Description
In celebrating the 50-year anniversary of Ian McHarg’s seminal Design with Nature, this panel provides insights into his legacy and broad influences, informed by personal experiences, and explores the relevance of his ecologically driven vision for addressing the contemporary and emerging issues of landscape resilience, performance, and climate change.
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Learning Objectives:
- Learn about the extraordinary personality and contributions of Ian McHarg (and his close associate Narendra Juneja), responsible for the publication of Design with Nature.
- Examine the legacy of Design with Nature that pioneered the concept of ecological planning and established landscape architecture as integrating the humanities and the sciences.
- Learn about the broad cultural, intellectual, and professional impact of Design with Nature, both nationally and globally.
- Explore innovative ways of applying ideas from Design with Nature to contemporary and emerging issues of landscape resilience, performance, and climate change.
Speaker(s):
- Frederick
R. Steiner,
FASLA, SITES AP,
Dean,
Stuart Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania
- Anne Whiston
Spirn,
FASLA,
Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Carter
van Dyke,
ASLA,
President & Founding Partner / Adjunct Professor,
Carter van Dyke Associates / Tyler School of Art, Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture, Temple University
- Baldev
Lamba,
ASLA,
Principal,
Lamba Associates Inc. /Temple University
