Personal profile

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Rikke is trained as an architect and landscape architect from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Design and conservation (KADK), where she also received her PhD. 


Research and practice

She researches methodologies addressing the body´s sensorium, the role of experience and sensation, and a more dynamic, sequential, transient and aesthetic spatial approach towards landscape transformation and an extended sensory awareness in relation to nature, landscape transformatins, design and planning processes.

At UCPH-IGH, she has pioneered in the field of sensory analysis, conception, media mediations, especially film, and its co-creating role in place-based design and planning. Her current main research focus is multi-sensory large-scale analysis and design and the embedded performativity capacity of drone filming to stir a sensory and affectivity reoriented planning practice in order to qualify the hybrid of natural and human-made landscapes. 

For the last fifteen years, Rikke has developed and integrated her practice and knowledge on landscape transformations, cuktural heritage, design, planning, participatory processes, large-scale analysis and media mediations  through different research, teaching and practice collaborations. Besides research and teaching she has since 2003 had her own studio and worked as a planner before her position as PhD Fellow. Her PhD thesis 'Landscapetransformations' received the ICAR CORA Prize 2011, and also her studio mupLA has won prices for projects in multiple scales. She collaborates with architecture offices, artists, municipalities and holds/has had several trusts.

Rikke is member of the IGN Study Board, part of the research groups Landscape Architecture and Urbanism' and 'Spatial Change and Planning' and in the organizing group for the Copenhagen Landscape Lectures series.

 

Research

Rikke develops future landscape scenarios for flood and drought resilience, as a member of the Danish Living lab group in the EU Water4All project INTERLAYER (2024-27), which explores 'slow hydrolgy' approaches and scenarios in the Værebro å system

Rikke is research partner on the Research Fund Denmark, DFF/FKK funded  'Done Imaginaries and Communities. Understanding Drones through Aesthetics' (2020-2024). The Project started   September 2020. See more here: www.sdu.dk/diacs

Rikke is project leader of the Pilot project The Ribe River System, nature and landscape values in climate adaptation (2020-2022, 15. Juni Fonden, Miljøstyrelsen).

Rikke leads the 2020-2022 Danish Art Foundation supported project 'Drone Aesthetic Experience and co-creation - a pre-project'that explores the sensory-engaging and experience-stimulating capacity of drone-footage, which is necessary in the work with major landscape transformations regarding climate adaptation and their spatial impacts and effect on peole and other living. 

Rikke is as project member responsable for filmic explorations under the landscape accessment in the  Pilot project Gudenådalen (2021-2022, Gudenåkomiteen)

 

Selected research outputs

Landscapes of care: photography, film, modern architecture and landscape heritage, Sophia Journal 2023

Touching Visions, explorative co-collaborative film, IGN International Academy 2021: UCPH, Surroundingslab  and CAFx, October 2021

Drone affect: Folded Points of Views as a Co-affection Method for Empathy and Care, published in Emotion, Space, and Society, vol.14 September 29 2021

The dispatched drone and affective distance in fieldwork, published in The Senses and Society, Vol. 15, 3. October 2020.

1 film on researching and teaching in film and landscape architecture and three films of student film explorations in the UCPH landscape education, May 6 2020.

Klimatilpasning i det åbne land. Løsningseksempler. Københavns Universitet, December 2019.

'Resonance and Transcendence of a Bodily Presence: How a filmic mapping of non-visual, aural and bodily relations in space can strengthen the sensory dimension in landscape architectural design''. I. Troiani & H Campbell (red), Architecture filmmaking hos Intellect Ltd., Bristol: https://www.intellectbooks.com/architecture-filmmaking 2019

 

Teaching

Rikke has been teaching in Architectural schools since 2000. From 2012 at UCPH-IGN she has as course responsible initiated, planned and conducted design studio teaching at bachelor and master level. She supervises bachelor, master thesis students and PhD-students. Her current courses as course responsible are:

BSc Practice and Aesthetics in Landscape Architecture – Studio (HVÆS), mandatory coruse 15 ECTS, 2014 - now

HVÆS explores the interchange between body and horizon physically in space, abstract in theories and projective in mediation of media (drawing, model, photography and film). Aware work with such co-creation extends students sensory and aesthetic experience and cognition as basic practice in the profession. Students provide competences to develop individually and gain tools, skills and knowledge of aesthetics and a performative phenomenological design thinking and making, linked to current planning and design challenges.

MSc design course Transformation Studio - from 2023 Rikke is engaged as co-teacher. 

She teaches and has taught/given lectures at Theory & Methods in Landscape Architecture, Theories of Urban Design, GeoDesign, Scientific Theory of Landscape Architecture, Thematic course II. Rural landscapes  - Management and Planning.

Previously she was course responsible for and teaching the two master design courses:

MSc Landscape Film – Studio, 7,5 ECTS, 2014-2018

Landscape Film - Studio is a design studio exploring new media, especially film, approach and language of design, and an extended aware ability to work explorative with media mediations. Students develop an individual design intervention focusing specifically on the film mediums embedded sensory performativity in design processes. The final course projects have to contain output in the different media and a site-specific proposal in film in order to stir new performative aesthetics.

MSc Urbanism Studio, 15 ECTS, 2013-2015.

See examp,es of teaching/course publications and teacning approaches an -formats under publication or here: https://issuu.com/rikkemunckpetersen/stacks, Spot på undervisningen i film og landskabsarkitektur på IGN, KU, 2020 og Filmic explorations in landscape architecture 2021

Supervision of doctoral students: 

Hongxia Pu – 

Project title: Filmic Scroll. Unfolding the Socia-ecological Futures of Desakota Landscapes in China, 2020-2024 (completed 2024).

Kristen Danielle van Haeren – 

Project title: Thickness of the Green – Another way of telling two Danish welfare landscapes, 2017-2020 (completed, 2020).

Elisabeth Umbanhowar –

visiting guest PhD fellow from Univeristy of Washington. Elisabeth research forcus is film, landscape architecture and public spaces (mentor spring 2020)

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DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH+TEACHING

2025-27

Archive for emergence,  Danish Art Foundation

2024-27

EU Water4All project INTERLAYER, DK projekt+Livining lab member

2020-24

DFF/FKK funded Drone Imaginaries and Communities project, forskningspartner

2021-22

Pilot film and landscape analysis for the River Gudenå valley, The Gudenåkomiteen 

2020-22

Pilot project The Ribe Å System (15. Juni Fonden + The Environmental Nature Agency), Project leader

2020-22

'Drone Aesthetic Experience and Co-creation - a pre-project', project leader

2016-

The projekt 'Drone affect, media mediation and sensory‐aesthetic reconceptualization of current planning approach', project leader

2014-Pioneer project Sensory conception & film in landscape architecture
2014-15Spatial and sensory analyses in project Nature Park Amager, 
2014- Course responsible bachelor course: Practice & Aesthetics in Landscape Architecture and master course: Landscape Film
2013-15Course responsable master course: Urbanism Studio
2013 Public space course, Institute of Planning, Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture KADK
2012-2014Bachelor course responsable  ’Sted, Intervention, katalysator’,dept. 3, KADK
2012-2014Bachelor course ’Drafting and Design in Landscape Architecture’, University of Copenhagen
2010Bachelor course Værkanalyse, KADK +2008-10 lecture on Mapping as speculative and eidetic operations
2005Symposium ’Landskaber i flæng’ + lecture: ’Landskabsinfrastruktur – landskabet 2030?, DL
2004-2009Phd-project, teaching and lectures on bachelor, master and phd level in relation to phd-study
2004Course ’Nye samarbejdsformer, ledelsestænkning og – redskaber’, DL

GRANTS AND HONOURS

2024Archive for emergence,  DAnish Art Foundation, 75.000 DDK
2023EU Water4All: INTERLAYER project; DK living lab 3 mio
202015. Juni Fonden: Pilot project The Ribe Stream Systemet, Nature og landscape values in climate adaptation, 500.000 DDK.
2019DFF/FKK funded Drone Imaginaries and Communities project, research partner, 6 mio. DDK, strats september 2020
2019Danish Art Foundation: Drone Aesthetic Experience and Co-creation - a pre-project', 25.000 DDK, starts 2020
2018       Dreyer Fond & Danish Art Foundation: Emergence and learning as artictic project, 2 x 10.000 DDK. 
2017Danish Research Council DFF/FKK funded Network for Research on Drones. Understanding Drones through AestheticsThe networks is a collaboration between SDU, KU-IGN, KU-HUM, AU, AAU, CBS and an international advisory board.
2016        DFF innovation endorsement, postdoc project Drone Act, UCPH
2014Funding Nordea-Foundation for Nature Park Amager, University of Copenhagen
2012  3rd ICAR-CORA Prize 2011, International Council for Architectural Research for the PhD thesis 'Landscape transformations.  A New paradigm for understanding and working with the synergy of physical and abstract landscapes'.
2012 FKK positive endorsement, postdoc project Experience parameters in Landscape Architectural tools, KADK.
2007Danish Ministry of Culture Province Fund to develop the project Portamento II
2005-2006The Danish Art Foundation, Realdania, Dreyers and Bergia Funds for planning + curating book + exhibition 'Steen Høyer : Landscape art'
2003Fritz Schlegels Honors for young Architects
2000Vola Honors for master project: Attractions and relations : a landscape strategy for the Øresund Region, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture

ENGAGEMENTS AND TRUSTS (see also under activities)

2024-Editorial board member, Emotion, Space and Society, Elsevier
2020-Director, Surroundongslab.org
2018-26Appointed external censor at KADK and Aarhus School of Architecture
2018-25 Member of the study board, IGN, Landscape architecture & planning, University of Copenhagen
2017-20Core-member DFF Network for Research on Drones and Aesthetics
2016Speaker+ Crit CAFx Summer School 2016, Copenhagen Architecture FEstival
2015Speaker+moderater research seminar + film screenings Copenhagen Architecture Festival
2014Organizer and speaker, research seminar Copenhagen Architecture X Film Festival
2006- Competition Judge, Danish Architect Association
2006-2007 Phd Stud. Delegate, Research Edu. Board, Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture
2006Member of Scientific board, Workshop leader, Architect - Agents of Change, NAF
2006Initiative and plannning of the conference 'Landskaber i Flæng',  in collaboration Danish Architecure Association, in Bygningskulturens Hus
2005-2007Board member, secretary, writer; workgroup Landscape view and planning reform - a memorandum, Academy Council, Royal Academy of Fine Arts
2005-2006 Member of the cross institutional Territory Network, KLIK Research School, KU; The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, School of Art and School of Architecture
2005Lecturer+invited crit, Inst. Landscape and Urbanism, Aarhus School of Architecture
2000-2006 Board member, The Danish Landscape Association/DL
2000-2003 Danish Landscape Association Delegate in Danish Town Planning Institute
2000 Invited crit., GSFA University of Pennsylvania, James Corner

DEVELOPMENT MupLA  PROJECTS AND COMPETITIONS, selected

2013Landscape plan for the gravel pit and new Roskilde Festival area. Roskilde Municipality, Roskilde Festival and Dyrskue, Invited 2nd Fase competition, with Bisgaard Landskab.
2013Landscape guidelines for new power line, National Grid, UK.  w. Bisgaard and Bystrup
2012Danmark - most beautiful! Future development plan in relation to the Femern Tunnel, Lolland Municipality, Freelance Hasløv & Kjærsgaard Architects and Planners.
2011Agro ville Humlebæk Syd, 2nd fase competition, mentioned in judge report.
2008Bornholm – 4 harbours, open competition, honours for proposal
20081. prize, Mosaïc::region, Øresundsvisioner 2040, sparrings partner/contributer, Dahl & Uhre Arkitekter, 70°N arkitektur, Norge
2007 Portamento II, Danish Ministry of Culture Province Fund, Ass. Danish Ports
20051. prize, new city Trylleskoven i Solrød Kommune, landscape + planning consultant for Elkiær & Ebbeskov Arkitekter
2004Valby - et krydsfelt. Development Strategy for Valby, Copenhagen Municipality
2003Portamento I, development plan for Fredericia harbour and city, Danish Art Foundation, Fredericia Municipality, Associated Danish Ports A/S

WORK EXPERIENCE

2018-Associate professor in landscape architecture and sensory conception(UCPH
2014-2018Assistent professor in landscape architecture and sensory conception/UCPH
2013-2014External Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen,
2012-Ext. lecturer/teacher, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Copenhagen
2012-2013Teaching Ass. Course Drafting and Design in Landscape Architecture, Uni. of  Copenhagen
2010-2011Maternity leave (twins)
2010 Teaching Ass. Course Værkanalyse: Workshop, Academy of Fine Arts, School of Archietcture
2004-2009 PhD Student, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture (including maternity leave (08.07-05.08)+ other projects sabbat, total  1,5 year)
2003-Founder of studio mupLA
2001-2004External Lecturer/teacher, crit, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Arch
2000-2004Planner, Landscape Architect, Project leader, Græsted-Gilleleje Municipality
2000Landscape Architect, SLA Architects
2000Landscape Architect Søren Robert Lund Architects

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

2004-2010PhD, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture
1999Non-degree candidate stud., GSFA, University of Pennsylvania, PA, James Corner Studio
1998Semester course in Plant use, Royal Agricultural University of Denmark, Ib Asger Olsen Studio
1997Stud. job, Tivoli Development, Søren Robert Lund
1996  Trainee,  L. Damgaard Associates, Kenya
1993-2000Cand. Arch., Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture

Keywords

  • Former LIFE faculty
  • drone filmning
  • Fieldwork
  • Drones
  • Perception
  • Landscape architecture methodology
  • Atmosphere
  • Affect theory
  • phenomenology
  • Transformation
  • Experimential phenomenology
  • Film and emotion
  • Design research
  • design theory
  • Design method
  • Aesthetics
  • Co-creation

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