{"id":58067,"date":"2016-02-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/landscape-architecture-lecture-series-continues-march-3-at-uri-with-talk-by-toby-wolf-about-role-of-nature-in-design\/"},"modified":"2016-02-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T00:00:00","slug":"landscape-architecture-lecture-series-continues-march-3-at-uri-with-talk-by-toby-wolf-about-role-of-nature-in-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2016\/02\/landscape-architecture-lecture-series-continues-march-3-at-uri-with-talk-by-toby-wolf-about-role-of-nature-in-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Landscape Architecture Lecture Series continues March 3 at 溏心vlog免费B站 with talk by Toby Wolf about role of nature in design"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I., Feb. 23, 2016 \u2013The 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s annual Landscape Architecture Lecture Series will continue next month with a talk by Toby Wolf, who will discuss design and nature.<\/p>\n


\nHis presentation, \u201cJust Enough Wildness: Designing Places that Connect People with the Natural World,\u201d will start Thursday, March 3 at 7 p.m. in Weaver Auditorium in the Coastal Institute building on 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Kingston campus. <\/p>\n


\nThe event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n


\nWolf, principal of Wolf Landscape Architecture, works with architects, planners, engineers, contractors and arborists to create places that are welcoming, sustainable and full of life. Building on 25 years of teaching and practice, he develops designs and master plans for parks, campuses, private homes and public gardens. <\/p>\n


\nHe received an honor award for excellence in landscape architecture from the Society for College and University Planning in recognition of green infrastructure at the Nevin Welcome Center at Cornell Plantations, the acclaimed public garden at Cornell University.<\/p>\n


\nHe also received a merit award for landscape architecture design from the Boston Society of Landscape Architects in recognition of Science Park at the Montshire Museum of Science, a learning landscape that teaches science through interactive exhibits and play.<\/p>\n


\nWolf received his master\u2019s degree in landscape architecture from Cornell University, and his bachelor\u2019s degree in design of the environment from the University of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n


\nThe other talks scheduled are:<\/p>\n


\n\u2022\tChris Reed of STOSS Landscape Urbanism, on \u201cWork-Life,\u201d (March 31).<\/p>\n


\n\u2022\tEmily McCoy of Andropogon Associates on \u201cCraft, Research and Practice: Performance-Based Design in Landscape Architecture,\u201d (April 14).<\/p>\n


\n\u2022\tCatherine Seavitt, principal of the Catherine Seavitt Studio, on \u201cShifting Sands: Sedimentary cycles for Jamaica Bay,\u201d (April 28).<\/p>\n


\nAll talks are free, open to the public and begin at 7 p.m. in Weaver Auditorium of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Coastal Institute in Kingston.<\/p>\n


\nThe 溏心vlog免费B站 Landscape Architecture series is co-sponsored by the Rhode Island chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects, Bartlett Tree Experts, the Gaetano and Pasqualine Faella Memorial Endowment and the 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Arts and Sciences. The Catherine Seavitt lecture is co-sponsored by Rhode Island Sea Grant. <\/p>\n


\nFor more information about the series, contact the 溏心vlog免费B站 Department of Landscape Architecture at 401-874-2983 or Professor Green at wagre@uri.edu.<\/p>\n


\nPictured above: Bioswale at Cornell Plantations, Ithaca, N.Y. Landscape design by Toby Wolf. Photo by Chris Kitchen.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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