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Keynote speakers

Günther Vogt’s training at Gartenbauschule Oeschberg provided the practical basis for his intensive landscape work. His knowledge of vegetation and his skills in cultivation continue to be the very cornerstones of his work. His studies with Peter Erni, Jürg Altherr, and Dieter Kienast at Interkantonales Technikum Rapperswil, combined the disciplines of culture, design, and natural sciences. VOGT Landschaftsarchitekten emerged from the office partnership with Dieter Kienast in 2000. With projects such as the Tate Modern in London, Allianz Arena in Munich, or the Masoala Rainforest Hall at the Zurich Zoo, the firm has achieved international recognition. Its work is characterized by the dialogue established between the various disciplines and its close cooperation with artists. Since 2005, Günther Vogt has been pursuing a combination of teaching, practice, and research with his chair at the Institute of Landscape Architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. As a passionate collector and keen traveler, he is looking for ways to read, interpret, and describe landscapes, and finding answers to questions about future forms of urban coexistence. In 2012, Günther Vogt was awarded the Prix Meret Oppenheim by the Federal Office of Culture.

Alexandra Arènes is a French graduate architect (2009) and holds a PhD in Architecture (University of Manchester, 2022). Her research and practice focus on understanding and representing landscapes in the context of climate change, at S.O.C (Société d’Objets cartographiques) and Shaā, studio for architecture and urbanism. The studio designed an installation at the ZKM museum in Karlsruhe for the exhibition Critical Zones. Observatories for Earthly Politics, curated by Bruno Latour. She is co-author of Terra Forma, a book of speculative maps published by MIT. In collaboration with scientists from the Critical Zone, she is developing maps of the Earth’s cycles. She is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the IPGP (Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris).

Anders Lendager is an architect, CEO and founder of Lendager, graduated as an architect from the Aarhus School of Architecture. His company has established itself as a front runner and one most influential architecture studios and strategic consultancies working within the realm of sustainability and circular economy. His goal is to push the boundaries and scale sustainable transition throughout the value chain and he has immersed in the development and promotion of sustainability in practice and as an external consultant, keynote speaker and international lecturer on resource efficiency, innovation and holistic sustainability.

Guided tours

Thursday afternoon we offer guided walks to Aarhus City Hall, Aarhus University, or to our Landscape Laboratory Eskelunden.

Aarhus City Hall is an iconic example of the Danish Modernism period designed by Arne Jacobsen and Erik Møller originally without the now famous tower. Inside another modernist master, Hans Wegner, was in charge of the furnishing, which was designed for the building.

Aarhus University is also a Modernist masterpiece renowned for its yellow brick architecture and the unique campus park. The buildings were designed by Kay Fisker and C.F. Moller Architects while the surrounding park was designed by C. Th. Sorensen.

The Landscape Laboratory Eskelunden is situated in the river valley on an old waste deposit. The Laboratory is a cross-disciplinary platform for research, education, and artistic research run by Aarhus School of Architecture.

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