1st Lecturers

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Ramon Torra

Ponent 1 

Born in Barcelona, 1955 ETSAB-trained architect. He is Director of Public Space Services of the Council of Barcelona Municipalities and a member of the Technical Team of the Barcelona Metropolitan Territorial Planning Commission. From 1982 to 1992 he was Director of the Territorial Area of Granollers Town Council. He drafted the General Plan of Granollers and various planning and project designs for public space.

 

 

 
Carme Ribas

Lecturer 1  

She is an architect, graduated from the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB) in 1980. In 1985 she obtained a Diploma from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Landscape Architecture. She has been a professor of Architectural Projects Design at ETSAB since 1987. She has also taught in the Master’s Degree in Landscape Architecture at the UPC. She began her carreer as an architect of the Barcelona City Council's Elements and Urban Projects Service, during the period 1981 to 1986, carrying out several projects in the public space. Since 1985 she has been sharing professional activity with Pere Joan Ravetllat Mira, with whom she has carried out several projects, both in the field of housing, as well as in the area of facilities or public space.

 

 

 
Lisa Diedrich

Lisa Diedrich studied architecture and urbanism in Paris, Marseille and Stuttgart, science journalism in Berlin, and landscape architecture at the University of Copenhagen, where she received her doctoral degree. She currently works as a professor of landscape architecture at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Alnarp/ Malmö and as editor-in-chief of the book series Landscape Architecture Europe (Fieldwork/ On Site/ In Touch/ On The Move) and as co-editor-in-chief, with Harry Harsema, of ’scape the international magazine for landscape architecture and urbanism.

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.

 

 

 
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).

Zheng Shiling & Marcià Codinachs

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".