Ezita Rodriguez/Contributing Writer
The Sky Lounge project, which added color, shape and life to Deuxieme Maison’s courtyard, is an example of unconventional landscape architecture.
Professor Roberto Rovira, chair of the Landscape Architecture Department and lead designer in the Sky Lounge project, has invited Marc Halle to speak at the University.
Halle, a landscape architect and engineer, will host two lectures on March 4 at the Paul L. Cejas School of Architecture from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Rovira met Halle at the American Society of Landscape Architects national conference on November 2013. The two shared ideas and Rovira loved the work of the firm.
To Rovira, the firm combines culture, art and design in landscapes while also working with natural sources.
Rovira noted the firm’s unique use of color and varied materials.
“The work they do is never bland; it is interesting, bold and cutting edge,” he said.
He wants students to attend and said, “I want them to see the potential of what the field is all about.”
Andrea Sandoval, a landscape architecture graduate student, plans to listen in on Halle’s lectures.
“The designs and principles they have use a lot of colors and [are] a bit different from the common conception of landscape architecture,” Sandoval said. “I hope to learn how they work, how they are unique and what makes the firm successful.”
Rovira encourages students of all majors to attend, not just those studying architecture. Landscape architecture projects take the work of many different majors for a project to go through.
“It takes architects, engineers, local government, politicians and planners to work on a project,” he said.
Surveyors, town planners, public representatives and water companies all contribute to landscape architectural projects.
“Nobody builds on their own,” Rovira said.
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