Landezine in Amsterdam with Michael van Gessel

We are organizing a special event dedicated to LILA 2019 Honour Award. The winner is Dutch landscape architect Michael van Gessel and we will meet with him at the Academy of Architecture on Saturday, November 2nd at 19:30. Location is Waterlooplein 213, Amsterdam. Admission free.

It will be a public event with invited experts who will speak about his works. Our short programme is a part of Graduation Show – exhibition we highly recommend visiting. Here is the full programme:

Friday 1 November, 17—21 h

17:00 Opening of the Graduation show & drinks

Saturday 2 November, 12—21 h

12:00–15:00 Open day
15:00–18:00 Graduates in debate, initiated by Blauwe Kamer magazine
19:30–21:00 LILA Honour Award 2019 for Michael van Gessel
A handful of selected experts will speak about his work and the principles that have been driving his approach:
– Hanneke Kijne, Head of Landscape Architecture, Academy of Architecture, Amsterdam
– Zaš Brezar, Editor-in-chief at Landezine
– Marc Treib (via video message), Professor Emeritus of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley
– Lisa Diedrich, Professor of Landscape Architecture, SLU Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
– Frits Palmboom, emeritus Professor of Van Eesteren, TU Delft and co-founder of Palmbout Urban Landscapes

Sunday 3 November, 12—18 h

13:00–14:00 Kromhout Lecture by Workshop Architecten
15:00–16:00 Archiprix NL nominations and audience award

LILA 2019 Honour Award event at Academy of Architecture, Amsterdam is supported by Grijsen Park & Straatdesign.

Published on October 1, 2019