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Findings & Insights from LAF's 2021 CSI Program, Part 2

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Recording from live webinar on 8/5/21

Measuring Landscape Performance: Findings & Insights from LAF's 2021 CSI Program (Part 2)

The Landscape Architecture Foundation's Case Study Investigation (CSI) program supports faculty-student research teams who work with designers to assess and document the performance of sustainable landscape projects as Case Study Briefs. In this second of two webinars, five teams from the 2021 CSI program each presented on their research process and most compelling findings from their efforts to quantify environmental, social, and economic benefits of exemplary landscape projects. The other five teams presented on the Part 1 webinar.

 

Presenters

The presenters are the CSI faculty Fellows and student research assistants from the 2021 CSI teams. Part 2 includes the following teams.

Cornell University + James Corner Field Operations
CSI Research Fellow: Jennifer Birkeland
Student Research Assistants: Kevin Kim and Jeanette Petti
Project: Cornell Tech Campus, New York, NY

Louisiana State University + Design Workshop
CSI Research Fellow: Nicholas Serrano
Student Research Assistant: Sasha Mathieu
Project: Lafitte Greenway, New Orleans, LA

The Ohio State University + MKSK
CSI Research Fellow: Halina Steiner
Student Research Assistant: Sarah Sanders
Project: Scioto Mile and Greenways, Columbus, OH

University of Toronto + Schollen & Company Inc
CSI Research Fellow: Jenny Hill, PhD
Student Research Assistant: Kanwal Aftab 
Project: University of Toronto Scarborough Valley Land Trail, Toronto, ON

Cal Poly Pomona + SWA Group
CSI Research Fellow: Claire Latané, ASLA, SITES AP
Student Research Assistants: Jose Guadalupe Gutierrez and Jose Reynoso
Project: Ricardo Lara Linear Park, Lynwood, CA

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