2002 ASLA Annual Meeting & EXPO
Saturday, October 19
3:30pm-5:00pm
3A1
Designing for Security
Introductory
The security of public places, government facilities, and communities
is not a new issue. Following the tragic events of September 11, 2001,
it has become an increasingly urgent concern, launching a movement for
increased security in all aspects of American life. Legitimate questions
need to be addressed regarding our nation's security response and defining
what the process is for determining this response. How we secure our nation
and our communities has a tremendous impact on economic vitality, how
we move about, our built environment, and how people perceive their society.
Landscape architects are well positioned to take the lead in educating
and working with other design professions, the security industry, elected
officials, and communities to combine the best of security with the best
of urban and community design principles. For more information regarding
this session, please contact elhoppo@aol.com.
Learning Outcomes:
- Receive timely information on how design elements can provide effective
security that actually enhances the built environment.
- Learn about security responses and public process issues involving
communities and public places.
- Learn more about working within the context of government agency security
guidelines.
Leonard J. Hopper, FASLA, is the Chief Landscape Architect and head
of the New York City Housing Authority's Landscape Architecture Division.
He is responsible for approximately 2600 acres of open space at over 350
housing developments throughout the city. Len has developed concepts and
design guidelines that associate site design with social concerns and
resident security. Len received his BSLA from the City College of New
York in 1974 and his Masters in Urban Design from the City University
of New York in 1991. Mark Theys, AICP, is a Senior Urban Designer with
HNTB in Columbia, MD. Mark Cameron, ASLA, will address security design
elements. Dean Brennan, AICP, will address security responses and the
public process and Roger Courtenay, ASLA, will address working within
government agency guidelines.
3A2
Invasive Plant Species and the Landscape Architect's Role in Preserving
Fragile Ecosystems
Introductory
The avoidance of planting or specifying plant species, including Brazil
pepper, purple loosestrife, periwinkle, and English ivy, in regions of
the country where they are invasive, is key to maintaining healthy ecosystems.
Recent workshops and conferences have focused on the role of horticulture
in the spread of invasive species, providing an opportunity for dialogue
between stakeholders across many fields. To continue this discourse this
session will provide insights into such issues as the interconnected realms
of horticulture, landscape design and plant specification, the ecological
and economic harm of invasive plant species in the US and abroad, and
the responsibility of professionals who may use or specify invasive plants
to instead utilize non-invasive alternatives. For more information regarding
this session, please contact: darrelmo@arches.uga.edu.
Learning Outcomes:
- Participants will learn about the ecological and economic harm of
invasive plant species in the United States and abroad.
- Participants will learn about the invasive behaviors of some of the
most prolific invasive plant species.
- Participants will hear from a landscape architect about the positive
aspects of specifying non-invasive alternatives in landscape architecture
and design.
Darrel Morrison, FASLA, is Professor and Dean Emeritus at the University
of Georgia, where he teaches part-time in the College of Environment and
Design. He is a long-time advocate of the use of native plant communities
as a basis for design and restoration, and is particularly concerned about
the loss of biotic diversity resulting from invasion of introduced plant
species. John Randall is Director of The Nature Conservancy's (TNC) Wildland
Invasive Species Team. John heads a small program that provides information,
advice and referrals on invasive weed problems. Alison Stanton is currently
working as a consultant on rare plant issues. She has also been busy on
a project examining potential alternatives to invasive horticultural species.
3B1
Progress on HALS: Documenting America's Landscape Legacy
Introductory
The Historic American Landscapes Survey is being jointly developed by
ASLA, the National Park Service and the Library of Congress. The panel
members will provide background information to session participants reviewing
past landscape documentation efforts by individuals, clubs/societies,
states and federal programs. Recent ASLA HALS activities will be discussed
emphasizing documentation strategies developed to record cultural landscapes
and the results of three landscape documentation workshops held over the
past year. Draft copies of the guidelines will be distributed for comment.
For more information on this session, please contact: lndscps@aol.com.
Learning Outcomes:
- The participant will learn the details of past landscape documentation
efforts.
- The participant will be engaged in a discussion concerning the landscape
documentation guideline workshops.
- As a result of the panel discussion, the participant will understand
and value the varied components of historic landscape documentation.
Patricia M. O'Donnell, FASLA, AICP, holds master's degrees in Landscape
Architecture and Urban Planning. She is founder and principal of LANDSCAPES
Landscape ArchitectureoPlanningoHistoric Preservation, a firm with 14
years of experience and over 200 project credits addressing historic landscape
preservation. Cari Goetcheus, ASLA, is a Historic Landscape Architect
in the Park Cultural Landscapes Program with the National Park Service
in Washington, DC. Paul Dolinsky is the Chief of the Historic American
Buildings Survey for theNational Park Service. Blaine Cliver is the Chief
of the HABS/HAER in the National Park Service of the Department of the
Interior.
3C1
If You Plan It, They Will Come; Lessons Learned From the Denver Skatepark
Introductory
There is a growing national trend toward the construction of public skatepark
facilities. In order to fulfill this social and recreational need, many
landscape architects are leading the skatepark design process. The Denver
Skatepark is the largest public free skatepark in the United States. This
session will discuss the planning process, the public input process, working
with local skaters, and taking the project from an idea to completion.
For more information regarding this session, please contact: dpearson@architerragroup.com.
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand the skatepark planning design process.
- Learn about the typical issues associated with skatepark projects
and how to effectively deal with them.
- Learn to apply this process to skatepark design projects in your community.
Dean Pearson, ASLA, is a licensed landscape architect and President
of the Architerra Group, Inc., in Littleton, CO. He has over 15 years
of experience planning and designing parks and recreation facilities.
He has completed numerous skateparks throughout Colorado including the
Denver Skatepark. Mark Bernstein, ASLA, is a Project Manager for the City
and County of Denver Department of Parks and Recreation.
3C2
New Typologies of Public Space
Advanced
This session will present evidence of new types of public spaces that
facilitate contemporary social patterns of interaction. Examples of the
neglect and under utilization of traditional parks and plazas will be
presented. Case studies of contemporary urban settings will document alternative
ownership, structure, function and user behavioral patterns. The design
history of Union Square in San Francisco will be profiled in terms of
a changing urban context over the last 150 years.
Learning Outcomes:
- Realize that the sizes and distribution of traditional community
and neighborhood parks no longer effectively serve multiple publics.
- Discover other planning, design and ownership models to create responsive
public space that will meet the needs of a diversifying public.
- Understand the evolutionary design changes at Union Square over its
150-year history.
Michael Fotheringham, ASLA, has practiced landscape architecture for
twenty-seven years. He earned a Masters of Landscape Architecture from
Utah State University in 1978. He has worked in both small and large landscape
architectural and planning firms in Canada and the United States, and
opened his own practice in 1992. He is the recipient of numerous design
awards, and in 1997, in partnership with April Philips, won the SF Prize
to redesign Union Square in San Francisco. April Philips, ASLA, is a Principal
with April Philips Design Works in Sausalito, CA.
3D1
The Fiscal Physical: Know Your Costs and Manage the Creepers
Introductory
Break-even is the tool that lets owners and managers gauge the results
of changes in costs, volumes or pricing. With break-even analysis, they'll
gain a method to analyze the present and make better decisions about the
future. For example, is bigger always better? Maybe yes or maybe no. By
using the tools of cost and break-even analysis, participants will be
able to make crucial decision about the profitability of individual locations
and products, as well as evaluate specific criteria for opening and closing
locations (or departments). Participants in this session
are encouraged to bring hand-held calculators with them. For more
information regarding this session, please contact: forssen@brs-seattle.com.
Learning Outcomes:
- Using break-even analysis to control costs.
- How cost patterns affect profits and expansion planning techniques.
- Pricing strategies and case study and practical solutions.
Carl Forssen is a Senior Vice President for Business Resource Services
(BRS) in Seattle, WA. He has gained recognition as founding President
and CEO of a successful start-up bank in the Pacific Northwest. With over
20 years of commercial banking experience, he brings BRS an in-depth understanding
of the financial challenges that confront a business owner. He is a graduate
of the University of Washington and he has instructed and advised small
businesses through SBA classes, vocational-education institutions and
professional associations.
3E1
Rainwater Harvesting and Stormwater Recycling
Intermediate
Rain is a form of precipitation, and it is the first form of water in
the hydrological cycle, which involves the continuous circulation of water
in the earth atmosphere system. Rainwater harvesting directly responds
to the value of this primary source of water, making optimal use of rainwater
where it falls. The aim of rainwater harvesting is to concentrate runoff
and collect it in a basin or cistern to be stored for future use. This
session will focus on the methods of rainwater harvesting; water balance
analysis, which allows a designer to determine how much rainwater can
be collected by a catchment area.; and preparing water budgets that provide
a supply and demand analysis to help determine whether a cistern or storage
area is needed. For more information regarding this session, please contact:
hklevario@presnellgroup.com.
Learning Outcomes:
- What rainwater harvesting and stormwater recycling are and the components
of such a system.
- How to prepare a potable water and landscape irrigation water budget.
- How to use passive rainwater harvesting and stormwater recycling techniques
in landscape designs.
Heather Kinkade-Levario, ASLA, has eighteen years of experience in Landscape
Architecture and Land Planning. She has a BLA from the UofA, a MEP from
ASU, and is currently working on her Ph.D. in Urban Geography at ASU.
She has written a book on rainwater harvesting, and has designed several
large commercial rainwater harvesting systems which are currently under
construction. Hari Krishna, Ph.D., P.E., is a Senior Engineer with the
Texas Water Development Board in Austin, TX. Tim Pope is the President
of Northwest Water Source in Friday Harbor, WA. Ann Phillips is a Teacher
for the Sonoran Permaculture Guild in Green Valley, AZ.
3LT
Discovering the Impact of the Emerging Virtual World on Landscape Architectural
Design
Intermediate
When the goal is to design a physical environment the means of representation
used to depict the emerging solution can have a significant impact on
the evaluative process and therefore the results of the design effort.
This session explores the impact of conventional digital and emerging
virtual reality representations on the evaluative judgements of landscape
architects. This session will be followed up with an ongoing vison dome
demonstration in the LandTech Pavilion on the EXPO floor on Sunday and
Monday. For more information regarding this session, please contact: art_rice@ncsu.edu.
Learning Outcomes:
- Develop an understanding of emerging virtual reality technologies.
- Develop an understanding of how 3d digital models and virtual reality
simulations impact design perceptions.
- Develop an awareness of the potential impact of digital media and
virtual reality on design solutions.
Professor Arthur Rice, ASLA, received a BLA degree from the University
of Oregon and a MLA with Distinction from the Harvard Graduate School
of Design. He has taught at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Tufts
University, the University of Washington, and the School of Design at
North Carolina State. His scholarship has focused on expanding the application
of digital technologies in community and regional design, and conducting
research on the impact of digital technologies on design processes and
products. Michael Holmes is a Research Associate for the Design Reseearch
Laboratory in the College of Design at North Carolina State University.
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