Performance and Pedagogy : How Landscape Responds to the Culture and Mission of an Academic Institut

Registration Eligibility

Free & open registration

Start Date

04/16/2026

End Date

04/16/2026

Description

This course explores the collaborative design process, highlighting how its outdoor spaces respond to the building’s location between the three academic performance facilities and an ecologically rich woodland edge.

Location

Swarthmore, PA

Distance Learning

Course Equivalency

Subjects

Campus Planning & Design
Design-Build
Development Trends
Historic Preservation
Horticulture / Plants
Sustainable Development & Design

Health, Safety and Welfare

Yes

Hours

1.0

Learning Outcomes

Learn how the parameters of Living Building Challenge Core Certification shape landscape and site design decisions.

Understand how the landscape is a canvas which encourages Arboretum values and environmental commitments.

Learn design-thinking strategies for shaping indoor–outdoor programmatic links that support and expand the building’s academic mission outside its physical boundaries.

Instructors

Sarah Miller, RLA (Olin Studio); Richard Newton, ASLA (Olin Studio)

Course Codes

Provider

Green Building United

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