Forests in the City Lunchtime Talk
Tuia Pito Ora New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects (NZILA)
About this session
A lunchtime talk bringing together landscape architects to discuss opportunities and challenges for rewilding urban environments, specifically exploring how to revive Te Whanganui-a-tara's ghost forests. The session explores the Ghost Forests photographic and video project, which examines ecological histories hidden within New Zealand's architectural heritage and the relationship between historic timber buildings and the forests that supplied their construction material.
About
How can we revive Te Whanganui-a-tara's ghost forests? Bringing together landscape architects to discuss the opportunities and the challenges for rewilding urban environments. As part of this session we also ask you to think about possible infill opportunities you may have come across in your daily travels.
Event Details
Thursday, 24 September 1.00pm - 1.40pm. This lunchtime talk is part of The Aotearoa Festival of Architecture, an annual festival by Te Kahui Whaihanga / The New Zealand Institute of Architects.