AA LANDSCAPE URBANISM work in progress

AA Landscape Urbanism work in progress will be shown within the annual projects review. The event is anually organised by the Architectural Association School of Architecture to showcase the best and most representative examples of the work being produce accross the school. This year AALU mantains its focus in China specially in the Yantze River Delta Area. For more information click on www.aaschool.ac.uk/lu

PLASMASTUDIO AND GROUNDLAB "FLOWING GARDENS" PROJECT OPENS IN XIAN'S INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL EXPO 2011

"Plasmastudio/Groundlab "Flowing Gardens" project has officially opened In Xian, China as part of the International Horticultural Expo 2011. The project is a collaboration between AA Landscape Urbanism tutors Eva Castro, Alfredo Ramirez,Eduardo Rico (Partners of Groundlab) and Plasmastudio (Holger Kehne, Eva Castro), and LAUR comprising 37 ha of landscape and 3 buildings (Guangyun Entrance, Creativity pavilion and a Greenhouse) . May 2011" For more info please visit:

www.groundlab.org www.plasmastudio.com

AA LANDSCAPE URBANISM PAVILION OPENS IN XIAN

AA Landscape Urbanism MA opens its pavilion as part of the Horticultural Fair that is taking place in Xian from April to October this year. The pavilion was a invitation to develop a small piece of landscape able to reflect the principles and concepts developed in the MA. The pavilion uses the water and the ground as the main drivers for the design. The ground is manipulated (folded, thickened, ) to allow the inland and lake water to to run through the pavilion by means of water inlets, pools, canals expanding the water experience into the hard and soft landscape: next to benches, paths and plating areas in a seamless design.

Special thanks to ex AALU students : Hossein Kachabi, Jorge Ayala, Minjo Baek and AALU Tutors: Eduardo Rico and Alfredo Ramirez.

Xian Expo by Plasmastudio and Groundlab due to open next 28th April

Flowing Gardens , first major project built in China by Plasmastudio and Groundlab is due to open this 28th April. More info coming soon...

www.plasmastudio.com

www.groundlab.org

AA LANDSCAPE URBANISM IN THE FIELD FINAL WORKSHOP PRESENTATION RIJEKA, CROATIA APRIL 2011

This year AA LANDSCAPE URBANISM In the field workshop focused in the city of Rijeka, Croatia. This is the fourth of a series of workshops held each year during the eastern break in conjunction with different LU collaborators. It was a 5 days workshop to produce a proposal within a post-industrial/post-comunist context. Other participants of the workshop include the University of Waterloo, University of Pescara, University of Ljubjana, Universityof Zagreb. The workshop was presented in a final public presentation to the goverment authorities (major and head of the planning department among others) of Rijeka on the 2nd April 2011.