Andreas Kipar

Andreas Kipar (born 19 May 1960 in Gelsenkirchen) is a German landscape architect and lecturer in landscape architecture.;

Following a gardener's apprenticeship from 1980-1984 Kipar studied landscape gardening at the University of GHS Essen (now the University of Duisburg-Essen) and from 1989-1994 architecture at the Milan Polytechnic (TU Milan). In 1990 he founded in Milan together with the agronomist Giovanni Sala, the international architecture and planning office LAND (acronym of "Landscape Architecture Nature Development"), which he heads today . LAND manages worldwide projects from Italy (Milan) with branches in Germany (Düsseldorf) and Switzerland (Lugano). From 1998 to 2009 Kipar taught landscape architecture at the University of Genoa. Since 2009, he has been teaching Public Space Designat the Milan Polytechnic. Guest lectures have taken him to universities and colleges in Italy, Germany, France and the USA. Kipar is married to an Italian (2 children) and his life centres on Milan.

• International ELCA Trend Award "Building with Green" of the European Landscape Contractors Association 2002 (for Rimini Fair outdoor facilities);
• North Rhine-Westphalian Landscape Architecture Award 2006 (for Stadtpark Krefeld-Fischeln) ;
• Landscape Prize Regione Sardinia 2008/2009 (for open space concept Cagliari/landscape planning municipality Assemini) ;
• Russian Award in Landscape Architecture 2015;
• German-Italian business award (special award) 2018 (for German-Italian cooperation in the field of environment/green city)
• MIPIM Award 2018 (for Porta Nuova Best Urban Regeneration Project)

In addition, in 2007 Kipar was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

• Northpark (Parco Nord), Milan 1985 - 2000
• Open space design Bicocca, Milan 1994-2010
• Portello Park (Ex Alfa Romeo), Milan 1997 - today
• Master Plan Green Rays, Milan 2005 - today
• Krupp Park "Five Hills", Essen 2006 -2011
• Masterplan IFC, Smart City, Moscow 2014 - today
• Masterplan Venice Green Tree, Porto Marghera 2014 -2015
• Landscaping Expo Dubai 2020, Dubai 2015 - today
• Airolo Valley Renaturation, Canton Ticino, 2017 - today
• MIND Milan Innovation District, Milan, 2017 - today
• International Horticultural Exhibition 2019, Beijing 2018 - today

(A detailed list can be found on the homepage of LAND srl).

• Emscher Park, Ruhr basin. A project of environmental restructuring for the international expo (IBA), Il Pomerio, Lodi 1993;
• Il giardino paesaggistico tra 700 e 800 in Italia e in Germania (together with Pier Fausto Bagatti Valsecchi), Guerini e Associati, Milan 1996;
• Architetture del Paesaggio - Ideas and competitions - L’Architettura del Paesaggio attraverso un racconto di concorsi, idee e progetti, Il Verde Editoriale, Milan 2003.

Also published about him: Alessandra Coppa /Giuseppe Marioni: Andreas Kipar Una monografia, Milan 2015.

https://www.landsrl.com/

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