![]() ![]() Yosemite Shaped Olmsted’s Vision of Public Parks “What we are doing is using shade, humidity, wind, and water to lower the temperature in the heart of Paris,” explained Brussels-based landscape architect Bas Smets, who has won an international design competition to redesign the landscape around Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. To Climate Proof Notre-Dame, Paris Looks to a Landscape Architect On opening day, there were over two thousand children in the playground,” said Richard Kennedy, ASLA, with Field Operations. Our goal was to invite the public in with disarming and sometimes obvious elements. Before, the perception was the Presidio was a kind of commercial office park. “It’s a new vision for this area of the Presidio - open public parkland. Presidio Tunnel Tops: Infrastructure Designed for 360 Views and Fun Whether you are looking for the perfect gift for your favorite designer or something to read yourself, explore THE DIRT’s 12 best books of 2022. Over the holidays, delve into new books on history, design, and the environment that inform and inspire. “We asked ourselves - if we could move 1,200 trees through a city center for over 100 days, then imagine what else we could do,” said Bruno Doedens, a Dutch landscape architect and land artist, who created the wonderful Bosk public art installation in the city of Leeuwarden with his collaborator, the late Joop Mulder. Nestled between the runways of Los Angeles International Airport, the bold SoFi Stadium by landscape architecture firm Studio-MLA and architecture firm HKS sets a new standard for sports arenas, breaking the conventional “suburban fortress” model by opening up the arena to the sky, air, and nature, and blurring the lines between stadium, botanical garden, and public park. Inglewood’s New SoFi Stadium Upends the Old Sports Arena Model Additionally, the legislation makes significant strides in addressing environmental and climate justice and ensuring underserved communities receive resources to adapt to a changing climate. The Act recognizes and funds landscape architecture approaches to address climate change - from active transportation projects like Complete Streets and recreational trails, to nature-based water infrastructure, community tree planting, ecosystem restoration, and more. The Inflation Reduction Act Prioritizes Landscape Architecture Solutions to the Climate Crisis But his exclusion of Native Americans in early National Park planning also left lasting destructive impacts.ĪSLA members : Want to write an op-ed about a topic important to you? Please reach out and tell us what you are passionate about at. Olmsted’s letter writing, journalism, planning, and design work were all part of his life-long mission to create democratic infrastructure, improve public health, and abolish slavery. Readers were interested in the contemporary reframing of Olmsted led by Sara Zewde, ASLA, Ethan Carr, Rolf Diamant, Kongjian Yu, FASLA, and many other landscape architects and academics. wkshp/bluemarble, a collective of emerging professionals, argued that “it is crucial for landscape architecture to change if we are to have a meaningful contribution toward a habitable future.”Ģ022 was also the height of Olmsted 200, an exploration of the life and legacy of Frederick Law Olmsted, who is considered the founder of the profession of landscape architecture and set the field’s DNA with his focus on advocacy, planning, and design. In a similar vein, the most read contribution from ASLA members explored the significance of the Green New Deal Superstudio, with its focus on “decarbonization, jobs, and justice” and its call for landscape architects to become more engaged in national, state, and local climate policy development (and politics). Popular posts sought to answer the questions: What does the Biden-Harris administration’s ambitious climate legislation - the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) - mean for landscape architects and communities? How can landscape architects best design nature-based solutions to climate change? Readers wanted to know how landscape architects can best advance climate action through advocacy, planning, and design. ![]() SWA Group / SWA Group / Jonnu Singletonīefore looking ahead to what’s happening in landscape architecture in 2023, we also look back to learn what was of greatest interest to readers over the past year. Repairing the Rift: Ricardo Lara Linear Park. ASLA 2021 Professional Urban Design Award of Excellence. ![]()
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