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DESIGN WITH NATURE
Anne Whiston Spirn
Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
In discussion with Paola Viganò, Professor, LAB-U, EPFL
Monday 23 September 2024, 6.30 pm
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BIOGRAPHY
Anne Whiston Spirn is an American landscape architect, photographer and author. Her work promotes community-oriented spaces that are functional, sustainable, meaningful, and artful. Spirn is Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning of the MIT School of Architecture and Planning. She is the 2001 winner of the International Cosmos Prize.