History and theory of 20th century landscape architecture

In the 1980s, the Swiss sociologist Lucius Burckhardt provocatively asked ‘Garden art where to?’ and emphasised that landscape architecture and planning would only have a future if they became more aware of their theoretical and historical foundations. At the time, the profession seemed to be developing too superficially into a pure design profession with no social relevance. To this day, the comparatively young discipline of landscape architecture can be characterised by a certain lack of theory.

Research into the history and theory of 20th century landscape architecture plays a central role at the Chair of Landscape Architecture and Trabsformation in order to secure and strengthen the future viability of the discipline.