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2 7 9 10-11 14-16 20 23 24-29 32-33 34-35 36 37 38-39 40-41 42 43 44-45 46-47 48 49 50 51 57 52-53 54-55 56 58-59 60-61 64 65 DIRECTOR’S LETTER DIRECTOR’S METROPOLIS CHICAGO STUDY COLLEGE SCOPE PROGRAM PROGRAMS DEGREE LIST FACULTY RECOGNITION FACULTY YEAR FALL 1ST I: Processes Studio Architecture Landscape 541 (6 credits) LA the Landscape and Modeling Design Media I: Drawing 525 (3 credits) LA Theory Architecture I: Landscape History/Theory/Criticism 501 (3 credits) LA and Planting I: Plants and Materials Workshop Ecology 565 (3 credits) LA YEAR SPRING 1ST II: Site Studio and City Architecture Landscape 542 (6 credits) LA Design Media II: Digital Media 526 (3 credits) LA History Architectural II: Landscape History/Theory/Criticism 502 (3 credits) LA II: Earthworks and Infrastructures and Materials Workshop Ecology 566 (3 credits) LA 2ND YEAR FALL Metropolis Studio V: Architecture Landscape 545 (6 credits) LA and Construction Design III: Planting and Materials Workshop Ecology 567 (3 credits) LA Seminar Research Architecture III: Landscape History/Theory/Criticism 504 (3 credits) LA Processes Modeling and Fabrication-Dynamic Design Media III: Advanced 527 (3 credits) LA and Practice I: Entrepreneurship Architecture of Landscape Practice Professional 514 (3 credits) LA and Time Architecture II: Landscape Architecture of Landscape Practice Professional 516 (3 credits) LA School Elective: Prairie Architecture Landscape (3 credits) 2ND YEAR SPRING Studio VI: Metropolis Architecture Landscape 546 (6 credits) LA Studies Case Contemporary Theory: Advanced IV: History/Theory/Criticism 503 (3 credits) LA the Urban Environment Constructing IV: and Materials Workshop Ecology 568 (3 credits) LA Elective: Sitescapes Architecture Landscape (3 credits) PROJECTS SPECIAL INITIATIVES ACADEMIC AWARDS STUDENT

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Ron Henderson, FASLA Henderson, Ron Director and Professor + Urbanism Program Architecture Landscape of Technology Illinois Institute Please join us for this work. join us for Please Our Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board (LAAB) accredited and STEM-certified and STEM-certified accredited Board (LAAB) Accreditation Architectural Our Landscape who skilled and intellectually design professionals technically versatile prepares program the globe. ambitions across these share Our curriculum amplifies this urban context with courses that investigate critical landscape critical landscape that investigate with courses this urban context Our curriculum amplifies century city: twenty-first of the challenges urban design implications of the architecture quality, water sites, post-industrial mobility new systems, innovations, technological among others. and vital public spaces, urbanization, rapid equity, social climate change, Our program is a fundamentally progressive urban enterprise based on three defining defining on three based urban enterprise progressive is a fundamentally Our program transdisciplinary strong of our urban centers, principles: the equitable global growth and in practice. theory landscape of urban in research and the advancement collaboration, creative through challenges socio-environmental complex M.L.A.+U investigate students architecture landscape accredited As the only ideation. technological inquiry innovative and North are in large American cities—we the few among only in Chicago—and program challenges. these positioned to confront uniquely The Master of Landscape Architecture + Urbanism Program at Illinois Institute of Technology Technology of Illinois at Institute Program + Urbanism Architecture of Landscape Master The tomorrow. of the skills comes to learn build the metropolis to the world is where DIRECTOR’S LETTER DIRECTOR’S

Illinois Institute of Technology’s campus, designed by renowned architect Ludwig Ludwig architect renowned by designed campus, of Technology’s Illinois Institute rich architecturally and vibrant of Chicago’s south just is located der Rohe, van Mies both city provides with third-largest the nation’s relationship Our downtown. learn students as and practice, research for ground a fertile and testing inspiration students of IIT Architecture’s many As such, in a global metropolis. and work from Alfred others, among many including, left and faculty on Chicago, theirmark have and Willis Tower Khan’s and Fazlur Graham Bruce Park, Point Promontory Caldwell’s Spertus + Sexton’s Institute. and Krueck Building, Hancock John

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translating their ideas into physical and digital form in our comprehensive studio studio our comprehensive in and digital form into physical their ideas translating locally both practices ties to world-renowned strong to our Thanks courses. and firms, with professionals interact able to directly are students and abroad, immersive through challenges architectural landscape real-world addressing internship opportunities. and exclusive programs, study-abroad coursework,

IIT ARCHITECTURE CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE IIT of on a legacy builds IIT Architecture of the Bauhaus, descendant As a direct of landscape generations has inspired that technology in design and experimentation our a point of departure, of Chicago as resource With the unparalleled architects. with contemporary the challenges directly engage students and design topics research our renowned spring from Courses and urbanism. architecture, landscape of architecture, skills allow our graduates These and synthesis. analysis, research, of disciplined history In our territories of investigation. new opportunities explore and professional to seize cutting-edge engage students software and design labs, workshop fabrication extensive while building details, and refine systems structural to investigate and equipment 13

” forward-looking, urban enterprise that engages and that engages and urban enterprise forward-looking, conditions. metropolitan of the evolution promotes skilled and intellectually technically versatile prepare We ambitions. those share who design professionals ...landscape architecture should be a fundamentally be a fundamentally should architecture ...landscape “

Drawing on landscape architecture’s range of work—from urban gardens to regional regional to urban gardens of work—from range architecture’s on landscape Drawing production, food for networks the design of landscape explore planning—our students and public recreation. mobility infrastructures, systems, forest systems, hydrological productive territories as reoccupy we willhow define reconfigurations landscape These ecological Within this broader and economic outcomes. cultural, social, for landscapes aspects attention of the public on the experiential places great the program context, Materiality, environment. on the quality focusing of the urban pedestrian by realm critical factors in the are relevance and cultural visual beauty, human comfort, scale, ecological beauty of at a and integration development The of urban life. improvement importance. of paramount and beyond—is site to city to region from scales of range STUDENT WORK STUDENT

ARCHITECTURE + URBANISM + ARCHITECTURE the is where of Technology at Illinois + Urbanism Institute Architecture Landscape Our master’s of tomorrow. learn the skills comes to build the metropolis to world the continuing First, imperatives. on three is based architecture in landscape degree landscape for a critical role has created worldwide areas of metropolitan expansion the increasing Second, of urban environments. and transformation in the structuring MASTER OF LANDSCAPE OF MASTER of transdisciplinary forms demands new of the modern metropolis complexity the and urbanism over the combination of landscape And third, thought and design. in both theory of the field and an expansion enabling potent, decade has proven past be a fundamentally should architecture that landscape understand we Thus, practice. of evolution the that engages and promotes urban enterprise forward-looking, skilled and intellectually technically versatile prepare We conditions. metropolitan ambitions. those share who design professionals 17

landscape metropolis. landscape Our position is to empower our our Our position is to empower with the confidence students work and skills their to define architecture, landscape through this agency deploy and to actively through the world to change of the investigations

our cities to meet the challenges of our future. our cities the challenges to meet organization, reclamation, and reimagining of of and reimagining reclamation, organization, professionals to lead the understanding, to lead the understanding, professionals

architects have emerged among design among design emerged have architects planning and design methods. Landscape Landscape planning and design methods. natural resources call into question existing existing call into question resources natural changing climate, and continued depletion of and continued depletion of climate, changing landscape architects. Population growth, a a growth, Population architects. landscape more innovative, and more critically involved and more innovative, more More than ever, the world needs more informed, informed, needs more the world than ever, More LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS LANDSCAPE

urbanism on a broad scale. urbanism on a broad through new configurations, make the area a critical test laboratory for ecological landscape for ecological landscape laboratory a critical test the area make configurations, new through relationships across this region, combined with the potential to revive established networks networks established combined with the potential to revive this region, across relationships conditions; production landscapes; and infrastructural systems. The shifts in urbanization and The systems. and infrastructural landscapes; conditions; production natural systems; water resources and networks; economic, social, and political histories and and and political histories social, economic, and networks; resources water systems; natural The program places a focus on studying the megaregion of the Great Lakes, including its including its Lakes, of the Great the megaregion on studying a focus places program The GREAT LAKES RESEARCH LAKES GREAT industrial lands as opportunitiesindustrial intervention and regeneration. for abandoned infrastructure landscapes, the Chicago River, vacant neighborhood lots, and and neighborhood lots, vacant River, the Chicago landscapes, abandoned infrastructure Program extends its research and design inquiries beyond historic gardens and parks to to and parks gardens historic inquiries beyond and design its research extends Program fundamental landscape relationships across the city. The Landscape Architecture + Urbanism + Urbanism Architecture Landscape The the city. across relationships landscape fundamental global ecological situation. Understanding Chicago’s future relies on understanding the the on understanding relies Chicago’s future Understanding situation. global ecological Crossing ecological boundaries at a range of scales, Chicago serves as a microcosm of the of the Chicago serves a microcosm as of scales, at a range boundaries ecological Crossing CHICAGO LANDSCAPE LABORATORY LANDSCAPE CHICAGO

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Frank Balestri Balestri Frank Adjunct Professor Burcheri Aldo G. Adjunct Professor Hanson Sarah Adjunct Professor Scott Mehaffey Adjunct Professor Murphy Kelly Adjunct Professor Skaife Jameson Adjunct Professor Skowlund Michael Adjunct Professor Meg Studer Adjunct Professor Womack Jay Adjunct Professor Martin Felsen Martin Felsen Professor Associate Alla Vronskaya Professor Assistant Janet Echelman AdjunctPractice Professor Miller Jonathan Professor Studio Associate FACULTY Henderson Ron Professor Director, Mistry Nilay Professor Visiting Assistant Lee Trevor Professor Visiting Assistant

22 Journal’s ICONOCLAST ICONOCLAST Journal’s LA+ SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY AND JUSTICE SOCIAL Design studio and seminar courses held at Illinois Institute Illinois at held Institute courses seminar and studio Design in space public for scenarios explored have of Technology autonomous in developments recent by informed Chicago navigation. vehicle steering and architect servedMistry has a landscape as committee Walking Portage the Northwest member for Art with Public the Chicago in collaboration Museum, and Portage Center of Chicago, American Indian Group, team is developing This Neighborhood Association. Park a forming Road, along Irving changes Park incremental of the Des binds the watersheds that learning experience withartist Santiago Working and Chicago Rivers. Plaines earthwork the team is implementing multiple hybrid X, about to educate visitors programs mounds and public with the intention history of placemaking, cultural the rich to activate and its the human connection to the river importance as a city. of Chicago’s cultivation to the narrative with Conor O’Shea and Mistry collaborated Professor their Chris Bennett mention for an honorable to earn to the 2018 submission design ideas competition, reconceiving New York’s York’s New reconceiving design ideas competition, and of cultural repository a guarded as Park Central horticultural assets. SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR LOGAN SQUARE SQUARE LOGAN FOR DESIGN SCHEMATIC NILAY MISTRY NILAY PROFESSOR ASSISTANT VISITING Professor Nilay Mistry, PLA ASLA directed the annual annual the directed ASLA PLA Mistry, Nilay Professor Landscape in Experience of Technology Illinois Institute Chicago seeks which Summer Program Architecture of landscape to the discipline students high school area within environment. an urban university architecture through explored opportunitiesCareer in design were landscape of practicing visits of to offices a series of allied fields, with professionals discussions architects, landscapes. engaging Chicago’s public and design exercises The from work ongoing research Mistry presented in and Equity Justice at the Social City project Driverless Smartthe Engineering of and Connected Cities workshop made was event This of Washington. at the University strategies and examined funding, Henderson by possible engineering and smart-city around that technologies of underserved resilience contribute to strengthening contributions to The His and at-risk communities in cities. at in lectures presented also were City project Driverless meetings of the Indian Society of Landscape chapter Meeting at the Annual and an education session Architects Architects. of Landscape of the American Society and EXPO

Journey, was installed at the United States National United at the National States installed was Journey, National the annual during D.C. in Washington, Arboretum Cherry Festival. Blossom of garden fellow senior re-appointed was Henderson at Dumbarton studies Research and landscape Oaks Library and Collection as a National selected and was writing a currently He is Service artist-in-residence. Park and the Illinois Institute Caldwell on Alfred book chapter the upcoming book for landscape campus of Technology and South on modernity of Technology at Illinois Institute and Caldwell “Alfred research, Henderson’s Side Chicago. supported was a grant by of Democracy” the Performance to invited also he was where Foundation, the Graham from and Liquidity,” “Architecture workshop, and lead a lecture Dyson. with Torkwase is Architecture, L+A Landscape practice, His professional Norway, Italy, France, Japan, in China, active on projects named finalist were they Recently, and the United States. Balder’s the competition for Oslo and won Parkveien, for with Einar Jarmund. Gate in Oslo—both in collaboration ONE TREE COURTYARD, BLANOT (FRANCE) BLANOT COURTYARD, TREE ONE

DIRECTOR, PROFESSOR DIRECTOR, RON HENDERSON HENDERSON RON sketchbooks, Sakura Orihon: Diary of a Cherry Sakura Blossom sketchbooks, In spring 2019, an exhibition of Professor Henderson’s Henderson’s of Professor an exhibition In spring 2019, mangrove museum. mangrove Americas Prize and the competition for the Shenzhen the Shenzhen Americas Prize and the competition for University, and served on the jury of the Mies Crown Hall Hall served and the jury on of the Mies Crown University, of Landscape Architects, Boston University, Harvard Harvard University, Boston Architects, of Landscape also gave lectures and led panels at the American Society Society and led panels at the American lectures gave also Barcelona, Tsinghua University, and Tongji University. He He University. and Tongji University, Tsinghua Barcelona, Architecture, Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura de de Superior d’Arquitectura Tècnica Escola Architecture, delivered lectures and workshops at Oslo School of of at Oslo School and workshops lectures delivered Driverless City project for which Henderson has recently has recently Henderson which for City project Driverless This research extends the ongoing investigation of The of The investigation the ongoing extends research This Implications of Ubiquitous Robots and Navigation Safety.” Safety.” and Navigation Implications of Ubiquitous Robots (Navigation Lab) for “The Urban Design and Policy Design and Policy Urban “The for Lab) (Navigation Spenko (Robotics Lab) and Professor Boris Pervan Boris Pervan and Professor Lab) (Robotics Spenko Foundation in collaboration with Professor Matthew Matthew with Professor in collaboration Foundation three-year, $750,000 grant from the National Science the National Science from grant $750,000 three-year, Professor Ron Henderson, FASLA is continuing a continuing a is FASLA Henderson, Ron Professor BALDER’S GATE, OSLO (NORWAY) (NORWAY) OSLO GATE, BALDER’S

Jameson Skaife is an associate at Lamar Johnson Johnson at Lamar is an associate Skaife Jameson a full-service design firm that Collaborative, including design, of integrated the power harnesses design, interior strategy, workplace architecture, and urban planning while architecture, landscape Film Festival. Film as an of teaching year is in her third Hanson Sarah Jacobs/ for worked previously Hanson adjunct professor. Hanson Now, designer. as a landscape Associates Ryan with her Fps, Furnace studio, production the video runs video into the landscape and is incorporating husband, participated Sarah a faculty as curriculum. architecture Foundation Architecture Landscape in the fellow research graduate with M.L.A.+U. Investigation Study 2019 Case case and produce Matt to research Callone, student, high-performing Chicago landscapes— three for studies and the Street, Shared the Argyle the Chicago Riverwalk, Campus. Learning Regenstein Chicago Botanic Garden’s jury member for Chicago Children’s International jury Children’s Chicago for member JAMESON SKAIFE: INDIANAPOLIS CHILDREN’S MUSEUM CHILDREN’S INDIANAPOLIS SKAIFE: JAMESON t magazine, t magazine,

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SARAH HANSON: WORKING CBG REGENSTEIN REGENSTEIN CBG WORKING HANSON: SARAH CAMPUS LEARNING FACULTY RECOGNITION FACULTY and teaching of year faculty productive had a has The scholarship. on an intellectual is working history of Alla Vronskaya situates that Soviet 1917–1941, from architecture Soviet theory in its transdisciplinary interwar architectural it as a discourse unpacking context, and transnational this discourse It identifies and the human. about society a “life,” centering on an intellectual framework as monism, of architecture, at the intersection synthetic notion developed She is a visiting member engineering. and social psychology, one year. for Study Advanced for of the Institute and Miller contributed to texts Jonathan Professor including: participation this year as a panel exhibitions his event, at an iitAIAS as X” “Architecture member for in “Get to the Melting Point” essay acting as a visiting critic for the University of Illinois at acting of Illinois the University a visiting as at critic for servinga and as review, final studio year Chicago’s third

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OLIN VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ASSISTANT VISITING TREVOR LEE LEE TREVOR Rhode Island School of Design. Island School Rhode Design and a Master of Landscape Architecture from from Architecture of Landscape Design and a Master Illustration from Massachusetts College of Art from and Illustration decade. Trevor holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts holds a Bachelor in Trevor decade. faculty at the University of Pennsylvania for the past the past for faculty of Pennsylvania at the University has been a member of the landscape architecture architecture of the landscape has been a member public energy generation in public landscapes, and and landscapes, in public generation public energy a project-based research initiative investigating investigating initiative research a project-based Field Operations. He is also founder of Suprafutures, of Suprafutures, founder He is also Field Operations. Manhattan’s Pier 26—for OLIN and James Corner Manhattan’s James Corner OLIN and Pier 26—for including Chicago’s Navy Pier, High Line Phase 3, and 3, Phase High Line Pier, Chicago’s Navy including the designs of significant urban landscapes— of significant the designs Trevor Lee, ASLA, has a distinguished career leading leading career a distinguished has ASLA, Lee, Trevor JONATHAN MILLER JONATHAN “What would an an would “What The Guardian, JAY WOMACK: LYTLE PARK LYTLE WOMACK: JAY FACULTY RECOGNITION CONTINUED RECOGNITION FACULTY and innovative Womack’s Jay Adjunct professor on an based are design solutions award-winning every that site and ever- is a unique understanding calls for which partchanging of the global system, and economic unity. of environmental a blending creates Jay office, his professional At Huff & Huff, and people, water, land, between relationships has been He all in. we live the built environment of Landscape Society the American by recognized He was levels. on the national and state Architects part of an article in entirely flood-proof city look like?” He is currently He is currently city look like?” flood-proof entirely USA called on bringing an initiative TreeHab working dedicated a program to the United Japan States, from to helping kids with disabilities climb trees.

MEG STUDER: GREEN NEW DEAL NEW GREEN STUDER: MEG spaces in the urban environment. While Omni’s work work Omni’s While environment. urban in the spaces they the Chicago landscape, changing is measurably on boundaries and pushing collaborating also are the country internationally. and across projects as Meg Studer, adjunct professor year past the Over on the collaborated principal at Siteations Studio, platform for makerspace a K-12 of development teacher and professional education constructivist In Bit Space LLC. spearheaded by development Meg’s illustrative additionto digital development, developing led to a number of collaborations work Park Conservatory, Garfield materials for outreach and a State, at Penn Deal discussions New Green explore which in manuscript, books, of picture series and spatial dynamics, organizational the history, potentials of renewables.

MICHAEL SKOWLUND: MCDONALD’S SKOWLUND: MICHAEL projects to improve public public to improve projects working landscapes and implements impactful and implements impactful landscapes working science and systems thinking. The practice employs employs practice The thinking. and systems science infrastructure challenges with landscapes backed by by backed with landscapes challenges infrastructure integrates diverse teams focused on solving living living on solving teams focused diverse integrates architecture studio, in 2016. Michael’s office office Michael’s in 2016. studio, architecture founded the Omni Workshop, Omni’s landscape landscape Omni’s the Omni Workshop, founded landscape architecture at Omni Ecosystems and and at Omni Ecosystems architecture landscape Michael Skowlund serves as the director of of serves as the director Skowlund Michael streetscapes into the future. streetscapes Illinois Chapter’s conference on moving historic historic on moving Illinois Chapter’s conference He also spoke at the American Planning Association Association Planning at the American spoke He also corporate campuses, and higher education projects. projects. and higher education campuses, corporate deliver residential and commercial amenity decks, amenity decks, and commercial residential deliver development and construction partners. Skaife helps helps Skaife partners. and construction development the knowledge and capabilities of in-house and capabilities of in-house the knowledge providing integrated project delivery by leveraging delivery leveraging by project integrated providing FACULTY RECOGNITION CONTINUED RECOGNITION FACULTY 31

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32 PLAZA CENTRAL LAKEPARK GRASSSLOPE CLIMBPARK PLAYGROUND SKATEPARK GRASSLAND PLAYGROUND NATURE WOODLAND 15’ N 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 SCALE 1”=30’-0” MASTERPLAN LEGEND A E B C 3 9 D Instructor: Burcheri Aldo below Xu, Kaihao opposite above Matthew Callo, opposite below Wang, Yakun 4 8 5 2 E’ 1 6 7 A’ D’ B’

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PROCESSES LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE STUDIO I: I: STUDIO ARCHITECTURE LANDSCAPE physical materials of landscape. of landscape. materials physical space, light, rhythms, shifting boundaries and enclosures, and and shifting rhythms, and enclosures, boundaries light, space, processes with an emphasis on representing time, movement, movement, time, with representing an emphasis on processes Understanding the fundamental relationships of dynamic of dynamic relationships the fundamental Understanding LA 541 LA Rendered Chunk Rendered Chunk Contours Pancake Surface Patch Surface Rendered Chunk Contours Pancake Surface Patch Surface Contours Surface Pancake Patch Surface

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mastery of drawing conventions and media. and media. conventions of drawing mastery texture, and materials, among others, while also developing a a developing also while among others, and materials, texture, architecture such as mapping, time, movement, line, contour, contour, line, movement, time, as mapping, such architecture processes and envision ideas particular envision and to landscape processes (physical and digital) to explore and interrogate landscape landscape and interrogate and digital) to explore (physical Students employ drawings (manual and digital) and models and digital) (manual models and drawings Students employ DRAWING AND MODELING THE LANDSCAPE THE MODELING AND DRAWING DESIGN MEDIA I: I: MEDIA DESIGN LA 525 LA , below ,

Instructor: Instructor: Balestri Frank work photo field Class LA 565 LA I: WORKSHOP MATERIALS AND ECOLOGY PLANTING AND PLANTS Basin, Lakes Great western the plants of the of A study available and commercially native both prominent emphasizing identify and species as to understand Students learn species. stresses also course The within plant communities. typical found climate, by as determined familiarization with plant physiology and disturbances. wildlife, soils, hydrology, topography, geology,

Instructor: Instructor: Henderson Ron below and Qin Lu, Lu, Ting-Ying Moutaui, Lara 1 mile 1.6 km ) The Idea of the City

Location of Manaus on the Amazon basin of Manaus on the Amazon Location Google Own EarthSource: production over image LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE THEORY ARCHITECTURE LANDSCAPE HISTORY/THEORY/CRITICISM I: I: HISTORY/THEORY/CRITICISM LA 501 501 LA Rossi, in Rossi, opposite one of how man influences his environment. (Aldo (Aldo his environment. man influences opposite one of how For Sorre, this question was far more interesting than the than the interesting far more was this question Sorre, For the individual and the collective?the individual and the Maximilien Sorre: That is, how does the environment influence influence does the environment how is, That Sorre: Maximilien This question interests me here in the ecological sense of of the ecological sense in me here interests question This collective? it has been determined, influence the individual and the individual and the the influence it has been determined, Let us consider only this question: how does the site, once once does the site, how this question: only us consider Let canonical texts and projects. and projects. texts canonical architecture situated within a framework of historical and and of historical situatedwithin a framework architecture Inquiry into the texts and projects of contemporary landscape of contemporary landscape Inquiryprojects and into the texts 39

Instructor: Instructor: Henderson Ron Studer Meg below Jing Yao, opposite Matthew Callo,

SITE AND CITY AND SITE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE STUDIO II: II: STUDIO ARCHITECTURE LANDSCAPE LA 542 542 LA adjacent conditions, and the larger neighborhood or civic milieu. neighborhood or civic milieu. and the larger adjacent conditions, the site scale. Design investigations will explore the site itself, its its the site itself, will explore Design investigations sitethe scale. and ecological expression of city-scale networks and flows at at flows and of city-scale networks expression and ecological Rigorous site analysis includes emphasis on material, cultural, cultural, emphasis on material, includes site analysis Rigorous landscape architecture focusing on the twenty-first century city. century city. twenty-first on the focusing architecture landscape Continued development of the core tools of the discipline of of tools of the discipline of the core development Continued Diagram Diagram Diagram graphic scale graphic Plan DESCRIPTION Bryant Park is a 9.603-acre (38,860 m2) privately managed public park managed m2) privately (38,860 is a 9.603-acre Bryant Park of Manhattan. It City between borough located is York in the New located Midtown in 42nd Streets 40th and and between and Sixth Avenues Fifth York the Main of the New Branch technically Manhattan.[1] Although Library within the park,Public is located the eastern in practice it forms park’s the making Sixth space, Avenue green boundarythe park’s of an underground over entirely is located primaryBryant Park entrance. in the 1980s built which were stacks, the library’s houses structure that library new the excavated; and public the to closed park the when was above restored park the while was level ground below built were facilities it. DESIGNER STAGE/PHASE OWNER/CLIENT Thomas Dongan(1686) Thomas Ltd(1988) Hanna/Olin Completed Park Public

41 1847-1988-Now - 40 LENGTH AREA YEAR POPULATION Bryant Park NY City, York New XXX 9.6 ACRE 1686 XXXX

Instructors: Instructors: Lee Trevor below Ke, Licol Mengli opposite and bottom Xu, Kaihao

DIGITAL MEDIA DIGITAL DESIGN MEDIA II: II: MEDIA DESIGN LA 526 LA the management of information across software platforms. platforms. software across information the management of quantifiable digital techniques is cultivated and will ground and willcultivated is ground digitalquantifiable techniques environments. A fluidity between critical, visual, and and visual, critical, between A fluidity environments. represent, and communicate designed and engineered engineered designed and and communicate represent, Students learn to use digital tools to clarify, conceptualize, conceptualize, digital to clarify, tools to use Students learn

New York City, NY City, York New BryantPark Instructor: Instructor: Burcheri Aldo below Schroeder, Margaret LA 566 LA II: WORKSHOP MATERIALS AND ECOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURES EARTHWORKS qualities on the and characteristics focuses workshop This with materials on a quantitative emphasis of landscape of of the design understanding and interrelated of influence the It covers and water. (grading) landform on and disturbances hydrology, soils, geology, climate, elements including the design of a site’s constituent and water. plants, infrastructure, paths and streets,

Instructor: Instructor: Alla Vronskaya below Garden, Lurie

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY ARCHITECTURAL LANDSCAPE HISTORY/THEORY/CRITICISM II: II: HISTORY/THEORY/CRITICISM LA 502 LA America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. centuries. twentieth the nineteenth and America in the profession of landscape architecture in North architecture of landscape the profession landscapes with an emphasis on the emergence of of with the emergence an emphasis on landscapes A study of the chronological history of designed of designed history the chronological of A study 45

44 E 33RD BLVD 33RD E S GILES AVE S PRAIRIE AVE S CALUMET AVE Instructor: Instructor: Lee Trevor Echelman Janet below Qian, Yichen opposite Clarke, Valerie WIDE STREET NARROW ALLEY

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METROPOLIS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE STUDIO V: V: STUDIO ARCHITECTURE LANDSCAPE LA 545 LA software, to cultural and theoretical discourses. discourses. and theoretical to cultural software, digital fabrication, model making, and advanced geospatial geospatial and advanced model making, digital fabrication, explores a variety of techniques, from parametric design, design, parametric from a variety of techniques, explores each other or serve as dialectical opposites. Each studio studio Each or serve other as dialectical opposites. each are formed in few thematic clusters which complement complement which thematic clusters in few formed are the issues pertinent to the modern metropolis. The studios studios The pertinentthe issues modern metropolis. to the and singular buildings, all of which can address a variety of a variety of can address all of which and singular buildings, designs, and landscape designs, to new urban typologies urban typologies to new designs, and landscape designs, in a variety of scales, from large-scale master plans, urban urban plans, master large-scale from in a variety of scales, production is oriented toward the development of projects of projects the development toward is oriented production and advancing disciplinary knowledge at large, the studio the studio large, at disciplinary knowledge and advancing Addressing the complexities of the modern metropolis metropolis of the modern the complexities Addressing TYPICAL SUMMER TYPICAL FALL

Instructor: Instructor: Henderson Ron below Arias, Alexis opposite Clarke, Valerie

PLANTING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN PLANTING ECOLOGY AND MATERIALS WORKSHOP III: III: WORKSHOP MATERIALS AND ECOLOGY LA 567 567 LA analysis of built landscapes in the Chicago region. in of built landscapes analysis documentation augmented by frequent investigations and investigations frequent augmented by documentation in design, and the preparation of planting construction of planting construction and the preparation in design, understanding of planting typologies, the history of plants plants of history the typologies, of planting understanding This workshop is designed to provide an advanced an advanced designed to provide is workshop This Instructor: Instructor: Hanson Sarah above Xu, Tao Tammy below Qian, Yichen

LA 527 527 LA III: MEDIA DESIGN FABRICATION AND MODELING ADVANCED PROCESSES DYNAMIC Students investigate the advanced digital fabrication and digital fabrication and the advanced Students investigate three- complex necessarytechniques modeling to understand as dynamic as well and space, objects, surfaces, dimensional scripting, rendering, Modeling, and urban processes. landscape and generate, to conduct, used and animation skills are description, course the general Beyond communicate research. landscape the representing on specifically focuses the course means several Students use techniques. video/motion through to motion photography basic time-lapse from of representation During the semester, video in between. and clever graphics, a particular will Chicago landscape investigate students to and tailor additional projects the semester, throughout needs. representation studio

Instructor: Instructor: Mistry Nilay below Xu, Tao Tammy

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH SEMINAR RESEARCH ARCHITECTURE LANDSCAPE HISTORY/THEORY/CRITICISM III: III: HISTORY/THEORY/CRITICISM LA 504 LA develop forms of data collection of forms and synthesis. develop writing and graphic production will be required as participants will be required production writing and graphic criticism. Scholarly expression of analysis and research through through and research of analysis expression Scholarly criticism. with emphasis on research methods, description, analysis, and and analysis, description, methods, with on research emphasis focusing on the advanced study of landscape architecture topics, topics, architecture of landscape study on the advanced focusing History, Theory, and Criticism III is a three-credit seminar course course seminar and Criticisma three-credit III is Theory, History, Instructor: Instructor: Studer Meg below Oza, Dhara

LA 516 516 LA OF PRACTICE PROFESSIONAL II: ARCHITECTURE LANDSCAPE TIME AND ARCHITECTURE LANDSCAPE A course centered around investigations of investigations of investigations investigations around centered A course are and cities as they infrastructure, landscapes, of gardens, the study It includes time. over change and mature, conceived, weathering, processes, successional for designed of landscapes and preservation seasonality, and decay, biological growth and other topics. landscapes, conservation of historic

Instructor: Instructor: Syvertsen John Baker Catherine below Zhang, Shenghao Howard

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PRACTICE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE I: I: ARCHITECTURE LANDSCAPE PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE OF OF PRACTICE PROFESSIONAL LA 514 LA government agencies, developers will be investigated. will be investigated. developers agencies, government landscape architects, urban planners, real estate trusts, trusts, estate real urban planners, architects, landscape development, and licensure. In addition, the role of of the role In addition, and licensure. development, team structure, the role of competitions, professional professional competitions, of the role team structure, budgets, project phases, project and client types, project project and client types, project phases, project budgets, practice models, proposals and contracts, schedules and and schedules and contracts, proposals models, practice Lectures, research assignments, and case studies investigate investigate studies and case assignments, research Lectures,

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Instructor: Instructor: Mistry Nilay below Deng, Yuyang opposite Clarke, Valerie

METROPOLIS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE STUDIO VI: VI: STUDIO ARCHITECTURE LANDSCAPE LA 546 LA software, to cultural and theoretical discourses. discourses. and theoretical to cultural software, digital fabrication, model making, and advanced geospatial geospatial and advanced model making, digital fabrication, explores a variety of techniques from parametric design, design, parametric from a variety of techniques explores each other or serve as dialectical opposites. Each studio studio Each or serve other as dialectical opposites. each are formed in few thematic clusters which complement complement which thematic clusters in few formed are the issues pertinent to the modern metropolis. The studios studios The pertinentthe issues modern metropolis. to the and singular buildings, all of which can address a variety of a variety of can address all of which and singular buildings, designs, and landscape designs to new urban typologies typologies urban designs to new and landscape designs, in a variety of scales from large-scale master plans, urban urban plans, master large-scale from in a variety of scales production is oriented toward the development of projects of projects the development toward is oriented production and advance disciplinary knowledge at large, the studio the studio at large, disciplinary knowledge and advance Addressing the complexities of the modern metropolis metropolis of the modern the complexities Addressing

Instructor: Instructor: Skowlund Michael below Aluqbi, Anwar opposite exercise, Metal welding

THEORY: CASE STUDIES CASE THEORY: ADVANCED CONTEMPORARY CONTEMPORARY ADVANCED HISTORY/THEORY/ CRITICISM IV: IV: CRITICISM HISTORY/THEORY/ LA 503 503 LA including site visits to projects in the Chicago region. Chicago region. in the siteincluding visits to projects architecture is investigated through case studies studies case through is investigated architecture Twentieth century and contemporary landscape Twentieth Instructor: Instructor: ScottMehaffey below Field trip photo,

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ELECTIVE: ARCHITECTURE LANDSCAPE SCHOOL PRAIRIE No region other than the Midwestern United States has had United States has had Midwestern other than the No region design and architectural of landscape style an indigenous Although School. enduring as the Prairie and as significant movement the Prairie 1900–1915, circa short-lived, relatively than a century later. more designers to influence continues provides this course in Asia and Europe, Beginning with its roots and major designers, evolution of the movement’s an overview Simonds, C. O. Olmsted, Law Frederick architects including landscape Marion Wright, Lloyd as Frank such and architects Jensen, Jens study We also GriffinWalter and others. Burley Griffin, Mahoney this continued who Caldwell, Alfred of Technology’s Illinois Institute design tradition for several decades, adopting modernist influences. influences. adopting modernist decades, several for design tradition into 1960s and segued evolved style the Prairie how explore We will and design, and ecologically-informed architecture organic architecture and landscape architecture current upon touch tenets. School by Prairie influenced

Instructor: Instructor: Womack Jay below Field trip photo,

CONSTRUCTING THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT URBAN THE CONSTRUCTING ECOLOGY AND MATERIALS WORKSHOP IV: IV: WORKSHOP MATERIALS AND ECOLOGY LA 568 568 LA soils, phytoremediation, green roofs, and rooftop gardens. gardens. and rooftop roofs, green phytoremediation, soils, special needs construction practices such as structured as structured such practices special needs construction disturbances such as landfills and brownfields. It includes It includes brownfields. and as landfills such disturbances including those that have been subjected to complex human human subjected been to complex that have those including analyze, construct, remediate and restore urban sites urban sites and restore remediate construct, analyze, This workshop teaches techniques and technologies to to and technologies techniques teaches workshop This 59

Instructor: Instructor: Miller Jonathan below Clarke, Valerie opposite Elaine Zmuda,

SITESCAPES LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ELECTIVE: ARCHITECTURE LANDSCAPE geography, architecture, landscape architecture, and ideology. architecture, landscape architecture, geography, seeing: to illuminate the relations between media, technology, technology, media, between to illuminate relations the seeing: and cinema. Rather, the course intends to cultivate a way of of a way intends to cultivate the course Rather, and cinema. conclusion about the congruence or divergence of architecture of architecture or divergence congruence conclusion about the aim is not primarily to study cinema nor to make a definitive a definitive cinema nor to make to study aim is not primarily time, it considers architectural concepts and artifacts. The artifacts. concepts and The architectural it considers time, of films and readings in film theory and aesthetics; at the same at the same film theory in readings and aesthetics; and of films undertakes an introduction to film studies through the analysis analysis the through studies to film undertakes an introduction aesthetics and the creative process. It has a dual focus: it it It has a dual focus: process. and the creative aesthetics in particular, cinema, to illuminate landscape architectural architectural to illuminate landscape cinema, in particular, This seminar employs comparative studies of other arts, other arts, of studies comparative employs seminar This acacia tree topography mesh panels pocket plazas urban grasses native grasses native date palm tree date frangipani shrub frangipani occupiable space occupiable space occupiable capturing humidity proposed vegetation proposed vegetation proposed vegetation proposed vegetation proposed slightly sloped berms slightly site plan site Masdar City for proposal - - - - . The . The pro the wind moves by gravity gravity by moves the water on the site while creat on the site the vegetation The water is then dispersed through an irrigation system throughout throughout an irrigation system is then dispersed through water The , one that is more scenic and comfortable for cohabitation in Masdar in cohabitation and comfortable for scenic is more , one that micro climate. climate. micro converting it to fresh water. In addition, water. fresh the humidity it to converting public space capture mesh panels capture ing a new cooler and wetter wetter and ing a new cooler through these mesh panels to the underground cistern, so no pumps or electricity are required to either gener to so no pumps or electricity cistern, required are underground the to these mesh panels through is further collected water increase The used to the water. move or to ate posed ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE MACHINE MOISTURE ATMOSPHERIC opportunity an thin air creating machine from moisture atmospheric collectThe to water - coun 10 most water-scarce is one of the top UAE The very is in short Emirate Arab the United in supply. Water - ma moisture atmospheric The usages globally. water highest per capita and has one of the tries in the world with in an area supply Masdar City water the opportunitychine gives increase thin air and from collect to water desert-like conditions. is supplied by generated energy renewable The Harvesting process. humidity is a passive City. Oza Clarke and Dhara Valerie the site. The environmental impact of installing and maintaining the technology is minimal. Once the compo the Once impact is minimal. the technology of installing and maintaining environmental The the site. partsnent construction of humidity supervision- harvesting and technical been secured, is rela technology have and can be undertaken straightforward tively on site. of a new form is result This

60 - water piping water + mesh netting = panel mesh detail 1 cm Water droplets that collect on the mesh run downwards by gravity and drip into a gutter at the at a gutter and drip into gravity by collect that on the mesh run downwards droplets Water - Seven cistern. an underground via pipes to is channelled the water there, From of the net. bottom gen- and in area feet Each panel has 2,386 square ty-eight length of the site. panels line the entire the With than 85,000L a day. more can generate site entire The 1105L per day. on average erates 2-5%.* an additional increase can capture the water proposed, new vegetation http://www.fogquest.org/f-a-q/ Solutions, Water Sustainable * FogQuest: Instructor: Instructor: Henderson Ron and opposite below Oza, Dhara and Clarke Valerie air flow

mesh panel design four human hairs and with holes to of three the size filaments stainless steel most optimal mesh netting is made from The hyste contact angle droplet’s water decreases in a chemical that coated The mesh is twice as big as the filament. are that in the air. of the moisture 2-10 percent typeThis of netting can capture form. to small droplets more for ria, which allows

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE MACHINE MOISTURE ATMOSPHERIC SPECIAL PROJECTS: SPECIAL and bring a positive message about life in a post-carbon future. future. in a post-carbon about life message and bring a positive the world about the beauty of renewable energy infrastructures infrastructures energy about the beauty of renewable the world challenge the minds of visitors to the site. The work aimed to inspire aimed to inspire work The to the site. the minds of visitors challenge dimensional sculptural form that has the ability to stimulate and and that has the ability to stimulate form dimensional sculptural Oza and Valerie Clarke to the competition consisted of a three- of a to the competition consisted Clarke Oza and Valerie A submittal by Illinois Institute of Technology students Dhara Dhara students A submittal of Technology Illinois Institute by infrastructure can become a beautiful extension of human culture. human culture. of extension can become a beautiful infrastructure contribute to a sustainable future, and how renewable energy energy renewable and how future, to a sustainable contribute the world in an exploration of how art of how can actively in public space in an exploration the world The Land Art Generator Initiative was founded in 2008 to engage to engage in 2008 Art founded Land was Initiative Generator The 63

62 The Landscape Architecture Foundation’s Foundation’s Architecture Landscape The Scholarship: Olmsted University 2019 Clarke Valerie of Landscape American Society Illinois Chapter, Clarke Valerie Honor Award: (ILASLA) Architects Oza Dhara Merit Award: Book Award: History/Theory Architecture Landscape Deng Yuyang Award: Travel Summer Architecture L+A Landscape Arias Alexis STUDENT AWARDS STUDENT accomplishments the to acknowledge an honor It is notable recognition received who of our students year: last Driehaus Scholarship: H. Richard Matthew Callo Qian Yichen Xu Tao Tammy Award: Faculty Matthew Callo

64 and a public intellectual who intellectual a public and who , Emanuele Coccia argues that, that, Coccia argues Emanuele , The Sensitive Life The Life of Plants of Emanuele Coccia, Spring 2019 Emanuele Coccia, Spring 2018 Dyja, Thomas This annual lecture is named in honor of Alfred Caldwell as the very creator of atmosphere, plants occupy the the plants occupy of atmosphere, as the very creator analyze should we which position from fundamental can we this standpoint, From all of life. elements collection as a simple world the no longer perceive all space containing of objects or as a universal metaphysical but as the site of a veritable things, possible is rendered Since our atmosphere mixture. itself perpetuates only life plants alone, through undertaken of consumption the very circle through insofar only exists life words, In other plants. by or moral any removing as it other life, consumes In contrast the equation. from ethical considerations the and nature that discuss of thought to trends Coccia’s account brings terms, cosmos in general smallthe infinitely with together the infinitely of the place of redefinition a radical offering big, of life. humanity within the realm has amplified the discourse on plants as a life force. as a life on plants discourse the amplified has In (1903-1998), influential landscape architect, Illinois Institute of Technology alumnus, Illinois Institute of Technology Hall of Fame awardee, and the first full-time faculty member in Illinois Institute of Technology’s Department of Architecture in the College of Architecture, Planning, and Design. Caldwell’s many contributions to Chicago include the Lincoln Park Lily Pond, Promontory Point, Skyline Park at Lake Point Tower, and the initial landscape architecture expression of Illinois Institute of Technology defined by Mies van der Rohe as a “campus in a park.” The Alfred Caldwell Lecture invites speakers whose scholarship or creative work frames critical positions on the relationship of humankind and our environment in order to influence the national and international discourse on Landscape Architecture.

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The Life of Plants: A and professor at the School at the School and professor The Life of Plants

Metaphysics of the Mix, by Emanuele Coccia, author of Emanuele Coccia, by The 2018-19 Alfred Caldwell Lecture was delivered delivered was Lecture Caldwell 2018-19 Alfred The Alfred Caldwell Annual Lecture Caldwell Alfred Laurie Olin, 2016 Olin, Laurie Michael Blier, 2017 Blier, Michael Toru Mitani, 2018 Mitani, Toru

The Peter Schaudt Lecture invites a landscape architect by Toru Mitani, landscape architect from Tokyo. Mitani Mitani Tokyo. from architect landscape Mitani, Toru by The 2018-19 Peter Schaudt Lecture was delivered delivered was Lecture Schaudt Peter 2018-19 The Peter Schaudt Annual Lecture Schaudt Peter ACADEMIC INITIATIVES ACADEMIC

and a founder of Studio On Site, also in Tokyo. in Tokyo. also Studio On Site, of and a founder is professor of landscape architecture at Chiba University architecture of landscape is professor in Paris. In addition to in Paris. for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) (EHESS) Sciences Studies in the Social Advanced for who has served as an influential mentor of subsequent

generations of designers through their professional and academic practices, and has an outstanding

reputation working in collaboration with other disciplines. These are characteristics for which Peter

Schaudt was widely admired, and it is the mission of the lecture series to celebrate and perpetuate these

qualities in the field of landscape architecture. The lecture series is named in honor of former

Illinois Institute of Technology campus landscape architect, Peter Schaudt, FASLA (1959-2015). With

the exception of Mies van der Rohe, no other person has contributed as much to the design of the Illinois

Institute of Technology campus. Schaudt’s work also extended beyond Illinois Institute of Technology,

designing works of national and international significance at Peter Lindsay Schaudt Landscape

Architecture, and, subsequently, Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects. He was a tireless advocate

for landscape architects in the city of Chicago and throughout the country. 67

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