Historic Preservation/Restoration

90-Minute Education Session

FRI-A04 - Preserve, Restore, Redesign: The Ethical and Practical Quandaries of Historic Landscape Stewardship

1.50 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW

Lead Speaker(s)

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  Mark Hough, FASLA

  University Landscape Architect
  Duke University

Speaker(s)

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  Thaisa Way, FASLA

  Professor, Landscape Architecture
  University of Washington
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  Thomas Woltz, FASLA

  Owner and Principal
  Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects

As society changes and cities evolve, the fate of cultural and historic landscapes increasingly comes into question. This panel, with expertise representing different aspects of the profession, will lead a frank discussion about complex and controversial issues associated with the stewardship, maintenance, restoration, preservation, and redesign of historically significant landscapes.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the various ways in which landscape architects influence the inevitable change that occurs with cultural and historic landscapes.
• Learn the importance of embedding landscape stewardship, as an ethic, into the professional goals of students and emerging landscape architects.
• Recognize the challenges and strategies involved in stewarding the integrity of historic designed landscapes.
• Understand how effectively managing conflicting motivations and values can help achieve best-case results.