Portuguese master in Landscape Architecture Gon?alo Ribeiro Telles, 24 May 1922 — 11 November 2020...
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A landscape architect, agronomy engineer and professor, Ribeiro Telles is also a reference figure in Portuguese life. He graduated in Agronomy Engineering and Landscape Architecture from the Instituto Superior de Agronomia in Lisbon (1952), where he was an assistant to Francisco Caldeira Cabral. Since 1952 his professional life has covered mainly the areas of regional and urban planning (Master Plan for Nova Lisboa, Angola; Green Plan for Seixal), urban design (Avenida da Liberdade, Lisbon), rural land use planning (Herdade da ínsua), industrial landscapes (iron/steel industry), landscape recuperation (Pedreiras do Tijocal, Serra da Arrábida), or the contextualisation and valorisation of historic gardens (Marquis of Pombal Palace gardens, Mateus House) and diverse private gardens. He worked for Lisbon City Council (1951-1960), having developed numerous projects, the most noteworthy, for the innovation of its design and concepts, was the work on the Capela dos Jerónimos (1958).
A leading advocate of a new school of landscape architecture, with the concepts of its renovation based on a naturalist design adapted to the concept of the “ecological structure” of the landscape and synthetized as a spontaneous forma structure, are evident in his most wellknown and much publicised project: the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation gardens in Lisbon (1959-69, together with A. Viana Barreto). He held a chair at the University of évora (1976), from which he retired in 1992, is the author of numerous books and has collaborated on a large number of magazines and journals. A watchful and intervening defender of the landscape as social art, his ecological vision of the territory extends from the garden to the “global landscape”.
Ana TOST?ES, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation: The Buildings, F.C.G, Lisboa, 2012, p.259.
Master Gon?alo Ribeiro Telles, who believes that “landscape is like collective art”, was one of the first Portuguese ecologists.
As well as having a distinguished career as a landscape architect, he has also held important positions, such as Secretary of State for the Environment and Minister of State and of Quality of Life.
He is an influential figure on issues of spatial planning and land use in Portugal, as well as being a retired full professor at évora University, where he was responsible for developing degree courses in Landscape Architecture and Biophysical engineering.
His vision provided Portugal, as well as her ex-colonies, with some remarkable works that include magnificent Lisbon gardens, such as the Amália Rodrigues and Funda??o Calouste Gulbenkian, which he designed in conjunction with António Viana Barreto.
Authored by Gon?alo Ribeiro Telles Jardim Amália Rodrigues is a garden in Lisbon, so named in 2000 to honor the singer Amalia Rodrigues. Opened in 1996, extends to the north of Parque Eduardo VII, in a central area and the highest in the city. Its topography and design gives you great diversity of environments.
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1 周What a powerful reflection by Gon?alo Ribeiro Telles. It’s incredible to think about how human-crafted landscapes can evoke such profound emotions, merging nature with intentional design to create spaces that feel transcendent.?
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1 周Such a thought-provoking perspective by Gon?alo Ribeiro Telles. It’s fascinating to think that our experience of the sublime in landscapes can be deeply tied to human creation, blending nature’s beauty with our own touch of artistry and intention