In October 2024 NELA members celebrated the network’s first lustrum. After five years the network has grown into a firmly established cooperation of passionate members. We look back on a productive period of improving the archiving of landscape architecture through publications, presentations, education and research.
With enthusiasm we look forward to the next five years, beginning with a COST Action project to strengthen and expand the network and stimulate the preservation and use of archives.
AHRC project: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FW011344%2F1#/tabOverview
COST Action: https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA23128/
NELA bibliography (selection)
Csepely-Knorr, L., Krippner, U. and van Hellemondt, I., ‘Delicate politics and female contributions. Complementary perspectives on the founding years of the IFLA network’, in: Akibo, T. and Schüppel, S. (eds.), The IFLA 75th anniversary Green Book, International Federation of Landscape Architects, Versailles 2023, 16-21.
Krippner, U., Lička, L. and Wück, R., ‘Learning from history’, in: Jørgensen, K., Karadeniz, N, Mertens, E. and Stiles, R., Teaching Landscape: the Studio Experience, London / New York, Routledge 2020, 214-225.
Lička, L. and Krippner, U., ‘Creating Landscape Architecture’s Memory. Eight European Archives Form the NELA Network’, Stadt + Grün, 2020, 2, 53-56.
Lička, L., Blanchon, B., Csepely-Knorr, L., Dietze-Schirdewahn, A., Krippner, U., Tákács, K., Schwerin, S. von, and Tusch, R., ‘Building up historical continuity: landscape architecture archives in education’, in: Bruns, D. and Hennecke, S. (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Landscape Architecture Education, Routledge, Abingdon/New York 2023, 54-61.
*Tusch, R., Brinkhuijsen, M., Csepely-Knorr, L., Hopstock, L., Krippner, U., Sorsa-Sautet, H. Archiving Landscape: A European Network to Address the Current Challenges Facing Landscape Architecture Archives, Architectural Histories [Internet]. 2024, 12, 1-9. doi:10.16995/AH.10354
Calls for Grants within the COST Action ConnectLAA
/in Research/by TeamWe are excited to announce two calls for grants within the COST Action ConnectLAA. The extended deadline for both applications is May 31, 2025 (originally May 15). Please check the COST website for further information on the Action:
Please forward both calls to potentially interested researchers in your network.
Join Us for the Next Open NELA Meeting!
/in Events/by Annegreth Dietze-SchirdewahnWe are delighted to invite all interested friends, colleagues, and students to the next open NELA meeting the 30th April at 10:30 Oslo time (CET/CEST).
The meeting will begin with a brief introduction of all participants, followed by a presentation on the CIVA archive in Brussels. We will explore its mission, internal organisation, and its role as a cultural institution in Belgium and beyond. Curator Ursula Wieser is presenting.
Afterward, we will discuss ongoing NELA initiatives and opportunities to become a member of the network.
Everyone is welcome. Feel free to share the link and spread the word!
Meeting link: https://nmbu.zoom.us/j/63562551831?pwd=hRTAOF4s4hLXhxNxx1rmaZGU8VCo6L.1
Meeting ID: 635 6255 1831
Passcode: 912992
NELA’s first lustrum / NELA’s fifth anniversary
/in Research/by Imke van HellemondtIn October 2024 NELA members celebrated the network’s first lustrum. After five years the network has grown into a firmly established cooperation of passionate members. We look back on a productive period of improving the archiving of landscape architecture through publications, presentations, education and research.
With enthusiasm we look forward to the next five years, beginning with a COST Action project to strengthen and expand the network and stimulate the preservation and use of archives.
Presentation: 5 YEARS OF NELA
AHRC project: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FW011344%2F1#/tabOverview
COST Action: https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA23128/
NELA bibliography (selection)
Csepely-Knorr, L., Krippner, U. and van Hellemondt, I., ‘Delicate politics and female contributions. Complementary perspectives on the founding years of the IFLA network’, in: Akibo, T. and Schüppel, S. (eds.), The IFLA 75th anniversary Green Book, International Federation of Landscape Architects, Versailles 2023, 16-21.
Krippner, U., Lička, L. and Wück, R., ‘Learning from history’, in: Jørgensen, K., Karadeniz, N, Mertens, E. and Stiles, R., Teaching Landscape: the Studio Experience, London / New York, Routledge 2020, 214-225.
Lička, L. and Krippner, U., ‘Creating Landscape Architecture’s Memory. Eight European Archives Form the NELA Network’, Stadt + Grün, 2020, 2, 53-56.
Lička, L., Blanchon, B., Csepely-Knorr, L., Dietze-Schirdewahn, A., Krippner, U., Tákács, K., Schwerin, S. von, and Tusch, R., ‘Building up historical continuity: landscape architecture archives in education’, in: Bruns, D. and Hennecke, S. (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Landscape Architecture Education, Routledge, Abingdon/New York 2023, 54-61.
*Tusch, R., Brinkhuijsen, M., Csepely-Knorr, L., Hopstock, L., Krippner, U., Sorsa-Sautet, H. Archiving Landscape: A European Network to Address the Current Challenges Facing Landscape Architecture Archives, Architectural Histories [Internet]. 2024, 12, 1-9. doi:10.16995/AH.10354
COST Action “Connecting Landscape Architecture Archives to enhance European landscape practice, research and education”
/in Research/by Ulrike KrippnerCOST Action team at the kick-off event in Brussels, Belgium
On 28th October, the COST Action CONNECT-LAA started with a kick-off in Brussels. 25 members of the management committee coming from 17 European countries discussed first steps to implement the four-year project. The aim of the COST Action is to enlarge and deepen the European Network of Landscape Architecture Archives NELA, to foster the preservation and use of collections and to contribute to the understanding of the development of 20th century landscapes in Europe and beyond.
We are eager to expand the network, to share experience and to broaden our expertise over the next four years.
You find more information and the Memorandum of Understanding MoU here: https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA23128/
IFLA 75 Anniversary lecture at CIVA and online exhibition preview
/in Events/by Luca Csepely-Knorr© Lars Hopstock
© Lars Hopstock
On 7th September, Luca Csepely-Knorr, Ulrike Krippner and Imke van Hellemondt gave an evening lecture at CIVA, titled “Regeneration through Collaboration. A Case Study of Collaborative Landscape History Research”. The lecture gave insights into the findings of the AHRC funded project, IFLA75: Uncovering Hidden Histories in Landscape Architecture, and highlighted the importance of international networks in nuancing our understanding of the development of 20th century landscapes in Europe and beyond.
As part of the event, we have also launched a preview of the online exhibition the project team has curated, celebrating the international network that started the Federation in 1948 in Cambridge.
Have a look at the exhibition preview:
Archiving Landscape – New Publication in the journal Architectural Histories
/in Publications/by Luca Csepely-KnorrLivingston Road public housing landscape designed by Michael Brown, © MERL
We are very pleased to see our position paper, ‘Archiving Landscape: A European Network to Address the Current Challenges Facing Landscape Architecture Archives’ published in the open-access journal of the European Architectural History Network (EAHN), Architectural Histories.
In the paper, the authors argue, that landscape architecture archives are the basis for a deeper understanding of the history of designed open spaces and are key resources to help historians and landscape architects to understand the design concepts and genesis of open spaces.
You can read the full paper here: https://journal.eahn.org/article/id/10354/
IFLA 75th Anniversary Green Book
/in Publications/by Luca Csepely-KnorrThe International Federation of Landscape Architects celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2023, and to mark this occasion, it published the IFLA 75th anniversary Green Book, edited by Tobiloba Akibo and Steffi Schüppel. The lavishly illustrated book celebrates both the history of landscape architecture and its current achievements.
The leaders of the AHRC funded IFLA 75 project, Luca Csepely-Knorr, Ulrike Krippner and Imke van Hellemondt have written a chapter ‘Delicate Politics and Female Contributions: Complementary Perspectives on the Founding Years of the IFLA Network’, that celebrates the so fur not-seen actors who played a crucial role in the creation of the Federation.
The book is available to order here: https://www.iflaworld.com/newsblog/the-ifla-75th-anniversary-greenbook-available-to-order