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
Biennale of Landscape Urbanism 2010
The Biennale of Landscape Urbanism opened on Saturday 25 September. Ed joined the opening event in Bat-Yam, Israel following several days of finalizing the Roaming Forest project with Yael Bar Maor.
Timing 2010, the Biennale of Landscape Urbanism, explores the tension between the temporary and the permanent and between the planned and the experienced. This municipal-led initiative, curated by Yael Moria-Klain and Sigal Barnir, offers the city of Bat-Yam as a laboratory for examining alternative uses for urban space. Landscape architects, artists and architects were invited to reinvent the spaces, processes and conditions that give rise to conditions of temporality in the city.
This project is a collaboration with Yael Bar Maor and Mike Dring. Selected and built for the Biennale of Landscape Urbanism, the Roaming Forest is an exploration of adaptation and temporality in the public realm of the city.
Roaming Forest
The Roaming Forest is moved around the city by individuals, groups and the municipality in preparation for the opening of the Biennale of Landscape Urbanism.
This project is a collaboration with Yael Bar Maor and Mike Dring. Selected and built for the Biennale of Landscape Urbanism, the Roaming Forest is an exploration of adaptation and temporality in the public realm of the city.
Dare Terra
Ed was invited by Prof. Contin and Prof. D’Alfonso, of the Politecnico di Milano, to present a paper at the Dare Terra Symposium at the Urban Center in Milan.
A Landscape Conversation: design, representation, process
Tim Waterman and Ed Wall presented the paper Landscape: design, representation, process – a conversation, at the University of Westminster Emerging Landscapes Conference.
Image: Berger 1979
Basics Landscape Architecture: Urban Design
The book, Basics Landscape Architecture: Urban Design, was published by AVA Publishing in December 2009. This collaboration between Tim Waterman and Ed Wall is an introductory text examining the relationships between landscape and urban design. There were many generous contributions from colleagues and friends to realize this work – and, of course, the patient editing of Renee Last.
www.avabooks.ch / www.amazon.co.uk / www.timwaterman.wordpress.com
80 for No.8
All the entries for the Gasholder 8 competition were exhibited at the Building Centre with New London Architecture.
The Gasholder 8 Competition was held in 2009 as a major public space component of the King’s Cross Masterplan. This proposal was a collaboration between Ed Wall and Room 60 (Leo Thom and Matt Parker). The proposal was exhibited at the Building Centre (New London Architecture) and at the German Gymnasium at Kings Cross.
Informality in Derelict Public Spaces of the Contemporary City
Ed Wall and Sam Johnston presented the paper, Informality in Derelict Public Spaces of the Contemporary City, at the ECLAS (European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools) 2009. This presentation was generously supported by the School of Architecture and Landscape, Faculty of Art Design and Architecture at Kingston University.
Gasholder 8
The Gasholder 8 Competition was held in 2009 as a major public space component of the King’s Cross Masterplan. This proposal was a collaboration between Ed Wall and Room 60 (Leo Thom and Matt Parker). The proposal was exhibited at the Building Centre (New London Architecture) and at the German Gymnasium at Kings Cross.