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Dr. Udo Weilacher (born 1963 in Kaiserslautern) is a German landscape architect, author and Professor for Landscape Architecture.

Biography

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Udo Weilacher (2017)

Udo Weilacher was educated as a gardener in 1984. He studied landscape architecture at the Technical University of Munich-Weihenstephan and at the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona between 1986 and 1993. Since 1995, Weilacher has been an officially registered Garden- and Landscape Architect at the Chamber of Architecture in Germany. At the Technical University of Munich he received his diploma from the German landscape architect and professor Peter Latz. He worked with the renowned Swiss landscape architect Dieter Kienast as a scientific assistant and a lecturer at the University of Karlsruhe and the ETH Zürich, where he gained his distinguished doctorate (Dr. sc. ETH Zurich) in 2001.[1]

In 2002 Weilacher became full professor for Landscape Architecture and Design [2] at the Leibniz University Hannover and, in 2006-08, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Landscape Sciences. Since April 2009 Udo Weilacher has been a full professor for Landscape Architecture and Transformation[3] at the Technische Universität München, Department of Architecture, TUM School of Engineering and Design.[4]

Weilacher worked from 1998 to 2002 as a freelance journalist for NZZ FOLIO, the monthly magazine of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung. He does extensive research on the relationship between art and landscape, on the theory and history of contemporary landscape architecture, and on the transformation of former cultural landscapes, e.g. industrial landscapes in the Alps.[5] He published his works internationally, is a member of international juries and scientific advisor in editorial boards of scientific magazines[6] and research institutes.[7]

Academic Memberships

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Udo Weilacher is or was a member of national and international scientific and professional organizations:

  • BDLA, German Association of Landscape Architects
  • DGGL, German Society of Garden Architecture and Landscape Culture
  • CGL, Centre of Garden Art and Landscape Architecture[8] at the Leibniz University Hannover
  • Deutscher Werkbund, German Association of Craftsmen
  • International Doctoral College "Spatial Research Lab"[9]

Honors and awards

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Publications (selection)

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  • Full list of publications at the Technical University of Munich [1]
  • Weilacher, Udo (1996/1999): Between Landscape Architecture and Land Art. Basel Berlin Boston: Birkhauser; ISBN 3-7643-6119-0
  • Weilacher, Udo (2005): Visionary Gardens. Modern Landscapes by Ernst Cramer. Basel Berlin Boston: Birkhauser; ISBN 3-7643-6567-6
  • Weilacher, Udo (2005): In Gardens. Profiles of contemporary European Landscape Architecture. Basel Berlin Boston: Birkhauser; ISBN 3-7643-7084-X
  • Weilacher, Udo (2006): Promises instead of ready-made answers. in: Quart Verlag, Luzern (ed.): Schweingruber Zulauf. Volume 3 of the Series Arcadia 2006. 8-49. Luzern: Quart Verlag; ISBN 3-907631-33-1
  • Udo Weilacher: Switzerland und approximately 18 other contributions in: Taylor, Patrick (ed.): The Oxford Companion to the Garden. Oxford University Press, New York 2006; ISBN 0-19-866255-6
  • Udo Weilacher (2007): The Garden as the Last Luxury Today: Thought-Provoking Garden Projects by Dieter Kienast. in: Conan, Michel (ed.): Contemporary Garden Aesthetics, Creations and Interpretations. 81-95. Harvard University Press ISBN 0-88402-325-7
  • Udo Weilacher (2007): Land Art in: Colafranceschi, Daniela (ed.): Landscape + 100 words to inhabit it. Land&ScapeSeries. 108-110. Barcelona: Editorial Gustavo Gili SL.
  • Weilacher, Udo (2008): Syntax of Landscape. The Landscape Architecture by Peter Latz and Partners. Basel Berlin Boston: Birkhauser; ISBN 978-3-7643-7615-4
  • Weilacher, Udo (2020): Garden Thinking in Cities of Tomorrow. in: SPOOL. Journal of Architecture and the Built Environment, vol. 6; doi:https://doi.org/10.7480/spool.2020.1.5484
  • Weilacher, Udo et.al.(2023): Waterways transformation in the vulnerable port city of Alexandria. in: Cities, vol. 141, Oct. 2023; doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104426

References

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  1. ^ PDF-Abstract of dissertation at ETH Zurich
  2. ^ Landscape Architecture and Design at Leibniz University Hannover, ila.uni-hannover.de; accessed July 24, 2015.(in German)
  3. ^ Landscape Architecture and Transformation, Technische Universität München, lai.ar.tum.de; accessed March 17, 2024. (in German)
  4. ^ professional profile at the Technical University of Munich
  5. ^ EU-Projekt: trAILs, Alpine Industrial Landscapes Transformation (2014–2020)
  6. ^ c.f. JoLA Journal of Landscape Architecture
  7. ^ c.f. CGL, Centre of Garden Art and Landscape Architecture
  8. ^ https://www.cgl.uni-hannover.de/cgl.html?&L=1/ [dead link]
  9. ^ "IDC - Spatial Research Lab: Startseite".
  10. ^ "Foundation for Landscape Studies".
  11. ^ "Udo Weilacher Joins Garden and Landscape Studies as the 2017 Mellon Practitioner Resident".
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