Free. In Person and Online.
March 11, 6:30 PM at GSD, Gund Hall Piper Auditorium
Aga Khan Program Lecture
Jala Makhzoumi, “Landscape, Garden, and a Colonial Legacy”
Jala Makhzoumi’s search for a grounded language on landscape architecture relies on the search for Arabic terms that capture the complexity of the layered English meaning of “landscape.” In this lecture, Makhzoumi will discuss how she contends with inadequate translations—and sometimes transliterations—that reduce “landscape” to scenery and narrow the professional scope of the landscape architect to urban beautification. Moving away from the “borrowed” landscapes in cities, one encounters “rooted” conceptions in rural cultures. Makhzoumi asks: Can these examples inform and inspire a contextualized landscape architecture in the Middle East and beyond?