Van Alen Workshop
Thanks to all of those who joined and made Friday’s workshop at the Van Alen Institute, in New York, possible. Contact Ed if you want to join any of the coming events or simply follow the Liverpool New York blog and occasional Tweets.
DESIGNING NATURE AS INFRASTRUCTURE
In November Ed and Mike Dring presented a paper, Landscape of variance: working the gap between design and nature, at the Designing Nature as Infrastructure conference at the Technical University in Munich (TUM).
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Dare Terra
Ed was delighted to be invited by Professor Contin, at the Politecnico di Milano, to join the Dare Terra conference this year. Ed contributed to a panel discussion on The Art of Shaping the Metropolis.
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DES MOINES WATER WORKS PARK
In December, Ed led a team, with Christian Gabriel of Thomas Balsley Associates, in the final stage of the Des Moines Water Works Park Competition.
We put together an ambitous proposal that was only made possible by a fantastic London/US based team. Thank you to Christian Gabriel (Thomas Balsley Associates), Brett Douglas (Genus), Fred Schwartz (Frederic Schwartz Architects), Steven Handel (Green Shield Ecology), John Paul Goedken (JP-SE), Mark Land (Snyder Associates), Bryan Bertrand (CPMI), Tim Marshall (ETM), Helena Rivera (A Small Studio), and Matt Parker and Leo Thom (Room 60). Finally, without the design critique and stunning drawings of Aaron Carpenter, Harry Bix, and Joe Sanders this proposal would have only been a jumble of ideas. Thank you.
FINALIST FOR DESIGN OF 1500 ACRE WATER WORKS PARK
The finalists for the Water Works Parkitecture competition were announced last week. Ed’s Project Studio led a team that has been shortlisted. Other finalists include Sasaki Associates, Martha Schwartz Partners, AECOM and Nomad Studio.
The project, titled Park Works, is a collaboration across landscape, engineering, infrastructure and architectural disciplines. >>>
LANDSCAPE AND CRITICAL AGENCY: CALL FOR PAPERS
Landscape and Critical Agency announces a 1-day interdisciplinary symposium on contemporary landscape thinking.
Landscape and Critical Agency will be a 1-day interdisciplinary symposium to explore contemporary thinking about landscape. The symposium has been jointly conceived and organised by staff from four London-based universities and will be held at University College London on Friday, 17th February 2012. >>>
PUBLIC SPACE LONDON
The 6th International Conference of Critical Geography was held in Frankfurt in August. Ed presented in-progress research into the complexity of London’s public space.
FUTURE LANDSCAPE
Ed has been invited to speak at the BIG LANDSCAPE 2020 CONFERENCE organised by SLIC (Student Landscape Institute Council). On Saturday 2nd July Ed will present a paper on the future of urbanism and landscape. >>>
II CICLO DE CONFERENCIAS AREA DE URBANISMO: CAÑADA REAL GALIANA, UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALÁ
Ed was invited by Prof. Daniel Zarza and his colleagues at Universidad de Alcalá to discuss concepts of informality in relation to the production of public space.
The conference series also included lectures: “Infraestructuras y naturaleza” by Ignacio Bisbal, Profesor Urbanismo UAH, “After the Crisis” by Jose Juan Barba,Profesor Urbanismo UAH, “Detroit Ghettos” by Camilo Vergara, Fotografo NYC, “Habitat Madrid” by Emilio Ontiveros, Profesor Urbanismo UAH, “Madrid Verde” by Manuel Aymerich, Profesor Urbanismo UAH, “Lynch`s form of the city” by Roger Simmonds, Profesor Urbanismo Oxford/Brookes