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Many of the 2014 ASLA Annual Meeting sessions spotlight the different roles landscape architects play in public policy and the design of public space through transportation system planning, green infrastructure, health care, sense of place, and historic preservation. These sessions address a broad array of opportunities and provide students with pertinent career development information.
Below is a list of sessions likely of significant interest to those involved in public works of landscape architecture.
Field Sessions – Friday, November 21
- FS-001—Times Two: Doubling Downtown Denver
- FS-008—Lariat Loop: Denver’s Mountain Parks and CCC Legacy
- FS-010—Legacy of the South Platte River Greenway
- FS-011—Legacy Space, Contemporary Use: 16th Street Mall and Skyline Park
Education Sessions & Professional Practice Network Meetings
Friday, November 21
- FRI-A04—Team Playing to Realize Santa Monica Civic Center Parks
- FRI-A05—Civic Leadership: Integrating Design into Local Government and Public Infrastructure
- FRI-A06—Community-Based Open Space Stewardship: The Benefits District Model
- FRI-A07—Infrastructure Is Public Space: Designing the Public Realm on Every Level
- FRI-B02—Empathy-Driven Design and Public Spaces in the 21st Century
- FRI-B05—Innovation, Landscape, and Shrinking Cities: The Detroit Case
- FRI-B09—Rails to Trails and Beyond: Former Margins, Future Connections
- FRI-C03—Designing, Implementing, and Managing Improvements to the National Mall
- FRI-C07—Sustainable Planting Design: A New Model for Large-Scale Urban Parks
- FRI-C09—Take Back the Boulevard: Grassroots Complete Street Efforts
- FRI-C10—Taking Back the Street: the Transformation of Times Square
- FRI-D06—Design at an Eco-District Scale Can Change the Washington D.C. Landscape
- FRI-D07—Paying Attention to Nighttime: Planning and Design for the After-Dark City
Saturday, November 22
- GEN-01—Equitable Space: Landscape Architecture and the Power of Place
- SAT-A02—Public Health and Public Space
- SAT-A04—People Are Pedestrians by Design: The Benefits of Walkable Environments
- SAT-A06—The Triple Bottom Line of Green Infrastructure
- SAT-B04—Landscape Architects Take Charge in the City
Sunday, November 23
- PPN Meeting—Landscape Architecture and Transportation, 9:15-10:45 am in the EXPO
- PPN Meeting—Parks and Recreation, 1:40-2:15 pm in the EXPO
- SUN-A04—Bringing Philanthropy to Public Landscapes
- SUN-A09—Green Infrastructure in the Eco-District: Innovative Civic-Public-Private Partnerships
- SUN-A10—Put Value to Parks: Economic and Health Benefits
- SUN-B08—Letting the Street Win: Saying No to Donuts
- SUN-B06—The Allure of Water in the City: The Transformation of Four Urban Rivers
- SUN-B11—From Gray to Green: Revitalizing Milwaukee’s Industrial Heart
Monday, November 24
- MON-A05—The Landscape Architect’s Role in Policy Development and Implementation
- MON-B09—Ask a Traffic Engineer: Street Design 101
- MON-C02—SITES™ Certified Parks: Lessons Learned
- MON-D07—Public Parks and Private Partners: A Healthy Marriage?
- MON-D08—Creative Bureaucracy: Exploring the Realm of the Public Landscape Architect
by the ASLA Public Practice Advisory Committee