NJASLA Today This message was sent to ##Email## September 29, 2017 Home | About | News | Resources | Design Awards Subscribe | Archive | Advertise Search Archive | View Web Version | Advertise Search Past Issues View Web Version Advertise Landscape architects get creative PARK(ing) Day LAND On Sept. 15, the American Society of Landscape Architects participated in PARK(ing) Day, an annual, open-source event that asks landscape architects and other designers to re-imagine parking spaces as small, miniature parks, or parklets. PARK(ing) Day aims to educate people about the value of public space and what it can bring to a community. ASLA professional and student members from across the country transformed a simple parking space into a place to exercise, play a song, or start a conversation. Others showed off some local pride or just wanted to relax on a Friday. READ MORE NJASLA HIGHLIGHTS LA Students Bring National PARK(ing) Day 2017 to the Rutgers Campus By Esther Lim, NJASLA Student Chapter Secretary On Sept. 15, the Rutgers Landscape Architecture Club hosted their annual PARK(ing) Day event on Seminary Place of the Rutgers University College Ave Campus. By 7:30 a.m., two parallel parking spaces transformed into a green space filled with a mixture of lush woody and herbaceous plants. Wooden pallets repurposed into benches and walls were placed within the foliage, reused bottles and paper ornaments hung from their frame, ready for passersby to take a moment to sit and enjoy the warm, sunny Friday. READ MORE Now Available for Pre-order — Holiday Seed Packets We have designed a new series of holiday-themed seed packs to celebrate Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Donate $25 and receive 100 milkweed seed packs to hand out to trick-or-treaters, pass out at family gatherings or give as gifts! LIMITED AVAILABILITY — ORDER YOURS TODAY! Halloween Promotion ~ 100 Seed Packets ($25 Donation). Save Our Monarchs this Halloween! Donate $25 and receive 100 Asclepias syriaca seed packets hand out along with treats to all the little goblins and witches (or their parents) who visit your door. Fall is the perfect time to plant for next year!! Thanksgiving Promotion ~ 100 Seed Packets ($25 Donation). Save Our Monarchs this Thanksgiving! Donate $25 and receive 100 Asclepias syriaca seed packets hand out to family & friends at your Thanksgiving gathering. Fall is the perfect time to plant for next year!! Christmas Promotion ~ 100 Seed Packets ($25 Donation). Save Our Monarchs this Christmas! Donate $25 and receive a 100 milkweed seed packets to send out with Christmas cards or give as gifts! . PRODUCT SHOWCASE PROVEN GREEN WALL TECHNOLOGY GSky, a leading provider of Green Walls, has installed over 500 walls internationally. Gsky provides turnkey design/build solutions tailored to fit your exterior and interior green wall needs. Our team collaborates with owners and businesses to take design intent and turn that into beautiful plant designs. Mark Your Calendar and Save the Date: February 11-13 The NJASLA Annual Meeting and Exhibition will be held on February 11-13 at Harrah’s Waterfront Conference Center in Atlantic City. Keep checking our website and social media for updates regarding the 2018 meeting. Office for Coastal Management and National Centers for Coastal Ocean Services NCCOS and the NOAA Decision-makers want to understand how to effectively use nature-based practices to protect people, property, and infrastructure from storms and sea level rise. For this purpose, OCM assembled a collection of sources on the effectiveness of green infrastructure. NCCOS and the NOAA Climate Program Office provided input. The new Green Infrastructure Effectiveness Database provides a means of quickly searching for source information and studies. The database also illuminates gaps in information and areas for enhanced study. Digital signature, seal requirements for New Jersey architects and landscape architects NJ DCA In May, the New Jersey State Board of Architects adopted new regulations to allow digital signature and seal for electronic submittal of applications, plans, reports, etc. The text of these requirements can be found on this document and through the NJ DCA Board of Architects website. . SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT INDUSTRY NEWS DesignIntelligence 2017 landscape architecture program rankings The Dirt DesignIntelligence recently announced its 2017 landscape architecture graduate and undergraduate program rankings. For the third year in a row, Louisiana State University was deemed the best undergraduate landscape architecture program. And for the 13th consecutive year, Harvard University retained its dominance as the best graduate program, in the annual survey conducted by DesignIntelligence on behalf of the Design Futures Council. Detailed rankings are available in the 17th edition of America’s Best Architecture & Design Schools, which assesses program rankings and education trends in architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design. READ MORE MISSED AN ISSUE OF NJASLA TODAY? VISIT AND SEARCH THE ARCHIVE TODAY. New research resource for urbanists CNU Journal Professor of urbanism a the University of Chicago, Emily Talen writes: "In the hard-slogging world of the practicing architect, planner, or developer, academic research might seem remote, or even irrelevant. While not all academic research on urbanism is (or even should be) immediately actionable and directed at practitioners, I've always thought that there needs to be a better connection between researchers and practitioners—researchers need to hear from practitioners what kinds of research questions they need answered; practitioners should make use of scholarly research. A lot of academic research might be helpful to practitioners. With my team at the University of Chicago, we're trying to keep track of urbanism-related research." READ MORE LONGSHADOW PLANTERS: Hand crafted in Southern Illinois Fine dry cast limestone planters, garden ornaments and benches for luxuriant gardens and flourishing panoramas for over 21 years. MORE Hip-hop has a message for urban planners Green Biz Michael Ford, nicknamed the "hip-hop architect," has devoted his career to studying the history of how urban planning gave birth to hip-hop — and evangelizing how hip-hop's spirit of resilience and ingenuity will help develop thriving, equitable cities. For Ford, founder of BrandNu Design, hip-hop is a critique of failed urban planning and its impact on the human spirit, and its message can help solve social problems that stemmed from Eurocentric design and community planning that excluded African-American representation. READ MORE Future uncertain for rare public landscape by A.E. Bye in Brooklyn The Architect's Newspaper Brooklyn's first park may be getting a new entrance that some say would open up the green space to the neighborhood, but opponents contend the renovation would erase significant historic fabric, including a rare public commission by the late modern landscape architect Arthur Edwin (A.E.) Bye, Jr. In light of divided public testimony, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission postponed a vote on a Parks Department plan to redesign a main entrance at Brooklyn's Fort Greene Park. The renovation would eliminate one of the few public works by an eminent 20th-century landscape architect, following a trend in New York City park design that opens park edges to the streets. READ MORE New Atlanta planning book takes cue from Martin Luther King Jr. Next City Atlanta is projecting astronomical growth over the next 20 years, and the city has a new book intended to guide population growth by considering everything from affordable housing to traffic congestion. Atlanta City Design, unveiled earlier this month, is meant to inform and shape all of Atlanta’s various plans, codes and ordinances. The document is not a plan itself, but “a strategic realignment of existing plans” that seeks to lock some core city-building principles into everything Atlanta does. READ MORE Restoring indigenous trees for scaling up city resilience: The role of African millennials The Nature of Cities Most of the narratives on the crises of development are woven around rapid population growth in developing countries. Yes. The number of world citizens is over seven billion. The challenges that this number raises far exceeds national and intergovernmental agencies' abilities to address them. Rapid urbanization is but one of the key challenges in the developing countries. Many scholars and researchers grasp some understanding of the extent of the speed of urbanization in developing countries through spatially explicit or discreet models that point out some significant changes. READ MORE Get published in 2017 MultiBriefs In an effort to enhance the overall content of NJASLA Today, we'd like to include peer-written articles in future editions. As a member of NJASLA, your knowledge of the event industry lends itself to unprecedented expertise. And we're hoping you'll share this expertise with your peers through well-written commentary. Because of the digital format, there's no word limit and our group of talented editors can help with final edits. If you're interested in participating, please contact Ronnie Richard to discuss logistics. Green infrastructure through the revival of ancient wisdom The Dirt Gray infrastructures made of steel and concrete, which we built to connect our physical world, are shallow or even fake constructs that are destroying the real and deep connections between human beings and nature and among various natural processes and flows. The alternative is green infrastructure, or ecological infrastructure, the construction of which can be inspired by the ancient wisdoms of peasantry. READ MORE TRENDING ARTICLES Missed last week's issue? See which articles your colleagues read most. Digital signature, seal requirements for New Jersey architects and landscape architects (NJ Consumer Affairs) Fundamentals of tree establishment: A review (Andrew D. Hirons and Glynn C. Percival) The suburb of the future, almost here (The New York Times) Field Operations, OLIN, West 8 among finalists to redesign Philly airport landscape (Curbed Philadelphia) Here are some of our favorite PARK(ing) Day interventions (The Architect's Newspaper) Don't be left behind. Click here to see what else you missed. UPCOMING EVENTS Date Event More Information Oct. 15 Modernist Milestones: Russel Wright’s Manitoga, Garrison, New York 1:30 - 3:30 pm EDT Manitoga is a Shangri-La created from an abandoned quarry. Author, landscape architect, and stone aficionado Jan Johnsen will provide her unique insights into how mid-century designer Russel Wright transformed the raw material of this site into his home and studio, which today is a National Historic Landmark. Sept. 25-Dec. 15 Season 5 Webinar Series — September through December Variable dates and times. Webinars offered by a collaberative of ELA, CCLC, MELA and ELC. Season 5 interactive webinars will be taught by experts from across the country and will cover a wide range topics relevant to sustainable landscapes. Additional webinars are being scheduled so please check back often for an updated list of offerings. Nov. 1 Season's End Summit: The Plant Pollinator Partnership In landscapes across the country, a movement is gaining momentum as landscape professionals and gardening enthusiasts learn more about the plants that support pollinators — and make planting decisions accordingly. Join us for the ELA Season’s End Summit as these four experts help us to learn what we can do to be part of the solution in support of pollinators. Nov. 14 Conference: The Evolving Role of Urban Landscapes 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Increasing urban growth continues to raise concerns about biodiversity, ecosystem function, and ultimately, sustainability. Join us for a day to reflect on urban landscapes with James Hitchmough from the University of Sheffield. Hitchmough will share insights from three decades of research including his work on planting design and horticultural consulting on the Olympic Park Gardens in London. NEW Nov. 30 ELA's New York Ecological Landscape Conference The Ecological Landscape Alliance in collaboration with Brooklyn Bridge Park is hosting a symposium for landscape professionals on Thursday, November 30th at Prospect Park (The Picnic House), Brooklyn, New York. Jan. 23, 24, 30, 31 2017 Organic Land Care Certificate Course Delaware Valley University's Life Sciences Building, Doylestown, PA "Land Ethics Symposium: Creative Approaches for Ecological Landscaping" Feb. 11-13 NJASLA Annual Meeting: From the Ground Up Harrah's Waterfront Resort in Atlantic City Keep checking in to the website and social media for updates regarding the 2018 meeting. JOB BANK Job Vacancy Notices Senior Landscape Architect Araisys Design | Long Island | New York *Click here for job description and detail. Landscape Architect Intern, Job ID# 302086 City of New York Parks & Recreation | New York Consultant Project Manager, Job ID# 300678 City of New York Parks & Recreation | New York Associate Project Manager, Job ID# 300676 City of New York Parks & Recreation | New York Assistant Landscape Architect Olmsted Center | Queens, New York Mid-Level Urban Designer Stantec | New York City RESOURCES NEW Student Career Guide: Your Land by Landscape Architecture Magazine: Preview the e-reader of "Your Land" a student career guide (middle school to high school) on the profession of landscape architecture, a new publication prepared by the American Society of Landscape Architects. You can order copies for classroom use at: https://landscapearchitecturemagazine.org/your-land/. Guide: "Developers' Green Infrastructure Guide: (PDF version) New Jersey Future, in partnership with the New Jersey Builders Association, just released the new Developers' Green Infrastructure Guide. The guide is designed to help developers answer basic questions about green infrastructure, including what it is, how it works, what are its costs and benefits, and why it makes good business sense. It includes case studies, side-by-side site plan comparisons and interactive decision-making tools. Book: "James Rose" by Dean Cardasis: "James Rose", the first biography of this important landscape architect, examines the work of one of the most radical figures in the history of mid-century modernist American landscape design. An artist who explored his profession with words and built works, Rose fearlessly critiqued the developing patterns of land use he witnessed during a period of rapid suburban development. The alternatives he offered in his designs for hundreds of gardens were based on innovative and iconoclastic environmental and philosophic principles, some of which have become mainstream today. From Library of American Landscape History. Report: Green Infrastructure Guidance Manual for New Jersey: This report from the Water Resources Program, Rutgers University New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. This manual will act as a tool for planning and design professionals looking to retrofit green infrastructure practices into existing development. Report: City Parks, Clean Water: Making Great Places Using Green Infrastructure: This report by The Trust for Public Land explores the intersection of green infrastructure and parks. Using case studies, data tables, and interviews with national experts, the report explores both new and existing parks, including in-depth studies of water-smart parks. Guide: Green Infrastructure Mapping Guide: This Guide from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows spatial analysts how to incorporate green-infrastructure strategies into their GIS work plans and provides examples, process guidance, case studies and templates. E-learning Tools: Inventory and Assessment of Your Stormwater Infrastructure (January 2017) Green Infrastructure Overview: Examples and Properties of a Variety of Stormwater Management Solutions (November 2016) Ideas and Resources for Implementing Green Infrastructure in Your Community - Planning documents, programs, and ordinances (May 2016) Impervious Cover Assessment (ICA) and Impervious Cover Reduction Action Plan: The Answer to All Your Problems (December 2015) Asking the Right Questions in Stormwater Review (April 2015) Understanding Your Impervious Cover Assessment (ICA) Report (March 2015) NJASLA Today Connect with NJASLA Recent Issues | Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Advertise | Web Version Colby Horton, Vice President of Publishing, 469-420-2601 | Download media kit Rebecca Eberhardt, Content Editor, CeM, 469-420-2608 | Contribute news New Jersey Chapter American Society of Landscape Architects 414 River View Plaza | Trenton, New Jersey 08611 | 609-393-7500 | Contact Us Learn how to add us to your safe sender list so our emails get to your inbox. 7701 Las Colinas Ridge, Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063