Our values
The Edinburgh School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture (ESALA) is guided by values of creativity, experimentation, scholarly rigour and ethical responsibility.
Architecture
Architecture is a field of inquiry dedicated to the art of building in its broadest sense. This encompasses the design of buildings, the spaces between them, as well as wider natural and urban environments.
Our definition of Architecture implies a wide range of conditions: from the most intimate spaces of a dwelling, to complex public infrastructures and open spaces, to the heterogeneous fabric of a city and wider territorial conditions.
Landscape Architecture
Landscape Architects design spaces and places. Spaces range from the urban square and the city park to the regional landscape. Between these scales lie business parks, land reclamation and urban regeneration, forestry, public realm, streetscapes and urban design.
Professional network
We have strong and vibrant alliances with the architectural and landscape professions and other community, cultural and business groupings in Scotland, and clearly articulated links with relevant schools and institutions internationally.
We engage in policy debates nationally and internationally both within teaching and through research activities.
This article was published on Oct 3, 2012