The Landscape Architecture Podcast

https://www.studiopappaterra.com/ Today's episode feels especially timely with a heavy heart. As fires in the Palisades area of Los Angeles continue to devastate communities and landscapes, we are  reminded of the growing urgency to design with resilience and sustainability at the forefront. Our guest today is Elisa Read Pappaterra, a landscape architect and founder of studio pappaterra. Elisa is renowned for her expertise in fire ecology and her dedication to designing landscapes that not only harmonize with the natural world but also mitigate the risks of living in fire-prone areas. Her work is as vital as it is inspiring, offering solutions that preserve life, property, and biodiversity. This conversation was recorded in Santa Barbara on October 5, 2024, following Elisa's keynote speech at San Marcos Growers' final event, “The Last Dance: A Celebration of 45 Years of Horticultural Legacy.” Elisa shares her insights on the importance of understanding a site's cultural and ecological “soul,” as well as her approach to creating firewise, ecologically sound, and artistically inspired landscapes. This episode is a  reminder that how we design our landscapes today will shape the safety and resilience of tomorrow. Whether you're a designer, an advocate, or simply someone invested in the future of our environment, this is an important and compelling episode.   

https://www.larchitect.org/    https://hapsagency.com/ Shawn Maestretti's work at Studio Petrichor https://studio-petrichor.com/ resonates deeply with the metaphor of the first rain experience that stirs something intrinsic in humans. The smell of the first rain, defined as "petrichor," evokes a sense of renewal, calm, and connection to nature. This sensory reaction is rooted in our survival instincts; rain signals life, growth, and sustenance. Throughout history, humans have been tied to the land and water. The arrival of rain often meant the end of drought, the rebirth of crops, and the revival of ecosystems. Thus, the first rain isn't just a sensory pleasure—it's a symbol of hope and balance, ensuring survival by replenishing resources vital for life. This same ethos drives Shawn's work at Studio Petrichor. His approach to landscape architecture, particularly as discussed in the podcast with Jason Wan https://www.hunterindustries.com/, reflects the harmony between human intuition and the natural world. Just as the first rain revives the earth, Shawn's designs aim to restore balance and sustainability to landscapes. By integrating water-smart technologies like rainwater harvesting and smart irrigation systems, Shawn helps create self-sustaining environments that support native ecosystems while conserving vital resources. What stands out to me in this podcast episode is its immersive, almost voyeuristic quality, driven by the reliance on the video component available on LAP's YouTube channel. This layered experience invites listeners to engage their imagination, much like reading a book that leaves room for personal interpretation of its visual elements. Whether you choose to dive into the full video or simply listen, the episode offers a rich narrative that allows your mind to fill in the sensory details, making it a versatile and enjoyable experience in either format.

https://www.larchitect.org/ https://www.bciburke.com/   Interested in typologies of the built environment - the artist and landscape designer explores the values and meaning embedded in structures and symbols using industrial materials and construction methods evocative of the urban space along with various landscapes. His artwork examines the relationship between humanity and the natural world, reflecting on how we intervene in the environment, imposing order and artifice, and how time will mark itself on the urban fabric. Andrade's open-ended practice includes the use of a variety of mediums, ranging from drawing, photography, digital fabrication to sound, and are shown in various formats, including installations, public interventions and collaborations. He is of Mexican-American heritage and is originally from National City, California.

https://gofund.me/eed63e67 Hello, My name is Michael Trajan Todoran and I need your help. Currently my mortgage is 1 month delinquent and soon it will be two months delinquent.  In February 2023 I was unexpectedly laid off at a Landscape Architecture Firm. It was devastating. My wife and I discussed our options and we decided to launch HAPS Agency and pursue my passion for architectural photography and filmmaking. While setting up the Agency we used our savings to incorporate, purchase the required photography equipment, software, insurance, website, and bills. I have been drafting and designing landscape design simultaneously to support our family and because I still love that work. I am blessed that HAPS has wonderful clients and a steady revenue stream. However, the duration that it took us to get here has put us at a deficit. I'm asking my community to collectively help us acquire enough for 1 month's mortgage so I can get a good night's sleep without waking up fearing of losing our house that we worked so hard for. If you know me personally you know that when you are sick I'm the first one to visit you in the hospital, when you need financial support I'm the first one to donate, when you have no one to talk to, I'm there. This is a humbling and embarrassing situation to be in, but I can not let pride threaten everything we worked for especially since we are so close to homeostasis. I have been a relentless advocate for the Landscape Architecture community since 2015 and hope it can be returned in kind.   

this episode sponsored by: https://www.bciburke.com/ Cliff Garten Cliff Garten is an internationally recognized sculptor and founder of Cliff Garten Studio in Venice, California. By connecting people to places and infrastructure through sculptural material, social history and ecology, Garten's work locates the latent potential in every public place and situation to become more than the specific functions it appears to perform. Sculpture and landscape, function and form, like public and private experiences are never distinct, but exchange places throughout the day. Sculpture defines our interaction and movement by creating energy between things, generating interest in public activity, reframing our private lives and creating a sense of place within public and private realms. Garten received a Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design and a Master of Landscape Architecture with Distinction from the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Sponsored by: https://www.bciburke.com/ SEL .nft https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x495f947276749ce646f68ac8c248420045cb7b5e/68753288684922086608564403316877929801832631715139355806789553097587046744065 https://www.punkrockzen.com/  Marcel Blanco known by the street name SEL, is a Los Angeles based, multifaceted artist best recognized by his paintings and murals that evoke emotion and thought through his use of color, narrative imagery and movement.  His foundation began in the early '80s when he started designing flyers and t-shirts for local punk/hardcore bands around Los Angeles. In his quest for new inspiration he discovered graffiti art and became part of the early L.A. graffiti scene which lead him to join the WCA (West Coast Artists) crew, one of seminal graffiti crews in Los Angeles. He then re-focused and aimed his creativity on computer graphics and art direction in the music and entertainment industries working on packaging and marketing material for indie and major record labels.  Today his work expresses an introspective reflection that seems to touch people. His pieces are filled with emotion and a sense of individual wonder that easily grabs the eye of the audience creating a connection that goes beyond the aesthetics. Wether mural, painting, digital print, or installation the expression in his work is undeniable.

this episode sponsored by: https://www.bciburke.com/ Sarah Lisiecki combines a passion for play, the outdoors and movement with more than ten years in the play industry and hundreds of presentations given on topics from Inclusive Design, Musical Play and Trends in Play at Parks and Recreation Conferences, District Meetings, Landscape Architect Firms and Representative Trainings. She studied Communications and Political Science at University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire and is a Certified Playground Safety Inspector (CPSI). As an advocate for play as a critical part of development, she serves on the Steering Committee of the US Play Coalition, on the Parks & Recreation Editorial Advisory Board, is part of the IPEMA Marketing Committee, is a member of multiple play research project teams, the Product Development Council and presents at a variety of conferences, Lunch and Learns, panels and events. She spends her spare time hiking, running, biking and climbing and with her rescue dogs.

this episode sponsored by: https://www.bciburke.com/ Sarah Lisiecki combines a passion for play, the outdoors and movement with more than ten years in the play industry and hundreds of presentations given on topics from Inclusive Design, Musical Play and Trends in Play at Parks and Recreation Conferences, District Meetings, Landscape Architect Firms and Representative Trainings. She studied Communications and Political Science at University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire and is a Certified Playground Safety Inspector (CPSI). As an advocate for play as a critical part of development, she serves on the Steering Committee of the US Play Coalition, on the Parks & Recreation Editorial Advisory Board, is part of the IPEMA Marketing Committee, is a member of multiple play research project teams, the Product Development Council and presents at a variety of conferences, Lunch and Learns, panels and events. She spends her spare time hiking, running, biking and climbing and with her rescue dogs.  

This episode is sponsored by https://www.bciburke.com/  BILLY KRIMMEL FOUNDER, ECOLOGIST Billy completed his PhD in Ecology at UC Davis where he focused his research on native plant-insect interactions. Billy also holds a Bachelor of Science from Brown University and serves on the board of directors for the California Native Grasslands Association. Billy founded https://www.miridae.com/  with the intention of creating a habitat for native species within human-occupied areas and engaging people with the species interactions occurring in these habitats. With each project, we come one step closer to creating a network of habitat gardens and migration corridors to support resilient populations of native species.

Superbloom is an award-winning landscape architecture firm located in Denver, CO. Our practice of transformative design was founded on a commitment to crafting meaningful connections between people and the land.

Thomas Balsley is a renowned designer whose New York City-based practice is best known for its fusion of landscape and urbanism in public parks, waterfronts, and plazas throughout the US and abroad. For over 35 years, Tom's work has reshaped social and cultural spaces with robust sustainable landscapes that teem with public life. In New York City alone, he has completed more than 100 parks and plazas, including the 2014 ASLA Honor Award-winning Hunter's Point South Waterfront Park and Gantry Plaza Park, across the East River from the UN; Riverside Park South; Chelsea Waterside Park; Peggy Rockefeller Plaza; Capitol Plaza; and the recently completed 51 Astor Place plaza, across from Cooper Union. In an unprecedented gesture, a small park on 57th Street was named Balsley Park in recognition of his design contributions to the city. Spacemaker Press devoted a monograph to Thomas Balsley Associates' work: “Thomas Balsley: The Urban Landscape.” In 2015, Mr. Balsley received ASLA's highest design honor, the Design Medal. ORO Editions has just released his firm's second monograph, “Thomas Balsley: Uncommon Ground,” with foreword by James Corner and an essay by Ian Volner.

https://www.superfiskyfilm.com/ RIVER FOR ANGELES Lyrics by: Michael Todoran Produced by: Jason Mundock Vocals: Jasmine Lee, JennyLynn Smith Background Vocals: Jason Mundock Fiddle: Jordan Rast Banjo: Jordan Rast Guitar: Jason Mundock Bass: Jason Mundock  

Part 2 of 2 On Sunday, November 14th, 2022 at the annual national convention for the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) podcasters Michael Todoran, Maci Nelson, Divine Ndemeye, Graciela Martin, Patricia Fabregas, and Kacey Parrales had the following conversation full of insights, vulnerability, and laughter. https://www.larchitect.org/ https://www.thelandscapenerd.com/ https://www.remeshadesign.com/ https://thegreensidepodcast.com/

On Sunday, November 14th, 2022 at the annual national convention for the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) podcasters Michael Todoran, Maci Nelson, Divine Ndemeye, Graciela Martin, Patricia Fabregas, and Kacey Parrales had the following conversation full of insights, vulnerability, and laughter. https://www.larchitect.org/ https://www.thelandscapenerd.com/ https://www.remeshadesign.com/ https://thegreensidepodcast.com/

BRANDON REED Landscape Architect Chief Visionary Officer at https://loftsixfour.com/ Entrepreneur, visionary, and closet Halo gamer enthusiast known for his charisma, witty optimism, and creativity. Secretly fueled by too many “Bang” energy drinks.

https://www.yourhumanintuition.com/

Signe is a Founding Principal of MNLA and has been practicing as a landscape architect and urban designer in New York since 1978. Her body of work has renewed the environmental integrity and transformed the quality of spaces for those who live, work, and play in the urban realm. A Fellow of the ASLA, she is the recipient of more than 100 national and local design awards for public open space projects and is published extensively nationally and internationally. Signe is a professor of urban design and landscape architecture at Pratt Institute in both the graduate and undergraduate Schools of Architecture and is the former President of the Public Design Commission of the City of New York. Born in Paris, Signe received a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, in Urban Planning from Smith College; a Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Architecture from City College of New York; and a Bachelor of Science in Construction Management from Pratt Institute.

Landscape Designer - Former Professional Boxer

https://www.remeshadesign.com/designunmuted

French gardener, garden designer, botanist, entomologist and writer Manifestos discussed during the interview (English translation): The Third Landscape http://www.gillesclement.com/cat-tierspaysage-tit-le-Tiers-Paysage The Planetary Garden http://www.gillesclement.com/cat-jardinplanetaire-tit-Le-Jardin-Planetaire The Garden in Motion http://www.gillesclement.com/cat-mouvement-tit-Le-Jardin-en-Mouvement Projects in Paris: Gardens at Quai Branly https://catharinehoward.co.uk/the-gardens-at-quai-branly-paris-by-gilles-clement Parc André-Citroën http://icity.ikcest.org/city/project/195

http://www.mosbach.fr Catherine Mosbach is the founder of Paris-based design firm mosbach paysagiste, which she established in 1987, as well as the magazine Pages Paysages, which she co-founded with Marc Claramunt, Pascale Jacotot and Vincent Tricaud. Catherine is renowned for socially and environmentally responsible work that attests to temporality and continuing change, referring those who interact with these landscapes to relationships with history, culture and the elements. Mosbach's many projects include the Solutre archaeological park in Saone-et-Loire, Walk Sluice of Saint-Denis, the Botanical Garden of Bordeaux, the other side in Quebec City, Shan Shui at the International Horticultural Exposition in Xian, the Place de la Republic in Paris, Walking Mediterranean Fort Saint Jean in Marseille. Mosbach's work reveals latencies and hidden layers in the landscape, making the amorphous, ambiguous or slow-moving apparent in real time. The firm's projects are often close to a decade in the making, with precise relationships to site conditions, rhythms of activity and occupation and seasonal variation. Mosbach is the recipient of the equerre d'argent award with Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa for the Louvre Lens Museum Park in 2013, and Phase Shift Park (Gateway park) in Taichung was honoured in 2014 in the Iconic Concept Award category by the German Design Council, Munich. Catherine was named an officer of the Legion of Honor proposed by the President of the Republic Francois Hollande in 2016, and is a graduate of the Landscape Architecture School of Versailles. She also instructs the course Build with Life: Transformation and Formation: Landscape and Islamic Culture at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. https://www.dezeen.com/2020/11/12/mosbach-paysagistes-phase-shifts-park-taichung-taiwan-landscape-architecture/ https://landezine.com/museum-park-louvre-lens-by-mosbach-paysagistes/

As a discipline, landscape architecture has distanced itself from gardening, and landscape architects take pains to distinguish themselves from gardeners or landscapers. Landscape architects tend to imagine gardens from the office, representing plants with drawings or other simulations, whereas gardeners work in the dirt, in real time, planting, pruning, and maintaining. In Overgrown, Raxworthy calls for the integration of landscape architecture and gardening. Each has something to offer the other: Landscape architecture can design beautiful spaces, and gardening can enhance and deepen the beauty of garden environments over time. Growth, says Raxworthy, is the medium of garden development; landscape architects should leave the office and go into the garden in order to know growth in an organic, nonsimulated way. Raxworthy proposes a new practice for working with plant material that he terms “the viridic” (after “the tectonic” in architecture), from the Latin word for green, with its associations of spring and growth. He builds his argument for the viridic through six generously illustrated case studies of gardens that range from “formal” to “informal” approaches—from a sixteenth-century French Renaissance water garden to a Scottish poet-scientist's “marginal” garden, barely differentiated from nature. Raxworthy argues that landscape architectural practice itself needs to be “gardened,” brought back into the field. He offers a “Manifesto for the Viridic” that casts designers and plants as vegetal partners in a renewed practice of landscape gardening.

https://www.larchitect.org/ Today's conversation is centered around a post-industrial site on the north-eastern edge of Paris, known as Chapelle Charbon, that is soon to become a new public park for the city of Paris. As a former rail depot, the 6.5 hectare (or 16 acre) site will be developed in several phases over the next decade. As part of this process, the design firm Taktyk was commissioned to design a temporary park called La Parc de 12 Saisons or The 12 Seasons Park, that evolved over a three-year period between 2017 and 2020. Around the same time that Taktyk began their work, two other curious site explorers stepped into the scene, driven by an artistic interest in the sonic qualities of the terrain, giving voice to a historic space that had been essentially forgotten about for decades. The story begins with a serendipitous encounter between three people: Sébastien Perfornis of the landscape design firm Taktyk, John Bingham-Hall from the artistic organization Theatrum Mundi and Alexandra LaCroix, director of the opera company MPDA. We met in person in the office of Theatrum Mundi in the 8th arrondissment of Paris at the beginning of March 2020. Taktyk was represented by landscape architect Yara Falaka. Voi[e,x,s] Chapelle Charbon #1 (performance 22 and 23 June 2018) https://vimeo.com/292686286 Voi[e,x,s] Chapelle Charbon #2 (performance 5 October 2019) https://vimeo.com/384798801Theatrum-Mundi  https://theatrum-mundi.org/project/voiexs/ https://theatrum-mundi.org/library/voiexs_interview/Taktyk https://taktyk.cargo.site/12-Seasons-ParkCie MPDA https://www.ciempda.com/voiexschapellecharbonLe Parc des 12 saisons https://www.facebook.com/CollectifChapelleCharbon.Parcdes12saisons/

Thierry KANDJEE is a landscape architect, in charge of taktyk Brussels and Chair of Landscape in the Architecture Faculty La Cambre Horta. His practice based research investigated how to design landscape skeletons as a model of/for robust landscapes. Sébastien PENFORNIS is an architect and urban designer in charge of taktyk Paris office. He also teaches at the ENSAB, Rennes. His practice based research explored the notion of play and serendipity through the landscape design processes and transformations. Rennie Tang is a designer and educator based in Los Angeles. As a professor of landscape architecture at California Polytechnic State University Pomona her teaching methods emphasize one-to-one scale spatial construction, topographic manipulation and material exploration. She is recipient of the 2017 Excellence in Design Studio Teaching Award from the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA). Her research interests include human mobility, health and well-being in urban landscapes and intergenerational play; this work has been presented and published locally and internationally at conferences as well as by invitation from museums and art festivals. Her collaborative project ‘Punt.Point' with artist Sara Wookey was recently purchased by the Van Abbe Museum in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Notable designers she has worked with include landscape architect Walter Hood and artist Mary Miss. She has taught at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, Woodbury University and University of Southern California and has practiced in Montreal, Toronto, New York, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Oakland and Vienna.

https://islandpress.org/books/schools-heal https://www.larchitect.org/  What would a school look like if it was designed with mental health in mind? Too many public schools look and feel like prisons, designed out of fear of vandalism and truancy. But we know that nurturing environments are better for learning. Research consistently shows that access to nature, big classroom windows, and open campuses reduce stress, anxiety, disorderly conduct, and crime, and improve academic performance. But too few school designers and decision-makers apply this research to create healthy schools. Schools That Heal details the myriad opportunities—from furniture to classroom improvements to whole campus renovations—to make supportive learning environments for our children and teenagers.

Landscape Architect Hikes Appalachian Trail

This is a special episode. This particular episode with Paul & Jack Haden from C2 Collaborative represents the evolution of the podcast. Not only do we have a wonderful conversation with this Father / Son duo on site. But after the podcast we put microphones on both of them and filmed them talking amongst themselves throughout one of the most cutting-edge mixed-use urban communities in the country. Follow along this voyeuristic editing style as they talk about framing, patterns, concepts behind a park, and an impromptu conversation from a resident gathering ingredients for lunch from one of the community gardens on site

https://www.hunterindustries.com/ Nick Straabe is a Licensed Landscape Architect currently focused on the design, specification, sales, implementation and management of low voltage lighting and irrigation systems for Hunter Industries. Jason Wan establishes Maintains and Builds relationships with Landscape Architects for Hunter Industries.

Robert Andrade explores the values and meaning embedded in materials symbols and structures of the built environment by employing the use of industrial materials and construction methods evocative of urban spaces and various landscape typologies. Andrade is also interested in how humans intervene in the natural world, imposing order and artifice on raw wild life. He works in many different mediums including sculpture, photography, drawing, sound and more recently landscape design. He has exhibited throughout the United States and also enjoys collaborative projects at all scales. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles.

Studio Petrichor aims to mitigate the effects of climate change and strengthen your relationship to the landscape through thoughtful design, ethical practices, and nature-based solutions.

Topo-phyla (Tow-Poe-Fahy-luh ) is an analysis and process driven landscape design firm serving Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and the Bay Area. With an emphasis on sense of place and site-specific design, Topophyla brings a relevant and unique approach to every project.

As an architect of contemporary architectural design and now working as an artist, my focus is to engage people in a shared experience; capturing an authentic sense of place, context and narrative. I view the integration of Fine Art & Architectural Elements offered through my newest venture, Studio Vlock, as a natural evolution of that vision; one that enables me to design pieces that inspire memorable experiences and create unique environments for social gathering, quiet reflection, and visual delight.

CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON SPATIAL PRACTICE LABASH 2021 - SUNDAY, APRIL 11th  Tonight’s session will begin with three, 10-minute presentations from our panelists: the first by, Dr. Ghazal Jafari, founding director of OPEN SYSTEMS / Landscape Infrastructure Lab, and currently an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture at University of Virginia; next, a presentation from Khensani de Klerk, an architectural designer and planner from Johannseburg, and co-founder and director of Matri-Archi(tecture); and lastly, a presentation by Ana María Durán Calisto, co-founder of Estudio A0, a lecturer at Yale University Architecture, and doctoral candidate at UCLA. These conversations will deal with theoretical questions that pertain to landscape architecture and other spatial disciplines -- engaging with large, complex issues of ethics and justice, along with the specificity that these terms assume in various cultural contexts. Our panelists bring a wealth of relevant experience and knowledge, stemming from their practices in architecture, landscape architecture, planning, activism, and academia. Additionally, these spatial practitioners work in three regions that are traditionally underrepresented and under-engaged in landscape architectural curriculums. Following the panelists’ presentations, we will convene for a discussion moderated by our two organizers: Jihany Hassun and Vanessa Dikuyama.

Wilks Family Director, Ian L. McHarg Center Billy Fleming is the Wilks Family Director of the Ian L. McHarg Center in the Weitzman School of Design, a senior fellow with Data for Progress, and co-director of the "climate + community project." His fellowship with Data for Progress has focused on the built environment impacts of climate change, and resulted most prominently in the publication of low-carbon public housing policy briefs tied to the “Green New Deal for Public Housing Act” introduced in 2019. In his role at the McHarg Center, Billy is co-editor of the forthcoming book An Adaptation Blueprint (Island Press, 2020), co-editor and co-curator of the book and now internationally-traveling exhibit Design With Nature Now (Lincoln, 2019), and author of the forthcoming Drowning America: The Nature and Politics of Adaptation (Penn Press, expected 2021). Billy is also the lead author of the recently published and widely acclaimed “The 2100 Project: An Atlas for the Green New Deal.” He is also a co-author of the Indivisible Guide (2016). Along with Daniel Aldana Cohen, Billy co-directs the climate + community project (ccp), which works to connect the demands of the climate justice movement to the policy development process. ccp aim to do this by developing new, investment-forward public policy proposals under the framework of the Decade of the Green New Deal that target the intersection of climate justice and the built environment. Its focus has been on foregrounding the role of public housing, public schools, public transportation, public power, public land, and public works in local, state, national, and international climate policy discourse. This work has already resulted in applied policy research and model legislation in the housing, schools, transportation, and electricity sectors, filling a critical gap between the demands of the climate justice movement, the appetite for substantial new policy content from sitting legislators, and the desire of a rising generation of scholars to contribute to their work (including Olufemi Taiwo, Akira Drake Rodridguez, Yonah Freemark, Thea Riofrancos, and Shalanda Baker). His writing on climate, disaster, and design has also been published in The Guardian, The Atlantic, CityLab, Dissent Magazine, Houston Chronicle, Jacobin, Places Journal, and Science for the People Magazine, and he’s frequently asked to weigh in on the infrastructure and built environment implications of climate change, as well as candidate and congressional climate plans, by major climate reporters and congressional staff. His research has been supported by grants from the Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, Pew Center for Arts and Heritage, William Penn Foundation,Summit Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Hewlett Foundation, and by a variety of sponsors in the design and building industry. Prior to joining Penn, he worked as a landscape architect, city planner, organizer, and, later, in the Obama Administration’s White House Domestic Policy Council. He holds a bachelor of landscape architecture (University of Arkansas), master of community and regional planning (University of Texas), and a doctorate of city and regional planning (University of Pennsylvania).

https://taylor-pr.com/ Taylor & Company is the PR firm with the creativity, quality, expertise, and tenacity to achieve effective and impressive results for clients in architecture, design, and furniture.  

https://www.larchitect.org/ A Low-Brow, Crass Approach to Plant Ecology & Evolution as muttered by a Misanthropic Chicago Italian. Amidst mild profanity and general irreverence, we examine plant life (the base of Earth's food chain) and the nature of the rocks and soil they grow on, as well as the evolutionary adaptations that enable them to do what they do. The goal of "Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't" is to both educate people as well as light the fire of curiosity on their ass, hopefully inspiring them to go outside and observe and question the living world around them. Thanks for reading. Have a great day and go fuck yourself.

https://defensiblespace.org/ To increase wildfire resilience and maintain habitat quality in the Southern California Wildland Urban interface (WUI)

Larchitect Panel 002 discusses strategies, shared experiences, successes, and challenges of approaching design, activism , and advocacy from a proactive approach.   VIDEO >> https://youtu.be/l0WgPGmCmUQ   PANELISTS   SARA ABED Executive Director- National Association of Minority Landscape Architects 501(c)(3) https://www.nationalamla.org/   VIVIANA FRANCO Founder And Executive Director Of From Lot To Spot http://fromlottospot.org/   LEIGH JERRARD Founder of Greywater Corps https://greywatercorps.com/   GABRIELLE NEWMARK Founder of Swamp Pink Landscape Architecture (SPLA) http://swamppink.com/ MODERATORS   Joanna Karaman & Michael Todoran   CAMERA PERSON   Robert Andrade SPECIAL THANKS   Mark Susser https://atomicirrigation.com/

Seguidamente me encuentro caminando a través de este parque particular en elcentro de Los Ángeles durante el medio día cuando el sol pega directamente. Sé que tiene un nombre oficial, pero nunca puedo recordarlo. Todos que conozco lo llaman "Parque de Protesta". Esta vez es medio de Marzo, cuando en Los Ángeles la temperatura es calida y luego se enfría cuando el sol comienza esconderse detrás de los edificios. Al entrar el parque, por la entrada noroeste, tengo una visión general de todo.

I often find myself walking through this particular Downtown Los Angeles Park around noon where the sun directly hits. I know there is an official name for the park, but I can never remember it. Everyone I know just calls it “Protest Park”. It’s the middle of March where in Los Angeles the temperature is warm and then cools once the sun starts hiding behind the buildings. As I enter the park through the northwestern entrance, I have an overview of the space and admire at the purple Jacaranda petals that blanket the ground. I like to sit on the benches underneath the trees and let my mind escape into the sky.

Es posible que algunos solo hayan escuchado el acrónimo DACA y es posible que no tengan muy claro qué es realmente. Describiré algunos detalles. Según el Consejo Estadounidense de Inmigración (American Immigration Council), “DACA es un ejercicio de discreción fiscal, que brinda alivio temporal de la deportación (acción diferida) y autorización de trabajo a ciertos inmigrantes jóvenes indocumentados que fueron traídos a los Estados Unidos cuando eran niños”. Ahora, en un idioma mas practico y normal, entiendo que eso significa que ayudan a los niños que fueron traídos a los Estados Unidos, antes de que fueran mayores de edad. DACA es un acrónimo de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia. Es un programa creado por la administración Obama con el propósito de aliviar la presión sobre los inmigrantes jóvenes. DACA ha permitido que los adultos jóvenes elegibles trabajen legalmente, asistan a la escuela y vivan la vida sin la amenaza de deportación.

Some may have only heard the acronym DACA and may not be very clear on what it really is. I will describe a few details. According to the American Immigration Council, “DACA is an exercise of prosecutorial discretion, providing temporary relief from deportation (deferred action) and work authorization to certain young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children.” Now in normal English, I take that to mean that they help children who were brought to the US, before they were of legal age. DACA is an acronym for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. It is a program created by the Obama administration for the purpose of taking pressure off young immigrants. DACA has allowed eligible young adults to lawfully work, attend school, and live life without the threat of deportation.

¡Hola a todos! Me gustaría darles la bienvenida a todos a nuestro cuarto episodio del Bravely Curious Podcast.  En este episodio, nos enfocaremos en la importancia de proteger y preservar nuestro paisaje. Pero primero, debemos definir las diferencias entre Preservar y Proteger en el paisaje. Preservar es proteger, cuidar, y defender, mientras que proteger es mantener a salvo, defender, custodiar; contra las actividades humanas nocivas que han alterado la cultura, el clima y la biodiversidad de las plantas y  los animales. Con eso en mente, hemos dividido nuestra discusión en tres partes. El primer tema cubrirá las culturas indígenas, el segundo tema sera sobre la biodiversidad de animales, plantas y el medio ambiente. Y por último, el tema que abla acerca del cambio climático en el paisaje.

Hello everyone! My name is Ryan Ortiz, and I would like to welcome you all to our fourth episode of the Bravely Curious Podcast. In this episode we will be immersing ourselves into the importance of protecting and preserving our public and private landscape. But first we must define the differences between Preservation and Protection in the landscape. To preserve is to protect, to keep, to maintain the condition of; while to protect is to keep safe, to defend, to guard; against harmful human activities that have disrupted culture, climate and biodiversity of plant and animals. With that in mind we have separated our discussion into three parts. The first topic will cover indigenous cultures, followed by the second topic on the biodiversity of animals, plants, and the environment. And lastly, the topic of addressing the issues of climate change within the landscape.

Para este episodio, hemos dividido el tema del robo en tres temas distintos: robo original, robo enmascarado y robo contemporáneo. El primer tema Robo original se basará en el asentamiento original de América del Norte y los impactos de la Doctrina del Descubrimiento. El segundo tema Robo enmascarado se basa en cuestiones relativas al dominio eminente dentro del Barranco de Chávez. En nuestro tercer tema, Robo contemporáneo, discutiremos temas más modernos de gentrificación basados ​​en los impactos de High Line en la ciudad de Nueva York. Finalmente, relataremos cómo cada método de robo ha influido en el desarrollo de lo que hemos definido como Pecado Original de la Arquitectura del Paisaje.

For this episode, we have broken down the subject of stealing into three distinct topics: Original Stealing, Masked Stealing, and Contemporary Stealing. The first topic Original Stealing will be based upon the original settlement of North America and the impacts of the Doctrine of Discovery. The second topic Masked Stealing is based upon issues regarding eminent domain within the Chavez Ravine. In our third topic, Contemporary Stealing we will discuss more modern issues of gentrification based around the impacts of the High Line in New York City. Finally, we will relate how each method of stealing has influenced the development of what we have defined as Landscape Architecture's Original Sin.

Este es un gran tema. Hay mucho por descubrir y descifrar. Que es prácticamente imposible para mí hacerlo en un episodio. Entonces, el propósito de este episodio es presentar una colección de información y ofrecer una base para comenzar. La información sobre este tema no está completa de ninguna manera, hay mucha historia que cubrir, es casi imposible, pero puedes pensar en este episodio como una preparación.

This is a big topic. There is so much to uncover and  decipher. That it's pretty much impossible for me to do it in one episode. So, the purpose of this episode is to present a collection of information and offer a foundation for us to start.   Information for this topic is in no way complete, there is so much history to cover, it’s nearly impossible, but you can think of this episode as preparation. We will first identify the issue and explore some of the sources for injustice that we see in the built environment. As we work through this, we’re going to be paying attention to the language that is used. Now language can mean many different things, graphic language, geological language, verbal language, any form of communication, I can think of as language. But for this instant we will focus on verbal language or written language, particularly vocabulary, how we use that or omit that to describe these landscape stories that when told over time, become huge influences on how we design space.

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