Landscape+Urbanism

Category: teaching

  • Daily Drawdown 7: Women & Girls

    This is the seventh in an ongoing series illustrating the relationship of Drawdown strategies to landscape architecture. For context, read the initial post here. A segment of Drawdown solutions focus on a topic that is not directly about landscape architecture, while perhaps transcending disciplinary boundaries, and literally being one of the most important things to…

  • Global Weirding in the PNW

    One of the group of amazing climate scientist-communicators Katherine Hayhoe, who is both a prolific presenter on all topics climate, along with being a force on Twitter (@KHayhoe) explaining and defending climate change science. Her ongoing YouTube series ‘Global Weirding‘ allows an accessible and fun (yet deeply informative) look at the topic from many angles…

  • Ecology & Landscape Architecture

    A great post on the The Dirt from a couple of months back delves into a topic near and dear to my thoughts on landscape architecture and urbanism – particularly how do we blend science and design in meaningful ways.  The article “Teaching Ecological Restoration (Not Restoration Ecology) includes the new Temple University concentration in…

  • Shrinking Cities – Readings

    A class this term at Portland State involves a reading and conference on ‘Shrinking Cities’. Led by professor Ellen Bassett, a group of a dozen students from PhD and Masters in Urban Studies and Urban and Regional Planning reading and discussing four diverse texts, along with a range of other writings on the subject.   …

  • LU Conference in the Central States

    I just received this announcement of a conference sponsored by the ASLA Central States Chapter entitled “Landscape Urbanism: Economics of Healthy Communities” – (a remarkably odd title imho, but) including keynote speakers Andres Duany, John Crompton, and Brad McKee… topic session submittals are due tomorrow so late notice, but the conference itself is on May…

  • Some LU Definitions

    A great resource for those looking for clarification on some of the terminology around Landscape Urbanism on the New Urban News.  A number of key terms and concepts (as well as their originating authors) are included, including: “Analog Ecologies: Projects that attempt to model, analogously, the responsive behaviors of living systems in nonliving constructions or…

  • NOW Urbanism

    In the spirit of the variety of urbanism – some upcoming events from University of Washington in Seattle as part of the Now Urbanism: City Making in the 21st Century and Beyond – a year long interdisciplinary series of speakers around the concept of the modern city.  Thanks to Thaisa Way from UW for the…

  • Ph.D.

    In addition to (or shall I say augmenting) the launch this year of my new firm, I’ve also begun what shapes up to be a long process of obtaining my Doctorate – specifically a Ph.D in Urban Studies from Portland State University – and their Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning. I…

  • Certificate in Urban Green Infrastructure

    My colleagues Brice Maryman and Nate Cormier, both landscape architects at SvR Design Company in Seattle, are teaching a pair of online courses this Spring and Summer with a focus on Urban Green Infrastructure. These two know the ins and outs of the topic, through their work locally and through the ever-expanding Green Infrastructure Wiki.…

  • Fringe Urbanism

    Not a variation of my favorite new FOX series, but a lecture happening tomorrow at University of Oregon Department of Architecture in Portland at the White Stag. FRINGE URBANISMUNTAPPED POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINABLE SUBURBSLecture by Nico Larco, Asst. Professor, UO Department of Architecture Noon, Wednesday January 20 White Stag Building, 70 NW Couch, Event Roomwith Live…