PROJECT PRESENTATIONS + CONVERSATIONS | WEDNESDAY 12.4 | RAINIER BEACH URBAN FARM + WETLANDS
This year our LA 404 studio addressed the design of urban agriculture that centers youth learning and agency to advance food justice and resilience in a …
Category: Collaboration and Impact
UW Farm and Landscape Architecture Autumn Roundup
Two MLA students–one current and one recent grad–were featured in the UW Farm’s Weekly Newsletter this fall!
Check out their newsletter articles below:
Around The Farm | 10.23.24
Camas Taking Root at the UW Farm
by Kove Janeski, UW Farm
…UWLA Affiliate Amy Wagenfeld launches the Learning Network of the Nature and Health Alliance
Affiliate Landscape Architecture Faculty Amy Wagenfeld along with Co-Director Wesley Tate, MD, and Program Director, Amelia Dupuis, are thrilled to announce the launch of The Learning Network of the Nature and Health Alliance. Funded by the REI Cooperative …
Design Build Update: Quint Family Sensory Garden
The Quint Family Sensory Garden was UW Landscape Architecture’s most recent design-build project, led by professor Daniel Winterbottom. The Kline Galland Home provides skilled nursing and rehabilitation services. Over the course of two quarters, UWLA students worked to design …
Green Futures Lab Students Win Climate Solutions Prize
Did you know that UW Green Futures Lab Scan Design Interns won one of the two Climate Solutions prizes, as part of CBE’s Climate Solutions symposium this past spring?! There were over 40 entries and Constantine Chrisafis’ (MLA/MUP ’25) posters …
Kline Galland Quint Family Sensory Garden Celebration
On June 6th, 2024, Kline Galland community members and staff gathered with our 2024 UWLA Design Build students and families to dedicate the Quint Family Sensory Garden. This is the second of two courtyard gardens at the KlineGalland …
UW Earthlab Announces 2024-25 Innovation Grants Projects: JC3 and Collaborators Chosen for Feasibility Report in South Park for Biodigester
EarthLab has announced that five community-centered teams have been selected for the 2024-25 Innovation Grants program. The UWLA department’s own Catherine De Almeida (Associate Professor) will be the Principal Investigator on one of the chosen teams, along with Graduate …
Just Circular Communities
Just Circular Communities (JCC) is an interdisciplinary collaborative that seeks to envision and implement localized, regenerative, and community-driven circular systems for a Just Transition – by, with, and for Frontline communities. At the University of Washington, College of Built Environments, …
UWLA Students Awarded Top Pacific Horticulture Design Futurist Prize
by Chris Copeland (MLA 2025)
In the summer of 2023, Pacific Horticulture held a design competition to support new planting ideas for Pioneer Park in San Francisco, CA. Working with an historic site like Coit Tower, which can attract up
… Camas ‘Baskets’ Installed in Burke Meadow
Urban environments pose a series of challenges to native habitat projects, such as heat from nearby hardscapes, trash and pollution, and disturbance from people visiting the site. The Burke Meadow project is no exception. One of the greatest challenges to …