De Interbellum gesprekken. Er zijn meerdere associaties mogelijk dankzij de term Interbellum. Een periode van rust tussen de vorige en de volgende financiële crisis in. Een periode van rust tussen de ene energievoorziening en de volgende in. Een periode van rust tussen politiek uiterste standpunten in. Een periode van rust tussen de vorige (Borlaug) en…
density map of the invisible city at a new harbour mouth; Ellie Helliwell Here is a web-log to the summerschool in New Zealand that was created by students and supervised by me, Mick Abbott, Tenille Pickett and Woody Lee http://www.new-sea-land.com And this is an abstract of the content: Landscape architecture has a speculative role in…
It is with great honor that I may announce, that I am invited as one of the speakers at the opening of the academic year at Wageningen University, Monday September 7, 2015. 14:30. You are welcome to hear our thoughts about the coming year. We cannot imagine progress and wellbeing anymore without technology and objects…
Last week in Madrid, the Archiprix International 2015 was completed with prize winners and an international workshop on the new urban reality in Madrid. If you are interested in the new role of designers and their more activist and political position, this is a must-see. Click here for the workshop results. And here for the…
Teaching young people how to design a landscape is more an initiation than making them jump the hoops filled with tricks and skills. At times, it even feels like this initiation has much in common with a religious practice. Perhaps this is even more the case in the Netherlands, since creating land, sharing land ownership…
As a followup from last month post, I will continue discussing the Studio Site Design for our second year students landscape architecture. I have been responsible for this studio for 12 years now. A somewhat daunting realisation I had last week. And it might be my last year, because we made a few radical…
There is a series of books called ‘conversations with students’. Various architects and other guru-like teachers are portrayed, as they interact with students. You can find a list here. I particularly like the book on the teachings by Ian McHarg: Dwelling in Nature (Princeton Architectural Press; 1 edition, 2007). And very recently another inspiring teacher…