INSTITUTE OF
URBANISM AND
LANDSCAPE
The Institute of Urbanism and Landscape is dedicated to teaching, research and development within
urbanism and landscape architecture. It emphasises a broad multidisciplinary approach, with particu-
lar attention paid to challenges posed by the design of the urban environment. The Institute maintains
a strong international profile, with a well-established network of partner institutions within practice,
teaching and research. Collaborative projects include:
PovPeace: Property Possession
and
Conflict in Re/
Building Settlements
that hosts four PhD positions;
SCIBE (Scarcity and Creativity in the Built Environment)
,
a project with University of Westminster, London and Technische Universität, Vienna that has received
funding of one million euros from EU:HERA;
YOUrban
, a research project exploring social media, design
and the city; and
Landscape Journeys
, a research project that maps and documents sub-arctic landscapes
through a journey format.
As part of AHO’s master programme in architecture the Institute offers a Master of Landscape Archi-
tecture, a post-professional Master of Urbanism as well as a PhD. Since 2010, it has collaborated with
the University of Tromsø to establish a new master programme in landscape architecture. The academic
staff includes 20 professors and researchers,18 PhD fellows and 130 students in the Foundation. Marianne
Skjulhaug is Head of Institute.
Academic areas include: Urban Practices comprising urban design, urban planning, urban transfor-
mations, regional planning; Landscape Practices comprising landscape urbanism, urban ecology, water
management; Urban Media and Technological Practices comprising the networked city, mapping, GIS;
and history and theory of urbanism and landscape with a focus on urban planning history.
