Campuses are being tasked to perform in a myriad of ways: supporting the academic mission and student well-being, accommodating new teaching modalities, and adapting to climate change. How do these considerations inform campus design and an institution’s aesthetic? Two university landscape architects and a practitioner share recent experiences and lessons.

Art and culture—like many public realm enhancements—may be their own rewards, but investors want data. This session presents a framework for quantifying economic and social impacts of public space interventions, using both technology and DIY tools, and a methodology for ensuring impact is attributed to the intervention.

Youth-led community development can be a critical component to addressing systemic inequities, including the risks and traumas associated with climate change. This session will present the impacts of a unique partnership between community, practice, and academia to provide equitable design strategies for resilience in East Kinston, NC.

Engage with three consultants collaborating as a successful, highly effective and nationally recognized multi-disciplinary accessibility and inclusion team using legislation as a baseline, going beyond to explore and push possibilities for a more accessible built environment, sharing examples for practitioners to strengthen their creative and inclusive design muscles.