ARQ Docs Romy Hecht
(October 2024)
Romy Hecht; Stephannie Fell (ed.)
Softcover
12 x 17 cm | 155 pp.
Spanish + English
ISBN: 978-956-6204-20-6
Self-described as an architect of the history of landscape in Chile, Romy Hecht has undertaken a crucial role in promoting and advocating for the understanding of how landscapes are a physical expression of the efforts of their inhabitants to establish a relationship with their natural surroundings. The two essays in this book support this endeavor, conveying that, regardless of the outcome, landscape creation and design strategies have been shaped by a dynamic relationship between botanical practices, political decisions, and economic circumstances.
Romy Hecht Marchant is an architect with a Master’s in Architecture from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and a PhD in History and Theory of Architecture from Princeton University. Alongside her publications, courses, and research, she has been actively involved in outreach and advocacy to nurture and disseminate landscape studies in Latin America, ultimately aiming to establish a landscape culture in Chile. She translated The Necessity for Ruins and Other Essays by John B. Jackson into Spanish, alongside Danilo Martic (Ediciones ARQ, 2012; Ediciones Creativas de Occidente, 2024), and compiled and edited the first Spanish translation of Frederick Law Olmsted’s essays, Landscapes for the People (Orjikh Editores, 2022). She is currently focused on researching and writing El alma del verdor de Santiago, which delves into the nature of the landscape in Chile’s capital. Hecht is a Full Professor at the UC School of Architecture and Dean of the UC College.
Side A: “George Perkins Marsh’s Sublime Nature”
Lado B: “Landscape Does Matter”
Foreword (side A): Edward Eigen
Foreword (side B): Pablo Chiuminatto
Softcover
12 x 17 cm | 155 pp.
Spanish + English
ISBN: 978-956-6204-20-6
Self-described as an architect of the history of landscape in Chile, Romy Hecht has undertaken a crucial role in promoting and advocating for the understanding of how landscapes are a physical expression of the efforts of their inhabitants to establish a relationship with their natural surroundings. The two essays in this book support this endeavor, conveying that, regardless of the outcome, landscape creation and design strategies have been shaped by a dynamic relationship between botanical practices, political decisions, and economic circumstances.
Romy Hecht Marchant is an architect with a Master’s in Architecture from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and a PhD in History and Theory of Architecture from Princeton University. Alongside her publications, courses, and research, she has been actively involved in outreach and advocacy to nurture and disseminate landscape studies in Latin America, ultimately aiming to establish a landscape culture in Chile. She translated The Necessity for Ruins and Other Essays by John B. Jackson into Spanish, alongside Danilo Martic (Ediciones ARQ, 2012; Ediciones Creativas de Occidente, 2024), and compiled and edited the first Spanish translation of Frederick Law Olmsted’s essays, Landscapes for the People (Orjikh Editores, 2022). She is currently focused on researching and writing El alma del verdor de Santiago, which delves into the nature of the landscape in Chile’s capital. Hecht is a Full Professor at the UC School of Architecture and Dean of the UC College.
Side A: “George Perkins Marsh’s Sublime Nature”
Lado B: “Landscape Does Matter”
Foreword (side A): Edward Eigen
Foreword (side B): Pablo Chiuminatto
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