News from IFLA EUROPE and our Members:
- Voting for IFLA Europe Student and Young Professionals' Competition People's Choice Awards starts on 30 August! Follow our Facebook page!
- "Anita Berber Park" Berlin - Landscape Architect’s projects which improve the access to and use of green space for disadvantaged groups
- APAP Portugal translates ‘IFLA Europe Policy Paper on Professional Recognition’!
- NLA Annual Conference ‘Change’, Larvik, 17 September 2021!
- Landscape Institute appoints new Chief Executive Sue Morgan to lead the next phase of its evolution!
- 11th Edition of Barcelona Biennale
News from IFLA and regions:
- Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe Award laureate – Jala Makhzoumi, LELA Lebanon!
- IFLA President Award laureate Fritz Auweck, BAK Germany!
- Brochure ‘A Landscape Architect Guide to the UN 17 SDGs’!
- IFLA Africa Newsletter!
News from our Partners:
- ECLAS/LE:Notre Student Competition
- IUCN activities:
* Invitation to the IUCN Local Action Summit - 3 September 2021!
* IUCN World Conservation Congress 3-11 September 2021
* IUCN European Regional Office seminar ‘The EU Forest Strategy: Strengthening forests for biodiversity and climate change, 22 September 2021
- EURACADEMY 19th Summer Academy on “Regenerative Agriculture. A bold step towards sustainability” 7-9 September 2021
- Landscape - the Industry Trade Show, Birmingham – 3-4 November 2021
- IPPC Special Report
News from IFLA EUROPE and our Members!
IFLA Europe 2021 Student and Young Professionals' Competition!
New deadline for Facebook People's Choice award for IFLA Europe Student and Young Professionals Competition - 20 September 2021!
New deadline for the People's Choice Award on IFLA Europe Facebook - 20 September 2021!
The competition aims to help landscape architecture students and young professionals to get exposure for their projects and work. Any European landscape architect - student enrolled in European Landscape Architecture programme or a professional under the age of 35 who is a member of any of the IFLA Europe National Associations, can submit their project! This is not applicable to students coming from countries in which IFLA Europe does not have official National Association member and they can apply individually.
Vote now and promote the projects on our IFLA Europe Facebook page! The entry with most 'shares' and interaction will be proclaimed as People's Choice Award!
Landscape Architect’s projects which improve the access to and use of green space for disadvantaged groups - "Ana-Berber-Park" Berlin, Germany!
IFLA EUROPE and European Environment Agency launched a joint Call for best practices of realised Landscape Architect’s projects which improve the access to and use of green space for disadvantaged groups.
Project by Henningsen Landscahtsarchitekten ParGMbH, bdla Germany
Originally a cemetery, Anita-Berber-Park covers 6,5ha between the former airfield Tempelhofer Feld and the street Hermannstrasse with its heavy traffic. The cemetery had been closed for several years and not in use officially. With the creation of the park, the area became accessible for everybody. It is named after a Berlin dancer and actor who was laid to rest there in 1928.
The planning process relied heavily on citizen participation in order to develop the design – both in terms of functionality as well as aesthetics – together with its later users. The space is an important recreational area within the densely populated district of Neukölln. The park was financed as an ecological balancing measure for the construction of part of a city highway.
As such, an important goal was to achieve high species diversity on the park’s meadows while preserving its valuable trees and shrubs. The meadows were partially reseeded and are continually developed through a mowing scheme tailored to the needs of each area. The naturalistic park offers multiple spots for rest and play as well as a zone for free running dogs. Paths cross the park. Two sets of steps and a ramp offer access from Leinestrasse.
The design also takes into account the park’s historical dimension. The clinker brick walls sheltering the space from busy Hermannstrasse are covered by monument protection (listed monument) and – together with a plane tree avenue – date back to the area’s use as a cemetery. These remnants of the past are complemented by prominent trees. The beacons – also listed monuments – are remnants of Tempelhofer Feld’s past use as an airfield, in particular during the Cold War.
APAP Portugal translates IFLA Europe Position Paper on Professional Recognition’ produced in July 2020
Policy Paper on professional recognition of landscape architecture profession was produced by the Council of Europe Working Group members under the chairmanship of VP Professional Practice Katerina Gkoltsiou.
In 2019 the Council of Europe Working Group developed a Report on Professional Recognition of Landscape Architects which was presented to the Conference of the European Landscape Convention, to the Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape (CDCPP) and to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.
The Statement reads: “Wishing to promote the professional recognition of landscape disciplines including landscape architects, encourages the State Parties to the European Landscape Convention: a. To formally recognise the profession of landscape architects at national and international level. b. To support a multidisciplinary approach to landscape through cooperation of all relevant professions in all phases of the planning process. c. To increase the diversity of disciplines in the training in landscape professionals, particularly regarding science, management and planning”.
Having achieved IFLA EUROPE’s aims as regards the promotion and safeguarding of the profession by the Council of Europe, organisation responsible for the European Landscape Convention implementation, the Council of Europe Working Group envisaged a further action regarding the recognition of the profession by European bodies.
This action, as presented and approved at IFLA EUROPE’S General Assembly in Antalya (2019), aims at demonstrating that the way landscape architecture professionals are treated by many European States is contrary to the aims and objectives of the European Convention on Human Rights. As a profession landscape architects continue to suffer discrimination in some countries over the use of proper name, or even our ability to practice in certain areas.
These and further issues have been recorded in the paper attached, drafted by Michael Oldham (founding President of IFLA EUROPE and IFLA Europe Honorary Member), which aims:
- To assist in the process of establishing that laws relating to the protection and use of the title ‘architect’ may be contrary to the principles of the European Convention on Human Rights in so far as they are discriminatory.
- To provide to IFLA EUROPE’s National Associations that have problems with such laws that there may be a valid legal argument to convince their governments to change such legislation.
- To test, where appropriate, these legal arguments, and, in extremis, to test our beliefs in the European Court of Human Rights.
NLA - Norwegian Association of Landscape Architects!
NLA – Norwegian Association of Landscape Architect is organising its annual conference on 17 September 2021 entitled ‘CHANGE’ in Larvik, which celebrates 350th anniversary!
The conference topic is dealing on how landscape architects can assist on and take responsibility for the necessary changes we have to work with in the near future.
“Changes affect us as landscape architects. The big ideas, the urban development, the natural landscape and the built landscape are changing. Participating design and knowledge of ecology are tools in our work. Our view of aesthetics changes in step with the challenges.
Some changes are almost imperceptible, coming gently, little by little. Others come abruptly and as a shock.
Some changes have major consequences, so great that we can not fully imagine it. The most serious, climate change and loss of biodiversity, threaten the planet itself. Changes that scare us. Both are the result of human activity.
Most changes can still be positive. We can learn from them. New ideas. New forms of collaboration. New use of our surroundings. New, close places to visit.
New meaning of urban spaces. Are we willing to change? Do we dare to challenge ourselves?”
For more information about the event, please visit IFLA Europe Website
Photo: Ruben Ratkusic
Landscape Institute, UK
Institute appoints new Chief Executive Sue Morgan to lead the next phase of its evolution!
At a critical time for the landscape sector, Sue’s huge wealth of experience will help the LI build on its recent successes, and position itself as a true industry leader.
The @Landscape Institute (LI) has announced the appointment of its new permanent chief executive, Sue Morgan. Sue joins the LI from Design Council, where she oversaw the expansion and growth of a diverse portfolio of projects and programmes – first as Director of Architecture and the Built Environment, then Executive Director, and finally as Interim CEO.
Sue brings a dizzying breadth of experience and knowledge to her new role. Her 25-year-plus career in the built environment, urban renewal and placemaking includes the delivery of the National Design Guide, High Streets Task Force, Home of 2030, and work with major infrastructure clients such as Network Rail and Highways England. Prior to joining Design Council, Sue has worked as CEO of Wandle Valley Regional Park Trust, founder of placemaking consultancy Around the Block Ltd, and a landscape architect and further education lecturer. She has held senior positions with London local authorities, Groundwork London, Building Services Research Information Association (BSRIA), and a number of London Urban Study Centres. She is also a director of the Parks Alliance, a Civic Trust Buildings and Landscape Awards Assessor, and has judged a number of prestigious awards, including the Landscape Institute, New London, AJ Architecture, and Pineapples Awards.
The symposium has been adapted to this year’s circumstances the result of which has transformed it into an open and participative event, conducted from Barcelona as it has always been. We would have liked to physically invite you to our city, to the Petit Palau as always done before, to gather up, loyal to the commitment towards the biennial over the years. Nonetheless we share the concerns regarding health safety during this pandemic period. Therefore, we propose to transform our challenges into a new adventure to expand the scope of the Barcelona Landscape Biennial and thus contribute to increase the visibility of the profile of the profession and education of landscape architecture.
To attend the event, you must fill in the online register form before September the 20th, 2021.
For more information and full press release please visit IFLA Europe Website
News from IFLA World and IFLA Regions!
Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe Award laureate – Jala Makhzoumi, LELA Lebanon! Dr. Jala Makhzoumi is the laureate of the 2021 Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe Award
At a virtual award’s ceremony on 18th August 2021, as a part of the opening ceremony of IFLA’s World Congress 2020 taking place in George Town, Penang, Malaysia; IFLA President James Hayter announced Iraqi Dr. Jala Makhzoumi as the laureate of the 2021 Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe Award.
Jane Findlay President of the Landscape Insitute (LI) on behalf of IFLA’s president, bestowed the award to Dr. Jala in a pre-recorded event that took place in Birmingham, UK. Dr.
Jala Makhzoumi received the Bachelor degree in architecture from the University of Baghdad, Iraq, a Master degree in Environmental Design at Yale University and Doctor in Landscape Architecture at Sheffield University. Jala is a prominent figure in Landscape Architecture in the Middle East.
Jala has developed her work of landscape architecture in different parts of the world, due to circumstances beyond choice, in different contexts and landscapes. Jala’s expertise is in ecological landscape design and planning where she applies a holistic, developmental approach to mediate community needs with ecosystem health, biodiversity protection and landscape heritage conservation.
Her professional and academic expertise includes post-war recovery, energy efficient site planning and sustainable urban greening.
IFLA President Award laureate Fritz Auweck, BAK Germany!
At a virtual award’s ceremony on 18th August 2021, within the opening ceremony of IFLA’s World Congress 2020 which took place in George Town, Penang, Malaysia; IFLA President James Hayter announced landscape architect Fritz Auweck as the recipient of the 2021 IFLA President’s Award.
Andrea Gebhard president of Geman Federal Chamber of Architects (BAK) on behalf of IFLA President, bestowed the award to Fritz in a pre-recorded event that took place in Munich, Germany.
The IFLA President’s Award is presented by the IFLA President as recognition of an outstanding individual who, through their voluntary efforts within IFLA, have made a fundamental difference to the global profession of landscape architecture.
Fritz has been active in IFLA since 1996. He has been the IFLA delegate of the Federal Chamber of German Architects, a member of the IFLA Executive Committee and the president of IFLA Europe, a member of IFLA’s Professional Practice Committee and, more recently, Chair of the IFLA Working Group developing a new definition of the profession of Landscape Architects. In all of these contributions we are grateful for the leadership, wisdom and organizational skills Fritz brings to IFLA, and particularly his ability to coordinate others contribution in an open, inclusive, collaborative and positive way.
Brochure ‘A Landscape Architect Guide to the UN 17 SDGs’! Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
This publication aims to visualize the contribution of Landscape Architecture to the Agenda and, more specifically, by means of case studies show outstanding achievements by practitioners in enacting the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
This publication has three aims:
Firstly, it illustrates the recent actions by IFLA concerning the Sustainable Development Goals by giving voice to the five IFLA Regions: Africa, Americas, Europe, Middle East and the Asia Pacific; IFLA’s four Standing Committees: Education, Professional Practice, Communication and Finances; and IFLA’s Working Groups. By aligning goals and targets, we identify strategic cooperation with United Nations departments, programs, institutes, and advisory bodies. The publication also reveals ongoing activity (2016-2021) and illustrates IFLA’s future actions in support of the SDG-s and their targets.
Secondly, the publication aims to illustrate the 17 Sustainable Development Goals with case studies of works selected from projects that have been completed by Landscape Architecture practices globally. Cooperation between IFLA and the Barcelona International Biennial of Landscape Architecture and its International Rosa Barba Prize aims to determine an internationally recognized sample of best practice for effective communication. The case studies selected address the promotion of each of the Sustainable Development Goals and illustrate the wide range of planning, design and management projects where Landscape Architects have committed to sustainable practice. The intention is to showcase the direct contribution by Landscape Architects through professional practice to the 2030 Agenda.
Thirdly, the two previous aims complement a global survey conducted by IFLA through its membership, the seventy-seven National Associations representing the profession of Landscape Architecture globally, confirming IFLA as the international umbrella organization representing the Landscape Architecture profession globally. Led by the Professional Practice and Policy Chair, IFLA established in 2020 a survey to evaluate knowledge, acceptance and national based activity related to the Agenda for Sustainable Development amongst member National Associations. The purpose is to understand better and disseminate on-going national initiatives among the IFLA membership, thereby contributing to the raising of awareness and sharing of knowledge, skills and techniques in support of Landscape Architecture’s drive for sustainable development.
For more information and to download the brochure, please visit IFLA Europe Website
News from IFLA Africa!
7th IFLA AFRICA Symposium on ‘Health and Vitality’ 15-16 October 2021!
The International Federation of Landscape Architects Africa (IFLA Africa), the Institute for Landscape Architecture in South Africa (ILASA) and the Urban Design Institute of South Africa (UDISA) is hosting a Joint Virtual Conference on the 15 & 16 of October 2021. The theme of the conference is: Health and Vitality –Creating Appropriate Cities & Towns in Africa.
With Climate Change being taken now as a given fact, how do Landscape Architects and Urban Designers respond to these localised challenges, co-create resilient, healthy and vital urban places and cities, with Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation measures as cornerstones of advocacy, local policy, and actions?
Symbiosis or Conflict – the relationship between natural ecology and urban ecology;
Landscape Architecture and Urban Design in an African Context: Regression;
Regeneration or Transformation of African cities towns and the rural countryside.
Climate Change Conversation: A “wobbling moon” will result in wetter coastal regions – by James MacGregor
In response to the climate crisis should we evolve into Forestscape Architects? by James MacGregor. '.. while many of us are working actively on other areas of climate change adaptation by reducing urban heat, protecting communities from extreme weather events such as flooding, protecting shorelines from rising sea levels, etc. we can also be making a parallel effort to reduce forest destruction and enhance degraded areas...'
For those who follow this space, you may think that I have been actively promoting our transition from landscape architects to foresters. Not so. However as professionals with an active role in reducing climate change, we would be negligent if we did not make the link between protecting, indeed expanding, our forests and minimizing the climate crisis through CO2 sequestration. And while many of us are working actively on other areas of climate change adaptation by reducing urban heat, protecting communities from extreme weather events such as flooding, protecting shorelines from rising sea levels, etc. we can also be making a parallel effort to reduce forest destruction and enhance degraded areas. In the past year, this protection of forests has also shown to have a positive impact on reducing the potential for zoonotics, the type of viral transmissions that has caused the current pandemic.
In that context, as landscape architects we need to be actively exploring all of the activities that may contribute to keeping global temperatures below 2°C. I know we’re supposed to keep them below 1.5°C but, realistically, that’s not going to happen.”
LE:NOTRE International Student Competition Rimini starts in September
The Region of Emilia-Romagna and the LE:NOTRE Institute jointly invite international students to present their visions for the coastal landscape of Rimini, Italy. This competition addresses an interdisciplinary audience of students in landscape architecture, urban planning, enviromental design, arts, spatial planning and related disciplines.
The competition brief is under development and will be published here (https://le-notre.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4fe56bec23501dc7822d2fef3&id=6e63e03936&e=ea51593a63) at the beginning of September, 2021. We will ask for a multi-scale approach leading to the following outputs.
* Analysis of the environmental, cultural, social and economic system at landscape scale 1:10 000
* Forecast of possible and desirable futures at scale 1:10 000, including visualisation of landscape system relationships
* Translation of your desirable future to the neighborhood scale: choose, conceptualise and design a 1 x 1 kilometre area
* Specification at the individual human scale: choose a detailing area of 100 x 100 metres: How are we going to live here?
These results will be presented on four A0 posters, landscape format.
Key competition dates:
- Registration opens: September 1, 2021
- Working period: October 1, 2021 - January 31, 2022
- Accompanying competition lecture series: October 13 to December 1, weekly on Wednesdays at 18 pm CET
- Submission deadline: January 31, 2022, at midnight CET
- Jury selection period: February 2022
IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature
Invitation to the IUCN Local Action Summit - 3 September 2021!
IUCN European Regional Office is pleased to invite IFLA Europe and our network partners to the IUCN Local Action Summit on 3 September 2021, from 12h00 – 16h00. The Summit can be attended online or in person as part of the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Marseille.
The main objectives of this event are:
· To showcase the range of actions that can be taken by sub-national governments and their partners to deliver conservation outcomes at scale;
· Foster partnerships between IUCN constituents and cities and sub-national governments and make the case for investing in nature-based solutions as part of a green recovery;
· Exact commitments from sub-national governments and their partners to help deliver the Nature 2030 IUCN Programme and, by extension, the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals.
IUCN will welcome speakers from cities, sub-national authorities, civil society, science, business and international institutions, including the European Commission.
IUCN World Conservation Congress 3-11 September 2021, Marseille, France
IUCN World Conservation Congress 3-11 September 2021, Marseille, France
The IUCN World Conservation Congress has grown to be the world’s largest and most democratic recurring conservation event in the world, bringing the expertise and influence of its powerful membership to bear on the most pressing issues of the time. It is where the world comes together to set priorities and drive conservation and sustainable development action. The event has three main components: The Members’ Assembly, where IUCN Members vote on priority actions; the Forum, a global marketplace of conservation science and innovation; and the Exhibition, where exhibitors can showcase their work to Congress participants and the public.
At the last World Conservation Congress, in 2016, more than 10,000 participants attending the IUCN Congress in Hawaii, USA, shared the latest in conservation science, launched new initiatives and helped move 2015’s historic climate and sustainable development agreements into action.
In the 2021 World Conservation Congress, you can share your latest conservation work and gain institutional visibility with the media and with the Congress’ influential participants. Learn from technical and scientific experts, network and build global partnerships, and influence the decisions that will impact your work.
IUCN European Regional Office seminar ‘The EU Forest Strategy: Strengthening forests for biodiversity and climate change,22September2021
The European Forest Institute and the IUCN European Regional Office invite you for a webinar on 22 September from 11h00 - 13h00 on: The EU Forest Strategy: Strengthening forests for biodiversity & climate change, to reflect on the pathways for action strengthening the important role of forests in achieving Europe’s mission to improve the well-being and health of citizens and future generations and become the first climate neutral continent.
The webinar will address the following questions:
• What is the potential of the New EU Forest Strategy for incentivising forest governance and management for multiple ecosystem services?
• How to strengthen support to forest owners to ensure forest resilience and the provision of ecosystem services in the long-term?
• What is missing, what is good, and what are the key elements and processes to turn the Strategy into action?
• What could be the role of the European Integrate Network in strengthening partnerships for action?
The aims of the webinar are to:
• Facilitate a forward looking dialogue between key stakeholders in the forest, nature and climate change communities;
• Provide a forum to bring together diverse scientific perspectives and policy views on the management of the ecosystem services of European forests;
• Identify opportunities for collaborative action towards implementation of the New EU Forest Strategy.
EURACADEMY 19th Summer Academy 7-9 September 2021!
EURACADEMY 19th Summer Academy on “Regenerative Agriculture. A bold step towards sustainability” 7-9 September 2021
Euracademy Association and the Forestry and Wood Technology School (Postojna) invite you to take part in the 19th Summer Academy on “Regenerative Agriculture. A bold step towards sustainability” to be held online, from 7 to 9 September 2021
The theme: How can rural communities commit themselves to a sustainable future by practicing Regenerative Agriculture?
The 19th Summer Academy of Euracademy Association aims to explore how Regenerative Agriculture practices can be introduced and sustained by landowners and rural communities. It will consider how progressing towards Regenerative Agricultural practices can have a positive impact on climate change and biodiversity, while local economies are enhanced by stable employment and income.
Questions to be addressed by this year’s Summer Academy are grouped under three main themes:
1. Regenerative agriculture and sustainable rural development:
What is Regenerative Agriculture, and what are the different techniques practiced– e.g. no-till, cover crops, integrating livestock, crop diversity etc.?
What is the contribution of Regenerative Agriculture to mitigating climate change, including natural hazard-induced disasters?
What are the immediate and long-term benefits for the environment and for society?
2. Regenerative Agriculture and Farm Viability
How can Regenerative Agriculture be introduced in conventionally farmed lands?
What are the immediate and long-term benefits for farmers?
What are the economics of Regenerative Agriculture? How can the sustainability of the farm income be ensured?
What are the financial risks involved for the farmer?
3. Policies and Strategies to enable Regenerative Agriculture
How can a regenerative farming operation be supported financially?
What can we learn from good practice in different European countries and beyond?
What kind of public policies and strategies are necessary to support Regenerative Agriculture?
For more information about the event and how to register please visit IFLA Europe Website
Landscape - the Industry Trade Show, Birmingham – 3-4 November 2021
LANDSCAPE is the UK’s leading trade event!
From country homes to city apartments, from urban lofts and public spaces to luxury hotels… the indoor-outdoor phenomenon affects all types of living spaces. The boundaries have been broken. With weatherproof rugs, outdoor kitchens, showers on the terrace and sofas in the garden, the indoor spirit is flowing through our outdoor spaces and creating a new focus for architecture and technology.
A trade event dedicated to qualified landscape architects, architects, garden designers, architectural technologists and contractors. It is a platform to network and source market-leading products to use in high end projects worldwide.
LANDSCAPE exhibitors include manufacturers and suppliers of everything from stone, vases and planters to furniture and conservatories, water features and sundials. Our exhibitors provide architectural iron work, planters, orangeries and turf, they supply sculpture, soil, plants and paving as well as lighting, heating, trees and tools.
Our international visitors to the show include Landscape Architects & Contractors, Garden Designers, Architects, Architectural Technologists, Facilities Managers, Groundsmen & Councils, Event Florists, Creative Directors, Garden Centres, Contract Gardeners, Hotels and Interior Designers.
LANDSCAPE is delighted to host an entirely FREE seminar programme of truly international standing with some of the most prestigious names in the industry featuring over 75 different speakers covering a wide range of topics.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change.
” Pour ce qui est de l’avenir, il ne s’agit pas de le prévoir, mais de le rendre possible. “ – Antoine de Saint Exupéry, Citadelle, 1948
An IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty. The translations of the SPM and other material can be downloaded from this link
Understanding Global Warming of 1.5°CHuman activities are estimated to have caused approximately 1.0°C of global warming above pre-industrial levels, with a likely range of 0.8°C to 1.2°C. Global warming is likely to reach 1.5°C between 2030 and 2052 if it continues to increase at the current rate. (high confidence)Warming from anthropogenic emissions from the pre-industrial period to the present will persist for centuries to millennia and will continue to cause further long-term changes in the climate system, such as sea level rise, with associated impacts (high confidence), but these emissions alone are unlikely to cause global warming of 1.5°C (medium confidence).Climate-related risks for natural and human systems are higher for global warming of 1.5°C than at present, but lower than at 2°C (high confidence). These risks depend on the magnitude and rate of warming, geographic location, levels of development and vulnerability, and on the choices and implementation of adaptation and mitigation options (high confidence).
