TELOS Team

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Our transnational TELOS Partnership

Germany - Nürtingen-Geislingen University (NGU)

Belgium: Université Libre de Bruxelles

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Didier Vancutsem, Team coordinator: Didier Vancutsem holds bachelor and master’s degrees in landscape architecture, city and regional planning and regional management. He is Assoc. Prof. at the ULB Free University of Brussels – Faculty of Architecture La Cambre Horta since 2009, involved in Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning Master programs as well as research. As director of the planning office “urban scape” Munich since 1992, Didier has gained professional experience worldwide in urban innovation, landscape management, elaboration of national and regional strategies for integrated urban development in Europe and Middle East, Africa, Russia, Asia. He is active as registered expert for the European Commission and URBACT, UN-Habitat and involved in European and international research projects. He was IFLA Europe delegate for Belgium (1994-1998) (2013-2021), Secretary General (2013-2019) of ISOCARP the International Society of City and Regional Planners, and is currently director of the ISOCARP Institute, its research branch. Since October 2021, he is Vice-President Professional Practice of the International Federation of Landscape Architects Europe.

Motivation for TELOS project: Every human activity interacts with the landscape and aims at concrete results, which are connected to economy. Consequently, every human intervention is motivated by achieving economic results in transforming everyday landscape. Didier is very happy to be able to contribute to the outcomes of TELOS, as this project will demonstrate this interaction and how added-values, trends and impacts become tangible in humanity’s landscape.

Turkey: Akdeniz University

Poland: Gdansk Technical University

Italy: La Sapienza University Rome

The Netherlands: LE:NOTRE Institute