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Past, Present, and Future of the Built Environment and Landscapes

Architecture, Cities, Landscapes: History and Heritage

During the one-year Architecture, Cities, Landscapes: History and Heritage Master's programme, you will acquire and develop knowledge, methods, and skills needed to analyse and eventually challenge current, past, and future spatial processes and phenomena.

You’ll be studying in an interdisciplinary environment that encourages you to adopt a spatial perspective with a critical eye for the past, present, and future. Throughout the programme, we take ongoing societal challenges as a point of departure, such as architecture and identity, contested spaces, heritage preservation, urban development, and landscape transformation.

Our academic staff consists of experts in heritage studies, architectural and urban history, environmental history, cultural geography, and the political economy of cities. Each of them performs academic research as part of their institutes, while many also take up roles in practice. This programme offers a unique combination of critical heritage theory and visual-spatial analysis of cultural landscapes and the built environment. It integrates practical experience with applied methods and techniques.

With this focus on cultural landscapes, architecture, and urban spaces, the MA in Architecture, Cities, and Landscapes, is the only programme that simultaneously focuses on the spatial perspective of culture, heritage, society, and political-economic process.

The start date of this programme is September 1st.

Study programme

Apart from the compulsory courses on themes, theories, and methods, there is plenty of room to focus more on either heritage or (architectural) history. You are free to choose elective courses, assignment topics, internships, and the topic of your Master’s thesis.

Courses

  • Themes in Architecture, Cities, and Landscapes (6 ECT)
  • (De)constructing Architectural & Town Planning Heritage (6 ECT)
  • Challenges in the Living Environment (6 ECT)
  • Research Seminar (6 ECT)
  • Planning Heritage (6 ECT)
  • Electives (12 ECT)
  • Thesis (18 ECT)

Internship

Many students follow an internship as part of their electives. That means putting your knowledge into practice, gaining valuable work experience, and building your network. You could find a placement at an architectural firm, a municipal heritage department, or an independent research and consultancy firm, for example.

Change your future with the Architecture, Cities, Landscapes: History and Heritage

Change your future with the Architecture, Cities, Landscapes: History and Heritage

After this master you will be able to write, advise, and moderate discussions about strategies for restoration, transformation, and even the reuse of abandoned architectural and landscape sites.

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