Demystifying Innovation: The Real Work Between Great Ideas and Implementation
This webinar is part of an emerging professional webinar series, curated by the LAF Olmsted Scholars Network. The series covers topics of particular interest to emerging landscape architects such as professional journeys, alternate modes of practice, and design innovation.
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Recording from live webinar on 8/19/21
Demystifying Innovation: The Real Work Between Great Ideas and Implementation
Global urbanization, climate-change, and failing infrastructure have created an immediate need for landscape architects to bring widespread innovation to our urban, suburban, and rural landscapes. Students of the discipline are trained uniquely to create transdisciplinary design solutions for these big problems, but how can professional practitioners translate ideas from concepts to implementation? What strategies and partnerships need to be developed to bring about real transformation? How can communication strategies leverage innovation narratives to build momentum behind novel design concepts?
Experts from public sector design, transdisciplinary engineering practice, and public relations/communications gave short presentations followed by a panel discussion to help emerging professionals roadmap a way to build the landscapes needed for the 21st century and beyond.
PANELISTS
Alexa Bush
Urban Design Director, East Region, City of Detroit Planning Department
Matt Friesen
Global Leader for Placemaking and Director of Landscape Architecture, Jacobs
Tami Hausman
Founder and President of Hausman LLC
Moderated by:
Adriana Hernández
2019 LAF Olmsted Scholar
Designer, Coleman & Associates
Moderated by:
Chris Torres
2012 LAF Olmsted Scholar
Founding Principal, Agency Artifact
