Urban Landscape

Fifth International Cultural Landscape Conference

The Iranian Society of Landscape Professions (ISLAP)  and IFLA-APR  welcome you to the Fifth International Cultural Landscape Conference, which will be held in TEHRAN, IRAN during November 17-18, 2014. The main theme for the congress is “Urban Cultural Landscape: Past, Present, Future”. This event provides an interdisciplinary forum for the exchange of current research, knowledge and practical experience among scientists, decision-makers and practitioners, worldwide. 

Please find more information about abstracts submission and online registration on the conference website:www.Incul2014.ir  

Topics
Historic Urban Landscape (HUL)
Contemporary Urban Cultural Landscape 
Future Urban Cultural Landscape
 
Sub-Topics
– Identification, Protection, Restoration, and Integration of Heritage Cultural Landscapes into the Future of Cities
– Tangible and Intangible Values
– Collective Memories 
– Genius Loci
– Socio-Economic Impacts
– UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape
– Employing the HUL Tool Groups:  
    1. Community Engagement
    2. Knowledge and Planning
    3. Regulatory Systems
    4. Financial Tools
– Urban Cultural Landscapes as an Umbrella to Drive Sustainability 
– Urban Development Transformation Challenges 
– Integration of Urban Heritage Assets with Future City Growth
– Globalization and Pressure for Increased Homogeneity
– Cultural Diversity and Creativity as an Engine for Vitality
– Urban Interventions Management
– Managing and Innovating for Quality of Daily Life and Tourist Visits
– Innovative Management Approaches 
– Climate Change Impacts
– Disaster Impact Management
– Infrastructure Planning

We look forward to the scientific exchange, and the profile you will bring to this Conference.
 
Mohammad Motallebi
President-ISLAP-IRAN
Official Delegate to IFLA (International Federation of Landscape Architects)
Member of LE:Notre Institute – Member of FUNCI
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NORDIC ENCOUNTERS: TRAVELLING IDEAS ABOUT OPEN SPACE DESIGN AND PLANNING

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Second call for abstracts – we invite submissions from both practice and research. Deadline March 17 th to windk@ign.ku.dk
Conference: World in Denmark 2014 Copenhagen 12th -14th June 2014

“Super Danish”, “New Nordic”, and “Scandinavian welfare design” are among numerous seductive names that coin planning and architecture practices from the north these years. Landscape architects and urban designers from Denmark and the other Nordic countries have increasingly become exporters of design solutions to places like Beijing, New York and Christchurch, while Copenhagen repeatedly re­ceives awards for its liveability. However, looking beyond the immediate branding effect, what themes and values, methods and challenges are current in Nordic urban space design and planning in these years?

The issue goes beyond Denmark and the Nordic countries. It concerns what it means to intervene in cities and landscapes in a global era. How do general ideas about improving cities migrate and mutate, synergize and conflict in the encounter with specific contexts? What are the potentials and loss­es of producing traditions – such as the Danish or Nordic – in open space design and planning?

Keynote speakers: Kongjian Yu Turenscape and GSD Harvard (CN). Jan Gehl (DK). Jenny Osuldsen Snøhetta (NO). Belinda Tato Ecosistema Urbano (ES). Moderator: Paola Viganò l’Università Iuav di Venezia (IT).

See call at www.windk.dk . After the conference there will be a call for full papers to be published in Nordisk Arkitekturforskning/Nordic Journal of Architectural Research.

Organized by the Research Group of Landscape Architecture and –Urbanism, University of Copenhagen

Illustration by idamarielebech.dk

Signe Sophie Bøggild
Research Assistant, Art historian, Mag.art., MA

University of Copenhagen
Division of Landscape Architecture and Planning
Research Group of Landscape Architecture and -Urbanism
ssb@ign.ku.dk

International Holcim Awards competition

The 4th International Holcim Awards competition celebrates projects and visions that contribute to a more sustainable built environment and features total prize money of USD 2 million.

The competition is open for projects in architecture, building and civil engineering, landscape and urban design, materials, products and construction technologies that contribute to the five “target issues” for sustainable construction. The competition has two categories with different requirements.

Holcim Awards (main category)

  • Project has reached an advanced stage of design with high probability of execution
  • Execution of the project may not have started before July 1, 2013
  • All authors must be at least 18 years of age (date of birth March 24, 1996 or earlier)

“Next Generation” (young professionals and students category)

  • Visionary projects and bold ideas
  • All authors must be between 18 and 30 years of age (date of birth between July 2, 1982 and March 24, 1996)
  • Execution of the project may not have started before July 1, 2013

Evaluation process

Renowned technical universities lead the independent juries in five regions of the world. They evaluate entries against the “target issues” for sustainable construction.

read more about the five “target issues” for sustainable construction »

2014 AZ Awards for excellence in architecture and design

AZURE Magazine’s AZ AWARDS is an 

international competition recognizing

excellence in design. Entries are juried 

by a multidisciplinary panel of experts.

IMPORTANT DATES

→ Deadline for submissions Friday, February 21, 2014
→ Finalists will be notified in April 2014
→ People’s Choice voting takes place in April 2014
→ Winners will be featured in the AZ Awards annual on newsstands in June 2014
GUIDELINES
→ Entries must be submitted and received via the online entry system by 12 midnight EST on February 21, 2014.
→ All images must be jpg format, 300 dpi resolution and no larger than a 8.5″x 11″ print size.
→ Project descriptions and images must NOT contain the name or logo of the designer, architect, firm, company, client or manufacturer.
ELIGIBILITY
→ Designers and design firms from all disciplines
→ Architects, landscape architects and architectural firms
→ Post-secondary students enrolled in design and architecture programs in 2013
→ Clients and manufacturers
→ Projects must be completed by December 31, 2013
→ Products must be prototyped or in production
→ Concepts must have been developed or presented for the first time in 2013
JUDGING CRITERIA
→ Is the design contemporary, visually and intellectually stimulating, forward looking, socially relevant and technically innovative?
→ Does the design have a beneficial social and ecological impact? i.e., is the design sustainable, socially responsible, environmentally friendly; does it possess a long life span, contain recycled materials, can it be recycled?
→ Does the design have the ability to uplift spirits, generate curiosity or simply delight?
GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS
→ All information and requested materials must be provided or the submission will be disqualified without notice or return of payment.
→ Works are excluded from the competition if their presentation would infringe a right. The entrant authorizes AZURE Publishing Inc. to publish the submission in the print edition of AZURE Magazine, on azuremagazine.com, and any websites affiliated with the AZ Awards competition. The submission may be reproduced, in whole or in part, for editorial and promotional purposes.
→ No refunds will be issued under any circumstances.
→ Submissions become the property of AZURE.
CATEGORIES
DESIGN
Furniture – residential furniture, office and contract furniture, garden furniture
Furniture systems – office systems, kitchen and bath furniture systems, storage systems
Lighting – indoor and outdoor fixtures, lighting systems, lighting installations
Interior products – wall and floor coverings, housewares, fixtures and fittings, textiles, window coverings, appliances, flooring
ARCHITECTURE
Residential buildings – single-family, multi-unit, new builds, renovations and additions
Commercial and institutional buildings – over 1,000 square metres/under 1,000 square metres
Landscapes – public and private landscapes
Temporary and demonstration – installations, exhibit designs, presentation centres/model suites, theatre sets and displays
INTERIORS
Residential Interiors
Commercial and Institutional Interiors
CONCEPTS
Unbuilt Competition Entries – Projects previously entered for competition
Concepts and Prototypes – Other concepts and/or prototypes not previously entered for competition

A+ AWARD
Student Work – any industrial design product, architectural structure, interior space or unbuilt/unrealized concept developed by a student enrolled in a post-secondary design or architecture program in 2013. Winners will receive a $5000 cash prize sponsored by TD Bank Group.

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
All finalists are eligible to receive the People’s Choice Award, decided by the general public. Voting will take place during the month of April 2014, on azuremagazine.com.
FEES
→ $150 per entry
→ $30 for A+ student award submissions
Each entry includes a 1-year digital subscription to AZURE
Magazine valued at $25.95 CAD.
Full payment must be received by the submission deadline. Entries submitted without the appropriate submission fee will not be eligible for judging. Payments are only accepted online.
SUBMISSION SPECS
→ All images must be jpg format, 300 dpi resolution and no larger than a 8.5″ x 11″ print size.
→ Project descriptions and images must NOT contain the name or logo of the designer, architect, firm, company, client or manufacturer.
→ Works are excluded from the competition if their presentation would infringe a right. The entrant authorizes AZURE Publishing Inc. to publish the submission in the print edition of AZURE Magazine, on azuremagazine.com, and any websites affiliated with the AZ Awards competition. The submission may be reproduced, in whole or in part, for editorial and promotional purposes.
DESIGN
→ Project description: no more than 500 words including objectives and how they were met, design challenges, social and environmental impact (pdf only)
→ Images: up to 5 photographs and up to 5 drawings/renderings (jpg only)
→ Project specs: no more than 300 words including dimensions, materials, fabrication techniques, manufacturing process. (pdf only)
ARCHITECTURE
→ Project description: no more than 500 words including objectives and how they were met, design challenges, location, social and environmental impact (pdf only)
→ Images: up to 8 photographs and up to 5 drawings/renderings (jpg only)
→ Project specs: no more than 300 words including dimensions, materials, fabrication techniques, manufacturing process (pdf only)
INTERIORS
→ Project description: no more than 500 words including objectives and how they were met, design challenges, location, social and environmental impact (pdf only)
→ Images: up to 8 photographs and up to 5 drawings/renderings (jpg only)
→ Project specs: no more than 300 words including dimensions, materials, fabrication techniques, manufacturing process (pdf only)
CONCEPTS
→ Project description: no more than 500 words including objectives and how they were met, design challenges, social and environmental impact (pdf only)
→ Images: up to 8 photographs and up to 5 drawings/renderings (jpg only)
Substituting drawings/renderings in place of photographs can be made in this category as long as the total number of files does not exceed thirteen.
→ Project specs: no more than 300 words including dimensions, materials, fabrication techniques, manufacturing process (pdf only)
A+ AWARD
→ Project description: no more than 500 words including objectives and how they were met, design challenges, social and environmental impact (pdf only)
→ Images: up to 5 photographs and up to 5 drawings/renderings (jpg only)
→ Project specs: no more than 300 words including dimensions, materials, fabrication techniques, manufacturing process (pdf only)
CONTACT
For general info: azure@azureonline.com
For technical issues: azawards@adbeast.com

For more about last year’s competition and awards presentation, a couple of blogs have been included for your review:

TORRE DAVID – Informal Vertical Communities

ETH Zurich Department of Architecture and Urban Design / Zurich
Alfredo Brillembourg & Hubert Klumpner, Urban-Think Tank / Caracas
 
Location:Aedes am Pfefferberg, Studio, Christinenstr. 18-19, 10119 Berlin
Exhibition dates: July 12 – August 29, 2013
Opening: Friday, July 12, 2013, 6:30 PM
Opening hours: Tue-Fri 11 AM – 6:30 PM, Sat/Sun, 1 – 5 PM
 
The exhibition “TORRE DAVID – Informal Vertical Communities” is an adaptation and evolution of the installation on Torre David that was presented at the 2012 Biennale di Venezia, where it was awarded the Golden Lion. At Aedes Berlin, the Torre David project will be presented in an extended format and will include new research on the intersection between verticality and informal communities.
 
Torre David is a 45-story office building in Caracas, Venezuela. As one of South America’s tallest skyscrapers, it is unique in its lack of elevators. Almost completed, it was abandoned following the death of its developer and the collapse of the Venezuelan economy in 1994. Today, it is a squat of more than 750 families living in an extra-legal and tenuous occupation that some call a vertical slum.
 
Alfredo Brillembourg & Hubert Klumpner, professors at ETH Zurich, along with their research and design teams at Urban-Think Tank, the photographer Iwan Baan, and the SuAT Group, spent a year and a half studying the physical and social organization of this ruin-turned-home. Where some only see a failed development project, they have conceived of it as a laboratory for the study of the informal. With the support of the Schindler Group, the research team also explored innovative design solutions to address new modes of vertical mobility. Building upon this work, this exhibition presents novel proposals on how existing structures in today’s cities, such as parking garages, can be retrofitted and transformed to meet urgent needs such as a lack of housing and recreational space.
 
The exhibition lays out a vision for practical, sustainable interventions in Torre David and similar informal settlements around the world. It argues that the future of urban development lies in collaboration among architects, private enterprise, and the global population of slum-dwellers. Brillembourg and Klumpner issue a call to arms to fellow architects: to see in the informal settlements of the world a potential for innovation and experimentation, with the goal of using design in the service of a more equitable and sustainable future.
 
Working in the global context of informality, Brillembourg and Klumpner focus on developing strategies to transform cities into more productive and inclusive environments, and on training a new generation of designers to improve cities in the 21st century. Since 2010 they have held the Chair of Architecture and Urban Design at ETH Zurich. They are also co-principals of Urban-Think Tank (U-TT), an interdisciplinary design practice dedicated to delivering innovative yet practical solutions through the combined skills of architects, civil engineers, environmental planners, landscape architects, and artists.
 
A catalog for the exhibition will be available. The accompanying book, Torre David: Informal Vertical Communities, is published by Lars Müller Publishers, photos by Iwan Baan.
 
Speaking at the opening will be:
Dr. h.c. Kristin Feireiss, Aedes Berlin
Dr. Paul Friedli, Schindler Management AG
Prof. Alfredo Brillembourg, ETH Zurich
Prof. Hubert Klumpner, ETH Zurich
 
Visual materials on the exhibition areavailable fromMoritz Nalbach: mn@aedes-arc.de
 
This exhibition was made possible through the generous support of:
The Schindler Group, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich
 
Many thanks to our Aedes cooperation additional partners for their generous support and collaboration:
Zumtobel, carpet concept, Axor hansgrohe

 

IABR-2014- Call for Projects

The sixth edition of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam will open in the Kunsthal Rotterdam in May 2014. Dutch landscape architect Dirk Sijmons is the curator and the theme is Urban by Nature.

We are excited to announce the IABR–2014–Call for Projects– and invite architects, landscape architects, urban planners, cities, universities and organizations to submit best practices.The Call for Projects–, the Application Form–, and the Introduction to IABR–2014–URBAN BY NATURE– can be downloaded from our website: www.iabr.nl

Please click here for a file containing a set of images, logos, and an introduction text.

 

Call for Nomination, – Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize 2014

Nominations for the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize 2014 will be closing soon.
Cities can be nominated through a 2-stage process.

STAGE A NOMINATIONS
Cities can be nominated by independent third parties who are leading academics, government officials and heads of international organisations in the fields of urban planning, housing, transport management, urban design and architecture, energy conservation, urban policy and management and any other relevant fields. Nominations are also accepted from non-government organisations and academic institutions. More

Closing date: 29 March 2013 (Friday, 6pm Singapore time)

STAGE B NOMINATIONS
Nominated cities will have to submit a report that fully demonstrates the sustained and durable transformation at city-wide level and the success of the overall master plan or strategy for the city through key demonstration projects (up to a maximum of three projects). More

Closing date: 31 May 2013 (Friday, 6pm Singapore time)


THE PRIZE
The Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize is a biennial international award that honours outstanding achievements and contributions to the creation of liveable, vibrant and sustainable urban communities around the world. The Prize seeks to recognise cities and their key leaders and organisations for displaying foresight, good governance and innovation in tackling the many urban challenges faced, to bring about social, economic and environmental benefits in a holistic way to their communities.

AWARD
The Prize Laureate will be presented with an award certificate, a gold medallion and a cash prize of S$300,000, sponsored by Keppel Corporation. The Prize will be presented at Lee Kuan Yew Prize Award Ceremony & Banquet held during the World Cities Summit in Singapore from 1 – 4 June 2014.

For more information, contact the Prize Secretary, Mr Larry Ng Lye Hock at:
Email:           leekuanyew_worldcityprize@ura.gov.sg
Tel:              +65 6321 6532
Website:      www.leekuanyewworldcityprize.com.sg

VII:th ICON LA International Conference 2013

5 June ‐ 7 June 2013. St. Petersburg (Russia).
Water landscapes and urbanization: design, ecology and management

The main objective of this international scientific conference is to raise the attention and
awareness among scientists, urban planners, hydrologists, ecologists, professional landscape architects, city administrations and other appropriate stakeholders, about water landscapes in urban environments. The focus will be on the understanding of modern and heritage water landscapes, evaluation of its ecological and cultural values, visions of blue infrastructures and mitigation of consequences of globalisation and climate change. St. Petersburg is the truly city of water landscapes with Neva River, numerous tributaries, canals, streams, fountains and wetlands. St. Petersburg history and culture is based around the water theme.  Floods were a recurring feature of this city for more than three hundred years. The dam construction attracted attention of the world’s scientists and engineers in this field.  The “Venice of the North” is invited as participants to share their vision on future of water landscapes.

There will be 5 subthemes during the conference:

  1. Water landscapes and mitigation of global/climate change;
  2. Water Heritage Landscapes (water landscapes in history, literature and art)
  3. Water landscapes as a part of Green‐Blue infrastructures;
  4. Ecology of Water landscapes;
  5. Design and Management of water landscapes

Find more at https://docs.google.com/document/d/10A1CPIsm1JVsM_542t2BFLnikr0jNQA5ClOpqaMKWoo/edit