Drawing on the Landscape

Check out our new friends at Drawing on the Land (see blog roll), a blog by DHM designs that covers a variety of topics from Campus planning to ecological design.

Check out Phase 2 of Design-Build construction!

Follow the link below to access the new and improved webcam. Now if we could only get a mic and speaker system set up…

http://camera.ehps.ncsu.edu/tur.html

Check out the Design/Build website for more detailed updates and lots of photos!
http://ncsudesignbuild.wordpress.com/

EDSA Graphics Workshops: Every Thursday in March, Ft. Lauderdale Office

Wollen einen job? Topos Seeking Trainee for Munich Editorial Office

Details and how to apply: Topos Job Advertisement Topos Trainee wanted Topos is looking to appoint a trainee for the editorial office in Munich from 1 April 2012. Requirements: You are fluent in written and spoken English (native preferred) and you are able to communicate in German. The trainee position is open from 1 April 2012 for a period of 18 months and is based in Munich. Please check the full job description on our website. http://www.toposmagazine.com/blog/topos-trainee-wanted.html

Fallingwater Internship Applications Due Mar 1

Fallingwater, the architectural masterpiece designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is seeking a summer intern to work with the Fallingwater Collections.

Position Duration:  Summer of 2012

Location:  Mill Run, PA

Job Description:  This is a unique opportunity to work at a world-renowned architectural site.  The focus of this internship is a design project for an element of the Fallingwater landscape.  Past projects have included the design and enhancement of Fallingwater’s stepped canopy, the re-creation of historic cutting gardens, the creation of an herb garden for the Fallingwater Café, the installation of a native species planting on the hillside between the Main House and Guest House of Fallingwater, and many others.  All these projects have an impact on the Fallingwater landscape and fit into our philosophy of a native species woodland garden, with some exceptions for historical accuracy.  There is a series of design charrettes throughout the summer and a formal final presentation of your design with the Director and other professionals.  In addition, there are daily landscaping tasks that will be performed under the supervision of Fallingwater’s Horticulture Specialist, along with on site mentoring with Dr. George Longenecker, retired landscape architecture professor from West Virginia University.  This work is preformed outside and in a variety of weather conditions.  The internship is very hands on, with activities like planting, weeding, pruning, etc.

Qualifications:  We are looking for qualified students who are either in a masters program, their junior year of a four-year program, or fourth year of a five-year program in Landscape Architecture, Horticulture, Landscape Contracting, or related fields of study.

 

Pay:  $10 per hour plus free, shared, on-site housing.

 

Application process:  To apply send resume, cover letter and two letters of reference to wpcjobs@paconserve.org and list 112007-8 in the subject line.  Application deadline is March 1, 2012.

Heritage Documentation Programs Summer Jobs (Due Feb16)

The Heritage Documentation Programs (HABS/HAER/HALS) seeks applications from qualified students for summer employment documenting historic sites and structures of architectural, engineering and landscape significance throughout the country. Duties involve on-site field work and the preparation of measured and interpretive drawings and written historical reports for the HABS/HAER/HALS Collection at the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress. Projects last twelve weeks, beginning in May/June. Salaries range from approximately $6,000 to approximately $11,000 for the summer, depending on job responsibility, locality of the project, and level of experience. Applicant must be a U.S. Citizen.

Applications Due: 16 February 2012 (postmark date)

Application information can be found on our web site:
http://www.nps.gov/history/hdp/jobs/summer.htm

The following positions are available:

Architect Technician (GS-0802-05): http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/307725800

Architect (GS-0808-05/07):
http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/307735300

Landscape Architect Technician (GS-0802-05): http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/307719500

Landscape Architect (GS-0807-05/07): http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/307736200

Historian (GS-0170-09/11):
http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/307738200

For additional information regarding the HABS/HAER/HALS Summer 2012 Documentation Program, please contact:

Judy Davis
Summer Program Administrator
Heritage Documentation Programs Division
National Park Service (2270)
1201 Eye Street, NW, 7th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: (202) 354-2135
Email: HDP_Summer_Program_Admin@nps.gov

EDSA Internship Opportunity

If you need any further information or have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Georgiana Petrescu, contact information below:

GEORGIANA PETRESCU

HUMAN RESOURCES ASSISTANT

1512 E. BROWARD BOULEVARD, SUITE 110, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA 33301 USA

TEL: 954.524.3330   FAX: 954.524.0177   gpetrescu@edsaplan.com   www.edsaplan.com

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!

SPRING BREAK + MIAMI BEACH + LABASH
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