Studios



Where the Wild Things Are: Autumn 2024 Advanced Studio

The University of Washington’s Master of Landscape Architecture advanced studio has embarked on a visionary partnership with Schmitz Park Creek Rest

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2024 Urban Sites Studio: Project 2

Winter Quarter 2024 | Instructors: Catherine De Almeida, Vincent Javet Students explored depaving and site-based strategies for reimagining parking lo

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2024 Urban Sites Studio: Project 1

Winter Quarter 2024 | Instructors: Catherine De Almeida, Vincent Javet Students selected a story from Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities and were

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Furniture For Keeps: A New Approach to Sustainable Furniture Fabrication

Rather than the traditional approach of having students purchase virgin lumber, our department chose to source lumber from the UW Salvage Wood Program

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Just Circular Communities

Just Circular Communities (JCC) is an interdisciplinary collaborative that seeks to envision and implement localized, regenerative, and community-driv

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Future Food Forest: Radical Landscapes for Uncertain Times

Students in the summer studio led by Elizabeth Umbanhowar present their installation for the Seattle Design Festival titled “Future Food Forest:

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Summer Design Build 2022 in Traena, Norway

We welcome back some of our students who went to Traena, Norway to complete their Design/Build with Daniel Winterbottom and co-instructors Luka Jelusi

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Spring Design Build and Celebration at Kline Galland

On June 7, 2022 Kline Galland celebrated the completion of this year’s Design Build with a dedication ceremony officiating the space as the Marty Be

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Landscape architecture students help design local memorial garden

Led by Professor Daniel Winterbottom, a group of 30 landscape architecture students designed and constructed the new Marty Bender Family Garden, locat

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Inaugural Landscape Architecture Furniture Studio

During Autumn 2021, the Furniture Studio, a legacy course in the Architecture department, was offered to Landscape Architecture students for the first

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Urban + Informality: Framing Resilience | Winter 2020

Built Environments Interdisciplinary Studio
Winter 2020
Manish Chalana + Julie Johnson

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Visions for Heron Meadow | Autumn 2020

Scan Design Master Studio
Autumn 2020
Nancy Rottle

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Anti-Displacement Research Studio | Spring 2020

Graduate Studio | Livable City Year
Spring 2020
Lynne Manzo

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Green New Deal Super Studio | Autumn 2020

Advanced Vertical Studio (Undergraduate + Graduate Studio)
Autumn 2020
Brooke Sullivan

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Climate Changed Urban Agriculture | Autumn 2019

Advanced Graduate Studio
Autumn 2019
Julie Johnson

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Fairy Tales of the City

Vertical Advanced Studio (Undergraduate + Graduate Studio)
Summer 2020
Mackenzie Waller

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2020 Capstone Final Presentations

Check out the final project briefs and presentation schedule for our 2020 MLA students capstone projects.

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Tiaki Over Time: New Zealand Study Abroad 2020

Study Abroad Studio: New Zealand
Winter 2020
Instructors: Nancy Rottle + Paul Olson

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Birds + Climate Change

Vertical Studio (Undergraduate + Graduate)
Winter 2020
Instructor: Mackenzie Waller

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Porous Public Space 2019

Scan|Design Master’s Studio
Autumn 2019
Instructor: Nancy Rottle

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Liquid lands: investigating the estuaries of the Salish Sea

Capstone Graduate Studio
Academic Year 2018-19
Instructor: Ken Yocom

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Ōtākaro/Avon Cultural Trail

Interdisciplinary Graduate Studio
Study Abroad in Christchurch, New Zealand
Winter 2019
Instructor: Nancy Rottle

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Continuity and Change: Urban Transitions, Public Life for 15th Avenue East

Scan Design Master Studio
Autumn 2018
Nancy Rottle

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Design Foundations Studio 2018

LARCH 401 Foundations Studio
Autumn 2018
Instructors: Iain Robertson + Liz Browning

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Cinematic Cities

Advanced Undergraduate Studio
Summer 2018
Instructor: Elizabeth Umbanhowar

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Reef Design in an Octopus’ Garden

Advanced Graduate and Undergraduate Studio
Spring 2018
Instructors: Iain Robertson & Brooke Sullivan

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UW Aquatic Research Facility: Site Study + Design Visions

Advanced Graduate Studio
Spring 2018
Instructor: Julie Parrett

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Staying in Place: Designing for Community Resilience

Interdisciplinary Undergraduate+Graduate Studio
Winter 2018
Instructor: Rachel Berney & Julie Johnson

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En Route: Georgetown + South Park Connection

Advanced Undergraduate Studio
Autumn 2017
Instructor: Brian Gerich

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City / Nature for Urban Resilience: Greener Belltown, Bluer Sound

Scan Design Master Studio
Autumn 2017
Nancy Rottle

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Urban-Agri-Culture

Graduate Community Design Studio
Spring 2017
Instructor: Julie Johnson

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Transit + Civic Landscape Systems

Undergraduate+Graduate Studio
Winter 2017
Instructor: Julie Johnson

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Painted Dog Research Trust Zimbabwe

Advanced Graduate Studio
Winter 2017
Instructor: Brian Gerich

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Cultural Design Studio 2016

Undergraduate+Graduate Studio
Autumn 2016
Instructor: Ken Yocom

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Porous Public Space

Scan|Design Master Studio
Advanced Graduate Studio
Autumn 2016
Instructors: Nancy Rottle & Jim Nicholls

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Big Ideas | Small(er) Intervention

A Competition for Projects to Activate the Seattle Waterfront
Advanced Graduate Studio
Autumn 2016
Instructor: Julie Parrett

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2016 Puget Sound VA Hospital

Design-Build BLA Capstone
Spring 2016
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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Cultivating Community at the Cascade P-Patch

Advanced Graduate Studio
Spring 2016
Instructor: Eric Higbee

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Cultivating the Community Commons: Climate, Culture, Craft

Scan Design Master Studio
Autumn 2015
Nancy Rottle

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2015 Street End Park

Design-Build BLA Capstone
Spring 2015
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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2014 Neighborhood Design Studio

Undergraduate Studio
Winter 2014
Instructor: Julie Johnson

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2014 Croatia

Design-Build Study Abroad
Autumn 2014
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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2014 Fisher House

Design-Build BLA Capstone
Spring 2014
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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2014 JCCCW Kintsugi Garden

Design-Build BLA Capstone
Spring 2014
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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2013 Croatia

Design-Build Study Abroad
Early Autumn 2013
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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2013 New Orleans

Design-Build Study Abroad
Summer 2013
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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2012 Croatia

Design-Build Study Abroad
Autumn 2012
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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2009 Skyway

Design-Build BLA Capstone
Spring 2009
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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2013 Neighborhood Design Studio

Undergraduate Studio
Winter 2013
Instructor: Julie Johnson

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2012 Nikkei Manor

Design-Build Studio
2012
Daniel Winterbottom

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2012 Neighborhood Design Studio

Neighborhood Design Undergraduate Studio
Winter 2012
Instructor: Julie Johnson

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2011 Monicas Village Place

Design-Build BLA Capstone
Spring 2011
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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Design Activism Studio: Winter 2011

Design Activism Study Abroad Studio
Winter 2011
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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2010 Croatia: Creating Places of Nurture for Disabled Children

Design-Build Study Abroad
Autumn 2010
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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2010 Healing Garden at Fisher House

Design-Build BLA Capstone
Spring 2010
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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Materials Making Landscape

Undergraduate + Graduate materials course
Autumn 2009
Instructors: Daniel Winterbottom + Ben Spencer

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2009 Bosnia

Design-Build Study Abroad
Summer 2009
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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2009 King Street Visioning Project

Design Activism Studio
Spring 2009
Instructor: Jeff Hou

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BE Lab 2009: Taoping, China

Design Activism Study Abroad
2009
Instructor: Jeff Hou

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2009 Guatemala Phase 3

Design-Build Study Abroad
Winter 2009
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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2007 White Center Open Space

Design-Build BLA Capstone
Spring 2007
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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2007 International Childrens Park

Design Activism Studio
2007
Instructor: Jeff Hou

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2007 DIYism Workshop: Taipei

Design Activism Study Abroad
2007
Instructor: Jeff Hou

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2007 Guatemala Phase 2

Design-Build Study Abroad
Winter 2007
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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2006 Night Market Eventscape

Design Activism Studio
2006
Instructor: Jeff Hou

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2006 Varey Garden Renovation

Design-Build BLA Capstone
Spring 2006
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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2005 Field Studio Meinung, Taiwan

Design Activism Study Abroad
Summer 2005
Instructor: Jeff Hou

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2005 Seattle Waterfront

Design Activism Studio
Spring 2005
Instructor: Jeff Hou

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2005 Pete Gross House Healing Garden

Design-Build BLA Capstone
Spring 2005
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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2005 Design Rescue: Aceh

Design Activism Studio
Winter 2005
Instructor: Jeff Hou

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2005 International District Open Space

Design Activism Studio
Winter 2005
Instructor: Jeff Hou

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2004 Field Studio: Quanzhou, China

Design Activism Field Study
Summer 2004
Instructor: Jeff Hou

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2004 Hamamatsu, Japan

Design-Build Study Abroad
Spring 2009
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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2004 Outdoor Learning Environment

Design-Build BLA Capstone
Spring 2004
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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2003 UW Healing Garden

Design-Build BLA Capstone
Spring 2003
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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2002 University Heights

Design-Build BLA Capstone
Spring 2002
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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2002 Seattles International District

Design Activism Studio
Spring 2002
Instructor: Jeff Hou

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2001 Flower Show

Design-Build BLA Capstone
Spring 2000
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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2000 Incarnation New York City

Design-Build BLA Capstone
Spring 2000
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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2000 Flower Show

Design-Build BLA Capstone
Spring 2000
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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1999 Cancer Lifeline

Design-Build BLA Capstone
Spring 1999
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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1998 Santa Ursula, Mexico

Design-Build Study Abroad
Autumn 1998
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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1998 Cascade Community Park

Design-Build BLA Capstone
Spring 1998
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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1997 Sandpoint Outdoor Classroom

Design-Build BLA Capstone
Spring 1997
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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1997 Garden of Eatin

Design-Build BLA Capstone
Spring 1997
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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1996 Gordon Varey Memorial Garden

Design-Build BLA Capstone
Spring 1996
Instructor: Daniel Winterbottom

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