LAND

LAND is an international landscape consultancy with offices in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and Austria and with high-profile projects throughout Europe, Canada and Middle East. Andreas Kipar and a team of more than 100 landscape architects, architects, urban planners, agronomists, engineers & researchers have been transforming regions, cities and places since 1990. LAND's consulting and design practice aims to improve people's well-being through the implementation of climate-positive solutions and participative processes that lead to a measurable and visible sustainable development. We advise public and private clients on how to innovate with nature by applying international policies and promoting collaborative planning procedures. Together with our clients and our extensive network of partners, we unlock the potential of our societies' green transition. Main projects include: Green Rays strategy, Porta Nuova and the re-development of the former EXPO site MIND in Milan; Urban Open Space Strategy and Krupp Park, comprising ThyssenKrupp HQ, and the Freiheit Emscher in Essen; Ruhr Regional Green Infrastructure Strategy; the renaturation of the Airolo valley and Cassarate River Park in Switzerland; Zuglo District Budapest; Saint-Laurent biodiversity Corridor in Montreal; the EXPO 2020 Dubai in the UAE; the German Pavilion at the EXPO Beijing 2019; the research and innovation projects UNaLab and T-Factor funded by the European Commission. LAND's work has been recognized through over 17 prestigious international awards, amongst them Premio Mercurio, MIPIM, Wan Awards, Biennale Pisa, Passive and Low Energy Architecture Award (PLEA).