Concurrent Education Session

SUN-C06: Adapting the Campus Landscape: Climate Resilience, Sociability, and Well-Being

Sunday, October 6, 2024

2:00pm – 3:15pm ET

Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 151AB

1.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AIA/HSW, AICP, NY/HSW, FL

Lead Speaker(s)

Chris Reed, FASLA

Founding Director
STOSS
Boston, Massachusetts

Speaker(s)

Laura L. Tenny, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP

Senior Campus Planner
MIT
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Byron W. Sampson, ASLA, PLA (he/him/his)

Associate Director/University Landscape Architect
Arizona State University
Phoenix, Arizona

Campuses are being tasked to perform in a myriad of ways: supporting the academic mission and student well-being, accommodating new teaching modalities, and adapting to climate change. How do these considerations inform campus design and an institution’s aesthetic? Two university landscape architects and a practitioner share recent experiences and lessons.

Learning Outcomes:

Develop partnerships across the university and with allied design and construction professionals to transition campuses to a more sustainable model.
Balance sites of memory and tradition with the current conditions for growth, climatic concerns, and sustainability.
Design for the full student and the full campus community, with an eye toward sociability, well-being, inclusivity, and equity.
Expand the definition of a resilient campus to include ecological health, which is as necessary as protecting human life and preserving campus physical assets .