Lecturers

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.

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).

Zheng Shiling

Born Shanghai, 1941. He is Director of the School of Architecture at Tongji University. He is President of the Architectural Society of Shanghai and Vice-president of the Architectural Society of China. He advises and collaborates on urbanism and architecture at Shanghai Town Hall.

Marcià Codinachs

Born Barcelona, 1955. He is Projects Professor at the ETSAB and coordinator of the doctorate course "New Architectural Tools".

The CRPP (Centre de Recerca i Projectes de Paisatge), directed by Rosa Barba, has collaborated on projects for the sustainable development of plant systems at the Serralada Marina; protection and improvement of Turò de Montcada; landscape planning of the University of Baleric Islands Campus. Anna Zahonero is biologist and Master of Landscape Architecture.

Born Paris, 1957. Master’s in landscape architecture of the University of California. Chairman of the Landscape Design Department at the Versailles ENSP. He founded Studio ONNE in 1995. Main works: industrial landscape for SIEGL, Hermès; Chapsa homeless shelter, Nanterre; Public Park in Alfortville; redevelopment of Renault Factory, Boulogne Billancourt; Invaliden Park, Berlin; Six Arpents Park, Pierrelaye.

UPC-trained doctorate architect and University of Barcelona graduate in Economic Sciences. ETSAB professor and researcher since 1976. Director of the UPC Town Planning Department since 1992. He has undertaken CCRS urban projects in Catalonia, the Canary and Balearic Islands, and Andalusia. He has been awarded the National Prize for Town Planning on three occasions.

Born Barcelona, 1946. He is a Doctor of Biology, a consultant in environmental management at the UNESCO, Secretary General at the International Advice Council of the Latinoamerican Forum of Environmental Sciences, holds the UNESCO chair in sustainable development and is Director of the Biosphere Project. Author of 14 books and director of the TV series “Mediterrània” and “Natura”. Jaume I Honor Award (1990), Narcis Monturiol Medal (1991), Alzina Award (1992) and Environment Award (1995).

Born Gran Canaria, 1951. He is an architect, founder and director of Gabinete PRAC, specialising in environmental restoration projects. Main works: Canary Garden; Music Park; Maspalomas Ecomuseum; Coastal Park of Las Salinas de Bañaderos; Cultural Station of Tindaya; Guiniguada Project.

Born 1943. He graduated from the Technical University of Munich in 1970. Since 1974 he has worked independently as a landscape architect and for about 15 years as a partner in Werkgemeinschaft Freiraum Nürenberg. Honorary Professor of the Faculty of Architecture of the Technical University of Munich.

Born Rotterdam. He studied landscape architecture at the Agricultural University of Wageningen and graduated in 1985. Between 1985 and 1994 he worked as a landscape architect for the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Conservation and Fisheries. Guest professor at the Academy of Architecture in Amsterdam and the Larenstein International Agricultural College in Velp. ln 1994 he and ecologist Sjef Jansen founded the office of VISTA in Amsterdam.