Many landscapes are just perceived as “filling empty areas between buildings, housing developments, highways and urban centres, or being vague sectors capable of managing themselves”. In other words, they are often described as vacant areas with little value, just waiting to be developed, to be rendered useful with some identifiable (mostly economic or functional) functions…
IFLA, 2012

PORTFOLIO NEWS

CANADIAN LANDSCAPE PORTFOLIO INITIATIVE

THE LIVING LANDSCAPES ARE COMING...

What is coming in 2018? A lot actually...


Leo Mol Sculpture Garden, Emily Sinclair (Kaili Brown)


The Canadian Landscape Portfolio has completed its third year of images collection illustrating Canadian Landscape architects perception of their favourite landscapes.

But the exploration is far from finished...

2018 will continue the exploration on how landscapes are perceived and appreciated by landscapes architects and the general public through the "Living Landscapes". If we remember our 3 first themes - Significant, Designed and Dreamed Landscapes - we can imagine how inclusive this new theme can be

More information will be posted in the coming weeks about the new theme. In the meantime, you can submit images using the dedicated submission form or with the Instagram hashtags #cslaportfolioaapc or #clportfolio. Instagram will permit you to visualize immediately your post...

GOOD VISIT...



IS THIS A "DREAMED LANDSCAPE"?

This is certainly a question we could ask ourselves when we are in a space, a place, a "landscape" which perplex us with its pertinence, functionality, workmanship or its intrinsic power...


Kenney Lake, Mount Robson, BC


Whichever characteristic draws your attention towards this place, it is likely worth sharing through the Canadian Landscape Portfolio by using the submission form, or with Instagram - hashtags #clpcanada or #clpifla #clpcanada or #clpifla...

HAVE A GREAT ADVENTURE



FINDING OUR DREAMED LANDSCAPES



The quest is on for the landscapes with an appreciation level making those memorable, almost impossible to miss.

As for the first edition - "Significant landscapes" - the sites or places could be designed or mostly natural, urban or rural, popular and visited by crowds or remote and highly personal.

The main difference between the editions is that we are now looking at landscapes that are part of our "dreams"...



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