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As I said, you have a problem.
I told you to shut up because your are calling me a racist.
I will say again, shut up and get working, your country is bankrupt.
As far as I am concerned, there is nothing to defend.
There is either a law that regulates Landscape Architecture as a profession in Portugal or there is not. All the Portuguese Landscape…[Read more]

Can you please copy my racist comments here, so I can see them?
Maybe you haven’t noticed but my surname, Carballo, is the Galician spelling of Carvalho.
My father’s ancestors come from Camba, north of the Portuguese border and they themselves haul from Portugal.
How can I be racist, when I have a considerable amount in Portuguese in me, is beyond…[Read more]

How would you rewrite it?
Landscape Architecture is not regulated, and is therefore outside the professional market.
Architecture and Engineering are regulated and enjoy all the advantages of free market.
Why professional regulation is incompatible with a free market in the light of these events?

I think that you have a problem.

I think that LA can contribute to the “free market” just like any other profession. The companies and individuals in the LA profession have to look at what needs there are in the current economy and find a way to be valued by the people with those needs. You supply to an existing demand in a free market.
 
Coming up with new regulations and r…[Read more]

I would say that you have a pretty good deal in the US, compared to other countries, as far as Landscape Architecture is concerned.And yes, FLO made a big difference.
But just last week I read and article in LAM slagging him and saying that he was “holding down the profession”. A bad sign of things to come.
I will be very surprised to find out…[Read more]

There must be a problem with communication that I am not quite understanding here.
Firstly, I am sure that you have saved any number of laws in your hard drive. Fantastic. Quite simply.
The problem is that nobody else seems to have those laws that you have and we would be delighted to have a reference, a number, a date, so we can all find out…[Read more]

But you cannot tell me what law specifically protects Landscape Architecture?
Basically, Portugal rules and Europe is shit, in your opinion. That’s about it.
I am sorry but I am responsible for your inferiority complex.
European Directives are binding, for your information.
Stop making stuff up, please.

Could you please pass me the reference in Portuguese so I can please check the legal reference?
I gave you the links to Laws that do not regulate professions, as far as I can tell.
Can I please know what are you talking about? This article does not imply that Landscape Architecture is regulated.
“Regulation” is a clearly defined legal figure in…[Read more]

oh i see how you are. you “put in effort.”

You can read some more information about the estate of your profession here:
http://arquitecturapaisagista.blogspot.com.es/
http://www.apap.pt/pages/arquitectura/legislacao/?scrh=606
If you find the law that regulates Landscape Architecture in Portugal, do let me know.

I didn’t know about any of that, Gabino. I suppose we have it (relatively) good here in the US, mainly because of Olmsted’s name power. I wonder if the ASLA could lend their support in some way. I once got them to join a group calling for presidential candidates to debate science issues, so I know someone in the organization must be paying attention.

Landscape Architecture is not regulated in Portugal.
If it is, I would like to see the law regulating it. Can you post the specific law please?
You can understand Spanish if you learn Portuguese because the Spanish phonetics are simpler and harder and grammar is also slightly simpler.
If you speak Spanish you will find difficult understanding…[Read more]

I will not accept any information of the grounds of nationality alone.
I already work with a Portuguese Landscape Architect, with over 20 years experience or so.
Why is your opinion better than his?
I will accept a reference for the law you are referring too.
I have no opinion on the matter.
Simply put the link to the law online and have this…[Read more]

About the rest of the comments you have made, they look like opinions that are not underpinned by any actual facts.
The APAP is not a professional “order” because the law allowing it to become one has never been passed. Period. It is not for the APAP to decide it.
It is for the Government to do so.
The EU Parliament decisions are rather…[Read more]

I think that if you take some time to find out about the law in Portugal, you will find that Landscape Architecture is not protected in any way.
It is recognised to a higher degree than in Spain and it enjoys considerable respect, but there is no law that I know of that reserves professional activity to Landscape Architects.
If you do, I would…[Read more]

Why don’t you just “make” them?
It is fairly easy. I developed my own photoshop technique back in 1998 and a few years later the same office (and a few others people have moved too) were using it to produce plans.
And it was not rocket science, I am sure it was quite easy to do because my PS technique was rubbish!

I do know of Batlle and Roig. They are architects. They do have a form of Landscape Architecture qualifications that is very nice and expensive, but it carries no official weight.
Lots of people are coming to Spain attracted by this kind of work, paying good money for Masters and the like, not knowing that they are not official and cannot be…[Read more]

I am going to reply here what I replied in the thread about Brazil, because it may be relevant:
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There is no equivalent to LARE in Europe.Each country has its own system. The main difference between countries is whether a profession is regulated, simply recognised or does not exist as such and it is therefore illegal to work under that…[Read more]

Hola,There is no equivalent to LARE in Europe.
Each country has its own system. The main difference between countries is whether a profession is regulated, simply recognised or does not exist as such and it is therefore illegal to work under that professional title.
“Regulated Profession” means that it enjoys official status and the professional…[Read more]