Activity – Stephanie Roa

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, LAF Innovation + Leadership Symposium: Emerging Ideas for the Future of the Profession 5 years, 4 months ago

At the annual LAF Innovation + Leadership Symposium in Washington, DC, seven emergent voices in landscape architecture shared their ideas that will drive the future of the profession. These seven voices were the […]

Caleb Melchior replied 5 years, 4 months ago

What a great article, Stephanie! Thanks for bringing attention to these awesome designers and their work. It looks like the presentations are available online at Vimeo and on LAF’s website: https://www.lafoundation.org/news/2019/07/fellowship-videos
- Land8: Landscape Architects Network replied 5 years, 4 months ago
  
  Good call! We will add this link to the bottom of the article.

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Inform/Engage/Collaborate [Video] 5 years, 4 months ago

Landscape architects and urban planners are frequently tasked with translating the unique desires of a community into a meaningful public space that seamlessly integrates into the existing community fabric. In […]

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Assuming Beauty [Video] 5 years, 6 months ago

During the Land8x8 Lightning Talks in Seattle, Laura Rose, Principal at the landscape architecture and planning firm Walker Macy, contemplated the role of beauty in design.

At a time when landscape ar […]

Mark Di Lucido replied 5 years, 6 months ago

When I saw ‘Beauty’ in this post’s title, I immediately wondered if David Brooks would be referenced and sure enough, there he is! Mr. Brooks is, of course, the compassionate conservative commentator on the PBS NewsHour and other media outlets as well as an Op-Ed columnist for the New York Times. He occasionally writes about culture. Several years ago, he wrote a column entitled, “When Beauty Strikes”, for the Times. In this column, he quotes Leon Wieseltier, who in a Times Book Review stated, “We live in a post-humanist moment”. Brooks argues that in this ‘moment’ we are “beauty poor and meaning-deprived”. The post-humanist moment is perhaps better understood as the worldview we currently hold which Brooks considers to be the opposite of one based on beauty. Beauty, according to Brooks is, “… a big transformational thing, the proper goal of art and maybe civilization itself”. To say this another way, our current worldview is to make money, buy lots of stuff, live unsustainably, rely on technology for happiness, and occasionally include beauty in our lives as an afterthought.

Maybe if we embraced humanism a little more, we wouldn’t have to, “lead the discourse on mitigating climate change, fostering community, and enacting social change”.

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Anova Grant for Emerging Professionals 2019 5 years, 7 months ago

Anova Furnishings’ Grant Competition is back again this year, offering emerging professionals the opportunity to attend the 2019 ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture (formerly known as the ASLA Annual M […]

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Restructuring for the Future City [Video] 5 years, 9 months ago

During the Land8x8 Lightning Talks in Seattle, Julie Parrett began her presentation by asking the audience to consider our city’s public urban space – who owns it, how is it used, and is it accessible or clos […]

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Evolving Memory [Video] 5 years, 10 months ago

There are too few opportunities to share knowledge within the design profession. Formalized research is only starting to gain prevalence, while most rely on personal experience as a basis of their knowledge. […]

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Learn, Celebrate, and Connect: A Recap of the ASLA 2018 Annual Meeting and EXPO 6 years ago

Most people reading this article are likely familiar with the ASLA Annual Meeting – after all, it is the world’s largest gathering of landscape architecture professionals and students. And, with over 6,000 att […]

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Element of Chance [Video] 6 years ago

As landscape architects, we often find ourselves trying to tame nature into a designed form. What if, instead of working against natural systems, we invited them into our work, allowing our built work to be […]

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Landscape Stories as Catalysts of the Shared City [Video] 6 years, 2 months ago

The ways in which citizens engage the landscape reveal a community’s values and priorities. During the Land8x8 Lightning Talks in Seattle, Nate Cormier, Principal at Rios Clementi Hale Stud […]

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Into the Weeds [Video] 6 years, 3 months ago

Imagine the world is at the edge of an apocalypse – that Earth’s life has been greatly damaged and resembles a disastrous wasteland. The grim images painted in science fiction films are generally understood to […]

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, 10 Billion Mouths [Video] 6 years, 5 months ago

The United Nations projects that the world’s population will be 9.8 billion by 2050, with roughly two-thirds of those people living in urban areas. To feed these nearly 10 billion mouths, it is estimated t […]

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Deep Collaboration: Ecology, Research, Design [Video] 6 years, 6 months ago

In the face of climate change, urbanization, and social unrest, landscape architects are being asked to do more. No longer can a landscape architecture project simply be beautiful; it must also remedy […]

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, 3rd Annual ANOVA Grant for Emerging Professionals 6 years, 7 months ago

Anova Furnishings’ Grant Competition is back again this year, offering emerging professionals the opportunity to attend the 2018 ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO in Philadelphia. Centered around a different topic each […]

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Workaround [Video] 6 years, 8 months ago

In the spring of 2015, tension and unrest erupted in Baltimore, bringing the issues of racism and inequality to the center of national media attention. Since then, these disparities have only become more […]

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Beyond Our Landscapes: Interdisciplinary Research and Design for Health [Video] 6 years, 8 months ago

At a time when environmental crises are becoming more prevalent and the health industries are acknowledging the critical role the environment plays on human health, designers are stepping up to explore how […]

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Forest and Architecture [Video] 6 years, 10 months ago

There is something so serene about being in a forest. Whether it’s the peaceful silence or beautiful surroundings, being immersed in nature has actually been proven to affect you both physically and e […]

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, The Next Green Revolution [Video] 6 years, 10 months ago

Despite their ability to treat stormwater, cleanse air, and improve mental health, plants are too often an afterthought in urban design projects. What is often considered decoration or “parsley around the r […]

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Transforming Tysons [Video] 6 years, 11 months ago

“Why just make something, when you can create something that matters?” That’s the firm slogan that Stephanie Pankiewicz, Partner at LandDesign, considers throughout every project, and especially as she has ha […]

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Rising from the Rubble: 1500 Design Challenges for the Emerging Future [Video] 7 years ago

On August 11, 2017 in Charlottesville, VA, amidst signs of hatred and spewed words of bigotry, violence erupted as white nationalists clashed with counterprotesters, leading to one person killed and 19 […]

Stephanie Roa wrote a new post, Grant Competition for Emerging Professionals 7 years, 9 months ago

Calling all emerging professionals: Get your pen out, and bring on the creative ideas. The 2017 National Grant Competition for Emerging Professionals in Landscape Architecture has just been announced! This […]