Andreas Kipar

• Name — Andreas Kipar • Born — 19 May 1960 • Birthplace — Gelsenkirchen, West Germany • Education — University of Duisburg-Essen Andreas Kipar (born 19 May 1960, in Gelsenkirchen) is a German landscape architect, architect, urban planner and lecturer in landscape architecture based in Milan.

Following a gardener's apprenticeship from 1980 to 1984, Kipar obtained a degree in landscape architecture at the University of GHS Essen (now the University of Duisburg-Essen). From 1989 to 1994, he studied architecture and urban planning at the Milan Polytechnic (TU Milan). In 1990, he founded the international landscape architecture, planning, and consultancy office LAND in Milan, together with the agronomist Giovanni Sala. Under Kipar’s direction, LAND (acronym of "Landscape Architecture Nature Development") manages worldwide projects from Italy with branches in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Canada and the Middle East. Furthermore, Kipar is co-founder and president of Green City Italia, a non-profit association for the promotion of values connected to urban greenery. From 1998 to 2009 Kipar taught landscape architecture at the University of Genoa. Since 2009, he has been teaching Public Space Design at the Milan Polytechnic. Guest lectures have taken him to universities and colleges and international conferences in several European countries. Kipar has also been working as a consultant in various expert groups and scientific committees since 1985. In 2021 he joined the Italian association for natural resources and renewable energies Assorisorse as a general counsellor. Since 2023 he is a consulting associate for the Edison SpA initiative “Rigeneriamo il Territorio". In November 2023 he was appointed by the World Economic Forum as a member of the global Expert Taskforce for Nature-Positive Cities. Kipar is married to an Italian (2 children).

• Northpark (Parco Nord), Milan 1985 - 2000 • Portello Park (Ex Alfa Romeo), Milan 1997 - 2023 • Master Plan Green Rays, Milan 2005 - ongoing • Krupp Park "Five Hills", Essen 2006 -2011 • Masterplan Venice Green Tree, Porto Marghera 2014 -2015 • Landscaping Expo Dubai 2020, Dubai 2015 • Airolo Valley Renaturation, Canton Ticino 2017 • MIND Milan Innovation District, Milan 2017 - ongoing • Corridor de Biodiversité de Saint-Laurent, Montreal 2018 – 2019 • Schwarz Campus Project, Bad Friedrichshall 2018 – ongoing • LOC Loreto Open Community, Milan 2021 – ongoing • Park Unione Ex Falck Areas, Sesto San Giovanni 2021 – ongoing • Al-Urubah Park, Riyadh 2020 • Masterplan Vercelli 2021 - ongoing • Expo 2030 Riyadh Concept Masterplan, Riyadh 2024 - ongoing (A detailed list can be found on the website of LAND srl).

1. Land Team Germany. Portal Landscape Architecture today (Association of German Landscape Artists). Downloaded on 3 November 2018 2. Du must mal raus/You have to get out post blog Cluverius 8. July 2018. Downloaded on 5. November 2018 3. Curriculum Vitae 2016 Milan Polytechnic. Downloaded 3 November 2018 4. Henning Klüver: Der Vordenker/The Forward Thinker In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 3 July 2018. Downloaded 3 November 2018 5. Report of the NRW Architecture Chamber (6. March 2007). [1] Downloaded on 7. November 2018 6. Regione Sardegna, Assessorato Urbanistica, Determinazione 2820 / DG (22. December 2009). Downloaded on 2 November 2018 7. Mercurio eV Press release (6. July 2018). Downloaded on 3. November 2018 8. MIPIM Awards 2018 (15. March 2018. Downloaded on 4. November 2018 9. SMOwn Publishing Scientific book publisher since 2011. Downloaded on 3. November 2018

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