Lecturers

Lecturer 4

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.

Lecturer 4

Landscape architect. He graduated from RMIT, Australia, with both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s research degree (by design). He practiced with Aspect Melbourne until 2003, where he was Design Manager, and co-founder of Aspect Sydney. He was a Senior Lecturer at RMIT until 2004, teaching design and history & theory. He has been an examiner for University of New South Wales, Australia and UNITEC, New Zealand and a Research Fellow at University of Western Australia. He is currently undertaking his PhD at the University of Queensland, concerning “change” in landscape architecture. He writes regularly for Monument, Architecture Australia and Architectural Review Australia, about contemporary landscape projects. In 2004, a book he co-edited with Jessica Blood, The MESH Book: Landscape & Infrastructure, was published by RMIT Press. Recently, he was guest editor for issue 95 edition of Architectural Review Australia.

Lecturer 4

Architect. Born in 1957. Founding Creative Director and Partner of SLA A/S, Copenhagen. Founded by Stig L. Andersson in 1994 SLA ranks among the leading Scandina vian architectural practices in site and landscape planning. The offi ce has won numerous competitions in Denmark and abroad such as Master plan for Valby Sports Park, Copenhagen, Bjørvika city centre, Oslo; Frederiksberg’s New Squares, Copenhagen; Elephants land scape, Copen hagen Zoo and Ankar Park, Malmö. He has published books and articles on landscape and urban planning and exhibited in Denmark and internationally. In 2002 he was awarded both the European Landscape Award and the Royal Danish Academy’s Eckersberg Medal.

Lecturer 4

Was born in Villemomble in 1960. He lives and works in Paris. 1978-81 Villa Arson, Nice. 1982-87 Ecole Nationale Supérieure du Paysage, Versailles. Chartered landscape architect. Part-time lecturer at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure du Paysage de Versailles (ENSP), since 1995. Senior lecturer at the School of Architecture and Landscape in Lille, since 2005. Lecturer in art at the Ecole d’Architecture de Versailles, since 2004. Exhibitions (selection): Paintings and works on papers, Bruno Marina Gallery, New York, USA; 2005 Galerie Bernard Jordan, Paris; 2004 Malerei with Bertold Mathes, Germany and France; 2002 Taché-Lévy Gallery, Brussels, Belgium; 2002 Un peu de temps pur, with Marian Breedveld, Frac de Haute-Normandie, France; 2001 Abbaye SaintAndré, Centre d’art contemporain, Meymac; 2001 Les absences du modeleur, Villa Arson, Nice, 1994-95.

Lecturer 4

Born: September 6, 1972. Graduated as Architect in France, in 1998. Working as independent consultant for architecture, town planning, design exhibition, etc. Preparing a doctorate thesis in Art History at Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne. Theme: The reception of Learning from Las Vegas, a book by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour. Teaching design and history in Ecole Nationale supérieure d’Architecture de Versailles. Writing as architecture critic for various magazine (Werk, Bauen+Wohnen, AMC, Le Visiteur, EAV, D’architectures).

Lecturer 5

Perico Pastor was born in La Seu d’Urgell in 1953, studied in Barcelona, and then moved to New York. He spent 12 comfortable and entertaining years in New York, living the Bohemian life, which was funded by the publication of his illustrations in various publications, especially in the New York Times. This allowed him to paint without haste and gradually attract enough interest from gallery owners to live there without having to give up illustration. His fi rst exhibition was held at New York’s Cornelia Street Café in 1980, and he exhibited his work in a gallery for the fi rst time in 1983: at Estampa, in Madrid. Since then his work has been exhibited in several cities around the world. He has lived in Barcelona since 1989, where he devotes his time almost exclusively to painting, though he continues to publish his illustrations in various newspapers and children’s books. His illustrations for the story Amigos, written by Loles Durán, won the Santamaria Prize for children’s illustration. In 2007, he illustrated the Bible for Enciclopedia Catalana (1,000 illustrations!).

Lecturer 5

Ken Smith is a landscape architect who has worked on a wide variety of national and international projects, in both private and public practice. His background and training is in landscape architecture and the fi ne arts. In twenty years of practice he has participated in many team endeavors and worked with a wide range of consultants and groups. His interests include landscape design of varying scale with a particular emphasis on projects, which explore the symbolic content and expressive power of landscape as an art form. He is committed to creating landscapes, especially parks and other public spaces, with vision and meaning as a way of improving the quality of urban life. Ken Smith is licensed to practice in New York, California and other states, and has lectured and been published widely. Educated at Iowa State University and Harvard University Graduate School of Design, his practice is based in New York City. He is active as an educator and serves as a Visiting Lecturer at Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Lecturer 2 and 5

Elizabeth K. Meyer has lectured internationally and published widely on topics concerning landscape design theory. Meyer’s teaching and scholarly interests focus on three areas: the recovery and examination of modern landscape theory, the establishment of a contemporary practice of landscape criticism, and the idea of design as site interpretation. Meyer joined the UVA faculty in 1993, and has served as Landscape Architecture Department Chair and Director of the Graduate Landscape Architecture Program. Previously, Meyer taught at Harvard and Cornell. She is nationally recognized as an outstanding scholar and teacher, with honors and awards from the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA), the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), and the University of Virginia. Meyer worked for EDAW and Hanna/Olin in the 1980s. Since then, she has consulted with several landscape architecture fi rms including Michael Vergason and Van Valkenburgh Associates.

Lecturer 3 and 5

Doctor of Architecture from the University of Valladolid. Doctor of Art History from the University of Saragossa. Professor of Landscape Architecture in the Department of Architecture at the University of Alcalá. He has taught more than one hundred specialized courses and seminars. He has taught Ph.D. courses at the University of Valladolid, the Polytechnic University of Valencia, in the Basque Country, and at the Porto School of the Arts, Oporto. Visiting professor at the National University of Chile, the University of Lisbon, and the Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil). He works as a critic and essayist and frequently writes on art and architecture. He has been an art critic for the El Independiente newspaper and for the magazine Cyan in the past, and has worked in this capacity for El País since 1993. He directs the Huesca County Council’s Art and Nature program as well as the publications published under the same name, in addition to those courses held between 1995 and 1999. As a continuation of this program, he directs the courses on Landscape for the CDAN-Beulas Foundation of Huesca. Presently, he is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Reina Sofía National Museum Art Center.

Lecturer 5

School of Architecture, Geneva, dipl. 1969. Architectural Association Graduate School of Architecture, London, dipl. 1973 Main projects and realizations 2004-2008 Lyon, Promenade de Saône / Place Nautique, restricted competitions 1st prize. 2003-2007 Paris, Park Cour du Maroc, restricted competition, 1st prize. 2002-2004 Bienne, New Design for the « Strandbad » beach, restricted competition, 1st prize. 2000-2008 Geneva, Design for the restoration of the river Aire, restricted competition, 1st prize. 1999-2001 Fribourg, Design of a new urban park, restricted competition, 1st prize. 1998 Salerno, Design for the historical center. International competition in two phases: among the 12 selected projects for the second phase. 1996-1998 Lausanne, Seven fountains in the historical center. 1996 Geneva, New design for the Place Neuve square. Competition, 1st prize. 1994-1998 Amsterdam, Bijlmer Memorial. 1992-1994 Amsterdam, Design for the Amstelveen Westwjik centrum square. 1987-1991 Lake of Uri, «The Swiss Path». 1986-1988 Geneva, Design for the «Pré l’Evêque Square». 1980-1986 Geneva, Design for a Park in Lancy.