Planting the Living City
PORTO Urban Greening Biennal
October 17th and 18th, 2024
Porto
Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
Welcome Message
We are pleased to invite you to the 1st Porto Urban Greening Biennal!
On October 17th and 18th, 2024, at the Eng. António de Almeida Foundation in Porto, we will discuss the current and future challenges of Urban Green Infrastructure installation and management – a key strategy to address the climate emergency and foster environmental justice, social cohesion, and integration.
The theme of this first edition is Planting the Living City, and we are honored to have a renowned panel of invited speakers, including Joan Nassauer, Nigel Dunnet, Claudia West, Noel Kingsbury, Martí Franch, Paulo Farinha Marques, Duarte Mata, and María Sánchez-Blanco.
The program also includes the presentation of innovative and inspiring urban greening projects, workshops, and guided tours of Porto’s parks and gardens.
We designed this conference for you and hope you make the most of this event, which will represent an exceptional opportunity for knowledge exchange and promoting collaborations.
We look forward to seeing you all in Porto in October!
On behalf of the Organizing Committee
Cláudia Fernandes & Isabel Martinho da Silva
Assistant Professor
Department of Geosciences, Environment and Spatial Planning (DGAOT)
Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto (FCUP)
Speakers
Claudia West
Ecological Planting Designer
Duarte Mata
Landscape Architect, Municipality of Almada
Joan Iverson Nassauer
Landscape architect, Professor University of Michigan
Maria Sanchez Blanco
Head of the Urban Tree Conservation Unit, City Hall of Madrid
Martí Franch Batllori
Founder and principal of EMF Landscape Architecture
Nigel Dunnet
Ecological Planting Designer, Professor University of Sheffield
Noel Kingsbury
Gardening and planting designer, writer and teacher
Paulo Farinha Marques
Landscape Architect, Associate Professor FCUP
Pedro Calaza-Martínez
President of Spanish Association of Public Parks and Gardens
Anna Lena Hahn
Founder and landscape designer at Atelier Za’atar
Robert Ryan
Landscape Architect, Professor at University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Salvador Rueda
Urban Ecologist, President of Urban and Territorial Ecology Foundation
Venue
Join us at the Engineer António de Almeida Foundation for Urban Greening Biennale.
This Biennale will take place on the 17th and 18th of October at the historic foundation.
Enjoy the Event surrounded by the beauty of this Oporto location.
The Engineer António de Almeida Foundation, created in 1969, is a Portuguese non-profit organization dedicated to promoting art, education and culture. Housed in its founder’s historic home, the Foundation offers a unique and inspiring setting for this event. Its rich history and commitment to intellectual exchange make it the perfect location for conferences, workshops and cultural gatherings.
Discover the perfect location, this stunning historic home offers a variety of spaces, from intimate meeting rooms to grand ballrooms, all equipped with modern technology.
Organizers
Partners
Iniciative supported by National Funds through FCT-Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia in the scope of the project UIDB/50027/2020.
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