Full Schedule

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM PT

TCLF Annual Excursion

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT

Sketch LA '26 Student Sketch Walk

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

WED-A01: Layered Landscapes: Growing the Past in the Present

Speaker: – RIOS

Speaker: – Altadena Seed Library

Speaker: – Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers & Native Plants

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

WED-A02: Progress or Peril? AI, Environmental Stewardship, and the Future of Landscape Architecture

Speaker: – Terra Brava Landscape Architecture, ASLA Southern California Chapter

Speaker: – Landscape Architecture

Speaker: – MIG, Inc.

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

WED-A03: Grounding the Grid: Designing Energy Landscapes as Civic Infrastructure

Speaker: – FIU and Studio Roberto Rovira

Speaker: – ECo

Speaker: – OLIN

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

WED-A04: Storytelling in the Schoolyard: Crafting the Narrative for Nature-based Learning Environments

Speaker: – MIG, Inc.

Speaker: – HKLA

Speaker: – Los Angeles Unified School District

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

WED-A05: Design Without Boundaries: Bringing Together Landscape, Architecture and Fabrication

Speaker: – OJB Landscape Architecture

Speaker: – Rebellion Fabrication

Speaker: – ADBC Architecture

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

WED-A06: Equity by Design: Community Engagement and Prioritization in La’s Park Needs Assessment

Speaker: – OLIN

Speaker: – UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Speaker: – Kounkuey Design Initiative

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

WED-A07: Designing for Belonging: Advancing Engagement in Landscape Architecture

Speaker: – PLAYCE Studio

Speaker: – JIMA Studio

Speaker: – LPA Design Studios

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

WED-A08: Designing Your Exit: A Small Firm Succession Blueprint

Speaker: – LILA Studio LLC

Speaker: – Ryan Associates

Speaker: – Community Works Design Group

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

WED-A09: Still Paying for Robert Moses: Landscape Architecture Leadership on NYC Waterfronts

Speaker: – Stantec

Speaker: – New York City Economic Development Corporation

Speaker: – Stantec

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

WED-A10: Getting Specific About Specifications: Maximizing the Effectiveness of Fundamental Contract Documents

Speaker: – SiteWorks LLC

Speaker: – Professional Engineer

Speaker: – BrightView Landscape Development, Inc.

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

WED-A11: Great Lakes Resilience: Advancing a Novel Regional Prototype from Concept to Construction

Speaker: – WRT

Speaker: – Cleveland Metroparks

Speaker: – Arup

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

WED-B01: Healthy Soils Support Healthy Trees: The Amazing World of Soil Genomics"

Speaker: – Texas A&M University

Speaker: – The Institute of Soil Genomics for Healthy Community Forestry

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

WED-B02: Zone 0: A Spark for LA Advocacy and Science

Speaker: – Altadena Green

Speaker: – Office of the Designed Landscape inc + USC

Speaker: – UC Cooperative Extension/Bren School, UC Santa Barbara

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

WED-B03: Let’s Talk About Sequestration

Speaker: – Sasaki

Speaker: – University of Pennsylvania

Speaker: – SWA

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

WED-B04: Resisting Conformity Through Craftsmanship

Speaker: – Design Workshop

Speaker: – DOWBUILT

Speaker: – Colombo Construction Corp DBA FireFeatures

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

WED-B05: Once upon a Time: Narrative, Storytelling, and Finding Through-lines in Landscape Architecture

Speaker: – SWA Group San Francisco

Speaker: – The Cultural Landscape Foundation

Speaker: – Retired

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

WED-B06: Landscape Architects as Equity Champions: Collective Actions for Environmental Justice

Speaker: – MKSK

Speaker: – CDTA Partners LLC

Speaker: – Climate Action Evanston

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

WED-B07: Connecting with Country: Traditional Custodians, the First Peoples, UNDRIP and Landscape Architecture

Speaker: – MIG, Inc.

Speaker: – Arcadia

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

WED-B08: Designing the Balance Sheet: Financial Leadership in Practice

Speaker: – RKLA Studio

Speaker: – Precise Int Corp

Speaker: – Reed Hilderbrand

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

WED-B09: Innovating Bridge Design with Landscape Architecture

Speaker: – Snøhetta

Speaker: – Rock Design Associates LLC

Speaker: – Mayer/Reed

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

WED-B10: Bridging the Gap Between Arborists and Landscape Architects Through Standards of Practice

Speaker: – SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Speaker: – Nichols Landscape Architecture, Inc.

Speaker: – Eocene Environmental Group

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

WED-B11: Beyond Green: Planning and Operating Parks That Pay for Themselves

Speaker: – Mill River Collaborative

Speaker: – HR&A Advisors

Speaker: – Stantec

CE: 1.25

11:30 AM - 2:00 PM PT

Business Executive Lunch

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

WED-C02: In Defense of Urban Habitat: Biodiversity in the Los Angeles Basin

Speaker: – Design Workshop

Speaker: – UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

CE: 1.25

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

WED-C03: Learning from Altadena: Post-catastrophe Rebuilding Through Public Space and Art

Speaker: – Kounkuey Design Initiative

Speaker: – County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation

Speaker: – APLD

CE: 1.25

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

WED-C04: Tracking Whole Life Carbon for LA 2040

Speaker: – North Carolina State University

Speaker: – LPA Design Studios

CE: 1.25

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

WED-C05: When a Library Is the Landscape: Designing the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library

Speaker: – Snohetta

Speaker: – JLG Architects

Speaker: – Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation

CE: 1.25

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

WED-C06: Beyond Compliance: Designing for Cognitive, Physical, and Neurodiverse Inclusion

Speaker: – Site Design Group, Ltd.

Speaker: – Landscape Structures

Speaker: – Chicago Park District

CE: 1.25

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

WED-C07: The PM Playbook: Leadership Across Scale and Sector

Speaker: – V3 Companies

Speaker: – City of New York Department of Parks & Recreation

Speaker: – Site Design Group, ltd.

CE: 1.25

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

WED-C08: Start with Yes: A Superpower for Small Practices

Speaker: – Plural

Speaker: – Klopfer Martin Design Group (KMDG)

Speaker: – Merritt Chase

CE: 1.25

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

WED-C09: Renewing, Revisioning and Remaking the St Johns: Jacksonville's Riverfront Renaissance

Speaker: – Agency Landscape + Planning

Speaker: – Perkins&Will

Speaker: – Civitas Inc.

CE: 1.25

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

WED-C10: Los Angeles Beyond the Car: Hidden Landscapes of Nature, Culture, and Power

Speaker: – RIOS

Speaker: – Ride On! Bike Shop

Speaker: – City of Los Angeles

CE: 1.25

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

WED-C11: Nature, Elevated: Restoring Park Connections with Landscape on Structure

Speaker: – Central Park Conservancy

Speaker: – Studio Sustena

CE: 1.25

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PT

ASLA Professional and Student Awards Ceremony and Celebration

7:00 AM - 8:30 AM PT

Women in Landscape Architecture Walk

WILA Walk Co-Chair: – Pamela Studios Landscape Architecture Inc.

WILA Walk Co-Chair: – Terry Design, Inc.

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

THUR-A01: Ecology as Agency: How Biotic Interactions Change Designed Landscapes

Speaker: – Rutgers University

Speaker: – Superbloom

Speaker: – LWLA

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

THUR-A02: Beyond the Blueprint: Climate Action Planning Across Practice Scales

Speaker: – Livable Cities Studio

Speaker: – SWA

Speaker: – Curtis + Rogers Design Studio, Inc. // ASLA Biodiversity and Climate Action Committee

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

THUR-A03: Shared Waters: Designing with Negotiated Flows, Borders, and Uncertainty Along Transboundary Rivers

Speaker: – University of Pennsylvania

Speaker: – Cocopah Tribe

Speaker: – Fred Phillips Consulting

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

THUR-A04: Take Action or Suffer: Bridging Heat Research, Policy, and Design

Speaker: – SmithGroup

Speaker: – Arizona State University

Speaker: – City of Phoenix

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

THUR-A05: Staging Reciprocity: Designing with Communities for Justice and Resilience

Speaker: – National University of Singapore

Speaker: – University of British Columbia, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

Speaker: – National University of Singapore

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

THUR-A06: Jack of All Trades or Master of One? Landscape Practice Today

Speaker: – Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture

Speaker: – Reed Hilderbrand

Speaker: – Secret Gardens

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

THUR-A07: Perception of Place: Integrating Multisensory Experiences into Design

Speaker: – Kansas State University

Speaker: – Sasaki / UCLA

Speaker: – Sasaki

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

THUR-A08: Reclaim and Retain: Celebrating the Preservation of Cultural Sites

Speaker: – PUSH studio, LLC

Speaker: – Atelier Cory Henry, LLC

Speaker: – Elizabeth Kennedy Landscape Architect, PLLC

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

THUR-A09: Behind Closed Doors: Candid Lessons from Women Who Founded Design Firms

Speaker: – Livable Cities Studio

Speaker: – Studio Siembra

Speaker: – Lionheart

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

THUR-A10: Construction Confidential: A Frank Conversation About How Things Get Built

Speaker: – SiteWorks LLC

Speaker: – GFP Real Estate

Speaker: – Alpine Construction & Landscaping Corp

CE: 1.25

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT

THUR-A11: Move You: The Art and Practice of Signage in Public Landscapes

Speaker: – Toole Design Group

Speaker: – A Gang of Three

Speaker: – Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

THUR-B01: Urban Biodiversity in Practice: Three Pathways for Education, Stewardship, and Policy

Speaker: – Studio-MLA

Speaker: – California Native Plant Society

Speaker: – Test Plot

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

THUR-B02: Funding the Future: Creative Financing to Support Climate-ready Communities

Speaker: – Arup

Speaker: – Baldwin Hills and Urban Watersheds Conservancy

Speaker: – HR&A Advisors

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

THUR-B03: Let's Go! Climate Action and Communication That Work

Speaker: – Quite Contrary Studios

Speaker: – Project Drawdown

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

THUR-B04: Design of Planting Soils for Landscapes on Elevated Structures

Speaker: – Olsson, Inc.

Speaker: – Rock Design Associates

Speaker: – MycoRoots

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

THUR-B05: Evolving Iconic Landscapes: The Role of Designers in Legacy Places

Speaker: – OLIN

Speaker: – Mithun

Speaker: – Agency Landscape + Planning

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

THUR-B06: AI in Professional Practice

Speaker: – Confluence

Speaker: – Colorado State University

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

THUR-B07: How It Started…How It’s Going: Stories and Struggles in Practice

Speaker: – SCAPE

Speaker: – GGN

Speaker: – Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

THUR-B08: Maintenance as Motion: Designing Landscapes That Evolve and Endure

Speaker: – Miasto

Speaker: – RIOS

Speaker: – Saturate and Test Plot

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

THUR-B09: Confessions of a Landscape Contractor: 15 Tips on Avoiding Common Mistakes

Speaker: – Site Design Group, Ltd.

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

THUR-B10: Designing the In-between: Streets as Civic Rooms, Local to Global

Speaker: – Field Operations

Speaker: – MARVEL

Speaker: – Alliance for Paseo Paseo

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

THUR-B11: Implementing the Gowanus Lowlands: Who Builds, Who Maintains, Who Benefits

Speaker: – SCAPE

Speaker: – NYC Department of City Planning

Speaker: – Gowanus Canal Conservancy

CE: 1.25

12:30 PM - 4:30 PM PT

THUR-FS-01: Healing Land, Water, and Community — Earvin Magic Johnson Park

Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 304A

Field Session Leader: – MIG

Field Session Leader: – MIG, Inc.

Field Session Presenter: – County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation

Field Session Presenter: – Land IQ

Field Session Presenter: – PACE Advanced Water Engineering

Field Session Presenter: – Los Angeles County Public Works

CE: 2.00

12:30 PM - 5:00 PM PT

THUR-FS-02: Landscape for Veterans: Bridging a Human-centered Habitat and Native Ecosystem

Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)

Field Session Leader: – Elysian Landscapes

Field Session Presenter: – Gehry Partners

Field Session Presenter: – LENA Construction

Field Session Presenter: – Thomas Safran & Associates

Field Session Presenter: – The Veterans Collective

CE: 1.75

12:30 PM - 5:00 PM PT

THUR-FS-03: Native Ecological Gardens Across Los Angeles

Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)

Field Session Leader: – Terremoto Landscape

Field Session Leader: – TERREMOTO

Field Session Presenter: – Terremoto

CE: 2.50

12:45 PM - 4:15 PM PT

THUR-FS-04: Exploring Sensory-based Latino Landscapes

Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)

Field Session Leader: – Place It!

Field Session Leader: – Agency Artifact

Field Session Presenter: – Cuauhtemoc Hernandez

Field Session Presenter: – UCLAx Landscape Architecture Program

CE: 1.50

12:45 PM - 5:00 PM PT

THUR-FS-05: A Window to the Waterfront: Exploring Wilmington’s New Waterfront Promenade

Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)

Field Session Leader: – Studio-MLA

Field Session Leader: – Port of Los Angeles - Engineeering

Field Session Presenter: – Studio-MLA

Field Session Presenter: – Sasaki

Field Session Presenter: – City of Boston

CE: 2.00

12:45 PM - 5:00 PM PT

THUR-FS-06: When Our Wildlands Burn: Community and Recovery at Eaton Canyon

Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)

Field Session Leader: – Studio-MLA

Field Session Presenter: – LA County Parks

Field Session Presenter: – Altadena Seed Library

Field Session Presenter: – County of Los Angeles, Department of Parks & Recreation.

Field Session Presenter: – Gabrieleno Tongva San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians

CE: 2.50

1:00 PM - 4:30 PM PT

THUR-FS-07: Unlocking the LA River Through Art, Design, and Engineering

Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)

Field Session Leader: – Metabolic Studio

Field Session Leader: – USC School of Architecture

Field Session Presenter: – Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority

Field Session Presenter: – Metabolic Studio

Field Session Presenter: – Stillwater Sciences

Field Session Presenter: – Kounkuey Design Initiative

CE: 3.00

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT

THUR-C01: Applied Wildlife Equity: Just Design with the Living World

Speaker: – Biohabitats

Speaker: – Rock Design Associates

Speaker: – Dig Studio

CE: 1.25

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT

THUR-C02: Plants Are Not the Problem: Designing Resilient Landscapes in Los Angeles County

Speaker: – studio pappaterra

Speaker: – Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mtns

Speaker: – McMillen

CE: 1.25

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT

THUR-C03: Climate Refuge Now: Working Toward Trust and Self-determination Across a Spatial Spectrum

Speaker: – Pacific Conservation District

Speaker: – Mithun

Speaker: – Buy-In Community Planning, Inc.

CE: 1.25

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT

THUR-C04: Myth vs. Evidence: What Science Says About Designing for Wildfire

Speaker: – University of California, Davis

Speaker: – University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources

Speaker: – Conservation Biology Institute

CE: 1.25

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT

THUR-C05: Infrastructural Change: Reconnecting Community and Visioning Actionable Transformation in North Adams

Speaker: – City of North Adams

Speaker: – MASS MoCA

Speaker: – STOSS Landscape Urbanism

CE: 1.25

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT

THUR-C06: Public Lands Under Pressure: Co-creating Resilient Civic Spaces Through Collective Design

Speaker: – City of Santa Monica

Speaker: – Sasaki

Speaker: – Salt Lake City Arts Council

CE: 1.25

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT

THUR-C07: Can We Restore "Real" Rivers in Cities?

Speaker: – OLIN

Speaker: – University of California Berkeley

Speaker: – Inter-Fluve

CE: 1.25

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT

THUR-C08: Climate Resilient Rural Self-sufficiency: Lessons from California's Only Black Freedom Colony

Speaker: – University of Southern California

Speaker: – Allensworth Progressive Association

CE: 1.25

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT

THUR-C09: Say It So It Lands: Speaking Tools for Landscape Architects

Speaker: – Volcano Heart Coaching & Consulting

Speaker: – TBG Partners

CE: 1.25

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT

THUR-C10: Wood Is Good!?* Using Low Carbon, Ethical Wood Materials in Site Construction

Speaker: – North Carolina State University

Speaker: – Tri-Lox

CE: 1.25

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT

THUR-C11: Embracing Regionalism: Place-specific Design for Public Landscapes

Speaker: – Merritt Chase

Speaker: – TERREMOTO

Speaker: – Superbloom

CE: 1.25

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT

ASLA Alumni Tailgate

7:00 PM - 10:00 PM PT

The Fellows and Honors Gala

Location: JW Marriott

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM PT

FRI-FS-01: Storytelling Through Landscape: The Making of Outdoor Environments in Disneyland Park

Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)

Field Session Leader: – Walt Disney Imagineering

Field Session Presenter: – Walt Disney Imagineering

Field Session Presenter: – Disneyland Resort

Field Session Presenter: – Walt Disney Imagineering

CE: 3.50

7:15 AM - 12:15 PM PT

FRI-FS-02: Beyond the Quad: The Pursuit of the Climate-adapted Campus

Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)

Field Session Leader: – Design Workshop

Field Session Presenter: – Studio-MLA

Field Session Presenter: – UCLA

Field Session Presenter: – Altadena Green

Field Session Presenter: – Stillwater Sciences

CE: 2.25

7:15 AM - 12:15 PM PT

FRI-FS-03: Test Plot: Experimental Community Land Care

Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)

Field Session Leader: – Terremoto Landscape

Field Session Leader: – Test Plot

Field Session Presenter: – USC School of Architecture

CE: 3.50

7:30 AM - 11:30 AM PT

FRI-FS-04: An LA Bike Story: Pedaling Through the On-going Evolution

Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 304A

Field Session Leader: – Toole Design

Field Session Leader: – Toole Design Group

Field Session Presenter: – Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT)

Field Session Presenter: – Los Angeles Metro

CE: 2.00

7:30 AM - 11:30 AM PT

FRI-FS-05: Ecology at Work: Designing Urban Habitat in Exposition Park

Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 304C

Field Session Leader: – Studio-MLA

Field Session Presenter: – MIG, Inc.

Field Session Presenter: – Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Field Session Presenter: – Studio-MLA

CE: 2.75

7:30 AM - 4:00 PM PT

FRI-FS-06: The Huntington Past, Present, Future: Preserving Legacy Landscapes, Building Climate Resilience

Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)

Field Session Leader: – The Huntington

Field Session Leader: – Urban Water Group Inc

Field Session Presenter: – Carol Bornstein Design

Field Session Presenter: – ProFun

CE: 4.50

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT

FRI-FS-07: Displacement and Defiance: Queer and Marginalized Histories of Downtown Los Angeles

Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)

Field Session Leader: – RIOS

Field Session Leader: – EPTDESIGN

Field Session Presenter: – USC School of Architecture

CE: 2.00

8:00 AM - 1:00 PM PT

FRI-FS-08: Reconstituting Gritty Edges into Community Hubs and Corridors

Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)

Field Session Leader: – RELM

Field Session Leader: – Studio-MLA

Field Session Presenter: – RELM

Field Session Presenter: – LA Metro

Field Session Presenter: – Culver City Forward

CE: 3.00

8:30 AM - 12:00 PM PT

FRI-FS-09: Disability as Design Lens: An Audit-workshop Exploring Accessibility, Joy, and Mental Well-being

Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)

Field Session Leader: – Sasaki / UCLA

Field Session Leader: – Wild Land Workshop

Field Session Presenter: – Mental Landscapes / Epstein

Field Session Presenter: – Landscape Structures

Field Session Presenter: – Freelance

CE: 2.50

8:30 AM - 1:00 PM PT

FRI-FS-10: Tracing the LA River: Sepulveda Basin

Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)

Field Session Leader: – OLIN

Field Session Leader: – Geosyntec Consultants, Inc

Field Session Presenter: – Inter-Fluve

Field Session Presenter: – Agency Artifact

Field Session Presenter: – Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority

Field Session Presenter: – City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Engineering

CE: 3.75

8:30 AM - 4:30 PM PT

FRI-FS-11: Lights, Pencils, ACTION!!!! Sketching the Mystery & Drama of Film Noir Landscapes

Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 304A

Field Session Leader: – Robert Chipman Landscape Architect, Inc

Field Session Leader: – UC Berkeley

Field Session Presenter: – Colorado State University

Field Session Presenter: – UGA College of Environment and Design

CE: 3.50

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM PT

FRI-A01: Designing Food as Landscape Infrastructure

Speaker: – Sasaki

Speaker: – AGRITECTURE

Speaker: – Ohio State University

CE: 1.25

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM PT

FRI-A02: Connected Landscapes: Corridors for Climate, Biodiversity, and Community

Speaker: – Auburn University

Speaker: – Temple University

Speaker: – Virginia Tech

CE: 1.25

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM PT

FRI-A03: Unlocking the Economic Value of Landscape Architecture: A Cross-sector Research Agenda

Speaker: – Environmental Finance Center, University of Maryland

Speaker: – ASLA

Speaker: – Landscape Architecture Foundation

CE: 1.25

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM PT

FRI-A04: Building/Ground: Making Architect–landscape Collaboration Actually Work

Speaker: – Unknown Studio Landscape Architecture

Speaker: – Snohetta

Speaker: – Lake Flato

CE: 1.25

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM PT

FRI-A05: Indigenous Stewardship Guiding Relational Design Practice

Speaker: – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Speaker: – MIG, Inc.

Speaker: – Blue Heron Tiospaye

CE: 1.25

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM PT

FRI-A06: Building Trust and Transparency with Digital Community Engagement

Speaker: – HKGi

Speaker: – HKGI

Speaker: – Maptionnaire

CE: 1.25

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM PT

FRI-A07: I Would Walk (or Bike) 500 Miles: San Francisco Bay Trail 2.0

Speaker: – Alta Planning + Design

Speaker: – Zander Westbrook Design

Speaker: – Toole Design

CE: 1.25

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM PT

FRI-A08: Beyond Firm Ownership: How Leadership Transition Really Happens

Speaker: – AVEC

Speaker: – Lionheart Places, LLC

Speaker: – WRT, LLC

CE: 1.25

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM PT

FRI-A09: Hiding in Plain Sight: Weaving Essential Systems into Visionary Landscapes

Speaker: – SiteWorks

Speaker: – MNLA

Speaker: – Reed Hilderbrand

CE: 1.25

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM PT

FRI-A10: Breadth and Depth: Building Organizational Capacity from Emerging Practices to Legacy Firms

Speaker: – SWA

Speaker: – Sit—Still Landscape Architecture

Speaker: – SCAPE

CE: 1.25

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM PT

FRI-A11: Landscape Detectives: Revealing Community History and Activating Restorative Design in Public Parks

Speaker: – Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation

Speaker: – Stimmel Associates

Speaker: – Mecklenburg County

CE: 1.25

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT

LARE Prep: Grading, Drainage, and Stormwater Management Workshop

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM PT

FRI-FS-13: Designing for Fire: A Living Demonstration of Biodiverse, Firewise Defensible Landscapes

Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)

Field Session Leader: – studio pappaterra

Field Session Leader: – Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mtns

CE: 2.50

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM PT

FRI-FS-12: Celebrating La’s Alternative Public Space: From the Macabre to the Historic

Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)

Field Session Leader: – Studio-MLA

Field Session Presenter: – Historic Preservation & Heritage Consulting

Field Session Presenter: – Columbia University

Field Session Presenter: – Hollyhock House, Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles

Field Session Presenter: – Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Field Session Presenter: – Lehrer Architects LA

CE: 3.00

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM PT

LARE Prep: Planning and Design

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

FRI-B01: Designing for Diseased Forests: Bridging Plant Pathology, Arboriculture, and Landscape Architecture

Speaker: – SCAPE Landscape Architecture, DPC

Speaker: – Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories & Arboretum

Speaker: – The Bartlett Tree Experts

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

FRI-B02: Healing the Water: Practices of Nurturing and Honoring Rivers as Radical Regeneration

Speaker: – Sur Landscape Architecture

Speaker: – Lo—TEK Office for Intercultural Urbanism & Lo—TEK Institute

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

FRI-B03: Mapping Heat, Health & Equity: Landscape Tools for Climate Resilience

Speaker: – NatureQuant

Speaker: – CAPA Strategies

Speaker: – ATLAS Lab Inc.

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

FRI-B04: Designing to Last: Stewardship and Context in National Parks

Speaker: – National Park Service

Speaker: – National Park Service, Rocky Mountain National Park

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

FRI-B05: Cultivating the Active Archive: Translating Design Memory into Future Practice

Speaker: – Klopfer Martin Design Group

Speaker: – SWA

Speaker: – GGN

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

FRI-B06: Redesign by Necessity: Harnessing Setbacks and Serendipity to Create Extraordinary Landscapes

Speaker: – MVVA, Inc.

Speaker: – PWP Landscape Architecture

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

FRI-B07: Cultural Infrastructure: How Identity Grounds Public Space

Speaker: – Marvel

Speaker: – NYC Office of the Mayor, Public Design Commission

Speaker: – Marvel

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

FRI-B08: "No One Wants to Work Anymore": Between Labor and Purpose

Speaker: – Hoerr Schaudt

Speaker: – Self-Employed

Speaker: – MIG, Inc.

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

FRI-B09: From Site to Systems: Engaging Water at Scale

Speaker: – US Water Alliance

Speaker: – Seattle Public Utilities

Speaker: – Brown and Caldwell

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

FRI-B10: Drafting Resilience: Natural Infrastructure for Mission Ready Shorelines

Speaker: – Engineering With Nature, US Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Research and Development Center Coastal and Hydraulics Labratory

Speaker: – Waggonner & Ball, a Moffatt & Nichol Studio

Speaker: – The Nature Conservancy

CE: 1.25

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM PT

FRI-B11: From Dam to Dynamic Park: Reimagining Doan Brook’s Future Together

Speaker: – Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District

Speaker: – STIMSON

Speaker: – Stimson Studio

CE: 1.25

12:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT

FRI-FS-14: Lights, Camera, Green: Recasting the Studio Lot for Ecological and Social Health

Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)

Field Session Leader: – OJB

Field Session Leader: – Field Operations

Field Session Presenter: – OJB Landscape Architecture

Field Session Presenter: – Fieldoperations

CE: 2.75

12:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT

FRI-FS-15: Love Letters to the LA River

Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)

Field Session Leader: – Terremoto Landscape

Field Session Leader: – BASE Landscape Architecture

Field Session Presenter: – Rosten Woo

Field Session Presenter: – Test Plot

Field Session Presenter: – Friends of the LA River

Field Session Presenter: – FoLAR

CE: 1.50

12:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT

FRI-FS-16: Seeing Double: Two Major Public School Greening Projects and Two Funding Approaches

Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)

Field Session Leader: – SALT Landscape Architects

Field Session Presenter: – Esperanza Elementary (LAUSD)

Field Session Presenter: – Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust

Field Session Presenter: – Los Angeles Unified School District

Field Session Presenter: – Pamela Burton & Company

CE: 3.00

12:30 PM - 4:30 PM PT

FRI-FS-17: Transforming Inglewood: Designing Civic Infrastructure Through Sports Centric Development

Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area (South Lobby)

Field Session Leader: – Studio-MLA

Field Session Leader: – Hood Design Studio

Field Session Presenter: – Wilson Meany

Field Session Presenter: – Studio-MLA

CE: 2.75

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM PT

LARE Prep: Grading & Drainage: Applied Practice

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

FRI-C01: Cultivating Care: Ecological Stewardship as Design Practice

Speaker: – Refugia Design

Speaker: – Denver Botanic Gardens

Speaker: – Terremoto Landscape

CE: 1.25

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

FRI-C02: Fire Infrastructure: Integrated, Comprehensive Solutions for Resiliency of Urban Communities

Speaker: – Studio-MLA

Speaker: – Practice

Speaker: – Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority

CE: 1.25

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

FRI-C03: Green Infrastructure: Where Water Is Scarce and Stakes Are High

Speaker: – WaterNow

Speaker: – City of Tuscon

Speaker: – Livable Cities Studio

CE: 1.25

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

FRI-C04: From Classroom to Community: Seeding Long-term Impact Through Collaborative Design

Speaker: – Agency Landscape + Planning

Speaker: – University of Texas at Austin

Speaker: – NC State University

CE: 1.25

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

FRI-C05: Innovative Placemaking for Marginalized Communities Through Public Art, Storytelling, Wayfinding, and Programming

Speaker: – Self-employed

Speaker: – Place It!

Speaker: – Sasaki

CE: 1.25

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

FRI-C06: Marketing with Meaning: How Three Firms Stay Authentic to Their Mission

Speaker: – Agency Landscape + Planning

Speaker: – Kounkuey Design Initiative

Speaker: – Site Design Group, Ltd.

CE: 1.25

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

FRI-C07: Parks Master Class: Designing for Sustainable Operations and Stewardship

Speaker: – PROS Consulting

Speaker: – HR&A Advisors

Speaker: – Miasto

CE: 1.25

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

FRI-C08: Risky Business: A Conversation with a Construction Manager on Delivering Successful Projects

Speaker: – Stantec

Speaker: – SiteWorks

Speaker: – Professional Engineer

CE: 1.25

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM PT

FRI-C09: State Parks in the City? Lessons from the Garden State

Speaker: – Agency Landscape and Planning

Speaker: – Arup

Speaker: – New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

CE: 1.25

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM PT

FRI-D01: Designing with Care: Collaboration and Stewardship for Biodiverse Landscapes

Speaker: – Atlas Lab

Speaker: – University of California, Davis

Speaker: – Brooklyn Bridge Park

CE: 1.25

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM PT

FRI-D02: Adapting to Changes: Urban Forest Actions from Coast to Coast

Speaker: – California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)

Speaker: – City of Cambridge DPW

Speaker: – Stoss Landscape Urbanism

CE: 1.25

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM PT

FRI-D03: Actions Behind the Actions: Getting to Work on LA 2040

Speaker: – Landscape Forms

Speaker: – SWA Group

Speaker: – TBG Partners

CE: 1.25

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM PT

FRI-D04: Publics, Projects, Power: engagement Techniques for Real-world Constraints

Speaker: – Cal Poly Pomona

Speaker: – National University of Singapore

Speaker: – SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestr

CE: 1.25

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM PT

FRI-D05: Meeting Waters: Interdisciplinary Design for Urban Resilience

Speaker: – Arup

Speaker: – STIMSON

Speaker: – Providence Department of Planning & Development

CE: 1.25

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM PT

FRI-D06: 'Parques' Are Not Parks: Challenging Linguistic Bias and Erasure in Design Practice

Speaker: – Indigenous Collective Group (ICG)

Speaker: – Self-Employed

CE: 1.25

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM PT

FRI-D07: Front-loading Success: Defining Value During Project Pursuits

Speaker: – SCAPE Landscape Architecture

Speaker: – SmithGroup

Speaker: – Superbloom

CE: 1.25

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM PT

FRI-D08: Partnerships for the Public Good: LWCF Growing Community Parks and Trails

Speaker: – National Park Service

Speaker: – Trust for Public Land

Speaker: – National Park Service

CE: 1.25

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM PT

FRI-D09: Ambition at Scale: Rewards and Risks of Multi-project Design-build Delivery

Speaker: – Mithun

Speaker: – FORMA Construction

Speaker: – Parametrix

CE: 1.25

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM PT

FRI-D10: Future Infrastructure Design: Foundations for Collaboration Between Landscape Architects and Engineers

Speaker: – Magnusson Klemencic Associates

Speaker: – Moffatt & Nichol

Speaker: – Mithun

CE: 1.25

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM PT

FRI-D11: School’s Outside! Cultivating Biodiversity and Environmental Justice Through Community Schoolyard Design

Speaker: – Trust for Public Land

Speaker: – SWA Group

Speaker: – HKGi

CE: 1.25

6:00 PM - 10:00 PM PT

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