Full Schedule

6:30 AM - 5:00 PM CT

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7:00 AM - 3:00 PM CT

FRI-FS-01: Exploring the Atchafalaya Basin: History, Conservation, and Restoration

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area

Field Session Leader: – The Nature Conservancy

Field Session Leader: – Atchafalaya National Heritage Area

Field Session Presenter: – Moffatt & Nichol

7:15 AM - 5:00 PM CT

FRI-FS-02: Between Source and Sink: Tracing Carbon Across Coastal Louisiana

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area

Field Session Leader: – Tulane University and Spackman Mossop Michaels

Field Session Leader: – Delta Discovery Tours

Field Session Presenter: – SCAPE

Field Session Presenter: – Tulane University

Field Session Presenter: – Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana

7:15 AM - 5:00 PM CT

FRI-FS-03: Louisiana’s Coastal Program: Following the Steps from Model to Field

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area

Field Session Leader: – SCAPE Landscape Architecture DPC

Field Session Leader: – Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority

Field Session Presenter: – LSU Center for River Studies / Louisiana State University

Field Session Presenter: – SCAPE Landscape Architecture

7:30 AM - 4:45 PM CT

FRI-FS-04: Photographing in NOLA: Imaging Beyond the Limits of Architecture and Landscape Photography

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 225

Field Session Leader: – UT Arlington/DesignJones LLC

Field Session Leader: – Sahar Coston-Hardy Photography

Field Session Presenter: – Landscape Architecture Magazine

Field Session Presenter: – Marion Brenner Photography

Field Session Presenter: – CARBO Landscape Architecture

Field Session Presenter: – Reed Hilderbrand

7:45 AM - 5:00 PM CT

FRI-FS-05: Working Landscapes: The Living Coast of Terrebonne Parish

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area

Field Session Leader: – Spackman Mossop Michaels

Field Session Leader: – Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government

Field Session Presenter: – Louisiana Sea Grant

Field Session Presenter: – Nicholls State University

Field Session Presenter: – Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)

8:15 AM - 1:00 PM CT

FRI-FS-06: Garden Design in New Orleans Does Not Have to Be a Secret

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area

Field Session Leader: – Landscape Images Ltd

Field Session Leader: – Landscape Images LTD.

Field Session Presenter: – Landscape Images LTD.

8:15 AM - 4:30 PM CT

FRI-FS-07: Community-Led Climate Action: Experimental Planting Projects in New Orleans’ Central Wetlands

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 226

Field Session Leader: – Office of Living Things and ETH Zurich

Field Session Leader: – L9 Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development

Field Session Presenter: – Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development

Field Session Presenter: – Tulane University

Field Session Presenter: – The Meraux Foundation

8:15 AM - 4:30 PM CT

FRI-FS-08: Water as Conduit of Violence: How the Mississippi River Shaped Cancer Alley

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area

Field Session Leader: – Spackman Mossop Michaels

Field Session Leader: – The Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans

Field Session Presenter: – The Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans

Field Session Presenter: – Tulane Environmental Law Clinic

Field Session Presenter: – The Descendants Project

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM CT

FRI-A01: Bees, Butterflies, Beetles—Oh My! Science-Backed Framework for Urban Pollinator Conservation

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room R02-R03

Speaker: – | Offshoots | Northeastern University

Speaker: – Chicago Botanic Garden

Speaker: – City of Somerville, MA

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM CT

FRI-A02: Beyond the Sample Closet: Strategies for Smarter Materials Management

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 217-219

Speaker: – Country Landscapes

Speaker: – Kansas State University

Speaker: – Gensler

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM CT

FRI-A03: Building a Bigger Table: Participatory, Low-Tech Design Strategies for Designing Healthy Agroecosystems

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 220-222

Speaker: – University of Vermont, Institute for Agroecology

Speaker: – Tulane School of Architecture

Speaker: – Sprout

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM CT

FRI-A04: Embracing Change: Transitioning from an Established Firm to Launch a Small Practice

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 209-210

Speaker: – Wintergreen Landscape Studio

Speaker: – Miasto

Speaker: – Agency Artifact

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM CT

FRI-A05: Finance. Market. Entitlements. Placemaking: Essential and Knowledgeable Ingredients of the Development Process

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 211-213

Speaker: – RCLCO

Speaker: – The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business

Speaker: – GroundWork Development and Momark Development

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM CT

FRI-A06: From Lab to Landscape: Opportunities for Scaling Biochar in Landscape Practice

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room R06-R07

Speaker: – OLIN

Speaker: – University of Pennsylvania

Speaker: – Carbon Harvest LLC

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM CT

FRI-A07: Living in a Reclaimed Material World: Benefits, Friction, and Landscape Project Precedents

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 243-245

Speaker: – Mithun

Speaker: – Terremoto, Inc.

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM CT

FRI-A08: Play It Cool: Designing the Future of Play in a Warming World

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room R08-R09

Speaker: – Studio Ludo

Speaker: – ADBC Architecture

Speaker: – Buro Happold

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM CT

FRI-A09: Public Housing as Place: Landscape Architecture’s Role in Urban Housing Renewal

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room R04-R05

Speaker: – site design group

Speaker: – Terrain-nyc landscape architecture PC

Speaker: – National Public Housing Museum

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM CT

FRI-A10: The Available Landscape: Designing Beyond the Normative Cityscape Toward an Inclusive Future

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Center Stage-Room 343-345

Speaker: – DAVID RUBIN Land Collective

Speaker: – StudioTM and the American University in Cairo

Speaker: – Hansel Bauman architecture + planning

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8:30 AM - 9:45 AM CT

FRI-A11: Unlocking Potential: Activating Vacant Parkland for Inclusive Communities

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 206-207

Speaker: – Design Workshop

Speaker: – Central Texas Interfaith

8:30 AM - 11:00 AM CT

FRI-DD-01: Decarbonization in Practice: Tools, Materials, and Industry Collaboration

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 338-339

Speaker: – Sasaki

Speaker: – LPA Design Studios

Speaker: – Landscape Forms

Speaker: – SWA Group

Speaker: – North Carolina State University

8:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT

CDA: LARE Prep: Construction Documentation and Administration

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 238

Instructor: – SGLA Technical Training

9:00 AM - 11:30 AM CT

3D to Details: Modeling in SketchUp and AutoCAD for Detail Creation

Location: Rivergate Room

Instructor:

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9:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT

IAPM: LARE Prep: Inventory, Analysis, and Project Management

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 239

Instructor: – ima design group

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM CT

FRI-FS-09: Soulful Sketching: Where Jazz Was Born

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 227

Field Session Leader: – Colorado State University

Field Session Leader: – UGA College of Environment & Design

Field Session Presenter: – UC Berkeley

Field Session Presenter: – Robert Chipman Landscape Architect, Inc

Field Session Presenter: – JamesRichardsSketchbook.com

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9:15 AM - 5:00 PM CT

FRI-FS-10: Living With Water: History and Future of Resilience in New Orleans

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area

Field Session Leader: – Waggonner & Ball, A Moffatt & Nichol Studio

Field Session Leader: – Waggonner & Ball | Moffatt & Nichol

Field Session Presenter: – Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans

Field Session Presenter: – Groundwork New Orleans

Field Session Presenter: – Healthy Community Services

Field Session Presenter: – Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans

Field Session Presenter: – Waggonner & Ball

Field Session Presenter: – CARBO Landscape Architecture

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM CT

FRI-B01: Answering the Call to Action: Transforming Practice for Co-creation

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 206-207

Speaker: – ASPECT Studios

Speaker: – Canadian Society of Landscape Architects / PFS Studio

Speaker: – PFS Studio

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM CT

FRI-B02: Coastal Hazards Overlay District Guide: Creating More Resilient Communities

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room R02-R03

Speaker: – North Carolina State University

Speaker: – unabridged Architecture

Speaker: – Gulf Coast Community Design Studio

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM CT

FRI-B03: Cultivating Joy in Landscape Architecture

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room R08-R09

Speaker: – Unknown Studio

Speaker: – APE Studio

Speaker: – LaGuardia Design Group

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM CT

FRI-B04: Designing Biodiversity Through Landscape Interactions: Applied Science at Varied Scales

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room R04-R05

Speaker: – University of Connecticut

Speaker: – Biohabitats, Inc.

Speaker: – Landscape Interactions

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM CT

FRI-B05: Designing with Purpose: Three Unique Perspectives on Achieving Functional Beauty for Residences

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 217-219

Speaker: – Mariani Landscape

Speaker: – Mariani Premier Group / Berghoff Design Group

Speaker: – Hoffman Landscapes

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM CT

FRI-B06: Envision Platinum: Circular and Sustainable Approaches at the Battery

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 220-222

Speaker: – Stantec

Speaker: – New York City Economic Development Corp / Capital Program

Speaker: – SiteWorks

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM CT

FRI-B07: Feral: Making Wild Landscapes

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 243-245

Speaker: – Hillworks & Auburn University

Speaker: – Wagon Landscaping

Speaker: – Ruderal

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM CT

FRI-B08: Go the Distance: Envisioning, Implementing, and Curating Great Linear Landscapes

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 211-213

Speaker: – New York Power Authority/ New York State Canal Corporation

Speaker: – Agency Landscape and Planning

Speaker: – Tennessee RiverLine

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM CT

FRI-B09: Landscape Architects in the Expanded Field: Lessons from Working with Infrastructure

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Center Stage-Room 343-345

Speaker: – Civitas Inc.

Speaker: – SWA Group

Speaker: – OLIN

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10:15 AM - 11:30 AM CT

FRI-B10: Planning, Measurement, and Implementation: Climate Action in a Historic Urban Park

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room R06-R07

Speaker: – Central Park Conservancy

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM CT

FRI-B11: Speak Up & Sound Smart: Effective Communication Strategies for Landscape Architects

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 209-210

Speaker: – Volcano Heart

Speaker: – TBG Partners

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM CT

Women in Landscape Architecture Walk

WILA Walk Co-Chair: – Spackman Mossop Michaels

WILA Walk Co-Chair: – Dana Brown & Associates

12:15 PM - 5:00 PM CT

FRI-FS-11: Mandeville Parks: From Regional Plans to Local Projects

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area

Field Session Leader: – Waggonner and Ball

Field Session Leader: – Moffatt & Nichol

Field Session Presenter: – Waggoner & Ball

12:45 PM - 5:00 PM CT

FRI-FS-12: Beyond the Swamp: Paddling Manchac’s Ecology, History, and Culture

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area

Field Session Leader: – SCAPE

Field Session Leader: – SMM

Field Session Presenter: – Wild Louisisana Tours

Field Session Presenter: – Loyola University

12:45 PM - 5:00 PM CT

FRI-FS-13: Last Trees Standing: Walking Amid Ancient Oaks, Developing Trajectories Toward Regenerative Futures

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area

Field Session Leader: – Evans+Lighter Landscape Architecture

Field Session Leader: – Sustaining Our Urban Landscape (SOUL)

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT

PD: LARE Prep: Planning and Design

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 238

Instructor: – Dix Hite + Partners

Instructor: – Gresham Smith

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT

GDSM: LARE Prep: Grading, Drainage, and Stormwater Management

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 239

Instructor: – University of Georgia

Instructor: – Arizona State University

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM CT

FRI-C01: 20 Years Later: Spatial, Economic, and Civic Lessons Learned Since Katrina

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Center Stage-Room 343-345

Speaker: – HR&A Advisors

Speaker: – Waggonner & Ball

Speaker: – Greater New Orleans, Inc

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2:00 PM - 3:15 PM CT

FRI-C02: Beyond Off-the-Shelf: Material Innovations that Create Value and Place

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 217-219

Speaker: – Mikyoung Kim

Speaker: – Rhode Island School of Design

Speaker: – SCAPE

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM CT

FRI-C03: Beyond Water Conservation—A Holistic Approach to Designing “Great Places”

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room R02-R03

Speaker:

Speaker: – Hines Inc

Speaker: – A1 Organics

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM CT

FRI-C04: Building Capacity with Frontline Communities: Resilience Hubs for All

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 206-207

Speaker: – Marvel Architects, Landscape Architects

Speaker: – Mithun

Speaker: – One Architecture & Urbanism

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM CT

FRI-C05: From Setback to Comeback: Reviving an Urban Icon

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 220-222

Speaker: – Dig Studio

Speaker: – Downtown Denver Partnership

Speaker: – Bluestem Landworks

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM CT

FRI-C06: How Urban Parks Can Transform Cities and Connect People with Cultural History

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 243-245

Speaker: – New York City Economic Development Corporation

Speaker: – Hargreaves Jones

Speaker: – Downtown Brooklyn Partnership

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM CT

FRI-C07: Nature at the Water’s Edge: Designing Resilient and Biodiverse Urban Waterfronts

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room R04-R05

Speaker: – SCAPE Landscape Architecture

Speaker: – Anchor QEA

Speaker: – ECOncrete

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM CT

FRI-C08: Niche to Newsworthy: Amplifying Landscape Architecture’s Reach

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 209-210

Speaker: – Agency Landscape + Planning

Speaker: – SWA

Speaker: – Chapter

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM CT

FRI-C09: The Vocabulary of Roberto Burle Marx Revisited

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room R06-R07

Speaker: – Surfacedesign Inc.

Speaker: – Raymond Jungles, Inc.

Speaker: – Surfacedesign Inc.

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM CT

FRI-C10: Unhoused, Unseen: The (In)visibility of Homelessness in “Public” Space

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 211-213

Speaker: – WRT

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM CT

FRI-C11: Greening While Growing: Retooling POPS to Improve Open Space Access & Equity

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room R08-R09

Speaker: – Gehl

Speaker: – City of Boston

Speaker: – Grayscale Collaborative

2:00 PM - 4:30 PM CT

New to Revit Bootcamp: Getting Started and Getting it Done with Land F/X

Location: Rivergate Room

Instructor:

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2:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT

FRI-DD-02: Managing It ALL: Exploring the Role of Project Manager

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 338-339

Speaker: – Design Workshop

Speaker: – Dana Brown & Associates

Speaker: – site design group, ltd.

3:45 PM - 5:00 PM CT

FRI-D02: Beyond Planting Plans: Seeing, Communicating, and Constructing with Plants

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 217-219

Speaker: – Hoerr Schaudt

Speaker: – Sasaki

Speaker: – Angell Landscape Architecture

3:45 PM - 5:00 PM CT

FRI-D03: Bridging Boundaries: Adapting for Climate Through Collaborative Design

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 220-222

Speaker: – HGA

Speaker: – Arup

3:45 PM - 5:00 PM CT

FRI-D04: Disrupting the System: L.A.’s Waterways as Community Catalyst

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 211-213

Speaker: – SALT Landscape Architects

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

Speaker: – Pacoima Beautiful

3:45 PM - 5:00 PM CT

FRI-D05: Hurricane Resilience on the Gulf Coast: Two Parks Meeting the Challenge

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room R02-R03

Speaker: – Sasaki

Speaker: – Leavell Design Consulting, LLC

Speaker: – Agency Landscape + Planning

3:45 PM - 5:00 PM CT

FRI-D06: Listening to the Land: Integrating Indigenous Perspectives for Restoration and Healing

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 243-245

Speaker: – Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes

Speaker: – City of Arvada

Speaker: – Wenk Associates

3:45 PM - 5:00 PM CT

FRI-D07: Not Your Garden-Variety Landscape Architects: Leading Nontraditional Careers

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 209-210

Speaker: – City of Virginia Beach

Speaker: – Virginia Tech

Speaker: – Anchorage Museum

3:45 PM - 5:00 PM CT

FRI-D08: Rethinking Participation and Power: Expanding the Potential of Design for Everyone

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 206-207

Speaker: – Agency Landscape + Planning

Speaker: – Kounkuey Design Initiative

Speaker: – Grayscale Collaborative

3:45 PM - 5:00 PM CT

FRI-D09: Rewilding New York City—History, Design & Ecology

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room R04-R05

Speaker: – Future Green Landscape Architecture DPC

Speaker: – New York Botanical Garden

Speaker: – Second Nature Ecology + Design

3:45 PM - 5:00 PM CT

FRI-D10: Tapping into Ecological Memory: A Key to Resilient Design

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Center Stage-Room 343-345

Speaker: – Biohabitats Inc.

Speaker: – Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens

Speaker: – Phyto Studio LLC

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3:45 PM - 5:00 PM CT

FRI-D11: To DBE or not to DBE: Leveraging Diversity as a Strategic Advantage

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room R06-R07

Speaker: – BASE Landscape Architecture

Speaker: – Agency Landscape + Planning

Speaker: – site design group

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM CT

2025 WxLA Annual Gathering and Celebration of WxLA Scholars

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM CT

TCLF Reception

8:00 PM - 11:00 PM CT

LAF 40th Annual Benefit