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…
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Presentation by James Rojas
Imagination by Participation James Rojas, founder of Place It! & Latino Urban Forum Date: Monday, September 30, 2013 Time: 12 to 1pm Place: Gould 440 James Rojas holds an MA in City Planning and an MS in Architecture Studies from MIT. He works as a city and transportation planner, and is the founder of the Latino Urban Forum, a non-profit dedicated to increasing awareness of planning and design issues facing low-income Latinos. He is a contributing author for Insurgent Public…
Runstad Fellows Presentation
The UW Runstad Affiliate Fellows present: Place Capital: A Live Documentary Film About Cities October 3rd, 6:30pm From travels to Berlin, Krakow, Fukushima and Detroit, this year’s Runstad Affiliate Fellows featuring our very own Ken Yocom as they present a live documentary film about the changing nature of cities. From centers of trade to nodes of information and culture, the Fellows share stories about cities that have experienced destruction and renewal. What makes places resilient? How will the sharing economy…
Autumn Quarter Events
We want to wish all of our returning students and new students a big UW Welcome to the CBE! This is scheduled to be a great year with a bunch of wonderful speakers and events. This is a tentative list of events that will be sponsored by the Landscape Department this Fall. Be sure to check out other Department calendars for a list of their events. We will be posting the most recent events on the homepage, so check…