Beth Scott

Great idea for a group!

I’m glad to see someone else interested in SSI! I’m working on a children’s garden project for the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. We’re designing the project to the preliminary draft SSI credits in hopes to create a sustainable landscape project, test the credits and criteria and eventually hopefully become a pilot project.

To all:
check out my new discussion group: townscapes, villagescapes

Hey All,
Its great to see a wildcat group here! I’m a recent MLA, and can’t wait to see what happens with the new director and all the changes in the program!

No rush, best of luck on the exam.

Hi all, I just stumbled upon this site and am happy to be a part of this group. I’m in the Landscape Arch. Graduate Program. Many changes happening over there right now…we just reacquired planning which is great, but we’ll have to see what happens from here.

Here’s an example of the political aspect of planning and landscape architecture:

Nrschmid:
“However, some of them [landscape architects] struggle to find the underlying meaning in the ordinances and what has been established by plan commissions as precedent. For example, one community’s ordinance might allow Betula nigra (River birch) but the r…[Read more]

Zoning is way to control activities, which is important for a city. But as we all know cities are dynamic, some people even suggest that the city is a living organisim. froming this point of view, “zoing” should work in different ways comparing with exisiting and conventional “zoning” practices.
I think “zoning” is also a tool for the authority to…[Read more]

Well, that wasn’t he part of the quote that I was trying to emphasize, I’m not going to stand here and say that the government has cornered the market on corruption, the argument really isn’t about morality, its about social functions.

You are entitled to your assessment of Jane Jacob’s work but her contribution to urban design theory is…[Read more]

Hello to all the fellow Wildcats out there! Glad to see a few around.

Good points, I suppose another important distinction to draw as we continue the conversation is that a planner’s role will vary greatly depending on if he or she is employed by a municipality or by a private sector consulting firm.

I suppose what I meant in my earlier post is that I have been impressed by the work of the private sector planners…[Read more]

nrschimid,

I know a few LA/Planners. AICP is a cool credential to have behind your name, a good friend of mine (who is a planner) says it stands for “Any Idiot Can Plan”.

Planning is an interesting subject. There are many professions that recognize the importance of good planning in our built environment but we take many different avenues to…[Read more]

Architecture alum absolutely welcome! I was in the program back in the 80’s before L.A. merged with the Architecture college. Makes more sense now than in the RNR college.

Glad to see some Wildcats started this group – I hope you’ll welcome architecture alum as well – everyone knows what a pain in the a@# we can be!

It’s certainly rarefied air in here! Everything in this tower seems to be made of ivory.

Greetings all!

Tim