JOIN Landscape Institute London webinar series: ‘Planting Design for Landscape Architects’, starting on 23 September 2021
JOIN Landscape Institute London webinar series: ‘Planting Design for Landscape Architects’, starting on 23 September 2021
This series of talks will aim to discuss and share the importance of planting in Landscape Architecture. Good planting design is essential to the creation of landscapes.
Climate change and our use of outdoor spaces during the pandemic has made good planting in public spaces even more critical. Landscape Architects should be at the forefront of this revolution, but many feel that they have not acquired the toolsets to be the agents of change. Over the year, we will interview speakers online and collect the attendees’ opinions to inform future talks, bring planting to the forefront of the discipline, and making it accessible for all.
SESSION 1: Thursday 23 September 2021 18.15 pm GMT
OPEN TO ALL, BOOKING LINK IN AND FURTHER INFORMATION IN THE BIO ABOVE
An interview with Giacomo Guzzon, head of the planting department at Gillespies. From his beginning in the company working on some of the most notable projects to date. How he then pivoted the planting on ongoing projects that weren’t working. We’ll move onto his plant focus, planting heroes, professional development and maintenance approach and philosophy. And finally, we will dig into what he considers the most critical projects from the most current ones, where the department is heading, and what he sees as his legacy in the company.
Chaired by: Dilip Lakhani, Landscape Architect and Chair of the Landscape institute London Branch.
With: Magdalena Pelka de Armas, Landscape Architect Ignacio Ribera, Landscape Architect
An interview of Giacomo Guzzon, head of the planting department at Gillespies. From his beginning in the company working on some of the most notable projects to date. How he then pivoted the planting on ongoing projects that weren’t working. We’ll move onto his plant focus, planting heroes, professional development and maintenance approach and philosophy. And finally, we will dig into what he considers the most critical projects from the most current ones, where the department is heading, and what he sees as his legacy in the company.Content: Presentation 15mins / Interview 30mins / Q and A 15min
Chaired by: Dilip Lakhani is Chair of the Landscape institute London Branch. He is a qualified horticulturalist and plantsman, practising as a Landscape Architect. He enjoys working on large complex public spaces, as well as on the intricate design choices to be made in planting, including trees. He has travelled extensively to the Himalayas, Central Asia, Europe and South Africa to learn from natural landscapes and plant communities.
The hosts and presenters for the series of interviews and talks:
Magdalena Pelka de Armas is a Landscape Architect and a Lecturer at East London University. She has been teaching design studio focusing on the landscape graphic representation.She enjoys exploring and encouraging experimentation in the design process. She has gained extensive experience in a variety of projects in the UK and abroad working for different London practices.
Ignacio Ribera started his professional career as an Architect. While working for some international practices, he decided to follow his love for plants and public spaces and trained as a Landscape Architect in London. Ignacio recently started interviews with designers online and in magazines, intending to share his passion for excellent planting schemes in public spaces.During the pandemic, Ignacio with Magdalena Pelka de Armas, Pia Frigerio and the acclaimed plantsman Noel Kingsbury founded The Planting Studio; a Landscape Architecture practice passionate about plants.
Series 1 This series of talks aim to discuss and share the importance of planting in Landscape Architecture. Good planting design is essential to the creation of landscapes. Climate change and our use of outdoor spaces during the pandemic has made good planting in public spaces even more critical. Landscape Architects should be at the forefront of this revolution, but many feel that they have not acquired the tool sets to be the agents of change.Over the year, we will interview six speakers
online and collect the attendees’ opinions to inform future talks, bring planting to the forefront of the discipline, and make it accessible for all. Our speakers have striven for knowledge, experimentation and perseverance in their roles and are changing our perception of planting. Some have either evolved or even created their departments within
leading established landscape practices. Others are solo practitioners who dedicate their lives to master their passion and endeavour to share the tools to do what they have learned over the years.More than ever, it is essential to share and discuss what makes planting important under our current situation. We will also learn about the pitfalls and success stories of those on the forefront. We will understand what has changed over the years, what this ever-evolving discipline has to offer in the future and demystify the myths that surround planting choices and maintenance nowadays.
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