Des Moines Water Works Park
In December, Ed led a team, with Christian Gabriel of Thomas Balsley Associates, in the final stage of the Des Moines Water Works Park Competition.
We put together an ambitous proposal that was only made possible by a fantastic London/US based team. Thank you to Christian Gabriel (Thomas Balsley Associates), Brett Douglas (Genus), Fred Schwartz (Frederic Schwartz Architects), Steven Handel (Green Shield Ecology), John Paul Goedken (JP-SE), Mark Land (Snyder Associates), Bryan Bertrand (CPMI), Tim Marshall (ETM), Helena Rivera (A Small Studio), and Matt Parker and Leo Thom (Room 60). Finally, without the design critique and stunning drawings of Aaron Carpenter, Harry Bix, and Joe Sanders this proposal would have only been a jumble of ideas. Thank you.
Infrastructural Urbanism
DOM publishers have recently released their book, “Infrastructural Urbanism. Addressing the In – Between”. This book features an essay by Ed exploring the relationship between large infrastructure and the public realm of the city.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Infrastructural-Urbanism-Peripheries-Thomas-Hauck/dp/3869221313 / www.dom-publishers.com
Finalist for design of 1500 acre Water Works park
The finalists for the Water Works Parkitecture competition were announced last week. Ed’s Project Studio led a team that has been shortlisted. Other finalists include Sasaki Associates, Martha Schwartz Partners, AECOM and Nomad Studio.
The project, titled Park Works, is a collaboration across landscape, engineering, infrastructure and architectural disciplines. >>>
Project featured in London exhibition
The latest exhibition at the Garden Museum, From Garden City to Green City, features work across art, architecture, horticulture, landscape and urbanism. The exhibition ”explores the many visions, designs and projects that have inspired the ‘green city’ movement over the last 150 years.” The Roaming Forest project by Ed Wall, Yael Bar Maor and Mike Dring was selected to be included as part of the exhibition.
Landscape and critical agency: Call for papers
Landscape and Critical Agency announces a 1-day interdisciplinary symposium on contemporary landscape thinking.
Landscape and Critical Agency will be a 1-day interdisciplinary symposium to explore contemporary thinking about landscape. The symposium has been jointly conceived and organised by staff from four London-based universities and will be held at University College London on Friday, 17th February 2012. >>>
Future Landscape
Ed has been invited to speak at the BIG LANDSCAPE 2020 CONFERENCE organised by SLIC (Student Landscape Institute Council). On Saturday 2nd July Ed will present a paper on the future of urbanism and landscape. >>>
Kingston
Check out the end of year show coming up at Kingston on June 4th.
Topos 73
Ed has written an article for Topos 73: City Regeneration. The article reports on the Landscape Urbanism Biennale in 2010 and the many diverse projects that take an alternative view on landscape urbanism process.
Tree Moving Machine
Inspiration for the Roaming Forest. Olmsted was using tree moving machines to transport trees around Prospect Park.
Image: Fein, A. (1972) Fredrick Law Olmsted and the American Environmental Tradition. New York: George Braziller
Landscape
Ed co-wrote an article for Landscape explaining the conceptual origins of the Roaming Forest project. The article explains the ambitions of the project and the potential issues involved with experimental installations such as this.
Landscape: The Journal of the Landscape Institute: Winter 2011. Wardour. ISSN:1742-2914