Schedule
Thursday, December 4
Plenary Keynote Speaker
Opening Reception and Keynote at SWA Los Angeles, CA
Time: 5:30-7:30 PM
Plenary Keynote Speaker
Lauren Bon, Environmental Artist and Activist, Director, Metabolic Studio
Friday, December 5
8:00-9:00 am Registration Opens
Gerdo Aquino, FASLA, PLA, Co-CEO, SWA
9:00-9:30 am Welcome and Opening Remarks
Esther Margulies, Director Master of Landscape Architecture + Urbanism, USC School of Architecture
Gerdo Aquino, FASLA, PLA, Co-CEO, SWA
Charles A. Birnbaum, FASLA, FAAR, President + CEO, The Cultural Landscape Foundation
Moment of silence, honoring the late Kongjian Yu, FASLA, Professor, Peking University; President, Turenscape
William Deverel, Huntington–USC Institute on California and the West
9:30-11:15 am Southern California Palimpsest: A Landscape of Ecological Abundance, Cultural Complexity and Climatological Extremes
Alison B. Hirsch, PhD, FAAR, University of Southern California, School of Architecture
William Deverel, Huntington–USC Institute on California and the West
Alexander Robinson, FAAR, Associate Professor, USC School of Architecture and Founder/Principal, Office of Outdoor Research
Break 11:15-11:45 am
Jessica M. Henson, RLA, ASLA, AICP, Partner, OLIN
11:45 am - 12:25 pm Learning from Los Angeles / Part I
Gerdo Aquino, FASLA, PLA, Co-CEO, SWA
Jessica M. Henson, RLA, ASLA, AICP, Partner, OLIN
LUNCH 12:25-1:50 pm
Kush Parekh, Principal, Studio-MLA and Matt Romero, ASLA, Associate Principal, Studio-MLA
1:50-3:10 pm Learning from Los Angeles Part II
Julia Prince, RLA, ASLA, AIA, Associate, Design Workshop
Kush Parekh, Principal, Studio-MLA and Matt Romero, ASLA, Associate Principal, Studio-MLA
Respondents:
Hunter Merritt, Lecturer, California State University, Sacramento
Evelyn Cortez-Davis, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Water Executive Office
3:10-3:30 pm Plenary Provocation
Christopher Hawthorne, Senior Critic, Yale School of Architecture
Honoring Kongjian Yu, FASLA, Professor, Peking University; President, Turenscape
3:30-5:30 pm Closing Panel: Global Strategies and Perspectives
Mario Schjetnan, FASLA, Managing Director, Grupo de Diseño Urbano, Mexico City, Mexico
Honoring Kongjian Yu, FASLA, Professor, Peking University; President, Turenscape
Adriaan Geuze, FASLA, IR, RLA, OALA, Founding Partner, Principal, West 8, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Maura Rockcastle, ASLA, PLA, Co-Founder and Principal, Ten x Ten, Minneapolis, MN
Respondents:
Chelina Odbert, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Kounkuey Design Initiative
Patrick Sisson, Freelance journalist, Los Angeles
Additional Registration Required
5:45-7:30 pm Closing Reception
Hosted by Playcore
Additional Registration Required
Saturday, December 6
Mobile Workshops (Separately Ticketed)
Led by Jessica Henson (Partner, OLIN), Deborah Weintraub (Chief Deputy Engineer, City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Engineering), Sarah Swanseen (Project Coordinator, OLIN), Mark Hanna (Senior Vice President, Geosyntec), and Chris Torres (Founder and Principal, Agency Artifact)
Time: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Led by Jessica Henson (Partner, OLIN), Deborah Weintraub (Chief Deputy Engineer, City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Engineering), Sarah Swanseen (Project Coordinator, OLIN), Mark Hanna (Senior Vice President, Geosyntec), and Chris Torres (Founder and Principal, Agency Artifact)
Led by George Kutnar (SWA), Sofia Aleman (Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority), and more.
Time: 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Led by George Kutnar (SWA), Sofia Aleman (Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority), and more.
Led by Julia Prince (Associate, Design Workshop), Nurit Katz (Chief Sustainability Officer, UCLA and Commissioner, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power), Peter Hendrickson (Associate Vice Chancellor Design and Construction, UCLA Capital Programs), The Landscape and Grounds Team (UCLA Facilities), Isaac Brown (Senior Scientist, Stillwater Sciences), and more.
Time: 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Led by Julia Prince (Associate, Design Workshop), Nurit Katz (Chief Sustainability Officer, UCLA and Commissioner, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power), Peter Hendrickson (Associate Vice Chancellor Design and Construction, UCLA Capital Programs), The Landscape and Grounds Team (UCLA Facilities), Isaac Brown (Senior Scientist, Stillwater Sciences), and more.
Led by Alexander Robinson (University of Southern California School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture + Urbanism Program, Inclusive Infrastructure Design Lab)
Time 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Led by Alexander Robinson (University of Southern California School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture + Urbanism Program, Inclusive Infrastructure Design Lab)
Led by Lauren Bon (Director, Metabolic Studio), Kelly Majewski (Metabolic Studio), and Diego Zapata (Metabolic Studio)
Time: 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Led by Lauren Bon (Director, Metabolic Studio), Kelly Majewski (Metabolic Studio), and Diego Zapata (Metabolic Studio)
Led by Kush Parekh, Principal, Studio-MLA; Mia Lehrer, FASLA, President, Studio-MLA
Time: 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Led by Kush Parekh, Principal, Studio-MLA; Mia Lehrer, FASLA, President, Studio-MLA