Tag: Malaga

  • Monday, October 28, 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm – Productive Resurgences: the Garden of the XXI Century

    Teresa Galí-Izard is a landscape architect who translates the hidden potential of places, exploring new languages that integrate living systems into design. She seeks to find a contemporary answer that includes non-humans and their life forms through exploring climate, geology, natural processes, dynamics and management. Hear her at Gund Hall Room 112 at the Harvard Graduate School of Design on October 28 at 12:30 pm (not noon as previously announced) for a free lecture, open to the public.

    Gali-Izard is Associate professor at the Harvard GSD. She was the chair of the department of landscape Architecture at University of Virginia 2013-2015, and is principal of ARQUITECTURA AGRONOMIA, a landscape architecture firm based in Barcelona since 2007. She has a large number of built projects in Spain such as Coastal Park,  Passeig de Sant Joan, and  Sant Joan Landfill restoration, in Barcelona  which won the European Urban Public Space award  in  2004. San Telmo Palace garden in Sevilla, Arriaga Lake in Vitoria, Odesa Park in Sabadell, Logroño Train Station park, Casabermeja Park in Malaga, Desierto Square in Bilbao, and Giner de los rios Garden in Madrid. Her latest projects are in London, Venezuela, Spain, Andorra, and Colombia.

    Galí-Izard is the author of The Same Landscapes. Ideas and Interpretations, published by Gustavo Gili in 2005.

    Anyone requiring accessibility accommodations should contact the events office at (617) 496-2414 or events@gsd.harvard.edu.

  • Thursday, October 5 – Saturday, October 14 – The Gardens of Spain

    Hidden Treasures Tours is offering an exclusive trip to Spain October 5 – 14, 2017, and a few spots have opened up. Download the complete itinerary at:
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    Day 1: Arrival Barcelona

    Independent arrival in Barcelona
    Welcome drinks and dinner in a characterful restaurant in the Gothic quarter

    Day 2: Full day in Barcelona

    Tour of Ciutat Vella
    Tour of Eixample
    Tour of the Gothic Quarter
    Market tour and cooking class
    Free evening

    Day 3: Excursion to gardens on the Costa Brava

    Tour of Costa Brava
    Lunch in Tossa del Mar
    Marimurta Botanical Garden
    Free evening

    Day 4: train to Sevilla, capital of Andalucía

    High-speed train ride to Sevilla
    Tour of the House of Alba

    Day 5: full day in Sevilla

    Tour of Real Alcázar, an official royal residence
    Tour of the Murillo gardens
    Parque Maria Luisa, a favorite recreation spot for the sevillanos
    Dinner this evening in a bar in the oldest quarter of the city, Santa Cruz, and a chance to see the imposing Cathedral floodlit at night

    Day 6: coach to Córdoba, visiting two gardens en route

    Tour of “El Arboreto”, which offers us more than 600 species in its four hectares of landscaped gardens
    Travel to Córdoba with a stops in Carmona and a stop at the Palacio de Moratalla
    Free evening in Córdoba.

    Day 7: full day in Córdoba

    Historical tour
    Free afternoon
    Group dinner

    Day 8: coach to Granada, private olive grove visit en route

    Visit with Antonio and Coco Zafra who farm a hectare of olive groves on the edge of the village of Zuheros, in the Sierra Subbética mountains
    Arrive in Granada in the late afternoon
    Visit Alhambra and Generalife
    Free evening in Granada

    Day 9: full day in Granada

    Tour of Carmen de los Cípreses
    Tour of Carmen Aljibe del Rey
    Lunch in a small garden
    Free afternoon and evening

    Day 10: coach to Málaga, garden visit and lunch en route

    Stop in Velez de Benaudalla
    Visit to Italianate villa of Casa de los Bates where, surrounded by lush gardens dating from c.18 & 19, we will enjoy a relaxed Farewell Lunch before continuing our journey to Málaga.
    The Tour ends in central Málaga, from where one can connect via the high-speed AVE rail system with Madrid and Barcelona, or take a taxi to Málaga airport, which has a wide range of domestic and European flights.