LM 210 project landscape planning
(Project Work 200 h; 10 cp)
In the advanced project, students can select and work on a landscape planning topic based on their individual focus and interests. Projects may involve design, planning and research, or research and theory.
Design-oriented projects aim to develop a landscape planning concept (design) for a specific planning area and a given thematic focus. Students develop a methodological approach tailored to the problem at hand, analyze and evaluate the planning area using landscape planning methods, and derive objectives, measures, and requirements for solving the problem. In scientific-theoretical projects, the focus is on a primarily textual examination of a current landscape planning issue. In planning-scientific projects, both approaches are combined.
In the in-depth project, students can select and work on a landscape planning topic based on their individual focus and interests. Projects may take the form of design-based, planning-scientific, or scientific-theoretical work.
Design-oriented projects aim to develop a landscape planning concept (design) for a specific planning area and a given thematic focus. Students develop a methodological approach tailored to the problem at hand, analyze and evaluate the planning area using landscape planning methods, and derive objectives, measures, and requirements for solving the problem. In scientific-theoretical projects, the focus is on a primarily textual examination of a current issue in landscape planning. In planning-scientific projects, both approaches are combined.
AI & Landscape Planning
How can AI facilitate work in landscape planning tasks, accelerate processing, and improve the quality of outputs? And where is caution warranted, given that AI can, for example, produce false results and allow serious errors to creep in unnoticed? How do you program an AI agent, and what is a loop?
This semester project is an experimental project: Using existing data from Neukirch/Lausitz, the entire planning process for developing a landscape plan will be simulated, and at each phase, we will test what AI can—and cannot—contribute to the process. The key is to test different AI models, make mistakes, and observe their effects, while gaining diverse experience with prompts, agents, and loops. By comparing the results with existing, conventionally developed, and technically sound landscape planning assessments and concepts, the validity of AI-supported steps can be thoroughly verified.
At the end of the project, the evaluation will not focus on a single concept or plan, but rather on a scientifically sound comparison of the opportunities and limitations of different AI models across the various planning phases.
Contact:
© Sven Ellger
wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
NameMr Dr. Ing. Maxim von Gagern
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From Tree to Tree: Green Bike Paths in the Leipzig Region
Who enjoys cycling in the blazing summer sun? Bike paths that offer regular shade while still providing magnificent views seem much more pleasant—especially during the increasingly frequent heat waves. However, shade is in short supply on some of the bike routes in the Leipziger Land district. There is also the question of how rows of trees along the route will survive potential droughts in the future. And which tree species could serve as both anchors of identity and design hallmarks in which landscapes?
The objective of this project is to develop a sustainable greening concept for the main SachsenNetz bike routes; optional additions may be selected. To this end, the tree population must be analyzed using aerial imagery as part of the baseline survey, and the condition of the trees must be assessed on-site through random sampling. At the same time, research must be conducted to determine which tree species were historically particularly characteristic of the district’s various landscapes, which ones can support the distinctiveness of the individual regions, and which tree species would be suitable for specific sites, taking climate change into account. Based on this, a planting concept must be developed for the individual routes that highlights the distinctive character of the surrounding cultural landscapes and designs the bike routes as connecting axes of the blue-green infrastructure. Furthermore, the study should demonstrate how a sustainable water supply for the plantings can be ensured.
Contact:
© Sven Ellger
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
NameMr Tom Leukefeld M. Sc.
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