Clemson University Landscape Architecture

⚠️Time to start thinking about next semester...Class registration opens today!

Professor Hala Nassar and Benjamin Okenwa’s paper, “Investigating Smart Neighborhood Design for Physical Activities; A Case Study of South Atlanta Neighborhood, Georgia,” has been published in Landscape Research Record Vol 10, 2021 pp. 122- 132. The paper was published in the Journal paper titled “Landscape Architecture for Health”.

Also, Dr. Nassar and Ryan Helle’s abstract for an oral presentation at the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA 2022) has been fully accepted for presentation and publication in the conference proceeding. The paper, “Perry Hill & Utica Mill Hill Villages Opportunity Zone Innovating Community Development in Context of Climate, Pandemic, and Social Disruptions,” will be presented at the conference this March in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

South Carolina Chapter American Society of Landscape Architects is teaming up with ten of our 2020 Award Winners for VIRTUAL SITE TOURS + TALKS to take you behind the scenes of their inspirational projects and showcase the breadth of landscape architecture in South Carolina. Join us the 2nd Wed of each month at noon. Free for members! Register online https://www.eventbrite.com/o/south-carolina-chapter-of-the-american-society-of-landscape-architects-15346722294

The August session features Dr Mary Padua’s “Hybrid Modernity: The Public Park in Late 20th Century China," which received SCASLA’s Honor Award in Communication.

👏👏👏 We are very proud and excited for Professor Tom Schurch!

Congratulations to Thomas Schurch, professor of Landscape Architecture+Urban Design, who has been elevated to the Council of Fellows of the American Society of Landscape Architects!

His ASLA Fellows profile describes his impact in the field:
"Thomas Schurch has demonstrated exceptional knowledge-based leadership and significant cross-disciplinary discourse between practice and theory for more than forty years. Long devoted to advancing landscape architecture and urban design, he has made significant contributions through teaching, research, writing, and community-based learning techniques that have benefited both students and communities. After some years in practice, he joined academia. At the University of Oklahoma, as the director of the division of landscape architecture, he was responsible for the program achieving its first full accreditation and for the creation of the Center for Community Based Projects to organize community workshops and advance community service learning. He continues his engagement with underserved communities and presents community-based design studios at Clemson University, where he was appointed chair of the department of planning and landscape architecture. At Clemson, he led the curriculum development effort for the new cross-disciplinary post-professional degree, Master of Resilient Urban Design. An ASLA member of long standing, he served as co-chair of the ASLA Urban Design PPN. He has contributed to that effort through continued engagement, creation of online learning resources, and importantly, the implementation of a new Urban Design Category for the ASLA Awards program. His many writings on subjects such as urban design, sustainability, and climate change have been lauded by his peers and the public."

https://www.asla.org/2021fellows.aspx?fbclid=IwAR0ZxJHzHrxUnjBi91B62GWbQfuJiNDoOKtSDTVP8U94Byp59FmAIu2g-Xw