MSE ReLa Innovation Prize for the Master's Thesis of Nicole Alter

We warmly congratulate our long-serving colleague Nicole Alter on her Master's thesis, which was awarded the Innovation Prize for the best Master's thesis in the Spatial Development & Landscape Architecture programme at the FH OST Institute for Spatial Development.

As part of her Master's thesis, "The Millennials of Swiss Landscape Architecture – Characteristics & Tendencies between 1975 and 2000," tshe analysed the development of landscape architecture in Switzerland between 1975 and 2000 and mapped the tendencies and themes that shaped the profession during this period. These decades represent a dynamic and eventful time for the field of landscape architecture, marked by a wide range of stylistic expressions and approaches.

In the 1970s, there was a shift towards the design of nature-oriented spaces. The debate on the relationship between ecology and design in garden architecture that followed provided the impetus for a reorientation of the profession. As a result, a new design language emerged in Swiss landscape architecture, strongly influenced by postmodern approaches. Towards the end of the 1990s, a growing pluralism – shaped by postmodernism – developed, which manifested itself in a wide variety of themes and design approaches in landscape architecture projects. This development continues to the present day.

Abstract Masterthesis Nicole Alter