The discourse and practices of landscape as urbanism has developed over the past two decades can be found in Europe, North America, and Asia. Over the past several years the question has emerged as to the status of this project in Latin America. On the one hand Latin America has inherited an Iberian tradition of the strong architect as urbanist, and a cultural tendency toward traditional urban form. On the other hand, a number of contemporary urban practices are presently invoking landscape in the context of Latin America.
The capacity of Latin American architects to design public spaces is now been challenged due to an increasingly ecologically conscious political class, and more importantly, the complexity of the rapid process of urbanization happening at the edge of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world. Aiming to establish a network that connects influential and innovative practices and institutions across the continent, Landscape as Urbanism in the Americas convenes a series of discussions on the potentials for landscape as a medium of urban intervention in the specific social, cultural, economic, and ecological contexts of Latin American cities.
Organized by:
Pedro Aparicio
Office for Urbanization Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge
Luis Callejas
AHO Oslo – Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge
Jeannette Sordi
Center of Landscape, Ecology, Urbanism, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez, Santiago de Chile
Felipe Vera
Center of Landscape, Ecology, Urbanism, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez, Santiago de Chile
Charles Waldheim
Office for Urbanization Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge
In collaboration with:
Camilo Restrepo
Center of Urban and Environmental studies, EAFIT, Medellín
Alejandra Bosch, Francisco Quintana
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago
Serena Dambrosio
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago
Claudio Magrini
Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago
Ana Paula de Castro, Alvaro Puntoni, Fernando Viégas
Escola de Cidade, São Paulo
Pedro Henrique de Christo, Caroline Shannon
+D Studio, Rio de Janeiro
Helen Kongsgaard
Office for Urbanization, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge
Adriana Chavez
A-RU, Mexico City
Marcela Ramos
ARTS@DRCLAS Harvard University
Harvard University David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS)
Advisory board:
Miquel Adrià
Arquine, Mexico City
Luis Callejas
AHO, Oslo – Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge
Iñaki Echeverria
Mexico City
Manuel Gausa
Polytechnic School, Genoa – IAAC, Barcelona
Romy Hecht
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago
Ciro Najle
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires
Alessandra Ponte
Université de Montréal
Alfredo Ramirez
Architectural Association, London
Charles Waldheim
Office for Urbanization, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge
Participants:
Colectivo Aqua Alta
Universidad Católica de Paraguay, Asunción
Miquel Adria
Arquine, Mexico City
Israel Alvarez
Modulo 11, Mexico City
Tomás Alvim
Arq.Futuro, São Paulo
Jorge Ambrosi
Ambrosi Etchegaray, Mexico City
Pedro Aparicio
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge
Mario Ballesteros
Andamio – Archivo, Mexico City
Brigitte Baptiste
Humboldt Institute, Bogotá
Tatiana Bilbao
Tatiana Bilbao Estudio, Mexico City
Alejandra Bosch
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile – LyonBosch+Martic, Santiago
Luis Eduardo Bresciani
Consejo Nacional de Desarrollo Urbano, Santiago
Melisa Brieva
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Bulla
Buenos Aires
Luis Callejas
LCLA – Harvard GSD, Medellín – Cambridge
Pedro Camarena
LAAP, Mexico City
Loreta Castro
UNAM, Mexico City
Adriana Chavez
A-RU, Mexico City
Eduardo Chorén
Estancia Laguna Blanca, Entre Ríos
Eugenia Concha
El equipo de Mazzanti (Bogotá)
Jean Pierre Crousse
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú – Barclay&Crousse, Lima
Adamo Faiden
Buenos Aires
Pedro Henrique de Cristo
+D, Rio de Janeiro
João Manoel de Mello
Insper, São Paulo
Gabriel Díaz Montemayor
University of Texas, Austin
Camilo Echavarria
Medellín
Alejandro Echeverri
Urbam, EAFIT, Medellín
Iñaki Echeverria
Echeverria, Mexico City
Gabriela Etchegaray
Ambrosi Etchegaray, Mexico City
Elisabete França
Studio2E Ideias Urbanas, FAAP and USP Cidades, São Paulo
Lukas Fuster
Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Asunción)
Juan A. Gaitan
Museo Tamayo, Mexico City
Agustina González Cid
Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario
Andrew Harris
Harris&Illanes, Santiago
Romy Hecht
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago
Sofía Heinonen
Tompkins Conservation, Buenos Aires
Martin Huberman
Monoambiente, Buenos Aires
Alfredo Hidalgo
EAAD Tecnológico de Monterrey, Guadalajara
Claudia Illanes
Harris&Illanes, Santiago
Daniel Kozak
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Pablo Lazo
Architect at ARUP, São Paulo
Arturo Lyon
LyonBosch+Martic, Santiago
Claudio Magrini
Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago
Danilo Martic
LyonBosch+Martic, Santiago
Tonatiuh Martínez
Entorno, Mexico City
Juan Luis Mejia
Eafit, Medellín
Felipe Mesa
PlanB, Medellín
Cayetana Mercé
Clarín, Buenos Aires)
Santiago Miret
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires
Monoblock
Buenos Aires
Sebastian Monsalve
Latitud, Medellín
Roberto Montezuma
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco & INCITI-Parque Capibaribe, Recife
Rozana Montiel
Rozana Montiel Estudio de Arquitectura, Mexico City
Ciro Najle
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires
Fábrica de Paisaje
Universidad de la Républica, Montevideo
Catalina Patiño
Capa, Medellín
Rodrigo Pérez de Arce
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago
Juan Pablo Porta
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires)
Francisco Quintana
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago
Alfredo Ramirez
Architectural Association – Groundlab, London
Emmanuel Ramirez
MMX, Mexico City
Camilo Restrepo
Urbam EAFIT – Agenda/Agencia de Arquitectura, Medellín
Diego Ricalde
MMX, Mexico City
Victor Rico
A-RU, Mexico City
Florencia Rodriguez
Revista PLOT- NESS Magazine, Buenos Aires
Luciana Sabóia
Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia
Paulo Salles
Adasa, Brasília
Hugo Sanchez
Entorno, Mexico City
Jeannette Sordi
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago
Belinda Tato
Ecosistema Urbano – Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Madrid – Cambridge
Mariana Tello
Modulo 11, Mexico City
Elena Tudela
UNAM, Mexico City
Ana Maria Valderrama
Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario
Duarte Vaz
EMBYA and PUCRio, Rio de Janeiro
Felipe Vera
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez – BID, Santiago
Paloma Vera
CanoVera – Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City
Fernando Viegas
Una Arquitetos – Escola da Cidade (São Paulo)
Charles Waldheim
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge
Diana Wiesner
Bogotá
Guilherme Wisnik
Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo
Credits:
Projects:
Section curated by Faculties: Luis Callejas, Charles Waldheim (Harvard GSD), Jeannette Sordi (DesignLab UAI); Research Associates: Pedro Aparicio (Harvard GSD), Serena Dambrosio (DesignLab UAI); Students: Leandro Couto de Almeida, Yousef Awaad, Andres Camacho, Marielsa Castro, Azzurra Cox, Ximena de Villafranca, Devin Dobrowolski, Emma Goode, Alica Meza, Farhad Mirza, Jing Pan, Wenyi Pan, Haibei Peng, Samantha Solano, Chella Jade Strong (Harvard GSD)
Programs:
Videos by Eafit (Medellin), Pedro Pedraza, Cristian Seguel (Santiago), DRCLAS SP, Ignacio Pérez (Brasilia), Tecnológico de Monterrey (México)
Graphic and web design:
Ignacio Pérez and Trinidad Sánchez
Partners:
