'Wildfires: Eruptions of Over-Exploitation' Author Discussion and Exhibition
23 June, 24 June
Edinburgh & The Lothians Discussion Event Exhibition Installation
Event Summary
Journal of Landscape Architecture ‘Wildfires’ special issue author discussion and public exhibition of design work highlighting the long-term challenges that wildfires pose to the next generation of professionals in support of human societies’ targets for an adaptable future in the face of climate change/challenges.
Time
Author Discussion: Monday, 23 June 2:30-5:00. Exhibition: Monday, 23 June 9:00-12:30, Tuesday, 24 June 2:00-6:00
Date(s)
23 June, 24 June
Location
West Court in Edinburgh College of Art Main Building, 74 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh
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Additional Location Info
Access West Court through the Lauriston Place main building entrance.
Supporters
– Journal of Landscape Architecture (JoLA)
– Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA)
– Carleton University School of Architecture
Organiser
Francisca Lima, Liam Ross, Lisa Moffitt, Piper Bernbaum
The Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA) at the University of Edinburgh is hosting two related events celebrating the launch of the Journal of Landscape Architecture’s (JoLA) forthcoming special issue publication focusing on wildfires: a hybrid roundtable author discussion and a public exhibition of work featured in the journal.
The JoLA Wildfires issue features topics including fire-resilient regional planning and design approaches; post-fire ecosystem evolution, composition and structure; fire management and community protection; pre-and post-fire landscape analysis and scenario building; fire tracking systems and fire-conscious political and legislative frameworks.
A roundtable author’s discussion will take place on Monday, 23 June at 2:30-5:00 pm both online and in person. This event coincides with a launch of an exhibition of large-format prints of visual material published in the JoLA issue. The exhibition will be on public display on Monday, 23 June (9:00-12:30) and Tuesday, 24 June (2:00-6:00). Both events will take place in West Court in the Edinburgh College of Art’s Main building.
Event Organisers
Francisca Lima is a Senior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture at the University of Edinburgh where she teaches history and theory of landscape architecture and has directed the PhD and MLA programmes. Francisca is the currently a research editor at JoLA – Journal of Landscape Architecture and a guest member of the Executive Committee of the European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools (ECLAS).
Liam Ross is a Senior Lecturer in Architectural Design at the University of Edinburgh. Liam’s book, Pyrotechnic Cities: Architecture, fire-safety and standardisation (Routledge, 2022), focuses on the way architects work with and around the requirements of fire-safety standards.
Lisa Moffitt is an Associate Professor in Architecture and Associate Director of Graduate Programs at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. She is a visiting researcher at the University of Edinburgh / Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture during the 2024-2025 academic year. Lisa co-authored ‘Canada’s Changing Climate: Visualising Wildfires in Lebel-sur-Quévillon,’ featured in the JoLA Wildfires issue, with Piper Bernbaum.
Piper Bernbaum is an Associate Professor in Architecture and incoming Associate Director of Undergraduate Programs at Carleton University. Piper co-authored the essay ‘Canada’s Changing Climate: Visualising Wildfires in Lebel-sur-Quévillon,’ featured in the JoLA Wildfires issue, with Lisa Moffitt.
