EXPO: OCTOBER 4-5
The following 90-minute education sessions will be offered from Friday afternoon through Tuesday morning. Each session is 1.5 professional development hours. Education sessions and leaders are subject to change.
Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday
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Friday, October 3, 2:00-3:30 pm
Green Roof Plants
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
As green roofs have become more commonplace, design intents have become more discrete. This session will identify some of the most common green roof designs, the plant groups used, the maintenance required for each, the available methods, and the regional differences. National and international projects will be used to illustrate these designs.
Featured Speakers: Edmund C. Snodgrass, Emory Knoll Farms, Inc.
Introduction to the New ASLA Standard Contract
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
Earlier this year ASLA made available two standard form agreements tailored specifically for landscape architects and their clients, providing a basic contract addressing fundamental issues critical to successful projects. Panelists—including a member of the ASLA Professional Practice Committee that developed the forms, the legal counsel who assisted the committee in preparing them, and a representative of an insurance carrier who reviewed the new documents—will discuss the risks and issues good contracts address.
Featured Speakers: David Blue, Victor O. Schinnerer & Co., Inc.; Vaughn B. Rinner, ASLA, Land Mark Design Group; Cheryl Terio-Simon, Esq.
The Digital Landscape Architecture Studio
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
Controlling the graphic quality of your GIS and CAD drawings establishes your firm’s reputation. Responding to the changing digital world—such as the push for building information modeling (BIM) at the site level—will continue to challenge your firm. Choosing the right software can mean the difference between a mediocre firm and a leading firm.
Featured Speakers: Eric Gilbey, ASLA,
Nemetschek North
Friday, October 3, 3:45-5:15 pm
Essential Tree Issues: Planting to Preservation
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
Because trees are one of the major “design tools” of the landscape architect, understanding the needs of trees is essential in designing and preserving sustainable landscapes. Tree selection, planting, preservation through construction, maintenance, new technology (air spade and structural soil, for example), and basic horticultural principles are discussed in this session.
Featured Speakers: Richard W. Gibney, ASLA, Richard W. Gibney Landscape Architect
Four Quads and Seven Mowers Ago: Greening
the American Campus
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
If, as architect William McDonough has suggested, sustainable design is “an intelligent, creative, and hopeful stance towards the future,” then our learning landscapes must aspire to this same vision. This session considers the role of the campus master plan in providing leadership in sustainable design. Speakers will address the why, who, and how of weaving the visions, technologies, and innovations of the green design community into the campus master plan.
Featured Speakers: Elizabeth S. Brien, ASLA, Olin Partnership; Chris Matthews, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc.; Nancy Rottle, ASLA, University of Washington; Timothy Toland, ASLA, SUNY-ESF; Thaisa Way, Associate ASLA, University of Washington
Inside the LA Studio with Grupo de Diseño
Urbano
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
The award-winning Mexico City firm will discuss the theoretical and ethical principles of the office; the varieties of scale, typologies, climates, ecologies, clients, and cultures; and how GDU approaches its projects: The social, political, and technical characteristics of the historical park of Chapultepec; the firm’s first public project in the United States, Union Point Park, in Oakland, CA; and the unique involvement of the local campesinos in a new project, Parque Los Itzicuaros in Michoacan, Mexico.
Featured Speakers: Miguel Camacho; Mario G. Schjetnan, FASLA; Manuel Peniche, Grupo de Diseño Urbano
Green Walls: Technologies, Benefits, and
Design
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
This program includes a description and examples of currently available
technologies and a discussion of important elements for designing with
green walls. Design team members will examine and discuss two large-scale
projects, exploring the design decisions, specifications, and site requirements
for success. Installations of a variety of scales from throughout
Featured Speakers: Caryn Heaps, ASLA, A. Dye Design; Catherine Mahan, FASLA, Mahan Rykiel Associates, Inc.; Steven Peck, Hon. ASLA, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities; James Sable, greenscreen®
Professional Project Photography: Maximizing
the Shoot
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
This fast-paced discussion will explore the benefits of having a professional landscape photographer on the landscape architect’s team. Leadership from the American Society of Media Photographers will come together to discuss selection of a photographer, rights and licensing, and realistic budgets. Learn how to collaborate with professionals to create exceptional photography that will enhance the value of your firm’s marketing and public relations efforts.
Featured Speakers: Fred Charles, ASMP, F Charles Photography; Chun Lai, ASMP, American Society of Media Photographers; Eugene Mopsik, ASMP, American Society of Media Photographers
Saturday, October 4, 11:45 am-1:15 pm
Don’t Let Green Design Cause Red Ink
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
Landscape architects must respond to society’s need for projects that meet present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. With increasing public emphasis on sustainability in design, landscape architects face challenges to their professionalism and profitability. This session focuses on a realistic appraisal of emerging risks and discusses skills to manage them.
Featured Speakers: Frank Musica, Esq., Victor O. Schinnerer & Co., Inc.
Green Area Ratio Site Metrics
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
Developed for
Featured Speakers: David Bier, Futurity, Inc.;
Melissa Keeley, Ph.D.,
Note: This programming is provided courtesy of the American Planning Association.
Growing Buildings from the Land: Collaborative
Partnering with Architects
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
Ted Flato of Lake|Flato Architects, recipient of the AIA Firm Award in 2004, will discuss the firm’s design philosophy and numerous successful collaborations with landscape architects. Through its sensitive connections to the places in which it builds, Lake|Flato has designed structures that seem inseparable from their prairie, desert, bayou, and mountain sites, while demonstrating truly sustainable architecture that is low in its resource use.
Featured Speakers: Ted Flato, FAIA, Lake|Flato Architects
Hiring and Keeping Top Talent, Whatever the
Economy
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
Top talent always has choices—that's why finding and keeping the best can be difficult, regardless of the economic environment. This session showcases current recruitment and retention practices in the architecture/engineering industry. Some of the toughest challenges are discussed, including crafting competitive offers, creating high-retention workplaces, and ownership/leadership transition. Best practices in recruiting and retention will allow attendees to begin immediately implementing positive change.
Featured Speakers: Lori Oakes-Coyne, Morrissey Goodale
Inside the LA Studio with ARTECHO
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
Learn what’s behind ARTECHO, an innovative firm entering its third decade.
Specializing in residential work in
Featured Speakers: Pamela Palmer, ASLA, Howard Rosen, ARTECHO
Inside the LA Studio with EDSA
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
Passion. Experience. Creativity. These three words best describe the energy, projects, international reach, and people of EDSA. Since the firm’s inception nearly 50 years ago, EDSA professionals have dedicated themselves to creating memorable places on six continents. The firm’s approach, design philosophy, and client relationships make it unique. Hear from EDSA leadership on what being part of the EDSA family means to them.
Featured Speakers: Rebecca Bradley, ASLA; Paul D. Kissinger, ASLA; Joseph J. Lalli, FASLA, EDSA
Nature + Urbanism
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
Cities today produce 75 percent of the world’s greenhouse gases, and
the world is in the midst of a city-building boom. How do we accommodate
this unprecedented urban population growth while increasing the sustainability
of our cities? In the twenty-first century, cities that can be both urbane
and natural at the same time will succeed.
Featured Speakers: Alexandros Washburn, Affiliate
ASLA, Chief Urban Designer, City of
Planting Green Roofs and Living Walls
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
Supported by evidence that “greening” buildings can mitigate some of the dysfunctions of the modern urban environment, green roofs are increasingly seen as a benefit by architecture, construction, and landscape professionals. But greenery should not stop there, as walls can be covered with vegetation to beneficial effect too. Here we look at some inspiring examples of both green roofs and green walls, with an emphasis on plant selection.
Featured Speakers: Nigel Dunnett and Noel Kingsbury,
The Sustainable Sites Initiative: An Overview
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
The critical role of sites and landscapes in supporting, enhancing, and regenerating ecosystem services has changed design and management best practices. Pressing global environmental concerns, including unprecedented water and community health challenges within a new carbon economy, provide opportunities for landscape architects to play a pivotal role in developing solutions. This session presents an overview and update of the Sustainable Sites Initiative, including a preview of the November 2008 Standards and Guidelines Draft Report.
Featured Speakers: Jose Almiñana, ASLA, Andropogon
Associates, Ltd.; Deon Glaser,
Saturday, October 4, 3:15-4:45 pm
But is it Green? Four New Products That
Will Change the Way You Think
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
Can a PVC “lumber product” really have zero waste, require no maintenance, and be 100 percent recyclable? Can an alternative on-site wastewater treatment system really transform human waste into a bacteria-free powder? Hear a team of product experts discuss four of the most forward-thinking sustainable products on the market.
Featured Speakers: Phillip J. Arnold, Hon. ASLA, L.M. Scofield Company; Gregg Ellery, Lumec; Scott Henderson, Green Utility Districts, LLC and Xerolet Eco-System; Kevin Jarvi , Kleer Lumber
Client Roundtable: Architects
1.5 PDH
Architects are the third largest client group for landscape architects, and more are hiring landscape architects at the beginning of projects. Learn what trends architects see in design and construction that will affect the landscape architecture profession. Discover how they select and use landscape architects and how landscape design informs and improves their projects.
Featured Speakers: Ted Flato, FAIA, Lake|Flato Architects; Abram Goodrich, Studios Architecture; Barbara Mullenex, OPX; Russ Nichols, AIA, RMW
Client Roundtable: Mayors
1.5 PDH
Municipalities are the second largest client group for landscape architects, and mayors are their cities’ chief designers. Learn what trends mayors see in design and construction that will affect the landscape architecture profession. Discover how they select and use landscape architects and how landscape design informs and improves their projects.
Featured Speakers:
Complete Streets: Shaping the Public Realm
through Multi-Modal Design with Urban Transit
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
The sustainable future requires reducing our dependence on the automobile and recapturing auto-centric public spaces for other forms of transportation. Landscape architects have a significant role in planning, designing, and advocating for development of interrelated transportation systems that meet the needs of all users. This session focuses on proven design and planning approaches that have resulted in marked changes in the use of public space for transportation.
Featured Speakers: Reid Ewing,
Innovative Approaches to Integrating Historic
and Cultural Resources into Design
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
Historic and cultural resources can challenge landscape architects.
Using case studies, panelists will present innovative methods for preemptive
identification and protection of historic and cultural resources, and
techniques for capitalizing on and integrating historic and cultural resources
into project designs and successfully navigating the State Historic Preservation
Office review process. Panelists’ work in Native American heritage protection,
in the Erie Canal Corridor, and
Featured Speakers: Jeffrey Chusid,
Inside the LA Studio with Marta Fry Landscape
Associates
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
Believing that the landscape is one of the most lasting forms of cultural
expression, the MFLA design practice intentionally blurs boundaries between
design disciplines. Based in
Featured Speakers: Marta Fry, ASLA, Eric Sirois, Jamie White, Marta Fry Landscape Associates
Inside the LA Studio with Andropogon Associates,
Ltd.
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
The award-winning firm Andropogon Associates is a recognized leader in
the field of sustainable design. Firm members will discuss how the firm’s
philosophy translates into its various projects: arboretum and botanic
garden master plans; historical restorations, including the
Featured Speakers: Jose M. Almiñana, ASLA, Laura Hansplant, Jacov Yaki Miodovnik, ASLA, Andropogon Associates, Ltd.
Inside the LA Studio with Mikyoung Kim
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
The prolific landscape architect
Featured Speakers: Matt Gillen; Mikyoung Kim, ASLA; William Madden
Planting Green Roofs and Living Walls
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
Supported by evidence that “greening” buildings can mitigate some of the dysfunctions of the modern urban environment, green roofs are increasingly seen as a benefit by architecture, construction, and landscape professionals. But greenery should not stop there, as walls can be covered with vegetation to beneficial effect too. Here we look at some inspiring examples of both green roofs and green walls, with an emphasis on plant selection.
Featured Speakers: Nigel Dunnett and Noel Kingsbury,
Sunday, October 5, 10:30 am-12 Noon
Advanced Green Roof Design, Construction,
and Maintenance
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
This session discusses the critical path for designing, building, and maintaining a successful green roof, focusing on the important role of landscape architects. The design discussion will include the skills and disciplines required to gather and evaluate site information, conduct a cost-benefit analysis of options, and establish a design to meet project goals. The building portion of the program will examine practical considerations for procuring materials and constructing and maintaining a green roof.
Featured Speakers: Kelly F. Duke, ValleyCrest Landscape Development; Steve Skinner, American Hydrotech, Inc.; David J. Yocca, ASLA, Conservation Design Forum
Case Study:
Featured Speakers: Mia M. Lehrer, FASLA, Mia Lehrer + Associates; Kenneth W. Smith, ASLA, Ken Smith Landscape Architect
CEO Roundtable: Small Firm Challenges
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
Find out how several prominent CEOs solve the unique challenges of managing a small firm, including financing, contracts, hiring, marketing, business development, and liability.
Featured Speakers: Thomas R. Oslund, FASLA,
oslund.and.associates;
Inside the LA Studio with Dirtworks, PC,
Landscape Architecture
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
Dirtworks was founded on the belief that interaction with the natural environment is essential to health and well-being. Early work with health care clients challenged the firm to provide fragile populations with opportunities to experience nature’s restorative qualities. Allowing every individual to connect with nature on their own terms and at their own pace underpins all Dirtworks projects.
Featured Speakers: Wendy Andringa, David Kamp, FASLA, Tannen Printz, Dirtworks, PC, Landscape Architecture
Media Roundtable: National Design Critics
1.5 PDH
Design critics from leading national newspapers will discuss the trends they are seeing in planning and design, how they select topics and projects to cover, what their editorial calendars for 2009 look like, and the best way to contact them to get coverage of your news and projects.
Moderator: Dean Hill, ASLA, Terratecture
Featured Speakers: Robert Campbell, The
Native Plant Connection: A New Look at How
Landscapes Can Support Biodiversity
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
Because our gardens are part of the terrestrial ecosystems that sustain humans and the life around us, we must keep them in working order. This program will discuss the important ecological roles of the plants in our landscapes, emphasize the benefits of designing gardens with these roles in mind, and explore the consequences of failing to do so. Gardening in this crowded world carries both moral and ecological responsibilities that we can no longer ignore.
Featured Speakers: W. Gary Smith, ASLA, W.
Gary Smith Design; Douglas W. Tallamy,
Play for All Abilities
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
Playground accessibility goes far beyond the government-mandated wheelchair access. This session will discuss designing playgrounds and parks for children with a wide variety of disabilities and abilities. We’ll cover cutting-edge trends and learn to go “beyond accessibility” to create designs for your community where all children can exercise their bodies, stimulate creativity, and build social skills—together.
Featured Speakers: Grace E. Fielder, ASLA, G.E. Fielder & Associates, Chartered; Tiffany Harris, Shane’s Inspiration; Steven King, FASLA, Landscape Structures Inc.
Urban Design Case Study: The
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
New housing, trails, retail, transit, roads, bridges, parks, and reservoirs—all
planned within two miles of a growing downtown on an old abandoned railroad
right of way. Planners, designers, and engineers are working through
many public meetings to build consensus for the new development that is
scheduled to be built by 2030. The BeltLine, winner of a 2007 ASLA Analysis
and Planning Award, is a $3 billion project that will change
Featured Speakers: Barbara Faga, FASLA, EDAW, Inc.; Terri Montague, Atlanta BeltLine Inc.; Catherine L. Ross, Georgia Tech-Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development; Fred Yalouris, Atlanta BeltLine Inc.
When Modernism Met Populism: Preserving
Public Modernist Landscapes
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
Using several internationally renowned landscapes as case studies, we
will look at the current challenges being faced by modernist public landscapes,
including Lawrence Halprin’s designs at the
Moderator: Charles Birnbaum, FASLA, The Cultural Landscape Foundation
Featured Speakers: Ann Komara,
Sunday, October 5, 2:30-4:00 pm
CEO Roundtable: Emerging Professionals
-Special program for students and young professionals
1.5 PDH
New landscape architecture professionals face numerous challenges upon entering the workforce. This discussion will explore whether their expectations have been met, if the profession is living up to the values that attracted them in the first place, if their studies adequately prepared them for their professional life, the types of training they have received on the job, and what advice they would give to other young professionals.
Featured Speakers: Michael Albert, Associate ASLA, Design Workshop; Christina Campa, Reed Hilderbrand Associates; Nicholas Dunaske, Civitas; Joseph J. Lalli, FASLA, EDSA; Trevor Lee, Olin Partnership Ltd.; Ruth Stafford, Associate ASLA, WRT; Paul Weinberg, ASLA,EDSA.
Implementing Sustainable Stormwater Management:
Lessons Learned from Ten Years of Collaboration
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
Successfully implementing sustainable stormwater management practices can be challenging, with many hurdles throughout the design process. Olin Partnership in Philadelphia and Nitsch Engineering in Boston have worked together over the last 10 years on numerous projects and have developed a collaborative approach that has helped anticipate and overcome many of these difficulties. This session presents specific examples of lessons learned from several projects of varying complexity and scale.
Featured Speakers: Earl H. Graffam Jr., ASLA, Olin Partnership; Judy Nitsch, Nitsch Engineering, Inc.
Inside the LA Studio with Nelson Byrd Woltz
Landscape Architects
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
Nelson Byrd Woltz is a 25-person, award-winning firm with studios in
Featured Speakers: Warren T. Byrd, FASLA, Thomas Woltz, ASLA, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
Inside the LA Studio with Gustafson Guthrie
Nichol Ltd.
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
The firm of Gustafson Guthrie Nichol in
Featured Speakers: Jennifer Guthrie, ASLA, Shannon R. Nichol, ASLA, Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Ltd.
Integrating Water Features in Your Design:
Achieving a Natural Look
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
Aquatic environments are part art, part science. This session covers all you should know to better integrate, design, and specify water features for residential, commercial, and public spaces. Learn design fundamentals for living water features, ponds, and waterfalls—plus the importance of proper sizing, shaping, and placement for maximum effect. Understand how to create self-sustaining, natural ecosystems that attract wildlife; construction and maintenance basics; how to use aquatic plants; and how to work with contractors.
Featured Speakers: Chris Brown, ASLA, Canin Associates; David B. Duensing, Affiliate ASLA, David B. Duensing & Associates
Landscape Urbanism and Metropolitan Design
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
Contemplate emerging urban design ideas that embrace the immense changes evident in the twenty-first century American city, especially the reality of an extensive, loose landscape interwoven with highways, fields, industrial areas, and large-scale users. Consider large-scale reclamation projects and small-scale restoration projects that incorporate both landscape and buildings.
Featured Speakers: James Corner, ASLA, Field Operations and University of Pennsylvania; Nina Marie E. Lister, Ryerson University; Chris Reed, ASLA, StoSS; Brenda Case Scheer AIA, AICP, University of Utah; Frederick R. Steiner, FASLA, University of Texas at Austin; Charles Waldheim, University of Toronto
Note: This programming is provided courtesy of the American Planning Association.
Persian and Islamic Influence in Contemporary
Design
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
The typical Islamic garden was a walled rectangular space with a shaded sitting area at one end, a water feature, and flowering, fragrant plants. These elements are the same ones found today in many American gardens, both urban and suburban—though we tend to think of them as Hispanic in tradition. This session explores how these traditional design elements can be used in new ways to create spaces that are hospitable, restful, and ecologically responsible.
Featured Speakers: Sarah S. Boasberg, Hon.
ASLA, Sarah Boasberg Landscape Design; Ken Druse, Ken Druse Design Studio;
Kathryn Gleason,
Recasting Cities: Green Infrastructure and
the Arts in the New Civic Landscape
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
Featured Speakers:
The Sustainable Sites Initiative: Soils
and Vegetation
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
This session will present an overview of the Soils and Vegetation section of the Sustainable Sites Initiative’s Draft Standards and Guidelines, which will be published in November 2008. Learn more about this innovative rating tool as panelists present performance benchmarks, specific credits, and case studies, and discuss the issues that have informed their work.
Featured Speakers: Nina Bassuk,
Sunday, October 5, 4:15-5:45 pm
Artful Rainwater Design: Creative Strategies
to Transform Stormwater Management Into Rainwater Amenity
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
Artful rainwater design celebrates rainwater and presents a timely opportunity for landscape architects to intertwine hydrological stewardship with significant placemaking. Grounded in a qualitative case study of 20 recognized rainwater-focused projects nationwide, this session presents specific design examples and techniques to transform stormwater management into experientially rich, artful rainwater design. Additional follow-up and case study information is provided at www.artfulrainwaterdesign.net.
Featured Speakers: Stuart P. Echols,
CEO Roundtable: Global Business Update
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
After a long period of growth and prosperity, firms must adapt to a marketplace influenced by world events, a wavering economy, client reorganizations, new funding programs, and technology advances. This session will provide an update of the current business trends and major issues facing the profession. Top industry leaders will discuss the state of the profession, the current market drivers, and what they are doing to manage their companies for the near and long terms
Featured Speakers: Joseph E. Brown, FASLA,
EDAW; Peter Walker, FASLA, PWP Landscape Architecture; Lucinda Sanders,
ASLA, Olin Partnership; Kevin Shanley, FASLA, SWA Group; Joe Healy, AIA,
WRT
Conceptual Terrain Modeling with Google SketchUp
Intermediate and Advanced, 1.5 PDH
Google SketchUp Pro has empowered landscape architects to work in 3-D. With its easy-to-learn interface, SketchUp Pro permits rapid 3-D modeling and visualization, which has made it a staple in many design firms. SketchUp Pro allows landscape architects to express grading and landform that fit into the overall design narrative. This session will review the powerful tools within SketchUp Pro to model conceptual grading and other complex forms.
Featured Speakers: Chris Dizon, Google Inc.; Daniel Tal, Landscape Architect RNL
Note: To maximize your learning experience for this session, we strongly recommend that you bring your fully charged laptop, loaded with a current version of SketchUp
Design/Build
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
The May 2007 edition of Landscape Architecture magazine shone a light on a growing movement toward design/build project delivery. This movement has seen increases in the volume of work, the variety of projects, the diversity of clients, and the proliferation of different business models. This session will look at three different firms with three different perspectives on design/build. The panel will discuss emerging trends within the design and construction professions as they relate to design/build.
Featured Speakers: Thomas Donnelly, ValleyCrest
Landscape Development;
Green Infrastructure, Climate Change, Smart
Growth, and Sustainability: An International Perspective
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
Green infrastructure is composed of critical landscape patterns that
are strategically identified and planned to secure ecosystems services
essential for sustaining human society. Experts from Asia, Europe, and
the
Featured Speakers: Jack Ahern, FASLA,
Healthy Trees and Soils
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
Landscape architects control the factors that make or break the long-term success of trees in designed landscapes. Panelists will discuss the proper preparation of soil and the site for the future growth of large trees; how specifications and nursery selection affect the arborist’s ability to manage trees; and how to incorporate these principles into the award-winning landscape designs.
Featured Speakers: Peter L. Schaudt, FASLA, Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects; James R. Urban, FASLA, Urban Trees + Soils; Daniel van Starrenburg, SavATree
Inside the LA Studio with Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
Cornelia Oberlander is the subject of The Cultural Landscape Foundation’s
most recent oral history effort. Oberlander recently recounted her six
decades of practice—from her early work with Walter Gropius and James
Rose, Dan Kiley, and Lou Kahn, to celebrated projects with architect Arthur
Erickson—and her pioneering work with green roofs. This session will
open with a premiere of the rough cuts from a recent videotaping in
Moderator: Charles Birnbaum, FASLA, The Cultural Landscape Foundation
Featured Speakers: Cornelia H. Oberlander, FASLA, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Inside the LA Studio with Civitas
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
This creative collaborative founded 25 years ago will share its design
philosophy that has reshaped urban communities and environments through
horticulture and programmatic orientation. Projects by Civitas can be
found in hub cities throughout the
Featured Speakers: Mark W. Johnson, FASLA, Isabelle Matteson, Todd Mead, ASLA, Civitas
National Capitol Framework Plan
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
The National Capital Framework Plan, a product of the National Capital Planning Commission and the Commission of Fine Arts, will extend the special civic qualities of the National Mall and the vitality and vibrancy of the capital city into the federal office precincts located between the two. The Framework Plan creates public destinations worthy of memorials and museums to serve our future generations while protecting the historic open space of the National Mall.
Featured Speakers: Marcel Acosta, National Capitol
Planning Commission; Alan Harwood, EDAW; Thomas Luebke,
The Sustainable Sites Initiative: Materials,
Human Health and Well-Being
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
This session presents an overview of the Materials and Human Health and Well-Being section of the Sustainable Sites Initiative’s Draft Standards and Guidelines, which will be published in November 2008. Learn more about this innovative rating tool as panelists present performance benchmarks, specific credits, and case studies, and discuss the issues that have informed their work.
Featured Speakers: Meg Calkins, ASLA,
Monday, October 6, 8:00-9:30 am
Explore and Present Your 3D designs with
Google SketchUp Pro
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
In this hands-on learning session, we’ll explore the basic concepts of Google SketchUp as it relates to the practice of landscape architecture. Google SketchUp is an intuitive 3-D modeling program that you can use to refine, visualize, and present your ideas quickly and efficiently. Available in six languages and used by professionals all over the world, Google SketchUp is fast becoming a standard part of every landscape architect's digital tool kit.
Featured Speakers: Joshua Reilly, Google Design, Inc.
Note: To maximize your learning experience for this session, we strongly recommend that you bring your fully charged laptop, loaded with a current version of SketchUp.
Greening Commercial Development: Lessons
in the Economics of Sustainable Design
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
National trends demonstrate that commercial developers are beginning
to recognize the economic potential of sustainable design. Liberty Property
Trust, a Pennsylvania-based real estate investment trust, has been called
“the poster child for green commercial development” by the U.S. Green
Building Council. A panel of landscape architects and
Featured Speakers: John Gattuso, ASLA,
Inside the LA Studio with Olin Partnership
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
For more than 30 years, OLIN has emphasized environmental, social, and economic sustainability to create timeless spaces that promote interaction among diverse people. Through analysis and research, each project is approached as an opportunity to celebrate the site’s unique history, ecology, and community. In this session, leaders of the OLIN studio will provide insight into the theory and process behind key projects; share their passion for the profession and ambitions for the future.
Featured Speakers: Hallie Boyce, David Rubin, ASLA, Lucinda R. Sanders, ASLA, Olin Partnership
Inside the LA Studio with Janet Rosenberg
+ Associates
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
In practice for more than 25 years,
Featured Speakers: Stefano Giannini, Janet Rosenberg, ASLA, Wayne Swanton, Janet Rosenberg + Associates
Integrating Sustainable Stormwater Management
in Urban Design
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
Join an award-winning national leader in green street design to explore
innovative and sustainable—and often amazingly simple and affordable—techniques
for managing urban stormwater runoff. Many of
Featured Speakers: Kevin R. Perry, ASLA, Nevue Ngan Associates
Media Roundtable: Design Industry Magazines
1.5 PDH
Representatives from key industry media will discuss the trends they are seeing in planning and design, how they select topics and projects to cover, what their editorial calendars for 2009 look like, and the best way to contact them to get coverage of your news and projects.
Moderator: Dean Hill, ASLA, Terratecture
Featured Speakers: Ned Cramer, Architect; Robert Ivy, FAIA, Architectural Record; Kristina Kessler, Urban Land; Jane Kolleeny, GreenSource; Sylvia Lewis, Planning; Bill Thompson, FASLA, Landscape Architecture
Sustainable Practice in China
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
Featured Speakers: Jie Hu, ASLA,
The Sustainable Sites Initiative: Hydrology
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
This session presents an overview of the Hydrology section of the Sustainable Sites Initiative’s Draft Standards and Guidelines, which will be published in November 2008. Learn more about this innovative rating tool as panelists present performance benchmarks, specific credits, and case studies, and discuss the issues that have informed their work.
Featured Speakers: Tom Liptan, ASLA,
Wet and Wild: Critical Points to Consider
on Your Next Water Feature
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
In this session, industry professionals from the design community, contracting, and the maintenance supply arenas will discuss how critical components of water features can be easily incorporated into your next project to facilitate contractor installations while minimizing maintenance requirements.
Featured Speakers: David Duensing, Affiliate ASLA, David B. Duensing and Associates; Michael Garcia, Enviroscape, Inc.; Mark Krupka, Ecological Laboratories, Inc.; Mark Munley, Affiliate ASLA, Firestone Specialty Products
Monday, October 6, 9:45-11:15 am
Best Business Practices and Client Relations
in the Residential Market
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
Landscape architects who work in the residential realm understand and
appreciate the complexities of working with this clientele and market.
Panel members will share their approach for suc
Featured Speakers: James Burnett, FASLA, Office of James Burnett; Jeffrey K. Carbo, FASLA, Jeffrey Carbo Landscape Architects; Dean Hill, ASLA, Terratecture; Kris M. Horiuchi, ASLA, Horiuchi Solien, Inc.; Ryan Kettelkamp, ASLA, Kettelkamp Landscape Architects
Case Study: Restoring the LA River
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
This session will discuss the award-winning Los Angeles River Revitalization
Master Plan, which aims to transform 32 miles of concrete-lined river
into public green space in the heart of one of
Featured Speakers: Mark W. Johnson, FASLA, Civitas; Mia M. Lehrer, FASLA, Mia Lehrer + Associates; William E. Wenk, FASLA, Wenk Associates
Inside the LA Studio with Turenscape
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
Based in
Featured Speakers: Sun Peng, Peng De Sheng, Hong Wei, Kongjian Yu, International ASLA, Turenscape
New Trends and Techniques in Urban Retail
Planning and Development
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
There has never been a better time for municipalities or developers to build mixed-use communities. American shoppers and retailers have become tired of enclosed malls and are seeking open-air settings. Yet many recent efforts to revitalize downtowns or build new centers have failed because the adopted design recommendations are detrimental to modern commerce. This seminar will examine the retail design principles used by premier developers and illustrate how landscape architects can successfully apply them.
Featured Speakers: Robert J. Gibbs, ASLA, Gibbs Planning Group, Inc.
Planting Through the Seasons
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
Are you tired of using the same plants yet again? What foliage plants will really work in containers? What plants will thrive even in dry shade? What are some different tough plants for public spaces? This panel will introduce you to a number of ways to enrich your plant palette and bring richness, texture, and variety to your gardens without requiring intensive maintenance.
Featured Speakers: Sarah Boasberg, Hon. ASLA,
Sarah Boasberg Landscape Design; J. Blaine Bonham Jr.,
Play for All Ages
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
The fun, health, and social benefits of play don’t end with childhood! This session will focus on innovative multigenerational parks and playgrounds where people of all ages can play and be active together. We’ll discuss the importance of designing parks and playgrounds for all ages—from toddlers to active seniors—and the critical role landscape architects play in creating healthier kids, families, and communities.
Featured Speakers:
Realizing Sustainable Soils: The Hardball
Politics of Designed Soils
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
Soils are an integral part of a site’s infrastructure, affecting planting success, stormwater management, and long-term sustainability. Manufactured soils offer great rewards, but successfully designing, specifying, and realizing them—as well as justifying them to owners and regulators when most people just see dirt—is the real challenge. This is a panel not about science, but about politics. How can landscape architects successfully integrate designed soils into a project from beginning to end?
Featured Speakers: Jeffrey L. Bruce, FASLA, Jeffrey L. Bruce and Company; Eric F. Kramer, ASLA, Reed Hilderbrand Associates; Laura Solano, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates; John Swallow, Pine and Swallow Associates
Selecting An Office Software Palette: Maximizing
the Benefit Without Breaking the Bank
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
For landscape architecture firms, choosing an appropriate suite of software applications can be a very challenging task. The bewildering array of choices and the amount of time required to research, purchase, configure, implement, and maintain the software can be challenging. This session will take a candid look at the overall process, cost, and time requirement for integrating software into an office, with particular emphasis on the challenges faced by small to mid-size firms.
Featured Speakers: Earl H. Graffam Jr., ASLA, Olin Partnership; Chris Hanley, Olin Partnership
Vision for Downtown: Dynamic Streetscapes
and Public Spaces
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
As urban downtowns continue to experience revitalization and suburban
“lifestyle centers” draw crowds, streetscape design plays an increasingly
important role. This session will share lessons learned from experiences
at the heart of
Featured Speakers: Douglas E. Hoerr, FASLA, Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architecture
Monday, October 6, 11:30 am-1:00 pm
Black and Green: Dynamic Balance in Transportation
Corridor Planning and Design
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
Focusing on an environment experienced by all—the highway system—leading transportation landscape architects will present examples of innovative and successful corridor planning and design, highlighting the role of the landscape architect in defining, developing, and implementing successful projects in a highly contentious realm. Learn how landscape architects are bringing together engineers, planners, local agencies, and the public to create well-designed systems that meet stakeholder needs.
Featured Speakers: Scott Bradley, FASLA, Minnesota Department of Transportation; Craig Churchward, ASLA, HNTB Corporation; Keith A. Robinson, ASLA, California Department of Transportation
Inside the LA Studio with Mia Lehrer + Associates
One Firm—Two Women—10 Years—A City of
Four Million
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
At ML+A community, sustainability and design innovation work together.
Featured Speakers: Jae Uck Ahn, Hong Joo Kim, Esther Margulies, ASLA, Mia Lehrer + Associates
Media Roundtable: Consumer Home and Garden
Magazines
1.5 PDH
Representatives from consumer publications will discuss the trends they are seeing in planning and design, how they select topics and projects to cover, what their editorial calendars for 2009 look like, and the best way to contact them to get coverage of your news and projects.
Moderator: Dean Hill, ASLA, Terratecture
Featured Speakers: Jenny Andrews, Garden Design; Kate Karam, Cottage Living; Eric Liskey, Better Homes & Gardens; Arricca SanSone, Contributor, Cooking Light
Opera on a Grand Scale: The Experience of
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
Landscape architects play a significant role in the design of a Disney theme park. Through a photographic tour of two recently built Disney parks during design and construction phases, we will see ways in which Disney landscape architectural practice is the same as any other landscape practice, as well as ways in which it is unique.
Featured Speakers: John T. Shields, ASLA, Walt Disney Imagineering; John Sorenson, ASLA, Walt Disney Imagineering
Rebuilding Urban Places After Disaster:
Lessons from Katrina
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
Hurricane Katrina was by all accounts a physical and social disaster.
Had the engineering and design issues been solved earlier, would the outcome
have been different? Can we restore the old
Featured Speakers: Richard Campanella,
Return of the Natives: Sustainable Ecosystem
Restoration and Water Quality Protection at Fresh Pond
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
Fresh Pond Reservation is one of metropolitan
Featured Speakers: John N. Amodeo, ASLA, Carol R. Johnson Associates; Thomas S. Benjamin, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.
Sustainable Community Alliances: Getting
Green Done
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
How can you take the initiative to transform your city’s green infrastructure? How can run-down parks be restored? How can vacant lots become gardens and gathering spots for a neighborhood? What can be done to improve streetscapes, both residential and commercial? Learn about several different approaches, including funding from private foundations and nonprofits, conservancies that attract members, community groups, and national advocacy organizations.
Featured Speakers: Drew Becher, New York Restoration Project; Sarah S. Boasberg, Hon. ASLA, Sarah Boasberg Landscape Design; Meg Cheever, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy; Joan M. Reilly, Philadelphia Green
The Future of Municipal Stormwater Management
in the
This session will share the stories of
Featured Speakers: , Philadelphia Water Department; Michael Beezhold, City of Lenexa, Kansas; Abby Hall, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Tom Liptan, ASLA, Portland Bureau of Environmental Services
Tuesday, October 7, 8:00-9:30 am
Balancing Good Business and Good Design in
the Residential Market
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
The implications of suc
Featured Speakers: Warren T. Byrd, FASLA, Nelson
Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects; Mary Ellen Cowan, ASLA,
Inside the LA Studio with Mithun
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
A steward of the environment for nearly 60 years, Mithun has focused
on resource efficiency, urban redevelopment, and sustainable design.
This firm continually produces inspiring places that where
social and ecological interests converge. Mithun’s diverse portfolio
includes the sustainable master plan for
Featured Speakers: Bert Gregory, FAIA, Debra Guenther, ASLA, T. Frick McNamara, ASLA, Mithun
Intermediate, 1.5 PDH
The Louisiana Speaks Regional Plan is South Louisiana's long-term response to the devastation caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Unveiled in May 2007, the plan provides strategies for Louisiana to recover sustainably, grow smarter, and think regionally. Learn about the plan’s unique public outreach component, its implementation—from policy initiatives to local planning and design, and how the recovery has played an integral role in transforming how Louisiana’s communities perceive the profession of landscape architecture.
Featured Speakers: Dana Brown, ASLA, Brown+Danos landdesign, inc.; Robin Rather, Collective Strength; Elizabeth F. Thomas, ASLA, Center for Planning Excellence
Tuesday, October 7, 9:45-11:15 am
Integrating Sustainable Stormwater Management
in Urban Design
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
Join an award-winning national leader in green street design to explore
innovative and sustainable—and often amazingly simple and affordable—techniques
for managing urban stormwater runoff. Many of
Featured Speaker: Kevin R. Perry, ASLA, Nevue Ngan Associates
Reducing Stormwater Costs through Low Impact
Development Strategies and Practices
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
In addition to the environmental benefits, low-impact development (LID) techniques have several ancillary benefits: improved aesthetics, expanded recreational opportunities, increased property values, more units developed, increased marketing potential, and faster sales. In terms of costs, LID techniques can reduce the amount of materials needed for paving roads and driveways and for installing curbs and gutters.
Featured Speaker:
Wellness By Design: Applying Health Impact
Assessments to Community Planning and Design Projects
Advanced, 1.5 PDH
Although promoting public health through community planning is a leading concern today, there is no single authoritative methodology for assessing the likely health impacts of a given plan or design. New health impact assessment tools based on scientific research and on-the-ground experience are evolving to help. Learn what tools exist, how they can be applied effectively, and where gaps still exist in the types of tools available.
Featured Speakers: Martha J. Droge, ASLA, Mithun; Matthew Ridgeway, Fehr and Peers Transportation Consultants; Chris Saleeba, ASLA, Mithun; Barbara Wright, Seattle and King County Public Health