Upcoming Webinar: LAF's 2026 CSI Program, Part 2
Webinar 2: Places that Reveal: Measuring Landscape performance with LAF's 2026 CSI Program
Wednesday, October 14
3pm-4pm ET
The Landscape Architecture Foundation's Case Study Investigation (CSI) program supports faculty-student research teams who work with designers to assess and document the performance of exemplary landscape projects as Case Study Briefs. In this second of three webinars, three teams from the 2026 CSI program present the projects they evaluated, which demonstrate how design can make ecological systems, cultural experiences, and environmental processes visible, accessible, and meaningful to the people who use them.
For each built landscape, a representative from the design firm will share background information about the project and design, followed by the CSI academic team presenting their research process and most compelling findings from their efforts to quantify environmental, social, and economic benefits.
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Want to see more of the 2026 CSI teams?
Check out the other webinar in the series: Places That Reconnect on Oct 13 and Places That Change Perspectives on Oct 22.
Learning Objectives
- Understand how the Landscape Architecture Foundation's Case Study Investigation program is furthering landscape performance research.
- Explore specific metrics and methods used to evaluate the environmental, social, and economic performance of landscape projects.
- Learn about the goals and sustainable features of exemplary landscapes.
Continuing education credits
This course is pending approval for 1.0 Professional Development Hour (PDH) through the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System (LA CES) and meets the health, safety and welfare requirements (HSW). 1.0 LA CES (HSW) may be earned upon completion of a short quiz following the webinar.
Presenters and Projects
The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA
CSI Research Fellow: Max Piana, PhD, Harvard University
Student Research Assistants: Anya Sheldon, Anna Marsh, and Kate Doherty
Firm representative: Beka Sturges, Reed Hilderbrand
The Pilot School, Wilmington, DE
CSI Research Fellow: Anna Wik, RLA, University of Delaware
Student Research Assistants: Cate Boettger and Aleena Sabir
Firm representative: Donna Shumpert, ForeSite Associates
Gretna City Park, Gretna, LA
CSI Research Fellows: Fabiana Trindade da Silva, PhD, and Yao Wang, PhD, Louisiana State University
Student Research Assistants: Catherine Frampton and Laura Ramos Ramirez
Firm representative: Amy Norval, CARBO Landscape Architecture
