Fernando Caruncho
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| Born | 1957-09-06 Madrid,  Spain
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| Nationality | Spanish |
| Occupation | Landscape designer and philosopher |
| Years active | 1978 - Present |
| Website | http://fernandocaruncho.com |
Fernando Caruncho (born September 6, 1957 in Madrid, Spain) is an International Landscape designer and philosopher. Famous for his minimalist gardens and the use of light and organic shapes.
As he has expressed on many occasions, he received education in the nature during his childhood and adolescence, which marked him deeply.
At 1975, at the age of 18, Fernando Caruncho started his philosophy studies in the Universidad Autónoma of Madrid, where he had the experience to learn about the philosophy of the early Greek philosophers who strongly marked him, as well as other thinkers of our day, heirs of this tradition up to the philosophers. This is why he is very influenced by aspects related to geometry, light and the knowledge of nature. During his career the influence of the world of poetry, music and painting is recognized, which have been essential to shape his eye and sensibility to read the site and translate it with a new contemporary language to the garden.
In 1979 he began his studies at the Castillo de Batres, private landscaping school in Madrid, in these years he unites both influences giving his work as a gardener a personal identity and character.
In 1979 Caruncho established his own studio. His first work accomplished at the age of 21, in a house in Madrid, published in VOGUE DECORATION in May 1987, Edited in Paris.
His second major publication was in July 1992 in that same magazine after two issues in which special attention is devoted to Jacques Wirtz and Russell Page, written by Jean-Paul Pigeat, Director General of Jardines de France and founder of the Festival des Jardins Chaumont-sur-Loire. He was invited to the first edition along with the great 10 Landscape designers at that moment, being Caruncho the youngest of all of them by far.
His career continues with a series of projects in Spain, country which rejoins the rich Spanish gardens tradition with great enthusiasm, gardens which essentially influenced him, such as the Alhambra, Patio de los Naranjos, or the Alcazar in Seville.
It is after 15 years of intense experience performing gardens when he had the opportunity to make his first project in the United States, although previously he worked in France and Italy, and continues his long career in which he is immersed today: Cotswolds in England, Marrakech in Morocco, Oakland in New Zealand, Tokyo in Japan...
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