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Community Design Salon Recap
CMG Landscape Architecture
by chepner
2y ago
On October 7th, CMG hosted Community Design, the second salon in its three-part Equity in Landscape Architecture series, with the goal of learning how to go beyond traditional community engagement processes by working with communities to build trust, capacity, and to define and design projects together. Four panelists, Keta Price, David de la Peña, Diane Jones Allen and Dr. Antwi Akom, each briefly presented their work to bring communities and designers together to create more just places. The panelists asked each other questions about their work and debated the merits of ..read more
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Equity in Landscape Architecture: Community Design Salon
CMG Landscape Architecture
by chepner
2y ago
Go Beyond Traditional Engagement By Working With Communities Community Design is the second of three salons in CMG’s Equity in Landscape Architecture series, which convenes innovative and distinguished professionals from around the U.S. who are focused on inclusive design and processes, community co-creation, and increasing representation and equity in the public realm and in the profession. The first salon, The Power of Representation, focused on the experiences of designers of color in landscape architecture and how firms can reflect a positive trajectory for equity and racial justice. The g ..read more
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CMG Studio Video Wins SMPS Award of Excellence – External Video!
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by chepner
2y ago
Why does landscape architecture matter? How does landscape architecture benefit the communities and the world we live in? In 2019, CMG Landscape Architecture wanted to challenge ourselves to answer these questions in a new visual way – through the medium of video. To us at CMG, landscape architecture is centered around creating beautiful and purposeful places and a providing a social and democratic amenity for the people that use those places. It is about re-connecting humankind to the nature around us. We hope our artful design and practice inspires and provokes communities and future landsc ..read more
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CMG’s New Associates: Wesley Cogan, David Gastañeta, and Jamie Yousten
CMG Landscape Architecture
by chepner
2y ago
In a year of resilience and growth, we are excited to recognize Wesley Cogan, David Gastenata, and Jamie Yousten with promotions. Thank you for all you do – we are excited for your future contributions! Wesley Cogan, Associate Wesley is a thoughtful, diligent, and talented team member. She has brought valuable contributions over the years on so many projects – Potrero Power Station, Mission Rock, San Francisco Civic Center, and San Francisco Waterfront Resilience Program. Her efforts extend beyond exceptional work into many facets of our office – hiring, internships, Design Team, advancing Cl ..read more
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Inspiring A New, Diverse Generation of Designers: Everett Middle School
CMG Landscape Architecture
by chepner
2y ago
“For the profession of landscape architecture to remain relevant and responsive, it must better represent the communities and people it serves. Greater diversity brings new perspectives and thought leadership, strengthens professional/community connections, and supports social equity” – ASLA Mirroring the Nation: Landscape Architecture and the Future of the Profession During our Salon “Equity in Landscape Architecture: The Power of Representation”, panelists Davi de la Cruz, Jenn Low, and Roberto Rovira spoke about the importance of educating and developing young designers from K-12 schools t ..read more
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The Value of Open Space in the Pandemic: Willie ‘Woo Woo’ Wong Park and Playground
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by chepner
3y ago
Open recreational space offers many community benefits – environmental, aesthetic, economic, physical, mental, and social. Urban parks and playgrounds provide people with a variety of physical activities, opportunities for social interaction, and connection to nature and beauty. The COVID-19 global pandemic has quickly reminded us just how valuable our local neighborhood parks and open spaces are – as people turn to these public places to exercise, hold a protest, get out of their homes, and feel a sense of connection and community. San Francisco’s Chinatown, one of the “the most densely popul ..read more
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#StopAsianHate
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by chepner
3y ago
The recent murders in Atlanta and attacks in Oakland and San Francisco have brought to national attention to what, unfortunately, is not news to many: bigotry, misogyny, and racialized violence in our country and our community are surging and Asian and Pacific Islander Americans are frequently the targets of hate crimes and acts of terror. We wish to extend a message of solidarity to all in our communities who are of Asian and Pacific Islander descent: We see you; we value you, and we stand with you. As a practice that is committed to anti-racist policies, we acknowledge the continuous work t ..read more
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Community Engagement at a Distance
CMG Landscape Architecture
by chepner
3y ago
CMG Landscape Architecture has been at the forefront of using hands-on interactive exercises to engage communities in the process of planning and designing public spaces. These “games” have been the highlights of many community planning processes, at Crissy Field, McLaren Park, East Oakland Estuary, Richardson Bay in Marin County, and for the San Francisco Waterfront Resilience Program.  We have brought stakeholders, planners, designers, and community members together to work through critical questions and understand the decision-making processes that go into long term planning for publi ..read more
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Cheers! From CMG
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by chepner
3y ago
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