SAT-C02 - Inside the LA Studio with Mahan Rykiel Associates

Saturday, November 16

3:30 PM - 4:45 PM

Location: 32AB

1.25 PDH, LA CES/non-HSW, AICP, FL

Invited Speaker(s)

Jingpeng Gu, ASLA, LEEP AP

President
Mahan Rykiel Associates
Scott Rykiel, FASLA

Executive Vice President
Mahan Rykiel Associates
Isaac Raymond Hametz, ASLA

Principal/Research Director
Mahan Rykiel Associates

Speaker(s)

Barbara Deutsch, FASLA

CEO
Landscape Architecture Foundation

Founded in 1983, Mahan Rykiel Associates (MRA) is a Baltimore-based firm that works across scales to imagine and realize projects that enrich the human condition and support vibrant natural systems. Through its collaborative design research methodology, MRA frames questions of landscape through the lenses of economic development, ecological stewardship, and community identity.

Learning Objectives:

Learn how a firm evolves to meet the changing needs of its clients and address contemporary landscape concerns.
Understand the importance of project diversity in cultivating a resilient business model, staff development, and office culture.
Learn about the firm’s collaborative design research method and how it’s used to enrich project outcomes.
Consider what it means for a firm to be place-based and how values and business practices can align to support social equity and ecological stewardship.