Area
Interdisciplinary
Sub-Discipline
Interdisciplinary
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
- City: Santiago,
- Commune: Santiago,
- Region: Metropolitan Region
goals
This program is designed to consolidate research and project skills in landscape architecture, through the management of design concepts, methods and tools, addressing urban, ecological and sociocultural problems at various scales and territorial contexts.
Applicant Profile
The MAPA program is aimed at graduates in the fields of architecture, urban planning, land-use planning, landscape architecture, construction, engineering, environmental science, and social sciences, promoting an approach to landscape architecture as a synthesis of diverse disciplinary perspectives. Admission requirements: Applicants must hold a Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional qualification from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. They must also pass the selection process, which consists of submitting a complete application and receiving approval from the Postgraduate Committee.
Graduate profile
Among the skills and competencies acquired by MAPA graduates are: the ability to manage a theoretical and conceptual framework surrounding the notion of landscape, based on critical reflection that informs research and project production, thus serving as a catalyst for knowledge construction in the field of landscape architecture; the ability to develop methodological strategies for the evaluation, design, and management of landscape projects and studies, aimed at addressing urban, ecological, and sociocultural issues in diverse contexts and scales of the territory; and the ability to apply landscape representation and design techniques and tools that allow for the understanding and expression of the ecological, sociocultural, economic, and aesthetic variables involved in studies leading to research and project initiatives.
Lines of investigation
Productive Landscapes. This area explores landscape production in territories that have received or may potentially receive socio-environmental impacts, reconciling, through design, the interests of affected communities and private and public stakeholders. Within this framework, it encompasses the verification of impacts and the possibilities for action offered by environmental mitigation and compensation measures. Xerophytic Landscapes. This area focuses on the sustainable design of green spaces in climatic zones undergoing desertification and where water resources are increasingly scarce. It centers on the strategic and zoned design of the landscape based on soil analysis, plant material, preservation, species selection, and programmatic zoning of uses that are integrated into the arid environment. Urban Landscapes. This area focuses on exploring and developing the relationships between natural systems, urban infrastructure, and communities through the planning and design of landscape architecture projects in complex, consolidated, or emerging environments. The focus is on the study and creation of spaces for social use and the implementation of processes over time for cultural and environmental purposes, with special emphasis on adaptability and resilience to climate change. History and Theory of Landscape. This considers the trajectory and evolution of Landscape Architecture as a discipline linked to the reading, interpretation, and production of landscapes designed as physical places and phenomenological supports, contextualized in spatial, temporal, sociocultural, and ecological terms. Transcending a chronological narrative, the history and theory of Landscape constitutes a dynamic field that articulates tradition and disciplinary innovation.
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