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Confirmed as a NSW Architects Registration Board CPE listed activity
The design philosophy of landscape architect Vladimir Sitta, from design group Room 4.1.3, is based on the premise that the Earth’s surface is a non-renewable resource. Cities should be self-sustaining. They should restore the natural damage they have created by dedicating their built surfaces to the creation of a constructed nature. Vladimir presents amazingly diverse examples of roof gardens and planted walls and resolves common misconceptions about the disadvantages of using vegetation on or near architectural surfaces. A variety of commercially available, propriety roof garden and planted wall systems are presented.
Learning outcomes:
By the completion of this unit you will:
- View the city and architecture as an avenue for environmental repair.
- Understand that an environmental, architectural philosophy is essential to the production of buildings that address wider environmental concerns.
- Consider vegetation as a building material to be used on or near building surfaces.
- Have an understanding of economic, technical and efficiency issues that need to be considered when designing a roof garden or planted wall.
- Have knowledge of a range of commercially available roof garden and planted wall products.
Course Duration: 00:44:36
Assessment: 10 multiple choice questions
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Vladimir (Tom) Sitta
Dipl.Ing (Masters) Landscape Architecture, Mendel University of Brno, Czech Republic
A landscape architect originally trained in Czechoslovakia, Vladimir immigrated to Australia in 1981 after spending 7 years working as landscape architect in Czechoslovakia and 3 years in West Germany. He has wide experience in all facets of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design and has worked as consultant designer for Creative Design and Technologies Pty Ltd and other companies in Sydney and overseas. In 1986 he established Terragram Pty Ltd – a design company with a wide range of design activities. For more than 20 years he has been an advocate of ecological activation of inert surfaces in cities and has written a number of articles related to this subject.
In 1998, together with Richard Weller (Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture at UWA), he established Room 4.1.3 Pty Ltd. His work has been widely acknowledged and published in Australia and overseas and he has been awarded prizes in several major urban design competitions. He was twice (1981 and 1986) awarded the prestigious German Lenne Prize. The 1981 award was for innovative concepts related to greening of building facades and engineering structures.
In 2002 he received Australian Institute of Landscape Architects president’s award for “Contribution to the Culture of Landscape Architecture in Australia”.
In 2003 French/German ARTE television dedicated one of its 10 parts series “Contemporary Landscape Designers of the World” to his work.
Email: room413@iinet.net.au
Website: www.room413.com.au
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