LARC*6010 LA Studio I Guest Lecture: Valeria Pagliaro
Date and Time
Location
Via Videoconference
Details
University of Guelph - LARC*6010 Landscape Architecture Studio I Guest Lecture
Valeria Pagliaro, LAND Italia
Architect and Urban Landscape Design Director and Partner of LAND Italia.
LAND Italia
LAND is an international landscape architecture studio with offices in Italy, Switzerland and Germany. Under the creative direction of the co-founder Andreas Kipar, landscape architects, architects and urban planners have been developing projects since 1990– from masterplanning to open space design.
Revitalised urban landscapes, parks and waterscapes, infrastructure and residential landscapes, retail and corporate open spaces are created as part of territorial development strategies for entire regions, cities and places. Based on the characteristics ofeach place, LANDscape architecture tackles current societal challenges concerning cultural and nature-related needs of urban and rural communities.
LAND’s work has been recognized through many prestigious awards, amongst them the Mercurio Special Award and the MIPIM Award Best Urban Regeneration Project for Porta Nuova in 2018, the WAN AWARDS – Future Projects 2016 for the International Financial Centerin Moscow, the International Passive and Low Energy Architecture Award (PLEA) 2015, the Medaglia d’Oro per L’ Architettura Italiana 2012 and the renowned European Landscape Construction Award (ECLA) for Rimini Fair in 2002.
Valeria Pagliaro
Born in Italy in 1980, she was educated as an Architect at Politecnico di Milano and TU Delft (NL). After a short experience in the field of architecture, since 2006 she joined LAND group and is now partner of LAND Italia and Director of the Urban Landscape Design department. Among other projects, she developed key urban regeneration schemes, such as Porta Nuova, MIND-Milan INnovation District, and MilanoSesto in Milan, Tor di Valle Stadium in Rome and the former Tobacco Factory in Naples as well as Moscow Smart City in Moscow and the Corridor de Biodivérsitee in Montreal. Her experience is focused on imagining, modelling and building the cities of our future. Confronting a constant growth in urban population, landscape design is the common field where environmental protection, social wellbeing and urban infrastructures combine to lead the development of our cities.
If you are interested in joining, please email Shayla Spalding, Student Guest Lecture Assistant.
LARC*6010 Instructor: Nadia Amoroso, Assistant Professor.