Landscape urbanism (dot) com is website for and about landscape, architecture, and urbanism—a resource and ongoing publication for people interested in cities, landscape, and design. Landscape urbanism is an idea that process matters in design, that collaboration between disciplines is critical, and that complexity should be embraced as part of urbanism and landscape architecture. While many have argued that the ideas of landscape urbanism are too undefined or complicated, we think that through this publication and website, we can better explain and explore the ideas of landscape urbanism.
The goal of this project is to utilize another medium (the web) to provide a space for interactive dialogue about landscape urbanism—and what it means to design landscapes and urban spaces today. We seek to promote ongoing conversation among design professionals, clients, educators, public participants, students, stakeholders, philosophers, photographers, artists, travelers, writers, and others interested in the design and configuration of the built environment. To learn more about the site and landscape urbanism, read the letter from the editors, peruse our first issue, “indeterminacy and multiplicity,” or check out our recommended resources.
connect + participate.
A website, a project, a landscape, a city—these are not solo endeavors. A team of talented landscape architects, planners, urbanists, landscape urbanists, designers, architects, philosophers, and photographers contributed to the creation of this site. Landscape urbanism (the website) is a collaboration, discussion, and evolution among a group of talented, diverse design and planning professionals. Join us and become a part of the conversation: submit your work, essays, or projects to be featured on the site. Email us with questions. Sign up to stay notified on the publication of new issues. Subscribe to our blog. Or connect with us on social media—you can find us on facebook and on twitter.
our team
The project is guided by the hands of the following team - the advisory board to the landscape urbanism website:
Sarah is a communications specialist and designer at SWA Group. She works in the spaces between landscape architecture, technology, communications, and strategy. Her background in psychology and design shaped her understanding of landscape architecture as a ground plane for the complex choreography of movements and behaviors that occur within a place. see complete bio →
As co-editor of this site, Eliza is delighted to help disseminate and articulate this elusive, nervy iteration of our profession. Eliza holds master’s degrees in landscape architecture and city planning from the University of Pennsylvania. see complete bio →
Julie holds a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture (BSLA) with a dual concentration in Wetland Ecology and Art/Architectural History from Cornell University and a Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) from Penn Design. see complete bio →
Stephanie Carlisle is a designer and urban ecologist whose work focuses on the relationship between the built and natural environment. Her research employs interdisciplinary design methodologies and data-driven modeling to study complex urban systems ranging from waste water aquaculture in urban India to polyculture greenhouses in the Netherlands to high performance building systems in the United States. see complete bio →
Nicholas believes in a robust and sustainable urbanism. He believes that the urban future will be shaped by the billions of tenacious city-dwellers engaged in a project of bottom-up urbanization, and is excited about the role that infrastructural landscapes and soft systems can play in structuring and sustaining the next generation of cities. see complete bio →
Gerdo is SWA’s president, an adjunct associate professor of the Master of Landscape Architecture program at the University of Southern California, and the co-author of the book Landscape Infrastructure. see complete bio →
Ying-Yu Hung is Managing Principal of SWA Los Angeles and a studio professor at the University of Southern California. Her design studios explore the intersect between landscape urbanism and infrastructure in Downtown LA, focusing on the permeability between districts, infrastructural connectivity, open-space networks, and the residual, underutilized spaces such as parking lots, rooftops, alleyways, and freeway embankments. see complete bio →
Elizabeth is a planner and landscape architect with over 26 years of experience in land use planning, site design and cultural landscape restoration. see complete bio →
Kevin is the CEO of SWA Group and a Principal of the Houston, Texas SWA Office. When he began his career in 1973, he knew a lot about engineering but only a little about Landscape Architecture. see complete bio →
Charles Waldheim is the John E. Irving Professor of Landscape Architecture and Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. His teaching and research examine the relationships between landscape and contemporary urbanism. see complete bio →
Kira is a landscape architect who fell in love with printmaking while studying for a Master of Landscape Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. see complete bio →
Garrett is a designer and technical author with AECOM Design + Planning. His approach to practice is inspired by the idea that above all else, context dictates concept; that sustainability is more than an aesthetic; and that the success of high design should also be measured in ecological benefit. see complete bio →
Ilse Frank is a principal and owner of Studio Balcones Landscape Architecture based in Austin, TX. Together with Jennifer Orr, she embarked on the journey of establishing a new office almost two years ago. see complete bio →
Lily Jencks lives and works in London as an architect and landscape architect. Creating strategic collaborative teams for each different project, depending on the expertise required, Lily has recently been working on projects in Hong Kong, Glasgow, Geneva and Los Angeles for a variety of public and private clients at several scales. see complete bio →
Douglas is a designer living and working in Brooklyn, NY. His work focuses on urban design through the medium of landscape architecture: particularly the retrofitting of underutilized urban centers with productive public space, public transport, and green infrastructure. see complete bio →
