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Wörlitz Gardens – Fastigiate poplar trees after storm damage in June 2017, Photo: K. DavidIn historic gardens and parks, water is both an essential aesthetic category as well as an indispensable natural resource.Water appears in a wide range of forms: outstretched lakes, bubbling fountains or gentle ponds. Exploring a garden from its waterways optimally complements a stroll through the grounds – something visitors still love to do up to the present day.Furthermore, historic gardens, traditionally created as a “Gesamtkunstwerk”, embracing ­architecture, architectural staffages and monuments within a natural setting, are highly ­dependent on the supply of water for very different types of vegetation. Hence, the increasing number of drought events in the growing season and extreme summer heat as well as rapidly sinking groundwater tables may seriously affect the vitality of plants and trees. Likewise, raising groundwater can also be a major threat by impeding trees to grow roots into the deeper soil, hence, losing anchorage and thus becoming more susceptible to windthrow during storms.This international symposium provides an opportunity to discuss such impacts and possible solutions to safeguard our historic parks and gardens with experts from Eastern Europe, with special focus on their relevance and applicability to the region of Berlin-Brandenburg.&#160;Programme2 pm – 2.15 pmIntroduction, Christoph MarkschiesVice-President of the Academy, HU Berlin2.15 pm – 2.45 pmThe Water System of the 18th century garden in Bogoroditsk (Tula region), Alexandra Veselova Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg2.45 pm – 3.05 pmDiscussion Chair: Michael Rohde Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg3.05 pm – 3.35 pmWater fantasy in the Neva delta: a variety of water devices in the gardens of St. Petersburg XVIII - XX centuries, Andrej ReymanSt. Petersburg3.35 pm – 3.55 pmDiscussion Chair: Adrian von Buttlar TU Berlin3.55 pm – 4.25 pmCoffee break4.25 pm – 4.55 pmOn the social aesthetics of water and steam in the landscape gardens of 19th century Berlin, M. Norton WiseUniversity of California, Los Angeles&#160;4.55 pm – 5.15 pmDiscussion Chair: Bernd Hillemeier Member of the Academy, TU Berlin5.15 pm – 5.45 pmHydrosystem of the gardens of the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, its transformation and impact, Vela PortugalskayaThe State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg5.45 pm – 6.05 pmDiscussion Chair: Ulrich CubaschFU Berlin6.05 pm – 6.35 pmAesthetics and sustainability in the Russian water parks, from the Baroque to 21st century, Boris SokolovRussian State University for the Humanities, Moscow6.35 pm – 6.55 pmDiscussion Chair: Bernd Uwe SchneiderGerman Research Centre for Geosciences Potsdam6:55 pm –7.30 pmConcluding discussion Chair: Christoph MarkschiesVice-President of the Academy, HU Berlin&#160;eranstaltungszeitraum: 19.06.2018    14:00 Uhr bis 19:30 UhrVeranstaltungsort: Akademiegebäude am Gendarmenmarkt, Einstein-Saal,Jägerstraße 22/23, 10117 BerlinKontaktKirsten Schröder kschroeder@bbaw.deSource : site de l'organisateur de l'évènement