Harvard University selects Auckland AIRport for exclusive exhibition
Harvard University selects Auckland AIRport for exclusive exhibition AUCKLAND CITY Harvard University Graduate School of Design has selected Auckland AIRport among the best AIRports in the world for an exhibition highlighting excellence in landscape Architecture. The exhibition titled ‘AIRport Landscape: Urban Ecologies in the Aerial Age’ celebrates the work of landscape architects that highlight the symbiotic relationship between cities and AIRports. Exhibition curator and Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at Harvard University, Dr. Sonja Dümpelmann, says the success of the Auckland AIRport project is founded in the historical and cultural influences of the landscape design. We selected Auckland AIRport because it exhibits a design where the AIRport on the landside seeks to foster a regional and national identity, in this case by using local agricultural patterns and planting features characteristic of the cultures of the indigenous and European settlers. ...