12. Hortithérapie sensorielle

Stefano Marinaz, Francesca Vacirca and Daniela Tonegatti, landscape architects

 

 

Stefano Marinaz was born in Trieste (Italy) in 1981. In 2005 we graduated with distinction in Agronomy in Italy; during his studies he spent a period in Holland to improve his knowledge of environmental impact assessment, ecology and plants production. In 2006 he became a chartered member of the Professional Chamber of Agronomists and moved to London. His great passion for design and plants led him to work for the Royal Botanical Gardens Kew and afterwards to study at the University of Greenwich. In 2008 he achieved the master in Landscape Architecture with a masterplan proposal for the regeneration of a former tin quarry in Cornwall. For the last 3 years he has worked in London for landscape design practices on national and international urban and landscape projects collaborating with architectural practices such as Richard Rogers and Partners and Norman Foster. The projects he has worked on include: the roof park on top of a new train station for the Crossrail network in Canary Wharf designed by Norman Foster; the design of a tram stop for the new Metro tram network in Birmigham; the regeneration project of the seafront of Southend on Sea; landscape proposal around a multi-use development on Bankside in collaboration with Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners; the landscape for a residential and commercial development in Astana capital of Kazakhstan. He has also dealt with landscape regeneration projects such as the ecological enhancement of the Bonesgate Stream in West London; the improvement for the outdoor space of the Horniman Museum in South London and the redesign of the London Zoon in Regent's Park.

 

Francesca Vacirca was born in Venice (Italy) in 1979. After high school she graduated in English and German Literature at the University of Padua in Italy in 2003 with a dissertation about the reception of Laurence Sterne in Germany which she wrote in London. Due to her great passion of plants and of landscape design she decided to stay in London after completing her Italian studies and enrolled in the BA(Hons) Landscape Architecture at the University of Greenwich in 2004. She achieved her BA degree with distinction in 2007 with a masterplan proposal for the requalification of a former quarry in Hastings. Since 2006 she has been working for practices of landscape and garden design in London: in she worked on a Gold medalist Show Garden of the Chelsea Flower Show in 2007 and was involved in the regeneration masterplan of the riverfront of Rochester.  In 2009 she enrolled in the Master Degree in Landscape Architecture at the University of Greenwich and completed her studies in the same year with distinction with a regeneration masterplan for the Docklands in London. Since 2008 she has collaborated with a practice specialized in the design of educational landscapes for schools and in healing gardens for hospitals and care homes.

Daniela Tonegatti has worked internationally for twenty years as a Geologist. Her experience in different aspects of the earth science and her passion for architecture and design culminate in a Master in Landscape Architecture obtained at the University of Greenwich, London. Now she works in Italy on urban design projects and private and public parks and gardens creating contemporary spaces which integrate the natural world with the built environment.