The Amsterdam Academy of Architecture awards grants or ‘Internationaliseringfonds’ for projects that build relationships internationally. Jacques has received this grant for organizing a study exchange with the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

The NH BOS foundation aims to support garden and landscape architecture in the Netherlands. For my research into urban agriculture and ecology strategies in Brazil, I have been awarded a grant from the foundation. From the committee- “The board of Stichting NHBOS is impressed by your research proposal; it will contribute to the development of […]

Building bridges: The PUREFOOD event “Beyond Divides: An International Winter School and Forum on Contemporary Agri-Food Issues” forges network, debate and learning Barcelona 12 to 22 November 2012   The PUREFOOD Network and the Food and Nutrition Observatory of the University of Barcelona played host to the international winter school ‘Beyond Divides: An International Forum […]

Farming the City! The Mushroom Trees installation is an experiment in converting organic waste from the city back into food using some of nature’s most innovative workers: mushrooms. The three species of Oyster mushrooms we are experimenting with eat lignin and cellulose, the building blocks of wood– also found in paper, cardboard, and coffee grounds. […]

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 […]

Sorry to say that we told you so, but landscape architects, architects and urbanists have been thinking for a while about how to protect New York from the terrible devastation brought on by climate change. Hurricane Sandy was a taste of what we might face in the coming decades. Sandy has brought into terrible relief […]

TEAM: Jacques Abelman with de Stuurlui Stedenbouw, in collaboration with CITIES STATUS: constructed, opening November 11th 2012 in the Noorder Park Kamer By recuperating readily available urban waste such as paper, cardboard, coffee grounds, and wood chips we have created a sculptural forest of mushroom production tubes. This project is a continuation and extension of […]

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. […]

www.landscapeforhumanity.wordpress.com Landscape architecture’s operating field stretches from the micro to macro, from garden to region, and touches all that emanates from the ground. This includes city infrastructure such as parks, plazas, and greenways, but ultimately landscape is about the quality of our soil, our water, and our air. Aren’t these things that concern all cities, […]

network = any netlike combination of filaments, lines, veins, or passages a interconnected group or association of persons net – netting – mesh – web – system Since founding groundcondition in 2009 I have had the pleasure of working with many different offices as an independent collaborator: DS Landscape Architects Inside Outside OMA Herman Hertzberger […]