LAF's 2024 CSI Program: Water and Resilience

Recording from live webinar on 10/29/24

Water and Resilience: 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 first in a series of webinars, three teams from the 2024 CSI program present the projects they evaluated, which all focus on building resilience through stormwater management and flood control.

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:  Designed Destinations (Nov 5) and Inclusive Spaces (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

Mission Creek Stormwater Park, San Francisco, CA 
CSI Research Fellow: Victoria Mohr, University of California, Berkeley 
Student Research Assistant: Mary Devlin 
Firm representatives: Willett Moss and Andrew Prindle, CMG Landscape Architecture 

Southwest Resiliency Park, Hoboken, NJ 
CSI Research Fellow: Wolfram Hoefer, Rutgers University
Student Research Assistant: James Hill 
Firm representatives: Stephen Whitehouse and Kristen Reardon, Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners 

Waterloo Park, Austin, TX 
CSI Research Fellow: Allan W. Shearer, University of Texas at Austin 
Student Research Assistant: Samantha Hodge 
Firm representative: Gullivar Shepard, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates 

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.