Earthworks: Land Reclamation as Sculpture / an Introduction: reconstructing, through photographs, recordings, videos, and textual records in the King County Archives, the events and activities of the1979 design symposium and the earthworks that grew out of it. See also the full exhibit Earthworks: Land Reclamation as Sculpture for a comprehensive history of the project, including unedited artist interviews.
Author: CBE
UW//LA Departmental Lecture | Steven Handel, Rutgers University
Thu 11/21 | UW//LA Autumn Departmental Lecture Steven Handel, Rutgers University Dreams and Nightmares of Urban Restoration Ecology 6:30pm | Arch Hall 147 Learning Objective: Learn ecological constraints and opportunities for restoring ecological function to urban degraded lands. This lecture will offer one (1) Professional Development Hour (PDH). Please register here if you wish to receive credit. Abstract: Small patches of native habitat in urban and suburban areas can supply ecological services, public amenities that are sustainable with…
UW on D.I. Top 5 List
The journal DesignIntelligence rankings for 2014 place the UW’s Bachelor of Landscape Architecture and Master of Landscape Architecture programs in the top five most admired programs nationwide! Based on a survey to over 100 education leaders in the country, the rankings cited the BLA program for its design/build offerings and its focus on urban ecological design, with the MLA program admired for for its excellent resources, design activism and international programs.
CBE ScanDesign Lecture | Bianca M. Hermansen
Wed 11/13 | CBE ScanDesign Lecture Bianca M. Hermansen, CITITEK, Copenhagen: Performative Urban Form 6:00pm | Arch Hall 147 Bianca M. Hermansen is an architect MAA, Urban Designer and Ph.D researcher at the Danish Royal Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture. She is also founder and CEO of CITITEK, a research based consultancy. In addition she is a consultant at Gehl Architects and Copenhagenize Design. Lecture co-sponsored by the Scan|Design Foundation, CBE, UW Department of Landscape Architecture & UW Department…
UW//LA TeaTalk No. 2 | Isami Kinoshita, Chiba University
Bring your tea mugs! Wed 11/6 | UW//LA Professional TeaTalk Series Isami Kinoshita, Chiba University – Post-Disaster Rebuilding: Children’s Lost Landscape after 3.11 4:30-5:30pm | Gould 322 After 3.11, the children and youth of Minami Sanriku town lost not only the landscape of their homes and neighborhoods, but also their outdoor spaces for play. Their sense of loss was serious, but some of them were encouraged to do positive by taking part in the recovery process. This presentation…
City Rebelling, City Remaking | Chair Jeff Hou’s New Books
Jeff Hou has two new books published in Taiwan this autumn. The first book, 城市造反 City Rebelling, is a translated and re-edited version of Insurgent Public Space (Routledge 2010) which received the Places Book Award in 2012. The new version is a collection of ten chapters from the original book with the addition of a new chapter on peri-urban activism in Hong Kong written by Shumei Huang (BE PhD 2012). The second book, 反造城市 City Remaking, is a companion volume with case…
Iain Robertson’s Cultivating Creativity…
CULTIVATING CREATIVITY IN DESIGN EDUCATION & BEYOND This presentation given to faculty and graduate students in Psychology & Pedagogy at the University of Bergen in May 2013 illustrates how the exercises used in Iain Robertson’s Cultivating Creativity classes (one in the UW Honors program in 2011, and one for design students at Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Autumn 2012) derive from design studio pedagogy.
UW//LA TeaTalk No. 1 | Nicolas Morin, Barker LA
Join us for the first TeaTalk of the academic year! Wed 10/16 | UW//LA Professional TeaTalk Series Nicolas Morin, Barker LA – Community-Based Design: Barton St. P-Patch and more 4:30-5:30pm | Gould 322 For Nicolas Morin, one of the joys of practicing landscape architecture is the opportunity to collaborate with communities. Whether a parklet, pocket park, or p-patch, the process is unpredictable, rich with unusual challenges, pushes creative problem solving, and is a wonderful way to connect with…
2013 Croatia
Design-Build Study Abroad
Early Autumn 2013
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom
2013 ASLA Student Honor Award to Nikkei Manor Courtyard
Congratulations to Daniel Winterbottom and students of the Spring 2012 Design/Build studio for winning another ASLA Student Honor Award in Community Service!!! Check out the ASLA Award Page here: Ichi-Go Ichi-E Garden Courtyard (Nikkei Manor Assisted Living) “Through an intense collaboration between students and residents of Nikkei Manor, the “Ichi-Go Ichi-E” garden addresses the unique needs of the elderly Japanese American residents. The team integrated the therapeutic and restorative benefits of nature, referenced important cultural traditions and provided universal access to the elderly…