Association of Landscape Architecture – Poland (SAK) was established in November 2004. Association members are landscape architecture designers and green area constructors.
Mission of the Association of Landscape Architecture – Poland
The Association’s mission is to protect and support the professional interests of landscape architects. Our initiatives focus on three main goals:
- raising standards of landscape architecture both design or construction,
- education of landscape architects and other participants of the investment process,
- promotion of the landscape architect profession and opportunities for cooperation in interdisciplinary teams.
Goals of the Association of Landscape Architecture – Poland:
Association of Landscape Architecture – Poland works to protect and promote the interests of professional landscape architects. Our goals are:
- popularization the profession of the landscape architect and introducing legal regulations by establishing a chamber of landscape architecture
- promotion of good project implementations and recommendable landscape contractors
- promoting standards of landscape architecture design and landscape construction
- actions to improve quality of the landscape, including the promotion of landscape architecture designs,
- initiating cooperation between professional and academic environments.
Association of Landscape Architecture – Poland is the sole Polish organization associated in European Landscape Contractors Association (ELCA) and IFLA EUROPE – the European Region of International Federation of Landscape Architects.
Members of the Association of Landscape Architecture are natural persons, involved in landscape architecture industry:
– designers and documentation authors
– contractors of green areas
– scientists and teachers
– officials and administrative staff
Roots
The association was founded by a group of green area contractors in 2004. Until March 2009, the organization operated under the name of the Polish Association of Green Area Contractors and Landscape Architects, then changed its name to the Association of Landscape Architecture – Poland.