Spring 2009, Rougemont
VWA adds 5 new hens to the studio flock to bring the total number of egg-layers to 10. | FARM
July 1, 2009, Cambridge, USA
Terragrams dispatches intervIew of John Beardsley Senior Lecturer in the department of Landscape Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. John discusses how his interest in Land Art was born, his project Dirtywork, the Quilts of Gee’s Bend, landscape strategies infiltrating from the outside and his role as a teacher, curator and historian. | INTERVIEW
October 2009, Rougemont
The yearly apple harvest from the studio orchard and the Château-d’Oex Cure yielded 350 kg of fruit and 175 liters of juice after pressing, pasturizing and bottling in the Rougemont school this Fall. Contact us regarding availability. | HARVEST
18 September 2009, Brooklyn, NY, USA
The VWA summer installation Hen Park is realized by the Community Gardens of Brooklyn as the runner up to the POP.Park Competition for Park(ing) Day NYC 2009. | EPHEMERAL
Spring 2009, Rougemont
VWA turns over the land and begins cultivating a vegetable garden for the studio. | PLANT
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August 10, 2009, San Francisco
Terragrams dispatches intervIew of René Bihan, managing principal of the San Francisco office of the SWA Group. René discusses current work, the SWA 50th anniversary and his design process. | INTERVIEW
October 2009, Rougemont
The cows have arrived (and departed) but not before performing the last maintenance to the studio pasture. | GRAZING
August 2009, Carouge, Switzerland
VWA submits project for a new day-care center outside the city of Geneva . | COMPETITION
July 2009, EPFL
VWA congratulates EPFL students Xavier Apotheker and Micaela Lepori for their SIA Award for best final project, the Grand Place of Vevey. | AWARD
October 2009, Yverdon-les-Bains
Construction continues for the day-care center and its garden. | CONSTRUCTION
October 2009, Korea
Latas Parks and Gardens is featured in the professional journal ELA - Environment & Landscape Architecture Korea Nº 258. | PUBLICATION
passive solar panels
preparation of hemp insulation for the building skin
September 27, 2009, New York City
Terragrams dispatches intervIew of Ken Smith, founder of the Ken Smith Workshop in Manhattan and Irvine. Ken discusses his work for the Orange County Great Park, India, growing up on a farm, John Cage, the European condition and his first jobs out of college. | INTERVIEW
June 2009, EPFL, Lausanne
After following their project for the Spring semester, Verzone participates in final review of EPFL thesis architecture students Xavier Apotheker and Micaela Lepori for the project of the Vevey Grand Place. | FINAL REVIEW
June 2009, EPFL, Lausanne
Woods participates on the final review of the EPFL 3rd year architecture studio, Construire à côté, directed by Professor Franz Graf. | FINAL REVIEW
Fall 2009, Rougemont
VWA engages Jeremey Pamingle, recent graduate of the landscape architecture program of Lullier, Switzerland. | HIRE
December 2009, Berne
The Swiss National Science Foundation has short-listed the team piloted by VWA to prepare a full proposal to research the topic of Food Urbanism under its program NRP 65 “New Urban Quality”. | RESEARCH
December 2009, Château-d’Oex
The village of Château-d’Oex marks the opening of the Grand-Rue after the successful completion of the first phase of the project by VWA and Martin Engineers. | INAUGURATION
December 6, 2009, Metis, Canada
Terragrams dispatches intervIew of Alexander Reford the director of the Reford Gardens of Metis, Quebec and the co-founder of the International Garden Festival of Metis. | INTERVIEW
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