“We have an opportunity to define a new normal.” Demand that our countries’ COVID-19 fiscal stimulus packages carefully consider the longterm impact on the ecosystems we are part of; creating resilience to external future shocks like COVID-19, natural disasters, and climate change by decarbonizing our economies to avoid imposing significant stranded asset costs on future generations.
Our profession needs to shift from the act of just ‘greening’ up of urban spaces to incorporating the understanding of ecosystem services in our design – understanding the balance between hard and soft surfaces, encouraging coexistence between humans and biodiversity. In return, we will be able to maximise the use of space and reduce the need of maintenance making landscape spaces more sustainable ...
Covid-19 has brought opportunities to tie us together regardless of the physical distances. Singapore-based LA-future (a spin-off group from Singapore Institute of Landscape Architects) and 駐英台-景觀筆記 (Taiwan UK Landscape Architecture Notes) hosted an online hang-out session on 14th August for young LAs to share studio/class projects and learnings from their school-life, spreading across the ...
Our cities over the past couple of centuries have been shaped by the linear economy. The seemingly endless consumption of resources is raising new urban questions by looking at circular futures.
Mr. Ranatunga is an esteemed member of the Sri Lanka Institute of Landscape Architects. In 2002, Mr. Ranatunga attained an individual membership (2002-2009) from the IFLA World Congress held in Riga, Latvia, and was later appointed the first Vice-President and Country Delegate after the SLILA was established in 2009.
Redland-scape is a landscape architectural design firm based in Bangkok, Thailand that focuses on creating the uniqueness of environments that improve people’s living quality and enhance the green ecosystem.
Take a sneak peek into our conversation with IFLA APR President, Mr. Fumiaki Takano and Kotchakorn Voraakhom, Chairwoman, Landscape Architects Without Borders as they discuss the progress of the industry amid the global Covid-19 pandemic that has impacted all our lives in unprecedented ways.
At AECOM, our Masterplanning, Landscape Design and Economics practice line has been a global leader in the field for almost seventy years. Our firm is widely regarded as the world’s leading land-based design consultancy integrating landscape architecture with urban design, economic planning and environmental considerations. The desire to enhance a sense of place drives our design approach. We find ...
Landscape architects should (and can) play a big role in co-tackling with these urban issues that revealed by COVID pandemic. As the Eco-business article states, it is important to break silos, and to collaborate with other expertise to better the post-Covid society together. What can you do as a landscape architect?
