LAF's 2024 CSI Program: Designed Destinations

Recording from live webinar on 11/5/24

Designed Destinations: Measuring Landscape Performance with LAF’s 2024 CSI Program 

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 exemplary landscape projects as Case Study Briefs. In this second in a series of webinars, three teams from the 2024 CSI program present the projects they evaluated — destination places that are a neighborhood, regional, or international draw. 

For each built landscape, a representative from the design firm shares background information about the project and design, followed by the academic team presenting their research process and most compelling findings from their efforts to quantify the environmental, social, and economic benefits.

Want to see more of the 2024 CSI research?
Check out the other webinars in the series:  Water and Resilience on Oct 29 and Inclusive Spaces on Nov 20.

Learning Objectives

1. Understand how the Landscape Architecture Foundation's Case Study Investigation program is furthering landscape performance research.
2. Explore specific metrics and methods used to evaluate the environmental and social performance of landscape projects.
3. Learn about the goals and sustainable features of exemplary landscapes.

Continuing Education Credits

This course is approved for 1.0 Professional Development Hour (PDH) through the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System (LA CES) and meets the health, safety and welfare requirements (HSW). To earn 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW):

1. View the full webinar above.
2. Complete the short quiz by following the link below. (You must score 75% or higher.)
3. Wait ~2 weeks to receive your confirmation email once the quizzes are graded and results submitted to LA CES.
    

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Presenters and Projects

Muscota Marsh, New York, NY 
CSI Research Fellow: Sohyun Park, University of Connecticut 
Student Research Assistant: Zahra S. Ali 
Firm representative: Kim Cooper, Field Operations 

Bud and Susie Rogers Garden at the Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH 
CSI Research Fellows: Tameka Baba and Jack Gruber, The Ohio State University 
Student Research Assistant: Caressa Givens 
Firm representative: Demetrios Staurinos, OLIN 

California Academy of Sciences Green Roof, San Francisco, CA 
CSI Faculty: Matt Roberts, University of California, Berkeley 
Research Assistant: Gustavo Coronilla  
Firm representative: Jonah Susskind, SWA 

LAF hosts live webinars in which guest presenters share innovative work and discuss timely issues. The recorded webinars are archived on LAF's website, and many can be viewed on demand to earn continuing education credits through LA CES. To learn about upcoming webinars, subscribe to LAF communications.