LANDSCAPE URBANISM PRESENTATION

The LU students presented their work on progress on a public pinup held at the AA on the 22nd June. Their work will be shown also in the projects review exhibition held at the AA opening on the 3rd of July. The jury included the following external guests:
Jose Arnaud (AALU Grad)
Yacira Blanco (AALU Grad, ZHL)
Tomaz Pipan (AALU Grad, Gustafson Porter)
Io Karidi (AALU Grad, Haregreaves associates)
Jeff Turko (AADip tutor, UEL DIp Tutor, Nekton Architecture principal)
Ivan Valdez (AALU Grad, ZHL)
Caludia Pasquero AAInt tutor, EcoLogic Studio principal)

LANDSCAPE URBANISM IN DONGHUA UNIVERSITY, SHANGHAI

Eva Castro and Alfredo Ramirez gave a lecture in the Doghuan University in Shanghai about the work of Landscape Urbanism and Groundlab.

AALU WORK PUBLISHED

The content of the project o Katia Larina has been published in the January issue of Landscape Archietcture Magazine (China). The work of Groundlab + Plasmastudio for the World Horticultural Expo in Xian, has also been published in the latest issue of AV arquitectura (Spain)

0708 AALU LECTURER BOOK RELEASE: RICHARD WELLER

Richard weller has recently released his book Boomtown 2050, scenarios for a rapidly growing city. The book contains the explorations for scenarios of growth in the city of Perth, where the interplay between conceptions of landscape urban design becomes key in understanding the future of a city which is planned to boom to int ssurroundign territories. Richard gave a lecture in 2007 showing his work during the 0708 Landscape Urbansim lecture series at the AA.

LANDSCAPE URBANISM IN ALICANTE

The studnets of Landscape Urbanism have completed a two week workshop in collaboration with the Fundacion Metropoli. The work dealt with the urban conditions around the coastal fron in Alicante, both in the area of the Serra Grossa, as well as port terminal. The work of the students focused on looking at issues of fragmentation and new urban tissues wjhcih would tie the port activites to those of the city, generating new and unexpected character areas and urban identities based on a renewed seafront for the city.

The trip was also complemented with a lecture of Eduardo Rico at the University of Alicante as well as a presentation of the students in the Fundacion Metropoli as part of the closing of the workshop and opening of the AALU exhibition in the Fundacion.

LANDSCAPE URBANISM IN ENSA PARIS 18TH MARCH

AALU Graduate Jorge Martinez Ayala will be giving a talk in the university of Paris Malaquais outlining the new research lines set by Landscape Urbaism as a new discipline.

THE WORK OF PLASMASTUDIO + GROUNDLAB IN XIAN UNIVERSITY

Holger Kehne Ulla Hell and Alfredo Ramirez gave a joint lecture at Xian University on the 9th March 2009. The lecture focuses on the multiscalarity and transdisciplinary approach that permeates the work of Plasmastudio and Groundlab. A diverse range of projects from furniture and interior design to buildings and masterplanning were shown to depict the main principles behind the practices that connects them in a local, regional and global scales. Furthermore the lecture served to introduce to the public of Xian the winning competition entry for the Horticultural Fair of 2011 in Xian City China.

XI'AN WORLD HORTICULTURAL EXPO TO BE DEVELOPPED BY PLASMASTUDIO + GROUNDLAB

Plasmastudio has recently won the competition to develop the building and landscape design for Horticultural Expo in Xi'an, China. The project comprises 15,000 exhibition hall building, a series of conservatories, a 37Ha park around an artificial lake as well as ancilliary buildings. The next stages of development will take place during the next months with the collaboration of Plasmastudio (buildings) and Groundlab (landscape urbanism).

Xi’an is a city based in thousands of years of ancient culture. As the home of the Terra Cotta Army and the beginning of the Silk Road, Xi’an has claimed its place in China’s eternal history. In this tradition, Flowing Gardens is a harmonic relationship between Xi’an’s wondrous past and its exciting future; horticulture and technology; landscape and architecture. Flowing Gardens enhances the inherent beauty of Xi’an by intensifying the characteristics of the existing fabric while creating a self-sustainable landscape for the future.

Flowing Gardens begins from a single line -- an axis extends from the Gate to the Greenhouse, traveling through the East and West Hills and over the lake, while extending into many sinuous paths, creating a network of intermingling circulation, landscape and water. Much like the legendary Silk Road, Flowing Gardens is connectivity, circulation, rejuvenation, and elegance.

BEFORE AND AFTER LANDSCAPE URBANISM

"Before and After Landscape Urbanism" is the title of a lecture by Stan Allen which will be held tomorrow at the AA in London. The lecture can be followed online live via AA streamline:
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LANDSCAPE URBANISM LECTURE SERIES