Registration Eligibility
ASLA online learning opportunities are open to all. ASLA members may purchase this presentation at a reduced rate. This is a 2024 conference session.
Start Date
10/21/2024
End Date
10/20/2026
Description
MVLA is founded on the belief that landscape architecture is a poetic response to the human need for connection to the world. Established in 1987, we are a studio-based practice committed to timeless design and resilient execution. The firm approaches each project with a creative and rigorous study of the site. We then identify ways to marry human use with the land’s cultural and ecological systems. This process forges places that spark delight and rekindle our unity with nature.
Distance Learning
Yes
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Business Practices / Contracts / HR
Health, Safety and Welfare
No
Hours
1.25
Learning Outcomes
Discover how hand drawing at all phases of design and documentation influences the process and the practice at MVLA.; Learn how the decision to stay “small” impacts the texture of the practice, the culture of the studio, and the business of the operation.; Understand how long-term collaborative relationships with institutions and architects create effective, efficient, and evolving approaches to design.; See how sensitivity to site and context, and a drive toward quiet contextual design, influences the collective character of the work of the studio.
Instructors
Michael Vergason ; Beata Boodell Corcoran ; Kameron Aroom
Course Codes
Provider
American Society of Landscape Architects