At the table of an extended family

being, biodiversity conservation and the protection of ecosystems are readdressed. To understand the shifting relationships between nature and culture and to be able to grasp their breadth and diversity, new landscape concepts, such as Fourth Nature, are being explored and others, like metabolism, reintroduced. The expanded universe of landscape architecture can be observed in communication, cooperation and education. With the growing number of parties that want to be involved in the process of landscape transformation, questions are arising about design strategies and visualization techniques. The shifts in research and practice are affecting landscape education, too, with the development of new hybrid curriculum studies as a result. How should future landscape architects be taught to deal with the changing world and an expanding professional field? What knowledge and skills do they need to operate critically and responsibly?