Today, European capitals are increasingly called to adapt their urban fabric to prepare themselves for the 21st Century. Critical questions from peak temperatures and flooding, native ecologies and habitats, repairing industry, activation – all while encouraging development – are more relevant to our cities than ever. The discipline of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design offers an antidote to the often dichotomous aspects: a systemic approach.
Forests should walk their way into the hearts of the metropolis
Spanning regional territories, historic city green belts and aspirational green park systems, Landscape-led strategies shift scales, connect beyond site boundaries and embed projects into the greater network of the city’s urban fabric.
Within the presentation, West 8 founder and Professor of Landscape Architecture at TUDelft, Adriaan Geuze, will speak about Gardens of the world and contemporary solutions for the systemic equivalent in diverse, global contexts. These include the firm’s ongoing transformation of Phillips Campus in Eindhoven (Strijp-S), reclaiming the banks of the River Manzanares (Madrid RIO) and cooling the new Nuevo Norte (Parque Central), urban strategies for transforming existing infrastructure (KM Verde – Segrate-Milan), and new green campuses in California/Silicon Valley.