Diana Wiesner
Bogota
Diana Wiesner is a landscape architect, proprietor of the firm Architecture and Landscape (www.dianawiesner.com) and director of the non-profit foundation Cerros de Bogotá (www.cerrosdebogota.org). Diana has 20 years of experience in themes of urban ecology, design of public space and research and analysis of ecological and urban issues. She seeks to integrate culturally based place making, and community participation to advance the health and well-being of humans and ecosystems at the local, regional, and global scales. She been distinguished with various awards: Jinzhou, China at the World Landscape Art Exposition in 2013; Acknowledgment prize 2008 for Sustainable Construction; seven first place prizes at the Colombian Architecture Competitions 2004 to 2009, two first place prizes at the Colombian Architecture Biennials 2006 and 2008; three first place prizes at the International Architecture Biennials in 1991, 2002 and 2006. Project selected in the Latin American Landscape Bienal and Rosa Barba International Landscape prize 2014.
More by this author at The Nature of Cities
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The Urban Art Laboratories: During The Nature of Cities Festival 2024, a series of conjunct artistic and ecological actions took place in various parts of the world. What happened?
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How Much Water is There? Voices and Traces of Water as Perceived by Children and Young People in Bogotá
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Beyond equity: What does an anti-racist urban ecology look like?
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The Hills Save Us
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Covid has upended all the normal routines in our lives and work. How do you imagine you might be changed by it, both professionally, but also personally as you negotiate a new post-virus “normal”?
Africa, Awareness, Biodiversity, Climate change, Communities, Conservation, Covid-19, Culture, Disasters/Red zone, Economics, Ecosystem services, Europe, Experiencing Nature, Green Infrastructure, Health, Justice, Livability, North America, Parks, Participation/Democracy, Planning, Pollution, Resilience, South America, Sustainability, Wildlife People Interactions -
How is the concept of “stewardship” and “care for local environments” expressed around the world?
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As a landscape architect, how do you interpret the word “biodiversity”? How does this meaning find expression in your design?
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Hearing from the Future of Cities
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Ecosystems for everyone: Who should have access to the myriad benefits of ecosystem services and urban nature? Everyone. Does everyone? No. How will we achieve this moral imperative?
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Where Can I Dream? Eight Stories of Life in Bogotá
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To whom does a city’s nature belong? Is it a common pool resource, or a public good? And who decides?
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The Forgotten Rurality: The Case for Participatory Management in Bogotá and its Surrounding Countryside
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Democratizing Sustainability Conversations to Create Resilience from the Soul
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Living Plans and Resilient, Happy, Included Citizens
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What is the meaning and role of the “sacred” in the design and management of urban green space and the building of cities that are both green and livable?