kruh jaro 2024 - Maike van Stiphout a Fred Booy

In 2024, foreign personalities from the field of landscape architecture will participate in a lecture series in Prague titled KRA/JINÁ, representing progressive and authorship approaches. The selected guests are not only designers but also strategists and visionaries in the development of landscapes and areas around cities. Their work aims to create compact designs that improve the lives of local residents, as well as plants and animals, while preserving biodiversity. They are innovators capable of transforming places with consideration for future development. Visitors to the seven inspiring evenings will have the opportunity to explore the best of the landscape scene, from the Netherlands, Germany, France, Switzerland, Ireland, to the USA.
 
Maike van Stiphout + Fred Booy – DS Landscape Architects (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Maike van Stiphout is an experienced landscape architect with extensive practice in architecture and urban planning. Her designs are nature-sensitive, working in accordance with sustainable development, cultural heritage, and employing a comprehensive planning approach. Along with Matthias Lehner, she founded the online platform nextcity.nl, where she focuses on development and knowledge sharing through research, practice, and higher education. In 2019, their first book, the guide “First Guide to Nature Inclusive Building,” was published. DS Landscape Architects from the Netherlands is a firm specializing in landscape architecture that focuses on research and the design of public spaces and landscapes of various sizes. They create new landscapes for all living things, not just people but also for plants and animals. They engage in biodiversity, its application, timeless design, and innovations.

Fred Booy is a specialist in plant propagation, germination, and the cultivation of various species, which he grows in his nursery. The cultivated plants are subsequently used in his work with the DS Landscape Architects studio. He focuses on three main pillars: biodiversity, species resilience, and innovation. The studio's designs stabilize the landscape and are conceived to endure over time. Biodiversity is a key element of their designs, through which they protect the landscape. They also engage in public education, advising landowners and residents on how they can contribute to biodiversity.