University of Guelph - Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture Series presents:

Andreas Kipar, BDLA, AIAPP, IFLA.  CEO and Co-Founder of LAND [1].  Professor in Landscape and Public Space Design at Politecnico di Milano, Italy.

Lecture title: "Nature-Positive Landscapes"

Image:  Concept Masterplan for Expo 2030 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, courtesy of LAND.

Andreas Kipar is a German landscape architect, urban planner, and architect, driven by a passion for integrating theoretical knowledge with practical application and blending the familiar with the exotic.  His career has been shaped by a diverse educational background and rich practical experiences. Starting as a gardener, he pursued landscape architecture at GHS University in Essen, and later expanded his expertise in architecture and urban planning at the Politecnico di Milano. Kipar's first significant project in Italy, Parco Nord in Milan, was a defining moment that led to the founding of LAND in 1990.  LAND is an international landscape consultancy firm with offices in Austria, Canada, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Saudi Arabia. With a team of 200 landscape architects, architects, urban planners, agronomists, engineers & researchers who have been transforming regions, cities and places since 1990.

This lecture is supported by the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects [2]. 

Contacts:  Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture Coordinator:  Nadia Amoroso [3], Associate Professor, and LA Speaker Series Student Assistant: Breanna McDonald [4]