Rural Commons: Designing for Resilient Climate Futures - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

Claire brings curiosity and a love of material experimentation to her practice of landscape architecture. With a background in geology, her work is grounded in the layered histories of site. Claire is an Associate Principal at Reed Hilderbrand where her project work has included the Alamo Plaza in San Antonio, Buffalo Bayou’s Turkey Bend in Houston, as well as two agricultural enterprises in the Hudson Valley: Forts Ferry Farm and Hilltop Hanover Farm. Prior to joining RH, Claire was Director of Landscape Architecture at Snøhetta, where she led the firm's Times Square Reconstruction. She teaches studios at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. 

Anne Weber is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at Cornell University. Her research focuses on rural landscapes, particularly landscapes of extraction, production and conservation, as urgent sites of design in the context of climate change. Prior to Cornell, she worked at SCAPE Landscape Architecture on a range of projects, including Petrochemical America, Midtown Center Plaza, Town Branch Commons and the Town Branch Water Walk. Her work has received funding from the Water Resource Institute, Center for Teaching Innovation, and the USDA, with partners including the Orange County Soil and Water Conservation Service, ecologists and local farmers. 

Adam Choper joined Westchester County Department of Parks, Recreation, and Conservation as the Farm Director of Hilltop Hanover Farm & Environmental Center in 2023. Adam previously served as Associate Director of Outdoor Gardens and Sustainable Horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden and worked at Battery Park City Parks and Quail Fields Farm and founded and operated Rooted Plant Works—a design, installation, and maintenance company for rooftop and backyard organic ornamental and vegetable gardens in New York City.