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Kissida will speak on 鈥淟andscape Architecture: Opportunities in an Environmental Engineering Firm.鈥� The lecture will focus on Kissida鈥檚 experience as a landscape architect, and he will use case studies to illustrate the design of landfills for reuse, brownfields, and water and waste-water treatment facilities, among other projects.
Commenting on the changing approaches used by landscape architecture firms, Kissida noted that 鈥渢oday, when clients are beginning to plan a project, be it a treatment facility or capping a landfill, our immediate question should be how can more of the community’s needs be met with this facility?鈥�
He added that, through their particular training and experiences, 鈥渓andscape architects are positioned, as key members of the interdisciplinary team, to provide effective answers and have a real impact.鈥�
Three additional lectures are also scheduled during the spring semester.
Stephen Stimson, principal of Stephen Stimson Associates in Falmouth, Mass., will discuss 鈥淎grarian Influence and Modern Expression鈥� on March 2. The award-winning designer integrates his education, understanding of landscapes and personal experience into culturally responsive, modern designs. His projects are both urban and rural, and they range from the design of private gardens to college campuses.
John Todd, professor and distinguished lecturer at the University of Vermont鈥檚 School of Natural Resources, will discuss 鈥淚n Partnership with Nature鈥� on March 23. Often described as a 鈥渧isionary biologist鈥� and hailed by Time magazine as a 鈥渉ero of the planet,鈥� Todd鈥檚 groundbreaking ideas and projects often make use of alternative materials and technologies while looking to nature for inspiration. Much of his work has been devoted to food production and to waste-water processing.
Charles Birnbaum, director of The Cultural Landscape Foundation and recognized as one of the most influential historic landscape preservationists, will discuss 鈥淐hange Continuity and Civic Ambition: Managing Cultural Landscapes,鈥� on April 20. Birnbaum is also the coordinator of the Historic Landscape Initiative for the National Park Service Heritage Preservation Services Program and has just completed editing Pioneers of American Landscape Design for McGraw Hill and Preserving Modern Landscape Architecture for Spacemaker Press.
The 溏心vlog免费B站 Community Planning and Landscape Architecture series is co-sponsored by the College of the Environment and Life Sciences, the R.I. Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects and the R.I. Nursery and Landscape Association. Additionally, the 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Engineering and the Department of Natural Resources Science will sponsor Todd鈥檚 lecture. For more information about the series, call the 溏心vlog免费B站 Department of Community Planning and Landscape Architecture at 874-2983 or e-mail Professor Will Green at wagre@uri.edu.