Recorded Presentations

Mar 4, 2013 ‐ Dec 18, 2017

Fact Check: Assessing Landscape Performance in Research and Practice - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

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Fact Check: Assessing Landscape Performance in Research and Practice - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

Nov 17, 2019 9:00am ‐ Nov 17, 2019 10:00am

Credits: None available.

Amid today’s science denial and “alternative facts,” it is imperative for landscape architects to advocate and prove design impacts with evidence. This panel shares experience in evaluating design and assessing landscape performance through collaborative research in practice, focusing on post-occupancy evaluation of environmental, social, and economic performance.

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• Understand the danger of greenwash and falsely claimed design achievements to the profession’s credibility.
• Learn about the constraints of conducting research and post-occupancy evaluation in landscape architecture practice.
• Understand the gap between the academic community and practitioners, and unleashed potential for broad collaboration.
• Hear the lessons learned by practitioners and researchers in measuring the environmental and socioeconomic performance of landscapes.

• Tao Zhang, ASLA, LEED AP, SITES AP, Principal, Sasaki
• Emily R. McCoy, ASLA, SITES AP, Office Director, Design Workshop/ NC State University
• Skip Graffam, FASLA, LEED AP, Partner and Director of Research, OLIN

Decolonizing Design: Black Narratives in Landscape Architecture - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

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Decolonizing Design: Black Narratives in Landscape Architecture - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

Nov 17, 2019 9:00am ‐ Nov 17, 2019 10:00am

Credits: None available.

The current narrative of landscape architecture fails to highlight the significance and impact of diverse identities in the discipline. This session explores the experiences of black landscape architects and the relevant cultural narratives that inform inclusive academic and professional practice.

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• Learn about black landscape history and barriers to design education.
• Highlight gaps in landscape architectural education and foundation as it relates to diverse/ethnic cultures.
• Explore black narratives in landscape architectural history and current events.
• Identify the importance of multicultural explorations in landscape architectural foundation.

• Breeze Outlaw, Associate ASLA, Landscape Designer, Sasaki
• Ms. Ujijji Davis, ASLA, Associate, SmithGroup
• Marc Miller, Assistant Professor, The Pennsyvania State University

Two-way Street: Building Value Through Long-Term Relationships - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/non-HSW)

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Two-way Street: Building Value Through Long-Term Relationships - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/non-HSW)

Nov 17, 2019 9:00am ‐ Nov 17, 2019 10:00am

Credits: None available.

Maintaining long-term owner/designer relationships is good for both business and design. In candid conversation, panelists will dissect their successful 12-year relationship while sharing lessons learned and practical advice on marketing; client interface; working across time, project type, and scales; and efficiently and effectively managing staff from novice designer to principal.

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• Understand the value of establishing durable relationships and building trust between all levels of the client and design teams.
• Learn how to create an internal ecosystem for effective staffing and workflow.
• Recognize how to establish teams and communication structures that bridge various scales of planning and capital projects — often taking place simultaneously.
• Understand how to develop effective strategies for continuity that transcend specific personalities and relationships.

• Mark Hough, FASLA, University Landscape Architect, Duke University
• Gary R. Hilderbrand, FASLA, Principal, Reed Hilderbrand
• Eric Kramer, ASLA, Principal, Reed Hilderbrand

Inside the LA Studio with Mahan Rykiel Associates - 1.25 PDH (LA CES/non-HSW)

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Inside the LA Studio with Mahan Rykiel Associates - 1.25 PDH (LA CES/non-HSW)

Nov 16, 2019 3:30pm ‐ Nov 16, 2019 4:45pm

Credits: None available.

Founded in 1983, Mahan Rykiel Associates (MRA) is a Baltimore-based firm that works across scales to imagine and realize projects that enrich the human condition and support vibrant natural systems. Through its collaborative design research methodology, MRA frames questions of landscape through the lenses of economic development, ecological stewardship, and community identity.

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• Learn how a firm evolves to meet the changing needs of its clients and address contemporary landscape concerns.
• Understand the importance of project diversity in cultivating a resilient business model, staff development, and office culture.
• Learn about the firm’s collaborative design research method and how it’s used to enrich project outcomes.
• Consider what it means for a firm to be place-based and how values and business practices can align to support social equity and ecological stewardship.

• Jingpeng Gu, ASLA, LEEP AP, President, Mahan Rykiel Associates
• Scott Rykiel, FASLA, Executive Vice President, Mahan Rykiel Associates
• Isaac Raymond Hametz, ASLA, Principal/Research Director, Mahan Rykiel Associates
• Barbara Deutsch, FASLA, CEO, Landscape Architecture Foundation

Inside the LA Studio with BASE Landscape Architecture - 1.25 PDH (LA CES/non-HSW)

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Inside the LA Studio with BASE Landscape Architecture - 1.25 PDH (LA CES/non-HSW)

Nov 16, 2019 3:30pm ‐ Nov 16, 2019 4:45pm

Credits: None available.

BASE, a small landscape architecture firm with offices in San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, is unique in several ways: our commitment to mentorship; the proportion of our clients who are community-based, civic, or nonprofit organizations; and the values-driven connection to our projects.

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• Find out how the studio’s nonprofit arm contributes to our research and design efforts to promote healthy pollinator habitats in order to achieve greater positive impact on natural and built environments.
• Explore how BASE has worked to expand our clients’ perception of what landscape architecture is and the capabilities of our studio and LA professionals.
• Learn how to manage a small design business that has strong commitments to sustainability and mentorship.
• Learn how we have designed and built mobile communications and education vehicles that support the goals of parks and recreation areas.

• Patricia Algara, ASLA, President, BASE Landscape Architecture
• Andreas Stavropoulos, ASLA, Principal, BASE Landscape Architecture
• Sutter Wehmeier, ASLA, LEED AP, Principal, BASE Landscape Architecture
• Natalie Martell, ASLA, Associate, BASE Landscape Architecture
• Maria Landoni, ASLA, Senior Associate, PWP Landscape Architecture

Making Space for Homelessness: Innovative Approaches to Housing, Spaces, and Services - 1.25 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

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Making Space for Homelessness: Innovative Approaches to Housing, Spaces, and Services - 1.25 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

Nov 16, 2019 3:30pm ‐ Nov 16, 2019 4:45pm

Credits: None available.

For designers and policy makers, homelessness has become the new core competency, influencing every decision made about the public realm and the built environment. Learn from empathetic innovators who are crafting new policies to both engage and empower people who have been traumatized by the experience of homelessness.

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• Understand the root causes of homelessness in contemporary American cities.
• Explore the various ways that homelessness manifests and affects contemporary cities, particularly their public spaces.
• Learn how cities are revamping their policies, programs, and procedures to better protect the health, safety, and welfare of all residents.
• Identify “better practices” that practitioners and policy makers can use to improve the lives of people experiencing homelessness in their communities.

• Christopher Ward, Council Member, City of San Diego
• Brandon Davis, Director of San Francisco and Social Innovation, Downtown Streets Team
• Lena Miller

Green Schoolyards: Local Urban Transformation to National Prototype - 1.25 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

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Green Schoolyards: Local Urban Transformation to National Prototype - 1.25 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

Nov 16, 2019 3:30pm ‐ Nov 16, 2019 4:45pm

Credits: None available.

The 98,000 public schools across the United States represent the single greatest opportunity to improve public health, environmental health, and neighborhood quality of life for hundreds of millions of Americans. Learn how cities like Philadelphia and New York and nonprofits are transforming these low-performing, semi-public spaces into green public architecture.

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• Understand the broad scale of urban schoolyards, the complex patterns of ownership and authority, and the varied approaches to transforming schoolyards into green community playgrounds.
• Learn how joint-use agreements are created by cities and expanded by nonprofits.
• Experience the results of a 20-year partnership in New York that created more than 200 green schoolyards, and a complex partnership between three government agencies and a nonprofit in Philadelphia.
• Understand how green schoolyard transformations are the tip of the spear in ensuring that all U.S. city residents have a high-quality park within a 10-minute walk.

• Adrian Benepe, Hon. ASLA, SVP, Director of National Programs, The Trust for Public Land
• Danielle M. Denk, ASLA, Camden Program Director, The Trust for Public Land
• Jennifer L. Nitzky, ASLA, Landscape Architect, StudioHIP

Honoring Native American Heritage Through Collaborative Design - 1.25 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

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Honoring Native American Heritage Through Collaborative Design - 1.25 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

Nov 16, 2019 3:30pm ‐ Nov 16, 2019 4:45pm

Credits: None available.

Western Band Shoshone Tribal leaders strive to balance traditional heritage with contemporary cultural influences, while anticipating future impacts on traditional culture. In order to collaboratively design Tribal facilities, design professionals must seek to understand Tribal values, design values, and economic pressures from the point of view of Tribal people.

• David Garce, ASLA, LEED AP, Prinicpal, GSBS Architects
• Darren Parry, Chairman, Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation
• Marianne St. John, AIA

Do You Speak Developer? Translating and Communicating the Value of Landscape Architecture - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

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Do You Speak Developer? Translating and Communicating the Value of Landscape Architecture - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

Nov 16, 2019 2:00pm ‐ Nov 16, 2019 3:00pm

Credits: None available.

Landscape architects can serve as powerful partners in creating places that generate a high return on investment but often don’t know how to express the value of their work in language compelling to developers. Experts offer insights on how landscape architects can translate their work and reach their greatest potential.

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• Learn the language and terms commonly used by developers that relate to landscape architecture.
• Understand how to build a business case for the economic return on investment in your work.
• Identify key metrics relevant to developers who are interested in health/safety/welfare, environmental benefits, and social benefits.
• Learn about current trends in real estate development.

• Connie J. Chung, AICP, Principal, HR&A Advisors, Inc.
• Steven Spears, FASLA, Principal, GroundWork Development Company
• Patrick Phillips, President, Phillips Development Strategies

Contracts: Relationships, Rights, and Risk Management - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/non-HSW)

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Contracts: Relationships, Rights, and Risk Management - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/non-HSW)

Nov 16, 2019 2:00pm ‐ Nov 16, 2019 3:00pm

Credits: None available.

As the work of Landscape Architects has become more complex and intertwined with other disciplines, our success hinges on more than design talents. Learn from principals at leading architecture and landscape architecture practices as well as legal and insurance experts about how to meet the practical challenges all design professionals confront when negotiating contracts.

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• Understand the importance of building solid client relations.
• Identify issues that arise in contracts that affect your rights as a design professional.
• Learn contractual language to protect yourself and your firm.
• Explore strategies to help with negotiation, and recognize legal issues versus business issues.

• Elena Brescia, FASLA, Principal, SCAPE Landscape Architecture DPC
• Gregg Garmisa, Principal and General Counsel, Studio Gang Architects
• Michael J. Vardaro, LEED AP, Managing Partner, ZETLIN & DE CHIARA LLP
• Stephen Whitehorn, Managing Principal, Whitehorn Financial Group, Inc.