Lecturers

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Joan Nogué (1958) is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Girona. He gained his Doctorate at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and continued his studies at the University of Wisconsin in Madison (USA). He was Adjunct Professor at the University of Western Ontario (Canada) from 1997 to 2002 and visiting lecturer at the University of Buenos Aires. Specialist in landscape studies and geographical and territorial thinking, topics on which he has written -alone or in collaboration with other authors- ten books. He is co-editor of Documents d'Anàlisi Geogràfica and author of numerous articles in prestigious international reviews on the two main themes of his research.

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Oriol Nel·lo (1957) has a degree in Geography from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). Master in International Affairs from Johns Hopkins University. Researcher at the Center for Metropolitan Planning and Research, Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore (1984-1985), and the Institute of Metropolitan Studies of Barcelona (1985-1986), of which he will be director (1988-1999). Since 1988 he is a professor in the Department of Geography of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He has taught courses and seminars at different Spanish and European universities. Author of numerous books and articles. Since 1994, Vice President of the Catalan Society of Regional Affairs, a subsidiary of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans.

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Jaume Terradas was born in Barcelona in 1943. He is Professor of Ecology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Leader in research into terrestrial ecosystems and first president of the Spanish Association of Terrestrial Ecology. ln 1992 he received the Narcis Monturiol Prize for Scientific and Technological Research for his promotion of forestry research in Catalonia. He is now an active investigator at the Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF) and a member of the Metropolitan Board of Collserola Park, and of the Scientific Committee of WWF-ADENA.

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Qualified as an engineer in Landscape and Land Use Planning. 1996-1999: Collaborator on the research project “A cooperative approach to limited resources” with Professor Dr Klaus Selle, University of Hannover. 1999-2000: Urban Development, Conservation of the Environment and Communications, Berlin. Since April 2000: Internationale Bauausstellung (IBA) Fürst-Pückler-Land. Project leader focusing on new landscapes after mining: forms of work and organization, and project management.

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Qualified as an engineer in Territorial and Town Planning. 1970-1977: Collaborator with the Construction Academy in Berlin. 1977-1987: Assistant and lecturer at the Weimar School of Ar chitecture and Construction. 1978: Doctor of Engineering in Urban Development. 1985: Dr. sc. Phil. in Sociology of the City. 1987-1998: Director of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation1998-2000: Manager of the company that organizes the IBA Fürst-Pückler-Land. Since 2000 Manager of the Internationale Bauausstellung (IBA) Fürst-Pückler-Land GmbH.

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Ryue Nishizawa. Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1966. Graduated from Yokohama National University with Masters Degree in Architecture in 1990. Joined Kazuyo Sejima & Associates. Established SANAA with Kazuyo Sejima (1995). Established Office of Ryue Nishizawa (1997). Associate Profesor at Yokohama National University (2001-).

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Kazuyo Sejima. Born in Ibaraki Prefecture in 1956. Graduated from Japan Women’s University with Masters Degree in Architecture in 1981. Joined Toyo Ito & Associates. Established Kazuyo Sejima & Associates (1987). Established SANAA with Ryue Nishizawa (1995). Professor at Keio University (2001-).

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Claude Figureau is a botanist and autodidact. He is an engineer, Director of the Jardin des plantes de Nantes, Honorary President of Jardins botaniques de France et des pays Francophones, Vice President of the Société des Sciences naturelles de l’Ouest de la France, and member of the Conseil scientifique du Conservatoire Botanique National de Brest and the Conseil scientifique du patrimoine naturel des pays de la Loire. He has carried out numerous projects on the cyanobacteria and bryophytes (Prize of the Fondation de France) and tropical epiphytes (Special prize of the Jury scientifique de Sciences et vie / Leitz). He took part in a mission to the peaks of the Cameroon and cooperation projects in Bolivia, in the Martin Cardenas botanical garden. He has produced works and publications on landscape diagnosis and determining the biological value of a site. Conferences and courses at various universities.

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Born in 1964 in the Netherlands. Landscape designer / International Agrarian Highschool Larenstein Boskoop graduated in landscape design. Architect, urbanism/ Academy for Architecture, Rotterdam graduated in architecture and urbanism. 1995-now: owner/director of juurlink en geluk landscape and urbanism (1993). 1993-1994: architect at the department of urban planning in Amsterdam. 1990-1993: designer at West 8 landscape architects in Rotterdam. 1989: designer at the Floriade in Zoetermeer. 1999-2004: Teaches at Academy for Architecture Rotterdam, Amsterdam. 1995-2000: Guestlectures and symposia different universities (Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Wageningen, Velp, Gent, London). Participation in symposiums.

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Pascal Convert is a plastic artist. In 1989, he was artist in residence at the Villa Medici. Georges Didi-Huberman has written a book on his work (La demeure, la souche, 1998). He was guest artist at the Studio National du Fresnoy in 1999. In 2000, he, together with a group of artists, students, academics and TV technicians, founded the Artistes & Associés association to “film the work of art”. He has shown work in numerous exhibitions: Louisiana Museum, Copenhagen. (As part of the Jean Nouvel exhibition) 2005; De Mémoire, Le Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts, Tourcoing (Curator: Philippe Dagen); 2003 L’empreinte, Mnam, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (Curator: Georges Didi-Huberman), 1997. His extensive filmography: 1997, 2003, 2004 Direct Indirect, Video installation; 2005 La Madone de Bentahla, documentary, 52 min; 2005 L’Alpeh, on the filmic imaginary of Jean Nouvel, followed by an interview between Bernard Stiegler-Jean Nouvel, Commissioned by the Louisiana Museum, Copenhagen.