Carles Llop i Torné
PhD Architect, Professor and Director of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Member and founder of JORNET_LLOP_PASTOR Architects, with whom he has received, amongst others, the following acknowledgment: National Planning Award 2006 from the Spanish Ministry of Housing for the plan of "La Mina" neighborhood's transformation in Sant Adrià de Besos (Barcelona). The Catalonia Prize for Urban Development 2009 for the plan of economic activity of "Ca n'Alemany" in Viladecans (Barcelona). The European Prize for Urban Development 2010 (EUROPEAN URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING Achievement Award 2010), awarded by the European Council of Town Planners of Regions and the European Union for "La Mina" neighborhood's transformation in Sant Adrià de Besos (Barcelona). Planning Award of XI Spanish Architecture and Urbanism Biennale 2011 for the Municipal Urban Development plan of Montemeló (Barcelona).
Gerard García-Ventosa
Born in Barcelona, 1951. ETSAB-trained architect and Doctor. Professor at the ETSAB from 1977 to 1990, and guest lecturer at the Escola Massana and on different doctorate courses at the ETSAB and in La Coruña. He founded his own practice in 1977. Since 1994 he has been Director of Culture at the C.O.A.C. Finalist of CONSTRUMAT'91 award for the best new building. Among his recent works is the Purification Plant of El Maresme Nord.
Rosa Barba
Barcelona, 1948-2000. She gained a doctor's degree in Architecture from the ETSAB and is currently Director of the Master's and Landscape Studies Courses at the School. ln 1971 she set up her own practice with Ricard Pié Ninot, with whom she has drawn up different urbanistic plans, studies and projects related to the Coast, Tourism and Landscape. She has organized and participated in different courses and published books and articles in specialized magazines on landscape issues and regional development.
Karsten Jørgensen - JOLA
Lecturer
Karsten Jørgensen is a professor of landscape architecture at Norwegian University of Life Sciences since 1993, and holds a Dr.Scient.-degree from UMB from 1989 in landscape architecture. He is Founding Editor of JoLA - Journal of Landscape Architecture established 2006. At UMB, Karsten Jørgensen has been responsible for teaching history and theory of landscape architecture for several years.
Elías Torres Tur
Born Eivissa, 1944. Graduated in Architecture at the ETSAB in 1968, the year he joined forces with José Antonio Martinez Lapeña, 1968. Since 1979 he has been Professor of Landscape Architecture at the ETSAB and Projects Professor since 1996. Main landscape architecture works: Villa Cecilia Gardens, Barcelona; Castell promenade, Castelldefels; Baluard de ses Bòvedes, Palma de Mallorca; Constitució Square, Girona; Guadalquivir Park, La Linea de la Concepción.
José Seguí
ETSAM-trained architect, 1971. ln 1973 he founded José Segui Arquitectos Asociados. He is professor of Urbanism at the ETSA of Granada, founder and director of the magazine “Geometria”. Main works: General Plans of Ronda, Antequera, Granada and Córdoba; Special Plans of the Alhambra, Cortadura and Puerto Real; Cervantes Theatre, Malaga; Bus Station, Malaga; National Prize for Urbanism (1985 and 1987), Gubbio-97 Prize and Europa Nostra Prize (1986).
Pascale Hannetel
Born Mans, France, 1959. Landscape Architect from the Versailles DPLG. She was Professor at the Versailles School of Architecture in 1994 and 1995. ln 1992 she founded her own office in Paris, Agence Pascale Hannetel and in 1997, the office Hannetel & Associés.
Ramón Vallejo
Born Palencia, 1953. Graduate and Doctor in Economical Sciences from the University of Barcelona. Since 1987 he has been a lecturer at the Department of Vegetal Biology of the UB and, since 1991, head of the Development and Research Program for Forest Restoration in the Mediterranean Environmental Centre, Valencia. He has directed several research projects on the restoration of damaged ecosystems and areas destroyed by fire.
