Outer Battery, St. Johns, Newfoundland_ Photo: Mathew Mills_ CLP-PPC
THE CANADIAN LANDSCAPE PORTFOLIO INITIATIVE, THIRD EDITION
Jean Landry, FCSLA, AAPQ, MBA, Landscape Architect | Photographer
EN_ The Canadian Landscape Portfolio Initiative (CLPI) is a described photographic set of collections composed of three editions that seek to illustrate Canada’s landscapes by exploring provinces and territories diversity through the eyes and written descriptions of CSLA’s member submissions. The CLPI has been designed as a participatory tool to involve as many Canadian landscape architects as possible. This phase of the CLPI is the final step leading to a descriptive and visual complement to the Canadian Landscape Charter and a presentation of why “landscapes” are so important. The Portfolio’s third edition is about transiting from a “Dreamed Landscape to Landscapes of our Dreams”, from an “abstract concept to a physical place” where people live and work.
The Canadian Landscape Portfolio third edition will take two main formats: A Web-based Portfolio to be presented and made available in the fall of 2017 plus an Ebook of selected images with their descriptive text and introductions. This edition builds upon the two previous editions completed in 2016 and 2017, with both bilingual versions to be available by spring 2017 through the CSLA web site and at www.clp-ppc.org. The first edition was about identifying personal “Significant Landscapes” and the second was about showing appreciated “Designed Landscapes”. The LACF jury felt that it was particularly important to complete the CLPI in time for the 2017 Summit to be held in Montreal in October 2017 and look forward to its publication.