Teresa Moller
{{Short description|Chilean landscape architect (born 1958)}}
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| birth_place = Santiago
| nationality = Chile
| alma_mater = New York Botanical Garden
| occupation = landscape architect
| awards = 2021 Global Award for Sustainable Architecture
| notable_works = Punta Pite
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Teresa Moller (born in Santiago, 1958) is a Chilean landscape architect.
Biography
Born in Santiago, Chile, Moller studied at the New York Botanical Garden, where she learned the basic skills of hand drafting and designing skills{{Cite web |title=Teresa Moller |url=https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/activities/teresa-moller |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=University of Edinburgh Research Explorer |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Reid |first=Georgina |date=2023-02-22 |title=Teresa Moller: Poet of Place |url=https://wonderground.press/artdesign/teresa-moller-poet-of-place/ |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=Wonderground |language=en-US}} before opening her landscape design studio.
She has developed projects such as Punta Pite{{Cite web |date=2007-08-30 |title=Punta Pite |url=https://www.world-architects.com/en/architecture-news/reviews/punta-pite |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=World Architects}} and the Periurban Calama Park in Chile, alongs with works in Shanghai, Argentina, Corsica, and a permanent exhibition for Internationale Gartenausstellung 2017 titled Being under the trees.{{Cite web |title=Internationale Gartenkabinette IGA Berlin 2017 |trans-title=IGA Berlin 2017 - International Garden Exhibition |url=http://www.k1-berlin.de/internationale-gartenkabinette-iga-berlin-2017 |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=Landschaftsarchitekten K1 |language=de}}
In 2011, Punta Pite was included in Blanca Montaña (White Mountain), a selection of the most outstanding works of Chilean architecture over the past 20 years, alongside projects by Alejandro Aravena, Smiljan Radic, and Pezo von Ellrichshausen. {{Cite web |last=Minter |first=Brian |date=2019-11-22 |title=Brian Minter: Landscape designer Teresa Moller bares her 'soul' in Vancouver |url=https://vancouversun.com/homes/gardening/brian-minter-landscape-designer-teresa-moller-bares-her-soul-in-vancouver |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=The Vancouver Sun}}{{Cite web |date=2012-11-14 |title=The Spotlight Shines Brighter on Latin American Architecture |url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/design/culture/the-spotlight-shines-brighter-on-latin-american-architecture_o |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=Architect Magazine}} Five years later, she was invited to design an intervention for the International Exhibition of the Venice Architecture Biennale, where she displayed a series of travertine marble pieces extracted from a quarry in the Atacama Desert.{{Cite web |title=Teresa Moller · 15 Biennale di Venezia. Catch the Landscape |url=https://divisare.com/projects/323332-teresa-moller-15-biennale-di-venezia-catch-the-landscape |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=Divisare |language=en}}
Moller received the 2021 Global Award for Sustainable Architecture, sponsored by UNESCO, alongside Paraguayan architects Gloria Cabral, José Cubilla, and Solano Benítez.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-18 |title=A Certain Sacrifice - Landscape Architecture Magazine |url=https://landscapearchitecturemagazine.org/2024/04/18/a-certain-sacrifice/ |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=Landscape Architecture Magazine |language=en-US}} She was also featured as one of the 50 landscape architects in 250 Things a Landscape Architect Should Know,{{Cite web |last=Holmes |first=Damian |date=2022-02-21 |title=Book Review {{!}} 250 Things a Landscape Architect Should Know - B.Cannon Ivers (Ed) |url=https://worldlandscapearchitect.com/book-review-250-things-a-landscape-architect-should-know-b-cannon-ivers-ed/?v=3a1ed7090bfa |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=World Landscape Architecture |language=en-US}} published by Birkhauser publishers that same year.
In 2024, Moller served on the jury for the $60 million revitalization of the National Gallery of Australia's three-hectare sculpture garden, alongside Philip Goad, Nici Cumpston, and Nick Mitzevich.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-11 |title=Competition to reimagine National Gallery of Australia’s sculpture garden |url=https://architectureau.com/articles/competition-to-reimagine-national-gallery-of-australias-sculpture-garden/ |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=Architecture AU}}
Her approach to work has been described as "a careful observation and awareness of the landscape is key for developing successful social-culture projects."{{Cite web |title=Teresa Moller {{!}} Biennal |url=https://landscape.coac.net/en/teresa-moller |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=Biennal Internacional de Paisatge Barcelona}}