Registration Eligibility
ASLA online learning opportunities are open to all. ASLA members may purchase this presentation at a reduced rate. This is a 2021 conference session.
Start Date
12/17/2023
End Date
12/16/2025
Description
As landscape architects and allied design professionals work closely with underserved populations, it is imperative that we employ design processes that prioritize community-led action. This session offers a discourse in engagement, design, and implementation methodologies that empower communities to assert their right of civic ownership over public spaces.
Distance Learning
Yes
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Development Trends
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
1.0
Learning Outcomes
Learn a variety of engagement methodologies that can be used with diverse audiences to build trust, elicit design inspiration, and sustain community consensus.; Analyze the strengths of community-led design in navigating the social, legal, and political intersections between designers, community members, public entities, and private investors.; Discuss alternative methods of design documentation and implementation that are accessible to designers and non-designers alike.; Evaluate the relationship between community-led design and tactical urbanism as an inclusive and intuitive placemaking tool for non-designers.;
Instructors
Matt Whitaker, ASLA; Ryan Wang, Assoc. ASLA; Genesis the Greykid
Course Codes
Provider
American Society of Landscape Architects