Urban Design and Transportation PPNs Meeting

Sunday, October 12, 2025

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM CT

Location: Practice Basecamp PPN Room (EXPO)

Sponsored By

PPN Leader(s)

Lauren Patterson, PLA, ASLA

Landscape Architect/Urban Planner
Pond & Company
Charlotte, North Carolina
Taner R. Ozdil, ASLA

Associate Professor & Associate Director for Research CfMD
The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, Texas
Sara Hadavi, PhD, ASLA (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture
Penn State University
State College, Pennsylvania
Hannah Higgins, ASLA, PLA

Associate | Senior Landscape Architect
SmithGroup
Chicago, Illinois
Ken A. Ray, ASLA

Director
Coen+Partners
Washington, District of Columbia

Placemaking, Mobility, and Urban Design
The Urban Design and Transportation Professional Practice Networks (PPNs) are hosting a two-part session about sense of place and the role of landscape architects in creating identity.

Panel Presentation: 12:15 - 1:00pm
On Sunday, October 12, from 12:15 - 1:00pm in the EXPO, the Urban Design PPN will kick off the session with a series of short presentations on how sense of place weaves through transportation, tourism, safety, historic context, and the city fabric.

PPN Conversation: 1:15-2:00pm
We will move to a meeting room 215 from 1:15-2:00pm. Join fellow Urban Design and Transportation PPN members discuss ideas and topics for the PPNs to cover in the upcoming year.