Dr. Werner Nohl · landscape architect · honorary professor (Technical University of Munich)

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Dr. Werner Nohl, born 1938, landscape architect, honorary professor (Munich Technological University).

Professional education in landscape architecture and city planning at the Berlin Technological University (diploma) and at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. Doctorate (with distinction) at the University of Hannover.

After accademic training lecturing and research work at the University of Hannover/Germany and at the Munich Technological University/Germany.

In 1983 foundation of the "Werkstatt für Landschafts- und Freiraumentwicklung" (office for landscape and open space development) in Kirchheim nr. Munich/Germany. Scope of work: planning, research, consulting, and expertise activities. Far-flung experiences in interdisciplinary cooperation.

In 1994 appointment as Honorary Professor at the Munich Technological University, faculty of agriculture, later on faculty of architecture. Emphasis: Social aspects in urban open space planning and landscape planning. Member of the Faculty of Architecture.

1981 - 2008 member of the Institute of Media Research and Urbanistics (IMU) in Munich, serving as founding and board member, later on as member of the advisory board)

In 1999 Research Fellow at the National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan Environment Agency, Tsukuba, Japan.

2006/2007 Research year at the School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, University of Adelaide in Adelaide, Australia

planning activities

Urban open space planning, public park management in cities, city planning
Landscape planning and nature conservation
Landscape planning contributions to planning activities in different land uses
Landscape planning aspects in recreation, tourism, and leisure
Landscape aesthetics, aesthetic perception and appreciation of landscape
Social aspects of urban open space planning and landscape planning
Cooperative planning, mediation in the planning process, participation
Developmental concepts in urban open space planning, landscape planning and nature conservation

fields of work

Social and socio-spatial aspects of open space and city planning
Urban and regional aspects of open space use
Open space provision in the field of public open spaces, institutional open spaces, private open spaces
The use of parks, playgrounds, sport grounds, allotment gardens, historical gardens
Ecologically and socially oriented urban renewal and urban redevelopment
Scenic values in urban and rural landscape
Social aspects of recreation and tourism in landscape planning
The interplay between recreation-friendly environments and environment-friendly recreation
Theoretical, empirical, conceptional and planning aspects of landscape aesthetics
Investigations in the role of landscape aesthetics in various land use planning activities (land consolidation, agriculture, forestry, nature conservation)
Implementation of plans, aspects of cooperative planning, and participation processes in open space and landscape planning
Social aspects of death and dying in modern society and in cemetery culture as basis for cemetery planning

memberships

Member of the Bavarian Chamber of Architects
Member of the German Society of Rural Landscape

licensings

Licensed landscape architect (Bavarian Chamber of Architecture)

Sworn and publicly appointed expert on landscape aesthetics and outdoor recreation by the Government of Upper Bavaria (Supervisory Authority: Chamber of Industry and Commerce for Munich and Upper Bavaria)