Carlos Thays

Retrospective dedicated to Argentina's most famous landscape architect: Charles Thays (b. France 1849, arrived in Argentina in 1889 - d. 1934), considered by many the key figure of the modern urbanization in Buenos Aires and the incorporation of vegetation in the urban spaces "turning out -without trying- into a pioneer of urban biodiversity and guarantying the sustainability of the tree patrimony"-p. [17]. The exhibition curated by Sonia Berjman includes period photographs, scale models, plans, urban, personal objects and other documents that recall his life and work, a system of boulevards, streets with trees and the beautification of the public spaces of Buenos Aires during the 1910 centennial celebrations. Thays was also a key participant of the protection of the natural patrimony, the production of "yerba mate" and of scientific botany in Argentina. With didactic - aesthetic sense, the exhibitions highlighted the need to value and take care of the green spaces in the city and in the natural environment, and included a video installation by Julian D'Angiolillo.