How do we want to live, and how will we live tomorrow? What will our everyday lives and our reality be like, not just tomorrow, but in 20 or 30 years’ time? Together with international speakers from various creative disciplines, the ‘Designers’ Talks 2026’ aim to use examples to anticipate the future of public spaces and make it tangible.
What might the future look like – a future, to some extent, free from ever-present hurdles and obstacles? How do we shape the path towards it? By thinking sensibly, holistically and creatively! All the topics and solutions that are currently still ‘new’ – relating to climate adaptation, resources and mobility – will be standard practice tomorrow. What comes next?
The designers’ talks are aimed at all landscape architects involved in design work. Some of the talks will be delivered in English.
Programme for the Designers’ Talks 2026
Pre-programme:
Thursday, 5 November 2026
7.00 pm
We are the future – the future is here
What role and significance do young landscape architects and their designs hold for the profession?
A discussion on tasks and challenges, concepts and designs
Film screening: ACT NOW, Institute of Landscape Architecture, TU Braunschweig, featuring Nebelräuber Berlin,
followed by a discussion with Jan Bunge, landscape architect, Multiball Studio, London; Prof. Gabriele G. Kiefer, landscape architect, Berlin, and Marcel Tröger, landscape architect, Studio Erde, Zurich/Berlin
. Moderator: Prof. Dr Antje Backhaus, bdla Executive Committee
Venue
: Wolf Kino, Weserstraße 59, 12045 Berlin
Friday, 6 November 2026
From 9.30 am
Conference registration
10.15 am
Welcome and moderation
by Timo Herrmann, bdla Vice-President
10.30 – 11.30 am
‘Reconnecting People With Nature’
Prof. Andreas Kipar, landscape architect and urban planner, BDLA-DASL, LAND Milan-Düsseldorf
11.30 – 12.30
Inversion and Subtraction
Prof. emeritus Kees Christiaanse, architect, KCAP, Zurich
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch break
1.30 – 2.30 pm
The Richness of Open Space / Open Space as Wealth
Armin Kopf, landscape architect, Head of the Green Space Planning Department, Basel City Parks Department, and
Friederike Meinhardt, landscape architect, Co-Head of the Urban Space, Urban Development & Architecture Department / Department of Construction and Transport of the Canton of Basel-Stadt
2.30 – 3.30 pm
‘As Little as Needed, As Much as Necessary’ (EN)
Jens Linnet, landscape architect, BOGL Copenhagen/Oslo
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break
4.00 – 5.00 pm
A new aesthetic for a resilient Paris (EN)
Andoni Briones, architect, and Justine Le, city engineer, City of Paris
5.00 – 6.00 pm
Living in the Future
Werner Sobek, civil engineer and architect, Studio Werner Sobek, Stuttgart
Closing
discussion, ending at approx. 6.30 pm
Optional: 6.30 pm – 8.00 pm
Get-together with snacks and drinks
Saturday, 7 November 2026
9.00 am
Welcome and introduction
by Franz Reschke, bdla Executive Committee
9.05 – 10.05 am
Past, present, future:
Sibylla Hartel, landscape architect, Gustafson Porter + Bowman, London
10.05 – 10.30 am Coffee break
10.30 – 11.30 am
Designing for Emergence (EN)
Jan Bunge, landscape architect, Multiball Studio, London
11.30 – 12.30 The
Joy of Change / Embracing Landscape
Gero Heck, landscape architect, relais Landschaftsarchitekten, Berlin
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch break
2.00 – 3.00 pm
Modelling, software, suspense (EN)
Martí Franch Batllori, landscape architect, gardener, EMF – Estudi Marti Franch, Girona (Catalonia)
3.00 – 4.00 pm
Transforming Landscapes (EN)
Michel Desvigne, landscape architect, Michel Desvigne Paysagiste, Paris
Closing
discussion ends at approx. 4.30 pm
Concept by
Timo Herrmann, bbz landschaftsarchitekten, Berlin, bdla Vice-President
Franz Reschke, Franz Reschke Landschaftsarchitektur, Berlin, bdla Executive Committee
Venue:
Hotel Aquino, Hannoversche Straße 5b, 10115 Berlin-Mitte
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