ETH Zürich
Chair of Being Alive

Different types of knowledge that inform us.
Rigorously drawing what we see and learn.
Our suggestions.
What we share with the world.
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Senan, the garden of the XXI century. style=

Senan, the garden of the XXI century.

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FS23 Cartographies of Living Systems: A Critical Approach style=

FS23 Cartographies of Living Systems: A Critical Approach

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FS23 Regenerative Practices for Exhausted Landscapes style=

FS23 Regenerative Practices for Exhausted Landscapes

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The Natural Way of Farming. Masanobu Fukuoka, 1985 style=

The Natural Way of Farming. Masanobu Fukuoka, 1985

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MScLA Diploma HS22: Adaptative infrastructures in the Furttvalley style=

MScLA Diploma HS22: Adaptative infrastructures in the Furttvalley

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12.12.2022 | Final Review MScLA Diploma HS22: Adaptive Infrastructures in the Furttal style=

12.12.2022 | Final Review MScLA Diploma HS22: Adaptive Infrastructures in the Furttal

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01.12.2022 | Being Alive. Inaugural Lecture Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard. style=

01.12.2022 | Being Alive. Inaugural Lecture Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard.

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New Garden of the XXI century in Hönggerberg! style=

New Garden of the XXI century in Hönggerberg!

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16.11.2022 | Empatia. Teresa Galí Izard & Paola Viganò. Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura del Vallès. style=

16.11.2022 | Empatia. Teresa Galí Izard & Paola Viganò. Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura del Vallès.

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21.11.2022 | Antoine Picon. Nature and Engineering: The Park of the Buttes-Chaumont. style=

21.11.2022 | Antoine Picon. Nature and Engineering: The Park of the Buttes-Chaumont.

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17.11.2022 | To be a gardener. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard at Incontri con il paesaggio, Politecnico di Torino. style=

17.11.2022 | To be a gardener. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard at Incontri con il paesaggio, Politecnico di Torino.

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Understanding a Place by Looking at its Soil, NSL Newsletter. style=

Understanding a Place by Looking at its Soil, NSL Newsletter.

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Écoumène: Introduction à l'étude des milieux humains. Augustin Berque, 2000. style=

Écoumène: Introduction à l'étude des milieux humains. Augustin Berque, 2000.

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Translating Texcoco: Designing with Soil in Mexico City. MScLA Foundation Studio I HS22 style=

Translating Texcoco: Designing with Soil in Mexico City. MScLA Foundation Studio I HS22

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Ciudad de México Gaussen style=

Ciudad de México Gaussen

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Climate Classification Map. Köppen-Geigger. style=

Climate Classification Map. Köppen-Geigger.

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A Climate. A Philosophical Study. Tetsuro Watsuji, 1961. style=

A Climate. A Philosophical Study. Tetsuro Watsuji, 1961.

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A Conversation About Language. Teresa Galí-Izard, Luke Harris, Cara Turett and Bonnie Kate Walker. style=

A Conversation About Language. Teresa Galí-Izard, Luke Harris, Cara Turett and Bonnie Kate Walker.

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18.10.2022 | (RE)Acting/(EN)Acting: New Approaches in Landscape Architecture. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, Oslo School of Architecture. style=

18.10.2022 | (RE)Acting/(EN)Acting: New Approaches in Landscape Architecture. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, Oslo School of Architecture.

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Tiltil Gaussen style=

Tiltil Gaussen

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27.07.2022 | Te invitamos a conocer y ser parte del Jardín del Siglo XXI en Tiltil, Chile. style=

27.07.2022 | Te invitamos a conocer y ser parte del Jardín del Siglo XXI en Tiltil, Chile.

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The European Prize for Urban Public Space 2022 announces the 5 finalist works. style=

The European Prize for Urban Public Space 2022 announces the 5 finalist works.

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Design as an Answer to Values and Ethics. Interview with Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, NSL. style=

Design as an Answer to Values and Ethics. Interview with Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, NSL.

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15-19.08.2022 | FIELDWORK WEEK in Cima Città. Join us! style=

15-19.08.2022 | FIELDWORK WEEK in Cima Città. Join us!

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Cultivating more-than-human care: Exploring bird watching as a landscaping practice. Johanna Just, 2022. style=

Cultivating more-than-human care: Exploring bird watching as a landscaping practice. Johanna Just, 2022.

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06.07.2022 | Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard at the 16 Baukultursymposium: Kooperation Land und Stadt style=

06.07.2022 | Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard at the 16 Baukultursymposium: Kooperation Land und Stadt

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Éloge de la plante. Francis Hallé, 1999. style=

Éloge de la plante. Francis Hallé, 1999.

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FS22 Waters of Roman Soil | Exercise 2: Rule-based Design. style=

FS22 Waters of Roman Soil | Exercise 2: Rule-based Design.

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FS22 Waters of Roman Soil | Student Projects. style=

FS22 Waters of Roman Soil | Student Projects.

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The Fields Around Us. Proposal for the Central Park of Valencia, Spain. style=

The Fields Around Us. Proposal for the Central Park of Valencia, Spain.

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The Living Things Nursery Catalogue and Guide to Climate style=

The Living Things Nursery Catalogue and Guide to Climate

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Blanes Gaussen style=

Blanes Gaussen

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FS22 Regenerative Landscapes: Rule-based Design | Student Projects. style=

FS22 Regenerative Landscapes: Rule-based Design | Student Projects.

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Index of Biodiversity Potential (IBP): for estimating the potential of forest stands for biodiversity. style=

Index of Biodiversity Potential (IBP): for estimating the potential of forest stands for biodiversity.

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FS22 Waters of Roman Soil | Exercise 1: Overlapping Languages. style=

FS22 Waters of Roman Soil | Exercise 1: Overlapping Languages.

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Field Guide to Tree-related Microhabitats, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, 2020. style=

Field Guide to Tree-related Microhabitats, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, 2020.

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01.06.2022 | FS22 Waters of Roman Soil: Final Review style=

01.06.2022 | FS22 Waters of Roman Soil: Final Review

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17.06.2022 | Cuidar i descuidar: el jardí del segle XXI. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, Marimurtra Botanical Garden, Blanes. style=

17.06.2022 | Cuidar i descuidar: el jardí del segle XXI. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, Marimurtra Botanical Garden, Blanes.

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03.05.2022 | BK Talks 'Landscape Architecture - Here, there and everywhere'. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, TU Delft. style=

03.05.2022 | BK Talks 'Landscape Architecture - Here, there and everywhere'. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, TU Delft.

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Arrival of horses and ponies to the Garden of the XXI century in Senan! style=

Arrival of horses and ponies to the Garden of the XXI century in Senan!

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Les Racines. Christophe Drénou, 2006. style=

Les Racines. Christophe Drénou, 2006.

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La racine et le système racinaire des arbres. Claire Atger, 2011. style=

La racine et le système racinaire des arbres. Claire Atger, 2011.

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Scientists’ egos are key barrier to progress, says Covid vaccine pioneer Prof. Katalin Karikó style=

Scientists’ egos are key barrier to progress, says Covid vaccine pioneer Prof. Katalin Karikó

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05.05.2022 | Agriculture de Non-Agir. François Léger, Teresa Galí-Izard. style=

05.05.2022 | Agriculture de Non-Agir. François Léger, Teresa Galí-Izard.

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17.03.2022 | Keep it Living. Tessa Peters, Bonnie-Kate Walker. style=

17.03.2022 | Keep it Living. Tessa Peters, Bonnie-Kate Walker.

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The day trees flew over Hönggerberg. style=

The day trees flew over Hönggerberg.

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We, the roots among you. Teresa Galí-Izard, Bonnie-Kate Walker, Cara Turett, Luke Harris. OASE #110, 2022. style=

We, the roots among you. Teresa Galí-Izard, Bonnie-Kate Walker, Cara Turett, Luke Harris. OASE #110, 2022.

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Waters of Roman Soil: MScLA Foundation Studio II FS22 style=

Waters of Roman Soil: MScLA Foundation Studio II FS22

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28.03.2022 | Honeyland. More Than Human Cinema FS22 style=

28.03.2022 | Honeyland. More Than Human Cinema FS22

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Regenerative Landscapes: Rule-Based Design FS22 style=

Regenerative Landscapes: Rule-Based Design FS22

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Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, president of the Jury of the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2022 style=

Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, president of the Jury of the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2022

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L'homme qui plantait des arbres, Jean Giono, 1953 style=

L'homme qui plantait des arbres, Jean Giono, 1953

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26-29.06.2022 | Symposium Under the Landscape. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, Therasia and Santorini, Greece. style=

26-29.06.2022 | Symposium Under the Landscape. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, Therasia and Santorini, Greece.

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14.02.2022 | Opening Day. Master of Advanced Studies in Urban and Territorial Design. ETHZ-EPFL style=

14.02.2022 | Opening Day. Master of Advanced Studies in Urban and Territorial Design. ETHZ-EPFL

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27.01.2022 | LUS Research Colloquium: Tracing Common Ground style=

27.01.2022 | LUS Research Colloquium: Tracing Common Ground

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Cartographies of Living Systems: Rome's Aqueducts style=

Cartographies of Living Systems: Rome's Aqueducts

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Cartographies of Living Systems FS21: Perennials style=

Cartographies of Living Systems FS21: Perennials

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Geological Map of the Roman Countryside. Ponzi, G., 1880 style=

Geological Map of the Roman Countryside. Ponzi, G., 1880

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Rome Gaussen style=

Rome Gaussen

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Waters of Rome. Katherine Wentworth Rinne style=

Waters of Rome. Katherine Wentworth Rinne

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Jacques Simon style=

Jacques Simon

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08.11.2021 | Connecting Dots. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, University of Texas at Austin style=

08.11.2021 | Connecting Dots. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, University of Texas at Austin

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FAO State of Knowledge of Soil Biodiversity, 2020 style=

FAO State of Knowledge of Soil Biodiversity, 2020

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LIFE Polyfarming Planeses style=

LIFE Polyfarming Planeses

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Plant Life Forms. C, Raunkiaer, 1937 style=

Plant Life Forms. C, Raunkiaer, 1937

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The gardeners of the XXI century. Seminar HS21. style=

The gardeners of the XXI century. Seminar HS21.

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22.10.2021 | Lucerne Talks: Drawing in Architecture Education and Research. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, Hochschule Luzern style=

22.10.2021 | Lucerne Talks: Drawing in Architecture Education and Research. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, Hochschule Luzern

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Gaussen Language style=

Gaussen Language

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La vegetació dels Països Catalans, Folch i Guillèn, 1981 style=

La vegetació dels Països Catalans, Folch i Guillèn, 1981

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Senan Gaussen style=

Senan Gaussen

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Drawing Languages style=

Drawing Languages

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Evolution of the forest in Senan style=

Evolution of the forest in Senan

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04.07.2021 | The garden of the XXI century Senan: Presentation to the municipality. style=

04.07.2021 | The garden of the XXI century Senan: Presentation to the municipality.

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The garden of the XXI century style=

The garden of the XXI century

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Planting, Watering and Waiting. style=

Planting, Watering and Waiting.

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Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard style=

Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard

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Tree Language v2: Algorithmic Translation style=

Tree Language v2: Algorithmic Translation

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04.06.2021 | The garden of the XXI century. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, Università Roma Tre style=

04.06.2021 | The garden of the XXI century. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, Università Roma Tre

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FS21 Productive Partnerships. Exercise 1: Applying Arles in Zurich style=

FS21 Productive Partnerships. Exercise 1: Applying Arles in Zurich

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FS21 Productive Partnerships Exercise 2: Drawing Strategies from Regenerative Agriculture style=

FS21 Productive Partnerships Exercise 2: Drawing Strategies from Regenerative Agriculture

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03.06.2021 |  FS21 Productive Partnerships: Final Review. style=

03.06.2021 | FS21 Productive Partnerships: Final Review.

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FS21 Productive Partnerships | Student Projects style=

FS21 Productive Partnerships | Student Projects

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FS21 Productive Partnerships: Research Dossiers style=

FS21 Productive Partnerships: Research Dossiers

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Johanna Just style=

Johanna Just

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Reading a Forest, Documenting the Existing, NSL style=

Reading a Forest, Documenting the Existing, NSL

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Roots Language v2: Algorithmic Translation style=

Roots Language v2: Algorithmic Translation

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Cartographies of Living Systems FS21: Roots style=

Cartographies of Living Systems FS21: Roots

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Cartographies of Living Systems FS21: Drawing Trees style=

Cartographies of Living Systems FS21: Drawing Trees

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Braun-Blanquet method style=

Braun-Blanquet method

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The gardener of the XXI century, CCCB Public Space style=

The gardener of the XXI century, CCCB Public Space

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13.05.2021 | Charting the Alive. Chair of Being Alive, Università Roma Tre style=

13.05.2021 | Charting the Alive. Chair of Being Alive, Università Roma Tre

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Cartographies of Living Systems FS21: Modified Trees style=

Cartographies of Living Systems FS21: Modified Trees

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Soil Language v2: Algorithmic Translation style=

Soil Language v2: Algorithmic Translation

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Carolina Acevedo style=

Carolina Acevedo

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Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, member of the Oberlander Prize Jury style=

Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, member of the Oberlander Prize Jury

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MScLA Foundation Studio II FS21: Productive Partnerships. style=

MScLA Foundation Studio II FS21: Productive Partnerships.

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23.04.2021 | ETH-SEU PhD Workshop and Forum. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard style=

23.04.2021 | ETH-SEU PhD Workshop and Forum. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard

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Watershed Language v1: Manual Translation style=

Watershed Language v1: Manual Translation

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Cartographies of Living Systems FS21: Watersheds style=

Cartographies of Living Systems FS21: Watersheds

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Cartographies of Living Systems FS21: Gaussen diagram style=

Cartographies of Living Systems FS21: Gaussen diagram

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The Dry Gardening Handbook: Plants and practices for a changing climate. Olivier Filippi, 2019 style=

The Dry Gardening Handbook: Plants and practices for a changing climate. Olivier Filippi, 2019

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12.03.2021 | Complex Resurgences. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, Rapperswiler Tag 2021 style=

12.03.2021 | Complex Resurgences. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, Rapperswiler Tag 2021

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Cartographies of Living Systems: A critical approach. style=

Cartographies of Living Systems: A critical approach.

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Perennials Language v1: Manual translation style=

Perennials Language v1: Manual translation

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Wurzelatlas. Lore Kutschera, Erwin Lichtenegger, 2002. style=

Wurzelatlas. Lore Kutschera, Erwin Lichtenegger, 2002.

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Urban Systems 21FS style=

Urban Systems 21FS

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Tree Language v1: Manual Translation style=

Tree Language v1: Manual Translation

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Roots Language v1: Manual Translation style=

Roots Language v1: Manual Translation

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Stefan Breit style=

Stefan Breit

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Zhao Ma style=

Zhao Ma

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23.11.2020 | Landscape Landscape Urbanism. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, University of Toronto style=

23.11.2020 | Landscape Landscape Urbanism. Prof. Teresa Galí-Izard, University of Toronto

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Being Tree. Seminar HS20 style=

Being Tree. Seminar HS20

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Uxía Varela style=

Uxía Varela

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Landscape Landscape Urbanism: Arles as a model. style=

Landscape Landscape Urbanism: Arles as a model.

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Soil Language v1: Manual Translation style=

Soil Language v1: Manual Translation

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Francis Hallé style=

Francis Hallé

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Foundation Studio I Module 3 HS20: Drawing Soil style=

Foundation Studio I Module 3 HS20: Drawing Soil

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Foundation Studio I Module 3 HS20: Drawing Soil. Student Drawings style=

Foundation Studio I Module 3 HS20: Drawing Soil. Student Drawings

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Foundation Studio I Module 3 HS20: Soil References style=

Foundation Studio I Module 3 HS20: Soil References

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Foundation Studio I Modules 4 & 5 HS20: Ecology and Plant Sciences style=

Foundation Studio I Modules 4 & 5 HS20: Ecology and Plant Sciences

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Bonnie-Kate Walker style=

Bonnie-Kate Walker

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Shen He style=

Shen He

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Cara Turett style=

Cara Turett

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Luke Harris style=

Luke Harris

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Claudia Janz style=

Claudia Janz

We seek to translate the hidden potential of places and pursue a new relationship between living creatures, humans among them. This methodology seeks to understand climate and geology — their performance, constraints and gifts — as the foundation for learning from the primary matter of landscapes over time, and generate new potentials for more alive, integrated and evolving landscapes in the present and future.

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