Other than the two day long Meeting with some of the most famous Landscape Architects and Garden Designers, the event also offers Workshops, Seminars, Landscape Aperitifs and other events where one may talk to and exchange ideas with guests of international excellence.
Cultural and food&wine events, exhibitions and competitions are to be held over two creative weeks to promote, publicise and appreciate both the natural environment and that changed by human intervention.
One of the main objectives is to promote sustainable development by evaluating the potential of our territories with respect to many different disciplines, from landscape architecture to environmental protection and the protection of the natural environment, from creativity to art… hoping to reach as many people as possible, from professionals to ordinary citizens, both young and old.
From Saturday 7 to Sunday 22 September, Piazza Vecchia will become a magical garden once more with a new and original project. “Piazza Verde” is to become an open air living room, the centre of Meetings and Events, a sort of calling card for the press and spokesperson for the values and messages of culture, art and sustainability.
The event itself will be preceded by a “Roadshow” at a number of Italian locations which will help to spread the word!
Among the objectives this year are to:
- to build on the photography competition under the direction of Lello Piazza in collaboration with Gardenia and Bell’Italia
- to develop food&wine events in collaboration with Il Venerdì published by “La Repubblica” newspaper
- to increase the number of seminars held by partnering companies and magazines
- to release the book “I Maestri del Paesaggio – Volume 1” published by Wolters Kluwer
- to hold competitions and international events
- to have greater involvement from universities and national gardening schools
- to organise meetings on environmental themes while the Piazza is being built.
The Program
From Saturday 7 September to Sunday 22 September 2013
Piazza Vecchia, one of the most well-known, picturesque and visited squares in Italy will once again become Piazza Verde – Green Square, a magical garden for 16 days.
The following events will be held in Piazza Verde over this period:
- “Landscape and Archaeology” Exhibition held by AIAPP - Italian Association of Landscape Architects
- Food and wine events in collaboration with Città Alta restaurateurs
- Themed cultural events held by a number of cultural institutions based in Città Alta
- Garden events and the photographic competition “Lens on Piazza Verde”
From Thurday 12 September to Sunday 15 September 2013
Video mapping projection on The Campanone Tower in Piazza Vecchia (10 minutes) held by Abenergie S.p.A. every evening at 9 p.m. - 9.30 p.m. - 10 p.m.- 10.30 p.m.
Wednesday 11 September
9.30 – 6 p.m. – Seminar – “How to create Architecture from Vegetation”, held by Maurizio Corrado and other speakers.
Location: Sala dei Giuristi, Palazzo della Ragione (Piazza Vecchia) – free entry subject to online registration.
Kindly sponsored by Wolters Kluwer and Nemeton Magazine, with the patronage of Promoverde
Thursday 12 September 2013
09.30 – 6 p.m. – Seminar - “Exploring the use of perennials and grasses in British gardens” held by Annie Guilfoyle (UK).
Location: Sala dei Giuristi, Palazzo della Ragione (Piazza Vecchia) – free entry subject to online registration.
Kindly sponsored by Vivaio Valfredda in association with Gardens Illustrated.
5.45 – 7.30 p.m. – Landscape Aperitif – “The garden, a delightful theatre” with Michaeljon Ashworth (UK).
Location: in a Città Alta bar (to be confirmed) – free entry
Friday 13 September 2013
Workshops held in some of the most historical buildings in Città Alta – subject to payment and online registration
9 a.m. - 1 p.m. John Brookes (UK) – Location: Sala dei Giuristi, Palazzo della Ragione (Piazza Vecchia) – Città Alta
9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Marco Pozzoli (IT) – Location: Sala Capitolare, Chiostro di San Francesco, Piazza Mercato del Fieno 6/a – Città Alta
2 – 6 p.m. Arend Jan van der Horst (NL) – Location: Sala Capitolare, Chiostro di San Francesco, Piazza Mercato del Fieno 6/a – Città Alta
2 – 6 p.m. Gabriele G. Kiefer (D) – Location: Sala dei Giuristi, Palazzo della Ragione, Piazza Vecchia – Città Alta
10 a.m. - 4.30 p.m. Clive Nichols (UK) – Location: Palazzo Moroni, via Porta Dipinta 12 – Città Alta
5.45 – 7.30 p.m. – Landscape Aperitif with Paolo Villa (IT) – President of Landscape Architect magazine, an AIAPP* publication.
Location: in a Città Alta bar (to be confirmed) – free entry
All day: Partnering company display area beneath the portico of Palazzo della Ragione
Saturday 14 September 2013
9 a.m. – 17.40 p.m. – Meeting at the Teatro Sociale – subject to payment with online registration
9.30 a.m. – 6 p.m. – Cicli Verdi – Green Courses at Palazzo della Ragione (Sala dei Giuristi) – free entry
7.45 p.m. – Gala Evening (buffet) “An Evening amongst Landscape Architects” in Piazza Vecchia – subject to an entrance fee with online registration (attendance limited to those who are participating at the Meeting or a Workshop)
All day: Partnering company display area beneath the portico of Palazzo della Ragione
Sunday 15 September 2013
9 – 1 p.m. – Meeting at the Teatro Sociale – subject to payment with online registration
9.30 – 6 p.m. – Cicli Verdi – Green Courses at Palazzo della Ragione (Sala dei Giuristi) – free entry
3 p.m. – Guided Tour of Città Alta – subject to payment and online registration
All day: Partnering company display area beneath the portico of Palazzo della Ragione
“I Maestri del Paesaggio – International Meeting of the Landscape and Garden” is an event organised by the Arketipos Association in collaboration with Bergamo District Council.
Arketipos is a non-profit association which aims to promote, inform and enhance the culture of natural landscapes and those modified by human intervention to encourage sustainable development and the individual evaluation of each region through the disciplines of landscape architecture, environmental protection, creativity, art and the education of both professionals and ordinary citizens.
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