We are excited to see progress at Bow Market! Paving, steps, walls, and trees will soon transform this public courtyard for the market. Stay tuned for updates and an official Market opening in the Spring!
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Merritt Chase Invited to Design Pecar Farm for Eskenazi Health
The Pecar Farm addresses issues of health, food security, and inequality by providing a fresh, healthy, and local food source at the center of a disenfranchised community. The farm and open space will include row crops, pollinator garden, meditation garden, apiary, greenhouse and chicken coop, and gathering areas. The farm will be managed by Indy Urban Acres, a project of the Indianapolis Parks Foundation. This project extends the Eskenazi mission of health and wellness from the main hospital campus to the preventive health care center.
Nina Chase Joins the Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture as Adjunct Faculty
Nina will be joining the staff of CMU's School of Architecture as Adjunct Faculty in the Fall of 2017. Nina will be teaching the third year architecture studio "Integration Studio: Environment, Form, and Feedback," coordinated by Dana Cupkova.
Nina Chase will Present at 2017 National ASLA Annual Meeting in Los Angeles
Nina will focus on emerging career trends and tactical urbanism at the National ASLA Meeting. Join Nina from October 20th - 23rd in LA for two panels: "Four under 40: Emerging Leaders in Landscape Architecture" on Friday, October 21st from 1:30pm - 3pm and "Prototype to Permanent: Designing Short Term Projects for Long Term Change" on Monday, October 23rd from 1:30pm - 3pm.
NoBe Nexo Wins Harvard GSD Plimpton-Poorvu Design Prize
NOBE NEXO is a redevelopment project in North Miami Beach, Florida, integrating a mix of uses into a cultural and culinary hub that through a performative density strategy provides a model of resilience to climate change and gentrification. The project implements immediate mitigation and prevention measures for pressing environmental risks as well as delivering assets relevant to the current residents and local character of the neighborhood.
Join Nina for ASLA's Ask Me Anything Series
Nina will join ASLA for a real-time online conversation as part of their ongoing Ask Me Anything series. Hop on Facebook Live here to join the discussion on April 11th at 3pm EST.
Nina Chase Delivers Keynote at LAbash 2017
Nina Chase closed out LAbash's two-day student run conference at the University of Maryland. Her keynote presentation, entitled "Urban Landscapes," featured a how-to guide to building a career focused on urban landscapes.
"the power of public space" at Carnegie Science Center's SciTech Day
Nina Chase was recently invited to present on the power of public space at SciTech Day in Pittsburgh.
Nina Chase Joins Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto on Distinguished Speaker Series
Nina was invited to join Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto to present at the West Virginia University College of Business and Economics Distinguished Speaker Series.
Midwest Research on Display at Harvard Graduate School of Design
"A Midwest Renaissance: Reinvention and Renewal" will be on display at the Harvard GSD through the Spring 2017.
From the project:
Across the Midwest, many cities have struggled with shrinking economies and loss of population. However, many cities have found strategies to capitalize on renewed interest in the city. This project reviews how landscape architects and urbanists can position the urban landscape at the core of the reinvention and renewal process taking place across the Midwest.
The Midwest can also be thought of as The Great Cutover, Rust Belt, Great Lakes Region, Corn Belt, Heartland, Flyover States, and Middle America. The geographic definition can be argued, and these regions have social, cultural, and political histories that still exist and often feel pervasive.
More recently, the national spotlight is on the Midwest as “Trumpland.”
Largely fueled by interests from philanthropy and private foundation communities, reinvention and renewal is taking place across the Midwest. Cities are labeled as livable, creative, and innovative, and millennials are encouraged to move back home to their second-tier city to have a big impact.
How does investment in public space and design have an impact in the Midwest? What is the responsibility of the designer to confront and react to the social, cultural, and political histories in these cities?
The work here is design research documenting projects and stories from Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, Indianapolis, Chicago, St. Louis, and Omaha.