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Biodiversity

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

Friday, September 18, 2026
7:30 AM - 11:30 AM PT
Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 304C
Ticket Purchase Required
2.75 PDH, LA CES/HSW
Ticket Price: $95 per person
Discover how Exposition Park is transforming acres of parking into active spaces for learning, respite, enjoyment, and urban biodiversity. This session explores the Natural History Museum Nature Gardens and Commons, the forthcoming Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, and looks ahead to how future planning supports the park’s role in major world events.

Includes transportation, entrance fees. Moderate walking.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Understand how interdisciplinary collaboration—across landscape architecture, planning, cultural institutions, and park stewardship—shapes inclusive public‑realm strategies for Exposition Park.
  • Identify design and planning approaches that transform parking‑dominated urban districts into active, habitat‑rich landscapes supporting learning, respite, biodiversity, and community access.
  • Evaluate how master‑planning and climate‑responsive strategies at Exposition Park prepare the district for future environmental demands, major civic events, and year‑round community use.
  • Assess how climate‑responsive landscape strategies—such as heat‑island reduction, native planting, and access to nature—promote health, wellness, and environmental equity for the urban communities and youth served by Exposition Park.