A well-established profession

摘要

Malene Hauxner is professor of landscape architecture at KU-Life in Copenhagen. During her long career that has included practice, teaching and research, the profession of landscape architecture in Denmark has become well established with a strong and distinct international identity. It was during the economic boom of the 1960s that the demand for landscape architects began to explode in this country, as the expanding welfare state brought about rapid physical changes. In this decade the country's first specific education for landscape architects was established, and 2010 marked the 50th anniversary of landscape architecture teaching at the Faculty of Life Science - the University of Copenhagen (KU-Life). Its origins can be traced further back, but then, as now, the essence of the education has been that of creating a dynamic synergy between the arts and sciences.