Teresa Moller

Teresa Moller
Born
Santiago
NationalityChile
Alma materNew York Botanical Garden
Occupationlandscape architect
Notable workPunta Pite
Awards2021 Global Award for Sustainable Architecture

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

  • Unveiling the Landscape (2014)[12]

References

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