IFLA Working Programme 19 - Young Landscape Architects and Emerging Professionals

Goal: Support the professional development and leadership of young landscape architects through mentorship, networking opportunities, and international collaboration.

Impact: Cultivate the next generation of landscape architects, empowering them to address global challenges and shape a sustainable future.

Working Programme Members

Director - Anastasia Nikologianni

Anastasia Nikologianni holds an EIT Climate-KIC labelled PhD in landscape architecture and climate emergency with regards to the role of low carbon, spatial quality and the contribution design can make to the development of regional landscape-based spatial strategies. Most of her recent research has focused on climate emergency issues the extent to which spatial quality and low carbon can be be delivered in regional landscape design as well as the way visual representations contribute to the design process. Currently, Anastasia is a Post Doc researcher and consultant at Birmingham City University.

Co-director - Adriana Hernandez Aguirre

Adriana Hernandez Aguirre works with Coleman & Associates as a landscape designer. She has served as a National ASLA Committee Chair as well as an active LAF Olmsted Scholar. She has worked in variety of projects including commercial buildings, higher education campuses, and urban renovations that remind her of the unique value of functional spaces. She has done her graduation from Texas A&M University with a bachelors in landscape architecture and minors in sustainable architecture and urban and regional planning.

Other members of the Working Programme

Arend van der Kam

Chloe Gillespie

Dewi Rezalini Anwar

Habou Issia

Lauren Gray

Lilian Rivera Aubert

Zeena Jaajaa