Design-Build

Education Session - Panel Format

FRI-D01 - WeFabricate: Stewarding the Design Process with Craftsmen and Materials

1.5 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AIA/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW, CMAA

Moderator(s)

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  Sandra Nam Cioffi, ASLA

  Landscape Architect
  Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects

Panelists(s)

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  Perry Maas

  Project Designer, Public Space, Furniture & Lighting
  West 8 Urban Design & Landscape Architecture
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  Alexander Kitchin

  Principal - Design
  Fine Concrete
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  Nicole Sherman

  Principal - Managing Partner
  Fine Concrete

The creative, adaptive collaboration between designer and fabricator can result in timeless, visionary landscapes. This entire process, which we are calling “craft,” yields incredible skills, knowledge, and beautiful work. By intentionally cultivating these partnerships and interconnecting deep specializations, we can expand and elevate the practice of landscape architecture.

Learning Objectives:

• Showcase fabrication processes and the beauty of ‘craft’ in landscape architecture, while examining ways to steward ‘craft’ in the field.
• Learn how designers imagine with a specific material in mind rather than several different material options and utilize research, observe traditional methods, and use contemporary technologies to fabricate.
• Discover how landscape architects and fabricators address the unexpected technical challenges in design, and understand the value of mock-ups and managing client expectations.
• Understand the collaborative nature of fabrication and knowledge-sharing between landscape architects, designers, and craftspeople that results in long-term value for all.