2nd Biennial 2001
Lecturer 2
Born in Barcelona. 1927. He graduated in Law in 1949, in the same year receiving the Guimerà Prize for an article. He currently writes in El Periódico, and between 1976 and 1999 contributed a daily column to the newspaper Avui. His work has been awarded the Joanot Martorell and the Sant Jordi Prizes His works include El nen de la plaça Ballot. Inventari de jubilacions, Viatge per els grans magatzems, L'ecologisme ès un egoisme, A peu per Castella i terres de Sòria and El teu nom és Olga.
Lecturer 2
Born in 1936. He is Doctor of Philosophy. Lecturer in Aesthetics at the Blaise Pascal University in Clermont-Ferrand. ln charge of the doctorate courses on Gardens, Landscapes and Territory at the Paris-la-Villette School of Architecture. Director of the "Pays/Paysages" collection of Éd. Champ Vallon. His publications include Nus et Paysages; essai sur la fonction de l'art, Paris, Aubier, 1978, and Court Traité du Paysage, Paris, Gallimard, 1997. He won the La Ville à Lire prize in 1997.
Lecturer 2
Born in Barcelona, 1941. He graduated in Architecture at the ETSAB in 1965. He was co-founder of Studio PER and BD Ediciones de Diseño. ln 1987, along with Carlos Diaz he founded Tusquets, Diaz Assoc. He has received the National Design Prize, several FAD prizes for Architecture and Design; he was awarded the Spanish Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts; he is Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France, and has received the Creu de Sant Jordi, awarded by the Generalitat de Catalunya.
Lecturer 2
Born in Girona, 1970. ETSAB-trained architect, lecturer at the Landscape Architecture Faculty, ETSAB, since 2000. ln 1996 she set up the Collective 10x 5. Main works as a component of 10x15: ephemeral architecture installations during Girona Temps de Les Hors, Pati de les Hors of Can Girbal, Girona (1998 FAD prize for ephemeral spaces); intervention in La Carbonera; Plaça del Jurat, Girona; exhibition "La cuina que ve", Plaça dels Àngels, Barcelona.
Lecturer 2
Architect, DPLG in France, and Master in Landscape Architecture from the ETSAB, where she currently lectures. She is Director of the Architecture, Urbanism and Environment Council of the Eastern Pyrenees, an organisation devoted to projects at Community and regional level, in charge of the activities of the Galerie d'Architecture, exhibitions, design programmes and meetings. Her landscape architect practice is based in Toulouse (France).
Lecturer 2
Belén Gimeno
Teruel, 1968. Graduated as an architect from the ESTA, Valencia. Coordinator of the workshops at Sot de Chera (Spain) and Andria (Italy).
José Manuel Vidal
Valencia, 1951. Graduated as an architect from the ETSA, Valencia. Co-ordinator of the landscape workshops at La Torre/Alpuente, Sot de Chera (Spain) and Andria (Italy).
Lecturer 2
Born in Genoa, 1963. He graduated at the Genoa School of Architecture in 1990. He collaborated with the architect Giancarlo di Carlo in Milan (1990-1993) on the Master Plan of Urbino and the refurbishment of the former Benedictine Monastery. Consultant on projects for the recuperation of river areas in Liguria, where he also teaches courses on environmental engineering and recuperation. He contributes to international architecture and urbanism journals such as Abitare and Spazio Et Società.
Lecturer 2
Born in Buenos Aires, 1939. He is an architect and has been a lecturer at the Architecture and Urbanism Faculty of Buenos Aires. He is currently Director of the School of Landscape Design. He has been a consultant to the Buenos Aires Urban Development Secretariat and participated in numerous congresses and seminaries. He has worked as an architect since 1964. He has won several awards in ideas competitions and designed single-family and collective housing and buildings for various uses.
Lecturer 2 and 3
Principal director of Michel Desvigne Landscape Architects, Michel Desvigne has been designing landscapes for 19 years. He graduated initially from the Faculty of Natural Sciences in Lyon and then from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure du Paysage at Versailles Throughout his career and in current projects, Michel Desvigne collaborates with the world's leading architects, including Paul Andreu, Sir Norman Foster, Herzog and de Meuron, Rem Koolhaas Renzo Piano, I. M. Pei, Christian de Portzamparc, Jean Nouvel, Richard Rogers, Bernard Tschumi... Michel Desvigne teaches an researches at ENSP in Versailles, the "Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale" in Lausanne, the "Institut d'Architecture" in Geneva, Harvard University Graduate School of Design. ln 2000, Michel Desvigne received the Medal of the French Academy of Architecture and in 2003, he was nominated for the "Grand prix de l'urbanisme".
Lecturer 2 and 3
João Gomes da Silva (Lisbon, 1962) studied landscape Architecture at the University of Evora (1979-1985). Since 1990, he has lectured at various universities and schools: Technical University of Berlin, National School of Landscape Architecture at Versailles, the University of Girona and the University of Brasilia, among Others. ln 2001, he was chosen as member of the jury for the Grand Prix du Paysage, of the French Ministry of the Environment. Since 2000, he has been Vice President of the APAP (Portuguese Association of Landscape Architects).
