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The African Landscape Architectures conference brings together a wide range of landscape practices from across the continent. This two-day hybrid event highlights the transformative potential of decolonizing design to address social injustices and prepare African cities for the impacts of climate change. Speakers will explore innovative strategies through frameworks such as ecology, adaptation, and materiality that offer alternative futures for African landscapes.
Panel 1: Currencies
Current state of the field, including the environmental, social, and aesthetic issues impacting African landscapes.
Moderated by Thaïsa Way, Director of Garden & Landscape Studies at Dumbarton Oaks, and Lecturer in Landscape Architecture
Johan van Papendorp (MLA ’75), OvP, Cape Town, South Africa
Chelina Odbert (MUP ’07), Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI), Nairobi, Kenya
Arthur Adeya (MLA ’06), Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
0:00 Panel 1 Introduction by Thaïsa Way
01:26 Presentation by Johan van Papendorp
33:33 Presentation by Chelina Odbert and Arthur Adeya
01:03:59 Panel Discussion
01:11:42 Q+A
01:31:49 Special Recognition of Johan van Papendorp
The African Landscape Architectures conference brings together a wide range of landscape practices from across the continent. This two-day hybrid event highlights the transformative potential of decolonizing design to address social injustices and prepare African cities for the impacts of climate change. Speakers will explore innovative strategies through frameworks such as ecology, adaptation, and materiality that offer alternative futures for African landscapes.
Panel 1: Currencies
Current state of the field, including the environmental, social, and aesthetic issues impacting African landscapes.
Moderated by Thaïsa Way, Director of Garden & Landscape Studies at Dumbarton Oaks, and Lecturer in Landscape Architecture
Johan van Papendorp (MLA ’75), OvP, Cape Town, South Africa
Chelina Odbert (MUP ’07), Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI), Nairobi, Kenya
Arthur Adeya (MLA ’06), Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
0:00 Panel 1 Introduction by Thaïsa Way
01:26 Presentation by Johan van Papendorp
33:33 Presentation by Chelina Odbert and Arthur Adeya
01:03:59 Panel Discussion
01:11:42 Q+A
01:31:49 Special Recognition of Johan van Papendorp
