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Concurrent Education Session

Design and the Creative Process

FRI-C09: The Vocabulary of Roberto Burle Marx Revisited

Friday, October 10, 2025
2:00 PM – 3:15 PM CT
1.25 PDH, LA CES/non-HSW

Roberto Burle Marx, a cultural visionary, painter, and avant-garde of modernism, transformed landscape architecture through art, culture, and politics. This panel reflects on his lasting influence, examining how his visionary approach, aesthetics, and ecological ideals have shaped the speakers' long-standing practices and continue to inform contemporary design.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Explore and revisit the modernist design vocabulary of Roberto Burle Marx.
  • Learn about Roberto Burle Marx’s design contributions to the public realm and how they can be applied in a contemporary context.
  • Learn about Roberto Burle Marx’s approach to planting design and how it can be applied in a contemporary context.
  • Summarize how modern Brazilian cultural identity emerged during the period and list some contemporary examples of cultural narratives that are told through landscape design.