Landscape Architecture under Climate Change is a Master's programme at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, taught in English. It lasts four semesters (two years) and ends with a vocational Master's degree, so it suits you if you want to design landscapes that can cope with a changing climate.
You start with green infrastructure, both theory and application, design strategies for climate change adaptation and resilience, and the methods and tools of landscape architecture. Studio work is a big part of the programme: you take a Biodiversity Oriented Studio, a studio on a local initiative for climate change adaptation and one on a landscape-sensitive masterplan. Along the way you learn about sustainable planting plans, the selection and use of sustainable materials and technologies, nature-based solutions and landscape planning.
Later you can look at resilience strategies for planning and management in subarctic, temperate or tropical landscapes. You also choose electives such as biodiversity in ornamental and cultural contexts, the value of trees, temporary gardens or modern monitoring technology for the natural environment, as well as humanities and social science courses such as environmental psychology and sociology, social research and the history of landscape architecture. The studies close with diploma seminars and a diploma studio.
The programme also includes a foreign-language course chosen from an open list: English, German, Russian or Spanish.
Based on the programme pages at sggw.edu.pl and the SGGW syllabus.
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