Teresa Moller Explained

Teresa Moller
Birth Place:Santiago
Nationality:Chile
Alma Mater:New York Botanical Garden
Occupation:landscape architect
Awards:2021 Global Award for Sustainable Architecture
Notable Works:Punta Pite

Teresa Moller (born in Santiago, 1958) is a Chilean landscape architect.

Biography

Born in Santiago, Chile, Moller studied at the New York Botanical Garden, where she learned the basic skills of hand drafting and designing skills[1] [2] before opening her landscape design studio.

She has developed projects such as Punta Pite[3] and the Periurban Calama Park in Chile, alongs with works in Shanghai, Argentina, Corsica, and a permanent exhibition for Internationale Gartenausstellung 2017 titled Beeing under the trees.[4]

In 2011, Punta Pite was included in Blanca Montaña (White Mountain), a selection of the most outstanding works of Chilean architecture over the past 20 years, alongside projects by Alejandro Aravena, Smiljan Radic, and Pezo von Ellrichshausen. [5] [6] Five years later, she was invited to design an intervention for the International Exhibition of the Venice Architecture Biennale, where she displayed a series of travertine marble pieces extracted from a quarry in the Atacama Desert.[7]

Moller received the 2021 Global Award for Sustainable Architecture, sponsored by UNESCO, alongside Paraguayan architects Gloria Cabral, José Cubilla, and Solano Benítez.[8] She was also featured as one of the 50 landscape architects in 250 Things a Landscape Architect Should Know[9], published by Birkhauser publishers that same year.

In 2024, Moller served on the jury for the $60 million revitalization of the National Gallery of Australia's three-hectare sculpture garden, alongside Philip Goad, Nici Cumpston, and Nick Mitzevich.[10]

Her approach to work has been described as "a careful observation and awareness of the landscape is key for developing successful social-culture projects."[11]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Teresa Moller . 2024-08-21 . University of Edinburgh Research Explorer . en.
  2. Web site: Reid . Georgina . 2023-02-22 . Teresa Moller: Poet of Place . 2024-08-21 . Wonderground . en-US.
  3. Web site: 2007-08-30 . Punta Pite . 2024-08-21 . World Architects.
  4. Web site: Internationale Gartenkabinette IGA Berlin 2017 . IGA Berlin 2017 - International Garden Exhibition . 2024-08-21 . Landschaftsarchitekten K1 . de.
  5. Web site: Minter . Brian . 2019-11-22 . Brian Minter: Landscape designer Teresa Moller bares her 'soul' in Vancouver . 2024-08-21 . The Vancouver Sun.
  6. Web site: 2012-11-14 . The Spotlight Shines Brighter on Latin American Architecture . 2024-08-21 . Architect Magazine.
  7. Web site: Teresa Moller · 15 Biennale di Venezia. Catch the Landscape . 2024-08-21 . Divisare . en.
  8. Web site: 2024-04-18 . A Certain Sacrifice - Landscape Architecture Magazine . 2024-08-21 . Landscape Architecture Magazine . en-US.
  9. Web site: Holmes . Damian . 2022-02-21 . Book Review 250 Things a Landscape Architect Should Know - B.Cannon Ivers (Ed) . 2024-08-21 . World Landscape Architecture . en-US.
  10. Web site: 2024-04-11 . Competition to reimagine National Gallery of Australia’s sculpture garden . 2024-08-21 . Architecture AU.
  11. Web site: Teresa Moller Biennal . 2024-08-21 . Biennal Internacional de Paisatge Barcelona.
  12. Web site: Teresa Moller and Associates: Unveiling the Landscape . Amazon.