Nov
07
Brooklyn, August 10th, 2100: a summer story “Do you remember the summer of 2075, when the hurricanes hit? Do you remember how it was before the water got so high?” I asked my friend. We were sitting together on the stoop of our Brooklyn brownstone, it was a sweltering day, 105° F. “I remember how […]
Sep
25
The SUNY Syracuse landscape architecture department has asked Jacques Abelman to be the local consultant for five students doing intensive research projects for the next several months. The projects all focus on Amsterdam and range from landscape infrastructure analysis to exploring the historical development of the landscape concept as expressed through Dutch golden age painting. […]
Jul
05
From mid-June to mid-July in Amsterdam a landscape architectural ad campaign of sorts is addressing the Amsterdam public. The messages are intended to underscore the relevance of landscape architecture in dealing with issues that affect everyone. The project is one of the outcomes of the Living Landscape research group at the Academy of […]
Nov
21
FAO estimates that to feed a world population expected to number around 9 billion people in 2050, global food production will need to be increased by 70 percent. Global energy demand will increase by 36 percent by 2035, and competition for water between farming, cities and industry will continue to intensify as a result. “Tackling […]
Jul
20
Taken from www.ohchr.org the United Nations Human Rights site. BRUSSELS (22 June 2010) – “Governments and international agencies urgently need to boost ecological farming techniques to increase food production and save the climate,” said UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier De Schutter, while presenting the findings at an international meeting on agroecology […]
Jan
19
There is of course an enormous amount of discussion at this moment about the global economic crisis (Archinect) – a lot of designers are trembling at the mouse, and firms are buckling down. Things in the Netherlands are not as bad as the situation in the US, but we are quickly catching up, unfortunately. Are […]
