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| THE OBSERVER
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Director of the Landscape Observatory of Catalonia
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Twelve years have gone by since December 2004 when the founding of the Consortium of Landscape Observatory of Catalonia was approved and I was asked to take the helm.
Twelve years is not long in the life of an institution that wants to endure over time, but it is a long time in an individual’s life, in this case my own. However, I am not tired, bored or lacking in enthusiasm. The simple fact of the matter is that it is time for someone to take over from me as the director of the Observatory. I have always believed that in such proactive and innovative projects like this one, changes in leadership are advantageous and healthy. Furthermore, they have to take place, and, when fitting, be actively sought, when the sweet taste of success is present, when things are going well and when the institution has grown up and can operate with autonomy, as is the case in question.
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| MOSAIC
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| New publication Paisatge, economia y empresa |
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The eighth edition of the collection “Plecs de Paisatge” titled Paisatge, economia y empresa, will be presented on March 9 in Barcelona. The book gathers the results of the seminar named after it, which will be held in November 2015 at the Museu Marítim in Barcelona. This has been possible thanks to the sponsorship of ATLL, Concession Collaborator of the Government. The publishing approaches the competitiveness potential and business attraction of landscape, provided that it is not trivialised and its identity is preserved.
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| The border landscape of Cerdanya finally has its own map |
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The Border Landscape Plan of Cerdanya now has one of its key elements, the Border Landscape Map of Cerdanya. The map, which has been published on paper and also as a digital copy, is presented in Catalan and French. This map collects the main values and future strategies of the valley regarding its landscape. It is a tool that provides knowledge, action, awareness and commitment, serving as a base for future actions within the Landscape Plan.[+]
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| Art and landscape transformation |
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An event will take place on Saturday, June 17 to address the role of art in landscape transformation processes. The event will be organised by the Landscape Observatory, LIFE Pletera and the Council of Torroella de Montgrí i L’Estartit. It will be held at the Museo del Mediterráneo in Torroella de Montgrí. The programme will be published shortly.
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| Joan Nogué joins the Institute of Catalan Studies (IEC) |
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On February 2, Joan Nogué, human geography professor at the University of Girona and director of the Landscape Observatory of Catalonia, acting as a member of the Section of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the IEC, gave the opening speech called "El paisatge, entre el subjecte i l’objecte" (Landscape, Between the Subject and the Object). The speech was answered by María Dolores Garcia Ramon, member emeritus of the Section of Philosophy and Social Sciences.
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| RCR Arquitectes are awarded the 2017 Pritzker Prize |
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Integration on site, a complete re-definition of the relationship between the user and nature, with their own body, with intimacy, with natural rhythms, the consideration of the city as a landscape. These are some of the concepts that have led the team at RCR Arquitectes to achieve the Pritzker Prize of this year.
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| Seminar on monastic landscapes |
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The second seminar of the cycle Armonie composte, Monastery and territory: spiritual and spatial peripheries, will take place next May. Praglia Abbey and Padua University have come together to organise the second seminar aimed at improving knowledge on monastic landscapes and, specifically, on the Benedictine land planning and management system. Answering the challenging questions that were asked at the first Seminar of the Armonie composte cycle, titled Constructed landscapes, landscapes in art, this second meeting will explore the theme of “periphery” in the sense of the outer edge of urban settlements.
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| New guide for the preparation of landscape integration studies in the Basque Country |
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The Guía para la elaboración de Estudios de Integración Paisajística en la Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco was approved on February 15 of 2017. In 2009, the Basque Government agreed their accession to the European Landscape Convention. Decree 90/2014 on protection, management and landscape planning of the Basque Country’s territorial planning was born within this context. This decree set forth the creation of Landscape Integration Studies as an instrument for land planning.
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| Valley of the River Cuervo. Case study of the Vallès School of Architecture (ETSAV) |
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The projects for 2016-2017 on the Les Valls del Riu Corb, which are part of the subject Cultural Landscapes, can now be consulted in seminar format. The subject is held by the Department of Urbanism and Land Planning of the ETSAV. The subject’s website also offers the possibility of checking the projects presented in other course editions.
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| IX Congress on Dry Stone |
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On October 20, 21 and 22, the IX Meeting on Preservation Studies of the Heritage of Dry Stone will take place in Mura, El Pont de Vilomara i Rocafort and Talamanca. The value of the tines in the middle of the vineyard, so unique and characteristic of the municipalities that form the Valls del Montcau, will be showcased during the event. The Landscape Observatory is part of the scientific committee and is participating in the organisation of the meeting.
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| International conference of landscape observatories |
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More than 100 representatives of 15 different countries took part in the conference of landscape observatories that took place the past February in Amersfoort (Holland). The presentations and photographs of the act can now be seen on the website of the Landscape Observatory of the Netherlands.
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| DIGITAL LANDSCAPE |
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| Hercules Project |
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The project’s objective is to strengthen public and private stakeholders in order to sustainably protect and manage cultural landscapes, which have an important social, economic, historical, natural and archaeological value, at a local, national and pan-European level.
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| PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST
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| Paesaggi in movimento: per un'estetica della trasformazione |
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Venturi Ferriolo, Massimo. Roma: Deriveapprodi, 2017. ISBN: 978-88-6548-170-7.
The author travels along, suggesting deep reflections on landscape transformations through short chapters that seem like independent studies. However, they are joined together by philosophical thinking.
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| Atlas of the Dutch Urban Landscape |
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Rutte, Reinout; Evert Abrahamse, Jaap (eds). Bussum: Thoth Publishers, 2016. ISBN: 978-90-6868-690-6.
This publication is a complete synthesis of the territorial development of the Netherlands of the last millennium. Through maps, photographs and graphics, it clearly depicts the growth, stagnation and decline of the Dutch cities, locating them in an international context.
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| Le plan de paysage, agir pour le cadre de vie |
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París: Ministère de l'Environnement, de l'Énergie et de la Mer, 2016.
This document explains the landscape plans of France, what their objectives are and which sectors are involved. This tool, promoted by the Government, is aimed at valuating the landscapes and adding them to the sectorial policies of territorial planning and management and urbanism.
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| La Garrotxa Volcanic Field of Northeast Spain. Case Study of Sustainable Volcanic Landscape Management |
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Planagumà, Llorenç; Martí, Joan (eds.). Cham: Springer, 2017. ISBN: 978-3-319-42078-3.
This book suggests non-specialised public a journey through the history and landscape of the Natural Park located in the Volcanic Area of the Garrotxa. It is comprised of nine chapters, which have been drawn up by experts in different areas.
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