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12 September 2026

LANDconnects 2026: The Future is in the Countryside
For its sixth edition, LANDconnects brought the international LAND community to Switzerland for a day dedicated to biodiversity, collaboration and a Nature-Positive future, while celebrating 10 years of LAND Suisse.
24 September 2026

INUA: Awakening Places through Sufficiency-led Community Activation
A new journey with Horizon Europe explores how vacant and underused spaces can become opportunities for more sustainable, inclusive and beautiful communities. The INUA project, launched with its recent kick-off meeting, brings together international partners to rethink how we use the built environment and how regeneration can happen without relying on resource-intensive new construction.

Andrea Bulloni at YACademy: The Transformation of Cities
For the fifth consecutive year, Andrea Bulloni, Director at LAND Italia, joined YACademy’s Architecture for Landscape course in Milan. This year’s lesson explored how urban space has evolved in response to social, environmental and cultural changes, from theoretical reflections to contemporary examples across the city.

LAND at Placemaking Week Europe 2026
On September 24, Ksenia Kuzmina of LAND Italia took part in Placemaking Week Europe 2026 with the session “Make Space for Nature”, exploring how Nature-based Solutions, technology and co-creation can support resilient and inclusive urban futures.
23 September 2026

Cassarate River Park: Works Continue
Works on the Cassarate River Park continue in Lugano with the launch of the first lot for the Piazza sul Fiume, marking a new phase in the project to improve the river’s safety, enhance its urban environment and redefine how the Cassarate is experienced within the city.

Andrea Bulloni at Future4Cities 2026: Anticipating Climate Emergencies
On Friday, September 25, Andrea Bulloni will join Future4Cities 2026 in Turin for a workshop on climate adaptation, exploring how cities can respond to a changing climate and prepare for extreme heat and land consumption together with professionals from landscape architecture, urban transformation and related disciplines.

Exploring the Mykolaiv Concept Masterplan at Politecnico di Milano
On September 25, Beatrice Magagnoli of LAND and Francesca Pintus of Oneworks will give a lecture at Politecnico di Milano, exploring the Mykolaiv Concept Masterplan, pilot projects and how urban planning can contribute to more sustainable, inclusive and resilient cities.
22 September 2026

From Milan’s largest roof garden to Green on the Ground
At Policlinico di Milano, a 7,000 sqm therapeutic roof garden and more than 100 new trees are bringing Nature into the infrastructure of care.

Pavia on the path to a Nature-Positive City
At Horti Aperti 2026, Andreas Kipar presented LAND’s vision for the Pavia Landscape Plan, exploring how natural capital, connected green systems and more space for trees can become strategic infrastructure for a more liveable and climate-resilient city.

Parco dello Sport Al Maglio officially opens in Lugano
The new sports and recreational hub in Canobbio has officially opened, bringing together sport, landscape, biodiversity and public space within a major green infrastructure designed by LAND Suisse.
17 September 2026

AI Catalyst Summit: How Artificial Intelligence can make Natural Capital visible
On 1 October 2026, LAND Research Lab is joining the AI Catalyst Summit at AI Village, sharing insights on how AI can help create tangible impact for Nature and the economy.

Matteo Lauri joins LAND as International Business Developer
Supporting the Group’s growth across global markets with a particular focus on Canada. Bringing together a background in architecture and international business development, Matteo will contribute to strengthening partnerships and creating new opportunities across LAND’s growing international network
16 September 2026

Horti Aperti 2026: Exploring Nature as strategic Infrastructure
At this year's edition of the renouned horticultural festival in Pavia, Andreas Kipar will join designers, landscape professionals, researchers and nature enthusiasts to explore the role of Nature in becoming a strategic infrastructure for creating better, more resilient cities.

Places in Transition: Tiblisi Architecture Forum
How can landscape thinking help cities become more resilient, liveable and Nature-Positive? From 18–20 September 2026, the Tbilisi Architecture Forum in Georgia brought together international and regional voices to explore these questions, with Michael Gräf, Director at LAND Austria, contributing to the conversation.
15 September 2026

LANDlers back to school
Back to school, but this time on the other side of the classroom. Several LANDlers bring their professional experience into universities across Europe and beyond, creating a valuable exchange between academic research, teaching and practice. We asked them what they teach, what motivates them and how their work at LAND influences the way they approach the classroom.
14 September 2026

Newsletter #34: Water, where are you?
Today, when we look for signs of life beyond Earth, one of the first
things we search for is water. From the traces of ancient water on Mars
to the mysterious geysers of Jupiter’s moons, water is one of our most
powerful indicators that life might exist.
10 September 2026

NbS in Agricultural Use: Potentials of SWB for Erosion Control in Longo Maï, Costa Rica, an interview with Pia Houben
These topics will become increasingly important, both for our profession and for society as a whole, as we face growing environmental challenges. What I find particularly interesting about Soil and Water Bioengineering is that it combines technical stability with ecological regeneration and long-term resilience, while also supporting local, low-cost, and resource-based approaches.

From brown to green-blue: shaping the future of the Rhineland mining region
At Schloss Dyck, Andreas Kipar joined experts from landscape architecture, planning, research, politics and industry to discuss one of Europe’s most ambitious landscape transformations: the future of the Rhineland’s former lignite mining areas.
3 September 2026

75 hectares of Nature taking root at Al Urubah Park
New construction updates from Riyadh show 75 hectares of landscape coming to life, as planted areas, winding paths, the green amphitheatre and Thomas Schönauer’s Wave Walls mark new milestones for Al Urubah Park and the Green Riyadh program.

From sustainable to Nature-Positive
At the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, Andreas Kipar joined the Committee for Urban Development to discuss why cities need to move beyond sustainability and adopt Nature-Positive strategies that make urban places more resilient, liveable and ecologically regenerative.

StreetRevival: Reimagining European Public Spaces
The Horizon Europe initiative, funded under the New European Bauhaus program, launches an €8.5million project to transform European public spaces through co-designed street furniture. Within the international consortium, LAND contributes to the Nature-Positive regeneration of Piazza Roma in Bologna.



