Visioning with Clean Greens and iUrban Teen Youth Gardens
January 5, 2025
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 changing climate. The final design work is intended to illustrate diverse visions that can serve…
Jennie Li is APAC Adviser of the Month!
December 26, 2024
Please join us in congratulating the fabulous Jennie Li for being recognized as the November 2024 APAC Adviser of the month! Jennie's tireless work, constant enthusiasm, and genuine care for the wellbeing of everyone who steps into her office is the foundation of a supportive and empathetic Landscape Architecture community here at UW. Jennie's flexibility…
UWLA Design Build Work featured in Dezeen Magazine
December 19, 2024
Dezeen, an online architecture magazine, recently showcased student work from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Among the featured projects were two of UWLA's recent study abroad design build projects in Sweden, led by professor Daniel Winterbottom. You can read the full article on Professor Winterbottom's design build projects in collaboration with the University of…
UWLA Students Present Work at Alki Bathhouse
December 19, 2024
On Friday, December 6th, students in UWLA Lecturer Paul Peter's Advanced Landscape Architecture studio, Where the Wild Things Are, presented their work to the group spearheading the restoration of Schmitz Creek, Schmitz Park Creek Restore. This presentation was followed by an open house showcasing the nine MLA student's work to the hundreds of members of the…
Where the Wild Things Are: Autumn 2024 Advanced Studio
December 19, 2024
The University of Washington’s Master of Landscape Architecture advanced studio has embarked on a visionary partnership with Schmitz Park Creek Restore, a grassroots initiative dedicated to reconnecting Schmitz Park’s ancient forest with the waters of Puget Sound. This partnership challenges students to explore the unique identity of landscapes, fostering designs that celebrate and revive the…
Autumn 2024 Drawing in Design Workshop
November 26, 2024
NATURAL MATERIALS AS PROCESS + PRODUCT: MAKING + USING NATURAL PAINT TO EXPLORE INTERSECTIONS IN OUR BUILT AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT In this workshop with artist Laura Wright (@dyepharm), participants learned about traditional and local pigment-producing plants through the process of making watercolor paints. Everyone created and shared a batch of paint made from a selection…
End-of-Quarter Reviews starting Wed 12/4
November 22, 2024
Please join us for our Final Reviews starting the week after Thanksgiving.
LA501C Open House Review for Schmitz Creek on December 6th+7th
November 21, 2024
University of Washington Master of Landscape Architecture Students Partner with Schmitz Park Creek Restore to Reconnect Urban Wilds with Puget Sound Students of LARCH 501C discussing initial design concepts in a review early in Autumn Quarter By Paul Peters on November 10, 2024 Seattle, WA (November 11, 2024) – The University of Washington’s Master of…
UW Farm and Landscape Architecture Autumn Roundup
November 5, 2024
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 Seasonal Staff, UW MLA '24 The UW Farm manages three sites across the UW Seattle…
UW Faculty Spotlight: Celina Balderas Guzmán
October 31, 2024
Professor Celina Balderas Guzmán's research focuses on the interdependency of human climate adaptation actions and ecosystem adaptations. Assistant Professor Celina Balderas Guzmán was recently featured in the UW Office of Research New Faculty Spotlight. Celina was able to give insight into her research, her time at UW thus far, and what she is looking forward…
Landscape Furniture Studio: Building student connections with salvage wood
October 29, 2024
Landscape Furniture Studio Tours the UW Lumber Yard and UW Furniture Facilities LA501B Students tour the UW Lumber Yard in early Autumn Quarter 2024 In early October, the LA501B Landscape Furniture Studio, led by UW LA/Arch faculty Steve Withycombe and Marcus Crider, toured the UW Lumber Yard. UWF Carpenter Morgan Holz shows off the UW…
Welcome Julie Parrett as Interim Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture
October 7, 2024
The College of Built Environments (CBE) is pleased to announce Julie Parrett, Associate Teaching Professor, as the Interim Chair for the Department of Landscape Architecture, effective October 14, 2024.
UWLA Affiliate Amy Wagenfeld launches the Learning Network of the Nature and Health Alliance
October 3, 2024
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 Action Fund REI Cooperative Action Fund, The Learning Network of the Nature and Health Alliance is…
Congratulations to UW 2024 ASLA Award winner
September 5, 2024
Congratulations to Lily Daniels (UWLA '24) on receiving the 2024 ASLA Award of Excellence in Communications, for their project "Where the Street Ends." This project was advised by UWLA department chair Ken Yocom. Project Statement: "Seattle's abundant waterways and shorelines create unique spaces where human experience and nature thrive together. This project delves into the…
Design Build Update: Quint Family Sensory Garden
August 29, 2024
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 and realize the sensory garden. The garden was opened in June 2024, and provides space to rest,…
2024 Urban Sites Studio: Project 2
August 15, 2024
Winter Quarter 2024 | Instructors: Catherine De Almeida, Vincent Javet Students explored depaving and site-based strategies for reimagining parking lots in Pioneer Square and Capitol Hill as public spaces. The projects consider the material dimensions of each site, exploring potentials for material reuse, the breaking up of impervious surfaces (asphalt) to incorporate pervious surfaces (depaving),…
2024 Urban Sites Studio: Project 1
August 15, 2024
Winter Quarter 2024 | Instructors: Catherine De Almeida, Vincent Javet Students selected a story from Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities and were asked to imagine their modeled surfaces as a narrative landscape that interprets some of the main concepts, elements, characteristics, essences, and spatial and character cues, and how this plays out in their landscape. We…
Green Futures Lab Students Win Climate Solutions Prize
August 5, 2024
Snapshot of the Green Future Lab's award-winning project: Designing the Climate Responsible City 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 describing our Designing the…
Landscape Architecture 300 Students Present in First Summer Review
July 25, 2024
LARCH 300 Students pose for the camera with their presentation Landscape Architecture 300: Introduction to Landscape Architecture is a course designed to introduce and immerse new students to the field of landscape architecture. Taught by lecturer Shaunta Butler and assisted by reader/grader Piper Sallquist (MLA '26), this intensive summer course covers a breadth of topics…
Landscape Architecture Students Design and Build Microhome
July 25, 2024
Population Tiny Home Students Jessica Liao, Vasilisa Karp, Hanbeom Lee, and friend bringing their tiny house design to life. UW BLA students, Hanbeom Lee, Vasilisa Karp, and Jessica Liao, participated in the MICROHOME Tiny House Design Competition. During their research on the chosen topic of housing for individuals experiencing homelessness, they discovered the Low Income…
