Eidetic photomontage by Tsz Wai (Astrid) Wong, summer Community Planning and Design Studio with Associate Professor     Belanger and Hahn.
 
Landscape Architecture and Regional & Community Planning
Monday Memo 08.01.16

ANNOUNCEMENTS
The 2016 - 2017 LARCP Calendar of Events  is linked in the right column of this page. The Dean's office has confirmed the new date for Mock Interviews (Oct 17) and that is reflected on the calendar now.

This is a heads up -- Faculty/Staff head shots are scheduled for 10 am on Monday, Aug 15, immediately following the APDesign Faculty/Staff meeting in S106. Those not available at that time will need to visit Communications and Marketing to have a new photo taken.
OUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
The landscape architecture community planning and design studio partnered with K-State Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB) and the Omaha Housing Authority (OHA) this summer. Led by Associate Professors  Blake Belanger and Howard Hahn, the studio provided visionary ideas for redeveloping Southside Terrace, a 30-acre public housing project located four miles south of Downtown Omaha, to better serve the social, environmental, and economic needs of the 1,300 residents. On July 12 the students delivered final presentations to project partners in Omaha. The studio book,  Southside Retrace, and posters will be available for download through the K-State library system in the coming weeks.

Associate Professor Jason Brody presented "Discourses in the evolution of downtown Kansas City: Implications for governance" at the  IV World Planning Schools Congress,  July 3-8 in  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
OF INTEREST
APA-Kansas Chapter Award nominations are due August 8. Information is  available here.

Van Alen Institute and AECOM have launched Fair Share, a student competition inviting multidisciplinary teams from around the world to apply the tools and principles of the "sharing economy" to tackle pressing urban challenges. Click here for more details and share with students who may be interested.

The Transportation Research Board Committee on Landscape and Environmental Design (AFB40) is a group of Landscape Architects and other professionals working in the transportation sector. The Committee is concerned with design parameters that relate to protecting, conserving, restoring, and enhancing safe, sustainable, and livable transportation systems, facilities, and their associated environments. Click here for more information.

APA-Kansas members are invited to nominate a person, group, institution, or organization for one of the APA-Kansas Chapter Awards. Click here for more information.

APA has announced its call for proposals for the 2017 National Planning Conference held in New York City next May. Proposals are due August 25. Click here for more information.

The 2017 Garden and Landscape Studies Symposium at Dumbarton Oaks has announced its call for papers for "Landscapes of Pre-Industrial Cities". Click here for more information.
UPCOMING PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEETINGS:

ECLAS Sept. 11-14, 2016 Rapperswill, Switzerland
KS APA Oct. 5-7 Lawrence, KS
ASLA October 21-24, 2016 New Orleans, LA
October 27-30, 2016
Canberra, Australia
ACSP
 November 3-6, 2016
 Portland, OR

EVENTS & DEADLINES
  
AUGUST

4 ALiCE Training, 9 am, K-State Union - Big 12 Room, Information


5 Portfolio Design ends

15 APDesign Faculty/Staff Meeting, 9-10:30 am, Seaton 063. Head shots at 10 am.

15 APDesign Faculty/Staff Picnic, Anneberg Park

16 All Day Faculty Meeting, JPs

17 Sandwich Lunch with PB Students, all faculty

18 LA and RCP Orientation

19 LARCP Faculty/Staff Picnic and Baby Celebration, Rolley/Harms Ridge

21 LARCP Studio Check-in, 5-8 pm

22 LARCP Forum and Design Days Kick-Off, K-State Union Flint Hills Room, 2-4 pm

22 APDesign Forum, 4 pm (note change in time), College Photo (4:45 pm) and BBQ (5 pm, by Holtz Hall) following

23 Design Days

SEPTEMBER

5 Labor Day

8 RCP Faculty Meeting, Edmonds Center, 12:30-1:30 pm

12 President General Meyers and Provost Mason visit APDesign

14 Gary Hiderbrand, LA Distinguished Lecture, Forum Hall, 4 pm

15 LARCP Faculty Meeting, Chang Gallery, 12:30-1:30 pm

OCTOBER

5-7 KS APA Conference, Lawrence, KS
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