Professor of the Practice, Preservation Studies
Research Areas: Cultural landscape studies; historic preservation; international heritage management; preservation of 20th C. designed landscapes; Mughal garden history
Jan Haenraets is a landscape architect and historic preservation specialist, practicing designer, researcher, and educator, with multi-disciplinary and global experiences. His work ranges from creative design and environmental art to heritage management, cultural landscape advice and planning. His research interests and writings focus on international approaches toward historic landscape preservation, ecological sustainability and preservation of 20th C. designed landscapes. In addition to being Professor of the Practice, Dr. Haenraets recently served as Acting Director for the Preservation Studies Program.
Selected Publications:
Landscapes Architecture and Infrastructure of the Twentieth Century – Selections from the Docomomo Chapters, with A. Saniga and C. Cengiz, eds. (Docomomo International, 2024).
“Death or Life of Srinagar’s Historic Lakefront Landscapes,” My Liveable City 9:2 (2023): 52–59.
“Mughal Gardens in Kashmir as Living Heritage,” Landscape 72 (December 2022): 54–65.
“Paradise in Conflict: Reexamining and Safeguarding the Genius of the Mughal Gardens Of Kashmir,” with M. Hollingsworth and A. Schwann, Landscape Research Record 1 (2013): 160–174.
“Legacy,” with A. Schwann and A. Vernon, guest eds. Sitelines (June 2013).
“Initiatives and Attempts to Safeguard Landscapes of the Recent Past: The United Kingdom Perspective,” with O. J. Ebohon, Garden History 39.2 (2011): 263–278.
Condition Report and Treatment Plan for Truro Highlands Historic District: Cape Cod National Seashore, Eastham, Massachusetts,with M. Coffin-Brown (National Park Service, Northeast Region and Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, 2007).
Landscapes of the Recent Future: Conserving the 20th-Century’s Landscape Design Legacy, ed., conference proceedings (Docomomo International Specialist on Urbanism and Landscape/Edinburgh College of Art, 2011).
Shaping Continuity: International Perspectives on Tomorrow’s Historic Gardens and Landscapes, with B. Lyte, eds., proceedings (The National Trust for Scotland/The City of Edinburgh Council, 2005).
For a detailed academic bio, please see Professor Haenraets’ Department Profile.