Jiri Loew

Jiri Loew (/ˈjɪrɪ ˈlɛv/, Czech: Jiří Löw) (born 1948 in Prague) is a Czech urbanist, architect, academic and politician. He is one of the key figures in environmental protection in the Czech Republic.[1][2]

Doc. Ing. arch. Jiri Loew
Born1948
Prague
NationalityCzech Republic
Alma materBrno University of Technology
Occupationarchitect, urbanist
Years active1974–present
Known forContribution to environmental protection in Czechia
Vaclav Havel and Jiri Loew at Nové Mlýny reservoirs in 1990

Early life

Jiri Loew was born in 1948 at the Prague Castle to lawyer Leopold Loew and Katerina Loewova.

Academic and professional activity

Loew studied architecture at Brno University of Technology, starting his career as an architect and urban planner in 1974.

In 1978, he described the principles of the spatial interaction of ecosystems in the rural landscape and co-wrote the first Territorial System of Ecological Stability methodology, a key document in Czech environmental protection legislation.[3] In 1991, he became the head of the Department of Spatial Planning and Management at the Faculty of Architecture, Brno University of Technology. In 2020 he was an external member of the Scientific Council there.[2] In the same year, he also founded the design office Loew & co. In 1992 he was habilitated as an Associate professor (Docent) at the Faculty of Architecture of Brno University of Technology. In the 1990s he was instrumental to the ecological remediation of Nové Mlýny reservoirs.[4]

Jiri Loew is the author of several books and numerous papers and articles dealing with urbanism, environmental protection and conservation.

Political activity

In 1989, he became involved in the Velvet Revolution as a member of the first Brno Parliament and a co-opted member of the National Committee. From 1998 he was the chairman of the city organization of the Civic Democratic Alliance in Brno and in the same year he was elected deputy, councilor and chairman of the development commission of the City of Brno. In 2004, he was elected to the regional council for the Green for Moravia association. With the expiration of this mandate, he ended his political activity.

Awards

In 2012 Lev was awarded the Igor Michal Award for "theoretical and methodological work in the field of territorial systems of ecological stability and landscape character, contribution to the formation of the Rural Development Program and lifelong pedagogical activities."[1]

Books (selection)
  • Zásady pro vymezování a navrhování územních systémů ekologické stability v územně plánovací dokumentaci, 1984, Agroprojekt Brno
  • Návod na navrhování územních systémů ekologické stability krajiny, 1988, Agroprojekt Brno[3]
  • Rukovět projektanta územních systémů ekologické stability, 1995, Doplněk Brno[5]
  • Krajinný ráz, with I. Míchalem, 2005, Lesnická práce Kostelec n. Č. Lesy[6]
  • Katalog typických znaků krajinného rázu, 2010
  • Projevy křesťanské liturgie v kulturní krajině, with Kopeček et al., 2015, Mendlova universita Brno[7]

References
  1. "Cena Igora Míchala pro architekta Jiřího Löwa". www.casopis.ochranaprirody.cz. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  2. "doc. Ing. arch. Jiří Löw – Kontakt – VUT". www.vutbr.cz. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. "Portál ÚSES – Územní systém ekologické stability | Metodiky". www.uses.cz. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  4. Hobstová, Pavla. "Nové Mlýny melou z posledního". Týdeník Respekt. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  5. Rukověť projektanta místního územního systému ekologické stability :metodika pro zpracování dokumentace. Doplněk. ISBN 978-80-85765-55-7.
  6. Krajinný ráz. Lesnická práce. ISBN 978-80-86386-27-0.
  7. Projevy křesťanské liturgie v kulturní krajině. ISBN 978-80-7509-387-5. OCLC 951554237.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.