LATIS (Landscape Architecture Technical Information Series) (members only)

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Papers in ASLA’s LATIS series provide practicing landscape architects with technical information about new and evolving practices and products. These peer-reviewed papers are a key vehicle for our members to share their expertise with one another. LATIS is a product of the ASLA Fund, and all LATIS papers are available for free to ASLA members.

LATIS is also a convenient and affordable way to earn the professional development hours (PDH) you need to meet your state’s licensure requirements. LATIS enables you to earn up to 5.0 Professional Development Hours by completing and passing a self-study exam. ASLA members pay a $40 processing fee for scoring the exam. Non-members must also have purchased LATIS for $50 or the exam fee is $90.

The following LATIS papers are currently available:

Green Roof Infrastructure (2007)

In this LATIS by Steven Peck, Honorary ASLA, of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, readers can learn about the history, benefits, design, construction, and maintenance of green roofs. The document also provides a series of project profiles, illustrating award-winning green roofs across North America. An expanded project profile tells the story of the development of ASLA’s green roof.

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Security Design in a New Cultural and Legal Landscape (2006)

Author Sean E. Michael, Ph.D., discusses security design principles and their applications, providing a framework for building skills and for judging when retention of a security specialist is appropriate. Increased understanding of crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) and its associated forms of security design will encourage readers to strategically integrate new tools of analysis into the design process.

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Wayfinding: Principles and Practice (2006)

David Raphael, ASLA, provides landscape architects with concepts and tools for planning, designing, and implementing wayfinding and public information systems. Topics include the origins of wayfinding, its components, human factors, the design process, recent innovations, and a sampling of wayfinding systems. Attention is given to the skills that landscape architects bring to the process of designing these systems. Throughout the publication, numerous photographs and other images illustrate and reinforce the concepts presented.

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LATIS Forum on Therapeutic Garden Design (2005)

The LATIS Forum on Therapeutic Landscapes discusses the practice of creating landscapes to support human health and wellbeing. Authors explore how this practice area, rooted deeply in tradition, is evolving to meet modern needs arising from various life circumstances. Successful designs and the process to create them vary according to the special needs of user groups. Readers will learn how therapeutic landscapes provide benefits to all humans, both in clinical and institutional settings and in the matrix of everyday life.

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Geographic Information Systems Using the Tools for Informed Growth (2002)

Karen Hanna, FASLA, reveals ways to identify appropriate existing datasets and use them as a baseline for recording current and prospective site conditions and uses. GIS techniques promote application of sophisticated scientific models to the landscape, and combine effectively with other digital technologies such as graphs and photo simulations. The results of GIS models are eminently useful for site planning, growth planning, and implementation phasing.

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Structural Soils (2002)

Structural soils are a new medium to allow urban trees to grow in pavement. When soils are inadequate, plant growth suffers and trees die prematurely. This publication includes sections on soil terminology, site preparation, and installation of soil material. The authors are Jason Grabosky, Nina Bassuk and Peter Trowbridge, FASLA.

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Design for Learning: Values, Qualities and Processes of Enriching School Landscapes (2000)

Julie M. Johnson, ASLA, AICP presents learning values of school landscapes, as well as design qualities and processes that may enrich these landscapes for children and community. Concepts and issues are introduced with literature references and examples. These concepts are used as a lens to view three Seattle case studies that illustrate varied contexts of school landscapes.

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Reclamation Planning of Pits and Quarries (2000)

Anthony Bauer, FASLA, discusses the mining and reclamation practices of the construction aggregate industry, As urban land users, mining companies face challenging issues in land use, environmental concerns, regulation, and community relations. These issues represent opportunities for the responsible involvement of landscape architects in reclamation planning processes and end use development. Reclamation planning elements and procedures are illustrated.

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Vegetated Swales (1998)

Authors, Tom Richman, ASLA, Keith H. Lichten, AM, ASCE, Jennifer Worth, ASLA and Bruce Ferguson, FASLA explain the hydrologic cycle and the benefits of vegetated swales including reducing peak flows and pollutant removal. In addition to describing appropriate applications for vegetated swales, hydraulics and grading, geometric design principles, construction, plant materials, maintenance and monitoring effectiveness are covered.

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The following titles will be available in 2007:

Green Roof Infrastructure

Security Design and the Landscape Architect

Successful Ecological Restoration: A Methodology for Planning/Design Professionals

Landscape Planning Prediction Modeling Tools and Application for Managing Urban Growth

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