Outdoor Spaces 2024

WELCOME TO OUTDOOR SPACES!

Hello,

Thank you for attending our fourth annual Outdoor Spaces Virtual event! The Architect’s Newspaper has been reporting on the landscape profession since our humble beginnings in 2003. We recognize the importance of landscape and the environment as critical pieces of our urban fabric. Many of the most exciting built projects today are new parks, waterways, and outdoor public spaces that have taken shape across the globe and you are in for a treat today. Along with our day-to-day reporting on landscape topics, we hope you follow our weekly newsletter, Outdoor Spaces, our landscape-focused CE STRONG workshops, and our annual Landscape print issue. We will continue to expand our coverage of the landscape architecture profession through events and workshops just like this. There will be a survey sent to all participants following the conference– we would love to hear your feedback to help inform us for the next Outdoor Spaces.

All the best,

Diana Darling CEO/ Creative Director, AN Media Group CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS

DIANA DARLING CEO & Creative Director, The Architect’s Newspaper

DIONNE DARLING VP of Brand Partnerships, The Architect’s Newspaper

MARTY WOOD Program Director, The Architect’s Newspaper

TIMES IN CT

AGENDA

9:30 AM VIRTUAL DOORS OPEN

Dionne Darling | The Architect’s Newspaper

PARTNER WELCOME

Presenters:

9:35 AM

9:45 AM

10:45 AM

Jana Tyrer | mmcité street furniture

John Bozeman | Bison IP

Elaine Willis | Unilock

KEYNOTE | Leading from the Middle: Climate & the Rise of Landscape Architecture

Presenter: Gerdo P. Aquino | SWA

SPOTLIGHT | Soak It Up: Carbon Sequestering Sites

Presenter: Pamela Conrad | Climate Positive Design

11:15 AM NETWORKING BREAK

PANEL | Elevated Outdoor Spaces

Presenters:

11:25 AM

Jana Tyrer | mmcité street furniture

John Bozeman | Bison IP

12:00 PM NETWORKING BREAK

PANEL | From the Ground Up: The Role of Museum Gardens in City Life

12:30 PM

Presenter: Paul Peters | HOOD DESIGN STUDIO

1:00 PM NETWORKING BREAK

PANEL | The Underline: The Re-Naturalization of an Active Transportation Corridor

1:15 PM

Presenters:

Isabel Castilla | Field Operations

Alejandro Vazquez | Field Operations

CONCLUDING REMARKS

Presenters:

1:45 PM

2:00 PM

3:00 PM

Jack Murphy | The Architect’s Newspaper

Dionne Darling | The Architect’s Newspaper

WORKSHOP | Redefining Rooftops: Understanding Rooftop Deck Systems

Presenter: John Bozeman | Bison IP

WORKSHOP | INCLUSIVITY: People, Public Furniture, & Public Space

Presenter: Albert Harris | mmcité street furniture

4:00 PM

WORKSHOP | Climate Positive Benefits of Concrete in Design: The Role of ICPs and SRWs

Presenter: Elaine Willis | Unilock

SPEAKERS

Keynote Speaker

GERDO P. AQUINO Co-CEO, Principal / SWA

Gerdo Aquino, FASLA, is the firmwide Co-CEO of SWA, an award-winning global practice operating on the leading edge of landscape architecture, urban design and planning. Gerdo is a licensed landscape architect in 8 states. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida and earned his Master’s Degree in Landscape Architecture from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He is also an adjunct associate professor at the University of Southern California, where he has taught graduate-level design studio for over ten years. Recent work includes Milton Street Park, a linear levee park in Los Angeles; a section of the Sava River Waterfront in Belgrade, Serbia; design for a new central park in Glendale; and a main plaza in Culver City.

JOHN BOZEMAN

West Territory Manager / Bison IP

John Bozeman has worked in the Building Materials Industry for nearly 30 years with an emphasis on exterior decking, and has been the Western Territory Sales Manager for Bison Innovative Products since 2012. John enjoys collaborating with architects, developers, engineers, and contractors and sharing his knowledge and experience to create unique, one of a kind outdoor living environments. He finds cultivating and building relationships with clients, and nurturing projects from the design phase to completion with them, to be very rewarding. John uses a hands-on approach to help make every project a success.

ISABEL CASTILLA

Associate Partner / Field Operations

Isabel is an associate partner at Field Operations, where she has been practicing landscape architecture for over 17 years. She is also a landscape architect member of the New York City Public Design Commission. Educated in architecture and landscape architecture, Isabel brings exceptional attention to design creativity, detailing, and construction implementation. Fully bilingual in Spanish and English, Isabel is a strong communicator with deep experience leading extensive public engagement efforts and complex multi-agency approvals for large and transformative public realm projects. She has led the design and implementation of notable projects, including various phases of New York’s High Line, the historic Lincoln Road District renovation in Miami Beach, and various phases of The Underline in Miami.

EMILY CONKLIN

Managing Editor / The Architect’s Newspaper

Emily Conklin (she/her) is a writer, architecture historian, and the managing editor of The Architect’s Newspaper. She holds a M.S. in Historic Preservation from Columbia GSAPP, and her current areas of research include office to residential conversions and designs for coliving.

PAMELA CONRAD

Founder / Climate Positive Design

Pamela Conrad, is an internationally recognized landscape architect and faculty Lecturer at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. Her passion for the environment is deeply rooted – from growing up on a farm in the mid-western United States to studying plant science and regenerative landscape architecture. Pamela’s 20-year career has focused on implementing carbon sequestering naturebased solutions in the built environment ranging from large-scale habitat restoration to urban waterfront adaptation. Pamela’s influential carbon research elevates the net positive impacts of the exterior built environment. She focuses on finding solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises and planning for a resilient future. .

SPEAKERS

ALBERT HARRIS

Brand Development Manager / mmcité street furniture

Albert is Brand Development Manager for mmcité USA & Canada. He has a background in architecture, planning and was practicing Landscape Architect. He has 14+ years in design experience. He has been a bartender, truck driver, commercial photographer, & helped grow 3 successful business along the way. Albert understands the value of wonderful open spaces and the public realm. He is well traveled and has a love for words and artful expressions.

JACK MURPHY

Executive Editor / The Architect’s Newspaper

Jack Murphy is Executive Editor of The Architect’s Newspaper. Previously, he was Editor of Cite: The Architecture and Design Review of Houston and Adjunct Professor at the Gerald D. Hines University of Houston College of Architecture and Design. He earned an undergraduate degree in architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a graduate degree in architecture from Rice University. He has worked for awardwinning architects in New York City, Houston, Austin, and Boston. His writing has appeared in Places Journal, Dwell, Architectural Record, The Architect’s Newspaper, Texas Architect, Cite, PLAT, Paprika!, New York Review of Architecture, The Houston Chronicle, and SF Gate, among other publications. He was Co-Editor-in-Chief for PLAT 7.5 Oversharing and PLAT 8.0 Simplicity and Assistant Editor of Totalization, edited by Troy Schaum and published by Park Books. He lives in Brooklyn.

PAUL PETERS

Principal / HOOD DESIGN STUDIO

Paul Peters, a principal at Hood Design Studio, is renowned for spotlighting the intricate ties between nature and culture in his landscape designs. Pau transforms expansive sites into intimate spaces through a meticulous, layered approach. He is deeply invested in the conceptual phase, seamlessly weaving broad perspectives, conceptual thinking, and research throughout his projects, ultimately influencing societal perspectives. Earning his Master’s in landscape architecture from the University of British Columbia, Paul managed his design-build firm in Vancouver for seven years. Since joining Hood Design Studio in 2016, he has pioneered several groundbreaking projects.

JANA TYRER

Managing

Director / mmcité street furniture

Jana is a street furniture consultant and Managing Director of mmcité in the USA and UK. With over 14 years of experience, she believes that street furniture is not just a functional necessity but an opportunity to create vibrant and successful living spaces. She has a passion for creating public realms that are diverse, inclusive, and valuable. Jana’s technical knowledge and experience help her to advise on sustainability and design suitability, ensuring that every project mmcité works on is optimized for long-term success. She understands the importance of bringing together the best of architecture and nature to create public spaces that everyone can enjoy.

ALEJANDRO VAZQUEZ

Director / Field Operations

Alejandro is a director at Field Operations. With over a decade of experience, he is a meticulous and creative thinker who brings unparalleled thought to his craft and a collaborative approach to his projects, resulting in public spaces that are vibrant, distinctive, and highly memorable. Alejandro is fluent in both English and Spanish and utilizes this for community engagement for the many projects he’s been involved with in Miami. Alejandro co-founded Share Shed NYC, a volunteer-based organization working to grow and strengthen sharing networks among urban growers and community gardeners across the city and is an alumnus of Farm School NYC.

ELAINE WILLIS Director of Sustainability / Unilock

Elaine began her career at Unilock over 25 years ago. Starting in sales, she then moved into various marketing roles before a ten-year stint as Director of Commercial Strategy. In 2023, Elaine took on a new role as Director of Sustainability, where she is focused on spearheading initiatives that drive Unilock down the path to becoming a carbon neutral company, while helping designers build beautiful landscapes that enhance our lives, our health and our environment.

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INDUSTRY PARTNERS

WORKSHOPS

2:00 PM REDEFINING ROOFTOPS: UNDERSTANDING ROOFTOP DECK SYSTEMS

Presenter:

John Bozeman | Bison IP (1 AIA HSW)

3:00 PM INCLUSIVITY: PEOPLE, PUBLIC FURNITURE, & PUBLIC SPACE

Presenter:

Albert Harris | mmcité street furniture (1 AIA HSW)

4:00 PM CLIMATE POSITIVE BENEFITS OF CONCRETE IN DESIGN: THE ROLE OF ICPS AND SRWS

Presenter:

Elaine Willis | Unilock (1 AIA HSW)

JOHN BOZEMAN | Bison IP

John Bozeman has worked in the Building Materials Industry for nearly 30 years with an emphasis on exterior decking, and has been the Western Territory Sales Manager for Bison Innovative Products since 2012. John enjoys collaborating with architects, developers, engineers, and contractors and sharing his knowledge and experience to create unique, one of a kind outdoor living environments. He finds cultivating and building relationships with clients, and nurturing projects from the design phase to completion with them, to be very rewarding. John uses a hands-on approach to help make every project a success.

ALBERT HARRIS | mmcité street furniture

Albert is Brand Development Manager for mmcité USA & Canada. He has a background in architecture, planning and was practicing Landscape Architect. He has 14+ years in design experience. He has been a bartender, truck driver, commercial photographer, & helped grow 3 successful business along the way. Albert understands the value of wonderful open spaces and the public realm. He is well traveled and has a love for words and artful expressions.

ELAINE WILLIS | Unilock

Elaine began her career at Unilock over 25 years ago. Starting in sales, she then moved into various marketing roles before a ten-year stint as Director of Commercial Strategy. In 2023, Elaine took on a new role as Director of Sustainability, where she is focused on spearheading initiatives that drive Unilock down the path to becoming a carbon neutral company, while helping designers build beautiful landscapes that enhance our lives, our health and our environment.

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- June 26 Mid-Atlantic - July 17

- Aug 7 Mountain - Aug 14

- Sept 11

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- Nov 13

NW - Nov 20

- Dec 11

- Dec 12

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