The next speaker in the ‘Thinkers and Doers’ series is Leor Lovinger (Israel) presenting “Resiliency and Biophilia in an Evolving Cultural and Urban Landscape”.

This lecture is scheduled to happen on Wednesday 14 October 2020 at 8am NZ time (or 13 October – 12pm Los Angeles, 3pm New York, 8pm London). 

Register for the lecture on Zoom 👉 https://vuw.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcud-GhrzgtE9Upv52tGDUYe2koiI8dIeGU

Leor Lovinger has 23 years of experience in the field of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design. He is the founder and managing director of Studio Urbanof, a research-based design practice committed to the innovative design of public spaces, urban resilience and biophilic design. Over the past decade, Leor has taught and lectured internationally. Since 2013 he is acting as IFLA Europe’s Green Infrastructure Director, and in 2016 he was appointed as an expert consulting the European Commission (Eklipse) on nature-based solutions to support urban resiliency (IFLA Europe’s representative). Prior to this, Leor studied, researched and practised in the United States for more than 8 years; his last position was Senior Associate with the Office of Michael Van Valkenburgh. He holds a Bachelor in Landscape Architecture cum laude from the Technion, Haifa, Israel, and a Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, CA.

About

‘Thinkers and Doers’ aims at bringing together practitioners, scholars, students and the wider community of landscape architecture and affiliated built environment disciplines to share ideas and to hear the latest innovations in the field. This online series brings together nationally and internationally renowned experts through an initiative between the NZILA Wellington Branch and the Landscape Architecture Programme at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.

NZILA members: Event Attendance – NZILA CPD 0.5 pts/hr

NZILA Category 3b Public Lecture: 0.5 pts/hr up to two hours per lecture