Landscape Architects Lead Bhutan’s Mindfulness City
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by Jared Green
6d ago
The Mindfulness City, Bhutan / BIG, Arup, and Cistri “The Mindfulness City will be a sustainable city. To be mindful is to be aware — to perform best,” said Guilia Frittoli, partner and head of landscape at Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). The Kingdom of Bhutan is a landlocked Buddhist country in the eastern Himalayas, nestled between China and India. It covers 14,000 square miles and has a population of nearly 800,000. The Royal Office of Bhutan asked BIG, Arup, and Cistri to develop a plan for a new Mindfulness City in Gelephu in southern Bhutan, near the border with India. The city will span 386 ..read more
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Landscape Architecture Strategies Reduce Biodiversity Loss
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by Jared Green
1w ago
ASLA 2020 Professional General Design Honor Award. The Native Plant Garden at The New York Botanical Garden. New York, USA. OEHME, VAN SWEDEN | OvS / Ivo Vermeulen New Research from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Fund Shows Benefits of Nature-Based Solutions The ASLA Fund has released new peer-reviewed research on landscape architecture solutions to the biodiversity crisis. The research was developed by Dr. Sohyun Park, ASLA, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Connecticut. Dr. Park and her team won a competitive ..read more
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Landscape Architecture Strategies Reduce Impacts of Dangerous Extreme Heat
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by Jared Green
1w ago
ASLA 2022 Professional General Design Honor Award. From Brownfield to Green Anchor in the Assembly Square District. Somerville, Massachusetts. OJB Landscape Architecture / Kyle Caldwell New Research from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Fund Shows Benefits of Nature-Based Solutions The ASLA Fund has released new peer-reviewed research on landscape architecture solutions to extreme heat, the deadliest climate impact. The research was developed by Dr. Daniella Hirschfeld, ASLA, PhD, Assistant Professor of Climate Adaptation Planning, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Pl ..read more
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President Advances Landscape Architecture Priorities in 2025 Budget Request
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by The Dirt Contributor
1w ago
ASLA 2023 Professional General Design Honor Award. The University of Texas at El Paso Transformation. El Paso, Texas. Ten Eyck Landscape Architects, Inc. / Adam Barbe By Roxanne Blackwell, Caleb Raspler, and Matthew Gallagher On March 11, the White House released the Budget of the U.S. Government for fiscal year 2025. The proposal includes several increases compared to the fiscal year 2024 budget for climate change, biodiversity, parks, water, and transportation. While these investments can help advance the goals of landscape architects, ASLA believes there are still more resources needed so l ..read more
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Register Today: Designing for Water-based Cities
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by Jared Green
3w ago
Chong Nonsi Canal Park, Bangkok, Thailand / Landprocess “Creating urban spaces that allow for the free flow and penetration of water, wind, and people is essential. Returning to our natural waterscape is not an option; it is the only way to survive.” On March 7 at 6pm, global climate leader and landscape architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom, International ASLA, will give a lecture — Global and Local Climate Adaptation Design — at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Voraakhom was raised in Bangkok, one of the densest, climate vulnerable cities. She is the founder and CEO of landscape arc ..read more
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Landscape Architects Take on Embodied Carbon
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by Jared Green
3w ago
Concrete has high amounts of embodied carbon. These concrete slabs will be reused in Sasaki’s Ellinikon Metropolitan Park in Athens, Greece / Sasaki “Landscape architects have started conversations about embodied carbon. There is a realization that we can no longer ignore the grey parts,” said Stephanie Carlisle, Senior Researcher, Carbon Leadership Forum and the University of Washington, during the first in a series of webinars organized by the ASLA Biodiversity and Climate Action Committee. The grey parts are concrete, steel, and other manufactured products in projects. And the conversations ..read more
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The Future of Landscape Architecture
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by Jared Green
1M ago
Tom Lee Park, Memphis, Tennessee. SCAPE / SCAPE and Ty Cole “When Frederick Law Olmsted was practicing, he was working at the scale of the city. Today, landscape architects face challenges on a global scale — carbon emissions, land fragmentation, and extraction,” said Kate Orff, FASLA, founder of SCAPE, an urban design and landscape architecture practice. Orff made her comments during a discussion organized by the Olmsted Network to mark the 125th anniversary of ASLA and explore the future of landscape architecture. In addition to scaling up, Orff also sees the need for landscape architects to ..read more
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Student Design Competition: Integrating Solar and Agriculture
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by Jared Green
1M ago
Agrivoltaic farm, California / istockphoto.com, JasonDoiy Solar energy now accounts for nearly 5 percent of U.S. energy generation. With billions from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Inflation Reduction Act, that number could grow to 40 percent in the next decade. It is estimated all the new solar power facilities could take up to 5.7 million acres, or land equal to 0.3 percent of the U.S. land surface. Where will all this new solar go? Combining existing farms with solar power is a smart option, as it would help leverage existing energy infrastructure and increase efficiency of ..read more
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Call for Entries to the ASLA 2024 Student Awards Program Now Open
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by Jared Green
1M ago
ASLA 2023 Student Collaboration Award of Excellence. On the Edge: A Climate Adaptive Park for the Battleship NC Memorial. Wilmington, North Carolina. Marguerite Kroening, Student ASLA; Stella Wang, Student ASLA; Faculty Advisors: Andrew Fox, FASLA; David Hill. North Carolina State University / Marguerite Kroening ASLA is now accepting submissions for its 2024 Student Award Program. Registration deadline: Friday, May 3, 2024 Submission deadline: Friday, May 24, 2024 The ASLA Awards Program is the oldest and most prestigious in the landscape architecture profession. They honor the most innovativ ..read more
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Designing Spaces That Are Good for Women and Everybody Else
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by Jared Green
2M ago
Women-led community planning session in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya / Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI) “We are focused on creating a just public realm,” said Chelina Odbert, Hon. ASLA, CEO and founding principal of Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI), at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. And by just, “we mean free, inclusive, accessible, unbiased, and equitable.” “A just public realm is open to everyone.” There is unlimited access to streets and public spaces so people can travel to school and work and be full members of their communities. Unfortunately, the public realm is instead ofte ..read more
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