In this film, coordinator Florencia Pita introduces the Master of Science in Synthetic Landscapes, a one-year, three-semester postgraduate degree focused on emerging problems in contemporary ecological design. SCI-Arc’s Synthetic Landscapes program tackles the urgent realities of climate change by advancing a design approach that merges architecture, urbanism, ecology, and landscape—working from the scale of architecture through infrastructure to the broader landscape. Recognizing that the built and natural worlds are inseparable, the program asks students to rethink how humans coexist with the environments we shape and inhabit.

Led by SCI-Arc faculty and visiting experts, Synthetic Landscapes explores the aesthetic, technological, and ecological implications of our planetary condition while preparing students to imagine new forms of practice and new modes of living within an already-altered world. The program leverages SCI-Arc’s advanced computation capabilities and robotic fabrication resources, integrates hands-on field studies, and fosters nature-laboratory research that foregrounds site-based inquiry and experimental landscape interventions. Applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree, with priority given to backgrounds in architecture, landscape architecture, and related fields.

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