Addressing complex environmental problems and arriving at solutions is the focus of a broad range of scientists and design professionals, each following different disciplines. this course was organized by Steve McNiel, chair of Landscape Architecture.
Lecture 9: Skip Mezger, our campus landscape architect and an LDA major alumnus, discusses the history of the UC Davis campus.
Lecture 8: Christine Talbot offers ideas for life after graduation: landscape architecture employment.
Lecture 7: Jim Zanetto gives variations on the theme of green planning and building.
Lecture 6: Andrew Hasking talks about visual communication and modern methods for telling stories and creating meaningful experience.
Lecture 5: Tom Donch offers a creative approach to children's environments.
Lecture 4: Gary Lai, HDR Architecture and ASLA member, talks about sustainability in practice: how landscape architects can make a difference.
Lecture 3: This week's lecture is also the 3rd annual Robert Thayer lecture in Hunt Hall, featuring Alex Gilliam of http://www.publicworkshop.us Architectural Freeze Tag & Adventures In Intuitive Building. He gives 10 lessons for rethinking how to engage youth and communities in making the places they learn, live, work and play. http://lda.ucdavis.edu/gilliam.pdf
Lecture 2: CalTrans employee, historian and archeologist Dana Supernowicz talks about the role of historic context in determining historic significance.
Lecture 1: Course coordinator Steve McNiel discusses his landscape architect's knowledge about Hawai'i.