Input Sought for Raleigh City Farm Design
See below for a message from the city farm folks.
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Friends and neighbors of Raleigh City Farm:
We promised and the time is now for gathering your input on farm design. We are grateful to the team at in situ studio http://www.insitustudio.us/ for leading us in this process of site design, and we cordially invite you to an open house to review the draft design, offer input, ask questions, and catch up on farm news.
When: Drop-in Monday, January 23rd 5:30-7:00pm
Where: Hope Elementary Charter School Auditorium (1116 N Blount Street, enter at black awning on Blount Street)
Who: Neighbors, friends, potential funders and all interested folks
If you can come please rsvp to laura@raleighcityfarm.org. We look forward to seeing you then,
The Raleigh City Farm Team
http://raleighcityfarm.com/
LABASH in Miami this year!
THE EXCUSE YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR…
The LAbash 2012 Conference will be hosted by the Florida International University Student Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects in our main campus in Miami and our newly inaugurated facilities at 420 Lincoln Road in Miami Beach [ Miami Beach Urban Studios - MBUS ]. Our main activities throughout the conference will be based from our Miami Beach location, so please make your arrangements accordingly! If you have any questions, please refer to our website, as it is constantly being updated, or email us back at info@fiulabash2012.com
Our theme, Urban Oasis, will focus on the dynamic function that urban landscapes have in shaping the future of our cities. In recent years, landscape architecture has taken a more prominent role as a force that informs the urban condition and the critical relationships between humans and their urban environments. We would like to invite all students and professionals to participate in this exciting discussion and register today!
Rooftop Haven for Urban Agriculture
Originally posted on ASLA.org
Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects, Chicago USA
Client: Gary Comer Youth Center
Project Statement
The Gary Comer Youth Center Roof Garden is an after-school learning space for youth and seniors in a neighborhood with little access to safe outdoor environments. Last year alone, it produced over 1,000 pounds of organic food used by students, local restaurants and the center’s café. Sleek and graphic, it turns the typical working vegetable garden into a place of beauty and respite.
Project Narrative
Located in Chicago’s Grand Crossing neighborhood, the Gary Comer Youth Center offers a safe, welcoming after-school space for indoor activity. Its 8,160-square-foot green roof is a model for using traditionally underutilized space for urban agriculture and exceptional in its balance of an aesthetic vision with practical needs. The garden provides the crowning touch to an award-winning building recognized for its bold architecture.
The landscape architect worked closely with the architect and donor to develop a vision for a green roof to include a flower and working vegetable garden, and suggested that the center employ a full-time garden manager to enhance educational program development and manage maintenance. The result is a garden used in extremely creative ways for horticultural learning, environmental awareness, and food production.
Garden Stripes — Linear strips of recycled tire pavers are the framework for the garden and delineate the geometry of the corridor’s viewing windows. Photo: Scott Shigley
Must see larger image here.
While reducing climate control costs and providing an outdoor classroom, the green roof is able to withstand enthusiastic children digging for potatoes and carrots with garden tools. Soils 18–24 inches deep allow for viable food production, including cabbage, sunflowers, carrots, lettuce and strawberries. Sharp differences between ground temperatures and those on the roof mean that the rooftop is in a different climate zone and can be utilized throughout the winter. The resulting garden, only three years old, is still evolving.
Located on the second floor over the center’s gymnasium, the garden is surrounded by the circulation corridor and classrooms of the third floor. Floor-to-ceiling windows transform this working garden into a highly graphic viewing garden as students move from one classroom to another. Plastic lumber made from recycled milk containers forms pathways within the garden that align with the courtyard garden’s window frames. Metal circles scattered throughout the garden serve as elements of artistic expression even as they function as skylights, bringing outdoor illumination to the building’s gymnasium and café below.
http://www.asla.org/2010awards/377.html
LAR Scholarships and Fellowships – Deadlines approaching!
Check out the 2012 scholarship postings through the Landscape Architecture Foundation. Don’t wait! Some deadlines are approaching Feb 1.
http://www.lafoundation.org/scholarship/leadership-in-landscape/awards-available/
First SASLA Meeting of 2012 at the Alley – Thursday @ 6:30
The first SASLA Meeting of the year will be at The Alley on Hillsborough Street tomorrow (Thursday) at 6:30! Come out and do some bowling, cheering, and socializing. We’ve got 4-5 lanes reserved and SASLA will pick up some or all of the tab for games. They have plenty of food and drink choices as well. See you there!
Job Opening: Assistant Professor, Chatham University
The Landscape Architecture Programs at Chatham University are currently looking for a new faculty member to join our team as an Assistant Professor of landscape architecture. The selected candidate will be expected to have a teaching focus on one of the five areas included in our ad (see below). We are seeking a colleague who has a background in landscape architecture teaching, research, and practice. The position will be open as of August 2012. Please contact Safei-Eldin Hamed at the contact information below with any questions. Full description listed below.
Safei-Eldin Hamed, Ph.D., ASLA
Professor and Director
Landscape Architecture and Landscape Studies Programs
Chatham University
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
Tel. (412) 365-1899/ (412) 365-2711
Fax (412 365-2413
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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Chatham University, a thriving dynamic institution with three colleges and one school — Chatham College for Women and the co-educational College for Graduate Studies, College for Continuing and Professional Studies, and School for Sustainability and the Environment — seeks an experienced faculty member to teach in both of its landscape programs (accredited Master of Landscape Architecture and Master of Landscape Design & Development). This is a 9-month, renewable term faculty position that requires a terminal degree in Landscape Architecture. The preferred candidate will have either a Ph.D. or extensive professional experience as a registered Landscape Architect.
The selected candidate will be expected to teach landscape design studios in addition to offering lecture and seminar courses in one or more of the following five areas:
History and Theory of Landscape Architecture
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Urban Design and Site Planning
Landscape Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
For more information on our landscape architecture programs, visit our web site: http://webtest.chatham.edu/academics/programs/graduate/mla.
Chatham University offers a competitive salary, an excellent benefits package, including tuition remission for qualified personnel, and a generous retirement plan.
Questions may be sent to Dr. Safei-Eldin Hamed at shamed@chatham.edu . Review of applications will begin January 9th 2012 and continue until the position is filled.
All interested candidates should send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and name of three professional references to:
CHATHAM UNIVERSITY
Attn: H.R. Dept.
Pos. #1418
Woodland Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
E-mail: chathr@chatham.edu
Visit: www.chatham.edu
A portfolio of professional projects, scholarly work, and teaching may be requested later in the process.
Wake County Releases Draft Public Transit Plan
Light rail, commuter rail, and expanded bus service are the focus of the newest Wake County public transportation plan. The Wake County Commissioners will now await the approval of individual town and city councils before moving forward with funding plans. Check out the link below for detailed information and additional maps.
Neighborhood Farm in Durham, NC
{Excerpt from Kickstarters}
Bountiful Backyards is an edible landscaping cooperative based in Durham, North Carolina. In the last 5 years we’ve planted more than 1,500 fruit trees and berry bushes, thousands of useful plants, and dozens of organic vegetable gardens. We work throughout the Triangle with people at their homes, schools, community centers, and parks. Our mission is to help people to grow more of their own food where they live, work, and play.
Students visit Duke Cancer Center site with HadenStanziale
