Landscape Middle East Magazine - June 2023

In this issue

Our cover story this month features Tangram architects showcase their latest nature inspired therapeutic landscape in North Africa — the new Women and Children’s Cancer Care facility located on the outskirts of the forest of Zeralda at the foot of the Atlas Mountains in Algeria is designed to promote a healing environment. Nature is integrated within the building and provides calming and relaxing spaces for patients and staff to rest. Mark Laurence, a consulting arborist and landscape designer with over four decades of experience explains why the region must adopt their own good practices for tree works. He also urges his industry peers to place more inportance on the profession of Aboriculture in order to protect and preserve trees properly. In our projects section, Campus Eemsdelta is a new school campus located in Appingedam with three secondary education levels, a practical study programme and a sports cluster, all merged into a single facility consisting of several buildings totaling 16.600m2. Together with the surrounding outdoor space of 3.5ha, the buildings form an integral learning landscape that enables students to have a natural interaction with the environment. We also feature another inspiring project designed for children called the Jungle Tribe: A Children’s Space created from the natural earth in Chengdu, China. Described as a park that creates a sheltered and natural space for children to grow and belong amidst nature’s terrain, while adults can also enjoy a sense of relaxation and simplicity here making it the ideal place to escape the stresses of modern life. See page 36 And read on for much more!