Join us in Partnership with Landscape Forms rep and Studio 431, Emily Noh and Jarred Beal, for connecting and having fun at Happy Hour at Payette Brewing. First 2 rounds on Landscape Forms.
Our profession and the communities we serve are evolving. This requires Landscape Architects and policy makers to Make Moves across a variety of scales to support the social, environmental, and economic well-being of our communities. How will Landscape Architects Make Moves that lead to the best outcomes?
Join us at Montana State University to discuss and learn more, network with fellow peers, and explore beautiful Bozeman, MT
Call for ASLA Student Award Jurors
When: April 20, 2024 @ 9 – 11 am Pacific or 10 am – 12 pm Mountain
Where: Virtual or In-person @ UI LARC Building
(virtual login information to be provided to participants)
What: Participate in (2) approx. 30-minute student presentation, then work with the jury to select students for ASLA honors. More information.
If you wish to participate, please fill in this form and
additional information will be provided.
(Please sign up by 4.16.2024)
UI LARC Program Accreditation Celebration
When: April 19, 2024 @ 2 pm Mountain or 1 pm Pacific
Where: Virtual or In-person @ UI LARC Building
What: Help the University of Idaho Landscape Architecture Program celebrate their successful accreditation visit.
Next in the Series: Material Selection for Low Carbon Design
Explore how to decarbonize construction through material selection and detail composition. Our session will explore how to reduce the embodied carbon of landscape structures, including pavements, walls, stairs, decks, soils, planting, railings, and other site structures. We will also share resources for measuring and evaluating the carbon footprint of details and materials, including the SITES v2 rating system.
Learning Objectives:
Explore the results of the CarbonConscience literature review of landscape material carbon factors, including which materials have the lowest footprint for masonry, wood, and metal fabrications.
Understand key decarbonization strategies for material and product selection, in support of SITES v2 Site Design – Materials credits.
Understand how state department of transportation specifications impact emissions from concrete pavements.
Examine key considerations for specifying low carbon concrete, including how supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) can reduce the carbon footprint of concrete.
Thursday, April 18th at 11:00 AM Mountain Time Register Here 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)
ASLA’s BIM Working Group (part of the Digital Tech PPN) has been working with the BIMForum over the past several months to finalize new Landscape LOD (Level of Development) definitions for inclusion in the 2023 LOD Spec. Please join us as we review the new spec and look forward to the next round of effort and landscape elements that could be added to the spec in 2024. Register Here
Image credits: LOD graphics from new landscape elements in the LOD Spec: Trees and Large Shrubs and Planting Soil / image: Lauren Schmidt, ASLA. ©Vecerka/Esto, courtesy SWA/BALSLEY and WEISS/MANFREDI. Alan Karchmer.
Please join the Idaho Montana Chapter of ASLA for a live conversation on the unique challenges that women encounter in the design firm workplace and how we can achieve individual and company success through a greater level of understanding. This panel discussion will be a valuable hour for all professionals working in a variety of fields.
Where: Zoom – pre-registration is required: Zoom Link
Date and Time: February 22 at 12:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. MST
Continuing Ed: 1.0 PDH through LA/CES
Sponsored by: Victor Stanley
WOMEN WORK… Individual and Company Success Through Understanding
The panel discussion topics will help us:
Learn how to support women to pursue and hold positions of leadership.
Learn to advocate for entry level professionals who seek advancement.
Learn the advantages of flexible work for individuals and firms.
Our terrific panel of professionals includes:
Alexis Townsend, President & Principal - Lombard Conrad Architects
Ann Moyer, RLA, ASLA, LEED AP – Place Landscape Architects
Carrie Iverson, Landscape Architect in Training – Breckon Land Design
Lori Martin, Co-Founder – Consilio
“Does Rope Play Equal Risk?” by Berliner
Materials used within the landscape play a significant role in the environmental and aesthetic performance of the site. In this session, we explore the nexus of biodiversity, climate, and water conservation through alternatives to softscape design through case studies and research by design methods. Climate advocacy and green decisions start within the workplace before they can spread to the clientele.
This session will discuss how landscape architects are leading the development of a climate action plan in a complex ecoregion with multiple contaminated sites, five unique watersheds, and century-old infrastructure. We will address how Justice40 initiatives have influenced the planning approach and how social justice, indigenous knowledge, affordable housing, and public health are shaping the implementation strategies across this cultural landscape.
Oregon ASLA and Idaho-Montana ASLA are leading a design charrette envisioning a future trail along the Snake River to connect the City of Ontario to the Snake River and to an existing trail network.
As you know, April is World Landscape Architecture Month and we are once again giving you the opportunity to submit your in process and completed projects you would like to highlight. Please send them to Maggie Clark maggieclarkpla@gmail.com with a brief description including location, notable materials or features and your social media handles to tag you in the posts. Feel free to use the graphic attached and #WLAM2023 and #IMASLA in your posts. To see a complete list of WLAM programs to take part in. https://www.asla.org/ContentDetail.aspx?id=45783#CelebrateWLAM
TBD
Megan Barnes, LAF will inspire us with ideas generated through the Green New Deal Superstudio. Eugenia Martin, FASLA, ASLA President, will close with remarks on the upcoming ASLA conference in San Francisco.
Eugenia Martin, FASLA, ASLA President; Megan Barnes, LAF; Dan Cronan, University of Idaho; and Keith Dixon, Principal at Architects West. will participate in a panel discussion on the future of landscape architecture. Moderated by Chad Lorentzen.
Presented by Rachel Gooen, MS, MSW, LCSW
People have a strong sense of place which they become passionately attached to. As Landscape Architects guiding future land use and community design your job puts you at the crossfire of people’s desire to have input, their diverse perspectives and their primary personal needs. This session will share how the human psychological “threat system” which compels people to argue, defend, and resist change, can be softened through personal engagement techniques. This session will explain the psychology behind this, share ad example of a forum designed to reduce conflict and give you some tips on how to design meetings, large or small, for engagement.
Bernardo Wills Architects will lead an immersive walking tour of recent site improvements at the University of Idaho. While on the tour sketching activities and exercises will be incorporated to highlight the essential connection that sketching plays on our professional development and growth. Sketch pads and pens will be provided, but feel free to bring your favorite pencil. Everyone that completes the sketch activities gets entered into a raffle for a prize!
Tour Map
Join us to celebrate outstanding Idaho and Montana projects and to introduce a special new chapter award. Drinks and snacks will be provided.
Presented by Matthew T. Adams, Principal of The Land Group, Inc.
What is a mentor? How can a mentor support professional and personal growth? What are the benefits of being a mentor? How can attendees start a mentoring program?
This session will:
Discuss the importance of human capital in design firms, how to support employees and their professional development, and the benefits of a mentored workforce
Detailed overview of The Land Group mentoring program
Case study: Experiences and feedback from mentees
Presenter: Landscape Architecture Foundation
Understanding the environmental, social and economic benefits of sustainable landscapes is essential for designers, developers, investors, and policymakers who influence land development and want better results. This session introduces and explores the concept of landscape performance and why it is critical to achieving sustainability and reaching key decision-makers. The Landscape Architecture Foundation will present an overview of the Landscape Performance Series, an online, interactive set of resources to help evaluate performance, show value and make the case for sustainable landscape solutions. Learn how the Case Study Briefs, Benefits Toolkit, Fast Facts, and Scholarly Works can be used to evaluate and demonstrate the impact of projects and how you can be part of this growing online resource.
Presented by Erik Sweet, PLA, ASLA and Matt Mathes.
The session will meet multiple learning objectives.
Available information about licensure exam core content
Success tips for prep for passing exam
Improve chance of passing at first attempt
Experiences with 100% remote format for all 4 exam sections
Prep session attendee comments 2008 to 2021
There will be a drawing for LARE review books written by Matt Mathes.
University of Idaho Arboretum tour, lead by Don Brigham, FASLA,
Departs from Pitman Center Lobby, Transportation provided
Learning objectives include:
A) History and context of the Shattuck and University of Idaho Arboretum aligned with Olmsted vision and Campus Master Plan
B) Challenges, Operations, Layout, and Benefits of the UI campus Arboreta (both Shattuck Arboretum and the UI Arboretum)
C) Future goals and vision for the Arboretum. Transfer of lessons learned, challenges, and successes of a living campus laboratory.
Note:
Arboretum Associates Plant Sale
Saturday, May 21, 2022
9 a.m.–Noon
Rotary Ice Rink, Latah County Fairgrounds
Presented by Steve Austin, School of Design and Construction at Washington State University
Climate change has impacts on current and future landscape architecture. So what is Net Zero Landscape Architecture and why is it important? What are the implications for energy, materials, construction, maintenance, end of life?
“The last few years have seen Washington quietly put into place the most comprehensive and ambitious slate of climate and energy policies of any U.S. state.” This session will review the Washington Climate Laws, peripheral laws, and the Climate Commitment Act, and what it means for design, and new conceptions of design goals, including carbon positive initiative.
Eugenia Martin, FASLA, ASLA President
Eugenia has been making significant and notable contributions to the practice of landscape architecture for close to 25 years, working in both the public and private sector. Her leadership, experience, and vision for making the world a better place is coupled with an unbridled passion for landscape architecture and the engagement of fellow design professionals.
Shauna Corry, University of Idaho, Dean, College of Art and Architecture
Pitman Center
Reconnect with your colleagues this year at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. The 2022 ID MT Chapter, American Society of Landscape Architects Rendezvous will feature speakers and topics all centered around reconnecting with the past, present, and future of Landscape Architecture. More information coming soon.
Mark your Calendars for May 19-21st, 2022.
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