LA Guest Lecture: "Nature-Positive Landscapes" by LAND

University of Guelph - Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture Series presents:

Valeria Pagliaro and Nikolas Neubert of LAND.  

Lecture title: "Nature-Positive Landscapes"

Image: Aerial view of concept masterplan for Expo 2030 in Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaImage:  Concept Masterplan for Expo 2030 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, courtesy of LAND.

Valeria Pagliaro, architect, is the General Manager of LAND Canada and Partner at LAND. She studied at TU Delft and Politecnico di Milano, where she graduated in 2005, worked as a teaching assistant and always returned as a guest lecturer. She has also been invited lecturer at University of Guelph, Pratt Institute NY, Roma La Sapienza. Valeria is a full member of the Order of Architects, Planners, Landscape Architects and Conservators of Milan in Italy. She cooperates with international, multi-disciplinary teams and stakeholders, and focuses on complex redevelopments of brownfields and mixed-use urban masterplans, including sport districts, urban regeneration plans, urban parks, waterfront renovations and mobility infrastructure. Her project for the Corridor de Biodiversité de Saint-Laurent in Montreal was awarded with two top national distinctions. In Canada, Valeria is committed to deploy nature-driven strategies to tackle the current extraordinary urban growth of settlements and infrastructural networks while taking bold climate action.

Nikolas Neubert is the Managing Director of LAND Research Lab GmbH and the Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) of LAND. Urban advisor and speaker, he is specialized in integrating digitalization, sustainability, and the spatial dimension of cities. Nikolas led the creation of the City Intelligence Lab at the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), an interactive platform that leverages AI, augmented reality, and big data to simulate in real time the urban impacts of climate-resilient design choices. At LAND, he drives the digital transformation strategy, develops new planning approaches based on sustainability and innovation, and coordinates applied research and capacity-building activities for local authorities and private stakeholders. His advanced perspective on the use of AI and Big Data in urban planning is crucial to understanding how data infrastructures can be designed as territorial resources and tools for intelligent regeneration.

This lecture is supported by the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects. 

Contacts:  Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture Coordinator:  Nadia Amoroso, Associate Professor, and LA Speaker Series Student Assistant: Breanna McDonald