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Landscape Architecture

Out In Front

Out/In/Front is our bi-annual fundraising event which illustrates the breadth of work currently taking place in the field of landscape architecture. The exhibit is used to inspire students and professionals by exposing them to various ideas, mediums, spaces and artistic visions.

Out/In/Front is open to all projects, interventions, or proposals in which the work of landscape architects plays a prime role in shaping the built environment.

Call for Entries: March 2025

Projects will be exhibited Wednesday, April 30 through Wednesday, May 14. The opening night reception, on Wednesday, May 7, is open to students, professionals, and the Seattle design community.

 

OUT/IN/FRONT: Small-scale Interventions

  • Date: April 30—May 13, 2025
  • Location: Gould Hall Court – University of Washington 
  • Opening Reception: Wednesday, May 7 2025
  • Reception RSVP: Link forthcoming

OUT/IN/FRONT: Small-scale Interventions, is a showcase for local designers to share innovative and exciting design work, research, theory and practice culture with students and the larger professional design community.  

Our goal this year is to celebrate scales of work that are often overlooked or under-examined, not because they aren’t meaningful or effective, but simply because of their smaller size. We invite you to share work that highlights practices, projects, technical interventions and outcomes small in scale, but mighty in their impact. You’re welcome to share finished work or works-in-progress. 

A Small-scale Intervention may include:

  • A small-scale design project
  • Small procedural interventions into the design or planning process
  • A unique or impactful project detail
  • A small piece of a larger project

You may choose to explore one of the following prompts with your presentation board: 

  • What are unique considerations to take into account when designing at a smaller scale? 
  • How could small scale interventions support climate justice and resiliency? 
  • How might small scale interventions support accessibility and inclusion? 
  • What are the advantages, opportunities and possibilities of working at a smaller scale that might get lost on bigger projects?

Our community of students, staff, faculty, and professionals seek to be exposed to a wide spectrum of practice possibilities including (but not limited to) public practice, design firm work, non-profit work, career alternatives to design practice, rural-focused practice, design research, post-occupancy studies, pro-bono work and community engagement. Through this exhibit we hope to generate conversation, while strengthening our community, and exploring the applications of the practice of landscape architecture. 

 Timeline of Important Dates: 

  • March 1 – Call for Entries
  • March 20 – Registration Deadline
  • April 11 – Final Board Submission 
  • May 7 – Exhibit Opening Reception
  • May 13 – Exhibit closes 

Submission Details:

  • Each participating group is invited to submit one or more 30×42” presentation boards – vertically oriented. We will provide a board template once you have registered for the event.* 
  • Each project should include a ½ -1 page narrative describing the work and its connection to small-scale interventions.
  • The submission should show professional work that demonstrates a small-scale intervention. This may be interpreted broadly, but should be the primary focus of the board and narrative.
  • The board should have graphic clarity, a focused message, and engaging aesthetics.
  • Plan to have someone familiar with the board attend the Out in Front opening event to discuss the board topic with students and other professionals.
  • The final presentation board pdf must be submitted digitally by Friday, April 18th. 
  • See previous board examples here

*If you have a previously printed board or existing materials that fit with this topic, you are welcome to submit those along with the narrative described above. Please indicate that you are using this option when registering to submit.*

Fee Details: 

There is a printing fee + registration fee to cover the cost of the event based on the size of the practice/firm. Fees will be collected when you submit your board. 

Printing fee: $15

Registration fee by organization size:

  • Nonprofit Organization or governmental agency: Give if you can
  • 1-10 ppl: $100
  • 11-30 ppl: $150
  • 30-50 ppl: $200
  • 51-100 ppl: $300
  • 100+ ppl: $400+

 You may pay at the following website (link to the PAC discretionary account, Search for “Landscape Architecture PAC Fund“). You will need to enter the amount of your donation.

Alternatively, you may also send payment via check to UW Dept. of Landscape Architecture (c/o Vanessa Lee), Campus Box 355734, Seattle, WA 98195-5734, or coordinate a different method with us or Vanessa.  

 In addition, you may consider donating to our “Endowed Scholarship for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Landscape Architecture” to support a wide range of programs oriented toward justice in design education and, more broadly, EDI-oriented work within the field of landscape architecture.

Event Logistics:

  • Wednesday May 7th, 5:30-7:30pm 
  • Gould Court, Gould Hall, 3950 University Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105
  • Light snacks and beverages provided and a short introduction.  

Next Steps:

  • Build a team, consider topic areas + brainstorm ideas
  • Register using this form (Out in Front 2025 Registration)
  • Communicate with event organizers as needed 
  • Submit final board submission
  • Attend OUT in FRONT Celebration!