Concurrent Education Session

MON-A03: Four Coasts: Improving Coastal Design Through Landscape Architecture and Engineering With Nature

Monday, October 7, 2024

11:00am – 12:15pm ET

Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 150AB

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

Lead Speaker(s)

Rob Holmes, ASLA

Associate Professor
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama

Session Guide

Speaker(s)

Jeffrey King, Affil. ASLA, PE

National Lead and Program Manager of Engineering with Nature® (EWN®) Program
Engineer Research and Development Center, US Army Corps of Engineers
Lubec, Maine
Mindy Strevig, PE (she/her/hers)

Managing Engineer
Anchor QEA
Baltimore, Maryland

Hear from leading coastal designers—researchers, landscape architects, and engineers—on how to work with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Districts to develop nature-based designs for coastal infrastructure. Strategies discussed will include tools and data required, concept development, team structure, outreach efforts, and policy strategies.

Learning Outcomes:

Understand the goals of the USACE Engineering With Nature program, and its affiliation and shared aims with landscape architectural practice and research.
Understand the scope of the Four Coasts project, including the needs for coastal resilience, flood protection, and habitat restoration on federal projects.
Understand important ways that landscape architecture can contribute to and help lead innovative coastal infrastructure projects.
Understand what skills are important in landscape architectural practice to do this work.