Open Space Culture and History

Faculty

Faculty of Agricultural Science and Landscape Architecture

Version

Version 1 of 21.08.2025.

Module identifier

44M0552

Module level

Master

Language of instruction

German

ECTS credit points and grading

5.0

Module frequency

only summer term

Duration

1 semester

 

 

Overall workload

The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").

Teaching and learning methods
Lecturer based learning
Workload hoursType of teachingMedia implementationConcretization
30SeminarPresence-
Lecturer independent learning
Workload hoursType of teachingMedia implementationConcretization
120Other-
Graded examination
  • Homework / Assignment or
  • oral exam or
  • Oral presentation, with written elaboration
Literature

Clay, Grady (1994): Real Places. An Unconventional Guide to America’s Generic Landscape. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
Generaldirektion der Stiftung Preußische Schlösser u. Gärten (Hg.) (2020): Historische Gärten und Gesellschaft. Kultur - Natur - Verantwortung. Regensburg: Schnell + Steiner.
Hunt, John Dixon (2014): Historical Ground: The role of history in contemporary landscape architecture. London, New York: Routledge.
Schweizer, Stefan (Hg.) (2008): Gärten und Parks als Lebens- und Erlebnisraum: Funktions- und Nutzungsgeschichtliche Aspekte der Gartenkunst in Früher Neuzeit und Moderne. Worms: Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft.
Swaffield, Simon (2002): Theory in Landscape Architecture: A Reader (=Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.

Applicability in study programs

  • Landscape Architecture
    • Landscape Architecture M.Eng. (01.09.2025)

    Person responsible for the module
    • Krebs, Stefanie
    Teachers
    • Krebs, Stefanie