Module 3 | Sorting Signals: Communication Strategies in Professional Practice - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/non-HSW)
Communication in professional practice requires strategies for one's own internal team and external project partners such as clients, contractors, and consultants. Explore a diverse collection of strategies for clear and effective communication from a founding principal and director of marketing & public art of a landscape architecture firm.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify workflows that promote clear and efficient project communication.
- Learn strategies for driving the design team and client representatives towards common goals.
- Learn how to leverage project communications towards the development of long term relationships.
- Develop project communication pathways that double as opportunities for mentorship and professional growth within the design team.
L. Irene Compadre, ASLA
Founding Principal & Design Director
Arbolope Studio
L. Irene Compadre, PLA is the Founding Principal & Design Director of Arbolope Studio, an award-winning Landscape Architecture, Urban Design and Public Art practice based in St. Louis, MO. An experimental firm that prioritizes high-quality design, ecological resillience, and social-equity; Arbolope’s work ranges from intimate public spaces such as Strauss Park in St. Louis, to large scale masterplans including for the Universidad Technical in Loja, Ecuador and the Jefferson City Botanical Garden in Missouri's capital city. Irene holds a MLA from Washington University in St. Louis where she now teaches in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.
Michael Powell
Director of Marketing & Public Art
Arbolope Studio
Michael Powell is the Director of Marketing & Public Art for Arbolope Studio, a landscape architecture, urban design, and public art firm based in St. Louis, MO. In addition to firm marketing, Powell also leads the studio's wayfinding, branding, and public art projects. Powell has previously taught as a member of the faculty at Webster University, University of California in Santa Barbara, and Washington University in St. Louis.