Career Spotlight Series Landscape Architect

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Welcome to our blog about the process and proposals for the new LARP building! With so much going on and the process moving so quickly, we wanted a way to keep our faithful alumni and future students updated on what is going on. Well post on this blog when we reach big milestones, so keep watching this space!

Its hard to overestimate what having a new building will mean for LARP. Many of you know that Hills was originally built as a dormitory, and was repurposed for academic life. Its had a good run and weve all built great memories here, but everyone who visits knows we obviously need an upgrade. This has become even more pressing in recent years, as mold issues mean that not all of the faculty can even enter the building. Because of our outstanding faculty we have been quite successful over the years despite Hills. Weve always liked to think that the best programs are often in the worst spaces, but Im not so sure anymore. I look forward to proving that the best programs can also be in the best spaces. It is invigorating to think about what we will be able to do with a beautiful new space.

The new building will bring together LARP with Architecture (now a program, but likely to be a department by the time we all move) and Building and Construction Technologies (also currently a program, but likely to merge with Architecture by the big move).

A few big picture facts:

Our architecture team is world class: Leers Weinzapfel, with principal Andrea Leers as the lead designer. You can see examples of their work at: http://www.lwa-architects.com/. Our landscape architects are Stephen Stimson Associates, http://www.stephenstimson.com/. Stimson is an alumni of the MLA program and has taught in our department. His firm did the beautiful design which puts green infrastructure to work in UMass Southwest concourse.

With such a big, complicated, fast project UMass got an Owners Rep on board early. We have been very happy with the work of Collaborative Partners in Cambridge MA in keeping us all represented in the process and doing just what their name suggests encouraging collaboration, but also assuring that we keep moving along.

The big question is WHERE! The architects are developing proposals for Lot 62, which is the parking area right across from the Fine Arts Center, or for upgrading and connecting to Clark Hall. Ultimately the final location is a decision the Chancellor will make.

Ah, but what will happen to Hills, you ask? It is destined to come down altogether, and become a parking lot. If we can work it out with the lawyers, were dreaming of having an alumni event where for $25 you can swing a sledgehammer at the building once we are all moved out! That sounds like a party.

This Friday (January 10th) the architects will present the options and their initial designs. Watch this space for a video of their presentation! In future blogs well talk more about the building design, the sustainability features, the studio concepts, and the landscape design, maybe reminiscence on Hills and more.

Happy New Year! -Elisabeth Hamin, Head of Department

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Stuart O. Dawson Biography: Prelude [1 of 10]
A landscape architect for over 50 years, Dawson still loves to work with his colleagues and clients. Interviewed by Charles A. Birnbaum, June 2009. For more ...

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Daniels Public Lecture: Kathryn Gustafson "A Place that Fits: Landscape Architecture"
On March 4, 2014, the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design welcomed landscape architect Kathryn Gustafson to present the 2014 Michael Hough / Ontario Association of...

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Landscape and Garden Maintenance in Metairie New Orleans
TheGardenGates.com offers landscaping maintenance for gardens in the New Orleans and Metairie area. Jesse Edmondson, TheGardenGates.com lead Landscape Architect, combines practical ...

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Villa Park, IL (PRWEB) January 30, 2015

Oly-Ola Edgings, a leading producer of premium grade 100% recycled commercial paver restraint and landscape edging products, announces the formation of Oly-Ola Global. This global division is dedicated to serving landscape architect and contractor customers around the world.

Oly-Ola Global integrates the North American expertise of Oly-Ola Edgings, Inc. with additional global capabilities, including recommending edgings for specific applications, referring landscape architects/contractors to our international distribution network, providing air and ocean rates from reliable freight forwarders, overseeing foreign shipments, and preparing international documents.

Over the years we have seen a dramatic increase in our international business. We opened up a division dedicated to handling the needs of our international customers in order to give them the same high level of specialized service they would receive in the states, explains Aymie Clayton, vice president of Oly-Ola Edgings.

Oly-Ola Global can be reached by email at global(at)olyola(dot)com or visit http://olyola.com/worldwide-ship.php

For over 35 years, Oly-Ola Edgings, Inc., headquartered in Villa Park, Illinois, USA, has produced the most complete line of 100% recycled polyethylene/vinyl edging and paver restraints in the landscape industry. Oly-Ola promises the industrys strongest comprehensive domestic guarantee: 100% Plus for 20 Years Includes All Freight and Labor. Their shipping policy is hassle-free and orders are delivered by the industrys fastest shipping. They also maintain a large inventory 12 months a year, so there are no back orders. Oly-Ola has an international distributor network and supports many national and state landscape organizations. For more information, please call or write:

Oly-Ola Edgings, Inc. 124 E. St. Charles Road, Villa Park, IL 60181 Phone: (800) 334-4647 Fax: (630) 833-0816 Website: http://www.olyola.com E-mail: edgings(at)olyola(dot)com

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Reconstruction slated to start this summer

BY DARCIE MOORE Times Record Staff

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RESIDENTS EXAMINE PLANS for reconstruction of North Street this summer following a presentation on the project Wednesday at City Hall. City officials and Jennifer Claster, a landscape architect for Wright-Pierce, said now is the time to hear concerns from residents and learn details about this portion of the road before plans are finalized. DARCIE MOORE / THE TIMES RECORD BATH

City officials and a landscape architect with Wright-Pierce unveiled plans for reconstruction of North Street this summer at an hour-long meeting Wednesday night in the basement of City Hall.

The first phase of the project will stretch from the Five Corners intersection (where North, Oak Grove and Lincoln streets and Congress Avenue come together) to High Street. A second phase, anticipated to be completed in 2016, would continue the reconstruction further to Washington Street.

Peter Owen, Baths public works director, said now is the time to hear feedback from residents and learn about subsurface issues specific to their properties. There were at least 40 residents attending the meeting.

JENNIFER CLASTER Wright-Pierce landscape architect Jennifer Claster said North Street is part of a city-designated primary bike route between the Sagadahoc Bridge and West Bath, and also part of the interim onroad route for the East Coast Greenway and U.S. Bike Route 1A. This route will connect to a local and more regional trail that will link the Androscoggin River Bicycle and Pedestrian Path to the Kennebec River.

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Landscape Design - Therapeutic Wellness Gardens
Ecological landscape professionals have long understood the connection between healthy landscapes and human health. Landscape Architect, Tom Benjamin, takes ...

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A FINANCIALLY stricken, rundown, rabbit-infested farm was Susan Campbells introduction to life in the country.

Susan Campbell at her Benalla home, which she moved to last year after having spent decades at Byawatha. Picture: JOHN RUSSELL

A FINANCIALLY stricken, rundown, rabbit-infested farm was Susan Campbells introduction to life in the country.

The Toorak-raised landscape architect could be forgiven for wishing to return to the city, but instead she accepted those challenges and her successful fightback is reflected in todays honours.

She has received an Order of Australia Medal for service to conservation and the environment.

Its a long way from 1966 when she and her husband Sandy bought a property at Byawatha, near Wangaratta.

It was rundown and rabbit-ridden, but it was the only one we could afford and it was somewhere we thought we could make a difference, Mrs Campbell said.

It wasnt making much of a profit, there was half a sheep to an acre, and it was looked down upon by the neighbours.

It had a sign on the gate saying all shooters, please come in when we bought it because of the rabbits.

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Divisive: An impression of the Barangaroo Central Waterfront Promenade with the disputed trees.

Sydney's landscape architects are up in arms about the a decision to plant more than 100 American honey locust trees along the western promenade at Barangaroo a species that has been classified as a weed by the NSW Department of Primary Industries.

The NSW chapter of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects has written to the Premier, Mike Baird, asking him to intervene to stop the planting of the avenue of honey locusts, also known as Gleditsiatriacanthos. The planting is imminent.

"This is just such a significant site. This project really should reflect the character of Sydney and Sydney Harbour. It is a chance to showcase our wonderful native species," James Grant, president of the Institute and principal at JMD Design said.

"It will be used by thousands of tourists. A beautiful fig or an angophora would be a much better choice. Using species that are classified as weeds sends absolutely the wrong signal," he said.

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While the Headland Park at the tip of Barangaroo is being planted with native plants selected because they are indigenous to the Sydney Harbour region, the walkway that runs from the edge of the office area in South Barangaroo will be shaded by honey locusts.

The trees, native to America, have straight trunks and dark green, relatively light foliage. They are also deciduous, unlike most native species.

The Barangaroo Delivery Authority told Fairfax Media its choice of trees for the high profile promenade had been based on the design briefs established by world-renowned landscape architect, Peter Walker of PWP, based in California. The brief required that the tree species"emphasise the civic contrast between the foreshore promenade and the naturalistic planting of Barangaroo Point and to suit the western foreshore locations. It also specified deciduousness, which ruled out most native species.

"Selection of the trees was by PWP working with a local expert horticulturist," a spokesman for the BDA said.

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