Peter Lynch - Timescape Gardens

Peter Lynch, detail of garden design proposal for Prague Castle Pheasantry, 1997

TIMESCAPE GARDENS

Peter Lynch

29th of January, 2021, 13.00 - zoom link

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KTH School of Architecture celebrates the contribution of Peter Lynch as Guest Professor in Architecture since 2015. During this time he has taught advanced studio and mentored Diploma Project students, offered lecture series in the History and Theory of Architecture, presented school-wide orientation courses in architecture and urbanism, and organized and participated in public symposia. 

The focus of this event will be a lecture by Peter outlining his current collaborative research project,  "Timescape Gardens," which is scheduled to be included in the Italian Pavilion of this year’s International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale.

This interdisciplinary research and design project was developed in collaboration with dancer/choreographer Anna Asplind, data scientist Mats Nordahl (KTH), strategic planner Martin Heidesjö (Norrköping municipality) and landscape architect Patrick Bellan (SLU) and draws upon survey, documentation, and design work by over 550 students in KTH’s advanced architecture program between 2018 and 2020. 

The project questions the spatial, social, and environmental potential of urban microparks which function as biodiversity preserves, habitat corridors, passive recreation areas, and environmental monitoring stations as well as their role in mediating human and non-human encounters. The project presents design proposals for two sites at two scales. At metropolitan scale, the project will present a schematic design proposal for a network of microparks in Stockholm’s marginal green areas. At detail scale, the project focuses on the design of a Timescape Garden in Norrköping, Sweden.

The lecture will be followed by an opportunity to ask questions, reflect and discuss together with Peter. 

The lecture is open to the public and will be recorded. Welcome!