14 Hugo Bruley, Landscape architecture / Paris
A conversation with Landscape architect Hugo Bruley about Paris urban life, constraints and beauty, and the work of HBLA firm.
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Paris soundscapes by Hugo Bruley.
14 Hugo Bruley, Landscape architecture / Paris
Biography:
Hugo Bruley is a French landscape architect and founder of HBLA – Hugo Bruley Landscape Architecture, in Paris.
For over a decade, he gained experience working in international landscape architecture firms such as Integrated Design in India, Peter Walker & Partners in San Francisco, or Michel Desvigne in Paris.
He has worked on a great number of projects, very diverse in scale and nature. Involved at every stage of the project’s development and implementation, he now has a complete approach of the landscape architecture field. Hugo is also Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Loire Valley Institute of Technology (INSA-ENP) in Blois, France. He previously taught at the University of California, UC Berkeley and the Paris-La Villette Architecture School in Paris.
Education:
Master of Landscape Architecture · College of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning · University of California, Berkeley · USA · 2011
Master Ingénieur Paysagiste · National School for Higher Studies in Nature and Landscape Architecture · Blois · France · 2008
Office / Workplace:
HBLA is a landscape architecture and urban planning office based in Paris.
HBLA designers imagine projects in various countries, working alongside public or private entities. Among the office’s core values is the belief that landscape architecture stands as an essential practice to the resolution of some of the most important challenges faced by our societies. It implies a fundamental multidisciplinary approach, which leads us to work with all environmental design practices such as architects, urban designers but also city and traffic planners, artists or even historians. Every project’s challenges design the specific collaboration we aim for. Therefore, the work of the office spans over a wide diversity of projects varying in scale, nature, and context, from large urban and territorial planning studies to the design of public spaces, urban parks, or gardens. Since scales engage with one another, HBLA is focused on maintaining a versatile practice. Reaching far beyond a green trend, the office uses tools of landscape and geography to create strong yet sensitive landscapes through simple but impactful interventions. Each project is an opportunity to (re)connect a site with its identity and larger context.
Distinctions & Publications:
2020 Oct. · AMC n° 290 · Requalification du Quai de Southampton · Le Havre · France
2020 · Equerre d'Argent · Requalification du Quai de Southampton · Le Havre · France · (Hugo Bruley Project Director for MDP)
2015 Jan. · AM Architecture du Maroc n°63 · Concours Habitat Durable, Economique et Innovant
2015 · AM Architecture du Maroc n°63 · Concours Habitat Durable, Economique et Innovant · first prize
2014 · Vision42 Design Competition · New-York · USA · first prize
2011 · Everyday Landscape: Designing for informal uses at the edge. The Case of the Mission District San Francisco · Master thesis · UC Berkeley
2011 · Geraldine Knight Scott Fellowship
2011 · American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) · Merit Award
2008 · JOLA Journal of Landscape Architecture · Young Professionals Competition
Website:
https://hbla-landscape.com/en/projects/
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/hugobruley_landarch/?hl=fr
Key words:
Landscape architecture, urban design, sustainability, participatory design, restoration, public space, inhabitants, quality of life, France, Italy, Paris, Tuscany
Episode production:
Soundscapes by Hugo Bruley.
Theme music by Sebastian Carreras ONDO, uno. Used with permission.
Art direction by estudiocinco.cl
Edition by sombraurbana.com
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