"10 Questions for Landscape Architects" is a series of short talks inspired by the series "10 Questions for...". This time our attention is turned to architects and landscape architects. In today's episode, landscape architect Agnieszka Chudy of Arch-Point studio talks about her approach to design.
Agnieszka Chudy about herself: architect and landscape architect, supervisor of green areas NOT SITO, member of the Association of Landscape Architecture, SARP; certified juror and ambassador of INSPIRELI AWARDS, founder of the author's architectural office ARCH-POINT by Agnieszka Chudy since 2016.
Author of award-winning competition studies, including: 1st place in the architecture category in the 6th edition of the Inspirelii Awards for the design of a viewing tower in Iceland, 1st place for the design of a bench with a dragonfly in Walcz, 2. place for the project of reconstruction of Freedom Square in Czarnno, 2nd place in the 12th edition of the competition "Green in the City" for the project of development of public space, honorable mention - award of the Marshal of Lodz Voivodeship Grzegorz Schreiber in the competition Green Architecture.
1 Landscape Architecture is, in one sentence, this.
...a way of thinking about landscape, space.
2. The most underestimated aspect of landscape architecture is....
...the aspect of natural and social value.
3. The most inspiring space for you is....
...Trollstigen Visitor Center in Norway and Fur Diatoms in Denmark.
4. The most important book related to landscape architecture....
... "Colors in the Garden" by Wolfgang Borchardt and "Piet Oudolf At Work" by Noel Kingsbury and Cassian Schmidt.
5...The most inspiring figure...
...Catherine Mosbach, James Corner.
6... I start the design process by...
...learning about the history of the place, its specifics.
7... Favorite moment during the work is...
...achieving an effect that exceeds the imagination of the Investor, the Client, as well as the appropriate composition of the space.
8.The most important realization in your career is....
...Tourist and sports center on the lake in the village of Łąkie in the municipality of Lipka.
9. your dream project is...
...Rebuilding rural communities facing disaster, in the context of architecture and landscape - in Haiti.
10. favorite plant is...
...thelarge-flowered grenadier - a plant that first found its way into my herbarium, collected in class - while I was still studying engineering.
