The Scientific Advisory Board have a crucial role to play in the LE:NOTRE Project. Their role will be both to provide a means of external quality control and act as a source of advice for the project Steering Committee.
Six eminent landscape architecture academics have agreed to make up the Board and they will be asked to focus their advice in equal parts on the process and the products of the project, with the mechanisms and organisation taking the

Members of the Scientific Advisory Board:

Mr. Michael Downing, UK
Mike Downing attended the University of Reading after training and two years experience in horticultural. At Reading he studied Landscape Architecture for four years, while for two of these he also served as an officer of the Students Union. Having worked briefly for his old tutor, the consultant Frank Clark, he joined the staff of the Essex County Council Planning Department, moving on to the Architects Department of Basildon New Town. From there he went to Newcastle to set up the landscape section in the City Architect’s Department, and then in a lateral move a few years later he joined the University Planning Department (now Architecture Planning and Landscape). Here, involved in published research and teaching, he completed an M.Sc. by research, unique in the Arts Faculty! In 1977 he took over the running of the Landscape Section, as Reader in Landscape Design, on the retirement of Brian Hackett, retiring himself 22 years later in 1999,.Latterly he was asked by the University to set up its’ European Office to develop relations throughout all faculties with European Universities and other organisations , taking the title Director of European Programmes, on a part time basis. He has been Chairman of the U.K. Landscape Institute’s Education Committee, Secretary of the national Landscape Education Group, Secretary General of EFLA, and having agreed to act as ‘postmaster’ for the launch of ECLAS, its’ President from 1991 to 1998.

Professor Dusan Ogrin, SL

Professor Manuel Ribas, ES
Manuel Ribas i Piera (born 1925) studied architecture (qualified 1950, ETSAB), and law, (Diplom in Law 1950, Univ. of Barcelona). His doctorate was also in architecture (Dr, arch,1963, ETSAB).
From 1965 until 1995 he was Professor at the Schol of Architecture (ETSAB) in the Departament of City and Regional Planing (1965-1995).He was the founder, in 1982, of the Masters course in Landscape Architecture in the ETSAB, which was given approval in 1999 by the European Foundation for Landscape Architecture.Today is a retired, but as an Emeritus Professor he continues to practice as a freelance professional in the fields of Landscape Architecture, Planning, and Architecture.

Professor Olav Skage, NO

Professor Christoph Valentien, DE

Professor Meto Vroom, NL