Garden Design Isabel Blaser

Thursday 22 November 2018

Jardins d'ici et d'ailleurs - Jardin de L'Agdal - Marrakech - Maroc


Au 12eme siècle, la dynastie des Almohades entreprend de canaliser et stocker l’eau de la montagne. Les vergers de l’Agdal – la « prairie close »- avec ses orangers, ses oliviers, ses grenadiers et ses abricotiers répondent aux besoins de la population.



Wednesday 12 September 2018

ASLA has joined the We Are Still In Movement



The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has joined We Are Still In, a national coalition of 3,500 states, cities, companies, and organizations that remain committed to achieving US greenhouse gas reduction targets outlined by the Obama administration as part of the 2015 Paris climate agreement.

there are a lot of people also in the USA who are concerned..

https://www.globalclimateactionsummit.org

Thursday 16 August 2018

MIT team release design guidelines as solution for urban storm flooding




















A rendering of Los Angeles depicts green space and wetlands as envisioned by the MIT team. Image: Jonah Susskind
Flooding, on the rise due to climate change, can devastate urban areas and result in drawn-out, costly repairs. Cities are in dire need of new strategies to manage the influx of stormwater. An interdisciplinary team of engineers and urban planners at MIT has now developed a solution: multifunctional urban stormwater wetlands and ponds that seamlessly integrate the control and cleaning of stormwater with ecological and recreational benefits.

Remodeling of an abandoned courtyard, before and after..










some years later..