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David Malda presents Landscape as Relational Practice: Connecting People to and through the Land at 2021 LABash Conference
David Malda presents Landscape as Relational Practice: Connecting People to and through the Land at 2021 LABash Conference

April 10, 2021 – David Malda, ASLA, LEED AP, attended the LABash Conference hosted by Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, as a guest presenter.

David’s presentation, Landscape as Relational Practice: Connecting People to and through the Land, explored the use of landscape to connect people to and through the land that surrounds us. This presentation focused on the idea of building relationships among the people and places that already exist rather than adding another new thing to the land. This would result in supporting broader initiatives for belonging.

The LABash Conference, which is usually held in-person, is hosted by a different university in the United States or Canada each year. Despite being held remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s conference still provided valuable learning opportunities for attendees through guest speakers, workshops, design charettes, expos, and social events.

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NewsJason KimIthaca, NY2020
Tidal Basin Ideas Lab Reimagines the Future
Tidal Basin Ideas Lab Reimagines the Future

October 21, 2020 - This morning, the Tidal Basin Ideas Lab unveiled ideas from five leading landscape architecture firms reimagining the future of Washington DC’s iconic Tidal Basin and National Mall. The ideas – from DLANDstudio, GGN, Hood Design Studio, James Corner Field Operations, and Reed Hilderbrand – are presented in a museum-quality online exhibition.

GGN envisions a dynamic series of incremental changes that will adapt the site to the environmental challenges of the future and give rise to a new cultural aesthetic. Achieved over three stages between today and 2090, this adaptive plan will accommodate forecasted sea level rise and will integrate regional ecologies to bring an overdue, ecological point of view. Monuments will be adapted, protected, or relocated to ensure the national importance of this collective space.

“While there is an immediate urgency, this strategy lays the groundwork for the next hundred years. The choices we make now will have significant and long lasting impact for multiple generations,” said Rodrigo Abela.

Learn more on the Tidal Basin Ideas Lab's website.

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NewsCheryl dos RemediosWashington, DC2019
GGN is a Supporting Sponsor for Burke Museum Spring Gala
GGN is a Supporting Sponsor for Burke Museum Spring Gala

April 24, 2020 - GGN is a supporting sponsor of the Burke Museum’s annual Spring Gala, which will be held remotely on April 24 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The theme of this year’s gala is “Metamorphosis,” a reference both to the annual transformations of early spring and to the New Burke Museum, in whose metamorphosis GGN has been honored to play a part.

The New Burke landscape features a level “yard” within the sloping site that functions as a grand forecourt and event space for the museum while also accommodating parking. At the south edge of the Burke Yard, seat steps extend into the Camas Field – a level terrace of soil showcasing the Pacific Northwest’s meadow plants, grown and donated by Oxbow Farms.

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NewsGuest UserSeattle, WA2019
"GGN: Landscapes 1999 to 2018" Featured on New Books in Architecture Podcast
"GGN: Landscapes 1999 to 2018" Featured on New Books in Architecture Podcast

February 2, 2020 - GGN: Landscapes 1999-2018, authored by Dr. Thaisa Way and published by Timber Press, was featured on the New Books in Architecture podcast, which showcases interviews with scholars of architecture about their new books and seeks to raise the level of public discourse by introducing scholars and other serious writers to a wide public via new media. Thaisa Way and GGN Principals Shannon Nichol, Jennifer Guthrie, and Rodrigo Abela were interviewed by host Tricia Keffer.

GGN: Landscapes 1999-2018 is the first book devoted to GGN’s work. Dr. Way surveys several of our projects with an eye towards addressing practical design questions, with a foreword by Dr. Scott Stewart. Many of our favorite photographers have contributed their work, including new photos by Catherine Tighe.

A full recording of the interview can be accessed here.

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NewsGuest UserKey Largo, FL2020
GGN Participates in Camas Planting Ceremony at New Burke Museum
GGN Participates in Camas Planting Ceremony at New Burke Museum

December 3, 2019 - GGN was honored to participate in the planting of the first camas bulbs (Camassia quamash) at the newly installed meadow at the New Burke Museum. Tribal Elders Connie McCloud (Puyallup Tribe of Indians) and Rex Buck (Wanapum) led a planting ceremony with prayer and song, emphasizing the importance of this plant in native traditions.

Oxbow Farm’s Native Plant Program Manager, Bridget McNassa demonstrated how to plant the bulbs, which serve as a key food source for native people of the Pacific Northwest, while GGN’s Shannon Nichol encouraged an intuitive approach to planting the bulbs that would mimic their growth patterns in the wild.

We look forward to seeing the meadow thrive in seasons to come!

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NewsGuest UserSeattle, WA2019
Emily Scott Volunteers with Architecture in the Schools
Emily Scott Volunteers with Architecture in the Schools

January 9, 2017 – This evening, Architecture in the Schools  is hosting a reception at the District Architecture Center for students and parents to celebrate the work created during the Fall 2016 semester. As part of this program, Emily Scott volunteered in a kindergarten class for eight weeks at Bunker Hill Elementary School teaching “Motion and Stability.” The students learned about measuring, stability, shapes, and materials. In the photo above, the students are drawing the shapes they see on the façade of the school.

Architecture in the Schools (AIS) matches volunteer architects with public school teachers to enrich the learning experience of children. AIS has reached more than 20,000 children in metropolitan Washington DC schools all wards of the District since it began in 1992. 

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NewsTherese GrafWashington, DC2016b
Oceanwide Center Groundbreaking
Oceanwide Center Groundbreaking

December 8, 2016 – Oceanwide Center celebrates groundbreaking in the Transbay area of San Francisco. Jill Fortuna joined San Francisco officials, the client group, and other members of the design team at the Oceanwide Center for the celebratory ceremony.


A new mixed-use development, Oceanwide Center will provide 1.35 million square feet of office space, 650,000 square feet of residential units and expanded public space. The expanded streetscape will feature a pocket park and ‘urban room’ plaza with lush tropical vegetation and water features. Aspiring to be LEED Platinum, the project will maximize planting and storm water re-use as well as offering improved connectivity and space recreation.

 

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Sara Zewde Presents at Brown University
Sara Zewde Presents at Brown University

December 3, 2016 - The National Museum of African American History and Culture, together with Yale University and Brown University, hosted an international symposium of scholars, activists, and designers grappling with the public memory of slavery titled, “Slavery and Global Public History Conference: New Challenges.” Sara presented her project at the Valongo Wharf of Rio de Janeiro, as part of the panel Building and Design of Slave Memorials and Museums.

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NewsTherese GrafWashington, DC2016b
Headwaters Park Installation
Headwaters Park Installation

October 26, 2016 - Headwaters Park, located at 5th & Taylor in Seattle, is a temporary park that is part of Seattle Department of Transportation’s Adaptive Streets Program. In the design of the park, GGN participated in a collaborative design process with SDOT, Don Carlson, Buster Simpson, and the Growing Vine Street team. The pavement pattern featured on SDOT’s blog was envisioned by Chihiro Shinohara Donovan from GGN and interpreted by SDOT painters. It depicts an abstracted bird’s eye view of running water beneath a dense tree canopy. The installation of this temporary park is currently underway.

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Sara Zewde Presents at the 4th Annual Morton B. Gulak Lecture
Sara Zewde Presents at the 4th Annual Morton B. Gulak Lecture

October 25, 2016 - Sara Zewde presented at the 4th Annual Morton B. Gulak Urban and Regional Planning Lecture at the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government & Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University. In her lecture, "Design in the Southern City Now," Sara maintained that planners and designers have a unique opportunity to negotiate cultural memory in the Southern City through the design of the public realm." Sara discussed opportunities in infrastructure design, plazas and parks, streetscapes, and the Question of the Civil War Memorial. Following the lecture, Sara conducted a roundtable discussion among mayoral candidates and city officials in the city of Richmond, Virginia. 

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David Malda Presents at the ASLA Annual Meeting & Expo
David Malda Presents at the ASLA Annual Meeting & Expo

October 24, 2016 – David Malda presented at the American Society of Landscape Architects Annual Meeting & Expo in New Orleans as part of the panel "History as Resource for Contemporary Street Design." Considering public streets beyond circulation needs, the panel discussed the significance and potential of the dynamic histories of streetscapes and the associated impact on culture.


The panel also consisted of Thaisa Way from the University of Washington Department of Landscape Architecture as moderator, Ann Komara from the University of Colorado Denver College of Architecture and Planning, and Ron Henderson from IIT Program of Landscape Architecture, Chicago and L+A landscape architecture. 

 

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NewsGuest UserNew Orleans, LA2016a
Tess Schiavone Presents at the ASLA Annual Meeting & Expo
Tess Schiavone Presents at the ASLA Annual Meeting & Expo

October 21, 2016 - At the American Society of Landscape Architects Annual Meeting & Expo in New Orleans, Tess Schiavone discussed the integral role of food needs within landscape architecture on the panel, "Food for Thought: Bringing Healthy Food to Urban Communities". Fellow panelists included Scott Dismukes from Firma, Britton Jones from Coen + Partners, and moderator Jela Ellefson from Eastern Market Corporation.

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NewsGuest UserNew Orleans, LA2016a
Sara Zewde Presents at Clemson University
Sara Zewde Presents at Clemson University

October 3, 2016 - As part of Clemson University’s School of Architecture Lecture Series, Sara presented a history and critique of the ecological paradigm in landscape architecture, “Ecologies of Memory.” In regions like the Lowcountry of South Carolina, investigating the cultural histories of landscapes can propel innovations in the way we design for ecological sensitivity. Sara presented independent design work in Brooklyn, New York; Houston, Texas; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as case studies. 

The Clemson University School of Architecture Lecture Series is made possible from support provided by the Clemson Architectural Foundation. 

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NewsTherese GrafClemson, SC2016a
Makie Suzuki Co-Directs Traveling Seminar
Makie Suzuki Co-Directs Traveling Seminar

September 6, 2016 – Makie Suzuki co-directed a University of Washington traveling seminar from August 27th to September 5th, that helped students to engage in an up-close examination of Tokyo’s urban landscapes. The group also visited Taipei.


“Some see Tokyo as 'a futuristic mega-city which is systematically ordered and emits futuristic glow.’ This monolithic impression can be decoded into layers of memories of the city, functionally organized organic forms, and everyday activities of people in Tokyo. Through personal experience, students are exploring invisible aspects of Tokyo, which are weaved into and create the dynamic color of Tokyo as a whole.” Makie Suzuki, PLA, LEED AP BD+C, Associate

 

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Sara Zewde Presents at the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and Kent State University
Sara Zewde Presents at the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and Kent State University

September 5, 2016 - Sara conducted a lunchtime workshop titled, “Design at the Margins of the Urban Renaissance,”  at the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC) and gave an inaugural lecture at Kent State University for local practitioners, faculty, and student on design practice in the midst of the urban renaissance. "Cities across the country are witnessing large investments in urban development and infrastructure. But, this renaissance is provoking tension. As we design the re-developing public realm, we have the opportunity to negotiate this tension, by rooting our design in the spatial traditions of the urban core." To illuminate these ideas and prompt a discussion among participants, Sara presented independent design work from Houston, Texas and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

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NewsTherese GrafCleveland, OH2016a