VWA NEWS 2009-01

08 juin 2009, Les Monnaires, Château-d’Oex

Le Pays-d’Enhaut inaugure les transformations de la garderie Bout’ficelle. | INAUGURATION

November 30, 2008, Boston, USA

Terragrams dispatches intervIew of Chris Reed, founder of STOSS Landscape Urbanism, an Architecture League of New York Emerging Voice, Design Critic at the Harvard GSD and Adjunct Associate Professor of the PennDesign program of landscape architecture. | INTERVIEW

Fall 2008, Figueres, Spain

In collaboration with Clara Jiménez Xiberta of LandSPaCe and ABM Engineers, VWA presents the project for the gardens and wetlands wrapping the proposed new waste facilities (solid and compost) for the city of Figueres | PROJECT

January 2009, Rougemont, Switzerland

VWA welcomes Merete Vindum, recent graduate of landscape architecture from the University of Aarhus, Denmark. | HIRE

Winter 2009, Rougemont, Switzerland

VWA announces their initiative to investigate and develop ideas regarding the growing importance of micro-farming and welcomes five new hens to the studio. | INITIATIVE

January 18, 2009, Cambridge, USA

Terragrams dispatches intervIew of Liat Margolis co-author of the book Living Systems, Innovative Materials & Technologies for Landscape Architecture and special lecturer at the University of Toronto. | INTERVIEW

December 21, 2008, Watertown, USA

Terragrams dispatches intervIew of Gary Hilderbrand, co-founder of Reed Hilderbrand, Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, an Architecture League of New York Emerging Voice and an Adjunct Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Harvard GSD | INTERVIEW

2009

Fall 2008, Brant Lake, NY, USA

In collaboration with the architects Robert Stein and UTILE, VWA presents the site plan and rural gardens of a new upstate New York residence along Brant Lake. | PROJECT

January 2009, Yverdon-les-bains, Switzerland

Yverdon-les-bains wins the prestigious Wakker Prize for the successful development of its urban landscape. Among others, the VWA projects for a new day-care center and children’s garden mark the municipality’s commitment towards building a more sustainable city. | PRIZE

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February 20, 2009, EPFL, Lausanne

Woods presents the VWA project for the park at the foot of Le Corbusier’s Unité d’habitation in Briey-en-forêt, France. “Histoire de sites” | LECTURE

February 8, 2009, Barcelona

Terragrams dispatches intervIew of Michael van Gessel, finalist for the 5th Biennal of Landscape Architecture and landscape architect with over 3 decades of experience that stretch back to the Agricultural College of Wageningen and the Dutch studio B+B. | INTERVIEW

25-29 mai 2009, La cour d’école, Rougemont

VWA transforme un coin de la cour d’école de Rougemont. | EPHEMERE

April 29, 2009, The Institute of Landscape Architecture, Vienna

Verzone delivers paper entitled “Frameworks - Preparing the rural landscape for change” to the Great Idea Conference. | LECTURE

April 16, 2009, IAAC, Barcelona

Verzone presents the project Las Margas Parks and Gardens as “Badlands” to the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Architecture Barcelona Studio | LECTURE

March 17, 2009, Gollion, Switzerland

In collaboration with Spanish architect Albert Daniel Foros - Estudi d’arquitectura, VWA submits project for the extension of the small rural village of Gollion. | COMPETITION