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This article outlines one “school exit strategy”- in this case the default path of working in a design/practice/service office as a professional.
Other paths is question that I’m not sure the gen. practice can readily answer. But maybe one resource can...
1/12
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Other paths is question that I’m not sure the gen. practice can readily answer. But maybe one resource can...
1/12
#LAotherpaths
HEY TWITTER-
WHERE ARE THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS WITH NON”CONVENTIONAL” CAREER PATHS?
ARE YOU WILLING TO SHARE SOME INSIGHTS?
Note: I did not to say “traditional career path,” because the discipline is incredibly versatile- we just forget that at times.
2/12
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WHERE ARE THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS WITH NON”CONVENTIONAL” CAREER PATHS?
ARE YOU WILLING TO SHARE SOME INSIGHTS?
Note: I did not to say “traditional career path,” because the discipline is incredibly versatile- we just forget that at times.
2/12
#LAotherpaths
I’ll start with a few examples to get the ball rolling-
In my article (shameless plug), I mentioned Anita Bueno and her practice that combines landscape and the Feldenkrais Method. Body in landscape, but mindfulness in body.
3/12
#LAotherpaths http://bt.royle.com/display_article.php?id=3624305&view=653607
In my article (shameless plug), I mentioned Anita Bueno and her practice that combines landscape and the Feldenkrais Method. Body in landscape, but mindfulness in body.
3/12
#LAotherpaths http://bt.royle.com/display_article.php?id=3624305&view=653607
I didn’t mention Diane Jones Allen and Austin Allen using video to document the lives black people in the landscape dwell in. The work need not always be analyzed doodle pols, but can be about listening to and seeing people in situ.
4/12
#LAotherpaths https://landscapearchitecturemagazine.org/2016/01/26/lamcast-claiming-open-spaces/
4/12
#LAotherpaths https://landscapearchitecturemagazine.org/2016/01/26/lamcast-claiming-open-spaces/
I also didn’t mention Laura Lawson at Rutgers. She has also worked with video to capture the role landscape plays in the lives of people in low income communities.
5/12
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5/12
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Let’s not forget Maisie Hugh’s work -
-with teens advocating for the profession
-interviewing adults in notable gardens,
-landscape entrepreneurship,
6/12
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-with teens advocating for the profession
-interviewing adults in notable gardens,
-landscape entrepreneurship,
6/12
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These people are using their degrees, their design skills in ways that don’t alway fit in an office. Just because you are working in a conventional practice doesn’t make you a landscape architect.
7/12
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7/12
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And let’s not forget people out there intentionally pushing the limits to expand the role of landscape. Brad Cantrell is mentioned, but what is not stated is his approach to computation, fabrication, and landscape. https://landscapearchitecturemagazine.org/2018/04/19/lamcast-computational-ecosystems/
8/12
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8/12
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Also the work of people expanding the way think about landscape People like Elise Hunchuck whose research, work, and representations overlaps with other forms of place identification and critical thinking to bring new ideas about landscape to light.
10/12
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10/12
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Or the political boundaries that Pierre Belanger reveals in his writing about landscapes that are forms of ecological power and control. https://landscapearchitecturemagazine.org/2017/10/24/problem-not-solved-but-not-a-problem/
11/12
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11/12
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Also- students! Where are the students out there pushing the boundaries of the discipline, making new and relevant perspectives through well thought out thesis research and projects. What are you doing and why is it so important? Share!
10/12
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10/12
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I’m curious- we’re all curious-
about this other segment of the discipline, the other paths in the discipline.
To be resilient, you have to be relevant, not repetitive. It’s the other stuff that will make that happen.
Shout out and share.
12/12
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about this other segment of the discipline, the other paths in the discipline.
To be resilient, you have to be relevant, not repetitive. It’s the other stuff that will make that happen.
Shout out and share.
12/12
#LAotherpaths
