Lecture Programme Design with Nature
- Lecture period is 10.10.-19.12.2018
- Seminar session time is always Wednesdays from 18 00 - 19 30 CET
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10.10.2018 Design with Nature – Seminar Introduction
Speakers: Dr. Ellen Fetzer, Nürtingen-Geislingen University, DE, and Alexandru Mexi, University of Bucharest, RO
- Seminar motivation, goals and scope
- Seminar structure and activities
- Assignment and recognition possibilities
Dr. Ellen Fetzer (DE) initiates and coordinates elearning activities at Nürtingen-Geislingen University in cooperation with international partners. She also works for the International Master Programme in Landscape Architecture (IMLA). Ellen is current president of the European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools and coordinates ECLAS activities with the LE:NOTRE Institute.
Alexandru Mexi (RO) is a Romanian landscape architect and PhD student at the University of Bucharest. He is studying the history of European and Romanian public parks and he is working in the field of garden heritage protection, restoration and conservation. In his home country he is coordinating a cultural project dedicated to green heritage and he is engaged in different cultural and educational programs. Alex is a member of the ECLAS Executive Committee.
17.10.2018 The emergence of design with gardens: Persia
Prof. Dr. Karl Ludwig, emeritus from Nürtingen-Geislingen University, landscape architect and expert on garden history and landscape heritage.
24.10.2018 Found in Translation: The Meaning of Japanese Gardens Here and Now
Speaker: Dr Kristin Faurest, Director, International Japanese Garden Training Center, Portland Japanese Garden, Portland, Oregon, US
31.10.2018 An idea arrives in Europe: The gardens of the Alhambra
Speaker: Maria M Carrion, University of Atlanta, US Alex could ask her? Yes. CONFIRMED
07.11.2018 Landscape and Heritage conservation in India
Speaker: Nupur Prothi Khanna, ICOMOS-IFLA International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes
14.11.2018 Interim presentation
- Seminar participants present local cases of design with nature and challenges regardin their conservation
- moderated by Ellen and Alex
21.11.2018 From Gardens to Parks: The Beginnings of Public Parks in the 18th and 19th century
- Good practice: Sad Janka Kráľa, Bratislava - The first public park in Central Europe - Good practice of preserving a living monument in the heart of the capital city
Challenging case: The challenge of reconstructing vs. redesigning historical gardens and parks
- Speaker: Dr. Attila Tóth, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, SK
== 28.11.2018 The 19th Century: Lisbon Public Parks Speaker: Ana Rodrigues
== 05.12.2018 Public parks in the 20th Century Speaker: to be confirmed
== 12.12.2018 Modernist heritage Speaker: to be confirmed
== 19.12.2018 Final presentation
- Final presentation of seminar participants: risk analysis of their local heritage cases and conservation ideas
- Moderated by Ellen, Alex and others
- Outcomes can be documented on our seminar wiki