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Congress of the Spanish Landscape Engineering Association

Bioengineering techniques reflect the philosophy of thinking globally and acting locally. While proposed solutions are aimed at addressing specific problems like stabilisation or control of erosion, they must always be applied after studying the characteristics of the affected land.

The congress will feature speakers who have won acclaim in Spain and Europe. Participants will present projects that go beyond one-off solutions and use bioengineering and its underlying philosophy as a strategy for intervening in a particular space – whether a city, drainage basin, or a special project such as the organisation of Olympic Games.

Speakers will include Paolo Gallo and Guido Blanchard, who have done work on the staging of the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics in high-mountain areas, and Ramón Vilalta, of the architectural practice RCR Arquitectos – the winner of a prize awarded by the Catalan Architects Association (COAC) and of the 2006 Rosa Barba Award – who will present the Pedra Tosca Park, an example of land restoration based on the principles of landscape architecture.

More information, contact and registration

The CDAN is a collaborating organisation for this congress, so CDAN associates (including INDOC members) are eligible for a discount on the regular registration fee. To take advantage of this reduced fee, registrants should mark the ‘collaborating organisations’ box and indicate ‘CDAN’.

Secretaría Técnica del Congreso
Tel.: +34 972 41 91 00
Fax: +34 972 20 89 74
E-mail: info@firagirona.com 

• AEIP website

• Fira de Girona website

• Preliminary programme for the congress + Application form (PDF document)

Source: texts, CDAN based on information provided at the AEIP website; photo courtesy of AEIP.

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