degree, or the foreign equivalent. All new students must enter in the fall quarter. The program is full-time and does not accept part-time students.

Applications for the MA and PhD programs (Fall 2024 matriculation) will be available in Fall 2023, with application deadline of January 6, 2024; please revisit this page for updates. Accepted candidates who wish to enroll must file an online Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) by April 15, 2024.

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Your statement can be up to 1500 words in length. Below are some questions you might want to consider. You don’t need to answer every question; just focus on the elements that are most relevant to you.

• What is your purpose in applying to the MA or PhD program? Describe your area(s) of research interest, including any areas of concentration and specialization.
• What experiences have prepared you for this program? What relevant skills have you gained from these experiences? Have your experiences led to specific or tangible outcomes that would support your potential to contribute to this field (e.g. performances, publications, presentations, awards or recognitions)?
• What other information about your past experience might help the selection committee in evaluating your suitability for this program? E.g. research, employment, teaching, service, artistic or international experiences through which you have developed skills in leadership, communication, project management, teamwork, or other areas.
• Why is UCLA Architecture and Urban Design the best place for you to pursue your academic goals?
• What are your plans for your career after earning this degree?

Your Personal Statement is your opportunity to provide additional information to help the selection committee evaluate your aptitude for study. It will also be used to consider candidates for UCLA Graduate Division fellowships related to diversity. You can read more about the University of California Diversity Statement here .

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• Describe challenge(s) or barriers that you have faced in your pursuit of higher education. What motivated you to persist, and how did you overcome them? What is the evidence of your persistence, progress or success?
• How have your life experiences and educational background informed your understanding of the barriers facing groups that are underrepresented in higher education?
• How have you been actively engaged (e.g., through participation, employment, service, teaching or other activities) in programs or activities focused on increasing participation by groups that have been historically underrepresented in higher education?
• How do you intend to engage in scholarly discourse, research, teaching, creative efforts, and/or community engagement during your graduate program that have the potential to advance diversity and equal opportunity in higher education?
• How do you see yourself contributing to diversity in your profession after you complete your academic degree at UCLA Architecture and Urban Design?

A Curriculum Vitae (résumé of your academic and professional experience) is recommended but not required.

Applicants must upload a scanned copy of the official transcripts from each college or university you have attended both in the U.S. and abroad. If you are accepted into the program you will be required to submit hard copies. These can either be sent directly from each institution or hand-delivered as long as they remain in the official, signed, sealed envelopes from your college or university. As a general rule, UCLA Graduate Division sets a minimum required overall grade-point average of 3.0 (B), or the foreign equivalent.

As of this Fall 2023 cycle, the GRE is NOT required as part of your application to UCLA AUD. No preference will be given to those who choose to submit GRE scores as part of their application.

However, if you do take the GRE exam and wish to include it as part of your application: More information on this standardized exam can be found at www.ets.org/gre . In addition to uploading your GRE scores, please direct ETS to send us your official score sheets. Our ETS codes for the GRE are below:

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If you have received a Bachelor’s degree in a country where the official language of instruction and primary spoken language of daily life is not English, you must submit either a Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or an International English Language Testing System (IELTS). Exempt countries include Australia, Barbados, Canada, Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. This is a requirement that is regardless of your visa or citizenship status in the United States.

To be considered for admission to the M.Arch. program, international students must score at least a 92 on the TOEFL or a 7 on the IELTS exam. Because processing, sending, and receiving TOEFL and IELTS scores can take several weeks, international students must schedule their exam no later than October 31 in order to meet UCLA deadlines. TOEFL scores must be sent to us directly and uploaded as part of the online submission. Our ETS codes for the TOEFL are below:

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If your score is less than 100 on the TOEFL or 7.5 on the IELTS, you are also required to take the English as a Second Language Placement Examination (ESLPE) on arrival at UCLA. The results of this test will determine any English as a Second Language (ESL) courses you need to take in your first term of residence. These courses cannot be applied towards your minimum course requirements. As such, you should expect to have a higher course load than students not required to take ESL courses.

If you have earned a degree or completed two years of full-time college-level coursework in the following countries, your TOEFL / IELTS and ESLPE requirements will be waived: U.S., U.K., Canada (other than Quebec), Australia, and New Zealand. Please provide official transcripts to demonstrate course completion. Unfortunately, we cannot accept any other documentation to demonstrate language proficiency.

Three (3) letters of recommendation are required. These letters should be from individuals who are familiar with your academic and professional experiences and can evaluate your capacity to successfully undertake graduate studies at UCLA. If you do not have an architecture background please note that we are looking for letters that evaluate your potential as a graduate student, not necessarily your architecture experience.

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Protected Areas of Moscow as a Part of Urban Green Infrastructure: Main Gaps of Planning

Oxana A.Klimanova, Moscow State University, Department of Geography Evgeny Yu.Kolbowsky, Moscow State University, Department of Geography

Nowadays, 118 urban natural protected areas of Moscow occupy more than one fifth of the city territory and are located in urban peripheral areas which appeared within city borders at its expansions in 1960 and 1984. The main stream of creation of protected areas in cities of the former Soviet Union was in 1980s under the accepted concept of natural and ecological framework of a city as the base of its spatial organization. Formally, the first natural protected area in Moscow (Losinyi Ostrov national park) was created in 1983. In 2000-2010 because of transformation of many natural areas and expansion of urban development that idea has lost the initial value [4]. The number of visitors of the Moscow protected areas makes about 5 million people annually. So, now new ideas for urban green infrastructure planning and governance [1,2,3] should be useful for Moscow. The actual experience of landscape planning in urban protected areas in Moscow reveals different difficulties. One of them is the contradiction between strict protection status of some protected areas due former high level of biodiversity and necessity of special regimes of landscape management suitable for all categories of city residents. Main priorities for landscape planning in urban protected areas depend on a wide set of applied functions. Six categories of protected areas designated in the Moscow City Law agree with the categories of federal status, and five have the special status – natural and historical park, reserve area, ecological park, urban forest and water protected area. Establishment of special category of natural and historical park reflects the need to preserve not only natural, but also historical and cultural sights – estates, sites of ancient settlement, temple, etc. From the point of view of principles of urban green infrastructure the main actual gaps of management for urban protected areas were revealed. There are the insufficient availability of protected areas in different districts of the city, non-adequate transport access, including for disabled person, weakness of linkages with protected areas in the Moscow suburbs, absence of the general management programs for forest belt of the region, space discrepancy of urban protected areas to the world city green standards and ecotourism. At the same time the main aim of landscape planning into the boundaries of protected areas is to define the desired status of landscape depending of landscape sensivity and capacity and human perception. Unlike wildlife nature reserves the main pattern for landscape planning is cultural landscape that means landscape changed by human activity and percepted by people.

1. Green Infrastructure. EPA. Available at http://water.epa.gov/infrastructure/greeninfrastructure/gi_what.cfm 2. Green Infrastructure. An integrated approach to land use. Position Statement. Landscape Institute, 2013. Available at http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/policy/GreenInfrastructure.php 3. European Commission – Green Infrastructure Implementation 19.11.2010 Conference Background. Available at http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/ecosystems/green_infrastructure.htm 4. Klimanova O.A., Kolbovsky E.Yu. (2013) Protected areas in the system of territorial planning and functional zoning of the Moscow city. Regional geoecology issues (2):177-180 (In Russian)

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Leveraging landscape architecture for conservation

May 30, 2024 Written by Molly Schafer

University of Delaware alumna Juliahna Mistretta is leveraging her landscape architecture degree for conservation. This summer, Mistretta completes a master’s degree in global biodiversity conservation at the University of Sussex in Brighton, United Kingdom. The former Blue Hen is building on a strong foundation. At the UD College of Agriculture and Natural Resources , she combined her landscape architecture studies with an internship at the  UD Botanic Gardens . 

Mistretta is adamant that her work should positively impact people, places, and the environment. In 2005, she watched Hurricane Katrina ravage her hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana. The massive storm overwhelmed the New Orleans’ levee system, leaving 80 percent of the city underwater. Witnessing this life-changing storm and the environmental challenges that followed catalyzed her interest in conservation and sustainable design. 

“Experiencing the devastating impacts of climate change and rising sea levels ignited my interest in creating sustainable environments,” Mistretta said. “Spaces that are not only resilient toward our changing climate but that can reintroduce biodiversity into urban areas and have a profound effect on people’s lives.”

Mistretta was attracted to UD’s landscape architecture program because the major seeks to address solutions to environmental, natural resources and sustainable challenges at local, regional and global levels.

“I moved across the country to study landscape architecture at the University of Delaware because the program focuses on sustainability and resiliency,” underscored Mistretta. 

At UD, Mistretta worked on her capstone project with Anna Wik , associate professor of landscape architecture and registered landscape architect. Her project sought to transform an abandoned power plant in her hometown of New Orleans into a public space bursting with functional, sustainable design.

“Not only did Juliahna approach this goal from the perspective of landscape architecture, designing thoughtful, sustainable, and exciting outdoor spaces,” Wik explained. “She also took risks and succeeded in devising architectural strategies that transformed the building into a lush and dynamic destination.”

In her master’s program at the University of Sussex, Mistretta’s classes included Advanced Conservation Biology. Visiting lecturers presented on various topics, including dark sky preservation, light pollution, and citizen science. In her Science of Climate Change course, Mistretta studied the history of climate change and climate fluctuations. Her favorite class was Decolonizing Development.

“The class asked you to consider your impact on the world,” Mistretta explained. “We discussed ways to ensure that equity and equality are at the forefront of our work and explored issues with gentrification and Indigenous rights.”

Mistretta’s final presentation for the class was on indigenous self-determination and anti-colonial nationalism.

This spring, Mistretta spent three weeks on a field study with the University of Sussex in Zambia, Africa. Her class collected biodiversity data for Kasanka National Park.

“We captured bats via mist netting and then identified them for the park’s database,” Mistretta explained. “Kasanka National Park has the largest bat migrations in the world from October to December; we were identifying which bats are present year-round.”

Another project involved searching the park for dung beetles.

“We found an abundance of beetles and identified three species not previously recorded in the park,” Mistretta elaborated.

Although she was in Zambia to collect biodiversity data, Mistretta couldn’t help but notice the changing climate.

“You see the effects of climate change everywhere now,” Mistretta noted. “Zambia is usually pretty wet this time of year, but they’re experiencing an extreme drought that is affecting the park’s biodiversity.”

The drought is the worst Zambia has experienced in two decades. In February the president of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema, declared a national emergency. Food production has been affected as well as the nation’s water and energy supply. 

According to Mistretta, African bush elephants were not in the park during the wet season in previous years. They would be nearby, eating the village’s crops.

“This year, during the wet season, there were elephants in the park while we were there,” Mistretta said. “Their presence affects the availability of food sources for other animals.”

Elephant digestion is not very efficient; it is easy to see what they have eaten.

“A lot of the dung we were looking at was elephant dung,” elaborated Mistretta.” We did find maize and pumpkins, suggesting the elephants had gone to the village. But with the extreme drought, the village did not have many crops, so the elephants returned to the park.”

Kasanka National Park will review the data Mistretta and her class collected as part of the park’s biodiversity conservation efforts.

Back in Sussex, Mistretta is collecting data for her dissertation; researching the effects of wildflower availability on pollinator diversity—Using quadrats, FIT counts, and pan trappings she will survey pollinator visits to flowers at Rathfinny Wine Estate and Vineyard in East Sussex, England. Last year, the vineyard planted the same mix of wildflowers at two different locations. Mistretta will examine both sites for increased insect biodiversity and compare findings. 

After she has completed her fieldwork, a 6,000-word essay, and presented her dissertation, Mistretta will return to the U.S. in search of an apprenticeship with a licensed landscape architect. This multi-year undertaking is a requirement for earning a landscape architecture license. 

“Landscape architecture is what I love to do,” Mistretta stated. “I want to find a way to merge the skills I’ve learned through this master’s course, whether it is conservation or decolonization, with landscape architecture.” 

When searching for apprenticeship opportunities, Mistretta noticed that many firms focus primarily on aesthetics, not sustainability. Instead of being dissuaded, she sees this as an opportunity to incorporate sustainable practices.

“With how the world is changing,” Mistretta emphasized. “I don’t think it will be acceptable for much longer just to have a pretty landscape. It has to be functional.” 

“That is why I enjoyed the University of Delaware so much,” Mistretta smiled. “Because a lot of the work we were doing was conscious of the environment.”

Learn more about the University of Delaware’s  landscape architecture major .

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