Registration Eligibility
Registration is open to the public, but also the design industry including licensed landscape archiects
Start Date
04/27/2021
End Date
04/27/2021
Description
In 1892 and 1893, Frederick Law Olmsted and Joel Hurt began one of the most ambitious projects in the post-Civil War South--the 1400 acre Kirkwood Land Company development known today as Druid Hills. As a centerpiece of this last residential development by the senior Olmsted, a linear park system comprising some 45 acres was an integral part of the overall development. The design of Druid Hills can be viewed as a bookend of Olmsted suburban designs, and can be compared favorably to his first residential suburb of Riverside. Through an unstable financial environment, Olmsted’s retirement, and the sale of Kirkwood to others, the park and the neighborhood were built with great fidelity to Olmsted’s original vision.
Eighty years later, the construction of a major highway threatened this park and neighborhood. Through extensive neighborhood activism, the highway project was stopped and a master planning process developed to guide the rehabilitation of this park. Adopted in 1995, the implementation of the Master Plan has proceeded since 1998 with almost $9,000,000 raised and multiple phases of work completed
The original vision of Olmsted and Hurt is coming into its own as the Atlanta metropolitan area attains the population and density that Olmsted always knew the region would support. Planning for parks requires vision and patience and the caring to see the task to completion.
Location
Atlanta, GA
Distance Learning
No
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Residential Design
Site Planning
Sustainable Development & Design
Urban Planning & Design
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
1.0
Learning Outcomes
Attendees will gain insight into how one planning practice composed of planners, landscape architects and urban designers are tackling issues of sprawl, access to quality parks, and open spaces in cities.
Reviewing the layouts of Olmsted's work in and around Atlanta, designers will be able to draw and hopefully impact future design and development
This presentation will provide a vivid reminder of how the founder of the profession of landscape architecture was designing with nature from the beginning, absent governmental regulations to do so. The talk will link current practitioners to the origins of the profession and remind current landscape architects of ways in which suburban design can provide the open space needed for city residents to connect with the natural world.
Instructors
Spencer Tunnell, ASLA Principal and founder of Tunnell & Tunnell, Landscape Architecture
Course Codes
Provider
Georgia Chapter ASLA