1st Biennial 1999
Manuel Ruisánchez
Lecturer 1 and 2
Architect and landscape architect, member of the Departament d’Urbanisme i Ordenació del Territori de la UPC, professor of Landscape Architecture in ETSAV (1982-1992), Master of Landscape in UPC since 1991 and of urbanism (degree) in ETSAB since 1992. He has been a visiting professor at Washington University in St. Louis, GSD Harvard University and Facoltà di Architettura di Venezia, IUAV. He is currently Member of Culture of the Governing Board of the COAC, a member of LUB and AxA. He has been president of the international jury of the V Biennial of Landscape Barcelona and finalist in II and VI editions. Founding partner of Ruisánchez Arquitectes, working on Landscape Architecture, Urbanism and Architecture projects, he has been recognized with several awards including: Fad Architecture Prize in 1997, Catalonia Construction Award, 2005 Catalonia Social Housing Award 2007 Technal Architecture Prize in 2008, Barcelona City Award, Architecture and Urbanism 2012.
Franco Zagari
Lecturer 1 and 2
Landscape architect. Professor of landscape architecture at the Università “Mediterranea” di Reggio Calabria, where he founded the Dipartimento Oasi, served as Director from 2002 to 2008, and currently coordinates the doctoral program entitled “Parks, Gardens, and Territorial Planning.” From 1996 to 2004, he served as president of the Rome and Lazio division of IN/Arch. The French Minister of Culture awarded him with the Chévalier des Arts et Lettres in 1998. Honored with the European Premio Gubbio for the squares of Saint-Denis. His projects include: Italian Garden, Osaka, 1990; Matteotti Square, Catanzaro, 1992; Prehistoric Cave Welcome Area, Niaux, 1994; Montecitorio Square, Rome, 1998; Central Squares, Cisterna di Latina, 1997-2005; Manzoni Square, Monte - grotto, 2002; Lungomare Faleria, Porto Sant’Elpidio, 2003; Floating Terrace in Eur Lake, Rome, 2005-2006; Central Squares, Saint-Denis, 2005-2007; Dome of the Presidency of the Republic of Georgia, 2007; Station’s Underground Walkway, Bergamo, 2008. His essays include: L’architettura del giardino contemporaneo, 1988; Bibliotheca Alexandrina, 1990; Giardino italiano a Osaka, 1990; Piazza Montecitorio, 1998; Questo è paesaggio. 48 definizioni, 2006. Giardini - Manuale di progettazione, 2009; Piazza Matteotti a Catanzaro. Il volto della città, 2009.
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.
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.
Kim Wilkie
Born 1955. Graduated as a landscape architect at Univeristy of California. Founded his own practice in 1989. Main works: Thames Landscape Strategy; Moscow Botanical Gardens; Heveningham Hall, Suffolk; County Hall, London; Windsor Great Park; Illeifa Island, Chile; Beirut City Center. He has been given the California State Award of the ASLA (1984), Francis Tibbalds Award (1994) and the Country Life Centenary Award (1897-1997).
