Green Project Grows

by dtoronyi

Green Project Grows

Fox, an assistant professor of landscape architecture, is helping to transform campus by incorporating real sustainable construction projects into the curriculum. Graduate and undergraduate students in landscape architecture and related fields get credit for taking part in these design/build studios.

 

This semester’s project was the second phase of a three-year effort to create an environmentally friendly corridor, called “the Artists’ Backyard,” between Turlington Hall and Owens Hall. If you didn’t know to look for the sustainable features, you’d probably miss them. There’s a cistern that collects rainwater off the roof and diverts it into a nearby rain garden, drought-resistant plants to reduce the university’s landscape maintenance budget, and permeable bricks in the walkways that help filter water bound for the storm drains.

 

SHIFT: process – Landscape Architecture Student Journal – Call for Submissions!

by dtoronyi

North Carolina State University’s Student ASLA Chapter seeks submissions for it’s 2nd annual professional-reviewed landscape architecture student journal, SHIFT: process. Recognizing that students represent the next generation of leaders and design innovators, SHIFT… Read More →

T H E U N D E R S T O R Y

by dtoronyi

“What if, for just one day, we all decided to let everyone know what the heck landscape architects do. That we create the very places used to live, work and play. That we… Read More →

Innovation Gallery Walk

by graysonmaughan

Innovation Gallery Walk Please join us for the Innovation Gallery Walk with student presentations which will feature innovative design interventions covering current and emerging issues and best practices on a wide range of… Read More →

“The Infrastructure Revolution: Adaptation to Climate Disruption in Coastal Cities” by Kristina Hill, Monday Feb 21st

by dtoronyi

Women in Landscape Architecture (WILA) in cooperation with NCSU Department of Landscape Architecture invite the community to attend “The Infrastructure Revolution: Adaptation to Climate Disruption in Coastal Cities”: a public presentation by Kristina… Read More →

NCSU’s SOUL Community Garden – Work Days & Accepting Plot Applications

by dtoronyi

Ever wondered if NCSU had their own community garden? It’s true, we finally do! Last year students got together and created SOUL Community Garden, NCSU’s first oncampus organic community garden. Last year SOUL… Read More →

“Challenging the Default” at NCSU with Alan Berger – “Exterial Landscapes”

by dtoronyi

Monday night’s lecture by Alan Berger, associate professor of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture from MIT, entitled “Exterial Landscapes” is now available (for free!) not available at NCSU’s College of Design’s iTunes U… Read More →

Stormwater Education :: LID Design/Build Studio at NCSU

by davetoms

When Andrew Fox surveyed the grounds behind Syme Residence Hall this spring, he saw a landscape in distress. “It was basically denuded of plants,” he says. “When it rained, it got squishy nasty.”… Read More →

At Harvard, landscape architects are reinventing the discipline – The Boston Globe

by mbtomasulo

At Harvard, landscape architects reinvent roles, link disciplines Landscape architects often used to be called in to plant a few trees or add a bench after a building was constructed. Now, they are… Read More →

Can the Creative Class Save the Motor City?

by jordanmp

I ran across this article in last month’s Economist titled “Detroit’s Emptiness:  The Art of Abandonment” .   It outlines the current state of the city’s many economic afflictions – massive population loss, 28%… Read More →