Farah Hassan

Landscape Architect and writer. Graduated from Politecnico di Milano with a Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture and Land Heritage, has been a contributing writer for Lampoon Magazine. Writing articles on the current environmental crisis, sustainability, architecture and global forestry

Stella Rose Gahan: the cookie-cutter mold of pop stardom

Old-growth forests: what’s the meaning of “responsible forestry”?

Big Wave Surfing, Mason Hyce Barnes and the ocean, an interview

Casablanca’s trailblazing evolution and the inclusion of women’s fashion

Chromatic Shifts: the impact of climate change on flower pigmentation and pollination

The Mangrove roots build up nurseries for organisms and ecosystems

Canada with its 895 million acres of forest experiences wildfires every year

The 600-year-old guide to Japanese sustainable forestry: Daisugi method

Skyscrapers rise, New York sinks: How the many buildings are making the city sink

COP28 – we had 27 conferences already and still no real outputs

Climate change and infectious diseases – understating how the arthropod vectors work

The Amazonian reforestation act: Plan B for planet A – International Day of Forests

Artichokes and Peapods: record high waste turning into packaging

MOSE project – Methods, Models and Uncertainty: Venice floods as a paradigm for coastal flooding

Plant a Million Corals: coral reef restoration foundation by Dr. David Vaughan

Safety and Shelter: addressing the basic necessity that has turned to a global crisis

Designer and Landscape Architects Taylor Cullity Lethlean & Paul Thompson, Photography John Gollings, Lampoon

Perry Lethlean: a first botanical garden solely for Australian native species

The Pirque Greenhouse: modernism molded with nature in the heart of Chile

Nature, farming, food production – what countryside means

The escalating danger of space debris: Niklas Hedman, Acting Director for UNOOSA

In the age of Dune it’s about Sand: an insatiable demand, taken from rivers and streams

Modular architecture: «Prefabrication is not a limit; it is a discipline»

Upfarming company amending the broken system of agriculture through rotative vertical farming

From Australia to Africa, using seed-firing drones: the case study of AirSeed Technologies

Ethiopia: biodiversity, quality of life, soil erosion and runoff. Earth Art studio’s Trees for Life

Seeing Stars – Eighty percent of the planet’s population are inhabited by light polluted skies

Gran Chaco – South America’s second-largest forest at risk

Anuela Ristani, Shirley Rodrigues, Maria Chiara Pastore: A tale of three cities’ – Tirana, London and Milan

In Egypt researchers are counteracting the plastic crisis through shrimp and crab skin shells

Roberto Burle Marx: an end to the deforestation of the Amazonian rainforest

Smog Free Tower – Air pollution, a global disaster: to be solved with solar-powered air cleaners

Knitwear and Hydropower – going greener, Drumohr makes few real steps forward

Oceanix – Human settlements on floating islands as sea levels rises

The Donum Estate, Sonoma. Viticultural Practices and Modern Art, in California

The Metro-Forest: An ecological forest in Bangkok’s urban jungle

Farah Hassan

Lampoon Issue 29

Stella Rose Gahan: the cookie-cutter mold of pop stardom

Jiro Konami photographed Stella Rose Gahan for Lampoon, the Boiling issue in a special editorial for Celine. On self-expression, humanities, and the feminine-masculine unconscious sides

Farah Hassan

forestry

Old-growth forests: what’s the meaning of “responsible forestry”?

Responsible Forestry: to preserve and maintain old-growth forest conditions, the United States Department of Agriculture and the 128 forest land management plans

Farah Hassan

Lampoon issue 28

Big Wave Surfing, Mason Hyce Barnes and the ocean, an interview

Surfer Mason Hyce Barnes recalls the travels to Nazaré, the Mecca of the surfing world – an interview and some fashion portraits for Lampoon, The Working issue

Farah Hassan

Collections

Casablanca’s trailblazing evolution and the inclusion of women’s fashion

Paris meets Moroccan inspiration, Charaf Tajer turns heads debuting his collection reinventing women’s fashion at the PFW SS24

Farah Hassan

naturally sourced

Chromatic Shifts: the impact of climate change on flower pigmentation and pollination

The science behind the silent transformation of flora due to climate change. Pigment changes could make plants less attractive to pollinators

Farah Hassan

naturally sourced

The Mangrove roots build up nurseries for organisms and ecosystems

Protecting from predators, strong heat, and forceful tides mangrove roots help the biosphere and remove five times more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than terrestrial forests

Farah Hassan

call to action

Canada with its 895 million acres of forest experiences wildfires every year

Experts have expressed concern about the potential impact of Canadian wildfires on two species in particular: the Whooping Crane, which is found in Alberta, and the Wood Poppy

Farah Hassan

forestry

The 600-year-old guide to Japanese sustainable forestry: Daisugi method

The ancient Japanese art of pruning and harvesting, Daisugi, translated as platform cedar – it started in the 14th century, and it has being modernised since then

Farah Hassan

New York

Skyscrapers rise, New York sinks: How the many buildings are making the city sink

New research has found that New York City is sinking at an average rate of 1-2 mm per year. The Big Apple is in a race against time to find solutions to mitigate the threat of sea rising

Farah Hassan

events

COP28 – we had 27 conferences already and still no real outputs

UAE Dubai’s COP28: Nations around the world have taken measures towards dealing with the climate catastrophe, but with time its consequences have only worsened

Farah Hassan

call to action

Climate change and infectious diseases – understating how the arthropod vectors work

Climate change and arthropod vectors – new research shows that climate change is causing the diffusion of the arthropod vectors in higher elevations and latitudes

Farah Hassan

call to action, forestry

The Amazonian reforestation act: Plan B for planet A – International Day of Forests

For more than a decade Reforest’Action has been taking measures to counteract the effect deforestation has left in the Amazon. An interview with Jihane Guenoun on International Day of Forests, 21 March

Farah Hassan

call to action, naturally sourced

Artichokes and Peapods: record high waste turning into packaging

With the world creating twice as much plastic garbage as it did twenty years ago and only 9% being properly recycled comes Packioli: turning food waste into biodegradable packaging

Farah Hassan

call to action, naturally sourced

MOSE project – Methods, Models and Uncertainty: Venice floods as a paradigm for coastal flooding

Four Specialists, one problem to address: Research on a city persecuted by record high tides and a settling landmass done and the salt marshes affected as a result by University of Padova specialists

Farah Hassan

naturally sourced

Plant a Million Corals: coral reef restoration foundation by Dr. David Vaughan

With over forty years of experience in aquaculture, Dr. David Vaughan walks us through the courses of action to take to put coral restoration back on the agenda

Farah Hassan

call to action

Safety and Shelter: addressing the basic necessity that has turned to a global crisis

In the era of a radical change, ICON’s Director of Building Design and Performance, Melodie Yashar sheds light on breaking the stigma of conventional building techniques with 3D printing

Farah Hassan

naturally sourced

Perry Lethlean: a first botanical garden solely for Australian native species

«Expressing the love–hate relationship Australians have with their landscape». In conversation with Perry Lethlean, TCL’s managing director on The Australian Garden

Farah Hassan

naturally sourced

The Pirque Greenhouse: modernism molded with nature in the heart of Chile

«Knowing that humans are not your main audience makes it all the much different». In conversation with Max Núñez of Max Núñez Arquitectos on Santiago Chile’s Pirque Greenhouse

Farah Hassan

Humanities

Nature, farming, food production – what countryside means

Putting the countryside back on the agenda from a political standpoint: in conversation with Samir Bantal, AMO’s creative Director

Farah Hassan

call to action

The escalating danger of space debris: Niklas Hedman, Acting Director for UNOOSA

Since the birth of the space age in the 1950s, people have sent thousands of rockets and satellites into orbit. Many are still there to this day

Farah Hassan

call to action

In the age of Dune it’s about Sand: an insatiable demand, taken from rivers and streams

In conversation with Vince Beiser, writer, journalist and author of ‘The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization’ on the role of sand

Farah Hassan

call to action, Design & Architecture

Modular architecture: «Prefabrication is not a limit; it is a discipline»

«Prefabrication is not a limit; it is a discipline». In conversation with Valentina Moretti of Italian based Studio More and Zoë and Jonathon Little of UK based, Koto design studio

Farah Hassan

call to action

Upfarming company amending the broken system of agriculture through rotative vertical farming

In conversation with Bruno Lacey and Tiago Sá Gomes on their Lisbon based rotating vertical towers. The project utilizes fifty percent less energy, fifty percent less labor and ninety percent less water

Farah Hassan

call to action

From Australia to Africa, using seed-firing drones: the case study of AirSeed Technologies

«Our planting includes trees, shrubs and grasses. It encourages the remediation of soil health and the redevelopment of degraded ecosystems through our Seed Pods». Andrew Walker

Farah Hassan

call to action

Ethiopia: biodiversity, quality of life, soil erosion and runoff. Earth Art studio’s Trees for Life

In conversation with artist Sylvia Grace Borda and lecturer Nura Beshir on the regeneration of green lands in Kofele, Ethiopia

Farah Hassan

call to action

Seeing Stars – Eighty percent of the planet’s population are inhabited by light polluted skies

In the face of environmental advocacy, Studio Roosegaarde team up with UNESCO to create Seeing Stars initiative. «we have become disconnected from them because of the way we treat light and design our cities»

Farah Hassan

call to action

Gran Chaco – South America’s second-largest forest at risk

Earthsight: the story behind the deforestation of Paraguay’s Gran Chaco and its illegal leather dealings with European car brands

Farah Hassan

Lampoon Issue 22

Anuela Ristani, Shirley Rodrigues, Maria Chiara Pastore: A tale of three cities’ – Tirana, London and Milan

Plan B for Planet A – from the perpetrators of a carbon saturated means of living to an infinite net-zero acknowledging nature as a structural facet in cities in order to tackle the rising effects of climate change

Farah Hassan

call to action, naturally sourced

In Egypt researchers are counteracting the plastic crisis through shrimp and crab skin shells

Egypt: the fourth largest plastic producer starts showing efforts to spread the use of bioplastic material. In conversation with researcher, Amal Elhussieny

Farah Hassan

Lampoon Issue 24

Roberto Burle Marx: an end to the deforestation of the Amazonian rainforest

In conversation with Irish and Italian professors Gareth Doherty and Barbara Boifava, respectively, on Roberto Burle Marx’s landscapes and urban ideologies

Farah Hassan

call to action

Smog Free Tower – Air pollution, a global disaster: to be solved with solar-powered air cleaners

«We should start to see the world; not as a utopia, but as a protopia». In conversation with Daan Roosegaarde, on his 7-meter smog eating tower

Farah Hassan

Collections, raw materials

Knitwear and Hydropower – going greener, Drumohr makes few real steps forward

Born in the 1700s, a knitwear house Drumohr defines tradition: in conversation with Owner and Ceo, Mr. Michele Ciocca: «We want the term sustainability in our brand to turn into a sort of mantra»

Farah Hassan

call to action

Oceanix – Human settlements on floating islands as sea levels rises

An in-depth interview with Itai Madamombe, co-founder of Oceanix, confessing, «moving onto water is not only inevitable, it is imminent»

Farah Hassan

California

The Donum Estate, Sonoma. Viticultural Practices and Modern Art, in California

Three-hundred-acre land led first by Anne Moller-Racke and then by the Warburgs, the journey of what was once a farm dairyland to what is now home to The Sculpture Park

Farah Hassan

call to action

The Metro-Forest: An ecological forest in Bangkok’s urban jungle

«Landscape does not have to be so controlled; it will, nature helps the landscape evolve». In conversation with Tawatchai Kobkaikit, TK studio’s founder and managing director

Farah Hassan