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This week, from October 17 to 25 at the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven with the theme: What if…. There is an exhibition by a group of designers that have been commissioned by the National Department of Waterways and Public Works organised by Atelier Tussenruimte. Their work focusses on a specific Oaktree (the Anneville Oak),…
For all my Dutch colleagues, guests and friends, (it is an audio story that I have written, only in Dutch unfortunately) Dit kwam ik tegen tijdens het opruimen van mijn spullen: Een hoorspel dat ik heb mogen maken als onderdeel van het boek ‘Regionale Identiteit, kunst en ruimtelijke planvorming’ uitgegeven voor Nai en SKOR…
We will meet again! Paul
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…
Originally posted on Landscape Machines – Design Laboratory: OPEN eLECTURE – Teaching Landscape Architecture series – teachers for teachers Monday evening 27.4.2015 18:00-19:30 CET Moderation by Elke MERTENS & Nilgul KARADENIZ Lecturer: Paul Roncken eLecture Room https://webconf.vc.dfn.de/r6vrx3id9z3/ Title: How to design a landscape machine This lecture is about the design of productive landscapes. If designed…
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…
‘echo of emptiness’ collage by Zuzana Jančovičová (see below) Being a teacher means to be future oriented. Whatever I bring from the past to my students will always be transformed into something that cannot yet be foreseen. This is what renders teachers with an incredible stamina for uncovering the potential qualities within students and the…
Click here for the 99% invisible podcast First of all, there is reason to express my sincerest thanks to all those that responded to last month’s call. Within various Linked-in groups a lot of people have shared the book titles that have either inspired them or have made it possible to learn something. Since these…
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