NACC Leadership Biography
Martha Cecilia Fajardo
Nationality: Colombian
Profession: Architect and Landscape Architect
Principal of Grupo Verde ltda
Martha Cecilia Fajardo P. Born in Colombia, she studied Architecture in the University Piloto of Bogotá, afterwards she moves to England where she studied in the Master degree course at Sheffield University, obtaining her Landscape Design Diploma in 1981.
Organizations:
Founder of the Colombian Society of Landscape Architects SAP (1983); appointed its first President. Honorary member (2006)
Colombian Society of Architects (SCA) member
Actively involved in the International Federation of Landscape Architects (1984):
- IFLA Vice-president of Western Region 1988-1991.
- IFLA Western Region Newsletter Editor from 1997-2000.
- IFLA Immediate Past President, 2002-2006.
- IFLA Newsletter Editor 2002-2007
- IFLA representative UNESCO, ICOMOS, ISoCARP, UIA, Council of Europe from 2002-2007.
Fundación Metropolis; International Member Member Advisory Council comprising 45 urban experts, Madrid Spain (2006)
Member of the Leadership Team for the Nature Action Collaborative for Children, World Forum Foundation (2006)
Student and Professional competitions Jury:
Nationally and internationally Landscape Design, City Planning and Architecture Design Competitions
- UNESCO/IFLA International Student Landscape Architecture, Paris, Buenos Aires, Boston, Philippines
- Bienal de Arquitectura SCA 2006, Colombia
- The Archiprix International Shanghai 2007, College of Architecture and Urban Planning of Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- The Kevin Lynch 2006 and 2007 Award Selection Jury, MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning Cambridge, MA USA
Lectures:
At several international congresses, symposium in places like Tokyo, Taiwan, Shanghai, Beijing, Xiàn, Seoul, Cape Town, Quebec, Boston, Maryland, Minneapolis, Curitiba, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, La Havana, Paris, Prague, Mumbai, Athens, Brussels, Edinburgh.
Awards:
- Australian Institute of Landscape Architects President’s Award May 2006; the AILA acknowledges the achievements of Martha C Fajardo in her role as President (2002–2006) of the International Federation of Landscape Archictes (IFLA).
- Ciudadana Quindio “Siglo XXI”, Colombia 2002
- Honorary member Sociedad Colombiana de Arquitectos Paisajistas SAP
Private Practice: President of GRUPO VERDE Ltda. a firm dedicated to the professional practice of Landscape Architecture and Environmental planning, with emphasis on Urban Design and Planning.
The firm was establishing in Colombia in 1982. Since its founding the firm has been engaged in projects varying greatly in size and requirements. The firm is one of the pioneers in the Country, which produces designs and directs projects from concepts to its completion and construction.
GVL has a wealth of background information and research material on the principal cities of Colombia and its surrounding regions as well as information about projects and needs in Latin-American countries.
Our philosophy: The making of the landscapes of today is about the management of our natural resources
- It is about safety
- It is about happiness
- It is about now and tomorrow
- It is about connecting nature and culture
- It is about connecting practice and landscape policy
- It is about influencing landscape change towards sustainability
Our People: We are a group of interdisciplinary professions: environmentalist, urbanists, architects, urban designers, forestry engineers, and specialists of geology, soil, vegetation, plants taxonomy, under the leadership of the Landscape Architects.
Our Work: We are also dreamers, shapers of the land and of the environment. Our job is to work in such a way that all those involved-client, community, and environment-can find a common ground.
Understanding and addressing environmental concerns are the aim of our work. We advance the limits of planning and design with innovative, creative, interdisciplinary concepts.
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