Course

AR-361: History of park and garden design

Summary

The course introduces the most important periods of European and international garden history and design up to the present day and shows the importance of public parks and green spaces for modern urban development. Students are given the opportunity to analyze and interpret their own example.

Lectures

Instructor

Ben Ori Gitai

Expertise Landscape architecture, urban planning, political geography, Mapping, ecology and History of landscape Dr. Ben Gitai brings together geography, architecture, and interconnected fields through his multidisciplinary research and practice. He has held teaching positions at leading Swiss and French institutions, including ETH Zurich and EPFL, as well as scientific collaborations with the David Rumsey Mapping Center at Stanford University.His work draws from landscape architecture, landscape ecology, u

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/history-of-park-and-garden-design-AR-361

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http://go.epfl.ch/AR-361

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Summary

Lectures

Instructor

Ben Ori Gitai

Official source

https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/history-of-park-and-garden-design-AR-361

Moodle Page

http://go.epfl.ch/AR-361

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