Affiliate Associate Professor Amy Wagenfeld discusses the benefits and future of therapeutic landscape design and recreation in an article with Parks & Recreation Magazine.
Category: Faculty Scholarship and Practice
UW’s Daniel Winterbottom discusses the evolving role of therapeutic gardens
Landscape architecture professor Daniel Winterbottom discusses the expanded edition of Therapeutic Gardens and the growing role of healing landscapes in healthcare, communities and beyond.
LAF Features UW LA Case Study in Landscape Performance Series
Led by UW faculty and students, the Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands project is featured in LAF’s Landscape Performance Series for its role in restoring habitat and supporting community-centered urban agriculture.
Healing Through Design: Daniel Winterbottom at the Venice Biennale
Professor Daniel Winterbottom’s installation at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale invites reflection on exclusion, trauma, and healing.
Daniel Winterbottom at Sketcher Fest Edmonds 7/19-7/20 and ArtSpot 8/03
Professor Daniel Winterbottom will be one of the travel sketchbook artists featured at Sketcher Fest this weekend in Edmonds (Saturday 7/19 – Sunday 7/20). He will also lead an ArtSpot Edmonds Sketching Workshop on Sunday 8/3.
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Green Futures Lab: Past, Present & Prospect Exhibition 2025
On April 9th, Gould Gallery hosted the opening reception of the Green Futures Lab Exhibit. This exhibit was both a retrospective of over two decades of hard work by the UW Green Futures Lab, as well as a prospective glimpse into the future.
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 UW // LA department’s own Catherine De Almeida (Associate Professor) will be the Principal Investigator on one of the chosen teams, along with Graduate Student Assistant Sarah Chu (MLA ’25). Each team will receive $80,000 to research and develop new and actionable knowledge on community-driven projects at the intersection of climate change and social justice. To date, EarthLab has awarded nearly two million dollars in Innovation Grant funding to 29 transdisciplinary teams across five cohorts.
UWLA Students and Faculty Attend CELA 2024 in St. Louis
Students Nat Gregorius and Natalie Weiss (both MLA ‘24) had a great time attending the Conference of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) 2024 in St. Louis over Spring Break! They both presented our ongoing research with Associate Professor Catherine De Almeida, and listened to other sessions, panels, and speeches by professors of landscape architecture…
Professor Jeff Hou Retires from the Department of Landscape Architecture
Professor Jeff Hou, former Chair and long-time Professor of Landscape Architecture, is retiring from the University of Washington after more than 23 years of teaching, research and service in support of our community. We are excited to see him step into the next phase of his work and life as the Head of Architecture at…
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, students have engaged with JCC topics through Participatory Action Research and Service-Learning design studios. Led by Associate Professor Catherine De Almeida, landscape architecture, architecture, and urban planning students have participated in community-engaged design activities to explore the development of the…