NatureTecture @ Deutsches Architektenblatt 2011

The exhibition “ NatureTecture ” by the Chamber of Architects of North Rhine-Westphalia on the development of landscape architecture in Europe was on display in Istanbul until mid-December 2010.

On November 26, 2010, AKNW Vice President Dr. Christian Schramm and the President of the Istanbul Chamber of Architects, Prof. Deniz lncedayi, opened the exhibition in the European Capital of Culture 2010 in front of around 200 Turkish architects, landscape architects, interior designers and urban planners.

Publication NatureTecture @ Deutsches Architektenblatt, Germany, 1 February 2010

NatureTecture

“Quality landscape will become increasingly important in social, environmental and ultimately also economic processes – in North Rhine-Westphalia, in Europe and in other parts of the world,” emphasized Dr. Christian Schramm, Vice President of the Chamber of Architects of North Rhine-Westphalia, in his welcoming address. The President of the Istanbul Chamber of Architects, Prof. Deniz Incedayi, also emphasized the growing importance of the sustainable use of natural resources, for which architects and landscape architects bear responsibility. “The NatureTecture exhibition addresses the central challenges facing designers of nature and landscape throughout Europe,” said Prof. Incedayi, explaining the Istanbul Chamber of Architects’ motivation for presenting the touring exhibition. She expressly welcomed the professional exchange between German and Turkish architects.

The international traveling exhibition presents landscape architecture as a dynamic field of work that is becoming increasingly relevant in times of climate change and growing environmental awareness. A total of 14 current areas of landscape architecture are analyzed under the thematic blocks “Transformation”, “Identity”, “Ecology” and “Interaction” and the lines of development for the coming years are outlined. In doing so, it draws on landscape architectural expertise from North Rhine-Westphalia and examples of landscape architecture from NRW. “When designing the exhibition, we focused on those fields of work that will become increasingly important internationally for the design of our living environments,” explained Prof. Elizabeth Sikiaridi, the curator of NatureTecture.

The exhibition also raises questions, and she is pleased that these can now be discussed in an international context.

NatureTecture was conceived as an international traveling exhibition. Following its presentation at the Haus der Architekten in DĂŒsseldorf, the exhibition was shown in Brussels in the fall of 2010 and at several architecture fairs in South Korea. The UIA International Congress of Architects in Tokyo (September 25 – 29, 2011) is planned as a further stop next year.

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NatureTecture

The international travelling exhibition NatureTecture presents the fields of landscape architecture in all their breadth and relevance.
The exhibition is based on landscape architectural expertise from North Rhine-Westphalia and refers to examples of landscape architecture from NRW.
NatureTecture focuses on those fields of work that will become increasingly important internationally for the design of our living environments and formulates relevant questions for the future.
The NatureTecture exhibition is dedicated to the tasks and instruments of qualifying landscape in the post-industrial age.
The international travelling exhibition on the fields of work of landscape architecture is organized by the Chamber of Architects of North Rhine-Westphalia with the support of the Ministry of Building and Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Concept NatureTecture @ Chamber of Architects, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 1 September 2009
Exhibition NatureTecture @ Chamber of Architects, DĂŒsseldorf, Germany 11 Februar -17 March 2010
Exhibition NatureTecture @ Representation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia to the European Union, Berlin, Germany, 9 June-12 July 2010
Exhibition NatureTecture @ Chamber of Architects of Jeollabuk-Do Province (KIRA Jeonbuk), Republic of Korea, 1 September- 4 September 2010
Exhibition NatureTecture @ Building Culture Fair Daejeon 2010, Republic of Korea, 14-19 October 2010
Exhibition NatureTecture @ Architecture and Urbanism Fair Gwangju, Republic of Korea, 3-7 November 2010
Exhibition NatureTecture @ Turkish Chamber of Architects of the Metropolis of Istanbul, Turkey, 26 November-10 December 2010
Exhibition NatureTecture @ 20th Anniversary of German Reunification, Busan, Republic of Korea, 8-14 December 2010

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