The next speaker in the ‘Thinkers and Doers’ series is Maria Matos Silva (Portugal) presenting “Public Spaces for Water”.

This lecture is scheduled to happen on Wednesday 30 September 2020 at 8am NZ time (or 29 September – 12pm Los Angeles, 3pm New York, 8pm London – NB! time changes due to Daylight Savings).

Register for the lecture on Zoom 👉https://vuw.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcrceuvqDMiHNCCwzAGQcEzEOhTqSo2AWIb

Summary

This lecture looks into the phenomenon of floods as recurrent urban events which are expected to aggravate in the near future. Facing this problem, the design of public spaces is presented as a key component in the adaptation to current and expected urban flood events. In addition, climate change adaptation endeavours have already entered the urban agenda and are influencing urban planning and public space design approaches. This emerging tendency is further prompting new flood management paradigms that acknowledge the practice of integrating ecosystems and the natural water cycle. “Public Spaces for Water: A Design Notebook” displays a different approach to tackle the urgent problem of urban flooding. In this lecture, the importance of public space design in adaptation action is explored and traditional flood risk management practices are challenged. As public spaces provide the opportunity to integrate and reveal the complex connections between natural, social and technical processes, designing “for water” is a present and urgent matter on which the future of our cities relies.

Bio

Maria Matos Silva is an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture at Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), University of Lisbon. She graduated in Landscape Architecture (University of Lisbon, 2007), completed a master’s degree in Urban Design (University of Barcelona, 2010) and a PGDip in Urban and Regional Planning (University of Lisbon, 2011). In 2016, Maria finished a PhD in Public Space Design (University of Barcelona, 2016), obtained the recognition of “Finalist” for the European Prize Manuel de Solà-Morales (2019 edition). Since 2016, Maria is a Research Associate at the CIAUD – Research Centre of Architecture, Urbanism and Design at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Lisbon (http://urbinlab.fa.ulisboa.pt). She has been involved in several R&D projects and has thus far published in various international peer-review journals and conferences. Her research interests are related to landscape, design and management, urban planning, sustainability, urban flooding, public space design and adaptation to climate change. Currently, Maria is also a board member of the Portuguese Association of Historic Gardens (AJH - Associação dos Jardins Históricos.www.jardinshistoricos.pt).

About

‘Thinkers and Doers’ aims at bringing together practitioners, scholars, students and the wider community of landscape architecture and affiliated built environment disciplines to share ideas and to hear the latest innovations in the field. This online series brings together nationally and internationally renowned experts through an initiative between the NZILA Wellington Branch and the Landscape Architecture Programme at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.

NZILA members: Event Attendance – NZILA CPD 0.5 pts/hr

NZILA Category 3b Public Lecture: 0.5 pts/hr up to two hours per lecture

For more information see here.

ILASA looks forward to you joining their next webinar, taking place on the 16th of September at 17:15.

The Zoom meeting link will be emailed to those who sign up closer to the event. Please note that the link will come from Dion Abrahams email address. If you do not receive the link by 09:00 on 15 September, please check your junk mail or spam folder or contact Dion at dion@vdw.co.za.

You will be able to sign into the webinar from 17:00 should you be new to the format and need help finding your way around.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

Cancellation: Please inform us on ilasa@ilasa.co.za if you are unable to make the Webinar.

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The next speaker in our ‘Thinkers and Doers’ series is Raquel Peñalosa (Canada) presenting “Reconnecting [with] the elements for a more thriving life in the public space”.

This lecture is scheduled to happen on Wednesday 16 September 2020 at 8am NZ time (or 15 September – 1pm Los Angeles, 4pm New York, 9pm London). 

Register for the lecture on Zoom 👉https://vuw.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0odeGhpjMrH9cugOEcwdnCIUKpw4MV2355

Abstract

This lecture will look at the practice of designing public space from an experiential perspective. From the traditional design practice that sets its design production in a certain distant and "controlled" process by the designer, to the integration of exploratory approaches such as the living lab approach to envision the open space as a laboratory of public life, or social innovation, as an innovation practice to pursue the social needs of the space beyond its sole formal resolution. Within this context, it is also an exploration of the practice that departs from the "expert" posture to going out into the field to understand people's experiences and allow the voice of the collective intelligence to be an active actor in a co-creation process. The presentation explores how emerging public space is at the core of public life when using open/ derelict spaces, such as "urban vacant lots", as territories of "new possibles", as spaces of temporality that have meaning allowing for citizen participation. It will share both project interventions, the hard design, as well as the design process, soft design, to explore what makes people happy, or rather what spaces create a connection for people to first use it, then take ownership, and ultimately transform it as need it or experience it. 

Bio

A practicing Landscape Architect for more than 30 years, Raquel Peñalosa works at the encounter of Landscape Architecture, Urban Participatory Design, Active Citizenship and Social Innovation. She is currently, practicing participatory design and integrating collaborative processes to bring into the design conversation the active citizenship practice for more thriving and human oriented cities. Through her practice, she has developed public space projects, and events, in Canada, California and France. She has acquired a distinctive practice and a fine sense of Landscape and its diversity of expressions. As part of her engagement in the community, she was IFLA AMERICAS President from 2014 to 2018, moving forward The Americas Landscape Charter, and President of the Urban Ecology Center in 2014. She is presently the President of Communautique, an Open Innovation Organization, who is leading the coming of the FABCITY Summit and the FAB16 in 2020 to Montreal. The FABCITY is a movement to transition cities in 2054 into greater autonomy, of a new model of resilience and local production (energy, food, manufacture, distribution, mobility) which places the city and its citizens in the middle of creation, distribution and re-use of the large majority of what they consume and produce.

About

‘Thinkers and Doers’ aims at bringing together practitioners, scholars, students and the wider community of landscape architecture and affiliated built environment disciplines to share ideas and to hear the latest innovations in the field. This online series brings together nationally and internationally renowned experts through an initiative between the NZILA Wellington Branch and the Landscape Architecture Programme at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. 

NZILA members: Event Attendance – NZILA CPD 0.5 pts/hr

NZILA Category 3b Public Lecture: 0.5 pts/hr up to two hours per lecture

TheTREE of LIFE Landscape Webinar Series is a joint effort of the Iranian Society of Landscape Professionals (ISLAP) and the University of Tehran, aiming to examine the complex human-natural systems through the lens of landscape approach.

Scheduled for the 2nd and 9th of September 2020, the first themed package of the TREE OF LIFE webinars will focus on Agricultural Landscape.

On day one of the webinar at 12:30 UTC, Frank Lohrberg, Chair of the Institute of Landscape Architecture at RWTH Aachen University, discusses Urban Agricultural Heritage followed by a presentation on Agroforestry and Multifunctional Landscape Design by Professor Sarah Lovell, Director of The Center for Agroforestry- University of Missouri at 13:30 UTC. 

On day two, Dr. Carlos Jankilevich, chair of the IFLA Working Group on Agriculture and Landscape, will talk about Agriculture and Landscape Architecture at 12:30 UTC and Dr. Parviz Koohafkan, the founder and president of the World Agricultural Heritage Foundation, will discuss Agricultural Heritage at 13:30 UTC.

There is a live Q&A session at the end of each session of the webinars.

A certificate of attendance will be issued for participants attending all four sessions of the Agricultural Landscape webinars. 

To find more about the webinar series and join the live session please register via the following link: https://cutt.ly/treeoflife 

You can also access the webinar via Instagram Live on our Instagram page, where it will be archived on IGTV: https://www.instagram.com/tol.treeoflife/

Check your local time for the webinars: https://www.worldtimeserver.com/

Contact ISLAP via email tolwebseries@gmail.com for further information.

Further information here.

Further information here

TheTREE of LIFE Landscape Webinar Series is a joint effort of the Iranian Society of Landscape Professionals (ISLAP) and the University of Tehran, aiming to examine the complex human-natural systems through the lens of landscape approach.

Scheduled for the 2nd and 9th of September 2020, the first themed package of the TREE OF LIFE webinars will focus on Agricultural Landscape.

On day one of the webinar at 12:30 UTC,  Frank Lohrberg, Chair of the Institute of Landscape Architecture at RWTH Aachen University, discusses Urban Agricultural Heritage followed by a presentation on Agroforestry and Multifunctional Landscape Design by Professor Sarah Lovell, Director of The Center for Agroforestry- University of Missouri at 13:30 UTC. 

On day two, Dr. Carlos Jankilevich, chair of the IFLA Working Group on Agriculture and Landscape, will talk about Agriculture and Landscape Architecture at 12:30 UTC and Dr. Parviz Koohafkan, the founder and president of the World Agricultural Heritage Foundation, will discuss Agricultural Heritage at 13:30 UTC.

There is a live Q&A session at the end of each session of the webinars.

A certificate of attendance will be issued for participants attending all four sessions of the Agricultural Landscape webinars. 

To find more about the webinar series and join the live session please register via the following link: https://cutt.ly/treeoflife 

You can also access the webinar via Instagram Live on our Instagram page, where it will be archived on IGTV: https://www.instagram.com/tol.treeoflife/

Check your local time for the webinars: https://www.worldtimeserver.com/

Contact ISLAP via email tolwebseries@gmail.com for further information.

The next speaker in the ‘Thinkers and Doers’ series is Attila Tóth (Slovakia) presenting “Green Infrastructure in Planning and Designing European Cities”.

This lecture is scheduled to happen on Wednesday 02 September 2020 at 8am NZ time (or 01 September – 1pm Los Angeles, 4pm New York, 9pm London).

Register for the lecture on Zoom 👉https://vuw.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwsdumqpzwtHtZL_eh4lOznuRZKzpIutN3y

Abstract

Urban green infrastructure as a holistic green-space system on one hand and as a planning and design approach on the other hand has gone a long way since Howard's Garden Cities of Tomorrow or Olmsted's Parkways. Today, Green Infrastructure is one of the main environmental and landscape strategies of the European Union, which is currently also supported through the European Green Deal and the new European Union (EU) Biodiversity Strategy. Indeed, green infrastructure is an effective planning and design tool for landscape architects and urban designers to make our cities more sustainable and resilient in the field of climate change mitigation, biodiversity enhancement and food security. The lecture will provide a short historical excursus to the origins of planning urban green systems, an overview of current EU policies in this field and show innovative planning and design strategies and nature-based solutions of green infrastructure in European Cities.

Bio

Dr Attila Tóth is a landscape architect based in Slovakia, with a research focus on green infrastructure planning and design in urban and rural landscapes. He studied in Slovakia and Austria, did research on urban green infrastructure planning in Germany and Austria and conducted two scientific missions in New Zealand. He is assistant professor of landscape architecture at the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, chair of LE:NOTRE Institute and chair of IFLA Europe’s Working Group on Green Infrastructure. He holds the Green Talents Award, two European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools (ECLAS) Awards and the Slovak Science and Technology Award.

About

‘Thinkers and Doers’ aims at bringing together practitioners, scholars, students and the wider community of landscape architecture and affiliated built environment disciplines to share ideas and to hear the latest innovations in the field. This online series brings together nationally and internationally renowned experts through an initiative between the NZILA Wellington Branch and the Landscape Architecture Programme at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.

NZILA members: Event Attendance – NZILA CPD 0.5 pts/hr

NZILA Category 3b Public Lecture: 0.5 pts/hr up to two hours per lecture