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75-Minute Education Session

SAT-A07 - Design with Nature—Fifty Years Later

1.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AIA/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW, ISA

Lead Speaker(s)

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  Frederick Steiner, FASLA, SITES AP

  Dean
  Stuart Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania

Speaker(s)

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  Anne Whiston Spirn, FASLA

  Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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  Carter van Dyke, ASLA

  President/Founding Partner Adjunct Professor
  Carter van Dyke Associates Tyler School of Art, Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture, Temple University
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  Baldev Lamba, ASLA

  Principal
  Lamba Associates Inc. /Temple University

In celebrating the 50-year anniversary of Ian McHarg’s seminal Design with Nature, this panel provides insights into his legacy and broad influences, informed by personal experiences, and explores the relevance of his ecologically driven vision for addressing the contemporary and emerging issues of landscape resilience, performance, and climate change. ±

Learning Objectives:

• Learn about the extraordinary personality and contributions of Ian McHarg (and his close associate Narendra Juneja), responsible for the publication of Design with Nature.
• Examine the legacy of Design with Nature that pioneered the concept of ecological planning and established landscape architecture as integrating the humanities and the sciences.
• Learn about the broad cultural, intellectual, and professional impact of Design with Nature, both nationally and globally.
• Explore innovative ways of applying ideas from Design with Nature to contemporary and emerging issues of landscape resilience, performance, and climate change.